’n’.
Pie fit”:
‘ ON AIR FORCE
Wont Present Organiz-
Nation Maintained -—
37“Lakehurst H e a r s
E'About Shenandoah
t NWABHINGTON Sept. ‘23. --(AP).
'fllo position of Secretary Wilbur in
lover of maintaining substantially
the present orhnlutlon tor naval
afiation was supported before the
Resident'- air board yesterday by
Ailmiral Enerle. chief at naval op-
e lions.
Establhhment of “an independent
' alr rel-cs which will be controlled by
‘ other government departmen'
. would be contrary to the recognised
Mrine or unity of effort in battle.
the Admiral said. and would “bring
disaster to national doienao inter-
eats."
. He also opposed proposals to form
a.“ united air force for the army and
now. or a separate air corps in the
‘ navy nnalogoua to the marina corps.
:“Navol aviation is a. part of the
fleet. " Admiral Eberle said. “and
therefore should be organized to
work with the fleet on principals
1 similar to those governing other
. arms, such as destroyers and aub-
N marines. .
j"We do not want divided author.
. itfy of responsibility or loyalty with-
in the fieetr—wo do not want anoth»
ell navy created within the navy.
. ‘5“No system which does not give
to the commander in chtet complete
control over the training, discipline
and operations in their entirety of
tneNnaval air force. will stand the
stress. and strain of war.
Willis is not the time to expert-
ent with our national defense. but.
rther for sane and progressive de-
velopment or new weapons and ole.
merits ot warfare and their consolio
.dhtlon with the other fighting units
. o: the army and the navy."
j {LAKEHURS'L N. 3.. Sept. 23.—
( P) A bit or new testimony—that
tilere was unusual expansion of the
gin cells before the airship'Shenan-
dosh brok our-was given yesterday
before the Naval Court or Inquiry
investigating the loss or the ship.
lLieutenant Thomas B. Hendloy.
cmmunications oii‘lcer testified that
h was awakened by the pressure of
mass cell on his face and likewise
h; the unusual angle at which the
lp was riding. Previous testimony
d been that at this time the
s enandosh Was above her pressure
height—that is where the inside
pressure of gas equalled the outside
pressure of the air.
Before Lieutenant Hendley was
called Lieutenant Charles E. Bench,
watch officer on duty at. the time.
declared inspection some time be~
fore the accident showed that the
gas pressure was not cxcessilo.
Both Licutcnants Hendley and
Bauch as well as Lieutenant Roland
G. Mayer. construction emcer on
board. agreed with other witnesses
N. that the. lmnk- -up occurred when
as.“
up during a second rapid ascent.
Stories as told by civilian witness.
es to the special investigating naval
board were summarized to the court
by Commander Jacob H. Klein.
president of that board. He said
the two most intelligent of these
witnesses agreed that the ship broke
at the bottom. Others. less intelli-
gent. Commander Klein said. insist-
hat the craft “bumped up" and
e at: the top.
0 special board has told by'
farmers near the scene of the wreck
that the wind “as the strOn‘esl.
they had eler experienced. “Corn-s
émander Klein said it appeared that
the wind was coming from all direc-
‘tions‘at once. 7
. One of the three Ohio farmer‘s on
whose preperty parts of the wreclb
age of the airship Shenandoah tell
took in $5,000 in admission charges
3sions, the Naval Court 0! Inquiry
; was told here today by Commander
special board which investigated the
wreck.
This tanner ls C. W. Niswotllger
and it was on his ploperty that the
rest. Commander kloin said Nis-
wonlgcr showed him his bank hock
carrying dcpoait‘s in this amount
from September 3 to 8. Because of
this the otttcer recommended that
Niswomger’s claim"tor 8500 data-
ages to properly be disallowed.
Record Price Paid
i For Danbury Block
l .
,‘ DANBURY. Sept. 23 -—tht is
I ,beliel cd to be a record price tor a
v single business block in
has been paid by Charles and
Louis Levine. of Bridgeport, to
Leopold bevy, of ‘Danbury. for tile
property at 229 and :30 Main stret.
The building. known for years as
l t Masonic Temple block. was
p rchasod for 82152000.
Levy purchased the property loss
than a year ago from Reuben B.
Pearce. its builder, for $146. 000.
The new owners will take possession
on October 1. ’
Children's
C '1?” Uh}, ‘
the ships nose was suddenly tlitqdy.
to tou riots and for soft drink conces- N
Imain section of the Wreck came to '
Danbury. '
ALBANY. 31.1“" Sept. 38 (AP).——
Governor Smith announced today
that he had sculpted the invitation
of the Cook count! Democratic or-
sanitation. or Chicago, to attend its
picnic next Sunday George E. Bren-
nan. chairman oi the organisation.
and other leading members will be
in New York this week. On their
return next Saturday they will stop
here for Governor Smith and will
escort him to Onions. - .
Governor Smith expects to make
a brief address at the outing.
in Thursday the Governor will go
to Glens Falls to locals in behalf of
three related the to he voted upon
this tall-nullily the “short ballot"
amendment and" the bond issues of
troo, too 060 to finance grade cross-
ing diminution and mo. 000. 000 for
permanent State construction . im-
lrovonssnts. .
Old Time Cable Cars
Make Complete Homes
SEATTLE, Sept. I’m-(AP). Two
discarded cable cars are the home
of the A. s. Brewers, in this city.
The cable car dwelling is entered
from its original side-front door,
which opens into the living room,
made at the combined tront plat~
forms. which are larger than those
of a. regular street car. Cable cars
used oil Seattle's hills have three
compartments each, front, middle
and the rear. with a door on either
side and windows lining both sides.
In the Brevslr home. the bedroom
occupies the middle compartment
and 'the bath the rear in one car.
each with the original sliding doors.
In the other car the dining room
has the middle compartment and
the kitchen the rear.
Newark Buys Site
For Baseball Park
NEWARK. N. 1.. Sept. 28.—-(AP)
Purchase of a. site for the Newark
international League hall club at a
price or til/.000 was announced
yesterday (or Charles A. Davids.
who recently bought the franchise
of the Reading, Pennsylvania team.
The property adiotns the tracks of
the Lehlgh Valley Railroad in South
east Newark. A concrete stadium
is to be erected immediately. Mr.
Davids said.
EGG FOBGER LATEST.
PARIS. Sept.--An egg forget- is
the latest in Paris. CollectOrs. will-
in: to pay high prices for rare eggs.
are the dupes. The egg forgcr has
been taking iark eggs and by a
chemical treatment he makes them
appear to be nightingale eggs. for
which a high price is paid.
Sm PChlellgo Outing I,
Pulitscr races
o
Idoutcnant A. J. Williams at the nuances 16“nyth of the‘ti'oi'ld’a’slrpialie speed more our
it closed calm, examines at Mitchell Field, 14.1.. a new Ourtissspésd plane um will he used in the
Lieutenant Williams, formerly a big league baseball star. is shown talking with Lieut.
Goi. Benjamin Willolflu On his left are Mal. Gen. Mason lit. Patric , chief or the army air comics (in
civilian clothes) and Lieutenant James Doolittle.
NHNNPT T0
WRECK TRAIN
ATFAlRilELD
BRIDGEPORT. .Scpt. 23.~An lit-
tcmpt to wreck tho cast-bound Bar
Harbor express from New Yorltv
train 92 was made last night near
:the Full'i'ield avenue vltulllcl. Rnil-
frond authorities declare it evidently
was a deliberate attempt.
Two railroad track ties were cross-
‘Nl between the rolls and a third was
placed across them with one end
wedged into the ballast and tho oth-
‘or pointing directly toward the on-
coming train.
The, engineer, Robert Osborn. saw
the obstruction in time to upply the
brakes. but not soon enough to bring
the heavy train to a stop before it
hit the ties. The fender of the. loco-
motive was driven axnlnst the for—
n-sr dtruck by the force of the im-
pact and had to he lemoved by a
urcckcr before the twin could pro-
cord.
The train. “’lllC‘ll‘ was due in
Bridgeport at. 82m. u-ns clio hour
and twenty-two minutes into be-
cause of this delny. The train was
in charge of Conductor Arthur Dut~
ton.
If this Signature
Peace Coming to
Garment Workers
NEW YORK. Sept. 23.—.After tif-
te on weeks of internal dissenslon in
the ranks of the International Ln-
dlcs' Garment Workers' Union, peace
appears to be in sight. it was learn-
ed yesterday. A tentatvie plan for
reuniting tho adherents of the de-
mand officials to Locals 2, ‘I and 22
with the supporters of President
Morris Sigmsn has been agreed upon
us a rosult of the efforts of the Conl-
mittee of Fifteen appointed on Sept.
10.
The members of the executive
boards or the three local unions are
to Martha detailsoi the plsn'to-
night and the agreement will not be
made public until it has been retitled
not only by the executlire boards but
by the shop chairmen who appointed
the mediation committee. The shop
chairmen will meet tomorrow night
probably in Cooper Union. and if the
plan is approved the loud will be at
an end.
—._.._.__..___._._.
MOBILE. Aln.. Sept —-—Tho senior,
member of the duck family. feeds
almost entirely upon shell fish and
other mollusks which are swallowed
in their stony Jackets. The scotors
glzznrd. however, is furnished with
teeth of gravel. an dtho shells are
soon ground to pieces and the meat
digested.
‘ AUTO:
RACES TO
BE FEATURE AT
Skilled Professional
Drivers Are to Pilot
Cars Saturday, Octo-
ber 10
The Danbury Fair will return to
automobile races this year as its fea-
ture for Saturday. October 10. the
closing day at the Fair and will Dl‘l-
sunt a program of races in which
skilled professional drivers will pilot
the speedy ears in the contests.
J. Alexander Sloane. of the
World's Amusement Enterprise. of
Chicago. will conduct the races this
fall. Mr. Sloane. the Fair officials
state. is a man or wide expel-teller in
racing automobiles over dirt tracks
and in his opinion the Danbury Fair
track is much safer than most
tracks. He has told the Fall- oin-
cers that he believes accidents ‘in
the past have been due to the mesa
porienoed drivers and the types of
cars used.
Mr. Bloane has conducted auto-
mobile races at Ottawa and Toronto.
Canada. tor years. having three days
of racing in each or these cities.
He has had charge or the auto races
at the Eastern Status Exposition.
Springfield. Mast. for two years and
the racing at the state fairs of Ohio,
Minnesota. Illinois and other weat-
ern states has been under his charge
for years.
The races will be open to all driv-
crs the Fair omclals say. but they
will have to quality by having at
least a year‘s experience driving in
races on dirt tracks and no autos
will be entered unless they are of
the type that can he raced success-
fully on dirt tracks.
Except for DePalma, Vail and one
or two others of the speed kings.
DANRURY FAIR
The Small Table
Plays a Large Part
Rheum homistlleonetilat
to utilize to gravest
etheecattl'activeslmll
ables of this descrip'
these days, come in endless v d
Nb?
thn,
; Think how much one of these will
to the charm ofyoln' home.
THE A. J. COLLINS co. L
70-72 No. Main St. ‘ South Norwalk
Help the Hospital
parser? '-
Mr. Sloane will bring to the Don- "
bury Fnir. he has told the omciais.
the fastest drivers on dirt tracks in
the country. Some who already
have entered for the races are: Ray
Lampltin. who drives a French Pue-
geotl Ray Clnypool. with a Deluge
Bob Green. with a Bugatti. a tor
eignamadq racer; Irving "Putty‘
Hoffman. who has a. Comet; “Rejd‘
Rehr. in a Dusonherg. and Rowan
Wilcox with a I'llogeot.
17% W
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Jacob H. Klein. president of the *' . ' "
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surface.
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over a quarter century.
Has a distinctive, bright—gray
Heavier than ordinary smooth;
will not crack in cold or dry,
out in hot weather.
and ruin alum.
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The
Evening
Sentinel
The Drive I: Being Conducted lay the Norwalk Kiwalln Club.
Put It over BIG. WhenYouAreCslled Upon, Listen to the Reasons.
for the Drive, Appreclaie tlle- Necessity for the $80000 to pay for.
tile Nicer Home, and Do Not All: the Team Workers or Captains
to Return to see You. oTIley litre Many Visits to Make. GIVE
NOW, TODAY!
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