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American ^Yeath Gains Fame By Lonely Ocean Flight Parte. Nw, May U. A m •pock In avtatiaa kM baaa inaugu Chartta l,la»..gh. «f Utile Fall Mtna . landed a* U Bourgat, Franae, at 1:11 P. «natom day light tfmt, y t I® Jump tram Mnm—vwH Plaid. Haw Tat*. liar* wa era," waa Ma pwt ing to Dm rnthu«ta«mmaddan*d Uiutfi »m»ianleit. Lindbergh drove M> plana "The Jlptrtt at M. IxhiU." ovor the naarly 4Mt-alb mif track, clipping about two tours and a half off the moat optlmirtlr time allow. The world** imftmtiuii wu Arad by bin exploit. Spontaneous celebration* in *coraa of ritiee both her* and abroad laatad far into the night; Proaidont Cool idge and exoruthraa of other nation* flashed thair ronpttglatiian, and thaaa were supplemented by tha thou aand from other Individual* publicly prominent At Detroit Charte*' mother relaxed her itaadily maintained attitude of ailaiit confidence, and through taara at Joy. declared hi* victory "all that mattered." Created by Natabtaa. For half an hour they puahad one another tM* way and that, trying to take young Lindbergh from Ma plane to the administration building* on the landing field, where noted men of Ma own country and of Franca had tang baas waMag to waleoma Mm with due formality. Whan Anally they got him there. Ma tired and trembling Angara wars graapad in a handahake by Aawrica'a ambaaaador to Prance, Myraa T. Herrick, and by But I ia^irgh waa too waary wa iiiiagly ta know what It waa all about. Ha aariM and naid: "Thank you. I am awfully happy" and than Ma fatigue could bo fought off no longer, and ha ***m*d to go ta alaap l*\a ,1. • light of Al h*r* «k»M*NllW heart of flMil M a* Awrlw TIM American »mh*..*iW mm U tlM ha torn y and waved the aviator's helmet at Dm crowd, which kept •houting: "The pilot-the pOet—let as Ma Lindbergh." Lindbergh. asleep oa hia feet, waa liftad ay and carried to an automo bile and hurried to Parle, a few alM away, to sleep after «> many hour* when ere* to cloee his eyes far a moment aifM have want death Asleep Oa Feet. Tonight h* lies in bed in his roua try'* embassy It was after Mid night when he rsached there—41 hour* after he got oat of bad la New York to Make tke great adventure. It was at Ambassador Herriek't insistence that the youth permitted himaetf to go to the embaaay, and tka car had difficulty In threading its way through the crowd* to the ree idenre of America's official repreeea ta- Ivee. Her* French aviator* »*ai*taii the blrdman to alight. H* stumbled a* he slept la their arm*. "Good old fellow," they shouted, a* they bade him good-night. Tke world must wait until tomor row to hear from Lindbergh's Hps the story of the flight that ha* made him forever famous. What thoughts he had while flying in solitude through two day* and a night along the American continent, across the Atlantic, orer the lie Ids of France, hidden from hi* weary eye* by the darkiws* of night,—the** things only young Lindbergh know* tonight, for he waa too tired at the end of hi* long voyage to aay anything to any body 8top a minute and say "Hallo," As down life's road you smoothly go, For a pleasant word and cheerful smile Will shorten the road by Many a mile For some poor brother who is going slow 80 stop a minute and aay "Hello.* Non-Rust Screens Screening your home with nun-runt screen* may cont you ilirhtiy more at ftrat, but the saving you effect later will more than make up for it. ki(ht now ii the time to pat them up—and keep the (lien oat. We Have What Yon Need for Any Screen Job Window* 55c. up Doors $1.75 up Screen Wire Gahranitod or Block ( any width jrou want) If you want kmc •ervice from your icranu, then buy Opal th» beat wira. (the kind we Mil) and you can format tha screen paoblem for a Ion*. Ion* tima. Get our price* before you buy tcraena. Holcomb & Midkiff Mount Airy, N. C * to tto T will g1»e way to • in |MaWr. It kH tahaa wn dm f»ur of bard work lo weigh «to «»rM Tto apparatus idmI to put Mm tor Earth aa ito acataa aad g»t tor avoirdupala la itearrlbnl la detail by Dorter Hoyl It li really a miniature system a* pteaeta, which la Installed la • con »rote ro<>m K foot balow tto atraat In tto bureau of stands rda building la Washington Two tltUa bulla of platl nan air aaaptuN ti. a vanaa aad allowed to nH«( la rsapooae ta tto gMTltadooal attraction of two 1«» cylinders. Tto dlstaaca of of tb« plttlbun balls, ninwd la aa inJluiteeln>al fraction glree a -groTliailooaJ rsastsat" which aaafetea tto artentiat ta make comparlaaaaa la tkillil tto wotgkt of tto Nrtk. IU pea tad tbouaanda of Uaaa until every Ibis error has toaa eliminated. tto res alt will to tto aaal ac ta determlaalioa of tto Fa «r tto _ of this remarkable scientific taking la indicated by Darter Hejrl la hla interview. "Our flgures show," to said. "that tto wfeola earth la atoat Ilea aad a half Ames aa dease aa wa tar. Ttat la to at;, It would roqalre too aad a half gtotoa of water. e*aal la atae la oar unh, ta balaaaa tto weight of tto earth. "This la highly slgnlAcaat. bacaaao tto dsoslty of tto rack, aall'aad actor ■atarlal that wa kaow ta tto anaat of tto aarth. arera|«a only aad three^aartan tto <taa*«y of wa tar. Thla indlc/tea (hat tto Inner aa at tto earo «f tto aarth to vary much haadw. It probably *Tto earth la aatld from aarfaca ta Mater, and of ahsat tto earn* rigidity aa ateal. It aaad ta to beilerad thai tto aarth "a ran waa a aaaaa at tot H«aid Bat If It ware tto crartte Uaaal pall of tto mm aad mooa woald raoaa aaeh tMaa wlthia tto latartar "Raoat mraaarementa ahow that tto attractlaa of aaa and moon eaaae a alight rialag af tto crust, a tidal pulaatioD of tto aolld aarth. A liquid interior would rtea ta tto poll of thla gravitational'force like a gigantic hy draullc ram. aad tto earth's crust, oraa IX hundreds af mUaa thick, would Ilka tto aaaatoaae of a toy "The earth la made ui> ot ■ trrtn of Mil Id layera. After jrin gel through iba i-ruat, which la predoail natrl) rock, yau paaa Into mixed rook and metal. and iaarily to lb* <-antral rora. which la Iran wfth a alight alio; of ilrW. Tbla Inner ran riuadi more than half-war to the aarface reaching from the can tar 2.000 bIIh or mora In all ttrarttona. Tha cora haa a fairly Uniterm temperature near the melting paiat ef iron, or about 8.000 degree a. It la hot enough to malt moat metala, hat K la tot • cora of U4Md Bra. Ot aaaraa. Km Iron and nickel ara W>Jaim ta unknown raa dltlooa t)»wn than The* praaaara at 4ha can tar mt tha aarth la 12.000 poooda.to tha afaara Inch Whether tha metal* rotate, their •tmlllar arw tare under tbla aj Jfaalnir. or whether they anana Maaat forma, ara aaa only conjectara. * Large PereaMapa I raa. "Iroa ronatltalaa 40 par cent of the aarth. The nast moat abundant ele ment la oiygaa ""k -* par cent. than camea alllena with 18 par cent. Oar baa. the elamaat that eater* Into ev ery form at jit*, eoaatltataa only 4-100 of 1 par eaat of tha material of the earth. V tha earth I oat thta minute fractlaa at carbon life would pariah from tha planet "Tha alula atmoaphcrr of the aarth weigh* 3 mlllloa, pillion ton*. Tbla look* Ilka a big Scare, bat tha aarth wetgha more thaa 14100 mlllloa tiaaaa aa mack 11m whale po|>ulatlaa of the aarth doaa aot weigh one 400-bll Itaath part of* tha aarth. Every man woman and child aad all the anlmala might move ta Mara la • body aad their departara would not llghtaa ear of oar reaalt la weighing tha aarth. Tat wa ara attalalng tha meat exact achlare acnrney ta am 10.000th part.* Tkar OafhtI* B« Maw Tark.—t. i. Baharta. • aaya that ta MM aavtai a branch bank la tha theatrical dt» which. It la etatamt M th traialli Itlbrtw h«kk wm «f light at Mala. Brilliant ll^ittog. ha ■» aarta, la hararfal to gtotof nnh, n» aiaala afa partafcaa. Itw yii ■■■■■, ai tha M wnrhtag af wMrh hnwaa haalth aag lkapt>lii*-M M largaly AfMi if* IMfriM »Kh hy IW ratn rtmiiial rnMM b» garlah llghtlag. Tta 4a brtM aa bright llghta aatf errwfIn | auaato aau thai Hai< la Oraara INa tha aMMrk la tha hrala and ataartaa. ud ih* aaaUallattea -f taa4 aa(orally nfcn trrordlag ta I hi* authority lb* haat light for awal tlawa la that glvao hy •IwiM raadla* Bat »» >hu«M all ha twttar la health sari la tampar. tha iih>alrlan atataa, If wa at# aar avals I la aaaiMarhaaaa Plan to R«rm Whaling Off California Coast Maa LHagu. rnllf.—Aflar a hlataa vt Bwra than half a rtatirj whaling op. aratlooa af* la ha nniwd a u<» taaalra arala aa tha aaath«ra fall for - aia raaat. A whaling Im( constating af tha fartarjt ateaawr leaning with tour k liters. haa aatahllahrd a haaa at Soatb Bay. Baa Claimants lalaud. aad haa started a Mat tor tha famaaa fallterate "grays." tha huiophack aM tha to arm tka aalr apaclaa fi nawB Tha whato all. tortMlssr aM rhlckaa (sad. tha prtortpal pradaru garlrai IMa tha whalr catch, will ha ttagiaig af sattfsly to tha OaUfnrala marhato. aOclala af tha whallag <1napaay aa auuaca. 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