Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-05-26 | Page 24 | Macon Too Heavy, Akron Probe Told

MACON TOO HEAVY AKRON PROBE TOLD W WASHINGTON May 26 P ul Be Be fore a congressional committee Investigating investigating investigating the Akron disaster Representative Representative Representative Delaney D D. N N. N Y said today today to to- day he was informed the Macon the navys navy's new airship is is ic about 2 percent per percent cent overweight However Lieutenant C C. C J J. J Maguire aerologist at the Lakehurst naval air station promptly testified that overweight overweight over i weight of ot a ship is only a matter of engineering estimate rather than of ol I structural importance Its principal result he added is reduction of the ships ship's carrying Io load d. d This developed during a discussion lon of a l statement that the Akron was 4 per cent or about pounds overweight when delivered to the gov gov- Maguire told Senator King D D. Utah that should not be regarded as excess weight But the Zeppelin Goodyear corporation corporation corpo corpo- I ration which built the ship was penalized by the government King said Yes sir The Macon has not been officially accepted by the navy department Delaney Delancy said