Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-07-30 | Page 1 | Two U. S. Couples Race with Time to Hop off with Zep Thursday

Two U. U S. S Couples Couples' Race With TimeTo Time TimeTo To 10 Hop Off Off With Zep p Tl Tk Thursday I FRI FRIEDRICHSHAFEN Germany July 30 AP Two AP-Two Two American couples couple werd racing against 9 V time today to reach hafni fen for forthe forthe for forthe the takeoff of ef th dirigible Graf Zeppelin on its Hi n next flight to th the United St States State t. t scheduled to start tart start Thursday morning They were era Mr lr and Mrs Henry HenryJ enry J J. J Pierce of New Nev NewYOrk York and Mr and Mr Mrs MW George Georgo Ni N C Crouso OU ot f S' S Syracuse use N N. y The Pierces es who ho were ere a ac accompanying no- no companying a a. tour lour ot of business s men through h soviet Rus Bus ala Ial la were n notified at S Samarn Ru Rug Rus- Russia sla sia sia of the imminent h departure of ot the tho airship wh le the grouses Y were re aboard the tho steamship p Mauritania and were svere expected to arrive at al tomorrow Cherbourg early is listed A third woman soman als also f among the he passengers the p s p r to 1 tl r. r 1 I t J 4 iJ i tt transatlantic crossing She i is of ot Gre Gre- Madame 1 Gourevitch Goure wife ito a a living in Paris Mrs Pierce was the only woman passenger oh on the recent attel attempted crossing of ot th the Zeppelin which failed when trouble developed over over- the Mediterranean nem rid arid it was yas forced to return to Germany m maRing maR maR- k- k ing an an emergency l landing en rou route e eIn hus md objected in France Her lIer husband strenuously Str to her making the tho trip b but t finally finaly not only r reconciled himself him him- self to it but determined to accompany accent P pany 1 her when the the ft again Dr Eckener Ecken r pronounced himself today as us satisfied In every detail with the thc GraVs new He ew motors and andas as as haying having every ever expectation of f com corn wt without hout slightest st mishap Con Continued on p g 5 4 eV e V i l S 'S rJ Z I P. P o r 0 d i fj 11 I To U U. S. S S C Couples upi S R Race With Time Timeto I I To to Hop Off With Zep Thursday I C Continued from page 1 1 nol not only U e the the- transatlantic t c crossing but the circumnavigation of ot th time the I globe which will wUl st start rt from tram Lakehurst Lakehurst Lake Lake- hurst upon his arrival th there le The eitl schedule d dt t call calis t for tor departure Ide from L Lakehurst August 7 with completion of ot the th trip at the same place A August aust 29 There Wll be four rOut stops August 13 Tokio AU August 1 11 ITT departure August 20 0 or 21 Los Angeles August 26 The rhe craft expects to remain at L Lakehurst only onh long iong enough for fueling after completing tU tiie round the world trip r returning then to to her base blU in G Germany