Evening star., 1936-10-21
CLIPPER HEADING
FOR WAKE ISLAND
Kieran Expecting to Be in
/ New York Four Days
H. Behind Schedule.
BY LEO KIERAN.
y wireless to The Star

~ wireless to The Star
ON BOARD THE CHINA CLIP
PER, EN- ROUTE TO WAKE ISLAND.
October 2l.-At 6:28 this morning,
Capt. Ralph Dahlstrom seudded the
China Clipper along the crests Of q
considerable sea-swell, and. So seconds
later, the giant airliner slapped
against the last crest and vaulted into
the air. Within a few seconds, the
huge ship banked lazily over the
sleepy village of Sumay. Guam, and
headed on its course for Wake Island,
1922 miles away.
My scheduled tour around the world
thus is merrily approaching its end.
The halfway mark Is well behind and
the rest seems all down hill. There
has been but one interruption, in the
form of a four days delay at Manila
because of a typhoon, and SO I ex-
pect to be back in New York just
four days behind my original sched-
ule. The trip has never approached
stunt proportions and could be dupli-
Gated at standard fares by anybody.
l8 Persons Are on Board.
There are 18 persons aboard. of
them being members of the crew and
the others press correspondents. At
Manila, I joined the correspondents
for the China Clippers return flight
to San Francisco, after the wait OF
four days following my arrival In
Manila from Hongkong.
The passengers and members Of the
crew were royalty entertained last
night by Gov. Benjamin ". Nc
Candlish at Guam. Even before leav-
ing the dock, each of us was present.
ed with a sample of native handiwork
Later we were guests at a dinner. at
which local officials, Comdr. Robert
A. Kelly. Capt Spencer Higgins OF
the Naval Hospital. Col. A. E. Randall
Lieut.. Carl Theme and their wives
welcomed the first passengers on the
new ocean airline.
We were abed early and up SEEM
ingly earlier. There were scattered
clouds hanging low on the horizon all
around, but brilliant stars shone di.
rectly overhead. After breakfast, q
rolling ride in a motorboat to the
Clipper, anchored off-shore, gave an
indication of what was to come.
Taxis Through Reefs.
Capt. Dahlstrom TAXED carefully
through a maze of coral reefs into
deeper waters, where a swell that rose
more than Is feet made the 24-tor
craft rise and fall like an elevator
shutting up and down in one-story
building. At last. he wheeled the
ship, opened the throttles. and, rid
ing the swells like a surfboard rider
headed in-shore. jumping from one to
tightening impact. In SO seconds the
wings finally rose and swung majesti-
cally over the wooded knobs Of the
harbor peninsula.
In few minutes, the 30-mile island
disappeared astern as the ship rose
over low layer of cotton-ball cumu-
lus clouds and began the third from
the last days run on the Pacific flight
to San Francisco.
My trip, since my arrival in Manila
has begun to assume the air Of a fete
at each of the landing spots. My Of
ficial welcomers at Manila included
High Commissioner j. Weldon Jones.
President Manuel Quezon and others
Then, after a continuous round of
social events, came the official
gathering at Guam. I expect little
in the nature of similar festivities,
however. until we reach Hawaii, as
the next two stops, Wake and Midway
Islands, are sparsely settled.
My clothing is sadly depleted, and
my money even more so. but I will
need none until reach New York.
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