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Show ZEPPELIII RIDES 0UJBIGS1LI Oil U.S. FLIGHT Lands Safely at Lake- ' hunt After Journey ' From Brazil y LVLt C WILSON Unite Proa Staff Cofraaaonoant LAKIMURST. N. J, May It Tha O'lrlgikla Qraf Zaooalln rooa ant tha arant etorm In Ha hlatory whon H aail4 tawara'a tha Unltaa1 tataa from a rant, hor oommanaar, Or. Huao tahanor, aae whoa ha or-Hvaa) or-Hvaa) horo today. Tho aowmaador. ait atr)1(hta4 olaarat la hla Land a ad a alihtly waary ai aaaien an hla (ara. atre!la4 aar far a proaa con for an ra Inunadiataly attar tho dlrldbla waa Undo at t il a. at. iaaatara ataa-dard ataa-dard tlmak today. Tha rommaadar waa aaar ta amaka aofaro ho roooantod tha atory of tha t haara and II Biln-otaa Biln-otaa flltht, whkk waa tho la at nhaao of a trla from Oormany to Booth America and thenco to the United Btstes. Ns one la permitted ta smoke while aboard tha dirigible. Ha aald tha flight northward waa Iranqail until the Oraf ellppad out over Bermuda laet alghl. There a terrtflo wiad struck lha aircraft, which, In addition ta tho crow, carried car-ried nineteen passengera. WAS MUCH W0P.lt "It was much wore for a little while," Kckener aald. "than tha mighty wind which rippsd a fin In mid.Atlantlo during our westward croeelng In It.'l " Doapite the euoresa of the Oraf Zeppelin's flight. Eckenor aald that commercial air traffic weuld not be feasible south of Pernambuco, Braiil Climatic conditions will not permit per-mit operation of a regular aervlce by a liner eurh aa ths Oraf Zeppelin, ha aald. but alrplanea can work the territory. He euggeeted a dirigible oould operate to pernambuco and than transfer passengers and baggage bag-gage to alrplanea Ihere. Martin Wronakl, ona of tha passengers, pas-sengers, aald thst regular dirigible eervlce between Europe and Latin America had been tested and proved sacceeaful. VOICES SATISFACTION Wronakl aald that Dr. Eckenor had voiced his satisfaction over tha voyage, aeylng that It had proved completely aucceaeful. Mot a single one of tha nineteen passengers aboard ths Oraf wsa III at any time during the trip. Wronakl aald. Krkener was Jubilant at tha ahowing of tho dirigible on tba satire sa-tire li.OOO mils trip. "Wi arrived here with 10 hour fuel sad food In reserve." the commander com-mander sald "If ws bad gone on to Havana we would have had headwinds from Florida and our fuel might not have been sufficient. suffi-cient. We were short on fusl bs-(Continued bs-(Continued on page I ) ZEPPELIN RIDES OUT BIG STORM ON U. S. FLIGHT (Continued from pago I ) caue nf a threa.dar troplral rain at Pnrnnihuo which umde the I (iiaf Zeppelin ao hewr wa wero unhto i tako aboard ft"" pound of furl wbu-u wa eiperted to hava. "Our trip ahawad It waa poaaihla to taka an alrahlp into (hat tropica) area, ftut aoulh from I'rrnamhuro to lllo do Jahetro tha weher waa verv had with conaiant fain equalli rteapitp Iheno rondiltona and laat night a blow, wa auffered pn dam-are dam-are and retilrd no repntra." WON T AFFECT LAN "Thia paritrular trip." fVfcrnar enndnued, "will hata no efr.-t on nur plapa fnr a north Atlanllr dltlgthla PHjta but It iniklit uggrt aaiahhahment of a ruie from the I'nlted ptatra to HrarlL I haa no definito plana for a ruta beta ran Kurnpo and Pouth America. A tuth Anierlran lina ahoyid not go farther aouth than 1'ernamliUin. ohero alrplanea could pick Up freiaht and paaaengara.' Captain Von prhiller. In eharga of tha tiraf In tha hantar. aald refurl-Ing refurl-Ing would begin Immediate!), |