Word: byrds
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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While Richard Evelyn Byrd last week sought $200,000 in donations to complete his million-dollar expedition to the Antarctic, other parties were afield...
...Atlanta, Ga., are with Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson. Their message reached George Palmer Putnam, publisher, backer of their expedition, last week. Each boy has killed his lion. When they return this autumn they will write a book, Three Boy Scouts in Africa, for Mr. Putnam to publish. Commander Byrd last week was trying to choose a Boy Scout to go with him on his Antarctic trip...
...when the Standard Union had carried polite letters of congratulation from the country's celebrities, Publisher Block gave a theatre party. He bought out the house for a performance of George White's "Scandals," and asked his friends to help celebrate. Among the guests were Polar Pilgrim Byrd, Aviatrix Earhart, Mauler Dempsey. Both the purchase and the party were typical of Publisher Block...
...Names make news." Last week the following names made the following news: James Joseph Tunney sent a check for $1,000 to prospective Polar Pilgrim Richard Evelyn Byrd and a telegram: "If the American people knew what you are going to do and the difficulties attending the financing of an expedition of this magnitude, they would overwhelm you. My own check is a very humble indication of my own faith in your purpose...
...point of Norway across the island of Spitsbergen to Point Barrow, Alaska. If you fly about half this distance and look down, as likely as not you will see the block of ice which happens to be the North Pole. At that point you may shake hands, as Pilgrims Byrd and Bennett did in May, 1926. Or you may bare your head, as Pilgrims Nobile, Amundsen, Ellsworth, etc., did in May, 1926. Or you may fly sternly on, as Pilgrims Wilkins and Eielson did in April, 1928. Or you may drop flags, as Pilgrim Nobile...