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tr~ unpublished manuscript. 'The members of the committee un-- der whose auspices the state contests chairman: Jay W. Pay, Arn eirht-- Bands in each class at the Joliet meet will play four types of compo-- sitions, as at the state contests. These are: A warming up march, not to be wadzed: an assigned composition: a composition to be selected from a list of 20 prepared by the committee:; and *two or more well known numbers to be prepared for playing in unison with other bands in its class. John Philip Sousa and Edwin FPranko Goldman are two of thé three judges who will vote the awards at Joliet on the four points of instru-- mentation, interpretation, tone, and general effect. The third judge has not yet been named. J. E. Maddy of sion, and consequently there is the keenest interest throughout the coun-- tr!lntbefcmezueonwst.-ua third caward of trophy to the present holder would clinch Joliet's title to the prize. . In last year's na-- tional contest, the runners up were the school bands of Council Bluffs, school, Chicago. The winner of the Class B silver cup was Princeton, Cal. first, second, third and fourth place winners in each class. The Joliet high school band, win-- ner of the national trophy in 1927. each state are entitled to compete for the national trophy, which must be won three times in succession be-- Mitmthemntpos- session of the winning band. In ad-- dition to the national trophy, a sil-- ver cup is awarded to the winning gnndtncla-B.andubletutothe The contests in each state are helc under the direct auspices or with the co--operation of the committee on in-- strumental affairs of the Music Su-- pervisors' National conference, with the National Bureas for the Ad-- vancement of Music actively assist-- ing. The participants in these state contests are in four classes, grading from advanced bands in high schools and other public and private schools of senior high school age to bands in either high or grammar schools that have been organized less than a year. Trophies and tablets are awarded to the winners in each class in the sev-- eral state contests:-- The first and second winners in classes A and B in SCHOOL BANDS WILL CONTEST Colorado, PFlorida, Illinois, Indiana, Towa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine. Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New' Mexico, New York, North Carolina. North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma. Ore-- gon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota. Texas, Utah, Washington. Wisconsir i and the New England section. In this roster, Michigan leads thus far with | the greatest number of entrants, 59 | bands and 40 orchestras. Minnesota. ; umemflmmxxmmdwm-' consin, with 40 bands h. are run-- ners up. The average strength of each band is from 40 to 45 members in each of two classes The states in whir'; school band are competing this year for places in the national contest are: Calffornia. year means a corresponding increas> in the number of bands that wil! compete at Joliet next month, as each competing unit is entitled to send to the national contest four bands, the first and second winners contests in more than 30 states, pre-- liminary to national contests to be held in Joliet, Ill., May 24--25, it was announced heré today by the Nation-- al School Band association. The 539 school bands contesting are composed elmrey of student boys and girls. represents a great increase over that of last year when 350 bands com-- peted in the preliminary contests in 19 contest units composed of 18 states and the New England section. The increase in the number of states in which contests" are to be held this wiitn even more entrants in the state contests expected before the close of the lists, this year's total Betty's case of obtaining merchan-- dise by alleged fraud was at the same time slated for dismissal, with Betty being placed on probation. The jail episode followed. It was Mthtmmflylndloufnd somebody's charge account card for & department store, and had used it to the extent of about $450. Mrs. Koerble's turn in jail came when the mother of one of the boys accused Betty's mother of having been a participant in the mob parties and contributing to the delinquency of her son. Charges that Mrs. Koer-- ble provided funds for the youngsters were dismissed. Betty testified that the money her mother gave her was intended to be used in the purchase It was Betty's latest mob party that led to her marriage and the ar-- rest of herself and her mother. Betty and Kenneth Edward Smith were friends. Kenneth introduced Betty to Logan. All three were high school pupils. Soon Betty and Logan were friends. Buch good friends that Logan asked Kenneth to help him to marry Betty. Betty had approximately $200, with one in which every one does as he or Betty's mother, Mrs. Lawrence Koerble, has appealed a fine of $300 in district court on a charge of con-- tributing to the delinquency and con-- cealing the whereabouts of Logan Weldy, also 16, whom Betty married while participating in a "mob party." MILWAUKEE, Wis., April 1+.--To the lexicon of the filapper add the phrase "mob party." Coined by Bet-- ty Koerble, 16, of Milwaukee, it has "MOB PARTY" IS A NEW GAME FOR MODERN YOUTHS High School Love April 10.--More than 1ds are entered in to strive for higher atiainment, and the opportunity to compare thsir playing with that of oth=r school en-- sembles and to receive the construc-- tive criticism of the judges.. More adequ@ate recognition of the educa-- tional importance of bands, with a consequent increase in their valus to their schools and communities. it is believed, will also result ftrom the in-- terest aroused by local, state and na-- numbers of entrants in these events. The meeting next month at Joliet will be the third annval contest, the first being held in Fostoria, O., in 1926, and the second in ~Councii Bluffs, Ia. State contests have been held under the auspices or with the co--operation of the committee each year since 1924 and the growth of the movement soon led to the expansion of the educational idea into a com-- petition of national scope. At the arst national contest there were 13 entries from ten states: (: year later the number had grown 23 entries from 14 states, three coming from as far west as California, and others from states as far distant as Texas ind New York. The extension and improvement o° hard and instrumental music gen-- erally in the schools of the country is the purpose back of the contests The committee states its belief tha the chief gain to the participants is the stimulus given the band members Ky.; Lee M. Lockhart, Council Blufis Ia.; RuSsell V. Morgan, Cleveland O.; Victor L. F. Rebmann, Yonkers N. Y.; and C. M. Tremaine, New Y¥ork, secretary. Mr. Tremaine is als© director of the National Bureau for the Advancement of Music. A. R. Mc-- Allister of Joliet. president of the National School Band association, is in charge of arrangements at the na-- tional contest. * they come up the street. Lately I have only seen the Marion band in action a few times and then they ddn'*t have any drum major. 1 ihmfiqmmaahm I &A Fond of the Band. *I still like a band better than made it. There never was much mu-- sic in me. . , "BStill and all, I'm not a jealous man. What I can't have I don't want to take away from the other ple in their houses, women cooking, making beds. !mudunm:h., "Days come. See, the men the band have put on their uniforms and are coming up along the street. The big drum is booming, the horns day. It may be the governor of the we are visited by some great man state or some other dignitary. Our principal men are going to meet him and best cars we have in town, all our leading citizens: And no band. Pshaw. What a frost. "And what about Armistice Day and the Fourth of July? "Or when the fair is on: 0 No wonder the Marion band of Marion, Virginia, considers its troug@les fare over, says the Conn Music Center, Elkhart, Ind.. Sherwood Anderson, 'who is reported to get a nickel a word for his short stories, is champion-- Ing the band with a half to a column article every week in the Marion 'papers, which he recently bought. . : _ Not only has this highly paid writer stirred up support in Marion, but many national figures have come to the support of the band. ° * Otto Kahn, international banker and donor to the Metropolitan Opera, has contributed $100. H. L Mencken, "cussed" or praised by perhaps more people than any other writer in America, chipped in $12. So did Horace Liveright, well known publisher. Alfred Knopf, another publisher of New York City, came across with $5, as did also Fred Black, Ford Motor Co., Detroit, and Brig. General Rosenbaum, Washington, D. C. Famous Writer, Turned ®@ R Country Paper Editor, , -- Boosts the Town Band Sherwood Anderson says he is not at have ----Limbert is one of the best known of ; ever, in such effo present day westerners. In addmonl from Fairmount, to his recognized supremacy with the | first howls of W six--gun, he is on explorer and moun--' Jr., recently were taineer of note. --He discovered the} a telephone line. famous "Valley of the Moon Craters"| daddy, as soon as in the Sawtooth Rockies, and was| heard; telephoned recognized by the National Geographic %andmother at society. § j . Young Willis He will give exhibitions during the| the telephone an course of the Show. Features of the| his grandmother's convention gathering will -- be rife in his best form. Palmtag is a produce. of modern police practice, while Lambert, it is pointed out, is from the old "quick draw" school of offhand shooters. It is declared that Limbert can hold a glass ba'll at shoulder height, drop it, whip out his gun with the same hand that held the ball, and break it"before it has dropped to the ground. He can empty two guns into a. target tossed into the air before it reaches Bob Limbert, Idaho dude--wrangler and considered the most spectacular shot with the six shooter since the days of the Old West, will cross guns with Fred Palmtag of the Omaha po-- lice force, a marksman of wide repu-- tation, in a target and trick shooting CHICAGO, Aprii 13.--A six--shooter revolver match which has roused the interest of the gun followers of. the whole west will be held at Omaha on April 18, at the National Sportsmen's show in conjunction with the annual convention of the Izaak Walton League of America, according to offi=> cials of the league here. , GUN MATCH 1O FEATURE MEET Intense rivallry has developed over Baltimore Bell Wether, who gave a year's dues to the band--boys. With his contribution came a note say-- ing, "It is an honor and a pleasure. All' I ask is that the boys play 'Die day? We'll have a parade." the band die." Anderson wrote back: "O,. K.. Henry. When is your birth-- "Recently, until these last few weeks, our Marion band has --had a band leader who was paid a good salary because he was a good man. He was there to keep the boys up to snuff and would be there now but that he 4s sick. "But the boys are at it just the same. They are keeping the band Wacht am Rhein' once a time they go out to play. Bear this like to see the fellow in the big bearskin hat with his staff and step-- ping high and wide. IT'd like to do it myself but I haven't got the figure for it. they do it without pay. The mem-- bqsmpnyduutokeepthehpd _"And how faithful and devoted the band members are. The men of our Martfon band, for example, gqo Sacrifices of Band Men. for x ;!w : ':"'»; GRANDMA KNEW THIS COULDN'T BE STATIC This is the age of youth and of efforts to be the first to do many things. ~--The record--breaker, how-- ever, in such efforts seems to come from Fairmount, W. Va., where the first howls of William F. Sankbeil, Jr., recently were transmitted over a telephone line. Young William's daddy, as soon as the &zod news was keard; telephoned to youngster's andmother _ at Barracksville, W. %. Young William was' earried to the telephone and brouiht joy to his Lgragdmofiher's heart by howling The sertvice will connect with the trans--continental express now in ef-- fect through contract routes. In ad-- dition to the St. Louis--Chicago routes a line between St. Louis and Kansas City is being contemplated. a minimum charge of $1.00 at the destination of the airplanes the ex-- press company will take charge of the shipments as it now does with consign'mglts over rail. The service will connect with the shooting and bait casting open to the public. It is expected that some of the foremost experts in these lines will gather at Omaha for the meet. * The casting events will be umpired by "Chief Dowagiac" Coller, national-- ly known fancy caster. He will give exhibitions also. s An agreement has been reached by the Robertson Aircraft Corpora-- tion, St. Leuis, and the American Express Company for éexpress gerv-- ice by airplane between St. Louis, Springfield, Peoria and Chicago. The express will be carried on the same planes which now carry passengers a(xild mail, the aircraft firm announc-- ed. : The cost of mail express will be 25 cents for each quarter:pound with "O, hearts of gold, who will put up $5.00 a year over a period of five years to get and keep our band in bang--up <financial condition? We are making this appeal not only to Marionites but to all people in the surrounding country who read this paper and who like to come to our town when there is something stir-- ring,' or on summer nights to hear the band play. "The King of England, President of France, President of the United btates, Senators, Politicians, Mil-- lionaires, Rich Authors, Poor Ones, "We aren't, however, quite so am-- bitious. Up to--date we have taken up but one cause and that is the Marion Band. It may be the only one we ever will take up. And we are not doing that out of/any altru-- istic purpose. It's just because we like to hear the band play. We like to see them parade. When a big day comes we like to see them put on their uniforms and come blowing their heads off up Main street. fine. Life is drab--enough on ordi-- nary days. We have never found any way to be a canary bird our-- selves. "What we want is to see the band boys have a little money in the treasury. We want band concerts on summer nights. sections of society get uplifted like that. It's wonderful.' per.: We are just & little old country weekly, that's what we are. "Btill and all, as Mr. Ring' Lard-- ner is so fond of saying, we do not want the big city papers to hang it all over our eyes. City papers are always getting up a crusade for some good cause. They unlift this "Join the Glory List," Sherwood Anderson. headlines another story, lishning Company doesn't intend to become a crusader. You know how city papers are. Well, we make no pretentions of being a big city pa-- "We like that. : «*"The people of Marion owe it to their bakd to give it the heartiest kind of support. Get back of them. When they need a little money to keep going, shell out. A good band is the best investment a town can make." s Summer Night Concerts. Join the Glory List, everyone <feeling five--dollar bill for the boys." Viewpoint of the Band Men. Few have gotten the viewpoint of the small town band, as has Sher-- wood Anderson. He has learned from the band men what they are up against. He also appreciates what be band really means to any town. the boys have to come to band meeting and plunk down a dollar just for the privilege of working to be good when we want them good? *"The boys got a little discouraged. Their leader got sick. A lot of them are working boys. They got a little in debt. This paper is no uplift pa-- per. It is just a 'good, little old country paper. But we like a band. We began writing about the Marion comes a boy again, then a good band, stepping gaily out, the drums beating, fags fAying--what is a town without a good band? "You cannot have a good band in debt. You cannot expect the boys to blow gaily, step out with real gusto, when they are in debt. To have a good band requires nights of steady practice, it requires sticking to it What can you expect when on its gay days," he says. *"'When the fair comes, when there is a cele-- bration, Pourth of July, any kind of a Jamboree when every .citizen be-- banker, backer of the Metropolitan Opera, music enthusiast and phi-- lanthropist, who started the Marion band fund ofi with a check for $100. Several other contributions from na-- tional figures followed but the bulk of the band fund came from Marion people who value the band as one of the biggest things in the town. "If you do not want to sign up for more than one year or cannot give $5.00, do not let that stop you. "JOIN THE GLORY LIST." " _ Spirit of the Band. _ Anderson says he would like .to be the drum major in the band but doesn't have the figure Well, he may be a little plump and his knee action may be a bit stiff but we'll That's what it takes to be a drum OTTO H. KAHN, international 'Tis said that a woman who has earned her own money makes the best housekeeper. This will be es-- pecially true if she has worked in an efficiently managed office, where everything runs off on schedule time and where human efforts are never There can be no doubt but that electrical household equipment has introduced leisure and freedom to the housewife for the first time since the vocation was invented.. There can be no doubt but that the older housewives have had to be converted to the use of this equipment. But the younger women, more, highly educated in most cases than were their parents, demand electrical household equipment as their right and due--and they get it. One Reason for Household Efficiency Let us consider for a moment the case of Mary Smith, who has been working for three or four years in an insurance office before the lure o%f matrimony grew strong enough to These points could be argued both ways for hours without getting any-- where, because the answer is prob-- ably "Yes" to both sides. E Is the average girl or woman working in an office today a more capable, more alive person than the female office worker of a generation ago because she has electric machin-- ery to do the brain--numbing detail work for her, or has she the machin-- ery because she is important enough to demand and get it? Is the average housewife a more attractive, more intelligent, more in-- teresting person than the housewife of 50 years <ago because she has electrical equipment to 'take the drudge out of her life, or has she the electrical equipment because she is 'more efficient than her forebears ? "Well, 'don't you worry about old ARE WOMEN CHANGING? day I want him to shine his comb his hair, keep his eyes off "the giris and.go to it. Lordy, why didn't I learn to blow a horn myself when I was younger! Band Boys. Here's to them," ** good lungs. Let him blow hard. You unmwymm.'ux Aaw anmane lefos w OA LE A. Gday. They stuck to Mafion. They have always stuck. W& ought to stick to them. _ _ # * l '"There is soon to be & "show put on in town, a part of t&'m of which go to the bu% that when it comes alofig. If you feel like chipping in toypay some fellow's dues for a year,.'%j'e will be glad to hear from you." '>~ i When the campaign HNus run its course, the Marion b-.n?';'m prob-- ably be completely o ted with quadruple gold--plated is 'and uniforms with gold , inch-- es wide. Anyway, the people of Marion are assured of batid concerts this summer and of having a band to liven up all "'"'i'm with music. 4 s . «/ Mary has found thatwith the in-- troduction of electric¢. dictating ma-- chines, the time of the, chief was saved, as well, as that, of the stenog-- raphers. She has seen what it means to the firm's heads to be able to dictate when. and ssghey wish to, alone, undisturbed. She knows what it means to a stenographer to take her letters from an ungmotional ma-- chine instead of fronr a boss who may . mumble --at . timies, talk like the Twentieth >Century: at# other times, tap with :a pencil as he dic-- tates, pace the floor, jump from--tele-- ghone to reference ¢éalendar and ack--in fact do anr&..of the hund-- reds of annoying tricks which bos-- ses have and which unnerve the g;rls who work for them. Afid not hav-- infi to hold up her work while she takes dictation oftem means to the stenographer the difference 'between getting the job dofie, on time and working hours overfinie.. --_ _ _ Mary knows that 'the old time bookkeeper (who* hatl spent years Mary knows. what'> 4& Uifferencé there is in the way shegveels at night since she was suppliediwith an elec-- trically _ driven > typewWriter. -- She knows. that she can' do. better'work, faster work, and rémain fresh and 'alert all day because if the effort-- less ease of running 'a typewriter where a little elecdtric .motor does the nerve--racking, strength consum-- ing part of the work, leaving to'her nimble fingers sin'%}he job of im-- parting to the machihc, by the slight est touch, the dictates of her brain. overcome her. Mary'is thoroughly familiar with the advantages of effi-- cient methods and 'electrical maghin-- ery. Mary has seen--er firm's out-- put of policies jump f¥am--40 to 250 per cent by the i,ntr%d iction of elec-- trical machinery, and with an actual reduction in clericak help. I want him to In all of baby's routine there is nothing more unromantic than the | washing of his clothes and diapers. Absolutely nothing. I've been thry it and I know. But given a washing | machine the business loses a lot of 'its unpleasantness. In fact, I am thinking of starting a campaign to ' have a washing machine put on the ; "required" list of every layette! | .To do baby's washing in a ma-- !chine, first prepare your soap solu-- } tion, allowing the usual amount of ,mild soap flakes per gallon to the amount of water required in your lparticular washer.> Place baby's '!flannels in the machine and let the machine run while you wring the diapers out of the borax solution in which they have been soaking, us-- ing the power wringer. Now stop the machine and remove the flnn-' nels, wringing them into a tub of| rinse W:ISE; and place the diapers, sheets ngother cotton clothing in lthe machine. Let it run while you finish rinsing the filannels and put !them an their stretchers to dry. Now wring the clothes and put them into {a boiler and boil them for 15 min-- utes. This sterilizing process is very ,impor?nt, for it goes far towards protecting your baby from irrita--| tions and infections. I RAILWAY TRAVEL AS A ._ .SCHOOL PRIZE A ticket on Italian railways, val-- ued at 500 lire, is the special prize offered by the British--Italian League in coopération with the tourist de-- partment of the Italian State Rail-- way to the pupil who makes the highest record in Italian in the leasue's examination which will be held this spring. Many schools have uxtuedp for the competition. The prize was inaugurated last fall, and the winner, from the Alassio English School, made a trip through cities of Tuscany, Umbria, and Rom-- The Whole process consumes only a fraction of the time required by the old hand method, and baby's things will be as sweet and clean as the most particular of baby spe-- cialists could desire--altogether fit for his Royal Highness, whose moth-- er will love him a lot more because she is fresh and unwearied'! When the clothes have boiled the required time, put them back into the machine, which has been drained and filled with fresh warm water, and let it run for a few minutes, while you fill the laundry tubs with the other two rinses. Baby clothes must have three rinses, in order to rid them enfirely of soap and make them absolutely non--irritating. Now wring the' things into the first tub' of rinse water--slosh them about a bit, wring them into,the second tub --slosh tiem about a bit more, and wring them into the basket. And there they are, all ready to be hunz l out to dry. l Mr. A. E. Bierwagen, Henry Web-- er, Walter Meyer, Walter Schwer-- 'man and Henry Heise motored to Chicago on Sunday and bowled in 'a Lutheran tournament, which is be-- | ing held there this week. Taking care of babies is not all singing lullabies. In ":ct lullabies are pretty well outmoded today, which is fortunate, for what with preparing formulas and cereals and vegetable purees and giving daily outings and baths and washing quantities of clothes and diarers.. modern mothers have mighty little time to devote to vocal exercises. Rev. and Mrs. Henry Heise® of Waukegan, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Schwerman of Mt. Prospect and Mr. and Mrs. Schwerman and family were Sunday guests at the Misses Anna and Lena Schwerman home. THE BABY AND THE WASHING MACHINE By Mrs. Phillis K. Dunning (Home Economics Department, The Society For Electrical Development) The children of the Fairf 14 Par-- ochial School enjoyed a da.'s vaca-- tion on Monday on account of the Teachers' Conference. Rev. and Mrs. Hena' Heise of Waukelg(an visited with Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Knigge on Thursday. A number of young people of this vicinity attended the Teachers' Con-- cert at Orchestra Hall in Chicago on Sunday. -- _ The social gathering which was to be held at Fairfield Hall, April 14, was postponed on account of the weather and will be given April 21. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Schwerman and Miss Helen Heise of Mt. Pros-- pect called at the Knigge home Wed-- nesday evening. . Mrs. H. W. Schwerman of Gilmer and Mrs. A. W. Knigge of Liberty-- :ii'll'e were Chicago visitors Wednes-- __Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Meyer and Mrs. Adoiph Meyer and Mrs. W. Knigge visited at the Rev. Gressen's home on Thursday. -- and women are more interestin human beings, because electrius machinery has co into existence to do the body-blxzkin?u mind--de-- stroying routine tasks, which for so many years constituted woman's en-- tire field of endegavor. _ Knowing these facts, then, is it any wonder that when Mary prom-- ises to love, honor and obey, she in-- tends to do it with the aid of meth-- ods and equipment comparable to that which she has seen prove so satisfactory in business? Another Phase of the Question It is a fascinating topic to debate whether man lives up to his inven-- tions, or whether his inventions fol-- low him. One can a forever to prove that women tolfi; are better educated and more intflligent, be-- cause it is necessary for them to know how to manage the electrical equipment which confronts them in both industrial and domestic life, or to prove that the electrical equip-- ment has provided the opportunity to develop the use of their Kfim in-- stead of their hands alone. It is of small importance what the an-- swer is. 'Ig; fact remains that homes are more charming places in which to live, offices are more at-- tractive places in which to work, chines. s Mary knows that, with the aid of an electric sorting and tabulating maching one intelligent operator can do with the most amazing ease, speed and accuracy what it not so long ago took any army of incompe-- tents to do with dlmcu.i ty and const-- ant errors. Billing macnines are another invention which has done much to drive routine human labor from offices. very satisfactorily replaced electrically run Ifiookkeeping how to GILMER ::e%unerthfor e e uj be t&gwr ols| --if he is i:l.r. the h on m sio fi(figfiloq with :: The keeper of the lighthous on he Greenly Island was reported to have given shelter to the aviators pending "theircflnfingovertotheuhradm' a mainland. Later in" the day they [r' may start back to Mitchel Frieig. L. I., l. in another junkers plane--the only ; cther, junkers craft on this cont.nent "~i--which is coming here Arom Kew "Yorktoun'ytbembwktoc;v;li- |m , e e Can you imagine drying your hbair with t{e blower of your vacuum cleaner? Using the blower of your cleaner for blowing out dandruff? Llilmxtbe upholstery attachment on the to rid him of dirt and fieas ---ifheisthekindofdogthnt catches fleas? Putting moth powder on the palm of your hand and blow-- ing it into closets with the blower of your cleaner? Well, they are all perfectly workable suggestions, and you might try them sometime. is very light, and easily ed up and waved about. Using tg:' handl vacuum action we saw ash trays en. ptied, mouldings and corners clean-- ed, and window sills cleared of a litter of sewing debris. The attach-- ments on this cleaner were connect-- ed to the handle too, which was both a convenient and efficient location for them. some time is a cleaner we ifi the other day. It has a hollow <nd a dial. You spin the dial and the handle becomes thm.n end of the vocuum cleaner! machine YACUUMIC TRICKS The most unexpected thing in va-- cuum cleaners we have seen for W over the automatic operation of the 19 stations will be a central dispatcher who will, by means of an automatic indicating system, be at all times informed whether a station is operating, what units in any given station are run-- ning and wiut the feeder, load and other conditions are at any given time. This dispatcher may, if mec-- essary, interrupt the automatic con-- trol and govern operation himself, as in the case of a fire in the city or other similar emergency. The largest ¢om$tely automatic railway system in world, supply -- ing power automatically for the op-- eration of trolley over = ly 300 miles of track, is for installation this year by the CGincin-- nati Street Railway Company. This system, involving electric apparatus wit.hntotnlnh'ngo{nuflif 30,000 kilowats, will receive power from the Union Gas & Electric Company, in Cincinn@ti and distribute it to the trolleys by means of 19 automatic substations without the aid of --a single attendant. The inability of previous pilots of westward trans--Atlantic planes to cope with unfavorable headwinds probably. explains their failures. The Bremen completed the 1800--mile over-- water fiight but in doing so u con-- sumed a supply of gasoline which its crew had estimated would carry it to New York with fuel to spare. New-- foundland was still 12 hours from its goal. tions with accuracy. Only meagre details of the iancme are available here, due to the uncer-- tainty of communications if tihms cor-- 'nmer of the world. Enough :s known, ghowever. to establish that the Ger-- man--Irish crew were thrown far off their course, that they Slew until their last drop of gasoline was con-- The Bremen passed over to the northof St. Johns, probably throwp off its course by treacherous head-- winds--the same which aided Lind-- bergh when he was going the other way--or by the rotation of the earth, which no aviator has been able to reckon to his own advantage. ONE sTaATION FEEDS In this town, 400 miles southeast of Greenly Island, trans--Atlantic Aying has béen the one big sensation of the last year. Lindbergh few out to sea from here last May. in more recent months the natives have been looking eastward, waiting skeptically for a glimpse of the first plane to fiy out of the wide Atlantic from Europe Thus far they never have seen one His two German companions. Baron Gunther von Huenfeld. backes of the flight, and Capt. Hermann Koenl, agreed that the . smiling irishman & pinpoint on a big wall map Tells of Landing. A Marconi operator at Point Amour, Labrador, about 23 auwles from Greenly Island, sent the first word of the landing. It said merely that the Bremen had landed. was slightly damaged, out of petrol, and that the flyers were safe. "Mitchel field or neaven -- that's our fate," Col. James Fitzrmaurice. the big commandant of the Irish air force said at Baldonne!l airdrome. Today the Bremen, its propeller and tailskid broken and its fuel tanks empty, is still far from the goal its crew had set when they flew out from Dublin at dawn on Thurs-- day morning. yesterday on Greenly Island between the mainlands of Labrador and New-- their lives in three previous 11-- tempts to make a similar fhigti Gas Gives Out. A supply of gasoline which tnc best flyers of two continents had es-- timated would keep the plane aioft 45 hours lasted only 34 hours and the Bremen was forced to land at noon m mm" 0' w mkelf' moeneo-- plane Bremen and its German--!r.s» crew is one of the greatest in the history. of aviation and explains ; part why seven other aviators {ost SPAN SEA Wls C oo > Ariatniniins in tnBin tss Bids sine. dat. > 5> the bleak and ice--locked strait of Bolle Isle today three European avi-- ators awaited the hour when they could be taken back to civilization and world--wide acclaim as the first to fily an .im westward across the north A: 0cean. 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