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...Akron. For the fifth time Lieut.-Commander Charles Emery Rosendahl crossed the U. S. by airship.* In a 53-hr. flight he took the Navy's proud U. S. S. Akron with her crew of 82 from Sunnyvale, Calif, to Parris Island, S. C. (U. S. Marine Corps air station) for refuelling, thence to her home base at Lakehurst, N. J. An able writer, Commander Rosendahl found time to flash radio messages of more than routine value. Excerpts...
...heat grew oppressive. A yell went up as the lump at the end of the cable showed life. Sailor Charles ("Bud") Cowart had straddled a toggle above the ring at the end of the cable, was taking two bowline hitches about his waist. Several times' Lieut. Commander Rosendahl maneuvered the tossing ship toward earth, but fearing that Sailor Cowart would be bashed to death, soared again. Firemen stretched nets to try to catch him if he fell...
...ship Sailor Cowart spurned spirits of ammonia. Said he: "Gimme something to eat." He set off immediately on a curiosity tour of the Akron. After the ship was successfully moored later that evening, Sailor Cowart stubbornly refused to tell his story to reporters, despite the friendly coaxing of Commander Rosendahl. A welterweight boxer out for the All-Navy championship, he said: "I'll have to see my manager before I talk." His manager sold the story to the highest bidder, Hearst's Universal Service...
Commander Rosendahl said: "I am greatly grieved and shocked. ... It is the first time a fatal accident has occurred in the landing of a navy dirigible. . . . The accident may be ascribed to . . . the weather . . . and the inexperienced ground crew...
...first transcontinental trip, but which demonstrated beyond doubt the ship's structural strength and airworthiness. Numerous alarmed Texans reported the ship laboring in distress. Not realizing that the safest place for a dirigible is the air, amateur ground crews were rushed together. But Commander Rosendahl radioed: "Please inform both San Angelo and Randolph field that no ... landing is intended but their efforts are appreciated very much...