THE MICHIGAN DAILY IILLINOIS -TO'-SWEDEN FLIGHT VAMT, EVAS PROJECTEDFOR JULY PLANE PL1ANM TO LAM) NEAR NORTi'ERN OBSERVATORY FOR MORE FUEL 1,BBS HASCONFERENCE lluyIersity Expedition 3a(ay oo yrate. Wyltih Asthlier Flight Over ane Itoute Spoinsoed y Ford Prof. William H. Hobbs, of the geol- Sgy department was in conference yesterday morning with Major L. I. F'rederick, editor of :the Rockford {IlL) Morning Star, and Bert I. J. IUassell, airplane pilot, to work out te final plans for a landing and re- fueling at Mt. Evans of the plane in which Hassell will attempt a Rock- ord-to-Stockholm flight early in July., Near the Mt. Evans headquarters of the University KGreenlad expedi- tion of which Professor Hobbs is the director is a long, fat stretch of ground suitable f:r landing and tak- ing off. The gasoline for, refueling will be 'shipped to Mt. Evans and carried in by members of the Hobbs' xpedition. To Use Stinson Phlue The plane which Hassell will fly is now being built by the Stinson com- pany at Northville. When it sweeps into the northernmost outpost of the Iniversity it will be painted yellow and .blue, the colors of the University and the colors of Hassell's native land, Sweden. The distance between Rockford and Stockholm is approximately 4,200 miles, to be covered in two or three hops. The first jump of 2,100 mile's will be made from Rockford to Mt. Evans where the plane will land and refuel. The journey can then be fin- isied in ;one 2,100 mile hop to Stock- holm, or a landing can be made about midway on Iceland. Tentative plans -are also being laid for a second flight from this country to Europe via Greenland and Iceland, to be sponsored by the 'Ford Motor company, although nothing final has yet begn determined. Professor Hobbs was recently called into conference with William Mayo, chief engineer for the -Ford Motor company, and Major Lanphier with regard to a pos- sible flight over Greenland and land- ing at Mt. Evans. Expect ScIent ift Results Very important scientific ,results may come from these flights across Greenland, Professor Hobbs 'said yes- terday, for both parties have agreed to ca'rry self-recording aerological in- struments on their planes. Automatic barographs, thermographs, and hygro- graphs would preserve a record of conditions prevaling all across 'the 'cePchief engineer of another large airfslane copany, whose name was not disclosed, has suggested to Pro- fessor Hobbs that his company might be willing to send a plane to Green- land this summer to operate from Mt. Evans as a base and to make trip's for scientific investigation and collec- tion of meteorological data. TfPEWITING and MEOGRAPHING ai specialty for twenty years.I. 1"tpt Servce, Experlenced Oper-j stors, ne4erate Rates. O. D. MORR I L L 1 Nickls Arcade. Phone 661. THEATRE NOW-NW TODAY AND TOMORROW His Biggest { Picture FLOYD BENNETT DIES IN QUEBEC Byrd's Polar Aviator oi! Of Lbar Pneumonia Contrated On Jreme-]ele Trip (By Associated Press) QUEBEC, April 25.-Floyd Bennett, who flew over the North pole with Commander Richard E. Byrd, died at 10:50 yesterday morning from double pneumonia. Bennett's death came while his wife was near him, herself a patient in the san hospital with tonsilitis. His closest friend, Commander Byrd, also ? was there, having ru'shed here as soon as Bennett's condition became serious. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh hopped off on his return flight to New York at 11:20 o'clock yesterday morning, hn- 4ware of the death of Bennett, whose life was the purpose of his air race here Tuesday with serium to aid in combatting the pneumonia from which Bennett suffered. Lindbergh P'ad 14't r e eity Ifo' Battlefield park, which he had u'sed as a landing field, before word came from the hospital. He flew over the city before heading for New York and his plane crossed directly over Jeffrey Ha'le hospital where his fellow aviat- or lay dead. SBennett was brought to Jeffrey Hale hospital by airplane from Lake St. Agnes Sunday after being stricken while commanding an air expedition to the relief of the stranded transat- lantic flyers on Greenley island. Bennett undertook this relief ex- pedition with Bernt Balchen although both had to leave sickbeds to do so. After Bennett's cold turned into pneumonia and he had to drop out of the expedition, Bachen pushed on without him. Bennett's condition be- came increasingly serious as the days and hours passed and this morning 'specialists brought here from New York announced that everything was in vain and that he was dying. WORK BEGINS ON NEW LANDSCAPING Authorization of plans for the land- 'scaping of the new museum building and the architecture building were an- nounced yesterday by Irving W. Truet- tner, maintenance inspector of the Building and Grounds department. Work is to be started immediately, in order that the landscaping may be completed this spring. In order to keep expense's down to a reasonable figure it has been found necessary, according to Mr. Truettner, to cut out plans for a Chinese sunken garden effect with whic it was orig- inally planned to decorate the lawn of the new museum building. But the soil around both buildings will be covered with blackdirt, rolled, and then seeded. A large number of shrubs will be 'set out, according to the present plans. Although the exact cost has not yet been estimated, it will cost several thousand dollars to complete the job, it was said. PRINCETON UNIVERSITY. --- A four-nianual Skinner organ is being installed in the new chapel. BENNETT SNAPPED BESIDE PLANE IN W HICH HE MADE LAST FLIGHT Faculty Men Attend FORSYTHE GIVES WARNING ABOUT INFLUENZA DANGIR Mi eeting At Capitol In Cepy to .an inquiry to the Un mi- :stid- versity of Minnesota by Dr. Warrcn "Students should be warned af (his Several members of the faculty of E. Forsythe, director of the Univer- time that it is advisable t!) tatke pre- the Law school left yesterday for sity Health Service, it was stated by cautionary measures. Any person 'snot end varios meet- the Health Department of the Uni- who feels sick with t cold shotldgo ' Wshinton ~o aten varou'smeet- to bed and remain there for ;tt leas:t ings there in connection with th: versity of Minnesia that the 2,000 one day after his temperature returns American bar association, and. the cases of influenza reported among the to normal," Dr. Forsythe continu'd. 'American Law institute. Among those students there were 'scattered over a "For ,selfcare the student should drinkl wpho are at Washington now are eDea period of four weeks. more water, increase the amount {: According to Dr. Forsythe there has siour fruit in his diet, and take au Henry M. Bates, Prof. Edson R. Sund- been an increase of slight cases of ordinary teaspoonful of baking sodt erland, Prof. Herbert F. Goodrich, influenza or severe colds during the twice a day." The Health Service is Professor John Waite, Prof. E, Blythe past few days. "The increase will prepared to send doctors to call on Stason, and Prof. Edwin Dickinson. probably not result in an epidemic," patients in their rooms," he said. They will remain there for three days. Dean Bates will attend the sessions of both the American Law. institute and the American bar association. Professor Sunderland will appear 'in behalf of two bills. Tioday he expects to discuss the bill pending on congest- ed conditions in the federal courts when it ccmes before the judiciary committee of the House. Tomorrow he will present arguments before the senate judiciary committee concern- ing a bill pending there on declara- tory judgment. Professors Stason and Goodrich are working on the re-statement of laws by committees of the American law in- stitute, Professor Waite's efforts will I be in connection with criminal law, while Professor Dickinson is to serve on a committee in connection with certain phases of international law. 1' PENMAKERS i SEE Rider for Pens HIGH QUALITY AND STANDARD PRICES PLUS SNAPPY SERVICE REPAIR SERVICE Bernt Balchen and Floyd Bennett caught by a photographer beside a giant tn-miotored Ford plane in which they wvent to the rescue 'uf the strand- ed Bremen on Greenley island. ' Bennett was stricken with double pneumonia at Lake Agnes while on the relief flight. Bennett was taken to a Quebec hospital by plane, while Balchen pushed on alone with repair parts and gasoline for the Bremen yesterday.. I - "LOWER -DAY'S LOWERSa , S.C. A. SECRETARY WILL SPEAK HERE Paul C. Meng; secretary of the Stu- dents Christian association in North America, who will speak this after- noon at 4:15 o'clock in Natural Science auditorium, under the aus- pices of the ChineserStudents' club, is known to be a writer, as well a speaker and as a traveller. !Meng has just returned from a trip around the world, spending the 'greater portion of his time in China. During his stay in his native land, Meng made a particular study of the conditions in Canton, the provinces of Fukien, Chekiang, and Shantung,; Nanking, capital of the Nationalist government, Tientsin, and Manchuria. He is quite optimistic concerning the conditions he found after an absence, of five years. 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