Maryse Hilz Breaks Women's Distance Record Kwangchang Falls to Attack of Government Force Paris, Apr, 29.
Breaking the women's world record for the Paris-Saigon distance. Mile. Maryse Hilz, French aviatrix, swooped down out of the evening sky yesterday and made a perfect landing at Lo Bourget airfield, completing her second Paris-Tokyo Foundstrip flight.
Despite the numerous mishaps which she encountered on her trip, Mile. Hilz told reporters as she hop: ped out of the cockpit that she had enjoyed "a wonderful time." She was particularly enthusiastic over [the receptions. accorded her in the Far East and particularly in Shang-hal, Mille. Hilz said that the latter part of her return journey had been uneventful and she was able to break her own Paris-Saigon record due to fine weather and favourable winds.
She took five days, nine hours and eight minutes to reach here from Saigon as compared with her previous record of six days, 23 hours and 23 minutes.
'The last leg of her long flight was from Marseilles to Lo Bourget, which she accomplished in a little more than three' hours.
Mile. Hilz, who took the women's. altitude record away from Miss Ruth Nichols, American flyer, in 1992, started on her second round trip'Mlight to Tokyo on January 27. Two days later she crashed while landing at Aleppo, Syria, but, only slightly damaged her plane and was able to continue after'a brief delay. She encountered bad weather during her return fight from. Tokyo Shanghai and was forced down on several occasions.
Tt was learned here to-day for the first time that the rebuilt metal army plane in which she made her flight was used at the request of the French Air Ministry for the purpose of displaying its qualities to the cials of China—United Press.
Nanchang, Apr. 29.
Kwangehang, an important "Red' stronghold in' eastern Kiangsi, was captured yesterday by the Sra Route Army under General Chen Cheng, the Northern Route Bandit-suppression forces, according to an official report received here by the Pro-Visional "Headquarters of the President of the Military Affairs Commission.
The occupation of Kwangchang city is the culmination of ten days of hard fighting on the part of the Government troops.
Atter they lost Kenchu, ten miles north of Kwangehang, the Reds concentrated their main forces in the Nanfeng-Kwanchang area in order to stem the advance of the Government units and to hold their so-called "feline."
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