Show Dirigible Speeds Globe Racing Reporters to toG German Airport ABOARD AIRSHIP H HINDENBURG Oct 2 UP Germanys UP-Germany's Germanys Germany's queen of the air sped through north Atlantic skies skies today today hurtling hu hurtling three racing globe-racing reporters toward Frankfort where they must arrive by tomorrow morning to catch a Rome-bound Rome plane for for forthe the second leg 1 of f their mile derby deby At 6 a. a m. m GMT 1 a. a m. m EST the Hindenburg was miles east easto o of Cape Race New flying flying fly fly- ing at 85 miles an hour The sleek airship seemed to have caught the spirit o of the worlds world's first globe dash by commercial conveyances conveyances convey convey- ances and coaxed on by Captain Max Pruss raced across he Atlantic to meet the 1130 a. a m. m take takeoff of to tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow to- to morrow a of the last Deutsche Lufthansa Lufthansa Luft Luft- hansa plane to Rome for the week The globe trotters trotters trotters-H. H. H R. R Ekins o of the Sc Howard Scripps newspapers Leo Kieran a of the North American Newspaper Alliance and Dorothy Kilgallen o of the International News Service Service must must reach airport airport air air- port in Frankfort on time or disrupt disrupt disrupt dis dis- dis- dis rupt their intricate schedules The first two days day from front Lakehurst Lakehurst Lake- Lake Lakehurst hurst N. N J. J were slow and only a prolonged sprint for tor th the rest o of the mile trip will land the adventurers In Frankfort under the dea dead dead- line Storms headwinds and a change in course slowed the huge craft to 30 miles an hour at times but weather improved gradually and an the te ship gained s speed eed Ekins k ns reported to his newspaper he figured we are running well ahead o of Nellie Bly's Ely's time as far as this point Nellie Bly Ely of the old New York World circled the globe in 72 days back in the It was the first modern round the world record record record rec rec- rec- rec ord which the reporters are attempting attempting at at- attempting tempting to lower to 21 days day From Rome across Europe the near east and finally to Manila each will take a separate route On October October Octo Octo- ber her 16 the China Clipper will take them from Manila and five days later later four four by the calendar because because because be be- cause of the international dateline the the finalists inal will land in San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco for tor the last dash by plane to the starting point in New York City |