Word: australia
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...enclose check for renewal. TIME has become a necessity. A perfect antidote to wordy news and vain repetitions. Style reminds me of Sydney Bulletin, Australia's national weekly. This paper was started without a staff, run mainly on contributions from all over the country, from mines, cattle stations and the bush. These were edited by the office...
...nest egg of $1,000,000 within a year. Will Rogers, funnyman and newspaper philosopher, suggests that the U. S. Government give him a life pension and a high position in the aviation service. Others believe that he should glorify the U. S. by new exploits, flights to Australia, to the South Pole, around the world...
Meanwhile, Captain Lindbergh is saying little, waiting until he returns to the U. S. to make his plans. He has, however, denied the report that he will soon attempt a flight to Australia. He may return to the air mail service. He may enter the airplane manufacturing business, perhaps in the Ryan Airlines, Inc., of San Diego, Calif., which-built his monoplane. Said Benjamin F. Mahoney, president of the Ryan company: "Lindbergh flies, but he keeps his feet on the ground...
England to Australia. Dennis Rooke, onetime member of the British Royal Flying Corps, clad in a grey lounge suit and civilian overcoat climbed in his Moth de Havilland plane last week; set out for Australia, 11,000 miles away. He took along a collapsible bathtub, a few spare parts and maps. He in-tended to make short, leisurely hops. The flight was stimulated by a $10,000 bet, which was later canceled...
...Chicago air mail route. He is a prominent member of the Caterpillar Club, having four times become a butterfly and descended to earth in a parachute. In the Missouri National Guard he earned the rank of captain. As his next exploit, he is considering a flight from California to Australia (6,500 miles), with a stop at Hawaii...