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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1926
Page
6
Byrd Flight To Pole Praised By Press As Bold Victory
New York Times commentary lauds Commander Byrd for the first North Pole flight and return by air, praising his skill, resource management, and daring. The piece highlights exploration spirit, American resolve, and the noble stance in Arctic achievement, noting a gracious exchange with Amundsen and Ellsworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Coander Byrd
Pole
King’s Bay
Commander Byrd
Byrd
Amundsen and
Ellsworth
Byrd Reaches North Pole in Single-Plane Flight
Washington Post reports Commander Richard E. Byrd, U. S. Navy, completed a solo flight from Kings Bay Spitzbergen to the North Pole and back on a single aircraft. The achievement, praised as a historic naval aviation feat, invites comparison with past polar explorations and sparks public interest in Capt. Wilkins’s Alaska northward mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Polle
Comdr
Richard KE
Byrd
Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Pole
Polar Sea
Navy
Capt
Wilkins
Alaska
Virginian pioneers first to fly north pole voyage
The piece lauds a Virginian as the first to perform a north pole flight, praising courage and romance over scientific results. It emphasizes enduring glory for Virginians in war, peace, liberty, democracy, and leadership, while acknowledging uncertain material outcomes of the daring expedition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Baltimore Sun
Byrd
North Pole
Earth
Seven Seas
Columbus
Old Dominion
Byrd Reaches Pole in North Flight to the Pole
Commander Richard Evelyn Byrd returns safely to base at King's Bay Spitzbergen after a successful May 5 flight to the North Pole. Governor Byrd and family celebrate the achievement as the nation hails the first verified polar reach by an American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Richard Evelyn Byrd
North Pole
King's Bay
Spitzbergen
Byrd
New York Times
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
United States
Peary
Pole
Amundsen-Ellsworth
King’s Bay
Josephine Ford
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Dick” Byrd
Ca Aeee
Apple Industry Studied Across Three States
The economics of the Cumberland Valley apple industry in Pennsylvania West Virginia and Virginia will be studied by the U S Bureau of Agricultural Economics and the state experiment stations. C R Swinson will represent the Bureau while S W Fletcher and W
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Weaver
Pennsylvania
A. J. Dadigman
West Virginia
F. J. Schneiderhan
J. J. Vernon
Virginia
Washington
Cumberland Valley
United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
C. R. Swinson
Bureau
S. W. Fletcher
Yakima Apple Crop Seen Near Last Year Level
Yakima Valley forecasts indicate the apple crop may match or be slightly below last year, with about 15 000 cars overall. Delicious scarce, Jonathan fair, Winesaps uneven, pears dropping in some districts, peaches uncertain, prune light, and cherry frost damage noted. Shipments to April 20 total 250 cars that week, 13 842 cars year to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima
Wash
Yakima Valley
Jonathan
Resolution to dissolve W. H. Baker company in Winchester
Notice announces a special meeting of stockholders of W. H. Baker a West Virginia corporation held in Winchester Virginia on April 19 1926. Resolution directs dissolution and directs officers to take necessary steps by advertisement and other means to perfect the dissolution.
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West Virginia
Winchester
Virginia
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