Xt; Least One Prune Dryer Will Be Operated Near Salem; Likely OthersfMore Prunes Shotting. Than Were a While Back Expected
The Plant of the Oregon Linen'Mills, Inc. Is Beiiig GradiiaUy Brought to a Point Where It Will Be a Going and Paying Concern,
I
VMlhp TI.i . nl Voir- Inw
timidity: moderate to fresh north and
northwest' winds. Maximum temperature
yesterday 67, minimum 50, river 0. rain
fall .01, atmosphere clear, wind northwest.
Southern Democrats opposed to Smith
are said to be planning to center on Sen
ator George of Georgia. They are going
to let George do it, but can he?
SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 7, 1928
PRICE FIVE CENTS
mm
e
THAN EXPECTED
j a a a a a . fa a
Italian variety snows up
Weir, Nearly Full drop of
, Petites in Sight
DRYING NOW FORESEEN
JO.OOO Crates oC Strawberries Re-
ceived in Oae Day at llaat
Plant; Canneries Ronnlng
Near Capacity
There will be more prunes than
s expected. More Italian prunes.
Ind something like a full crop ofat Oregon City.
"French
Or rrmo pruuea. i uci
The
growers in the Kaiser bottom
j5fS?,.t.'0TiiOod have been checking
up, ana iney una inai smaii
prunes are showing up under the
foliage that were not In evidence
in earlier cursory examinations.
The growers there have en
gaged witjt Gideon Stols to fur
nish enoughpVunes to justify the
running of his Rambler dryer, a
mile west of the Kaiser school
house. Mr. Stolx will have some
prunes of his own to dry.
The same thing will perhaps
transpire in other neighborhood
from which reports have gone out
that there will be no drying of
prunes.
Rash of Strawberries
There is a great rush of straw
berries to the canneries and pack
ing houses, and in barrels and
cans to the cold storage establish
ments. All the canneries are now
operating. The plant of the Ore
gon Packing company started can
ning yesterday morning, with a
complement of help approaching
fullapaclty. This concern uses
!fhe big Hunt cannery is work
ing a force of about 700, on
sirawperries none. nunning &
boars a day. About 10,000 crates
of strawberries were received
there on Tuesday. Both canning
and barreling departments are
running at near full capacity. Full
rapacity would mean the equiva
lent of 10.900 cases, or 240.000
family sized cans in 24 hours. This
tvras reached several times last
Vtyjfear. but when cherries, loganber
ries. Raspberries and strawberries
were being put through. Ten
thousand crates of strawberries
are9me berries. The equivalent
of over 120.000 family sized cans.
But a lot of them are being put
Into cold storage shipments, in
barrels and cans: 15 pound. 30;
pound and 50 pound cans.
How Maay Strawberries, Etc,
How many strawberries will
there be? The tanners will not
say. Most of them say there will
(Caatinuea' an pfe 2.1
CHICKEN HOUSE
i YIELDS STILL
CASE BROTHERS ARRESTED
FOR MAKING MOONSHINE
riant Capacity ISO Gallons.
With .W of Whiskey Every
15 Hours
Two brothers, Leslie B. Case.
29, and Horace Ca.e, 23. reposed
in the Marion county jail yester
day with the technical charge of
owning an unregistered still
lodged against them.
Along with the still, which wsa
confiscated in a raid near West
Woodburn late Tuesday, state and
county officers took 25 ten-gallon
kegs, 100 jugs, six 560-gallon
vats. SO gallons of distilled whis
key and nearly 3000 gallons of
ash.
The capacity of the still was
k- . , Eft I 1 M . n ) k. I .
ad an output of 50 gallons of
whiskey every IB hours.
The still was situated In the
chicken house of a small farm a
little oyer 300 feett from the
county road and about a mile
west' of the West Woodburn golf
course.
f,,"Uraigned yesterday morning
ftfore Justice of the Peace Bra
' tier Small the two prisoners ask
ed tine jln which to consult an
atternF 'Ball was fixed at 11000
each, which they failed to famish
and were lodged In the county
?Uiicers Indicate that they sus
pect the still operated by the two
Case brothers to be the still frem
which Tom Promas, NU Prema
tias and Tom-Chulas had obtained
their liquor when "they, were ar
rested In the same vicinity a few
"months ago. Chains ease ia still
Other tWO, MTint own rouncieu
. , 1 I J
s . insriaa nu ri. . uaiR sbd Lfcsucu
IB J IUsl'W - -
GUERNSEY MEN'S
GAIETIES TODAY
START FROM PORTION D THIS
MORNING; HERE FRIDAY
Baaqaet at Marioa Hotel That
Rveaing; To Visit Many
Valley Herds
The members of the Oregon
klnernsey cattle dab each year
sponsor some kind of a festivity.
This has taken different forms at
various times. The "trade" name
for this festivity is "The Guernsey
Gaieties."
This year It is in the form of a
trip visiting a number of the herds
ind other show places in the Wil
lamette valley. It is planned for
his trip to cover three days, start
ing today at Portland and ending
Saturday afternoon at the Looney
.'arm near Jefferson.
The first day will be spent in
Multnomah and Clackamas coun
ties, the visitors staying at night
The next day will be spent in'
visiting herds in Clackamas and
Marion counties, closing this the
second day with a banquet at the
Marion hotel. Salem. The third and
ast day will be spent in visiting
ome of the herds near Salem in
.he forenoon and arriving at noon
it the park at Jefferson for a
leighborhood picnic dinner and
hen in the arternoon visiting the
,ooney farm.
The itinerary as planned may
lie changed slightly, but it is sub
stantially as follows:
Thursday, Jane 7
Leave Imperial hotel, Portland,
3 a. m.; Da Young's dairy. Line
man, 9:30; Greenman & Son, Fair
view, 10:10; E. J. Mahy, Trout
lale, 10:40; O. M. Richey, Boring,
joon: lunch at J. T. Richey place,
Soring", 12:20, leaving at 2 p. m.
Going by Estacada, arrive at
Jameq.Shibiey A Son place, Spring
watar, 3 o'clock; J. R. Shackle
ford's, Springwater, 3:35; C. B.
Prague's, Logan. 4:05; Ingle
ide Dairy, Logan. 4:35; Hutchins
k. Hickox. Logan, 4;s0; arrive at
Oregon City 5:30.- lli&l
At Oregon City the Hawley pa
per mill will be visited. The party
will be the guests of the Oregon
City chamber of commerce for the
evening. A banquet will be served
it 7 p. m. During the evening" a
two reel film of the "Guernsey
Pilgrimage." and one reel of the
"Story of the Guernsey Cow" will
be shown.
Friday, Jane 8
Leave Oregon City 8:30 a. m.;
visit John Gaffney's place at 8:45:
Josi Brothers Dairy 9:05; Sam El
mer & Son, Mulino, 10 o'clock;
Clyde Ringo, Mulino. 10:25; Ar-
Continued a page 7.)
2 AGENTS PROSECUTED
Old
aad ForgoUea Section of In
terstate law Revived
SAN FRANCISCO. June 6.
(AP) Invoking an old Section of
the interstate commerce law two
railroad agents were indicated to
day by a federal grand: jury be
cause hey were alleged to have
assisted a shipper to obtain a low
er freight classification than al
lowed. The two were W. U
Johnson. Southern Pacific agent,
and John A. Townsley. agent, of
the Continental Freight bureau
The indictment alleged that last
March the two men assisted
George B. Icenhower. furniture
dealer of Ashland. Ore., tp ship a
carload of tiecond hand uncrated
furniture from San Francisco to
Ashland at the lower rate permit
ted for crated new furniture. Gov
ernment attorneys charge leen
hower paid the two 920 for the
"accommodation."
PULLMAN STRIKE LOOMS
June 8 Set As Dat For Walkout
of Six Thoasaad Porters
CHICAGO. June 6 (AP) An
organlation claiming to represent
the Pullman porters today threat
ened it would call out on June 8
more than 6.000 workers unle
the Pullman company agreed to
discuss a demand for increased
wages.
"The Pullman company is not
losing sleep over the sitaaaion aad
does not anticipate any of its pa
trons will." replied B. S. Carry,
president of. ths company.
GALES SWEEP ALABAMA
Other States Also Fe4
TerrlXlev Storms
MONTGOMERY,-Ala., Jnno .
CAP) With the most acute Situa
tion ia Creashaw county, Alabama,
where a hurricane has mads mora
than 109 persons homeless,-four
southern . states - tonight - were
checking damages from torrential
fains, floods and storms.
Conditions attributed to the
weather have caused six deeaths
and many persons have been in
jured. - -
Mil l crrnnr
IVILLJLI NHL
AT CITY'S MEW
BURNER TODAY
Incinerator Ready for Use,
But Shortage of Fuel May
Postpone Test
GARBAGE DUMP NO MORE
Coaacil Will Accept 8 met ore aad
Put it ia Use PermanetfUy at
Once If It Comes ap to
Gaaraatee
Fire will be started in Salem's
new city incinerator at 9:30
o'clock this morning if all arrange
ments can be completed, it was an
nounced last night by W. H. Dan-
try, chairman of the special incin
erator committee of the city coun
?il. It is probable that Mr. Dancy
will be accorded the honor of
lighting this historic fire, as he
has been especially active in
bringing about this relief from the
much maligned city dump.
The incinerator, erected by the
Pittsburgh-Des Moines company, is
now completed, and the only ques
tion about getting the test fire
started this morning Is one of fuel.
The test will be concerned prin
cipally with the matter of capacity
the burner being required to dis
pose of 25 tons of garbage in 12
hours. This is about twice Salem's
present output of waste matter,
ind a sufficient supply to make
the test may hot be in sight to
day. In Use Immediately
If'all goes well, the council will
immediately accept the structure
and' it will be continued In use
'rom. today. Arrangements hare al
ready been made to turn the city
lump over to the fair board,
which has agreed to clean it up
and will use the tract for parking
space at fair time.
The incinerator is located just
outside the city limits on the
southeast. Persons who wish to
visit it are advised to drive out
(CoDtinqad en page 4.)
PLAN SECONDING SPEECH
Nebraska !
Former Governor of
Oae of Hoover's Backers
KANSAS CITY. June (AP)
Former Governor Samuel R.
McKelvie of Lincoln. Nebr., will
give one of the seconding speech-;
es for the nomination of Herbert
Hoover at the republican national
convention, it was announced late
today at Hoover headquarters
here. Mr. McKelvie will be with
the Nebraska delegation which
nominally is pledged to Senator
Norris of that state.
PICTORIAL LIFE OF
1. En route to China. Hve marries hi ceUecs
weetneart an toek bar fMNeymeeninfl to Manchuria.
(f'!f
Whan tha Baxsr Mprlstna starts. Heaver atiiK
aefatiae weeks; Mrs. Haaver cares) far tha wetinsao.
SALEM RESIDENT
ACCORDED HONOR
C A. LOCK WOOD, RADIO OP
ERATOR, GIVEN REWARD
Meritorious Service at Sea la
1023 Results la Cbeck aad
Favorable Mention
PORTLAND, June 6. (AP)
For especially meritorious service
in getting - the Oregon Oriental
line steamer West O'Rowa into
port late in 1925. when she was
helpless at sea, Captain Robert
Wilson, her master, has received
an award of $1,000 by the ship
ping board, her chief engineer.
Jay P. Beeler. $260; Captain
George En be. chief officer, $185.
and C. A. Lockwood, radio oper
ator, $130. The checks reached
Portland today.
Bound from Portland for the
Far East, with Nanco as her first
port of call, the West O'Rowa lost
part of her rudder and stern
frame on November 29, 1925
Others of the Oregon-Oriental
fleet came to her aid. a jury rud- m 10 lne committee s ngures. nas ( AP)--Twenty-five hundred Ore
der was rigged and the ship head- nd 8? in hs nalf more than J Washington grange mem-
ed for Hakodate. After all the
difficulties contended with at cea
another confronted the vessel
when, bound through the narrows
i
for Hakodate, a Japanese tug as
sisting her, fouled the towing
hawser and had to be cut loose.
Then without the aid of the tug
Captain Wilson ordered full speed
ahead and the ship made her way
through in safety.
Lockwood, now residing at 247
Commercial street, Salem, was
mentioned in Captain Wilson's re
port as having stood by for 72
hours without taking time off for
sleep or meals.
WILL ROGERS CRASHES
Noted Humorist Indulges In Sec
ond Alrpvae Wreck
CHEROKEE. Wyo., June .
(AP). Will Rogers, wise crack
er de luxe, enjoyed his second air
plane wreck of the day- here to
night when the Boaiag Air Trans
port, Inc., plane in which he was
traveling smashed its undercar
riage in landing at the emergency
flying field here.
The comedian was not hurt,
and. undaunted by the fact that
earlier in the dav he had landed
upside down in another plane at
Laa Vegas, continued his flight
from here in a relief plane.
He expected to stop for the
night in Cheyenne.
FLAMES UNDER CONTROL
f1 Vicinity of Redding,
Call-
I fm-nla Pat Out
REDDING. Cal.. June 6. (AP)
After burning over 5.000 acres!
of land the fire along Cottonwood
creek was brought under control!
today. Pasture, timber and farm
land was burned by the blase bnt
the greatest danger is believed
past.
The loss In this fire has been
estimated at $7500, including
nearly 1.000 tiers of wood, stacked
and ready for shipment.
HERBERT HOOVER
a, RaiMora af
China.
s. Cfvii war end
la China, ana
CANDIDATES PAY
SUM OF $731,087.05
AMOUNTS TOTAL NEARLY
THREE QUARTERS MILLION
Final Reports Compiled by Senate
Investigating Committee fa
Campaigns
WASHINGTON, June 6. ( AP)
-Fifteen candidates for the pres
idential nomination in the demo
cratic ad republican parties have
spent $731,087.05 to date, upon
their campaigns, figures given to
the senate campaign funds investi
gating committee disclosed.
The expenditures compiled from
the testimony before the commit
tee by accountants, were made
public today by Senator Steiwer,
republican, Oregon, the committee
chairman. The figures show that
twelve of the candidates received
contribution to their campaigns
totalling $683,023.72, a deficit of
$48,058.33.
Secretary Hoover, In his fight foi
luc republican nomination, accora-j
iL . tn a
Jail nf
thf nthpr fn'irtppn ranrl!
dates.
The Hoover expenditures
were placed at $380,822.11, wlth'Goss. Seattle, master of the Wash
tne remainder of the field totalling
m i i r a w
$350,364.94. However, his cam
paign shows a deficit of $41.-
793.90 aa the total rnnt rihnt inns
to his campaign were fixed at McXary-Haugen -bUfc-$339
02S 21 Replying to President Cool-
"Gove'rnoV Smith of New York id's statement that it is unecon
had the largest expenditures of the ' omlc to 86,1 in Europe
candidates for the democratic! than in America. Goss declared
nomination with & total of 11 21 -' the American farmer Is entitled
471.04. His campaign also shows
a deficit of $559.64. with contri
butions fixed at $120,911.40.
Next tp Hoover on the republi
can list the largest expenditure
was made in behalf of the candi
dacy of the late Senator Willis of
Ohio, the outlay totalling $66,
769.52, with contributions of $61,
637.70. Former Governor Lowden of Il
linois, ranks next, with expendi
tures of $60,922.90. Lowden.
however, has a balance left in his
campaign fund for his receipts are
placed at $68,123.20.
In the democratic list. Senator
Reed of Missouri, ranks next to
Smith, .with expenditures of $38,
752.79, while his receipts show a
total of $41,430.64.
lce President Dawes was re
ported to have expended $579.50,
and received as much in contribu-
tions.
TELEPHONE GIRL BRAVE
Long Distance Operator Heroine
During Big Fire
LAFAYETTE, Contra Costa
County. Calif.. June 6. (AP).
Rose Michant, long distance tele
phone operator here, stayed at her
post until she fainted from heat
today when fire destroyed a ho
tel, three residences, and several
gmali buildings
The loss was es-
timated at $50,000.
The operator
called firemen
from Concord. Danville, Lake
Orinda and Walnut Creek. Citi
zens credited her with saving the
town from destruction. She faint
ed after the telephone cables had
fallen, and trees in front of her
office had been fired by explosion
of a small oil tank.
9
B? SattffuCM
sr
Sleeaatont apraaS tnrauah Narth.
vietewes taraatenatf all fereifnara.
Heavers erofnisiao exaloratlaos
he saitetf with - his wife far Kama,
i
TO
OF
FARM BILL
E
U. S. President's Statements
Criticized by Washing
ton Master
CROWD OF 2500 CHEERS
DLscrimination Against Agriculture
aad ia Favor of Large Ilndu
tries Laid to Occupant of
White House
I t rf-v - - t i T
vich, n sn., june o
Ders here today PPlauded Albert
i ington grange, when Goss took ex
I
Iception to two points in President
' Coolidge's veto message on the
to the same protection steel and
other industries enjoy under the
tariff wall.
. To the president's statement
that it is impossible to legislate to
insure better prices to the farmer,
the Seattle man said: "That it is
the most hopeless -outlook for
American agriculture we havr
ever heard," adding that it means
that "the farmer is singled out to
produceat less than the cost of
production."
Goss attacked the federal recla
m a t i o n expansion movements
which, he asserted, put the gov
ernment in competition with the
farmer to produce still greater
surplus. He advocated a plan
whereby the government would
establish crop reserves somewhat
similar to the federal reserve
banking system.
Goss was one of three state
masters on the interstate program
today. George Palm iter of Oregon
and George R- Harrison, Califor
nia state master, were heard.
Today's meeting of more than
2,500 grangers men and women
was the largest gathering o"
northwest farmers ever held. It
was a joint session of Washingtor
and Oregon state conventions.
The Washington grangers came in
a caravan of four hundred auto
mobiles from Chehalis. while the
Oregon people came across the
(Ooatiaoed on y af e 2.)
FARMERS HAVE CARAVAN
Dowatroddea Tillers of Soil Will
Drive Owa Automobiles
LINCOLN, Nebr., June 6
(AP) Governor McMnllen today
said he had received information
frnm VnrtTi Ta Vnt that a earavan
of 300 automobiles, headed by
Governor Sorlie, will drive to the
republican national convention at
Kansas' City and join in the farm
legislation demonstration during
the convention. The caravan will
leave Saturday, arrive in Omahs
Sunday and go to Kansas City
Monday, he said.
Governor McMullen reiterated
trvria v hnwnver that the nrnnnned
' ' ' - r -wr -
HIT BY GRANG
farm legislation movement is noti"""' "a .pua.u.
a mammoth "caravan" or "pa
rade" movement. "'The farmers
are merely asked to go to Kansas
City." he said.
"There will be no organization
work prior to their arrival there.
"After they arrive they will be
taken care oL Badges will be
supplied and camping grounds and
other facilities will be provided."
LINEN WORK PROGRESSES
Two Khifts Operating in Spinning
aad Bleaching Plants
The Oregon Linen Mills. Inc., is
making steady progress towards
the point where it will be a paying
pro party and a decidedly going
eonoern. Short cuts are being In
augurated, overhead reduced, cost
sheets kept, aad everything gen
erally in tha operation brought
down to brass tacks and all
aronad efficiency. . Two shifts are
being employed In the. rplns la g
and bleaching departments. Other
departments are expected to be
brought late working odrer before
longw ,.Vr---"JV
It is. expected that a humidifying
system will be put In. in the main
machine room, and in connection
therewith a system for disposing
of the Hnt; so that the operations
will be cleanly and pleasant. The
lawn has been plowed and seeded.
so as to add to the attractiveness
of the surroundings at the plant
HERBERT HOOVER
WIDENS HIS LEAD
COMMERCE SECRETARY
GREATLY STRENGTHENED
Committee Ratings Result ia Clean
Sweep for Candidate
From West
KANSAS CITY. June e. ( AP)
Herbert Hoover stands tonight,
6icau; du cugiucucu sis s
dentlal candidate by the rnlings ofi
the republican national committee
on delegate contests, the last of
which have been decided.
Smothering opposition, his sup
porters in the committee came
within an ace oC making a clean
sweep of it losing only one seat
where they made a fight and pick
ing up more than 60 sure votes
No other candidate benefited to
any extent.
Those who are tolling to put
the commerce secretary over or
an early ballot in the nattona'
convention here next week were
jubilant, not only over the addi
tional strength amassed for their
man. but over the effect (hey
claimed it would have among any
wavering leaders and delegates.
Foes of the cabinet officer con
ceded they had suffered a set
back, but they insisted that Hoo
ver was far from in and there was
still enough water to go over the
dam to wipe out his big lead for
the nomination.
Working through the dinner
hour tonight, the national com
mittee disposed of the last of the
contests, which in all involved 75
of the 1089 convention seats. Be
fore calling it a day. however, it
took up the question of fractional
voting and decided not to inter
fere with delegations which had
been expanded In size by giving
some or all members part of
vote.
The Hoover forces wound up
their fight over contested dele
gates with a show of strength
which toppled every obstacle. A
block of 26 votes from Teias. the
(Continued on p( 7.)
COMPLETE TAX RETURNS
Half-Year Moneys All In; Cash
Nearly Five Millioa Jane I
All of the first-half taxes for
the year 19 28 have been received
by the state treasurer, according
to announcement made Wednes
day. Taxes received by the state
treasurer aggregated 12. 730. 635.
70, including $1,887,323.42 for
the general fund, $562,208.27 for
one-mill market roads fund, and
$281,104.06 for World war veter
ans' state aid sinking fund.
Cash in the state treasury on
June 1 aggregated $4,941,155.71
as compared with $3,386,819.61
on May 1. Cash in the 'general
fund totals $905,366.69.
This amount of money together
with corporation fees collectible
July 1 of this year and miscellan
eous revenues must carry the
state until December 1, when the
second half taxes are due.
On July 1, 1928. the state will
pay $505,315 to retire the second
installment of Oregon veterans'
state aid bonds and to pay the In
terest thereon.
On August 1 the state will dis
burse approximately $4 00,000 as
the annual distribution of com
mon school fund interest.
SPARK CAUSES BIG FIRE
Reason For Flames Traced to
Shoe On Range Rider's Hore
SACRAMENTO. Cal.. June 6
(AP). A spark from a horseshoe
.. .....IVI. AAA
acre range fire on Peoria moun
tain, Tuolumne county. Word of
the fire, which swept valuable
pasture lands owned by McCor
mick and Songueranetti, was re
ceived by M. B. Pratt, state for
ester, from District Inspector
Earl T. Barron, who traced the
origin of the fire to a range rid
er's horse.
Seventy-five men are grouped
at the top of the Rumsey grade
on the Arbuckle-Rumsey road
west of Arbnckle to make a stand
against the fire which has raged
back and forth through -Yolo and
Colusa counties for three' days. If
the fighters are successful in stop
ping the flames at this point the
Cortina valley grain section will
be saved from destruction.
Today tha fire that started Sun
day four miles west of Arbnckle
has returned after burning In a
great loop that extended as far
south aa the Guinda section in
Yolo eonnty.- .
FISHING BOAT BLOWS UP
Oaaadlaa Craft down, to Frag
meats; Report Indicates
SEATTLE, 3 June (AP)-r-Advices.
from Prince Rupert, today!
Indicated that; the Canadian fish
ing boat Coygepa had blown up at
Butedale. The craft was regarded!
as a total loss. Louis Larson was
in a hospital at Prince Rupert suf-
jferlng with severe burns as a re-
nit of the explosion.
1 OFF
ACROSS
FJ
AT EARLY HOUR
niiaprt nf niamnnric"
to
Race Amelia Earhart East
Over Atlantic
LEVINE'S PLANE IN USE
City of Rome Bettered GoI ml
Machine Which Plans to Start
at 5 O'clock ThU Morning
From New York
CURTISS FIELD. N". Y.. Jaw
6. (AP). Charles A. Levtae.
owner of the monoplane Colum
bia in which Miss Mabel Boll and
a two-man crew plan to make a
trans-Atlantic flight, announced
tonight that the ship would take
off by 5 a. m. tomorrow "on a
flight of 3.760 miles.' He de
clined to reveal its destination.
Levine did not indicate whether
the Columbia would stop at OM
Orchard. Maine, before heading to
sea on the long voyage.
He said the plane would foitaw
the southern great circle course,
paralleling the ship lane, cross the
grand banks,, skirt the southern
tip of Ireland, cross England and
France and then cross Pyrenees
mountains.
Rome Sasperted Goal
This course, it was believed,
would take the ship to Rome, al
though the distance Levine an
nounced the plane would travel
indicated Its goal might be either
Rome. Berlin or Warsaw.
Miss Boll, who was at the field
all day helping Her crew prepaw
the ship for flight, left before
midnight with the word That she
would return by 4:30 a. m,, ready
to fly.
The plane fully loaded will car
ry 489 gallons of gas, Oliver Le
boutillier, the pilot, said, and w!)l
weigh 6,200 pounds at the take
off. Leboutillier said the motor
would consume about ten and a
half gallons an hour and that tne
plane would have enough fuel for
48 hoars in the air.
Miss Boll, Levine said, will be
in the rear of the pilot's compart
ment at the start.
X Radio Carried
The plane will start without a
radio. Every available corner has
been utilised for fuel storage. Le
boutillier said, and the ship will
carry no weight that might be dfo-
( Continues on pf 4.)
SOUTHERN CROSS
WILL FLY TODAY
PREPA RATIONS A J JL. (Mffl
PLKTKD TO LKAVK SI VA
Ijong Stretrh of Beach to be Vim
As Runway AYWea Plane
Hops For Australia
SUVA, Fiji. June 7. (API
Owing to delay in filling the fuel
tanks of the Southern Cross the
plane was made safe for the night
at Naselai beach late today and
the fliers announced they antic
ipated taking off for Australia
about 2 p. m. Friday (6 p. n.
Thursday Pacific coant time.)
VANCOUVER. B. C. June
(AP) The Southern Cross wan
still on the sands at Naselai beach.
Fiji, at 11 o'clock tonight, Pacific
coast time, the Canadian Press
was advised by reliable source
here tonight.
SUVA, Fiji. June 7 (Thurs
day) (AP) The transoceaak
monoplane Southern Cross and its
crew of four planned to start for
Brisbane, Australia, at 4 p. m. to
day which is 8 p. m. Wednesday
on the Pacific coast of tne United
States. The flight will be one af
1,7 f 2 miles across the south Paci
fic ocean, in continuance of the
7$0 alia air Journey from Oak
land. Ca., to Sydney. Aastrslis,
,The plane left Suva at 11:04 a.
a. today (3:04 p. n. Wednesday.
Pacific coast time) for the beach
at Naselai. .': V ; . '
. .The fliers and their plane were
given a treat send oft by the larg
est crowd ever assembled In Suva '
as their plane rose from Albert
Park-for the short jnmp to Nans- ;
lal beach. . As tha great macbia
took off beautifully from the lawa
of the nark rthe mixture " of all :
races Europeans. Americans aad.
Polynesians cheered wildly aad 2
shouted good wishes arid farewells'
j. maBy lanruages. . ':
. Since they arrived here at 2: .
P. m. Tuesday (6:23 p.m. of Mob- ,
day. Pacific coast time) ' Captain
. (Ciae4 aa pmf 41
: )
their-cases Into circuit eourt
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