Soviet Plane Flies Moscow to San Francisco Route
U S army signal corps stations at Fairbanks Juneau and Ketchikan ordered to flash hourly weather reports to the Soviet Arctic plane Moscow to San Francisco. Nome confirms takeoff Anadyr base reports radio transmission on 26 meters and asks keep Seattle link open Flight distance 5 880 miles Geodetic Survey lists callsign RETET and power 20 watts.
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Washington, D. C
U. S. Army Signal Corps
Fairbanks
Juneau
Ketchikan
Moscow
San Francisco
Nome
Arctic
Anadyr
Seattle
Geodetic Survey
U.R.S.S
RETET
Soviet NT-25 sets long distance flight test record
In San Francisco Allan Bonnaire reports a Russian NT-25 monoplane carrying 13 760 pounds of fuel for a 100 hour flight and about 6 003 miles. Chkalov Baidukov and Beliakov pilot, with plans to land in Oakland after a route across the Arctic and Canadian coast.
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San Francisco
Calif
Allan Bonnaire
National Aeronautical Association
Chkalov
Arctic
Codas
Kola Peninsula
Barents Sea
Murmansk
Arctic Ocean
Victoria Island
Franz Joseph Land
North Pole
Prince Patrick Island
Arctic Canadian
Banks Land
Great Bear Lake
Fort Simpson
Rockies
Cascades Ranges
Vancouver
B. C
Oakland
California
Adbastador Troyanovsky
Cutter Northland to sail to King Island on first 1987 voyage
The U S C G Cutter Northland under Captain Frederick A Zeuler heads from Nome toward Norton Sound and King Island on its first 1987 voyage. Father Bernard Hubbard with Edgar Levin Kenneth Chisholm and Bernard Stanley plan to film Eskimos departing King Island for Nome summer. Ice break up expected to aid the through Norton Sound voyage into the Arctic Ocean.
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Pather
Bernard Hubbard
Santa Clara University
Wolf
Majik
Coast Guard
Northland
Edgar Levin
Father Hubbard
Kenneth Chisholm
Bernard Stanley
Glacier
Frederick A. Zeusler
Nome Roadstead
Norton Sound
King Island
Jand
Sound
Bering Straits
Arctic Ocean
Nome
Messrs Levin
Chisholm
Pickford and Rogers Apply for Marriage License
Mary Pickford and Buddy Rogers applied for a marriage license in Los Angeles. The couple planned a June 26 wedding afternoon and a one month honeymoon in Hawaii. Pickford was excited and momentarily forgot Pickfair street address.
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Mary Pickford
Buddy Rogers
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Calif
Hawaii
3 000 Mile Non-Stop Flight Planned From San Diego
Naval officials announced plans for a 3000 mile non-stop flight by 12 planes from San Diego to the Panama Canal Zone. The mass flight will involve more than 70 officers and men. Take-off is scheduled for Monday morning.
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Associated Press
San Diego
Calif
Naval
Panama Canal Zone
Man In Iron Lung Arriving For Treatment
SAN FRANCISCO June 19 The man in the Iron Lung Frederick Suite Jr neared the final voyage home from the Orient aboard the President Coolidge He will be transferred to a special train in San Francisco en route to Chicago Guards will separate the crowd during transfer Doctors fear death soon as the artificial respirator life ends The process takes five minutes with Suite unable to breathe without aid Transfusion details unclear due to fragmentary text
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Man
Iron Lung
Frederick Suite, Jr
Coolidge
Orient
Chicago
Soviet Flight Reports From Arctic Route Suppressed
June reports from Washington and San Francisco describe Soviet embassy pressure to hide news of a planned flight. Officials noted attempts to prevent publicity if the plane reached its objective while Moscow directed radio coordination and Arctic navigation details surfaced.
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America
Two U.S. Vessels Pivot to Aid Amelia Earhart Flight
Two U.S. government ships moved to the South Pacific to assist Amelia Earhart if needed. The Itasca sailed toward Howland Island while the tow Ontario left Pago Pago to stand by between Lae and Howland. Earhart and her navigator were en route from Calcutta toward Bangkok last night.
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South Pacific
Amelia Earhart
Itasca
Howland Island
Ontario
Pago Pago
Lae
New Guiana
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