Show NA NAVY DIRIGIBLE IDLE AROUSES PRIDE or OF AMERICANS NS I Shenandoah Sets New Records in Air Navigation Navigation I tion With Mile Trip Under Severe Conditions y-r y w y j U IBUS LUMBUS Ohio Oct 25 T gard U. U S. S S. S Shenandoah Via Yla to Fort Hayes NeW Hayes New records rec rec- s J. J br s In a A. new era of air na Uon will have ha been made by th the VY dirigible Shenandoah the ther built American rigid airship r 4 i it completes its spectacular mile cruise and Is led Into han hang z r at Lakehurst N N. J. J late lates f s- s r. r flew ew If an any national I I I aYe ve aroused the enthusiasm of ot the American people I Shenandoah did among tho I S Us who saw it pass a a. silver I ij the sky eky or or traveled from I homes rt-homes to tosco it at one ono of the mooring masts in the West s t cruise of ot approximately approximately- Jeen e een n and a half haf da days Skirting sIdes sides of the United States State r returning b by almost almo t the same the Shenandoah has had on one severest se tests ever given to The cruise is the long- long oth in n time and distance ever e by byon on an airship of ot an any type OsSED MOUNTAINS 1 other other rigid airship has ever gated over oer mountain peaks and ared gt s p passes as the In Its Us two crossings of the ikIe SO es ls s tho the first airship to success- success fi complete a westbound voy- voy eross ClOsS the United States and at rl rigid 1 ship ever west vest of ot river It is the first airship to sail over the Pa- Pa O ocean at any ny buffeting received b by the the doah as It fought ought the les in the high altitudes over m mountains demonstrated the I worthiness of the ship No 0 foreign dirigible dirigible- 4 h have hare c withstood the storm and h Without breaking UI up it was ed d I. I and abC pointed out that what nan oah lacks in speed Is sated for tor In strength of ot tare lire re and reliability of ot na GOOD ES-GOOD AVERAGE the great ship battled fInds on four tour out of ot six legs I fi cruise she averaged between and tort miles mlles an anti forty ti including I the hours sailing w speed awaiting an 10 io o moor ulse also demonstrated the JUt lit of or the mooring mast te long voyages and re- re It and making minor repairs tried out three ads acts whose winches water pipes of ot strength to hold had ad never neer been tested be beJa belie be- be Ja s. s lie tf great bag also made s two of or them on the theS 4 S before coming to the mast mat daner of ot accidents In th the air compared to the risk the Yr tz-se tz minutes of ot to I j t jumps in the cruise of were each ach much for er r than the away straight niile flight of ot the The built an-built Zeppelin is a faster than it Its American sky com com- n 0 but it did not meet the ties tu overcome by the hen Shen- Dab ai In a single crossing of the I lea se s. s e two voyages o ages in July 1919 i R 34 from East Fortune nd d. d to Mineola N. N Y T. and I to to Pulham Yn England land were wre ly and mires miles eleven en days B ER Sl TEST TEST FOR MEN Officers Ulcers Officers and crew of Or the theO O lo h the cruise has been as asa I aC a t test st as for tor the ship and da days s many a ht with perils which V ec only b bv by hours of or i i e e dutY fluty men stood wa watch ch or Ji 11 brief rest on bunks in cramped keel tunnel one man was severely Inand inand In- In and despite their hours hour un- un In hi 1 food and rapid variations temperature ns na altitudes no sickness even een to a 11 awas ed ld was reported abroad In ad- ad to coffee beans and other I arm arin and warm near na navy nara ra rams ra- ra boia ms approximately 41 sand sand sand- IChes ebes bes were wert consumed b by the crew a the Shenandoah crossed 1 the river Into Illinois from Pa- Pa y at 3 33 30 a a. am m m toda today she better than fifty miles Our Whether s he ehe Is led Into hangar at Lakehurst late 1 or early this eve eve- e 1 will depend nd upon upon th the winds i Kb the da day I |