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Ever since the Atlantic fouled the gallant aviators, Francis Coli & Charles Nungesser, in their attempted flight over the ocean, France has grieved. Grief was tinged with resentment for robbing the nation of glory, two heroes of their lives. When, at the time Ruth Elder took off for Paris, two other brave Frenchmen, Dieudonne Costes & Joseph Le Brix, challenged the Atlantic, to another conflict, the hearts of all Frenchmen went with them. Their ship, the Nungesser-Coli, was to pick up the foil of the dead heroes, was to continue the duel on behalf of the entire nation...
...from Windsor, Ontario, and headed east. Late that night a telephone tinkled tidings to tho world from St. Johns, Quebec. The Royal Windsor had landed with one wing afire. The blaze was extinguished. Regretfully Flyers Clarence Schiller and Phil Wood took from the ship a wreath marked "Nungesser-Coli" which they had hoped to drop as a memorial into the vast grey sea. ¶For nearly a mile a huge Farman Bluebird snorted and rolled, gathering speed at Le Bourget Field, Paris. It rose, surprising some, for it weighed twelve tons. It was the largest ship yet to attempt...
...should be ashamed to think of his wife!* What she would think of you I know! When some funeral has been held for these heroes, when the beautiful custom of strewing rose leaves on the water has taken place, then you can write of Coli as "late" - not till then...
...good point, well taken, TIME stands rebuked, joins Madame Saval in the hope that Francois Coli and his gallant comrade will yet be found alive...
...error, Captain Coli has no wife. (His mother lives in Marseilles...