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FLIGHT

ACROSS ATLANTIC

Berlin To New York Nonstop In 25 Hours

Petrol Enough Left IMPORTANT

For Going On

GERMAN SHIP'S HEROIC RESCUE ACKNOWLEDGED

London, To-day.

To San Francisco

CONFERENCE IN PRAGUE

Prague, To-day.

The most important „development

the arrival of Lord Runciman oc-

New York, To-day. The German plane "Condor," which left Berlin at

6.36 p.m. (G.M.T.) yesterday night, arrived here in the nationalities problem since after a non-stop flight at 7.54 p.m. (G.M.T.). curred yesterday afternoon when reported yesterday, the "Condor" left the Staa-the Sudeten delegates, led by Dr. ken Aerodrome in Berlin secretly at 7.53 p.m. Kundt, met the Cabinet Sub-Com- Thursday night on a non-stop flight to Newmittee, presided over by the Czech Premier, Dr. M. Hodza, and the York.

Parliamentary Committee of Six,

The Board of Trade have award- ca a Silver Plaque to the German motor vessel, Wilhelm Gustloff, in recognition of the rescue of the As crew of the British steamship, Pegaway, when she foundered about 25 miles north-west of

and the President of the Chamber,

Terschelling Light on April 4th Arrangements were made to refuel immediately with the President of the Senate to be ready for the return trip if conditions for the first real discussion of the were propitious. - Reuter.

during a gale of hurricane force and in mountainous seas.

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The Wilhelm Gustloff, then under

The Condor took exactly twenty- the command of the late Captain five hours on its first non-stop | Lubbe, answered the distress sig-flight from Berlin to New York and nala by the Pegaway and, at 5 a.m., achieved an average speed of one launched a rowing lifeboat in an

hundred and sixty-two and a half effort to effect a rescue but owing miles an hour. to the heavy seas, the boat was un- able to reach the Pegaway and was subsequently abandoned.

At 6 a.m., the Wilhelm Gustloff launched a motor lifeboat which succeeded in drawing alongside the Pegaway.

At 6.30 a.m. the Pegaway was abandoned, the crew of 19 jumping into the lifeboat and being taken on board the Wilhelm Gustloff and eventually landed at Hamburg on April 5th. The rescue took over an hour. to effect and was carried out under very hazardous conditions.

HEAVY ATTACKS ON FRANC

Paris, To-day.

Upon landing it still had enough petrol-in its tanks to enable it to reach almost as far as San Fran- cisco. The successful airmen, who were given a great ovation upon It is understood that the Bank landing, have had years of experi- of France has requested the banks to cut down forward dealings in ence in long distance and trans-, ocean flying.

france to a minimum.

SECRET DEPARTURE

essentials of the problem.

The inclusion of the Parliamen- tary Committee was the result of aard bargaining and makes the Government group more unwieldy chan the Premier had hoped.

A communique states that Hodza explained the Government' viewpoint on its own measures on the Sudeten memorandum.

The discussion is being resumed on August 17, when the Sudetens will reply to the Premier's “argu ment-Reuter.

ON LEAVE

Flight Captain Alfred Henke, who was in charge of the machine,

The foreign exchange market has flown across the Atlantic six-again is nervous and the French von control has been compelled to in- teen times. Captain Rudolf

London, To-da Moreau has several long distance tervene to defend the franc by flights to his credit.

large sales of sterling.

Lord" Halifax received at the The latest rumour in the finan- Foreign. Olite påstofdaja: His Ma- Not until yesterday morning did cial district is to effect that deal-jesty's Ambassador in Lisbon, who it become known that the four-en-ings in gold coin may be barred. is in England at present on leave

from his post.—British Wireless, gined Focke-Wulff "F. W.-200 -Reuter: While the crew of the Pegaway Condor" had left the military air- were on the Wilhelm Gustloff they port at Staaken, near Berlin the were treated with the utmost kind- previous evening at 19.58 o'clock ness by all on board and in Ham- for the flight to the United States. burg they were supplied with cloth- ing and pocket money and helped in every way-British Wireless.

OUTBURST IN SOVIET PARLIAMENT

AIR FORCE

The crew consists of two pilots, Captain Alfred Henke and Captain Rudolf von Moreau, wireless operator and mechanic Paul Dier- berg, and wireless operator, Wal- ter Kober.

Captain von Moreau is an officer

of the German Air Force; whilst the three others are in the service of the German. Lufthansa.

⠀⠀ OLD COMRADES

Captain von Moreau and Henke, who are old comrades in their pro-

Moscow, To-day. fession, had long planned to fly The Premier of Russian Pro-over the ocean together and in view

per, M. Bulgarin, when discussing of the

methodical manner flight had been pre

the Soviet budget in Parliament,

in w Air Ministry -de-

dramatically turned to M. Molo-pared

tov, who is Premier of the Union cided to place the Condor machine of Soviet Socialist Republies, and their disposal.

“continue to German Lufthansa

exhorted him to: “

pursue a vigorous and unyielding assistance to the venture by an policy towards the Japanese mill thorising Dierberg and Kober who tarlets."

have acquired: much experience, in Transatlantic flying to take part in the flight.

not

The Premier added: "We only approve of the credits for national defence, but request the Government to use them entirely to strengthen Soviet armaments,

-Reuter

A carniva the Hotel

8.45 p.-M.

The crew were in continuous com- munication with radio stations and reported their position hourig After overflying - Hamburg Wednesday evening, the machine reached Glasgow at midnight after which the ocean flight properly, so bald in called began. The machine - flew turday from at an altitude of about 6,500 foot-

Trans-Ocean.

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