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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-01
ONE DEAD IN RAIL WRECK
IS Others Injured as Montreal
Express Figures in Crash.
81 Unitfd Press

CRUGERS. N. Y, Sept. Lone
person was killed and thirty-five
injured shortly before midnight
when a holiday-packed Montreal
express OF the New York Central
rammed another passenger train in
a dense fog. None of the injured
was hurt seriously. railroad officials
said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-01
SIX ARE C0NSECRATED
AT BRETHREN FARLEY
Bishop II. II. Fout Presides at Cere-
mOny Here.

Six new ministers of the Church
of the United Brethren assumed
pastorates today following their
conservation yesterday at the eighty
eighth annual session of White
River conference. Bishop H. H.
Fout conducted the conservation
service.
The new ministers are the Rev.
La Verne Better, indianapolis; the
Rev. Chester Grace, Geneva; the
Rev. Harold Bailey, Anderson; the
Rev. Joseph P. Roush, Muncie; the
Rev. Earl Smith, Olney and the
Rev. Edwin Hale, Newcastle.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-01
BLOCKS APPOINTS NEW
ADVERTISING DIRECTOR
Arthur III. Truitt Is Named to
Succeed George Binger.

The appointment of Artur H. Tru-
lit as advertising manager and pub
licity director was announced today
by the William H. Block Company.
He succeeds George M. Binger, who
recently accepted a similar position
with The Boston Store, Milwaukee,
Wis.
Mr.. Truitt has been associated
with Blocks advertising staff dur
ing the last six years as advertising
manager for the downstairs store
for three years and as assistant adj
vertising manager the last two
years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-01
STORES CLOSE MONDAY
Labor Day Holiday to Be Observed
by Merchants.

The Indianapolis Merchants As
ISOLATION announced today that, fol-
lowing a custom of many years
standing, its members would close
their stores Monday, Labor day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-01
Needy Start Newspaper
BIZ I INES Special

q 7 7 IWItN HptCfUt
MUNCIE. Sept. NEEDY men
being aided at the Muncie transient
home have begun publication of a
weekly newspaper, the MunSey
Town Gazette. 1t is produced by
mimeograph.
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SATURDAY


P. NJ.
4:45-Robbin's orchestra tCBS) WALDO.
Baritone (NBC) WIZ.
5:00-PickenS Sisters (NBC) WJR.
Charles Garlic. tenor (CBSl
5:15-'Homespun" (NBc) wEAF.
5;ao-I Isl m Jones and orchestra 'C6s'
Contralto and orchestra tNBc)
Madriguera's orchestra (NBC) WIZ.
5:45-Mary Eastman and concert 0rches-
ira (CBS) WABC
6:0O-Rochester Civic orchestra tNBC)
fats" Waller CcBsl wABc
BeStor's orchestra lNBCl WEAF.
6:3O-Hands Across the Border (NBCl
7:OO-Chicago symphony lNBC) WEAF.
Jamboree (NBC) WIZ.
s:oo-Raymond Knight and Cuckoos
s:15-Kings orchestra tNBc) wEAF.
S:3o-Elder Michaux and congregation
Barn Dance (NBC) WIZ.
Lombardo's orchestra lNBC) WEAF.
9:15-Gray's orchestra (CBSl WABC.
9:30-Martin's orchestra (NBC) WIZ.
Whitemans Saturday Night party
(NBC) WEAF
9:45-Grofe's orchestra (CBSl WABC.
10:00-Denny's orchestra (NBC) WIZ.
0rville Knapp's orchestra tCBSl
1oo:JI55-GGaTefree Carnival NBCl WE 1AEs,
Lyman's orchestra (NBC) WIZ.
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SUNDAY

A. NJ.
6:30-Pep club.
7:O0-Sunday at Aunt Susan's (CBS).
8:00-Imperial Hawaiians (CBSl.
8:3C-Patterns in Harmony (CBS).
S:45-Alex Semmler (CBSD.
9:O0-Jake's Entertainers.
9:30-Christian Men Builders.
lO:30-Romany Trail (CBSl.
ll:OO-Ann Leaf at the organ (CBS).
1l:3O-Compinsky trio (CBSl.
2:00-Noon-Dessa Byrd'S OrganIogue.
P NJ.
i:3O-Detroit Symphony (CBS).
2:OO-Buffalo Workshop tCBS).
2:30-American Legion program.
3:00-Playboys (CBSl.
3l5-Poet's Gold (CBSl.
3:30-Bakers (CBS).
4:OO-Tunes of the Week
5:OO-Wheeler Mission program.
530-Chicago Knights (CBSl.
6:OO--Columbia Variety hour (CBS).
7:0O-Buddy Rogers and orchestra lCBS)
7:30-Waring's Pennsylvanians (CBS).
800-Serenade (CBS).
8 3O-Melody Masterpieces (CBS).
9:00-Little Jack Little orchestra (CBS)
9l5-BaSeball scores
9:20-Little Jack Little orchestra tCbSJ
9 :30-Casa Iona orchestra (CBSl.
9:45-Joe Reichman orchestra (CBS).
10 :00-Red Nichols orchestra (CBSl;
l0:30-Ozzie Nelson orchestra tCBS).
/ 1:00-Earl Hines orchestra (CBSl.
1II5-Keith Beecher orchestra (CBS).
IL :30-Danny Russo orchestra (CBS).
IL 00-Midnight-Sign off.
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WLW (700) Cincinnati
SATURDAY

P. M.
4:00-Al Pearce and his gang (NBCl.
4:50-Jack Armstrong
4:45-Talk by Major Wood.
4:50-Tom Coakley and his orchestra
(NBC)
5:00-Old Observers.
5:I5-Over the Rhine. German band.
5:30-Bob Newhall.
5:45-BosS Johnston.
6:15-Gene Burchel's orchestra.
6:45-Monkey Hollow.
7:00-Jamboree tNBC).
8:00-Raymond knight and his Cuckoos
(NBCD.
8:I5-Henry Kings orchestra (NBC).
8:30-WLS Barn Dance (NBCl.
9:30-CaStle Farm orchestra.
9:55-NeWS flashes
10:00-Paul Whiteman's Saturday Night
party tNBC).
1015-Carefree Carnival (NBC).
11:00-Castle Farm orchestra.
11:30-Larry Lees dance orchestra
Standardization river. organ and
poems.
1 - 0-CiOr, oR
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-01
74O RELEASED BY NAILS
Political Prisoners Freed Under
Hitler Amnesty.
By United Press


BERLIN, Sept. 1.-Prussian Pre-
mier Hermann Goering today
ordered the release of TAO persons.
mostly Socialists and Communists,
from Prussian concentration camps,
in accordance with Adolf Hitler's
amnesty policy.
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AUTO CODE EXTENSION
DUE DESPITE CRITICISM
Renewal Urged on Roosevelt by
General Johnson.

D. UIII FftNf
WASHINGTON. Sept. despite
bitter labor criticism, the automo-
bile code will be renewed when it
Tuesday. the United Press
learned today. The recommended
ton for renewal for period OF
sixty or ninety days has been for
warded TO President Roosevelt by
General Hugh S. Johnson, il was
believed.
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WFBM (1230) indianapolis
indianapolis Power and Light Company
SATURDAY

7. M.
4.00-Misha Raginsky orchestra (CBS)
4:15-Sports Roundup (CBS).
4:30-Tonight on the air.
4:35-Piano Teachers Association.
4:45-Sam Robbins orchestra (CBSD.
5:00-Charles Garlic (CBSD.
5:15-Isham Jones orchestra (CBS).
5:45-Mary Eastman (CBSD.
6:00-Rhythm Club (CBSl.
6:15-BohemianS.
6:45-Modern male chorus (CBS).
7:00-Detroit symphony lCBS).
8:00-Saturday revue (CBS).
8:30--Elder Michaux (CBS).
9:00-Sylvia FrooS (CBS).
9:15-Ba Seball scores.
9:20-CaSa Iona orchestra (CBSl.
9:45-Ferde Grete orchestra (CBS).
10:00-Orville Knapp orchestra (CBS).
10 :30-Jan CARRIER orchestra (CBS).
l. :00-Harry SoSnik orchestra (CBS).
II :30-Keith Beecher orchestra (CBSl.
11:45-Freddie Hankle orchestra (CBS).
1900 Midnight-Sign off
Evening star., 1934-05-27
JOBLESS RETRIEVE
INSURANCE CASH
Relief Aide SaIvages S4,354
From Lapsed Policies.
Others Adjusted.

Insurance totaling s4354-which
otherwise would have gone unclaimed
has been made available to persons
on District relief rolls as a result Of
special service started less than two
months ago by the Emergency Relief
Division, according to data released
yesterday by Commissioner Allen.
In additional to this immediate
cash saving, which Is expected to in
crease as the insurance reclamation
work continues, many policies which
had been allowed to lapse have been
reinstated and adjusted to suit the
paying ability Of those on relief.
Leroy A. Halbert, emergency relief
director. brought about creation OF
the service April 6, when A. NJ.
Schwarz was employed in the relief
unit as insurance adviser.
Cash Value Claimed.
This was done because many per-
sons, losing their jobs and unable to
pay insurance premiums. gave them
up IS lost, overlooking the fact that in
many cases there was a "turn-in"
cash value Up to May %, Halbert
reported, this service had brought
$4,354 to the policy holders.
OF 169 policies studied by the spe-
cial relief worker 129 have been ad-
justed and are retained in force.
After adjustments were made $27,996
of insurance was in effect Previously
the total of the policies was s42,063.
Premiums Cut.
The adjustments, decided upon to
fit the reduced circumstances of the
relief cases. brought the total weekly
premium payments down from s83
to s27
In many cases people had insur-
ance policies that had lapsed, but
which had cash value entirely un-
known to the persons possessing
them" Halbert reported
The adjustments in policies so far
brought about. he said. showed that
almost two-thirds as much insurance
is being carried as formerly, while the
payments were now about one-third
as much as previously.
Evening star., 1934-05-27
POSTS FLIGHT PUT
ABOVE BALB0'S
Aeronautic Association Praises
Achievement in Announcing
F. A. I. Award.

In announcing the awarding to
Wiley Post of the 1888 Grand Geld
Medal of the Federation Aeronautique
Internationale. highest world aero
nautic award. the National Aeronautlc
Association, which proposed Post for
the honor. last night characterized
his solo flight around the world last
year as ''of immense commercial i'm
portance as a demonstration to man.
kind of the feasibility of Arctic
flight"
Placing the achievement of Post
above that of Gen. Italo Balbo's
massed flight across the Atlantic and
return and bove the six months trip,
involving two ocean crossings, of Col
and Mrs Charles A. Lindbergh, the
F. A. 1. voted the medal to Post at
the annual conference of the General
Council of the Aero Club of France,
in Paris, yesterday
Offlcial notification Of the award
was received here last night by for
mer Senator Hiram Bingham, presi-
dent Of the National Aeronautic As
sociation, from Godfrey L. Cabot, for
mer president of the NJ A. A.. now
a vice president of the Federation
Aeronautique Internationale and N
A. A. representative on the F. A. |.
Council.
Evening star., 1934-05-27
ARMY Man, FACING
TRIAL, is RETIRED
Maj. Shepard, Accused of Murder,
Found Incapacitated for
Active Service.

Mai. Charles A. Shepard, Army
Medical Corps. who is to go on trial
in Topeka, Kans.. next month for
the second time on charge of mur-
dering his wife, was ordered retired
from the Army, according to an an
nouncement yesterday by the War
Department.
1t was announced that Maj. Shep-
ard had been found incapacitated for
active service because of disability
incident to service. The order was
approved by President Roosevelt.
Maj. Shepard now is at Fitzsimmons
General Hospital, Denver.
Maj. Shepard was convicted Of
murder in a Kansas court in 1890,
but his life sentence was set aside by
the United States Supreme Court.
which ordered a new trial. The Off
Ger was charged with having poisoned
his second wife at Fort Riley, Kans.
1t was contended by the prosecution
that Mrs. Shepard was murdered to
clear the way for love affair be-
tween Maj. Shepard and a woman
employe at an Army post. The de-
fense contends Mrs. Shepard died
from natural causes. superinduced by
alcoholism and mercury poison from
mouth wash.
Evening star., 1934-05-27
Tickets Are Giren
Boys WhoPlayon
Streets Too Long
Police Pass Out Week'S
Free Membership in
Boys Club.

Boys that play too long in the
streets are getting tickets from
police these days.
But, different from the usual po-
lice parking ticket, the slips will en-
title the youngsters to a weeks free
membership in the Boys Club, Third
and C streets.
It's all part of a campaign to in
crease the clubs membership, de-
signed by Charles NJ Fyfe, manag-
ing director of the club. and car
ried out with cooperation of Capt.
o. Holmes and the $50 policemen
of No. l precinct. The campaign
is designed to bring in from the
have no means of recreation. Each
policeman carries a pad of tickets
and whenever he finds a boy or a
group of boys parked" overtime
on the streets each one is given a
ticket. The first week of this ex-
pertinent has resulted in sending 200
boys to the club of whom IS per
cent. or $50. after investigating the
clubs facilities, have PROMPTLY en-
rolled as permanent members.
Mr.. Fyfes idea not only was warm
ly commended by the National Boys
Clubs of America. but he has been
asked for permission to try out the
idea in other cities.
There is no cost attached to the
working out of the plan, Mr. Fyfe as
sured the Community Chest. which
supports the club, in making a re-
port on his idea. The pads of tickets
are printed and prepared by the
members of the printing class. Pos
sible extension of the plan to the
Georgetown branch will be considered
next Friday at the willard by the
board Of trustees.
Evening star., 1934-05-27
SCOUTS WILL OPEN
CAMPS ON June rs
Four 2-Week Periods to Be Held
on Wooded Shores of
Chesapeake Bay.

Slightly less than a month from
today, Washington Boy Scouts will
begin encampment for the season at
Camp Roosevelt, Scout Executive Linn
c. Drake, camp director. announced
yesterday
The camp, 100 acres of wooded
country with a mile shoreline on
Chesapeake Bay. between Chesapeake
Beach and Plum Point, will be open
for four 3 week periods, the first
beginning on June 25 The others be-
gin July 9. July % and August 6.
Here the Scouts are brought in con-
tact with real camping life and are
taught swimming and other sports,
always under close supervision, Scout
headquarters stated
The camp staff this year. besides
Drake. includes Robert R. Bailey, H.
A. Matsinger. Harry Cutler. Fred G..
Stuart. Robert McConnaughy. Robert
F. McDermott. Stuart Abraham,
Frank Cerminara. Thornton Hart.
William Curtis Cooper, George Palmer
and Bruce Moore
Evening star., 1934-05-27
CODOS AND ROSSI LEAVE
ON PARIS-CALIFORNIA
FLIGHT OF 6,10O MILES
Continued From First Page.)

wings. then the fuselage The strain
ing process took an hour and half.
The flyers took of within 10 min
utes Of the time they had announced.
Their route carried them along the
River Seine toward lie Havre and
across the English Channel to South
ern Ireland.
To Signal Regularly.
Then, according to the direction of
the wind, they planned to veer north
or south. The flyers announced they
would send their first radio signals
about two hours after the start, on a
600-meter wave length
Both wives expressed confidence in
the success of their husbands. but
Rossi's wife said she Is not giving up
the newspaper stand she operates in
Paris railroad station in anticipation
OF financial success. because you
never know what might happen"
WAvered Between Goals.
Rossi and Codos had wavered be-
tween Rio de Janeiro and California
as the goal of the hop which they hope
will add 500 miles to their own nom
stop record of $685. miles, estab-
lished in August, 1888. when they flew
from Floyd Bennett Field, N. Y,
to Kayak, Syria, in Sc hours and II
minutes
Today's weather reports. and the
prime condition Of their plane caused
the decision in favor of California,
toward which they will head py "ay
of New York.
For the combination transatlantic
transcontinental flight, Rossi and
CodoS use the same silver Bleriot
cabin plane which took them from
New York to Syria.
The plane. named Joseph Lebrix.
will weigh nearly 10 tons when fueled
and will have a cruising radius eSti-
mated at $500 miles in 10 hours
flight.
The same 65O-horsepower Hispano-
Suiza engine which carried the craft
from New York to Syria remains in
the cowling.
The plane is radio-equipped and will
send signals at regular intervals. The
call letters are FALCC, which are
painted on the fuselage and under
meath the wings.
The decision to start the flight was
made SO quickly that even close
friends of the flyers could not know
of it until after it was published.
Too Busy to Get Sleep.
Both flyers said they were too busy
making their plans to hope for any
chance of sleep before the takeotf.
Codos referred to Rossi as the boss"
adding Il will be beside him"
We consider another flight worth
while" RosSi said, because the actual
distance covered by the Joseph LebriX
from New York TO Kayak was much
more than the 9,l04 kilometers Off
cially recognized
III We succeed now We will have
new record which can scarcely be
beaten for several years.
Il hope with little luck to make
1000 kilometers $500 miles, which
is about 700 miles more than the esti-
mated air distance from LIE Bourget
TO San Diego. Such a record would
stand until new plane is especially
built for long distance flying
WEATHER FAVORABLE"
Evening star., 1934-05-27
FUNERAL PYRE DEATH
MYSTIFIES CALIFORNIA
Silver Crucifix Found Near Body
of Man Burned Beyond
Recognition.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, May 26.-The death
OF an unidentified man on a funeral
pyre in lonely Arroyo Seco in the
northern part of the city remained a
mystery today as police continued their
investigation
Tied to a stake near the pyre was
silver crucifix and around the neck
OF the charred body was a trace OF
cord from which Catholic scapular
medal had been suspended.
Added to these bits of evidence, Po-
lice Chemist Ray Pinke~ obtained
ashes from the scene lin an effort to
establish if the fire was accidental or
whether it was started by the man
with suicidal intent or by a murderer.
Flames from the strange pyre early
today attracted radio patrolmen to the
desolate spot. but too late to save the
life of the man. who was burned be-
yond recognition.
Evening star., 1934-05-27
Sensational Women Murders
Recalled by Sheads Mystery
Staying of Mrs. Ada Dennis Near Turn
of Century Still Remembered as
Most Brutal Case.

jewelry missing. The car was parked
nearby
There ensued series of investiga-
tions by Justice agents, District po-
lice and Virginia authorities-marked
by numerous arrests Of suspects" and
several spectacular confessions" A
soldier surrendered and confessed"
on May l6 of that year, repudiated
the confession on the following day.
confessed again on the third day and
finally was examined by an Army
Board to test his sanity. Found sane,
he was Jailed again and finally freed
when officials could not verify" his
various admissions"
Meanwhile Herbert Campbell, a
Virginia real estate dealer, turned
over to Arlington County police a
pistol which he said he thought had
been removed from his home about
the time of the Staying by one Her.
man Barrere. itinerant painter. Noted
ballistics experts said the gun had
fired the bullets that killed the Baker
girl.
Trial Clears Campbell.
A NATIONWIDE search for Barrere
ended in his arrest in Montreal and
his return to Virginia. where he
proved good alibi. Campbell then
was arrested, indicted for murder
and tried in the District Supreme
Court, where, after conflicting testi-
mony by gun experts, he was ac-
quilted by a jury.
The Limerick girl, a member of the
"Sky-High Whoopee Club" was shot
to death in room of her home at
l8 Nineteenth street southeast on De-
cember 81. 1880. A hospital inferno,
who pronounced her dead, failed to
discover the bullet wound at the base
of the skull The coroner discovered
the wound several hours later. when
he examined the body at private
undertaking establishment
A coroners jury found the girl had
been murdered by a person or per-
sons unknown" and held four men
for the grand jury on the ground
that they had guilty knowledge"
A three weeks inquiry by the grand
jury resulted in exoneration of the
quartet and special report criticiZing
methods of hospital internes and of
the coroner'S office. The case remains
unsolved.
Evening star., 1934-05-27
TAX COSTS LOWER
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Taxes apparently are cheaper to
collect this year than last.
The Treasury announced yesterday
that for 10 months of the fiscal year
which ends June 80 the average cost
Of collecting each Sl00 was Sl.14. as
compared with a 1888 fiscal year
average of sl85
For the 10 months Sails. 702 900
was collected. as compared with ST.
253,484,000 for the same months of
1888. Excluding processing taxes. the
1894 collections were Sl,o28, 1853 900
for hte 10 months period.
Evening star., 1934-05-27

A staff has been set up for the
Summer sessions at Camp May Fla
ther under the supervision of Miss
Harriet johnson A trained nurse,
dietician and American Red Cross
life-saver will be on hand at the
camp at all times, Mrs Crosby said
In addition to classes in nature,
swimming and handicraft, horseman-
ship has been included in the pro-
gram this year. The horses, accord
ing to Mrs. Crosby. will be available
for overnight pack trips.
Camp May Flather is located in the
George Washington National Forest
in the Alleghanies.
Evening star., 1934-05-27
WEATHER FAVORABLE"
L. S. MeteOrolOgist Says Pair Should
Have Tail Wind.

NEW YORK, May % (P).-Dr
James Kimball. meteorologist Of the
United States Weather Bureau, said
tonight weather conditions over the
Atlantic for a eaSt-to-west flight were
very favorable
If the two French flyers" he
said. follow the regular course from
Ireland southwest to mid-Atlsntic
and then north to Newfoundland,
they should have tail winds all the
WaV."
Evening star., 1934-05-27

OCl Ndy.
In the belief
that life in the
open Is essential
to healthy. hap
py living and
should be the in
h e r / t an c e OF
every American
c h i ! d." M r s.
Crosby said the
org a q i zation's
Camp Commit
tee Is putting
forth every ef-
fort this year to
enable a greater
number of Wash
ington girls to
eniOy camn life
Evening star., 1934-05-27
COD0S-ROSS|H HOP
IS 18TH TO WEST
Atlantic Crossed 10 Times.
Attempts Have Failed
in 7 Instances.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 26.-The pro-
jected flight of Paul Codos and
Maurice Rossi from lie Bourget.
France, to San Diego. Calf, will be
the eighteenth attempt to span the
North Atlantic westward in a heavier
than-air craft.
Ten times the feat has been ac-
complished, with the United States
Army round -the-world flyers setting
the pace IN 1924. Seven times it has
failed.
Only twice have planes bucking the
headwinds that usually prevail over
the North Atlantic coming westward,
been flown from Europe to the United
States. The first to do it were the
Frenchmen, Capts. Dieudonne Costes
and Maurice Bellonte. who flew from
Paris to New York in 1880.
MOlliSOns Succeed.
The only other successful hop to the
United States was made by the flying
MolllSonS. Jim and Amy, who cracked
up last Summer at Bridgeport, Conn,
after flying from Pendine, Wales
Amy Mollison is the only woman who
has flown the North Atlantic west
ward.
1t was Capt. Mollison who made the
first east -toweSt solo flight. He left
Ireland on August l8, 1892, and
landed in Canada-covering 2,400
miles in 80 hours and Is minutes.
Capt. Wolfgang Won Gronau made
three westward flights, each time in a
huge flying boat and accompanied by
a crew. His last trip was in 1882,
starting In Germany. He continued
around the world. making a survey
for proposed mail and passenger
service route.
One of the earlier westward flights,
in 1928, was made in the German
monoplane. Bremen. from Dublin to
Greenley Island. off the south coast
of Labrador Capt. James Fitzmau-
rice, chief of the Irish Free State Air
Corps, and Capt. Herman Koehl were
the co-pilots
Smith Flew Atlantic.
Flying the Southern Cross. which
previously had crossed the Pacific
Maj. Charles Kingford- Smith and q
crew of three took off from Portmar-
mock. Ireland. and landed at Harbor
Grace. Newfoundland. in July, 1880.
The greatest mass westward flight
was made last year, when Gen. Italo
Balbo. then Italian air minister. led
"a planes across the North Atlantic
The unprecedented mass flight start
ed July and many stops were made.
Death and thrilling rescues have
marked some of the unsuccessful
flights, starting with the loss of
Charles Nungesser and Francois Coli.
who left LIE Bourget a few days be-
fore Col. Charles A. Lindbergh landed
in France.