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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23

their anxiety. That IL the rea-
son for my writing Ia you.
II asked this seaman how the
men were treated. he told me
they were treated well. hut that
the food wasn't al good. | could
get, ma additional Information,
hut Ia know your hoy Is alive
should he n comfort to YOU"
Attached 10 the copy of III,
letter was the mothers grateful
reply.
II received your letter re my
son Peter. for which I thank
you. n was so wonderful tn
think that some one so far away
would be so kind ana thought
ftit a"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
Pedestrian S Death
Boosts City Toll 10 147

The death OF Will Harris, 81, OF
91S Mack avenue. who was struck
by car Tuesday at Hastings anc
Leland avenues, brought Detroit''
1912 traffic toll to 147 Saturday
as compared with 167 last year
Harris was ticketed under the
jaywalklng ordinance for watkins
In front OF the car driven by
Ernest Brown. 1e, Of $50 Leicester
COtirt
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
Other Matters Discussed

Other matters 10 be discussed
by the newly elected board are
chiefly concerned with war pro-
duction.
still not satisfied with the
Unions war effort r. J Thomas
staunch supporter OF Roosevelt
is expected to request better war
programs and education Of the
workers in the necessity of win
ming the war
The question Of the organizers
on the international stai1 promises
10 be a hot issue. II is reported
that due 20 the resentment
against them by delegates at the
Chicago convention a move may
be made TO cut the staif and
possibly the salaries
Also up for reappointment will
be Richard Deverall educational
director, against whom there is
said to be some opposition.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
THE O'COATS

o Atwood Fleeees
Atwood Hsrd.Finish Fabrics
eBis Bury listers
o Town Oveteosts
o Single and DoubIe-Bressieds
oRselsn and Set-in Sleeves
button through and Fly Front,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
| Landlords Jam
Courts 10 Dust
fearful Tenants

Despite OPA rulings and the
pleading OF housing officials, De-
troit landlords and tenants con-
tinued 10 slug IL out Saturday
with an ever increasing violence
over who can live where and why.
tanning the circuit court com
miSSioners docket is the greatest
food of eviction cases ever rec
orded. Friday when 159 cases
were heard by three Judges. was
the busiest day in the courts
history. ..
Ordinarily Judge Frank Fltz-
gerald handles about 100 cases a
day. but under Fridays pressure
Judges William j. Cody and Louis
d. Schneider were called on to aid
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
Cite AFL's Reluctance

llAW-CIO officials point out
that so far AFL unions have been
reluctant 10 agree 10 their
equality Of sacrifice program.
and state that the burden is now
placed SquarVly m the lap OF
President Roosevelt who they
hone will move Immediately
More than 100000 UAW-ClO
members in 70 per cent of plants
under contract would be affected
II the agreement was reSclndcd.
The union complains that the
ALL has been using the agree
ment against them in organizing
drives al various plants through
out the country They charge
that AFL organizers have warned
potential tsAeftAbefs HAT tAet
ioin the auto workers union they
vjll lose premium paY.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
Only Roosevelt
Can Save JAW
Sacrifice Pact

PHILADELPHIA AVE p o.
! Immediate ACTION hy President
Roosevelt viii he the only thing
that can siave OF the UAW-ClO's
determination to tescind its agree
ment 10 give zap premium pay
for weekend and holiday work
for the duration ot the war, u
appeared, certain here today rs
the unions executive hoard pre-
pared 10 60 into session
finder The mandate of the re-
cent convention. officers have been
instructed 10 notify management
Of the unions desire 10 change
their agreement. unless the &C.
linuuished Ol timc-ard-R-half and
double time pay ior Saturdays
Sundays and holidays, has been
made universal By September >.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
Reasons for EDictions

One of the chief reasons given
by the landlords In asking evic-
lions Is that of claiming they are
going to move into the premises
themselves. Doubtful cases OF this
type are usually referred TO the
OPA by Judge Fitzgerald
Remodeling. charging nuisance
and change of owners are other
widely used reasons for seeking
eviction.
Court officials hope that the
OPA can soon clear up some of
the cases on It's docket and use
them as an example of what land
lords and tenants may expect If
they continue 10 violate and buck
the ruling.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23

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TOPCOATS THE OCOATS
Hank oTesd Hue"
Voc Twsd hNod Heahes Woe Hardin
sm WoO Hnebo
and eBwed ocn sT Oe
sGb and eHunSu ebshes eeheA
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
Plead for More Time

"We're jammed up with people
I'm tears pleading for more time
before being evicted," one court
attache said. ats terrible; In
all the years I've beeh here I've
never seen anything like IT.
"a large percentage OF the
landlords and tenants don't
understand the new OPA rent
rulings" he said. "ahd they
come I'm here with complaints
that should 20 to the OPA
board. one tenant even charged
his landlord with discUnnecting
all the door bells In the apart
ment house where ne lived 90
that people couldn't sell war
bonds and stamps In the build
Ing"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-14
American Legion
sUNDAY's GAMEs

stNDAhs 6AMEs
Roose VankeT Va. Police Northwestern 2:
Pittenger vs.. Learned, Northwestern a.
Cadillac University vs.. Ternstedt, North
western 8; Beaudry va Alger. Belle Isle 2
Faust vs.. Bushway, Belle Isle S; Posselius
w. Briggs. Belle Isle a
All games ~ 1880 .. n.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-14
The Greater. Game:
ATHLETES you KNOW NOW m SERVICE
BY EDGAR HAYES

George Cannon, the first marine
killed on Wake Island at the start
OF the war, was a track athlete
at the University Of Michigan
His memory will be honored In
the building of a recruiting station
in downtown Detroit. Michigan
men are planning some permanent
honor to a valiant son.
Larry Rouble. who played along
side of Bob Reynolds at Stanford
on the famed Vow" team, is an
aviation cadet on the West Coast.
Other star athletes in the aviation
service in California are Leon
ILafaille, Stanford basketball ace;
Bill Wohle and Phil Fox, shot and
discus champions Of the Pacific
Coast conference. Harry Aron-
son, who starred in the st. Mary's-
Fordham game four years ago, is
another,
Capt. Ben II. Winkleman has
been named athletic director at
Chico flying field. He was a great
end at Arkansas University and
coached at University of Cincin-
natl. He served four years as
backf1eld coach at Stanford.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-14

lanky Italian is still the clubs
leading home run hitter and has
batted in the most runs.
Whereas a year ago DiMaggio
was half way to his all-time
hitting record of Sc straig h [
games and was hitting at a 1913
gait, he is now hitting at a COM
paratively weak .262. Joe doesn't
know what's the matter. He is
trying vitamins now. a treatment
that enabled Dolph Camilli of the
Dodgers to regain his batting form.
Camilli suffers from low blood
pressure, an ailment of which Di-
Maggie does not complain.
The Yankees also bring TO town
Ernie (Tiny) Bonham. currently
the leagues outstanding finger
with a record of eight victories
against one defeat. Bonhapn is
rated the successor to Bob Teller,
with a chance of matching the
former Cleveland aces record OF
25 wins last season providing the
Yankees give him enough work.
Mccarthy is so bountifully sup
piled with pitchers that il is not
necessary to toss him into the
game as often as Feller was
thrown in by the Cleveland pilots.
The Tigers are returning home
from an ''in-and-out' invasion of
the East-an inconsistent winning
and losing tour, for which they
are becoming famous. AS usual
they put up their best fights
against the better teams and serve
as pushovers 10 second division
clubs.
While their hitting is anything
but consistent, the Tigers in the
East have shown flashes of power
that must have been pleasing 10
Baker. With home runs in late
inning rallies Ned harris siugget
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-14
Teller, MuItahy
HurI ArmylNaW Tilt

NEW YORK, June IL (UP) -
Bob Teller will oppose Hugh Null
cahy in the Army-Navy baseball
game at the all-sports carnival al
the Polo Grounds Sunday for the
benefit of the army emergenc,
fund and Navy Relief Society, j
was announced today.
The line-ups follow:
Navy-1b, Freddie Hutchinson; %. Ae,
Parker; 80, Jim Carlin; IS. Ted Rosa Of
Ray Adkins; outneld, Mel Preibisch, Hooks
de Vaurs and Sam Chapman; catcher
Vincent Smith; pitcher. Teller.
Army-1h. Steve Peek: %, Carvel Row
ell; 30, Don Richmond: S. Boze Berger
outneld, Pat Mullin. Clarence Campbell
and Edgar Longacre; catcher, Ken Silves-
tri; pitcher. Mulcahy. A
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-14

Michigan State coach. Potsy
Clark, at Pensacola, at the naval
air training station. The Ham
Ind, baseball team will play
Fort Sheridan and Camp Grant in
a doubleheader this Sunday. f.
Lester Statz, one of Milwaukee's
best high school athletes. is in the
cooks and bakers school at Fort
Sheridan. He will be a valuable
asset to the sport teams. The
fort maintains q school for mer
who want to be umpires and get:
a fine attendance. Allen Z
Jones. Wisconsin thinclad, wa.
promoted from a private 10 a lieu.
tenant recently.
The navy pier in Chicago has
organized a baseball team and was
to take the opener, l to O.
Company l3, with eight straight
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-14
d. MAGGIO. IN SLUMP, TRIES WTAMINS
Tiger-Yank Twin Bill TO Start at 3 P. Nj.

THE Tigers to victories. Others
who poled homers in the East
were Rudy York, Pinky Higgins
and Jimmy Bloodworth. In the
averages, Doc Cramer. not long
ball hitter. showed the most inn
proyement
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-14

The Yankees are coming TO
town with Joe Gordon the hottest
thing in baseball and Joe Di-
Maggia in an unexplainable batting
slump. However, the Yankees
seemingly are not letting DiMag's
lapse interfere with their plans
to go on and make the American
League championship race run
away affair.
The Yankees at present are en-
ioying a commanding lead and are
showing little or no signs of re-
linqnishing same, despite the
claims of Del Baker, the Tiger
boss, that Joe McCarthy's crew
can be beaten.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-14
GEORGE FRANCK

wins, leads the south pier softball
league, and Company Is, with
seven out of eight, is tops in the
north section.
A group OF Detroit boxers, anna
teurs and pros, will appear on a
program at a Canadian army camp
next week. Harvey Dubbs and
Charley Hayes, two of the most
promising young pros, will give
Exhibitions and several Diamond
Belt champions will fight well
known foes. Selfridge Field i.
sending along four fighters anc
the Canadian Royal Air Force
school at Burford, Ont, has, en-
tered two. The head of the Bur.
ford field. Flight Commander
Workhouse, was Raj champion
in England before getting his as
signment in Canada.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-14
Elgin Field Ideal
for Men in Service

The Baer Field Filters won their
fifth straight softball game in the
Fort Wayne League. Four runs
in the first inning gave them a big
start and then went on to whip
Bass Nationals, IL to z. The
field baseball team suffered it's
first loss to City Lights, Is to Z
A country club at Elgin Field,
Fla, Is available to all the men in
the service there. Buses transport
them to the course, a sporty ID
hole affair. Clubs are available
and the pro gives lessons when
ever possible without charge.
There is fish in the lake and the
entire cost is only $1.50 a month.
More Wayne athletes in the
service: Robert McKenna, Tacoma.
Wash; Guy M. Lumsden, March
Field, Riverside. Cal; William
Jasnowski, Harding Field. Baton
Rouge, La; r. c. Miller, Camp
Davis. N. C.; Peter Nunez, Jeffer-
son Barracks. Mo-; Leroy Ogle,
medical technical school, Fitzsim-
mons General Hospital, Denver,
Colo; Lieut.. Harrison Peterson,
MacF'ield, Fla; Charles Pullman,
Fort McClennand, Ala: Samuel
Rothberg. Chanute Field, H.;
Corp. Gerard L. Richards, Camp
Grant, Ill; Normal Schmid, Camp
Polk. La: Jerry Schneider. Fort
Lewis. Wash: Al Tolmich, the
worlds finest hurdler. ACOCS,
Miami Beach. Fla; Lieut.. Joe
Truskowski. former coach. is at
the pre-flight training school, Uni
versity of Iowa. Iowa City.
Cadet c. Owens of Michigan
State is working under a former
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-14
BY LEO MACDONELL

With the Yankees furnishing the
opposition, the Tigers this Tues
day. afternoon at Briggs Stadium
will introduce something new ia
Detroit fans-a double-header in
which the first game will not start
until 3 o'clock.
With the second game serving
as a sort of a twilight contest, the
Tiger management hopes to get
some idea of the fans reaction ia
twilight ball. What connection a
twin bill has to do with twilight
bail hasn't been explained, but in
big league baseball the experiment
will be watched closely.
The two games Tuesday will
form half Of a series with the
Yankees, which will be concluded
with single games Wednesday and
Thursday at the regular starting
time. 3 o'clock. After the Yankees
come the Senators, to be followed
by other eastern clubs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-14

Sandlot baseball players, most
OF whom play only once a week,
are hoping for a break from the
fweatherman this Sunday.
Rain washed out all Of last
weeks card in the Detroit Base
ball Federation, and all but q few
the previous week. All four Class
A clubs and most Of the So teams
in Class B have not seen action in
three weeks.
Many new faces will appear in
the lineups of lower division teams
this Sunday with the ending Of
high school baseball competition
last week. Also awaiting action
for the first time this season are
20 kids teams in Class E.
Defending Class A Champion
Altes, in first place by a game.
engages Pepsi-Cola at Belle Isle
in one of the top divisions con-
tests. In the other Paris and Auto
Club hook up at Northwestern
Field.
Three OF the six unbeaten clubs
in Class b, JAW TIA, RayPs and
Hazel Park, face strong competi-
ton. JAW TIA, winner of five
straight, meets Hoffman, which
has won four out of five. Hazel
Park takes on the defending cham
pion. Four Leaf Clover. while
Rayrs face East Side. The other
undefeated teams, Sans. JAW
154 and Arthur, are favored to
keep their records clean.
In the Class c feature unbeaten
Bradford meets United, winner of
its only start, while Ford Trade
School Craftsmen, unbeaten top
nine. plays Falcons in the Class
ID headliner.
SUNDAYS GAMES
CLASS A
Pepsi cola W. Anss. Belle Isle 9. 100
Paris w.. Auto Club. Northwestern 1. 400.
CLASS b
-Four Leaf Clover VI. Hazel Park. Belle
OhhA '" Bill mitchell, NoFthNebterhi
zoo
JAW 1877 va. JAW 7. Jayne ,. 400.
JAW $50 va. Parsons, Jayne D. 400.
East Side Va. Rays. Ives, 400.
JAW 400 vs.. JAW 154, Belle Isle g. 90.
Mortimer W.. Craftsmen, Jayne I. 400.
Graham -Paigs We. Griffin, Northwestern !,
Johns w. South Fort, Northwestern. i:so.
J. l.. Hudson Va ~. Andrews, Northwest
Opticians vs.. orioles. Northwestern z, 400.
Acme VS.. Grand River. Clark. 400.
Arthurs vs. Tube, Northwestern 9.
200.
HoltEmau W.. JAW 17I, Northwestern ,.
200.
Dixie Va vickers. Atkinson I. 400.
McLouth W. Sans Atkinson 2. 400.
CLASS G
Bradford vs. United. Ives. i:3o
Andrews W. Northwest Lions, Northwest
Msivindals Boys Club W.. Colonies, Clark.
Universal W.. square Deal. Bell. Isl. 4,
1880.
CLASS ID
HAaRs vs. Brass Rail Atkinson 4. I 80.
St John Va springle A. c., Jayne J. 1: 80.
West Side W.. Sweet Is. Roosevelt. 900.
Lithuanian Alliance VS.. 300 Club, Jayne 1,
1880.
Ford Post vs. RowaIski. Littleheld, 400.
Falcons Va. Craftsmen. stoepei 2, 1870
Lincoln Park vs.. Hudson 1o4 Jrs, stoepel
2. 400.
Titsns vs.. West Side Lions Dingemsn /.
TitaSs VI, Van Dyk.-out.r Drive, Dipss.
man !. 400.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-14
Jay Law Gets Ace;
Sets Course Record

Jaw Law, the public course golf
star, doesn't believe in doing
things by halves. Playing at Syl-
van Glen Saturday, he aced the
19O-yard fifteenth hole and at the
same time set a course record OF
"a. The former mark of 65 on
the par u layout was set year
ago by Ray Ala. Laws card OF
34-30-64 included seven brides In
addition to the ace. He was
playing with Ed. Ervasti. Drew
Egleston, Ray Maidment and John
Kapke.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-14
Mccarthy Unworried

The brilliant Gordon is cur
rently tangled in a race with the
equally sensational Bobby Doerr
of the Red Sox for second base
batting and. fielding honors. Be-
sides performing spectacularly al
midstation, Gordon and Doerr have
been making the individual league
batting championship a closed cor
poration, shutting out such wal
lopers as Ted Williams and Di-
Maggie.
While Joe himself is beginning
to get fretful, Manager Mccarthy
and the Yankees in general are
not worrying.
'DiMaggio will snap out of
t." Mccarthy predicts.
DiMag's mates point out that
while his average IL down, the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-14
Fielding Still of

However. the teams fielding Is
still off. The shortstop problem is
as acute as ever. Murray Frank
lin, who made a fine start when
he replaced Billy Hitchcock at that
position here, fell off sharply in
hitting.
In pitching, the veterans Tommy
Bridges and AL Benton continued
their good work. Virgil Trucks
won a pair of games and strength
ened the belief that in the speedy
ALBANIAN the Tigers may have
a future great. Hal White bumped
into some bad breaks and was
charged with two defeats. Hal
Newhouser may or may not have
gotten bad break when weather
conditions halted a game between
the Tigers and Yankees in New
York with the Detroit team out in
front, 2 TO /, with two and a half
innings played.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-14

Sandlot baseball players, most
OF whom play only once a week,
are hoping for a break from the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-14
MIDGETS
CLASS r

Aces VS. Rebels. Leibold, 80
st. John Cantius vs.. lakewood Aces, Lei.
bold. 4 100.
woodmsre Rams vs. Ford Post, Atkinson
], 1880.
Owls vs.. Pasadena, Roosevelt. 1880.
Blackhawks vs.. Wings. Cooley, 400.
Cardinals vs.. state. Chandler, I 80.
solars va. Rams, Littiefield, 1 80.
Hudson 154 Jrs. VS.. Knights Of St. John,
KERRY. 200.
De Ia Sale vs.. vsnker Cubs, St. clsir
900.
Goldhoff vs.. ST. Rita, Jayne S, 1870
Evening star., 1942-03-15
Naval Officer Forecast Role Air Power

There is but one way fleet can take
the offensive today" he wrote, together
with strong submarine and air forces.
The air force will dominate.
England could not attack Japan.
China OF Russia in the East unless her
fleet carried with 1t a greater number
of planes than any one nation or all
allied nations could bring against her.
This wouldrequire many aircraft carriers
and big merchant steamers converted
into carriers"
Pointing out that docks at Singapore
would be essential for these latter craft.
he declared that "battleships would avail
nothing because they cannot carry
many planes" Depending upon battle
ships, he asserted, Japan could not at
tack strong air fleet.
ut must be perfectly plain" Admiral
Fullam wrote, that Japan could
easily demolish the English base at Hong
Kong unless England maintained an
overwhelming air force and strong sub
marine fleet in that vicinity"
England's predicament in maintaining
long line of communications to the Far
Evening star., 1942-03-15

All day and night recruits from the
North and West poured into Washington
and the scuff-scuff Of their feet on the
march provided the lullaby to which she
went to sleep. Always they sang the
same song, John Browns Body" sang
it to an old camp-meeting tune which
the bandmaster Of the 18th Massachu-
sets had adapted to marching. 1t was
DR.. Clarke who suggested one day that
Mrs. Howe might find new words for
that tune.
IT have often prayed that I might"
she said.
That night her prayer was answered.
In the hour before sun-up. whe2 the
dawn showed gray at her window, she
awoke with the verses forming them
selves in her mind. Now such compost
ton Is the stuff that dreams are made Of,
and can vanish like the dew before the
rising SUM- More than once Just fan
tasy had visited her at that hour, only
to evaporate before her day began.
+ THIS time something moved her to
cateH at the words before they fed.
The darkness proved no hindrance, for
Evening star., 1942-03-15

in the nursery back home In Boston she
had learnd to do much of her writing
as she sat on guard beside cradle. So,
without pausing to dress, and without
waiting for daylight, she fumbled in the
desk for a pen and for bit Of the
stationery of the Sanitary Commission
to which DR.. Howe was attached.
You will find the resulting manu-
script in the Congressional Library. Or
at least you will unless, like the Declara-
ton of Independence and Magma Charta,
safe keeping for the duration Of the war.
OF the many who learned the new
words to the old tune from their first
appearance in the Atlantic was a man
named McCabe-fighting chaplain Of
. the 122d Ohio. He memorized every
verse before he put the magazine down.
McCabe was taken prisoner at VIM
chester, and that she had wrought soms
magic, Mrs. Howe may have realized for
the first time when, after his release,
Chaplain McCabe described to a huge
audience in Washington his adventures
In Libby Prison.
In particular he told Of the night when
Negro smuggled in the news of Gettys-
burg, and all the jubilant prisoners sang
the Battle Hymn" On the platform
in Washington that night, McCabe cut
loose with the song once more. AS Mrs.
Howe's daughters, in a life OF their
mother, told the story years later, "ths
effect was magical, people shouted wept
and sang, all together, and when the
song was ended, above the tumult of ap-
plauSe was heard the voice of Abraham
Lincoln, exclaiming. while the tears
rolled down his cheeks, Sing it againp"
AS a fiedgling reporter on the New
York Times, saw Mrs. Howe when she
took part in some ceremony on the stage
of the Metropolitan Opera House in
September, 1910. She had been 81 in
May OF that year and only recently I
heard Of q message she sent on her
Goth birthday to q friend Of hers. 1t
was jaunty message Of only seven.
words, and I can't get them out of my
mind. These were the words:
IT march to the brave music still
Thus the author OF the Battle Hymn
when she was 90. Today that message
Of hers must stir question in many an
anxious American heart. She marched
to the brave music still. Do we7 Do
we7 This year-And next-win provide
the answer.
Evening star., 1942-03-15

East, he said, would be no worse than
our own in case, he warned.
The Philippines and Guam would
fall to superior air power from nearby
enemies. Battleships and forts would not
protect them. Air force and submarines
only could hold off an attack"
With these Introductory excerpts to
qualify Admiral Fullam as an expert,
if not actually prophet. it might be
helpful to fix his place in the Nays
aeronautical development. Born in
Pittsford, N Y. October 20, 1855, he was
appointed to the Naval Academy in 1873.
When he graduated four years later,
he was top man in his class and COM
mander of the cadet battalion. About
the time the Wright brothers were max
ing their first successful flights at Kitty
Hawk, N. c.. he was in command Of the
sailing vessel Chesapeake. BY the time
the Army had bought its first plane, he
was in command of the battleship Mis-
sissippi, with the rank Of captain. When