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ZEP READY FOR
HOP TO TOKYO
Graf Will Take Off Before
Dawn Tomorrow on First
Leg of World Tour
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany,
Aug. 14.—(ffy—Final preparations
were made today for the Graf Zep
pelin. mighty German dirigible, to j
take off before dawn tomorrow for
Tokyo in continuation of its round
the-world flight.
The Zeppelins five engines were
gone over once again, a last in
spection was g..:n the fabric which
clothes its rigid framework, food/
supplies and the ships cargo ol
mail were stowed away, and a fin
al checkup made of every element
In the Zeppelin company offices
maps, charts and weather reports,
furnished in part by soviet meteor
ologists. were subjected to intensive
scrutiny by Dr. Hugo Eckener. the
ship's master, and his aides. They
expected prior to departure to state
somewhat more definitely the
dirigible's course across northern
Asia.
Supreme Test
As the time for take-off ap
proached recognition became more
and more general that the Graf
was undertaking a voyage which
will test its speed, endurance, and
airworthiness considerably more
than any mere transatlantic cross
ing.
Particularly did the possible ex
treme northern route, northeast
ward from Leningrad to Jakutsk.
seem a supreme test, although as
a matter of fact weather condi
tions that far north were said to
be better for an eastward flight
than farther south, by way of
Irkutsk. Much of the route along
the northern course would lie north
of the arctic circle.
The 20 passengers, who with 40
officers and crew will be aboard the
Zeppelin, already have gathered
here from all parts of Europe. They
were happy at the prospect of get
ting away tomorrow (probably be
fore midnight toniRht E. S. T.). No
one seemed to fear the outcome of
the trip, or to be contemplating it
with any emotion other than en
joyment.
Simple Bill of Fare
Otto Manz. chey de cuisine, said
preparation of food to be served on
the long flight prrctically was
complete. Meals will be the same
kind as on the trip to America save
that hte fare will be simpler. In
asmuch as the flying will be in
northerly and colder regions a high
^ proportion of fats will be taken
Aalong, such as bacon and ham.
^HrThere will be only one official
■ J^Mascot aboard the Zeppelin. Cap
tain Hans Von Schiller said, re
■ marking:
•Some friend of the Zeppelin in
New York gave us an amusing
looking blue bird—I suppose it is
a blue heron—with long legs en
cased in enormous shoes which put
it all over the ordinary movie
comedian.'*
Rum Runners Make
Daylight Landing
WINDSOR, Ont., Aug. 14.—(AP)—
^Canadian Press >—Rum runners
broke through the U. S. coast guard
blockade yesterday and were suc
cessful in landing several cargoes of
liquor in daylight at the Detroit
docks.
The runners waited until a coast
guard patrol boat had passed out
of sight below’ the Ambassador
bridge and then transferred 40
cases of whiskey from a speedboat
to an automobile. The procedure
required three minutes, witnesses of
the transfer said. The liquor was
handled by five runners, two of
whom wore revolvers in holsters.
U. 8. authorities have been noti
fied that several trips of this na
ture were made after roast guard
vessels had passed out of sight
either up or down stream.
WEATHER SUMMARY
Barometric pressure was moder
ately high over the Plains states
this morning, and relatively to
moderately low over the Rocky
Mountain region, the Great Lake's
and the Ohio Valley. Scattered
showers occurred within the last 24
hours in all of the Gulf states; also
in the vicinity of the lower Great
Lakes. Fair to clear weather pre
vailed practically throughout the
western half of the United States.
It was cooler to much cooler prac
tically throughout the great cen
tral valleys this morning, but rath
er warm in the southern states.
WEATHER BULLETIN
First figure lowest temoerature
last night , second, highest tempera
ture yesterday; third, wind velocity
at 8 a. m.; fourth, rainfall past 24
hours.
Abilene . 74 100 — .on
Amarillo. 64 92 — .uo
Atlanta . 72 88 — .00
Austin . 78 loo — .00
Boston . 60 70 — 00
BROWNSVILLE. 76 04 — .00
Chicago .50 86 12 .00
Corpus Christi ..76 92 — .iX)
Dallas . 78 94 14 .01
Del Rio.80 ioo — on
Denver . 58 32 — .00
Detroit .. 62 84 14 .34
Dodge City.56 go — 00
El Paso . 70 90 — 00
Fort Smith. 70 96 — 00
Galveston.80 90 _ .00
Helena . 56 90 — .,>•)
Huron . 42 74 — !oo
Jacksonville.74 90 — 4<;
Kansas Ctiy. 58 78 — .00
Louisville . 92
Memphis ....... 72 83 — .00
Miami . 78 ‘ 83 — 'oi
Montgomery .... 74 90 — ’o>
New Orleans .... 72 " 92 — 33
New York. 68 * 80 — 'yy
North Platte .... 50 86 — ioo
Oklahoma City .. 64 96 — 'oy
Palestine. 72 93 — .00
Pensacola . 78 90 — 1.01
Phoeuiic . 80 102 — .00
Pittsburgh . 62 86 14 .26
Et. Louts . 62 92 10 .33
Bt. Paul . 64 70 16 .00
Balt Lake City .. «8 94 — .00
San Antonio .... 78 98 — .01
Santa Ft? 54 82 — .txi
Sheridan . 42 64 — ’00
Shreveport ...... 72 96 — .30
Tampa . 80 36 — .00
Vicksburg . 70 82 — .39
Washington .... 76 74 — .oy
Williston . 60 72 — .00
Wilrolr^ton .... 72 tZ — .34
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Miss Lorene Davis, of Winter Haven. Fla., has been voted the most
beautiful girl attending the summer session at the University of
Florida, at Gainesville.
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NEW PROBLEMS
BEFORE HAGUE
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Rhineland Disposed of, Se- J
rious Questions To Be
Settled Saturday
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Aug.
14.—UP)—Having practically fixed
Christmas as the limit for evacua
tion of the Rhineland, the repara-:
tions delegates today set Saturday J
as the date when the chief prob-!
lems before them must be settled.
The financial committee heard
the last speeches on the question of
deliveries in kind and then on a
motion by Philip Snowden. British
chancellor of the exchequer, decid
ed to suspend its work until Sat
urday to give opportunity for con
tinuation of informal conversations
among the delegates.
The chancellor, whose demands
for modification of the Young plan
have represented the chief nut to
be cracked, expressed hope these
conversations would bear fruit, and
the remainder of the delegates
echoed his sentiments.
Louis Loucheur. French delegate
and the principal speaker, agreed
with W. Graham, president of the
British board of trade, that pay
ment of reparations by deliveries
in kind was unfortunate but de
clared they were inevitable.
Man Held Under
$200 Liquor Bond
Santos Perez Rodriguez was
bound over to the grand jury Tues
day under $200 bond following a
preliminary hearing on liquor
charges before V- S. Commissioner
E. K Goodrich. Rodrigues failed
to make bond.
Rodriguez was arrested Just above
the old bridge by customs officers
They say they obtained 8 pints of
1 mescal from him just after he
crossed the river.
6 CHINESE OFFICERS
DEAD IN PLANE FALL
I TOKYO. Aug. 14— vP>—Six of
| ficers of the general staff were
killed and another seriously injured
when a new bombing plane In
which they had started an inspec
tion trip fell 900 feet today at
' Tachikawa airdrome near Tokyo.
The dead included Major Gen
eral Tsunes Aburo. chief of opera
tions staff. General Fujloka and
Major /be.
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GERMAN MAN AND1
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WOMAN WILL WED
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AFTER 65 YEARS!
1,08 ANGELES, Aug. 14.——
Sixty-five years ago, Jacob
Schwartz, 26. bid Freda Schmidt.
25. goodbye in Kanshein, Ger
many. and started for America to
seek his fortune. He promised her
he would come back. She prom
ised to wait.
Schwartz, now 91, was on his
way back today to keep his prom
ise. He cabled Miss Schmidt, 90,
to prepare for the wedding.
Allred Again In
Attorney’s Race
GRANBURY, Aug. 14.—(fP)—J. V.
Allred. Wichita Falls attorney, who
lacked 4,000 votes of being the dem
ocratic nominee for attorney gen
eral in 1926, ill be a candidate for
the office again in 1930. he said
here tonight. Allred, speaker on
the first night of the old soldiers’
and old settlers' reunion, made no
formal announcement of his candi
dacy, but said:
‘ Many of my friends here in Hood
county and over the state generally
have asked me whether I am going
to be a candidate for attorney gen
eral next year. It seems to me that
an announcement for office at this
time is premature; but. in apprecia
tion of the interest of mo o thar
356,000 of my friends who support
ed me three years ago, and in Jus
tice to the people of Texas. I desire
to say that I will be candidate foj
attorney general for Texas in 1930
and will make a formal announce
ment at the proper time. I sc
stated when I was congratulat
ed Claude Pollard upon his victory
over me at the San Antonio con
vention In 1926, and I renewed that
statement last year, w'hen in defer
ence to the timo honored democra
tic custom of a second term for pub
lic offices. I withdrew as his op
ponent after my friends In Young
county had done me the honor tc
place my name on the ballot.”
Allred made no further reference
to his candidacy in his address, and
spoke along :.on-politlcal lines.
PAIR INJURED
LONGVIEW. Tex.. Aug. H.-i#)
Thomas A. Gary and his nephew.
Herbert L. Gary of Tuscaloosa, Ala.,
were Injured near here last night
when their automobile collided with
a motor bus.
ASK TO STUDY
FRANKLIN PLAN
Valley Irrigator* Would Ex
amine Estimate* ot Wil
lacy Co. Scheme
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO. Aug. 14.—Repre
sentatives of Valley Irrigation sys
tems now In operation in a meet
ing here Tuesday afternoon, called
to plan further opposition to the ap
plication of J. T. Franklin to irri
gate a large tract in northern Wil
lacy county, passed a resolution
asking the state board of water en
gineers to allow them to examine
the estimates before final action on
the feasibility of the project.
The representatives decide d
against taking any action in the
courts at present, but discussed an
attack on the feasibility of the proj
ect.
The state board of water engineers
have indicated a permit will be
granted to Franklin as soon as they
are satisfied of the feasibility of
the project, that storage will be pro
fided and on the basis that all
landowners to object be excluded
from the district.
Present irrigation systems are
opposing the Franklin project, on
the plea that it would endanger the
water supply for land now under
cultivation and Irrigation.
Goodrich Commends
New Mexico Roads
Judge and Mrs. E. K. Goodrich
and family returned Monday from
an automobile trip which took them
to see their son. George, in San An
tonio and to Laredo, Monterrey and
Saltillo.
Judge Goodrich was especially
Impressed with the good roads be
tween Laredo and Monterrey and
the road now under construction be
tween Monterrey and Saltillo. The
party made the trip from Laredo
to Monterrey In four hours.
This loop will prove a favorite
with American tourists when com
pleted, Judge Goodrich believes.
Russian Plane Forced
To Land in Siberia
MOSCOW, Aug. 14.— (iP) —The
flight of the Russian military plane
"Land of the Soviets,” from Mos
cow toward New York has ended In
a forced landing 170 miles from
Irkutsk, Siberia. There was no in
formation as to whether they would
be able to continue their flight.
Taas, official news agency, said
the plane had come down in an un
inhabited region after taking off
from Kranoyarsk Sunday afternoon.
8 eps were taken to establish con
nection with the pilot, Semon
Shestakov, to determine whether he
required assistance to enable hin
to go on.
POLO TITLE IS
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SAVED AS CHAMP
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ARRIVES BY AIR
CHICAGO, Aug. 14.—(JP)—The
Fort Leavenworth, Kans.. polo
team still was in the running for
the inter-circuit championship to
day, thanks to the aviation ser
vice.
Captain G. I. Smith was called
yesteiday from Fort Leavenworth,
to replace a comrade whose in
juries forced him cut of action.
He arrived during the final chuk
ker, after a 500-mlle airplane
flight, in time to score a goal to
break a 10-all tie with the Fort
Hoyle, Md., team, and assisted in
scoring the winning goal in a 12
to 11 victory.
Today's battle against elimina
tion was between Wichita Falls,
Tex., southwestern champions,
and the Midwick club of Califor
nia. Pacific coast titleholders.
The Wichita Falls four, with the
Oak Brook club of Chicago, and
Fort Leavenworth, is playing
from scratch.
Texas Hoover Dems
May Form Own Party
DALLAS. Aug. 14.—(A*)—The for
mation. at least temporarily, of a
third party—a party of “Hoover
democrats "—in Texas is advocated
by former Gov. O. B. Codlquitt, ap
pointed by President Hoover to the
U. S. board of mediation.
Mr. Colquitt, here yesterday en
route to Texas City to act in offi
cial capacity, declared the "Hoover -
crats” should stay out of the demo
I cratic primaries next summer, hold
j a convention of their own and nom
J inate a slate from governor down
The former governor foresees, he
added, “no coalition with the Crea
ger republicans since fully 50 per j
cent of the old republican party of j
Texas voted for Tammany and J
Smith in the 1928 national elec- I
tion.’*
COMMITTEE READY
FOR SUGAR TARIFF
WASHINGTON. Aug. 14.—(4V
{ Having completed their revision of
j the house rates on hides, leathers
and shoes, the tariff drafting re
publicans of the senate finance
committee hoped today to complete
work speedily on the sundries
schedule of the bill and clear the
way for action on the sugar sched
ule.
FIRES COVER
WIDER AREA
No Relief In Sight At Hun*
dreds of Reinforcements
Rush to Scene
SEATTLE. Aug. 14.—</P>—Man
power and machinery was muster
ed on many fronts today in a des
perate hand-t i-hand battle against
forest fire and its natural allies,
winds and hot weather.
Reports from many flame swept
regions throughout the Pacific
Northwest and western Canada
were encouraging, but in other sec
tors additional forces of fire fight
ers and equipment were sought to
aid tired men who were becoming
exhausted.
Provincial police in Trail. B. C.,
rounded up all available men to
fight forest fires sweeping along the
international border.
Another death, the second in a
wee'.*, was reported. C. S. Hutton,
35, of Sedro Woolcy. was killed by
a falling snag near Lake Samlsh,
south of Bellingham, Wash.
In northwest Washington, the
Bloedel Donovan lumber mills or
dered the third camp in two days
to close down operations because of,
the fire hazard.
Reinforcements were rushed to |
the fire fronts in northern Idaho
and Montana, and relief was asked
from Colorado. New Mexico and
Arizona. Airplanes were used in j
some cases to take men to the
scene.
'.7INNIPEG, Man. Aug. 14 —{JPy—
Forest fires in this province. On
tario. to the east and British Co*
lumbia on the west continued their
menace today despite rains in some
sections of the affected area.
Accounts of narrow escapes and
desperate courage against ovei -
whelming odds have come out of j
the forest fire districts where for
estry department rangers and set- i
tiers, numbering hundreds, have
waged battle with the flamer.
PILOT IS UNINJURED
IN FORCED LANDING
SCRANTON. Pa., Aug. 14.—UP>—
Jack Webster of Hadley Field,
Dunellen. N. J.. piloting an air mail
plane bound for Buffalo. N. Y..
narrowly escaped death at 3:15 this
morning when he was forced to
land his plane in an orchard a
mile from Susquehanna, near here.
Storms Devastate
Eastern Country
NEW YORK. Aug. 14.—(*>—Wind,
rain, hail and lightning, sweeping
through three eastern states, left a
trail of destruction, marked today by
damaged buildings, blocked high
ways and ruined crops.
Regions In Pennsylvania. New
York state and Vermont were visit
ed by a series of storms yesterday
in which damage by fire and flood
was added to the havoc wrought
by wind and hail.
A wind of hurricane force cut a
swath 2$ miles wide through Ver
mont from Lake Bomoseen to Mid
dlebury. overturning cottages and
damaging other buildings.
The main highway between Rut
land and Middlebury was blocked
by fallen trees and communication
between Rutland *and Lake Bomo
seen was cut off. Several boating
parties on the lake reached shore
with difficulty, but there was no
loss of life.
RUTLAND. Vt , Aug. 14.—(JP}—A
devastated strip of rural country
stretching from a summer resort on
Lake Bomoseen. ten miles from here.
to Brandon. 15 mile* north, marked
today the path of a wind and hall
storm which at times assumed the
proportions of a tornado. No loss of
life was reported.
Cottages and barns were blown
over, livestock killed in the field*
crops ruined, telephone communism
tion disturbed, and highways biock^
cd by fallen trees by the combined
effect of the gale and hailstones as
large as silver dollars. Damage was
estimated at many tens of thou
sands of dollars
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an open mind — one that catches the
other point of view and weighs it as
carefully as its own.
The Merchants’ National officers are out in
the open—available to everyone—always. The
open door symbolizes the spirit of the institu
tion — a desire to be a real friend as well as a
sound bank.
Capital—
Originally paid in $100,000.00
Increased from
Earnings - 150,00000 $250,000.00
Surplus fund earned . 250,000.00
$£00,000.00
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