Davis said, “is to strengthen the I
amicable relations already existing
among the American republics, to
demonstrate the feasibility of aerial
transportation and communication be
tween these widely separate nations,
and finally to subject the amphibian
planes to a severe test ove? both land
and water.
“Efforts will not be made to attain
speed records, stops being arranged
so as to permit the personnel of the
flight to visit the capitals of the na
tions along the itinerary, and give
opportunity for examination of the
airplanes by such observers of those
nations as may be interested in the
development of commercial air trans
portation.”
SLASHER GETS 180 DAYS.
Arthur Brown, Colored. Sentenced
for Attack on Woman.
Arthur Brown, colored, who vehe
mently denied before Judge Qeorge H.
Macdonald in Police Court today that
he walked up behind Josephine Bar
ber, colored, and slashed her with a
knife, when given a sentence of 180
days in Occoquan by the court. Thirty
four stitches were required to close
the wound in the woman’s arm.
Brown says the woman was discus
sing a prospective autoniobile ride
with another man. Josephine declared
she did not want to prosecute, as the
defendant was her friend.
