Evening star., 1939-03-03
Clipper
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dlrmall messages were sent out from
the United States, the seventh bottle
of water, dipped from the Indian
Ocean, off Java Head, arrived here.
The bottles were flown a total of
$1,000 miles, all but $500 of it in
planes Of the United States interna-
tional air transport system. Water
from the seven seas has been min
gled and two quart bottles are avail
able for the ceremony.
The christening addresses will be
broadcast over the Nation wide net
works of both the National Broad
casting Co. and Columbia Broadcast
ing System and by short wave TO
Latin America and Europe between
3 and $3.50 pm.
Speakers are to be Juan T. Trippe,
president Pan-American Anyways;
Guy Vaughan. president Wright
Aeronautical Corp; Edward j. Noble,
chairman, Civil Aeronautics Author
ity; Counselor R. Walton Moore.
State Department; Senator Bailey
of North Carolina, and Postmaster
General Farley.
Following the christening the clip
per will make its maiden passenger
flight, carrying Mrs. Roosevelt as
one of so distinguished inaugural
guests. Three more flights are to
be made during the afternoon.
Flight Honor Guests.
In addition to Mrs. Roosevelt,
guests of honor for the maiden pas
senger flight are to be Mr.. and Mrs.
Trippe, Mr. Moore. Assistant Secre-
tary of the Treasury Stephen Glib
bolls First Assistant Postmaster
General William w. Howes, Under
secretary of the Treasury John w.
Henes. Assistant Secretary of Com
merce Richard C. Patterson. jr;
Rear Admiral Russell r. Waesche,
commandant of the Coast Guard;
Maj Gen. Henry H. Arnold, chief
of the Army Air Corps. and Mrs.
Arnold; Capt. John H. Towers, as
sistant chief of the Navy Bureau of
Aeronautics, and Mrs. Towers; Rear
Admiral George Pettengill, COM
mandant of the Washington Navy
Yard, and Mrs. Pettengill; Chair
man Noble of the Civil Aeronautics
Authority and Mrs. Noble, the four
members of the C. A. A.-Harllee
Branch and Mrs. Branch, Rob-
ert Hinckley and son, G. Grant
Mason and Mrs. Mason, Oswald
Ryan and Mrs. Ryan, Civil Aeronau-
tics Administrator Clinton M. Hester
and Mrs. Hester, Mrs. Sumpter
Smith, wife of the chairman of the
Air Safety Board; Count de Saint
Quentin, Ambassador of France;
Senator Bailey and Mrs. Bailey, Mrs.
Hugh A. Wallace and daughter, Mrs.
Ernest Gruening: DR.. George w.
Lewis, research director of the Ma
tional Advisory Committee for Aero
nautics. and Mrs. Lewis; Repre-
sentative Louis Ludlow of Indiana
and Mrs. Ludlow, Representative
Edward T. Taylor of Colorado and
Mrs. Taylor. Representative Clar-
ence F. Lea of California and Mrs.
Lea, Representative John Taber of
New York and Mrs. Taber, Repre-
sentative Joseph w. Martin, jr., of
Massachusetts,, Senator Harry S.
Truman of Missouri and Mrs. Tru-
man, Thomas Burke of the Office of
Secretary of State Hull and Mrs.
Burke, Senator Mead of New York
and Mrs. Mead, Senator Robert R.
Reynolds of North Carolina, and
Claire Egtvedt, president of the
Boeing Aircraft Co.
The flight will be approximately
one hour in duration, over WASH
ington and vicinity, and afternoon
tea will be served. An escort of
Navy combat airplanes will accom-
pany the clipper during the maiden
flight.
To Be Here Tomorrow, Sunday.
The clipper will remain at the
Anacostia Naval Air Station to-
morrow and Sunday and may be
inspected by the general public both
days. The Naval Air Station will be
open to the public from 9 am. to 4
pm. tomorrow and Sunday. The
giant flying boat will be moored as
close to the beach" in front of the
air station hangers as possible
Owing to lack of wharfing facilities
for the big clipper, however, it will
not be possible to admit the public
to the airplane itself. it was stated.
Although the station is open to
visitors today, the necessity of rop-
ing off the section of the water front
adjacent to the mooring place to