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Columbia Takes Off Today But Soon
LEM’S PLANE
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Pilot and Navigator Boili Fscap*
ed in Crash Without
Being Injured
PL ANE IS REPORTED TO
BE BADLY DAMA(il.l)
Took to the Air at 11:55 Today
and Crash Wa:; Due to Heavy
Load Which the Machine Wasj
Carrying. |
(By Associated Press.)
Roosevelt Field. N. Y„ Oct. 11.
—Tiie transatlantic plane t'iduHi¬
lda crashed on the Westhury golf
course jpodav, a lew minutes alter
taking the air on its projected
flight to Rome.
Both Roger Q. Williams, the pi
. i, and Pietro Bonelli, the navi¬
gator, escaped without any in¬
jury. One wheel of the plane and
at least one wing strut were brok¬
en and the ship .suffered general
strain.
It tipped up on one wing point
but did not turn over.
The Columbia took off at 11:55 a.
m., with great difficulty because of the
excessive weight of its fuel. Il did
get in the air, however, but was unable
to gain altitude.
It struggled low over the gully be¬
tween Roosevelt and Curtiss fields,
where Rene Fonek’s plane crashed and
burned two years ago, and then began
to settle steadily to earth.
Fearing a possible upset with re¬
sulting five Bonelli kicked the dfnnp
valve , to , lighten i , the ,, ship , • hut it had i
just been repaired for a leak and
would not work. 1 !
Williams made a forced landing on ;
the golf links adjoining Curtiss Odd-j
close beside a sand trap and hemmed |
m bv hunkers.
The plane plunged and rolled on the
soft turf and the left wheel snapped j
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Williams n - and , Bonelli T > ii- climbed ,• i , out. , of . ;
the cockpit unharmed but sadly disan- ,
pointed. A cursory inspection of the
plane left little hope of another lake
off today.
Willianis took the accident good na- j
worth of food has j j
g;one bad.
The plane was badly smashed and j
will he taken for immediate renair to
the Levine factory, Lone- Island City. .
Paul Lanin, owner of Roosevelt field,
refunded $250 to Levine paid as the .
take off fee.
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RED CROSS FUND
OVERSUBSCRIBED
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Oct. 11.—The Ameri-, j
can Red Cross today reported to Pres
id- 1 Coolidge that the $5,000,000 min- ;
i» 5 * Ti\ hurricane relief fund has been j
oversubscribed by almost $25,000.
The Red Cross expects that the fund .
will be even further oversubscribed !
as a number of large quota sections !
have not reached the minimum set
them. The total subscribed to date :
is $5,024,994.82.
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CHI- SH cautoi.Yi” rcen-c vivTnTiv V'o'ir™ iv. r on.™
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EDWARD HICKMAN j
„ Kansas City, „ Oct. . ,, 1. ,, Mrs. _ Eva !
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Hickman mother of Edward Hickman, |
virtually has aoandoned hope that her -
son will escape the gallows for the kid
nailing and slaying of Marian Parker, ;
Los. Angeles school girl, and does not j
pian to go to ( alifornia to visit the
condemned youth or to intercede for '
him. Colonel Charles Edwards, family ad- |
visor, raid today the mother had re
igned herself to the fate awaiting;
her son who is sentenced to be hanged j
r.i San Quentin prison, October 19.
Mrs. Hickman is living in retire
menl here with two sons and a daugh
’er. Upon the advice of Colonel Ed-!
vvards they will not go to California ,
for the execution.
Hickman’s body probably will be
buried in California, Edwards said.
ATLANTA —.—-----— WOMAN -- ; ;
DEAD
Tor eon. Ga., Oct. 11.—Mrs. Alice
Winf-hip Newton, 79. pioneer Atlanta ,
woman, died here yesterday at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. E. B.
Stark. Mrs Newton was the daughter
of Joseph Winship, proprietor of At-;
lanta’s first foundry.
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
Howard Plumb, aged lit, id' Reed
ity. Mich., has confessed, according
to police, to setting (ire to a building
in that city in which Mrs. Mary
Meson was burned to death, fund)
claims he was offered $500 by Stan¬
ley Sanford, wealthy Reed City resi¬
dent. to start the blaze. Sanford, who
police say has admitted the boy’s
charge, has been released on $20,000
bail.
Loud Farewell Given Giant
Whaler as She Slipped
Through San Pedro Channel
and Started on Long Voyage.
(By Associated Press.)
Ban Pedro, { Calif., ’ Oct. It.—Down
the Uaj , tha a | way s has , a || t „| him ,
Commander Richard E. Iivrd ' today
was ‘ bound for the bottom of the earth ‘ ■
scientific | j f ,
explomtim,
Away at last on his long planned
expedition to the Antarctic, the com
man<k .,. and Uu . ................ M hi;;
han(1 |lic ked followers wore aboard the
Norwegian whaler C. A. I,arisen,
,„ ;un ,| r ,„. New Zealand, common ren
devour. for the four slops that later
yds y ear w j]i push on down into the
Antarctic circle.
Ross sea was the immediate oh
jeclive of the commander, who later
hopes to cross the south pole by air
the samii manner he and the late
Floyd Bennett reached the north pole.
More important in the announced
0 f the Byrd expedition, however,
was a | (m( , intensive study of the Ant
that may keep the party exiled
jn the icy wastes for two years in¬
The giant whaler, last of the ves¬
sels to leave American waters, slip¬
ped through harbor channel last
night amid a bedlam of farewells
from whistling harbor craft and
crowds that lined the piers.
The last minutes of Byrd and mem
i °l , i party American . soil
,( ‘ rs lls on
ha< j b ‘‘ en K' ve " over to f,m '
wcl'Si.to t newspaper interviews, posing
r Pictures, for motion picture and
news cameras.
Modern communication . methods
ma f e >t possible for Lie commander
0 ^ rs /V *?- vl K ^L, s wR^ in Wmchestei, ’lus moth
Va., and ; his brother, Governor flarrv
Byrd, at Richmond, Va. The telephone
company had brought a special lice
aboard ship to make this possible.
As the boat threw off its lines, it.
slipped away from the dock without
the commander. A moment previon -
ly he had stepped ashore for another
farewell word with his wife. She had
accompanied him to the dock an
before and waited in an
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The last leave taking was a simple
handclasp, an exchange of steady
looks and a few words. Thru each
turned to their job;- Bvrd’s two or
,, ven three V( , al .;. of ..j-j,,, , ; n the
blank spaces of the map,” and his
wife >,. the keeping of their Boston
home for his return.
A speed boat war pressed into serv
je<- by Commander Byrd to overtake
the big whaler.
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RADIO ^PF AKTRS
ON AIK 1 ONIGHT
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New York, (hit. 11.—Political
speakers on the radio tonight include:
t e-mocratie:
John W. Davis, Democratic candi
date for president in 1924, at 8 p.
m., over WJZ and a network of 32
stations,
John J. Fitzgerald, former repre
tentative, at 10 p. no, over WRGH.
Republican:
Andrew IV. Mellon, secretary of the
treasury, from Washington at 9 p.
m., over WEAF and network of 39
stations .
Miss Sarah Schuyler But'.er at 8 p.
m -. over WPCH.
(Times given are eastern standard.)
BRUNSWICK, GA.. THURSDAY. OCT. 11, 1928.
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Chairman Raskob Eiuleuvorcd io
Rreveni Hansbroiighl I rom
Delivering II
UORMUR SENATOR SAID
hoover has oil stock
“I Know There is Absolutely No
Truth in the Charge,” Said
Democratic Chairman in
Statement Issued Today.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Oct. II John .1. Raskob,
Democratic national chairman, issued
a statement today asserting that he
had personally tried to prevent For¬
mer Senator Henry Ilansbrough, of
North Dakota, from delivering the
speech in Minneapolis yesterday in
which Ilansbrough credited Herbert
Hoover with owning large oil land
concessions in Colombia and Mexico.
Having heard that the former sen¬
ator planned such an address, Mr.
Raskob said he tried unsuccessfully
to reach him by telephone and tele¬
graph to stop ils delivery, knowing
that there was “absolutely no truth
in the charge.”
“I know there is absolutely no truth
in the charge,” Mr. Raskob said, ‘‘and
1 think it is a great pity that Ilans
brough should have made such a
charge without first trying to verify
it."
The chairman said that Ilansbrough,
who was a Republican senator for
many years, and now is heading an in¬
dependent committee for Governor
Smith, had no connection with the
Democratic national committee* and
that he had me.de and would make no
speeches as an official representative
of that body.
Quick Denial
Washington, Oct. il. (A’) -A charge
that Herbert Hoover "is credited”
with owning oil and mining properties
in Colombia unit Mexico lias been
made, accompanied by a sweeping de¬
nial.
Henry The allegation was sponsored by
Clay Ilansbrough, once a Re¬
publican senator from North Dakota,
now a supporter of Governor Alfred
K. Smith. With it he coupled a de¬
mand that Hoover withdraw from the
presidential race and permit the selec¬
tion of a Republican candidate “who
cannot be influenced in handling our
foreign relations.”
The denial came from Henry J.
Allen, director of publicity for the Re¬
publican national committee. Late
yesterday after being shown an ad¬
vance copy ol a speech prepared by
Ilansbrough for delivery last night at
Minneapolis, Allen sent a telegram to
the former senator, asserting that
there was no foundation for such
statements arid declaring that thev
could “only be uttered for the purpose
of gaining votes by deliberate lies.”
Undeterred, ilansbrough said be
could not lie “brushed aside” by the
cry of “liar" and went forward with'
his address at Minneapolis.
Herbert Hoover, he sairtj “is credit¬
ed with being the owner of 1,787,000
acres of oil producing land in the re¬
public of Colombia,” and of “even
larger concessions” in Mexico.
IS KILLED IN WRECK
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HEM) OF TENTH DISTRICT OF
INDIANA DEPARTMENT LOSES
LIFE IN TEXAS
(By Associated Press.)
San Antonio, Texas., Oct. 11.—E.
F. Burton, of Lafayette, Ind., com¬
mander of the Tenth district of the
Indiana American Legion depart¬
ment, ifcas killed and four persons
were injured in south an of automobile crash
sixteen mile•• Dilley, Texas,
last nig! .
The injured were Air. and Airs. C.
G. Mallott, of San Antonio, and Mr.
and Mr s J. C. McParkland, Chit-ka¬
sha, Okla., believed seriously 'hurt.
RAINEY CHAIRMAN
Atlanta, Oct. 11. U4V-Judge E, L.
Rainey, of Dawson, Georgia today was elected
chairman of the prison com¬
mission at the first, session it has held
; since Vivian L. Stanley was appointed
[a member of the commission to suc¬
ceed the late It. E. Davison. G. A.
Johns, of Winder, was named vice
’ chairman, an office which the com
I mission recently created because, it
explained, increasing duties made the
i post necessary.
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Crowds (irccl Democratic Can=
didale as He Slarts on His
Southern Trip
MADE SHORT SLOP AT
RICHMOND, VA., TODAY
Was Met By Governor Byrd and
Party and Escorted to State
Capitol, Where Address Was
Made By Governor.
By I). HAROLD OLIVER,
Associated I’ress Stall' Writer
Governor Smith’s Train Kn Route
to North Carolina, Oct. II. (/P) The
gateway to the “Solid South” which
has not been approached by Demo¬
cratic preski Filial standard bearers
since Bryan came here more than
thirty years ago, was opened wide
for Governor Smith today and the
Old Dominion was the first to shout
“Welcome.”
The Democratic nominee crossed
the Potomac shortly alter daybreak
this mornining and was hailed by Ilia
In st large southern group of en¬
thusiasts at Fredericksburg, Va., U
about S:HO. The governor, however,
was still in bed in his private ear
and 'had to be content with listening
from the inside to the shouts from
the crowd.
Senator Glass, of Virginia, was the
first distinguished visitor to board
the special train, getting on at Wash¬
ington at d |.vn.
Governor Harry V. Byrd, who also
is Democratic national committeeman
for Virginia, entrained with a larger
delegation at Fredericksburg to ac¬
company the party to Richmond, the
first stop of more than ten minutes’
duration.
The governor made his first rear
platform appearance at Ashland,
shortly before reaching Richmond.
His train slowed up, but did not stop,
and the nominee appeared, leaned over
the rail of the observation car and
shook the hands of several in the
crowd of several hundred on the run.
Many students of Randolph-Maeon
(■allege made hundred yard sprints
to clasp the New Yorkers’ hand.
Entering Richmond at 10 o'clock
for an hour’s rest, the governor was
greeted by a huge crowd at the Broad
street station. The familiar cry of
“AI” and the strains of “Dixie” and
the “Sidewalks of New York” went
up from the station throng and a
local band waiting to lead a motor
procession to the state capital. the
Governor Byrd, speaking from
inside ol the capital by means of
loud speakers to the crowd ouLside,
introduced Governor Smith as the’
“next president of the United States
and a man who exemplified the high¬
est ideals and principles of the Demo¬
cratic party.”
As a veteran campaigner, Governor
Smith said he had a certain amount
of word power ami that he would be
unable to make an outdoor a poet h.
Jle thanked Governor Byrd for the
introduction and the people of Vir¬
ginia for the reception.
From the capital the nominee went
to the lawn of the executive mansion,
where with Mrs. Smith he posed for
a number of pictures, before return¬
ing t.u the train.
The special train left the Richmond
station for Raleigh at 11:24 o'clock.
BIG ADVERTISING
STUNT STAGED FOR
MRS. WILLEBRANDT
(By Associated Press.)
Los Angeles, Oct. 11. - A threatened
bombing of the ranch home of the par¬
ents of Mrs. Mabel Walker Wille
braridt, assistant United States attor
ney general, caused police to throw a j
special guard about the premises at
Zmple, Cal., today.
The warning of vengeance was re¬
ceived by the couple, Mr. and Mrs.:
D. W. Walker, in a letter attacking !
made Mrs. Willebrandt in the for relating speeches to prohibi- she had j |
east
tion and the Democratic party.
Police also were informed that
Kathleen Norris, rioted woman novel¬
ist., would be “molested” if she at¬
tempted to speak here in behalf of
Herbert Hoover, Republican presiden¬
tial nominee.
Mrs. Norris addressed an audience
at Frerzaqk. Gal., last night after she !
had received three telephone calls arid .
a letter, police were informed, warn-1
ing her not to appear. She planned
to deliver an address here today.
DENVER GETS MEETING
Havana. Oct. 11. </P) —Denver, Col.,
was unanimously selected today for
the 1929 convention of Spanish-Arn
] erican War Veterans.
World Flyer Wins Film Bride
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Priscilla Dean, featured film actress, has become the bride of Lieuten¬
ant Leslie P. Arnold, inset, one of the tround-thc-world flyers, ill Agun
Calente, Mexico. Lieutenant Arnold, now retired, in engaged in business
at Long each, Calif. Miss Dean andhe met four years ago.
SKETCH OF BIG ZEPPELIN
L.
(By Associated Press.)
Bigger and mightier than any air
ship that attempted the transatlantic
flight, the dirigible Graf Zeppelin
adds a new chapter to a long distance
travel by air, just as, (he ZK :>, now
the United States navy dirigible Los
Angeles, did four years ago on her
successful crossing from Friedrich
ahafen, Germany, to Lakehurst, N. J.,
via the Azores.
The Graf Zeppelin carries the first
paid transatlantic air passengers, in
eluding the first woman to cross the
ocean in a dirigible. Besides exceed
ii.g in size any of its predecessors, it
uses a newly developed fuel Blau
(Blue) gas, named after the inven
ter and its frame has been construct
ed of an improved grade ol dnralumi
num with 20 percent greater tensile
strength.
It is a commercial venture,
tially, while the ZR-’i represented war
r< paratiorm and crossed the ocean for
delively to the United States navy.
Yet the two have points in com
inon. Dr. Hugo Eckener, Zeppelin
builder, who commands the Graf Zcp
pelin, also was in charge of the ZR-3
on her distance record breaking trip to
the naval -.tation at Lakehurst,, Gap
tain E. A. Lehman, staff officer, was
another aboard the ZR-3 when it, left,
Germany at 0:35 a. m., on October 12,
1924.
The ZR-3 was the second airship
to cross the Atlantic. The British dir
igihle K 31 in July, 1919, made a
stormy trip, nearly exhausting its fuel
before it reached Roosevelt Field at
Mineola, Long Island.
The ZR-3, luxuriously fitted up with
sleeping accommodations, kitchen and
other comforts, housed 27 Germans in
addition to the four Americans. The
Graf Zeppelin is carrying sixty per
sons,
The Graf Zeppelin is bringing a
large quantity of mail, consisting of
56,000 pieces. The ZR-3 brought over
r ight sacks of mail.
Construction details of the two
SNOW IS FALLING
OVER SECTION IN
ROCKY MOUNTAINS
(By Associated Press.)
Denver, Oct. 11.- The entire Rocky
mountain region todav was in the grip
of an unseasonable visit of winter
which had .spread over Montana and
threatened to lay down a white blan¬
ket over parts of Wyoming, Colorado,
Utah and northern New Mexico.
Rain or snow and much colder with
? trong northerly winds was the fore¬
cast for the area which caught the tail
end of the storm sweeping in from
Alberta and Saskatchewan provinces.
Sul) freezing temperatures wen
predicted for Montana, where the
mercury dropped to 32 degrees yester¬
day.
Snow has fallen in Reno and
Truckee, Nev., far to the west of the
are affected by the storm which
swept Montana.
!ships, | save for size, do not differ
greatly. Both are huge snub-nosed
j I craft, and with officers a hu ge forward gondola and for smaller passen
gers
[gondolas |dur the long, containing eigar shaped engines hag. slung un
The Graf Zeppelin i, 770 feet long,
| The Wnolwoi l h building is 792 feet
high, ami the Los Angeles is 050 feet
j long. The Puritan, a habv blimp, is
135 feet. The Graf Zeppelin is 110
feet high, compared with III feet Un¬
the Los Angeles.
; Both are driven by five powerful
Maylmeh-Zeppelin VL-2 motors. The
Graf Zeppelin's motors are 551) horse
power and are reversible. They were
■ developed from the -100 horsepower
motors built for the ZR-’t.
! The motors, are slung under the hull
j 'rapes in such the way backwash that one of another. propeller Each es
motor drives its own propeller,
The Zeppelin eueines, unlike air
plane motors that an* built to weigh
as little as possible, are constructed
for fuel economy and reliability be
icause they must function for long pc
Hods without stopping. The Graf Zep¬
| pelin may require a long as 100
hours, to make the passage to Lalce
hurst.
The Graf Zeppelin’s motors, it is
'.every aid, will need only minor adjustments
1,000 hours because new May
I back roller hearings used through
' out the motors reduce the wear and
tear on the rotating surfaces,
Direct revet ibility of her motors
has been achieved by simple shifting
! of the cam shaft which changes
timing of the 3(i overhead valves. Re
versing gears between the engine and
propeller in previon design;
been eliminated.
But more important than these in
novations i the adaptation of the
motors to Blau gins, a
ed gas. Thus the problem of carrying
heavy liquid fuel is. largely solved.
The Graf Zeppelin also earner, benzine
which is fed to the motors in mixture
j with the gas.
MIAMI LEGION
AGAIN WINNER
(By Associated Press.)
San Antonio, Texas, Oct. IL For
the second kuccck? ive year, Miami,
Fla,, today was adjudged to have the
best American Legion drum and bugle
corps in the finals of the contest at the
national American Legion convention
here.
Fifteen survivors took part in to¬
day’s final ;. Salem, Ore., was second,
and Frackford po t of Philadelphia,
third. The Miami corps was placed
first: at the convention at Paris last
year.
HEADS AMERICAN LEGION
San Antonio( Texas, Oct, 11. (A 1
Paul V. McNutt, Bloomington, Ind., to¬
day was elected national
of the American Legion.
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‘ Partly THE Mandy WEATHER Ionig‘hf; Friday
fair: gomiv tn mmloruh- vast,
winds.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Slarl Was Made Erom Pried*
riclishafcn, (iermany, Early
This Morninx
EXPECTED TO ARRIVE
HERE SUNDAY MORNING
Big Ship W:is Reported at Sev¬
eral Places During the Day—
Will Likely Travel Here Via
Azores Route,
(Bv Associated Press.)
Barcelona, Spain, Del. II.—The
German dirigible Graf Zeppelin
in route to the United Slates,
passed over this city al (1:50 p. m.
Friedrichshafen, Germany, Oct. 11.
The huge German dirigible Graf
Zeppelin started at 8 a. m. today oil a
flight of some 5,101) miles to Lake
luu.Kf, N. J , with passengers.
Dr. Hugo Eckener, builder of the
airship, announced on his departure
that he would fly in the direction of
Basle, Switzerland, and there decide
details as to the southern route he
would follow.
Sixty persons were aboard a crew
of forty and twenty passengers,
among I hem Lady Grace Drummoti
I lay. of England.
Dr. lingo Eckener, builder and com¬
mander of the airship, hoped to bring
the airship down at Lakehurst Sunday
morning.
Tin- airship headed toward the At¬
lanta' wlu-re heavy storms were re
poited to he prevalent and because of
this, i( was likely to follow a route by
way of I he Azores. Two hours after
her departure she was passing over
northern Franco,
Despite feverish excitement which
had prevailed around the hangars in
(he last lev, days, the dirigible got
away with clocklike precision and with
less fuss at Die start than it takes
to get a transatlantic liner away from
her pier.
Shortly before 7 a. ni„ the doors of
the huge hangar swung open and prep¬
arations were begun to clear the ship.
All the members, of the crew,look their
posts and then the passengers were
taken on hoard.
At a shouted order the airship’s
lions, el's were attached by pulleys to
running blocks on either side. The
J huge craft was dragged slowly and
steadily old of the hangar.
Wilhiri two minutes after it was
free id' the hangar the hawsers were
detached and two hundred stalwart
workmen who hail been hanging to the
lower gunwale, let go. The Graf Zep¬
pelin immediately ascended almost
pel pendiculyrly to an elevation of
about 150 feet. The nose was pointed
upward and the airship rose higher as
il circled low over Friedrichshafen.
Finally it headed westward over
Lake Constance and in three minutes
the craft had disappeared from view
on what, was hoped to be the third east
to west flight across the Atlantic on
a lighter than air craft. This ship
is named for the late Count vori Zen
pelin, German arisbin builder and In¬
vertor, graf being the German word
for count.
Before climbing into the ship, Dr.
Eckener said:
“I expect, to reach New York Sun¬
day morning. The last weather re¬
ports, dated 2 a. ni„ speak of heavy
storms. Under these circumstances, of
course it is impossible to determine the
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I ! EXPRESSMEN’S STRIKE
j PRESIDENT OF UNION GOES TO
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' NEW YORK TO TAKE A HAND
| IN ADJUSTMENT
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Oct. II. George M.
Han iron, president of the Internation¬
al Brotherhood of Railway and Steam¬
ship Clerks, arrived today from Cin¬
cinnati to attempt to settle the strike
of American Railway Express em¬
ployer, which has tied up incoming and
outgoing express traffic iri Greater
New York, including hundreds of cars
of fruit, vegetables, fish and other per¬
ishables.
Harrison immediately went into a
conference with Robert Morgan, vice
president of the brotherhood, and Col¬
onel M. J. Reagan anil George A. Cook,
of Washington, members of the board
of mediation.
From all outward appearances, the
strike continued effective. Big ex
prers terminals were idle. Only aerial
express was operating to capacity, nx
nress officials said, because of the em¬
bargo placed by the company on other
traffic.
Local union men said the strike was
called because the company refused
to recognize their representatives.