Evening star., 1930-05-24
RECEIVES CORDIAL WELCOME.
Graf, at Pernambuco. Draws Enthu-
siastic Crowd.


BY LAURA GROUSE DURSTON.
PERNAMBUCO. Brazil, May a
(N.A.N.A).-The people Of cordial Per-
nambuco gave the passengers and crew
of the Graf Zeppelin a welcome that
will never be forgotten by any of us.
When our big ship came gracefully
down to earth really believe many Of
the natives thought us gods and god
desses who had dropped mysteriously
from the skies.
Following us wherever we went, they
regarded us with awe and admiration
and went out of their way to do things
Tor us. In shops, hotels, everywhere,
we were singled out and followed about
respectfully.
Pernambuco has a population ap-
preaching 100000, and honestly think
every one Of those 100000 Brazilians,
from infants to ancients, turned out to
see us land. The airport was jammed
with them.
Exceedingly Hot.
We found Pernambuco exceedingly
hot'-it was 90 degrees yesterday-and
we Immediately got busy trying to keep
from melting away OF course, we all
wanted to see the interesting sights of
an interesting city, and, as we knew
our time was limited here, we curtailed
our rest cruelty in order to visit all
the more important places.
Yesterday afternoon we went to
fne. sandy beach for swim In beau
tiful green water. We were careful to
remain inside the coral reef, for we
were warned that the water outside the
reef is full of man-eating sharks.
Unfortunately, there has been little
rest or relaxation for the officers and
crew Of the Graf Zeppelin. They have
been busy seeing to new supplies, re-
fueling and making preparations for
leg of our flight, which started ut
Friedrichshafen. Germany, and which
will take us finally to Lakehurst, N. J.
Compass Repaired.
And how eficient the Zeppelin per-
sonnel are! The gyroscope compass was
found out of order when we arrived
here, but was readily repaired. During
yesterday the crew filled up our tanks
with $4,000 cubic feet of hydrogen and
added zoo, 900 cubic feet of Blau gas.
We made q beautiful landing in the
dark, after We had circled the airport
four times. We had been bucking head
winds all of Thursday. and it was pleas
ant to be on land again for q little
while.
All of us have continued to enjoy this
wonderful experience. There is a fine
spirit Of comradeship among the pas.
sengers. Among the most popular of the
ships company are the Infante Don
Alfonso, cousin Of the King of Spain,
and Col. Herrera Of the Spanish Air
Corps.
Nine. Hammer will continue on board
with us to Rio. II we do not land there,
size will come back to Pernambuco, and
her husband will hy from Rio to this
city to meet her.
w. B. Leeds is momentarily expected
to join us here.
Drink Quinine Lemonade.
The fieas and mosquitoes have not
bothered us as much as we had an
ticipated. Our favorite drink is quinine
Northumberland 1t isn't at all bad 90
they serve 1t here.
Brief as our stay has been here, We
have enjoyed entertainments in groups.
Capt. Shoemaker, Mr.. Grouse and l
were entertained by the American con-
sui and we had dinner with the Prus-
sian minister of finance, Mr.. Badt.
There Is one report that we will be
the guests ut big banquet at some
beautiful hotel when we arrive at Rio.
Still another report is that we won't
disembark there at all. We don't know.
but we have hopes that we will land
again.
tCopyright. 1880, By North American Nswsn,
paper AllianceJ x