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Anrhfbtff Leufntttg (’Oun the weather ^ET PRESS RlINl Forecast by O. 8. Woathor Bnreaa. A^ ERAGE DAILY CIRCULATION ^er* B a rca OF THE EVENING HERALD for the month of May, 1927 . ’ artly cloudy tonight and Pri- 4 , 9 9 5 anrhfBtff lEufntttg (’oun (FOURTEEN PAGES) PRICE THREE CENTS Classified advertising on page 12 MANCHESTER, CONN., THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1927. VOL.^XU., NO. 232. BYRD NEARING FRENCH CAPITAL BYRD STARTS ACROSS ATLANTIC HAWAII IS ANXIOUS I •'^'1FLEW ACROSS OCEAN TO HONOR FLYERS WHOLE WAY IN FOG Maitland and Hegenbergerj ONCE NOISIEST * iNrJ PARIS IS PREPARED I Atlantic Flyers Unable to See Land or Water For Majoi d is t r ic t F ...i«s«.ip,*.i. DIES FOR HUGE WELCOME' Trip—Automatic Radio Broadcaster, How­ Today Swampod With l A A l f AN Cable Messages. Au / LUUii Un ever, Heard Nearly All of the Time— Now In Commu­ Another Big Demonstration nication With Stations In France— American Plane Honohihi, V. H., June 30.— "SV iMi Like a great bird greeting the dawn was the monoplane “America” as it took off from Roosevelt Field, Old Fighting Sixth Quits Long Island, for Europe with Commander Richard Byrd, Lieutenant George Noville, Bert Acosta and Bernt Expected to Reach Paris Between Four and Five nil Hawaii anxious to honor them. Balchen aboard. The photo shows the “ America” poised gracefully on the raised end of the Roosevelt Field In Store For Americans Lieutenants I.,cster J. Maitland and Functioning As Six Voters runway, a few moments before the flight started. Albert Hcgenbergcr faced a social When They Arrive. OXlock (Eastern Daylight Time). program today that may prove more LITTLE ALCOHOL wearing than their 2 6-hour fliglit and Reporter Recall Col­ Wireless Messages BULLETIN TODAY’.S LOG SHOWS from Oakland. California to Hono­ IN HOME BREW Paris, June 30.— Another great PROGRE.SS OF AMERICA lulu. orful Meetings. demonstration is in store for Le Roosevelt Field, N. Y., June 30 Beer Seized Is Much Milder i Bourget air depot when Command­ The following log shows the Rested, and with their hunger Commander Richard B. Byrd and temporarily appeased, the Arm> About The America Than Before War, Statf er Richard E. Byrd arrives tonight progress of the .America today, his three gallant companions In on its non-stop flight from airmen sta'rted out this morning on IVhat was probably the last Chemists Discover. in his tri-motored monoplane a round of official calls. At nine a. their weather-scarred ocean-span­ New York to Paris: (Eastern meeting that the Sixth School Dis­ America. m., the flyers presented themselves ning monoplane .America radioed Daylight Time). trict will ever hold, as a separate London June 30.— The air,; Paris, June 30.—’Direct com­ New Haven, Conn., June Overnight news that the Ameri­ 2:.30 a. m.— Keimrts by to General Edward Lewis, com­ 30.— The range of alcohol con­ Ouessant, France, at 1:40 p. m. mander of the Department of school district, was held in the Ministry's noon weather forecast munication with the monoplane ca was still on the way, although wireless say America jiassing tent in ale and beer once was Hawaii. An hour later the aviators little three-room school building on predicts rain over most of the Bri­ America was re-established by encountering thick weather, (eastern daylight time) today that through heavy fog. three to five per cent but now ofIR'ially greeted Admiral John Mc­ Olcott street last night. Only six tish Isles with fair intervals and Lloyd's “Valentia wireless station at strengthened the belief here that the America would fly over the 4:15 a. m.— .\iiierica estim­ light to moderate easterly winds: eleven o’clock, Greenwich meridian it is not over one-half of one the gallant American airmen ated to have covered three- Donald. naval station commandant. were present, in addition to The town in a few minutes. | also, lower temperature with un­ time, when the station received a per cent, according to chemical would make the long flight over the (luarters of the water Jump Call on Governor Ouessant Is about 275 land miles ; The trans-Tacific birdmen then Herald reporter, to pass upon the settled conditions over the English n'.essage from Commander Richard studies of these liquors made trail blazed by Charles A. Lind­ from X'ewfonndlaiid to Ire­ at the state agricultural experi­ finished their morning schedule by last rites of the district, all feel­ channel and the southern part of E. Byrd giving his position at that bergh successfully. west of Paris. It is the north-west ^ land. ing that it was an important event the Irish sea. time and thanking the "Valentia sta- ment station here, and report­ -Make Preparations corner of France, about 24 miler, | 6:50. a., m.,—Ilvrd. wire­ calling upon Governor General ed in its annual statistics for ringtou of the Territory of Hawati. in the history of the district. ---------- i tion for its aid in assisting him to Officials of the air depot at Le lesses: “Covere<l by fog iae Bourget are making preparations east of Brest. ! At uoon, Maitland and Hegenberger Since the day that Manchester Valentia, Ireland, June 30.— The | find his bearings. 192 6 released today. si.xteen hours. Whatever hap- to care for the America. Mechanics “To Ouessant: We will fly over will be honor guests at a communi- became a town there has stood in Valentia wireless station at 6:30 “ We are now ten thousand feet The experiment station ana­ l)ens, T take my hat off to that vicinity a small school. It was o'clock (Greenwich mean time) ' up in a freezing, denSe fog,” Byrd lyzed whiskey, gin, rum, bran­ will be put at the disposal of Com­ you in a few minutes,” the Byrd i these great fellows with me.” tv luncheon. mander Byrd immediately if he Col. John H. Howard of the air only a short distance from the first picked up a radiogram from *he | wirelessed- “ Our position at eleven dy, sweet and dry wines, five message read. “Will you repeat the 7 a. in.— 3'70 miles west and tavern erected in Manchester and cordials, beer, ale. commercial plans a non-stop flight back home service detail in Hawaii will gi'e America in which Commander i Greenwich meridian time is 49.33 south of Irelaiiil. history tells how this tavern was and concentrated malt extract at once. It is not believed, how­ position report W. T. W ." ' 11:05 a. m.— Byrd Vvlrles.sed a dinner in honor of the flyers to­ Richard E- Byrd stated that his ' degrees north latitude. 18.10 de- erected to take care of the “ travel­ and cider. Unusual things were ever, that the Americans plan an (The .America's Radio sending he expected to sight land with­ night. Sixty guests, representing er and the people in that vicinity monoplane was passing Hirough grees west longitude. Fine, thanks, immediate return flight. 'he official and civilian select of the found, the report says, one signal) in an hour. who had grown in great numbers.” heavy fog and that he and his com­ you have helped us a lot.” sample of brandy found to.con­ Herrick in U. S. 12 noon — America reported islands, are invited. It was the district that was the panions “ had not seen land nor Eleven o’clock Greenwich meri­ In the absence of Myron T. Her­ south of Cai'c Cornwall, Eng­ Dinner Dance tain 33.5 per cent of sugar. first in the way of manufacturin,g, water since four o’clock Wednesday dian time corresponds to seven The range of alcoholic content rick, the United States ambassador, Roosevelt Field, X'. Y'., June 30., land. The only other event thus far for within its day there has been afternoon.” o'clock eastern daylight saving time an attache of the embassy will be The weird record of flying across j 2:30 p. m.— Byrd in wlie- scheduled is a dinner dance at the was 35 to 50 per cent. no less than fifteen different mills ! in the United States. Cider was found to have at the field to greet the Americans. the Atlantic without sighting land less communication with Brest, Royal Hawaiian hotel on the night that have operated in the district Roosevelt Field. Mineola, X. Y. Up to noon, Paris time, it was or sea has been achieved by Com- France. of July fourth. The public will be from 2.5 per cent to six per and the old building at the corner i June 30.— The steamship Belgcn- Roosevelt Field, X'. Y.. June 30. cent alcohol, while the cordials impossible to estimate the time of I mander Richard E. Byrd and his allowed to aitcud the Independence was the meeting place for years of | land, eastbound. reported hearing — Commander R. E. Byrd from his the America’s arrival, but it was I three gallant companions in their had from 35 to 50 per cent al­ Daylight Saving Time, and, if no Day reception. i Manchester's oldest lodge, A. F. | signals from the airplane America, trans-Atlantic plane somewhere be­ hoped that she would arrive before I plane America, Grover Whalen. The flyers were overwhelmed to- cohol. Natural wines had six mishap occurs should alight at Le and A. M. j according to a dispatch from the tween the English coast line and to twelve per cent of alcohol dark. __ I vice-president of the American dav with invitations to social func­ i Changes | Chatham broadcasting station at Prance sent a radio message short­ Special police will be on duty to Trans-Oceanic Company, told Inter- Bourget flying field at Paris her and "forfeited” wines 15 to 2 0 tween six and seven o’clock tonight tions, but both Maitland and Hegen- I Change in business centers, | three o'clock this morning'.morning.
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