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Show , 350 MILES PER I HOUR ACROSS U.S. j AVIATOR'S FLAN I CINCINNATI, May 27. Major Ma-jor W. R. Shroeder, holder of 1 the world's record airplane altitude alti-tude flight, told members of the chamber of commerce whom he addressed here that in a few months he expected to make a high altitude flight across the continent, having breakfast at I San Francisco and dinner at New York. "At an altitude of 30,000 to 35,000 feet,' said Major Schroe-der, Schroe-der, "the high velocity antitrade anti-trade winds will alone carry us over 250 miles an hour, and our engines will add more than a hundred miles an hour to the speed. "These terrific winds of the upper air will make a morning spin from New York to Pails a common occurrence." Asked if he was going to try for more records Schroeder replied re-plied that he thought the present pres-ent record would hold for a j while. a . |