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ROOSEVELT SENDS
NOTETOM
Shocked by Disaster, He
Keeps in Touch With
Developments.
th« Associated Press.
GALVESTON. Tex., May 7.—
Shocked by the Hindenburg disaster,
president Roosevelt today requested
he be kept informed of developments
in the explosion that wrecked the
German dirigible at Lakehurst, N. J.
Immediately upon learning of the
tragedy last night the President, from
his vacation yacht Potomac off Port
Aiansas, dictated messages of sym
pathy to the German people and the
families of the victims.
To Adolf Hitler, German chancel
lor, at Berlin, he sent a radiogram
•aying:
"I have just learned of the disaster
to the airship Hindenburg and offer
you and the German people my deep
en sympathy for the tragic loss of
life which resulted from this unex
pected and unhappy event.”
In a separate public statement he
said:
"I am distressed to hear of the
tragedy of the Hindenburg and ex
tend my deep sympathy uo the families
of the passengers, officers and crew
who lost their lives.”
Berlin
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cated the Graf Zeppelin, now a sched
uled trans-Atlantic airliner to South
America, may not fly again until she
ran be filled with non-inflammable
helium.
When a reporter reminded him that
he had said in Vienna that helium
should be used exclusively, Dr. Eckener
Interrupted, “Helium—nothing but
helium.”
But when he was asked, “Does this
mean future trips of the Graf must
wait until helium can be obtained?”
Dr. Eckener answered:
“Yes, but I cannot say anything
about our future schedule until I have
talked with the air ministry and our
company officials."
Offices of the Zeppelin company
aaid it was too early to say cer
tainly what effect the disaster will
have on future flights of the Graf
Zeppelin, due at Frankfort late Satur
day on a crossing from South
America.
Air Ministry Silent.
“The air ministry is making no
commitment for the present concern
ing the Zeppelin's future,” a company
spokesman announced.
In the meantime, he said, there is
no change in the schedule, which
calls for the Graf to leave Frankfort
again May 11 for South America.
The gestapo, German secret police
said they were not Investigating the
Hmdenburg's crew pending a report
from the inquiry board.
Some at Frankfort-on-Main, the
burned Zeppelin's home city, stood
beneath half-staffed flags to wonder
if ' sabotage” would be blamed.
"What else could it be?” they asked.
But there was no official expression
cf such suspicion.
Dr. Echener spoke of veiled and
anonymous threats of trouble if the
Hindenburg landed in America this
year, but aaid they were the works of
“cranks.”
Eckener will be on the commission
of inquiry which is expected to hasten
by plane to Cherbourg, thence on the
Europa to the United States.
So great was Germany’s wonder
that "our pride” had burned and
fallen with a loss of 34 lives that few
were willing to hazard a definite guess
as to the cause. There was some
speculation that a "static spark” in
the dirigible's metal structure had ig
nited the gas.
As early as November 10, 1930, Dr.
Eckener gave the Associated Press an
Interview in which he expressed the
belief that the British R-101 accident
proved ths necessity of helium gas.
The United States has a virtual
monopoly on that gas.
Hitler Is Stunned.
While an official communique in
the government-controlled press pro
claimed there must be no faltering in
the progress of Germany’s lighter
than-air construction and transporta
tion, Chancellor Hitler, at his moun
tain retreat near Berchestgaden, re
ceived the news in stunned silence.
Later he sent a message to President
Roosevelt, thanking the United States
Executive for his expression of sym
pathy.
Then he prepared to decide on a
period of national mourning.
Crash Victims
List of Reported Dead and
Missing, and Survivors
of Disaster.
By the Associated Press.
LAKEHURST, N. J., May 7.—The
following were reported dead or miss
ing today in the Zeppelin Hinden
burg’s destruction:
Passengers.
Anders, Ernst Rudolf, of Dresden.
Anders, R. Herbert, son of Ernst.
Brinck, Berger.
Doehner, Hermann, of Mexico City.
Doehner, Irene, died of injuries.
Dolan, Burtis.
Douglas, Edward, of New York.
Erdman, Fritz.
Hagaman, Allan, Lakehurst, N. J.
Feibusch, Moritz, of San Francisco.
Pannes, John, of New York.
Pannes, Mrs. Emma, his wife.
Reichold, Otto, of Vienna.
Crew.
.
Bernholzer, Walter (died of injuries!.
Felbeher, Ludwig (died of injuries).
Hugo. Hans.
Stach, -.
Stett, William.
Werner, Franz.
(This list does not account for two
passengers and 11 crew members in
cluded in the 100 listed as aboard the
Hindenburg. but whose names were not
available.)
List o( Survivors.
A revised list of survivors showed
the following 24 passengers and 42
crew members accounted for:
Passengers.
Adelt, Leonhard.
Adelt, Mrs. Gertrud.
Belin, Ferdinand Lamot.
Clemmens, Carl Otto.
Doehner, Mrs. Mathilde.
Doehner, Walter.
Doehner, Werner.
Grant, George.
Von Heidenstamm, Rolf.
Hinkelbein, Klaus.
Hirschfeld, George.
Kleenmann, Maria.
Knoecher. Erich.
Leuchtenberg, W. G.
O'Laughlin, Herbert James.
Mangone, Philip.
Mather, Marguerite.
Morris, Col. Nelson.
Osbun, Clifford.
Spaeh, Josef.
Stoeckle, Emil.
Vinholt. Hans.
Witt, Hans Hugo.
Crew.
Lehmann, Capt. Ernst A.
Pruss, Capt. Max.
Sammt, Capt. Albert.
Dr. Reudiger, ship's physician.
Bauer, Kurt Heinrich.
Bernhardt, -.
Bentele, Ergin.
Boetius, -.
Bulla, -.
Deeg, -.
Deutschler, -.
Doerflein, -.
Dowe, Herbert.
Fischer, Adolf.
Franz, -.
Freund, Hans.
Groezniger, Alfred.
Henneberg,-.
Herzog, Frank.
Iberfleim, -.
Klein,-.
Kollmer,-.
Kubis, -.
Lau,-.
Lens, Philip.
Liebrecht, Josef.
Maier, Xavier.
Nielsen, -.
Nunnenacher,-.
Ritter, Theodora.
Sauter, -.
Schaadler,-.
Schneuble,-.
Schoenherr,-.
Schweikard (radio officer).
Speck, -.
Staeb, -.
Stoeffler,-.
Wittemann,-.
Zabel, Max.
Ziegler, Walter.
Zeppel,-.
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Fabric-Covered Dirigibles
Present Explosion Hazard,
Builder Says.
By the Associated Press.
ANN ARBOR, Mich., May T—
•Ralph H. Upson, who directed con
struction of dirigibles for the United
States Navy during the World War,
said today fabrlc-oovered ships such
as the Hindenburg, which exploded at
Lakehurst, N. J., always present a
lire hazard.
Upson advocates all-metal ships.
He designed such a ship for the Navy
in 1928, the ZMC-2, built at Grosse
Be, Mich. He used an aluminum
alloy.
Prof. Felix W. Pawlowski of the
University of Michigan engineering
department also advocated the all
metal type In preference to fabric
covering.
“We should not focus our atten
tion on the fact that the Hindenburg
disaster may have been caused by the
explosion of hydrogen gas,” Upson
said. "The problem is primarily one
of construction. Any minor accident
might have caused the disaster. As
long as fabric casing continues to be
used any spark, whether from light
ning, a gasoline engine or even from
the exhaust, might result in such a
tragedy.
"The hydrogen will not bum while
it is in the bag, because it is pure,
and, of course, the air between the
bag and the casing will not burn.
But hydrogen, if it should mix with
the air in the outside chamber
through an injury to the fabric in
closing the gas, becomes highly ex
plosive. A flame coming in contact
with the compressed hydrogen-air
mixtures will cause an explosion.
The other non-metal parts of the ship
will burn*and you have a Hindenburg
disaster.
"The all-metal ship, on the other
hand, can use hydrogen rather than
the non-explosive helium and be as
safe as is so far humanly possible.
The metal covering is less vulnerable
to lightning and it eliminates the
Iftyer of air which traps leaking gas
and forms a dangerous mixture.”
Prof. Pawlowski said:
"The United States should experi
ment more with the superior metal
covered dirigible developed by Ralph
Upson. This type has both an aero
nautical and structural advantage.
"Great Britain and Prance have
both given up the building of rigid
dirigibles with fabric casing. It was
after the disaster of the R-101 that
the British abandoned them, although
they had one in construction at the
time, and it was after the disappear
ance of the Dixmude in 1923 that the
French gave them up.”
Crash Violence
Shown by Torn,
Twisted Bodies
Improvised Morgue
at Lakehurst Scene
of Tragic Activity.
By the Associated Press.
LAKEHURST, N. J„ May 7 —
Charred and torn bodies on the floor
of an Improvised morgue mutely told
today the story of the violence of the
crash of the "sky queen” Hindenburg.
Some partly clothed, some naked, all
blackened beyond recognition, they had
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the force of the explosion.
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the room as doctors and attendants
worked quickly and efficiently. There
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