Byrd Flies to Pole Bid Lands at Spitzbergen Base
The Byrd expedition reaches King's Bay Spitzbergen as crews assemble three engine planes. Tests begin on skis for Miss Josephine Ford with a successful flight planned to reach Peary Land and the Pole within a tight May window. Byrd outlines a potential circumnavigation of the Pole to verify location.
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King’s Bay
Spitzbergen
Josephine Ford
Byrd
Wing's Bay
Admuiral Peary
North Pole
Amundsen
Arctic
Tny
Comnder Byrd
Act U
Robert i
Sydney
Stly
Pole
MacMillan
Peary Land
Arctic O Plains
Peary
Etah
Greenland
Bone
Frederick A
Norther
Bennett
King's Bay
William ©. Harves
United States Weather Bureau
G. C. Neville
Vaccum Oil Company
Cape Morris
Otter
Polar
Chantler
Edsel Ford
Johnny Rockefeller, Jr
New York
Slobe-tresser
Naval Academy
New York Times
Vitz Bergen
Police raid in Norwalk closes gambling den on Wall Street
May 9 special report says Norwalk police raided 103 Wall Street Sunday morning arresting the proprietor Edward McGuirk and ten frequenters of the gambling house. Nine officers including Patrolmen D B Brown, Conrad Miller, and Edward Clune led the operation.
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Rwalk
Wall Street
Velock
Edward McGuirck
Nne
W. Brown Conrad Miller
Edward Clune
Chart Shows Men's Striving to Reach Inaccessible Regions
A historical map article discusses Captain George Hubert Wilkins nearing 73 30 north in the Arctic in a mono plane. It contrasts polar exploration with maritime gains near Spitsbergen and notes the Pole of Relative Inaccessibility as the Explorer's Pole centered 427.99 miles from the north pole. It invites readers to study the map and compare expeditions' progress.
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Wilkins
George Hubert Wilkins
Arctic Ocean
Barrow
Spitsbergen
Vithjamur Stefansson
Alaska
North Pole
Peary
Grant Land
Dallesmere Island
Pen
MacMillan
Stefansson
Cirele
Inaccessible
Arctic
Man Plight Drapes Statue of Liberty in Dry Protest
New York May 9 AP Three men said to be World War Veterans' Light Wine and Beer league members draped the Statue of Liberty with black crepe as a protest against prohibition. Guards tried to catch them as they fled by boat after entering under pretense of testing wind velocity. A veterans league convention opens tonight in Town Hall. Photographers captured the fluttering 60 foot crepe strips.
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New York
New York Harbor
World War Veterans’ Light
Town Hall
Winsted Man Drowns In Four Feet Of Water
Winsted May 9 AP Peter A Navin 35 unmarried was accidentally drowned in four feet of water in a spring off Spring street early this mining. The cries of a Woran companion brought Frank Ryan who lives nearby to the scene but Navin was dead when Ryan reached him. Navin is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Thoing Navin and three brothers. Medical Examiner W 8 Hulbert gave accidental drowning as cause of death.
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Winsted
Peter A. Navin
Hirty
Spring Street
Frank Ryan
Navin
Ryan
Hln
Town Playgrounds Termed Too Small
Professor R A Welton of New York state agr iculture at Ithaca argues communities should invest more in living needs than cemeteries. He cites a western New York village with a cemetery blocking play and a northeastern Ohio churchyard with costly tombstone funds, urging broader playground development and social facilities.
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R. A. Welton
New York State Cell of Agriculture
Ithaca
New York
Felton
Ohio
Hach
Lund
Carpenters Award Wage Increase in Wallingford
Local carpenters receive a wage increase from 87 22 cents to a new hourly rate, effective tomorrow. A Alberta farmer Fran Larcombe reports a new drought resistant wheat variety promising a useful crop with minimal rainfall.
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Wallingford
Fran Larcombe
Alberta
Arctic Navigator Fares To Pole Flight Return To Base
Navy aviator launches independent Arctic expedition and completes a flight over the North Pole returning safely to base at Spitzbergen.
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Arctic
North Pole
Spitzbergen
Rector Attacks Cult In Sermon On Father and Mother
The Rev Keily criticizes a perceived cult of overindulgence toward children and laments a worldwide trend of excessive child protection. He urges balance honoring parents and warns that Mothers and Fathers Day propaganda fuels mushy sentiment, while florists and others push sentimentality.
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Rev
Keily
Priest Decorated Ahead Of City Church Consecration
Meriden May 9 AP In honor of his upcoming St. Rose Church consecration Rt Rev Monsignor John Neale received the order of Benemerenti from Pope Pius XI. The award honors exemplary church and societal service. Also notes radium price making $5,000,000 buy less than 2.5 ounces of metal.
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Meriden
St. Rose's
John Neale
Pius XI
Eskimoes Stop Whaling at Barrow as Detroit Arctic Ship Arrives
Special dispatch from Barrow Alaska dated May 8 reports Eskimos stunned by Captain Wilkins and the Detroiter approaching for refueling before a voyage north to unknown waters. The crowd, curious and skeptical, imagines legends of polar realms while Barrow, the Arctic frontier town, endures a bleak, snowbound shore and a shifting ice edge.
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Foint
Barrow
Alaska
Fairbanks
Fikimoes
Detroit Arctic Expedition
Wilkins
Detroiter
Eskimos
Norwich Boy Killed After Being Struck by Auto
May 8. Roger Scott ten years old died five hours after being struck by an automobile driven by Henry Filliger of Taftville while the Teftville fire apparatus returned from an alarm. He ran behind the fire engine and stepped into the road. Witnesses say no blame attaches to the driver. The boy is son of Mr and Mrs Alexander Scott of Taftville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwich
Roger Scott
Henry Filliger
Taftville
Teftvile
Andre
Alexander Scott
Teftville
Quake Felt In Buenos Aires Seismograph Records Movement
A violent earthquake was recorded on the La Pitte observatory seismograph in Buenos Aires today. It is believed to have occurred near Coquimbo and another location, with seismograph readings confirming the disturbance.
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Buenos Aires
la Pite Observatory
Coquimbo
Kile
Warning Signs Of High Blood Pressure Promoted Ad
An advertisement warns headaches dizziness and sluggishness signal high blood pressure and urges treatment with a vegetable medicine Norma from Buffalo physician. It claims immediate effect and one bottle may reduce pressure, sold at Hindle Drug Stores and other druggists.
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Bright
Sician
Norma
Hindle
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Iain Ronté Amundsen
Pols
Hinedin Eliswo
Enscomnie
Ture
John Ross
Tris
Rome
Herald Island
Assams
Rasmussen
Beattie Im
Richard Evelyn Firerd
Floyd Bennett
Naval Air Service
IRG
Ja Mayen S
Inaccessible Pole
THE
American Geographical Society
North American Newspaper Alliance
ST. George's
Wilkins Argosy
Point Barrow
Earl Rorsman
Telegram and North American Newspaper Alliance
California
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