Show lOSS OF BUMP BLIMP AFFECTS NAVY May Close Down Air Station Cancel Flight to Hawaii Sept R P 4 The disastrous loss los of or the dirigible Ph h apparently has thrown I he ho navy's navys woe whole future policy Ith respect to lighter than air nil aircraft aircraft craft clet development d Into a 1 state stale of or uncertainty Out of or this may ma come como a a. decision t i close down the navys navy's air station Take J Hurst N. N Nf 4 d. Secretary v Is ts now considering tho the best courso course to and has R II derl- derl definite nite plan In mind mint but will 1 discuss he matter widely with naval ex- ex exIC r IC ts i-ts is before announcing any de- de dee ion CIon e rhe he collapse fit of the Shenandoah occurring In In the shadow of or the tho iNure to find trace of or the miss miss- In n.- n. n 9 No o 1 piano pl no In the at- at r r. stop non flight to Hawaii Ji h not broken o the navys navy's deter deter- 11 lon to cary cairy forward r aircraft I t I CIC f U tj the utmost but bul bulF butco F Fe co re Wilbur has decreed that i I r wards l must be bt equal to risk CANCELS C. FLIGHT il 1 h thus has lias ordered the plane 1 I 1 J which was VIlS planning to hop OJ o from rom San Francisco for Hawaii oday octay In to the wake of or tho the missing Pane to abandon the tho effort Un- Un Und Uni d i c s scry very cry positive reasons develop to w It he eald said the flight 11 not be made j it have had enough trouble for tor a while the secretary said I And we dont don't want to hazard the I. I v s of ot other men until we wo have so-nr so so nr definite reason for doing so As Its third reverse In recent 1 tit eK the navy also Is contemplating plating lla Ing now the failure allure of or Its n. ll s to achieve mis- mis non with the MacMillan Mac expedition In the Arctic From of or 10 ever Secretary Wilbur II bur draws a ui reassuring conviction that In inI I he ec expanse of or tho the Atlantic and Pa- Pa f J J Me oceans the United States Stales has hasa a II bulwark of or defense of which h fh re need be little fear of or pene peno- penetration penetration by b present day enemy air air- raft operating from an on overseas base The rho navy nav department already alread rii id under consideration a future pre gram with respect to dirigibles nd the t Los Angeles and Shenandoah I Is doah h In particular tI I before the dis- dis disc i s ter to the latter ship yesterday yesterday- tow Mow far Car this will viii effect the tho pro pro- program tram gram l rim not only In Its bearing on onto ho to problems of ot engineering science scIence science ence Involved but the attitude of or congress as well remains to be de defy der de- fy loped Mr Ir Wilbur lIbur said ald however hat hat shat he plans to confer contEr widely on the ht he matter anti nn 1 might ht have an ear ear- early early early ly announcement to make as to a I al' al Id ad I d d' l' l MAY Y M. M Y OSE CI Ch OSE SE STATION X The secretary declined to say whether ther or not the I Lake ake Hurst station sta sta- station tion lion would be closed but no other officials denied that this step was wasn in n prospect As to the Los Lo Angeles now left the tho navys navy's only dirigible Ible Mr tI lIbur Hour said the plan In mind for Cor Corb h b r r. would not be affected by the theto los to s of or the tho Shenandoah Since the to lease le s her for com i commer-i mer- mer merI I lil operation no definite offer has I been received even If lC one would tie e considered new mw after aCter loss los of or the Shenandoah which leaves the pos pos- possibility I I L lilt that she may ma be further by th the navy although not lol a n military craft In such ways a a are arc permissible In further de de- determining de- de determining I the navys navy's future pro pro- program program gram as to dirigibles Whatever er decision Is U reached as asto I to 10 the tho Lake Hurst station and the Los Le Angeles there will be a pe- pe of or enforced Inactivity for Cor both bothof bothof f of several se moths at least Tho Thai I io ions s of ot helium In the tho wreck of or the Shenandoah leaves on hand only cut nt-cut half hair of or the volume of or gas Ia necessary to Inflate the Los An An- Angel geles gel f cs |