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Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-08-23 | Page 1 | Zeppelin Triumphs over Violent Storm

Type issue
Date 1929-08-23
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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Article Title Zeppelin Triumphs over Violent Storm
Type article
Date 1929-08-23
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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OCR Text ZEPPELIN N TRIUMPHS U MPH S. OVER DVER VIOLENT I STORM STO R Mt I I I 1 a. II J. J I i 4 SHIP TREMBLES S AS WIND SS PACifiC Craft Rides Rides' Valiantly Tb Through u h Sudden ri Ga Gale e Off Japan n PASSENGERS PASSENGERS' EA EASY SY Comman Commander Ier JeI Delays s Reporting Re Reporting e. e porting Peril TOKIO Aug U 24 Associated P Press Pres ess Saturday Saturday T The e Graf Zepp Zeppelin Zep- Zep p l ni bound for forthe the he Pacific coast of America I to Jap Japanese n le leI I government ment radio tato stations that hat she he had lad triumphantly ridden through a sudden violent wind and md lightning squall while cruising eastward late last night Friday radIoed oed her position at t 10 p. p 6 a.m. S Salt Lake time she announced she was ng up lieu her e early rl la lack lak k of ot speed and and Was making eighty miles mlles an n hour more than miles mUes cast bt ol Tokio klo Dr Eckener had turned southeast after leaving Ing cn-Ing K JC to avoid avold i ithe the he threat of bad weather off H Hokr Hoi caido kaido kaMo but apri apparently voas was c caught In part of th the storm torm The Tue blast the dirigible Ible shook big ig violently but there was no uneasiness o oI on I bO board Id Th The Th p passengers passenger g rS were v re soon oon afterward able to enjoy their din n nr f- f Th The storm broke Upon 1110 her when she Was vas ab three hours hours from Kas did not report It Jt Itt t to the station until lQ p. p m. m m l U I Aug 23 UP UP The Graf Zeppelin w was was s t far rout out over cf Pa Pacific tonight making fast fat progress I Continued page 4 i J S i r rAS i AS WIND RAGES ACROSS C OS PACIFIC C- C Con Continued d from ro page 1 1 toward toward the th United St States on the third rd lap lapot of I s ree r te VOYage voyage voye voy voy- age e around arond the hB world Tho hO Zeppelin ZIP e with 19 passengers and anda if a a creW pt ot 1 let the K s naval base at p p. p in- in tod today 1113 p. p nv tn Salt Lake time S for Or Los Angole a a flight of mate y miles mUes- To 10 avoid avold unfavorable conditions t to tG the the north north Cor Commander r Hugo I Eckener r 9 but ut to sc ec At 1 a. a am m rn Oa n m Silt Salt lt Lake Lako time timo h he lie Reported his position l n approximately miles nilles due northeast of Tokio Ho Iro had m made d the tho distance nce In tn 5 and andr 47 m minute n l or an an average of or almost 72 73 miles s art hour An h hour ur lat later r howe however er sh shi hj r radio dlo station r reported ported ner had veered t the thes gouth cast ast of his prevo previous s n The Tue as a that weather Conditions continued unfavorable th to the th n north n rth arid and liz Ur Eck Eckener n r Was was drifting southward to seek seek zeek better flying If It Dr anage es' es t to evade storms and maintains nl the high speed Pacific that lie ho did oh th the flight flight across Siberia from ro Fried Fried- d- d to he should n arh Los An Angeles eles b bore before ore noon incon Tuesday FIRST PACIFIC FLIGHT The Tho Z Zeppelins Zeppelin's Voya ya g e is ls the first nonstop flight ht across across across' the Pacific ov over r attempted b by rini any type ot of air of ar ah craft S Dam Damage e to the rear rear motor motol gondola con gon dola and typhoons typhoons-to s' s o the northward had delayed the the- departure of ot the Oaf Graf Z Zeppelin for tor two days Four days days' are aro expected to be 00 consumed In this third stage of the oC-the the lap four Journey about tho the globe Hugo crowds surged about the airdrome naval base baa to see the tho thede de de de- departure of ot r the liner The Zepp lIn quickly gained an altitude of a approximately ap ap- proximately 1000 fe feet t and roared away into tho tim east disappearing from sight in the tho 1 hazy azy h horizon rJ minutes after had it-had left tho the gr ground R RUSSIAN N QUIT QUIT SHIP S The The z Zeppelin pp ca carried carriea i 19 passengers passengers gers geri and a crew of ot 40 Among those thos who who left len th the ship hero after the thir flight across Siberia from froni l Fried Fried- led led- was Professor sor the tho Russian geographer wh wilD who Is returning returning re re- re turning by railway to o Moscow I 1 II He lie dId not enjoy the trip much as he spoke neither English n nor r G German r and could not mingle with the pad pad- S New v pa passengers were Sutra ShirR Nippon who will leave leavo the ship at Los Angeles and Lieutenant Commander Kusaka Kaka of tho J Japanese pines n navy vy 5 Dr Eckener h hopes pes to reach Lake Lake- hurat In In six Teix days' days flying time tinie not ot counting a a. stop of of probably several sev era eral days days' I in li Los Angeles If It he achieves his object obie t ho will have flown lown around the wo world ld in twelve and aId a half hal days day f flying time and probably about about- two twenty-two days elapsed time be anew v record tot lot clr circumnavigation of f the globe glob 9 I I r 1 Fe First Radio Radi j Contact e c i 1 SAN FRANCISCO Aug 23 3 A AP First First conta t g of t. t th the progress progress' of t lh th dirigible Gr Graf Ox-at f Zeppelin Zep Zep Zep- on its its' flight light irom j T kl to o. o L LosT Los s' s Angeles wan vac wall made mad here re this S mornIng when the Standard Oil tanker Astral a short distance from San San- Francisco heard thoGer man nan aircraft reporting Her ier position as miles almost due east enst of ot the T S Japanese so capital Virtually every Pacific I coast wireless station from tram Island d. d in Inthe the Bering s ea a. a t to S San Francisco listened all night I for lor the dirigibles dirigible's wireless without re result a an and d three e stations called her r almost o sly lIly without getting an any MY answer Operators expressed the tho belief that electrical disturbances between the thc Graf Z Zeppelin and nd r le Pacific act l coast o sf I m may y lave have Pt Los EQI Ang T I Prepares S oj c LOS LOS' L Aug gt 2 23 AP iField i Field arrangements ts forno for for- careT care of the Gr Graf r when the G German dirigible arrives here ler from on Its world tour were being rushed to to completion today lM Metropolitan t. t field Seid a mile cuare has been closed loi d to to the th public andIs and andis is Is under naval and police police- guard Even for tor workers on n the field a deadline feet feat from m the new stub mooring mast masti established d Machinery for gas gas' gas gas' for re fueling the Zepp Zeppelin has been Installed installed In in- in stalled d and pipe pipelines lines es laid S Report Seve Several Dis Disturbances rb ces es' es I. I SAN SAN FRANCISCO FRANCISCO Aug ug 23 UP Several disturbances are reported ov over r the tho route beIng traversed by the Graf Zeppelin in it its trans transpacific a flight light according to tho the weather Ire re- re report port sent the tho air liner this morning morning morn morn- ing by bythe the United cd tates States weather heL bureau buteau here The lc report or sent lent to the tho liner at 5 a a. a m m. m Pacific standard time 6 a. a m. m Salt Lake LaRo time reads readi as follows The Tile situation at t 5 a. a a a. m in Pacific coast coalt time August 23 The Th barometer eter eter stands stand high over over th the eaStern eastern Aleutian islands ds and th thence n o so south th arid and Iio southeastward rd to the tropics with n a prell pressure lure estimated d at S Inches in latitude 44 north and longitude lon lon- de west S pressure sure Is is' falling ra rapidly over ver all latitudes west of ot the S meridian arid and 8 a disturbance is Is' moving ing northward over oer the tho middle laU luti- tudes tude of of the w western st ocean with Ith the though hough indicated along lons and near near th meridian e east t. t longitude New V disturbance ce ce Is is developing over over ver th the Gulf of and Alaska rid nd is cen- cen centered ered near and I southeastward of Kodiak 5
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