Richard Evelyn Byrd's flagship City of New York left for two much-advertised years in Antarctica (TIME, Aug. 20.) Before departure he sent hurry calls to complete the paraphernalia of a miniature civilization stowed aboard the vessel. The list made up by Chief Physician Dr. Francis Dana Coman, of Johns Hopkins, and presented to Charles Capehart, President of the Association Against Impure Liquor, read as follows:

"1,000 gallons of pure grain alcohol

400 gallons of rum

100 gallons of port wine

100 gallons of sherry

100 quarts of champagne

Additional rye and burgundy as available"

The desired supplies were listed as medicinal. Said Major Maurice Campbell, New York Prohibition Administrator, "I will cooperate with Commander Byrd in any way I can. ... I will sign the necessary papers."

Commander Byrd himself will sail from Los Angeles aboard the whaler C. A. Larsen on or about October 6.

Lucia Marian Foster-Welch, keen-eyed, hawk-nosed 1237th Lord Mayor of Southampton, England, Admiral in the English Navy (ex-officio title conferred by King Henry IV), arrived on the Leviathan, which flew her Admiral's flag. The Mayor, who is the first woman to hold the position, wore the scarlet mink-trimmed robe of her office, a tricornered black beaver hat, an official 16th-Century gold chain. She was accompanied by her daughter, honorary Mayoress, and was suffering from a swollen nose, the result of a slip on the ship's deck. After a one-week tour of the U. S., they returned on the Leviathan.

Jean Borotra ("Bounding Basque") & five other French tennismen came on the France, seeking U. S. titles. M. Borotra will also seek a U. S. market for an improved gasoline pump of his own invention.

P: On the way to New York, a presidential straw vote was held in the first cabin of the Majestic. Results: Smith--374; Hoover--294.