Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-20

Graf Zeppelin VII be surpassed, .
though conceding TIT the great Ger
man ship has set q oble record" The
Meridian Star fiIldS''a proper source
of pride in evidence Z resources Of ma
tional ingenuity andsower.s The Star
explains the standineof the Akron with
the statement: 1T ia third larger IN
diameter than the CAT Though only
8 feet longer, It haSllmost double the
gas capacity, almost pubic the lift and
a cruising range OF 1880 miles. It has
eight engines instea, Of five, with q
horsepower rating o. 4,4B0, compared
with 2,750 for the zeppelin"
The Akron Beacon ournal holds that
the great crowd in stendance at the
christening is "a finlaugary that our
city has been establiSed e the worlds
airship capital Of 5nnorruw.'" The
Harrisburg Telegraph halls It ~ "the
United States Navy answer to the
question OF the utilit Of Hghter-than-
air craft in offense ad defense" The
Connellsville Daily Ourier voices the
pride of the countrJin possession OF
the largest and the atest development
IN aircraft building and the Lima
tOhio) News sees tn Akron as reject
ing great tribute the work Of Rear
Admiral William A. loffett Of the Navy
Bureau OF Aeronautb."
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when the Akrorhas demonstrated
its air ability, governmental guarantees
and mail subsidies lay be all that Is
necessary to start te commercial bah
rolling" according , the Green Bay
Press-Gazette, Will the Ann Arbor
Daily News states: at seems safe to
assume that the buding of the Akron
viii stimulate our ct1merce Of the air.
Monett emissions lie American nag
dominating the air aneS. He foreseeS
closer international citations, the mar
rowing Of the Atlant Ocean. And the
Navy will get the cT-iit for starting 1t,
for primarily the Aron is q warship,
with all kinds Of figling facilities"
The whole zeppep story is an epic
one" recalls the ew York Herald
Tribune. 1T containmany failures, but
many successes as We. Perhaps, if one
considers the many tousands of planes
that were built and rashed in the de-
velopment of the aplane, the dirigi-
ble'S record would rove the better"
The Dayton Daily Views says: The
greatest opportunity eS, perhaps, in the
stimulation OF tranSteanic service; the
airship makes such lights readily, and
with pay load-sonthing the airplane
has not yet been alb to do" The Al
lentown Morning ca attests that both
the Los Angeles ancthe Graf Zeppelin
have improved pubc opinion as to the
value and durability the lighter than
air ship"
May she have airilliant career and
justify all that heBponsorS expect of
her" remarks the charleston Is. CD
Evening Post, with te reservation, how
ever: ''It is not tooe overlooked that
one reason why Unlimited States leads
all other nations iIpoSseSsion Of these
great airships is tat virtually all Of
the others have aba1oned their interest
In this type. TheBritish government
very recently annnced that it would
build no more Of Il type. The expert
ence Of all covenants with these ships
Of the air has bed diScouraging. Not
one but has had t6ear with disaster
in the sudden ddruction Of o great
dirigble."
The Baltimore an feels that s.the
whole business of khter- than-air nayi-
cation, immense tough its potenttau-
ties may be, has ardly advanced be-
You'd the experimental stage" The
Rochester Times-hio Comments. ssIf
these superships e to serve In future
wars, the people depending on them
should begin to wqy now, for they VIII
be out of date alrnst before the Paint q
dried"