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ME. Gir. dedi dts ch) Bigied dicator shows full power and not 1500 R.P.M. Steeb was unable to furnish any further information, and the Board excused him. a R. WEIGHTMAN, Meteorologist of the Weather Bureau, Wash- ington, D. C., informed that he has had 21 years' experience with weather conditions and the charting of the same; that he made a genH~ eral study of the weather on the northeastern Atlantic coast for around May 6, 1937 and this study inoluded the immediate wicinity of the Atlantic seaboard. He stated he studied weather maps showing weather conditions prevailing on May 6, for the various vicinities for the northeastern part of the country, and also studied an hourly wea- ther chart for the date of may 6, 1937 up until 7:30 P.M., Daylight Saving Time, for Lakehurst and the immediate vicinity. He has also taken brief extracts of the log of the Naval Station, combined with telegraphic weather reports received at that station. He presented into evidence nine charts which showed wea- ther conditions in the northeastern part of the country, including Long Island. Briefly, he stated that there were weather disturbances from New York and Northeastern Pennsylvania on May 6, 1937 and that a cold front was proceeding in from Northeastern Pennsylvania on a ten to fifteen mile wind, and that this cold front passed Lakehurst at 3,30 P.M. There were no thunderstorms of great magnitude on the evening of May 6th in the immediate vicinity of Lakehurst, but showers were reported along with a little thunder about 4:0 P.M. Thunder storms decidedly local and of no great severity. On May 15, 1937 the first witness was HANS FREUND, of Eichlag, Germany near Frankford. Freund advised that on May 6, 1937 he was a member of the crew of the Hindenburg in the capacity of a rigger, taking care of the gas shells in the ship. Since the commissioning of the Hindenburg Freund has made all voyages except one. Since January 1930 he has been active in lighter=-thaneair crafts, and up to 1932 he made short trips aboard lighter-than-air crafts. After 1932 he made sixteen long distance voyages on the Graf Zeppelin in the capacity of a rigger. Since 1936 he has been aboard the Airship Hindenburg. His duties cov- er the care of the gas shells, the outer covering structure repairs,