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THE CHINA MAIL
World News In
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Gene Sarnzin pradiy showing to two female admirers the $10,000 cheque presented to him na first prize after his victors in the rich
Aqua Caliente open championship,
Accidents will happen even to the best of pilota. In the case Lieut. James Deolittle, former Army ace and now Guggenheim expert, whose Lockheed-Vegu menopano came to grief at Mitchel Field. L... while the flyer, was taking off for St. Louis. DooMttle, his wife and their children, John and Jimmie, jun., escaped unhurt.
Uncle Sam's largest seaplane, which has just successfully undergone a series of rigid tests at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa., in preparation for its fight to Washington, D.C. AL- though primarily a passenger transport 'plant, equipped, to carry fourteen passengers, and mail, the craft may be quickly converted into a bomber or torpedo ship, a 20-passenger troop transport, or a hospital air ambulance. The new 'plane is expable of carrying two Mark IV. torpedoes weighing 1,800 pounds coch.
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S.SVIILIAM SCORESBY USED BY CAFTLILKINS AND PERSONNEL.
WHALED SEARCHING FOR MISHING AIRMEN
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CAPTAIN WILKINS
BASE AT DECEPTION ISLAND
PLANE USED BY EXPLORER
After two weeks of ominous si lonce, the steamship William Scoresby, base ship of Captain Sir Hubert Wilkins' Antarctic operations, has at last been heard from Neirs of the missing perty came from one of the whalers that have been attempting to find the Scoresby and its party since they vanished more than two weeks ago, after setting out through a rea of broken ice in an attempt to find a taking off place for Wilkins' proposed Ross Seu flight over the polar cap.
Now York, Feb. 11. Sir finbert Wilkins and his companions Į silence of over two weeks duration. "Scoresby heard from 1400 G. M. T. Somewhere in the sea of ice, south on board. There has been growing | Newą that the missing party had been (9 m.) Eastern Standard Time." The by Emperar Hirohito in recognition of his services in the interests of of Deception Isinad in the Antarctic, is anxiety as no word comes from the heard from has been recofyed at the massage came from one of the whalers Shat was presented the steamship William Scoresby with radio carried by the party to break a base radio station. The message said that have been attempting to find the Borint welfare,
missing virnen. " with a handsome Rilver cup.
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// GLENN" CURTIS,
LANGLEY FTANE Romance, fantasy, imagination, Dr. Samual Plerpont Langley; the build a big man-carrying machine: genius, all these elements are bat part- great astronomer, who was secretary The story of the unfortunate begin of the fascinating story of man's efforts of the Smithsonian Institution at Washing of a fight that ended in the to find a maching that would carry him inston, was one of the many scientists Potomac rather than in the glorifies through the air, swiftly exfolently, who were fascinated by the possibility tion of the inventor is too well known From the crude sketches of a flying mas of buljding & practical flying mach chine to be driven by flapping wings," He built wonderful steam-dri envisioned and drawn by Lognezdo das mide) which few 1,000 feet at Q Vinci, the great painter), „ho lived- tico, Virginia, on May 6, 1896. the fifteenth century,
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known, however, that years after Glenn Curtika took the fil-fet chine and successfully, dew it at monds, N,YA, thereby complete! deating Dr. Langley
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The base for operations selected by Captain Wilkins is Deception Island, one, of the South Shetland group in the Weddell Quadrant of Antarctica, The explorer left there sailing in a general southerly, course in the effort to dis. cover asuitable take-off point for the proposed Ros3 Sea fight across the polar cap. The base ship, the Melvillt. which is at Decoption faland, is not. thought likely to aid in the search as the 160 med at 'two' whaling stations are dependent upon her.
She Had been in radio communication with the William Scoresby until two weeks ago, the messages at the time coming in exceptionally clearly and re- gularly. Whalers stationed the great Antarctic waters are not only sonding their radio bearings at frequent inter- vals but are keeping a close look-out, for the Scoresby and its gallant pas sengers. With Captain Wilkins'aro A}| Cheeseman, Parker Cramer and Orval Porter, all of them familiar with Polar exploration. At first it was conjectured that the radio carried by the vessof had met with a mishap, but it is thought that if that eventuality had oe- curred, repairs would have been effectel by this time. N
Sir Hubert Wilkins is one of the gal lant band of men who look lightly upon hardship and danger in their work for science. Glory and public adulation are of no interest to such men, as they class themselves as servants of science! Captain Wilkins epoch making flight Chanute made many types of gliders, over the North Pole with Lieutenant some of them weird hve-decker contrap. Eleison, who is missing in the North tions, in which, however, he made some Polar regions, la but one of his very successful fights. He paved the scientific achievements. one way for the first efforts of the Wright
brothers, who were building materies prize by the Guggenheim Foundation. sliding machines In 1901. They made. It has successfully passed every quali lide of over 600 feet in their trials cation test and is a biplane built by ancouraged them so install an the Curtiss Aeroplane Corporation, The rest is closely intere pladers in the field aeronautics, The story of modern tying Cartias Tanger biplane is indeed de the white of the pro serving of the description of foolproof, onderful mactine that as it has concinaively proved in the
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