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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-07-21
Headed East
Instead of West

Also. owing to the heavy load
of gasoline. 1 took an unusually
long takeoff. When 1 was above
the flying field, instead of half.
ciccling, I full-circled, so l plotted
a course which I thought was due
West. Instead, owing to the fact
that the compass indications were
twisted half way, it was due East.
1 was Immediately enveloped
in a cloud bank. But, having the
fullest confidence in my engine,
l concentrated on keeping my
machine level. 1 hoped for an
opening in the clouds which
would allow me to peek at the
earth below from which 1 could
take my bearings.
Eventually I reached an alti-
tude between two layers of
clouds. Therefore the sun was
invisible, so I couldn't have a
second check on my bearings.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-07-21

they were light and airy as
cotton or wool, sometimes dark
and dismal, as gloomy as the
deepest pits Of HadeS. But never
once the sight o. the sun.
Sometimes bright light ap-
peared beneath me. A haSty
consultation of my Pioneer
turn indicator" assured me that
was right side up and the sky
was above me. But what was
below me I could only guess to
be some portion of the vast
American continent.
So, after flying approximately
26 hours, I figured 1 must surely
be somewhere over the flat
countryside of Texas or New
Mexico. So again 1 took a
chance and dipped as low as
possible with my altimeter regis
tering 1000 feet, but I saw
nothing. I dared not go lower
as the clouds play tricks and
pranks in the hills so up I went
among the clouds again.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-07-21
Mistakes Boston
For Baltimore!

My engine revolved smoothly
and sweetly. l was unconcerned
and settled down for 20-odd
hours of flying. After two hours
l saw a hole" in the cloud bank.
Below me I saw a big city
stretched out. 1 figured it to be
Baltimore. But it must have
been Boston which is the same
distance from New York but, of
course, in the other direction.
From then on l was enveloped
in fog without hole in it. For
the next eight hours I concen-
trated on merely keeping awake
to watch out for engine stalls
and keep the plane on an even
keel.
After 10 hours of flight, I
reckoned I must be somewhere
near Georgia. I descended, hop
ing for a hole in the lower cloud
bank and hoping to catch sight
of streams and fields, but I saw
nothing.
Below must have been the
Atlantic, but didn't know it
then. 1 dared not descend any
lower, but kept flying with my
compass.
So on went. I felt extreme
exhilaration. The engine was be-
having itself perfectly. I felt
happy and comfortable. I never
sighted land nor sea, just fog
and clouds.
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My greatest fight at that
moment was the fight against
sleep. The drumming of the
engine was soothing. It begged,
almost demanded sleep. But I
warded it off by watching the
gasoline and oil gauges.
My position In this plane was
at the back of the cockpit with
gasoline cans all around me.
The tiny window at the fore
front of the plane was now spat-
tered with oil. The visibility was
nil. I could only rely on prayers
and the stability of my Curtiss-
Robin engine.
My prayers must have been
answered. The engine continued
to behave like a perfect gentle
man. Then-hurrah! A hole
providentally appeared in the
clouds. I wiped away the oil
from the window and peeked
down. To my amazement I saw
the sea and fishing vessels plow-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-07-21
PROSAIC HOMECOMING:
CORRIGAN'S JALOPY
BACK IN u. S. AUG. 9
Corrigdn Society
Holds First Meet

CHICAGO, July FL U.N.SJ.
In a downtown Chicago hotel
today was held the first
meeting Of the first chapter
Of the Society Of COrrigans."
1t was q luncheon, with
Michael ]. COrrigan, fire COM
missioner, first head of the
clan, presiding.
Police Commissioner James
Altman was guest Of honor,
and Alderman James ].
CuSack represented Mayor
Edward Kelly.
A true Irish dish, cOrned
beef hash, was the principal
item on the menu.
A resolution was passed
asking President Roosevelt to
recommend a special congress
siOnal medal to honor Corri-
gan for his Atlantic flight.
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Famous Sea Plane
DiSndntled for
Trip on Liner
Continued from Page II

CONTINUED from Page II
and with a long walrus moustache
waving in the wind.
That was Douglas the President,
and behind him came his name.
Sake"-Douglas Corrlgan.
His slight figure looked 'boyish
next to that of the bulky President.
Corrigan wore neither coat nor
hat.
Walking toward the hangar
where the ship rested, Corrigan
said:
Come here, sir, and I will
show her to you"
Brushing aside the customary
etiquette surrounding presidential
receptions, DR.. Hyde willingly
agreed to the suggestion of Inter
national News Service that he
receive Corrigan again and have
a lengthier chat than was possible
at yesterdays formal reception.
President Amazed
He left his desk piled high with
routine work and walked around
the grounds of the government
office with the aviator, telling
Corrigan the place was much too
big for him and that he planned
soon to ask the government to
find him a smaller home "Iess
redolent of imperial atmosphere. "
"And how did you see out this
thing?" the president asked in
credulously, peering through a
dim window about the size of
sheet Of writing paper. You
mustn't have been able to look
ahead at ALL"
"Oh, yes, all I had to do was
tip her this way" Corrigan said,
gesturing sidewise. Then I'd
straighten her out like this"
and he waved his arms like q
bird.
Only Corrigan's arms gave any
idea Of the strength that must be
in body that stood up under 20
hours Of ocean flying and came
out-aS an air officer who met
him expressed it-"as fresh as an
Irish daisy" Corrigan's arms are
as wiry as those of boxer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-07-21
Thinks Atlonti.
Is the Pacific

I thought I was over the
Pacific Ocean, having overshot
my destination. But then the
hills doomed before me. They
didn't look like Western Ameri-
can hills, so I thought they must
be Canadian hills.
Then I tested my turn indi-
Gator" That was okay. Then I
tested for the first time my
compass and Immediately real
lied it had gone awry. Another
peek below and I saw low hills,
unWooded. That convinced me
that it certainly wasn't Califor-
MIA, nor even Canada.
BY hasty reckoning of my fly
ing time 1 was convinced then
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Hull Greets
WOrldFlierS
Continued from Page ~

Continued from Page ~
N. ]. delayed their takeoff for
Washington.
Following the call at the State
Department the filters were ten
dered a luncheon at the National
Press Club.
Hughes made short address at
the luncheon which was broadcast
over nationwide hookup.
Jesse Jones, chairman of the
Reconstruction Finance Corpora
ton, on behalf of the Govern
ment, thanked Hughes and his
companions for adding a new
chapter to aviation history. More
than 100 Government officials
were present at the Press Club af-.
fair.
Tonight the party will attend
dinner at the Soviet Embassy.
This affair is being given by Con-
Stantine Oumanski. the embassy's
charge d'affaires. OumanSki
handled part Of the arrangements
made by the Soviet government to
facilitate the Hughes flight.
OTHERS IN PARTY
In addition to Hughes, the party
includes Lieut.. Thomas ThurloW,
flight navigator and his wife;
Harry P. Conner, flight navigator
and Mrs. Conner; Richard Stod-
dart. radio engineer and Mrs. Stod-
dart; Edward Lund, flight en-
gineer; Al Lodwick, Hughes mana
ger and Mrs. LodWick; Mr.. and
Mrs. w C. Rockefeller, jr.; Comdr
Howard Flanagan, assistant execu
tive director of New York Worlds
Fair; Charlotte Mays, Hughes sec,
rotary; M. Towers, R. R. Refining
and S. B. Smith.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-07-21
Leaves Belfast
For Dublin

I saw a large city stretched
out below, but I couldn't pick
out anything resembling an air
droma. There were docks and
a harbor and shipping in sight,
but nothing even resembling an
airdrome. I figured it to be Bel
fast. I was right. so switched
to a southerly course.
There was one hour more dur
ing which I scanned the floor"
for a likely field, but there was
nothing suitable. Soon another
big city spread itself out. This
must be Dublin! Sure enough,
it was. And there again, thanks
to the memory of Fitzmaurice'S
maps, I identified Baldonnel Air
drome.
I dipped and swerved around
and made a safe, happy and vel
come landing in friendly Dublin.
I'm the next chapter, COrrigan
starts his own life StOry.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-07-21
Had Plotted
Trip to Erin

A year ago when I had plot
ted out an Atlantic hop I had
familiarized . myself with Ire
lands scenery.
Colonel Fitzmaurice, the old
Atlantic filler, had given me his
maps. But I could rely only on
my memory, since hadn't them
with me. I had only half-torn
map of the eastern coast of
America, showing bits of the
st. Lawrence River, that was
useless to me.
However, Fitzmaurice'S maps
were firmly in my minds eye. I
flew on. Later 1 was convinced
1t was Ireland when I saw the
sea again stretch out menacingly
past the land.
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Prayed Hopefully
To Find Break

kept on and on, praying
hopefully for some break in the
clouds which would enable me
to check up on my bearings.
On I went, dreaming and
weaving happy pictures Vf the
cloud formations. Sometimes
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-07-21

A NoblewOman Gets Her Wedding
Presents Back. Could Lose Her Noble
Husband In DiEnified Silence. but When
He Tried to Sell the Once Romantic
MsmentOes of Happier Days That
WSuIdRt Fit in His New Honeymoon
Flat-WFlI, Patience Ceased to Be Wiz
tue. An Illustrated Feature in The
American Weekly. the Magazine Distrib.
uted with Next Sundays Herald Times.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-07-21
Corrigdn Tells of Fight to Keep Awake
Afraid to Take
HisEyesOff
Gauges

Continued from Page ~
going West. BY freakish twist
of fate, my compass was diSar-
ranged so that the IS" mark ap-
peared like an IN"
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The officer who met him when
he landed whispered that Corrigan
had somehow managed a dry
shave" before he landed. His face
was clean as whistle" he said,
President Hyde paused wonder.
ingly in front of the little old
fashioned monoplane and exam.
ined the motor. At every joint, the
motor bonnet had been welded,
so the whole thing was a mass of
scars.
"He did it himself" an air.
port mechanic said. "He's an
acetylene welder by trade"
Corrigan showed the president
his reserve gasoline tanks in the
front of the cockpit. They were
like ordinary cans of gasoline.
mo, they're not tin" he said.
They're the best quality alum.
num-"
Contrast in Landings
But I still don't understand
how you could land without be-
ing able to see ahead" the pres
ident persisted.
"Oh, that's easy, sir. I Just
tip her like I told you, catch Q
glimpse and sail ahead, and
then tip her once more. know
where the ground is and put
her down"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-07-21
C0RRIGAN, HERO
OF GENERATION.
KEEPS BALANCE.
'Evie' Robert Finds His
Indifference Charming

Erelvn Walker Robert. famous
Washington beauty and lCite OF
Laurence Chip Robert former
Assistant Secretary Of the Treas
ury. is in ireland on vacation.
She uiN urite. from time to
time. uhile abroad for the Pat
terSon newspapers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-07-21
Soothing Hum
OF Engine
BegSNdp!

that I had been flying eastward,
not westward, and so these
green hills below must be Ire
land.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-07-21
BY EVELYN WALKER ROBERT

BY EVELYN WALKER ROBERT
Special Cable to The Washington Time,
DUBLIN Fire. July 21.-The
Irish lad who has captured the
worlds fancy with his mistake
flight will be the outstanding
hero of this generation.
TRUE SENSE OF VALUES
I say that of Douglas Corrigan,
not only because of his exploit
and the easy charm with which
he is accepting his new position
In the world, but because he has
the trueSt sense of values of any
one I have ever seen.
Remember the man described
by Kipling Ill his poem II"
That is just what young Corrigan
Is like.
l asked him why he was so in
different to money and honorS,
and casually. with the charm that
has made him world famous since
he landed his 5000 plane on these
shores. he answered:
Flyers grow accustomed to
looking at things from high
places
DUBLIN NEWS MECCA
It is amazing to see how Dublin
has become the news capital OF
the world since Corrigan brought
his plane down near here. In the
past three days there has been
constant stream Of reporters and
photographers beseeching the le-
cation for a glimpse Of the worlds
new hero.
Corrigan plans a trip to London
next week to inspect the English
air establishments there and will
come back to Ireland to take a
boat home.
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International News Photo

ing their way through, leaving
a frothy line in their wake.
Evening star., 1938-05-23
v. v. SPA|D RITES
SCHEDULED TODAY
Burial of Broker Will Be in
Rock Creek Cemetery.
NotabIeS to Attend.

Funeral services for William Win
field Spaid, 58, senior partner OF W..
B. Hibbs 81 Co., brokers, who died
Saturday in New York, were sched-
uled at $3.50 pm. today in Gawler's
chapel, 1850 Pennsylvania avenue
NV, with the Rev. DR.. H. B. Wood
ing, pastor of lexington Presbyterian
Church, ofiiciating. Burial was to be
in Rock Greek Cemetery.
Headed by Senator Pat Harrison Of
Mississippi. the list Of honorary pail
bearers included many Of the city's
leading bankers.
Mr.. Spaid began his career in 1900
as stenographer for the brokerage
firm and was admitted to partner
ship in 1912. Besides the many other
organizations with which he was
identified, he was member Of the
Association of Oldest Inhabitants Of
the District of Columbia.
All members of the Board Of Public
Welfare. Of which Mr. Spaid was a
member, were to attend the funeral.
Frederick w. McReynolds, chairman
Of the board, today issued the follow
ing statement on behalf Of the group:
In the death Of w. w. Spaid the
Board of Public Welfare has lost one
Of its most valued members. He has
been a member of the board since
February 10, 1896. He served faith
fully not only on the board but on
the Committees on Penal and Cor
rectional Institutions and on Public
Evening star., 1938-05-23
UNION SERVICES
SETF0R TONIGHT
All Denominations to Join
in Appeal for More
Religious Life.

Catholic, Protestant and Jewish
churchmen will join forces in serv-
ice here tonight to present united
appeal for return to religion as a
vital factor in American life.
The meeting will be held in the
United States Chamber of Commerce
Building at 8 pm. The Rev. John
K. Cartwright pastor Of the Church
Of the Immaculate Conception; Rabbi
Abram Simon of the Washington He
brew Congregation, and the Rev. AL
bert j. Mccartney, pastor of the
Covenant-First Presbyterian Church,
are scheduled to speak on "The Ma
tion's Need of Religion"
1T seems particularly important at
q time when secularism Is spreading
abroad that all of our religious forces
should unite at the Nations Capital
in a demonstration Of their conviction
that the survival Of democracy is de-
pendent upon religion" Canon Anson
Phelps Stokes of the Washington Ca
thedral said in urging large attend
ance at the service.
Canon Stokes is secretary of the
Committee on Religious Life, sponsor
of the meeting at which Cloyd H. Mar
win, president of George Washing
ton University, will preside.
The Catholic, Protestant and Jew
1sh speakers will discuss from their
own points Of view the need of a re-
ligious awakening in America and
Evening star., 1938-05-23

Assistance. During the last year he
had been chairman Of the former
committee.
HE had been faithful in the carry
ing out of his duties, assiduous in
attendance at board and committee
meetings. keen in his interest, deep in
his sympathies, wide In his under
standing and vigorous in the prosecu-
ton Of all members for the welfare
Of those who were committed to the
care of the Board Of Public Welfare.
"His life was an example Of the
highest type Of citizenship and his
death an irreparable loss to the Board
of Public Welfare, the services 1t repre-
sents and to the community as q
whole"
Evening star., 1938-05-23

advance their ideas as to how it can
be brought about.
Such a program should emphasize
the religious foundations of this Ma
ton, Canon Stokes said.
Professionalism, Catholicism and
judaism" he pointed out, all teach
love of God and our fellow men. These
were the convictions of the founders
of our Government, and they alone
provide a faith which will make not
only the survival but the development
of democracy possible"
Evening star., 1938-05-23
MODEL TRAIN EXHIBIT
is INSURED FOR $4,000
Miniature Limiteds WhiZ By
Stations Built by Metropolitan

Stations Built by Metropolitan
Society of Engineers.
Real life in miniature Is the key
note of the model train exhibition
now being held by the Metropolitan
Society of Model Engineers at 2O20 M
street NV.
Complete with all exterior and in
terror fittings, even to the washbowls
in the Pullman cars, the miniature
trains zoom by the cardboard sta
tions and climb hills made of wire,
burlap and plaster Of paris.
So valuable do the members con-
slider their entries that they have in
sured them for $4,000. More than
81 Of the societys members are rep
resented, while two samples have
been entered from Baltimore.
The exhibit will be open to the
public every day this week until 10
pm Tonight at o'clock station
WRC will broadcast the rumbhngs OF
the Lilliputian trains.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-12
SandaIwood Drive
Honeowners in
Council Protest

Protests against increases in
property valuation on Sandalwood
drive between Sixth and Seventh
streets by property owners from
that neighborhood Thursday night
found the Ell Centre council sit
ting as board OF equalization, un-
moved from its determination to
equalize values on Sandalwood with
those on Wensley avenue.
A delegation appearing at the
equalization melting included most
of the Sandalwood owners, whose
tax bills will be bosoted approx
mately So each year by the increas-
ed valuations.
The council held to the position
that property values on Sandalwood
are equal to those In similar blocks
on Wensley, and refused to alter its
proposed equalization figures.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-12
CIO PROTESTS v. KILLING
EDITORS ATTACK,
Defend FIR ON
GEORGIA TALK
Newspaper Opinion
On Yes, but Action
Shows Variation
BY United Press

Editorial com m ent on
President Roosevelt's pri-
mary declarations in Geor-
gia included:
New York Sun-BarneSville must
long be identified by all Americans
as the place where a president Of
the United States declared :. that
the best congress is a Servile con-
gress, that the best senators and
representatives are those who ac-
cepted their thinking from on high
and who check their consciences
as they enter the capitol.
New York Daily News - It's a
good fight and legitimate one
What Mr.. Roosevelt is trying to
do is to go over the heads of the
southern economic royalists and
their representatives in congress
and reach the southern workers
with the modern philosophy regard
ing mass buying power.
INCW lOIh luuCS N1il hlldly DhI5
Sen. Georges recorO-. Only
by considering it in detail is it
possible to realize how generally
Mr.. George has supported the pur-
poses and methods of the admins
tration, in what comparatively few
matters he has differed with it,
and how great degree of intellec-
tual servitude the president now
requires of his followers.
Scripps- Howard Newspapers-It's
true, as the President said, that
Sen. George is as conservative as
many lifelong Republican. He and
Mr.. Roosevelt don't speak the same
political language 1t was daring
for the President to ask Georgia
to repudiate Mr.. George and to
send Lawrence Camp to the senate,
but, after all, he took the risk on
his own shoulders.
Kansas City Times-The voters
might ask themselves whether
it is their supreme privilege
and duty to send to congress men
who will speak the language of
somebody in authority there, or
men who will speak, or endeavor
honestly to speak, the language
of Georgia itself.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-12
RUSSIAN KILLS
JAPANESE IN
BORDER AREA
Member of Mission
Shot by Member
OF Secret Police

TOKYO, Aug. IL. (UP)-
A member of a japanese
mission, touring the Man
chukuo-Siberian border, was
shot by an agent of the Rus
sian secret police, the Domei news
agency reported today from Shi-
kika.
The shooting occurred at Sagh-
alien while japanese and Russian
field commanders met at Changku-
feng to exchange notes confirming
an agreement reached by the Japa-
nese and Russian governments to
end fighting on the frontier.
The victim of the shooting was
member of the party headed by
Ryukichi Teshirogi, member of the
japanese parliament Details of the
incident were meager. The dispatch
said japanese officials were in
NSoOiSdlHlS.
Japan and Russia reached an
agreement last night which speci-
fled:
l. Japanese and Russian troops
will suspend all operations and
hold the lines they occupied prior
Ito the peace agreement reached a,
Moscow.
2. Burial parties will be sent out
to remove corpses from the battle
fields, japanese troops to remove
japanese corpses; Russians to re-
move Russian corpses.
The front lines held by the
japanese and Russian troops viii
be confirmed as mutually approved
at a meeting at noon today.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-12

Creation of a powerful sabotage
machine and establishment of a
German minority with the present
German-American Bund group as
a nucleus.
1T must be borne in mind that
in 1916, prior to the entrance OF
the United States in the World
War, Germany had practically no
espionage organization or sabotage
machine in this country Metcalfe
said.
1T is to avoid duplication of
this mistake that the Bund has
become active without even letting
its own membership know the real
purpose behind the movement"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-12
Resign Positions
In State Govt

SACRAMENTO, Aug. u CUP)-
Investigation of an asserted pla1
to gain control of $1,000000 worth
Of tideland oil leases was halted to-
day with the resignation Of two
state officials involved in the
charges.
Fred B. Wood, chairman of the
state personnel board, announced
he had received the resignation OF
Carl B. Sturzenhacker, chief of the
state division of lands, and H. a
Alexander, petroleum production in
spector. Both men were accused in
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-12
TAPP'S TRIAL IN
MURDER CASE
TO BE SEPT. !
Man Pleads Guilty to
Lewd Conduct Gets
Year in Prison -

Herman Tapp. Negro, Friday az
ternoon reversed an earlier action
and pleaded guilty to the murder
of Ernest Seagraves at Brswley
July 81. He was sentenced to from
one to 10 years in. San Quentin
prison when Superior Judge r. ID.
McPherrin determined the degree
of his Offense at manslaughter.
One murder and one rob-
berry case were set for trial,
one man pleaded guilty to a
statutory offense, and an
other pleaded guilty and
asked probation in an automobile
theft case when Superior Judge
r. D. McPherrin heard the weekly
setting calendar here Friday.
Herman Tapp, Negro, will be
tried Sept.-7 on a charge of mur-
dering Ernest Seagraves, alias John
Page, at Brawley July 81. The court
entered a plea of not guilty for
Tapp.
Charles Walker, Negro, will be
tried Oct. 3 on a charge of robbing
the Planters garage at Brawley
three weeks ago. He pleaded not
guilty.
James M. McAteer pleaded gull
ty to lewd and lascivious conduct
and was sentenced to San Quentin
prison for not less than one year.
Leroy Neeley pleaded guilty to
grand theft and driving a car
without the owners consent, and
applied for probation.