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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1929.
LONDON-NEW YORK
RADIO.
AMERICAN AVIA- TION.
THE TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
THE DERBY.
ACCEPTANCES FOR THE RACE
LIKELY HAPPENING IN NEAR FUTURE.
TRANS-PACIFIC 'PLANE.
AMBITIOUS PROJECTS.
[British United Brass,
WINNER NOT. FAVOURED
FOR DERBY.·
WATCH GAY DAY.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
EXCHANGE OF PROGRAMMES.
[British United Press.)
Londen.-Within the next twelve
TORNADO SEASON IN U.S.A.
FREAKS OF WHIRLING
WIND.
༥. DANGER IN THE CITIES.
(British United Fress.]
LONDON, May 30, In the Derby the Anal acceptances. The following article appeared in are:-Cragadour, Cavendo, Rattlin the Sunday Times of May 3 from The Reefer, Trigo, Kopi, Osiris,
New York, May 24-Aviation's Bosworth, the pen of Fairway," and should. Hunters Moon.
The months New York radio fans are to rapid progress through twenty-äve prove of e treme interest to racing MucNab, Aristotle, N.P.B., Meat bo switched on the London pro-years, marked by brilliant feats of New York, May 21-The North fans in the Colony, particularly as clare, Grand Prince, Posterity, grammes occasionally, and vice speed and distance flying, has American tornado season is now it concerns horses which will figure Reedamouth, Levoleur, Barbizon, vera, Already, officials of the been so conclusive that only two well under way, and will continuo in the Derby to be run on June 3r. Jinks, Empire Builder. The National Broadcasting Company of major task remain to be achieved: until some weeks after the autumaat Newmarket, where the best racing Carthaginian, Tom Peartree, Horus, Ameries have distinctly heard the nonstop flight around the world. equinox. The tornado, a violent
Refector, in the world can be seen, was at its Leonard,
Gay
nonstop flight Facific. Many months may go by side of the United States Accord- across the rotating storm, rarely occurs out- before any aviator succeeds in flying to records of the Weather ing around the world, without Bureau, the tornado does not occur few months will pass before an stopping or landing, but only a west of Denver, Colorado; it is only attempt is made to conquer the rarely in Southern Canada; and. Pacific by airplane flight a "mystery plane is being built by Bellanea and will be ready in mid-summer,
best last week. It was cold, but bright sun tempted fresh visitors every day and caused many who came to see the Two Thousand Guineas on Wednesday to stay over log the One Thousand on Friday.
Golden Rain,
Day,
P.D.Q., Ea Garde, Roberto, Bricaz, Engleberg,
and Walter Gar.
The two big races both supplied CHRISTIANITY IN AMERICA. National Broadcasting Company of
the excitement which is the charm of racing and, if the public were disappointed over the success of an outsider in the fillies' race, they had the satisfaction of watching the favourite win the Two Thousand in gallant fashion..
INCREASED MEMBERSHIP.
The 1999 statistical record is one which the churches may be proud of and from which they may take courage to press forward to en greater things," said Dr. Herald,
Technical Equipment."
"But before we start the ser-
vice," he said, "we want to be quite sure that our engineers are Provided with the proper technical equipment which will enable the officials of both companies to pro- vide a first rate service whenever it is announced.
and a
For this it is not destructive east of the
voices of English colleagues of the British Broadcasting Corporation transmitted by wireless from London during recent years.
These facts were revealed to the United Press correspondent by Mr. M. H. Arlesworth, President of the Amerien, in an interview before he left London, where he has been making a survey of broadcasting The veteran flyer of the United conditions, for Paris. New York-Christian churches in
Plans for an exchange of pre-M, Short, will soon attempt to By States Air Mail Service. Shirley the United States increased their grammes between New York and across the Pacific, using the new membership by 1,118,000 in 1999, London, he explained, were "pro- plane. It is understood that the There was a period in the race according to estimates compiled by greasing satisfactorily. As a re- Chicago Daily News is financing when Mr. Jinks seemed to falter, various denominations and present-sult of his visit it had been decided the fight and, although no date bat, in any opinion, he was only ed by Dr. H. K. Carroll in a recent just what programmes were to be has been set, it is believed likely gathering himself together for his issue of the Christian Herald. The exchanged and how it was to be to be attempted this. year. Anal ofort Cragadour was win gains made in church membership done:
Mechanics at the New Castle fac ning the race as they went 'ap the are considered notable, particularly
tory Giuseppe M. Bellanca, at final incline, but the long stride in view of the widespread talk of
New Castle, Delaware, are busy of the grey told in the end, and science and the rumour of decress
completing the plane and although scon all over. Jellias, oning attendance among the young,
uzusual secrecy surrounds their aë Cragadour, rode a well-judged race, people. as I thought he would. He was,
tivities, it has been learned that however, at a disadvantage, inas-
the plane will have a fight range of 6,000 miles and a wing-spread much as Cragadoar, being nearer
of eighty feet. the centre of the course, had noth- ing to race with. He knew, too, But Mr. Jinks had the advantage of the rails position and was obliged to urge the willing but shorter striding Cragadour as best he could. Had the positions in the draw been reversed, I am inclined to think this Cragadour would have been the winner, but this opens up a rather delicate problem. There is, for ex ample, the case of Gay Day Sir Victor Sasson's handsome colt was racing almost by himself on the far side of the course. Now it might be said that, had he been drawn near the rails, he would have beaten gives the greatest denominational The Christian Herald, however, thom all He probably want ten lengths further than the winner, but gain to the Baptist Church with distance. On the other hand, Dono- second place to the Catholic Church and was only beaten by a fifth of tha: 373,812 new ghue had the advantage of having gain of 300, 153. a perfectly clear course. This suit- According to the World Almanac d Gay Day, who might conceivably for 1993, there were 20,083,000 mein have taken the buff had he been | bers of churches in this country in asked to race with the rank and 1900, the number advancing to file. Ho has yet to prove himself | 44,423,329 in 1025. The Christian
fighter. He is a grand horse, and I hope I am wrong in questioning his courage. It is conceivable that he will improve more than anything else in Wednesday's field. His race may have given him confidence, too, in which case he will probably win the Derby. Meanwhile, however, J prefer to keep him by for reference, Much may happen between now and Derby day,
Aviator Short will be accom- "It would be of no use attempt-panied by one or more persons, in- ing to furnish a service of which cluding a co-pilot, a passenger and possibly a radio operator if it is According to the analysis there the effencity might be interfered decided to equip the plane with were 42,700.850 concmunicants in a with by technical faults. for in- radio apparatus. The start will
The Disappointments. The disappointments of the race were Mr. Anthony de Rothschild's good looking colt Reflector, Lord Rosebery's colt Midlothian, "Brient
denominations practising in the United States. The recently issued Uficial Catholic Directory for 1999 reports a gain of 3,709 members of the Catholic Church over the number for the preceeding year. This figure is considered to give to the Catholic Church first place in growth for 1529.
communicants,
Herald shows that gains made by all churches for 1998 were double, Those for 1927, when 373,726 new members were enrolled. The in- crease in new communicants for the year 1929 is distributed over the various denominations as follows:
Communi- cants.
Baptists Congregational-
ista ......... Disciples of Christ 1,872,406 Eastern Catholics 765,029 Latter Day Saints
670,701 Lutheran
2,714,685 9,104,720 for the first twb, but I am puzzled Presbyterians.... 9,609,347 over Brienz and Racedale, neither | Protestant Epis- of whom could have given their true running Reflector had a very Reformed
and Racedale. There are excuses Methodists
his case must therefore be reserved
er, rather, deferred, for we are to
see him at Chester this week. Mid-
copal
1,215,383 364,003
stance by atmospherics. With the
Alleghany Mountains.
The great plains around the Mississippi Valley are particularly
devastating atorms, while the south- subjected to the visitations of these
ern shoreline of the United States around Florida and the Gulf of Mexico is the only region subject to
the dreaded and misnamed West India hurricane. Often the hur ricane forms far to the eastward in. the equatorial regions of the middle Atlantic and pursues a steady course until it strikes the coast n city is in the path, tremendous damage is caused.
If
According to weather forecasts, the majority of the West Indian hurricanes start in the doldrums near Cape Verde Islands off Africa, where two winds blowing in op-
posite directions but parrelled to each other, seem to join together and start & whirl" which grows Atlantic. The hurricane does not appear as suddenly as the tornado, and a city in the path of a bur ricane can be warned hours in ad- vance.
view to overcoming difficulties of be made from Seattle with Tokio | in intensity as it moves across the as destination, competing for a this sort. Mr. C. W. Horne, Chief prize of 325,000 recently offered for Engineer of the N.B.C.A. had such a flight. been conferring with his English B.B.C. Also for some time past ex- colleague. Captain Eckersley of the periments had been conducted be- tween the two countries.
Among other things it has been use at the present time, the results noted that with the apparatus in of the experiments bave been better This, he explained, was due to at- at some times than at others.
mospheric conditions."
Discussing the differences which ho found between British and American broadcasting he said he bad come to the conclusion that comparisons were difficult to make because conditions in the two coun- tries were so different; ..
Tandem Engines,
A Lucky Prediction.
United States Weather
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powered by two Pratt and Whit The trans-Pacific plane will be
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lothian ran a queer sort of race. CLIMBING FOR BLESSINGS. the same time, but then it must be garded as only a matter of time
He was with them all for half a mile or so, but pulled up almost dead 'before the Bushes were reach- ed. I know of no explanation for thia and his trainer, who has since assured me that there is nothing wrong with the colt, must be equal. ly puzzled. Of the others, Hunter's
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several radical improvements not ticular hurricane which visited hitherto revealed.
Miami and, Palm Beach, the wind million listeners to serve.
We in the States have twelve Several aviators, including Art killed only 12 per cent., "while We cover Goebel, winner of the Dole flight, the remainder were due to the over- a territory of three and one half from Oakland, California to flow of Lake Okeechobee, When million square miles in arci In Honolulu, have manifested inten- this disaster visited Miami the England, however, there are only tions of attempting a round-the- water in the lake was eighteen feet Gains, three million seta. The territory to world fight with mid-air refuel- deep, and the violent wind sweeping 0,089,440 375,619 be covered is very small compared linga. Since the flight of the down upon the lake piled up a bank
to our own.
Army's monoplane. Question of water 228,338 13,680
which overflowed the Thus, the English are bound to Mark," experts have agreed re- Southern shore. This breaking of
1,000,000 YEARS AGO! 173,083 have less differences in taste to fuelling in the air is entirely the banks and walls of the lake was
500eater to, which is a great advantage feasible. Goebel has announced similar to a tidal ware in its inten 95,318 they have over us in the States. On definite intentions for Bying sity and harmfulness. The West
"D.P." Special Service.] 58,597 the other hand our listeners are around the globe and is Indies suffered greatly during this
Washington.-The Department 45,145 perhaps better equipped to enjoy known to have prepared er devastating storm.
recently 49,921 their broadcasting because practical tensive
Philadelphia.-The age of man is of Commerce, la its plans, including д It is more difficult to forecast more than a 1,000,000 years, accord-published analysis of international ly all our American sets are valve route together with places for re- where and how the tornado willing to Dr. James H., Breasted, who trade in petroleum and petroleum 24,445 seta. Quite the contrary in England fuelling, where other planes would strike. It only occurs with a big recently addressed, the American products shows that the South 10,36% where different voltages make the pass fuel through swinging hose. in or snow bringing storm, and Philosophical Society in Philadel-dependent on the United States for American countries are primarily severe kick from Mr. Jinks at the Roman Catholie 17,095.844 360,153 use of headphones necessary in a However nothing defaite has been generally moves in a straight linephia. post, and although he ran respec- United Brethren 419,818 5,995 great many cases
undertaken toward launching such
oil except in cases where the local for sixiurlongs it was re
at a speed ranging from twenty to Dr. Breasted, Egyptolist and production is adequate to meet the** markable to note how the whole field is communicate in 1926, grammes are more
The Christian Science Church: In my opinion the English pro- & project.
cultural than It is generally believed here that sixty miles and hour. The wind director of the Oriental Institute nation's needs. The analysis. com- travels as fast as two hundred miles of the University of Chicago, did puted Argentine's total consump ran in line for this distance-heut did not indicate the gain in are our own. This, I believe, is the Graf Zeppelin will have under- must have been in pain, for he
an hour in severe storms. The air not use a million years as the exact tion of petroleum and products due to the fact that they have not taken and perhaps succeeded in finished in the ruck. Judgment in membership for the past year.
the kind of alternative programmes its projected round-the-world flight the icinity of the torgado is age of man, however. He declared for 1997 to be 17,000, 818 barrets, which we have in the States. True, before any aviators of heavier als rotating with low barome the human race did not appear caly of this amonat 8,629,000 barrels
tric pressure. there are several stations in Eng-than-air machines attempt such a
100,000 years ago, as is popularly were produced domestically, the The general characteristics of the believed, but at least several hun-balance consumed being imported land giving different programmes at
But it is generally retornado, may be described as venture,
writhing funnel shaped cloud which much earlier if we are to follow the
dred thousand years ago, or very from various countries. realised that in the majority of before the globe is circled in one
Sways to and fro and projects geologists who estimate the pleis- Peru, supplied Argentine with cases, the British listener with his coatinuous flight:
from a main dark mass of cloud, tocene era at nearly or quite a
more gasoline that did the United crystal set can only take one station-
States but the United States was extremely rapid approach, accom- million years ago."
able which amounts to saying that be
more to ship
kerosene, panying terrife roar and noise, really has no alternative programme music did not carry so well over the semi-darkness and rain or sleet fall produced the first men and later the cila to Argentine than any other According to Dr. Breasted, Egypt lubricating oils. greaacs, and fuel to choose from.
wireless as did the buman voice, iting in torrents, and lighting and Art civilization, which often is nation. Another difference which I have had been thought wisest to transmit thunder. Moon ran woll and should improve,
found deals with Sunday pro- mostly the latter. He added, how. The states of Texas, Oklahoma, accredited to Babylon.
Brazil imports from the United a remark which applies equally to benediction went so far as to im- our preachers are not opposed to able musical items such as concerts neck for honours in receiving who dropped into the Nile Valley byproducts than from any other The earliest stone age men States more petroleum and its We in America find that ever, that, from time to time suit Kansas and Missouri run neck and Buland Bala, who, I am convinced, provise the climbing of rocks and variety programmes on Sunday and
was not beset by the rigours of the nation, with Mexico second. Ac will run well at Epsom. Walter crags by taking possession of some) with regard to church services, many by well-known bands" might be ex. visits from tornados. Nebraska | Gay will improve, so may Rattlin of the outstanding ancient monu-cf them, I think, would be inclined
ice age, Dr. Breasted explained. cording to easily takes second place; then come
The Department of the Reefer, but Trigo, Reedemouth ments. The greatest crowd was and others hardly appeal as classic attracted by the exploits of one from their churches as likely to in-
This, he said, was because band Illinois. Mississippi, Iowa, the Continuing he said "The geogre Commerce, the exportation of oil to consider services broadcasted music was received more perfectly
Dakotas, and,
rare phical conditions created a situato Brazil is notably increasing, in vary
tion in the Nile Valley much more whereas the Mexican shipmer horses..
Alpine climber who elected to stand fluence the attendance of their contral-music.
over the other than lighter orches instances, Alabama and Georgia.
favourable to early human de- Tornado Proof Buildings,
are decreasing. The position, roughly, is that on the head of the great Neptune gregations. In England, however,
velopment than the glacial and Cragadour, Gay Day Walter Gay, presiding over
Chile's oil imports are chiefly the fountain at the views seem to be quite dif-word will suit our respective pur tornado are taken up in the centre Asia. Thus protected, Egypt was
"But we think that the spoken
Objects in the direct path of the post-glacial conditions in Western from the United States, Mexico and possibly Hunter's Moon have Piazza de Trevi. the best prospects of winning at
ferent. Religione services are ro-
and Peru. For the year 1927, Pert Bushing waters skirt all about layed through the studio in London, Poses perhaps better than anything of the vacuum-like whirling wind already outdistancing her rivals was the chief shipper of gasoline.. Epsom, but there may yet be an.
else," he said in conclusion. and may be carried as far as one in the advance toward civilisation. the huge ste God but the Alpine directly from the churches all over
and kerosene to Chile with the other who will need to be reckoned climber successfully crossed all the the country. On the other band the the folks on either side of the water have been recorded where cows There is an excellent chance to lat hundred and firty miles: Cases
United States supplying the major with when the time comes to at currents as if jumping the torrents entertainment furnished to British get acquainted with one another's have been carried a hundred yards. tempt to forecast the result. Mr. on the slopes of the Alps. What listeners
quantity of lubricating oils, fuel on Sundays would, I Jinka may not stay, although I ox- the Rome dwellers of the plain should think, bo apt to be consider reason, among others, we propose tornados les barmful by the build-were killed, 2,700 injured and hyproducts.
thoughts and customs. For this A campaign is on foot to make completely wiped out, 950 people oils and, miscellaneous petroleum pect that the Irish Derby, which
"Columbia potroleum needs are would be a certainty for him, will thought would be a dificult probed anpopular in America.
to broadcast speeches of personing of tornado-proof structures. millions of dollars were lost in now be forfeited in view of his lem was to scale up Neptunes lege
alities well-known on both sides of and arms, for Neptune is about
Most of the damage done to build damage property by this storm now largely supplied by domestic great display de: Newmarket,
"One thing I was very much im- the water. We will, for instance, lugs is by whirling beams, bricks Lines of communication were out refining and production, in 1928 thirty feet high
the United shipping and fires were raging. pressed by over here. There seems try to arrange to broadcast import and boards, as well as by the ex- These legs and arms are smooth to be a suspicion in England that ant ceremonier taking place Eng-plosions from within. A difference "There were instances where motor-11,781,000 barrels.. If I had my choice of a Stock and slippery but the Alpine solved broadcasting is a Government mono- land. Perhaps also we will relay atmospheric pressure between the cars had the tops torn off and other year, 000 barrels and to th Exchange ticket in the sweep, Iit as it he was scaling some smooth poly. And when I told Englishmen running comments on races or im inside and cutside produces an cara standing near were completely 8.131,000 the British would like it to be the one-drawn surface rock in the recesses of the that some of our listeners in the portant sports events"
Isles 2,309,000 barrels. The. internal pressure which frequently demolished. Six houses in one block for Gay Day, but I would not com- Alps.
Asked what he thought of the results in the blowing out of-the States suspected that Industry had
were form to shreds whereas the balance of Columbia's exporting plain if it were for Cragadour, Hunter's Moon, or Buland Bula, all Others showed the climbing skill a monopoly over our broadcasting, future of broadcasting, Aylesworth walls Mr. L. V. Teasdale of the seventh escaped with slight damage. of petroleum and its products for of whom, I am satisfied, will im- op statues representing the great they appeared to be quite surpris declared that although the time was United States Forecast Laboritories. Many houses were lifted from their 1928 are as follows:-
and I was very much likely to come when sound, films advocates the installation of auto- foundations and dashed to pieces. prove considerably during the next rivers, Tiber, Ganges, Euphrates ed.
would be transmitted "into the matic vents in buildings, designed Tornadoes which strike cities take To Argentine few weeks. Kopi enhanced his and Nile, represented also by amused."
Asked what programmes it was homes of radio fans, it was not to release pressure and prevent the more lives than those which ter To Italy...
1.To Netherlands Derby prospects by winning the figures of huge men. March Stakes. He seems to stay
rurisë rural places. proposed to exchange" between likely that this development of the explosive effect which has been so well, and, if he is possibly out-class-
America and England when the ser-industry would force ordinary broad- devastating in the past.
The Omaha tornado of 1913, and To Ecuador
It is notable that Ecuador is vice was inaugurated, Mr. Ayles canting off the map:
One of the most damaging the Louisville tornado of 1890, along worth replied that in view of the There will always be broadenst- tornadoes in the history of Indiana with the St. Louis tornado of 1800, producing more than heretofore, divergeance of tastes in music anding, he concluded, just as there in015 80 11886 cutredine sticking a
to be silent March 1925, Several towns were of the many which have swept across the balance is being refined for also because the finer points of will always have.
use within the country.. movies. (Continued on next doluma),
(Continued at foot of next column), the Mississippi Valley.
A Preference,
The 25,000 Alpinists who recently visited Home to get the Pope's
"
&
ed, he is none the less a greatly im pro ad tapering col bol ha crested As his trainer yet to meet the top class candidates, said to me when Kopi was being led however, and his performance might from the winners' enclosure: "They (Oontinued at fool of next column), always look nice horses in there."
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