THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY ATAT 31, THE MCHIGA DAIL THURDAI.IAYP31 Pond Charges Ship Damaged Before Leaving LONDON, May 30. - (A-) - Capt. George A. Pond charged today that the airplane in which he and Lieut. Cesare Sabelli recently flew the At- lantic had been maliciously tam- pered with before they left New York. Claiming that he had definite proof, Pond traced trouble the flyers en- countered to the alleged sabotage be- fore the takeoff. He said he would at- tempt to fasten the guilt on someone when he returns to New York. "We have evidence of three types of tampering," Pond said. "There were strips of cardboard in the oil tank and a tin 'fillercap' in the oil line. The main feed line from the rear of the gas tank was definitely shut off and the water canteens,I one of which I filled myself, were emptied. "Fortunately foreign articles in the oil tank line did not prevent oil from getting through, though they may have restricted the flow somewhat. Tampering with a gas tank is most serious and could not possibly have happened accidentally." Hand Lettering Of Diplomas Is Student's Means Of Employment By JOHN J. FLAHERTY While seniors are hard at work preparing for the last hurdle before receiving diplomas, there is one man working just as hard preparing the diplomas for them. In the basement of University Hall a man sits at a desk from early in the moiing until late at night pains- takingly lettering names and degrees in beautiful old English script on square pieces of sheepskin. This man is Dwight Gadberry, il- luminator and letterer of manu- scripts. A few years ago when the Uni- versity was not as large and lettering was an art studied by engineers, it was no problem at all to prepare di- plomas, most of the work being done by students. However, when the number of graduates increased to ap- proximately 2,000 and lettering be- came more or less of a lost art a problem was created that finally had to be solved in a mechanical manner. This was not a satisfactory method in that the quality of work was in- ferior to that done by hand, and the diplomas lost a certain personal touch which they had formerly pos- sessed. This year the diplomas will once more be lettered by hand and the personal touch will be that of Gad- berry, who is using this unique meth- od to work his way through school. Before coming to the University he worked as a letterer and an illustra- tor in New York City and has sam- ples of manuscripts that he has il- luminated that are not unlike me- dieval monastic work. And as he sits bending over a desk in a cell- like room at the end of a twisting corridor in University Hall basement the analogy of the monk is eren closer. There are drawbacks to the job, Gadberry says. For instance he has not been able to enjoy a spring for six years, for it is in spring that there is the greatest demand for hand let- tering, and the lettering, he says, is not the, easiest job in the world on the eyes. TollFrom Memorial Day Fires Is High CHICAGO, May 30.-(P)-The tra- ditional verdancy of Memorial Day woodlands dried *to tinder by a long drought was marked by a series of forest fires and the drabness of with- ered grain crops throughout the coun- try. Scattered fires burned over Minne- sota and Idaho. A huge marsh in parching sun, and whole fields of growing grains curled in the heat which ranged from 90 degrees to a searing 108. One of the fires swept more than 10,000 acres of valuable timber lands near Saranac lake in New York with flames on a 10-mile front menacing two villages. Wheat soared to more than a dollar a bushel in Minneapolis. Death Of Naval Hero Mourned By AllJapan TOKIO, May 30. --(/P)-- Admiral Marquis Heihachiro Togo, "the Nelson of Japan," whose humble home in Tokio became a national shrine, died today. Death came to the valiant old war- rior at the age of 86 after a slow but losing fight against cancer of the throat. Admiral Togo was the last of the heroes of the Russo-Japanese war. It was he, standing on the deck of his flagship, who directed the fleet to a decisive victory over the czar's navy and from that triumph Japan emerged 'as a world power. _ . Don't Miss This SUIT SALE Qw THE ILY TME WRIOHTS OVERCAME GRAVITY This Saving Goes DOUBLE SHE DEPRESSION may be over, but we'll bet that a few extra dollars won't bhe hard to take. Here's how you can 'save them!I Make the trip home by Greyhound. Join the thousands of wide-awake college students who make the most of Greyhound's low fares. You'll travel first class-in modern, comfortable coaches, with soft-cushioned, reclining chairs, wide windows. 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