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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...over the Arctic Ocean. The plan was to fly thus for six hours, then turn southwest, fly two hours, then turn back to Point Barrow. The territory thus circumscribed, 50,000 square miles lying polewards of Wrangel and Whitney islands had never been viewed by man.? It might contain land. . . . But Captain Wilkins did not return to Barrow as scheduled. After 82 hours his comrades at the base camp caught a radio flash: "Engine trouble." He and Pilot Eielson had been forced down 100 miles from shore, not west, but east of Barrow's longitude. A blizzard raged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Off Barrow | 4/11/1927 | See Source »

...erality. A man of little skill with words, he gets his effects with pa- tience and a hammer. To his famed Sorrel and Son he attached a long-burning fuse and its sale now exceeds 100,000. This latest book is interesting if only because it too may contain that element, for critics still undefined, which gives a book enormous popular appeal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Figures of Turf | 4/11/1927 | See Source »

...were set up and an edition of eight copies printed, three copies being destroyed. By this conduct ? seemingly inspired by a genuine desire to restrict the tale of his personal adventures to the circle of his personal friends ? Colonel Lawrence created the impression that his book must contain devasting secrets. It did not; but the public got that idea, became ravenously curious, and has raised the Colonel's literary fame beyond all reason...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NON-FICTION: Welsh Hero* | 4/11/1927 | See Source »

...Pools and Ripples" is to be the title of Professor Perry's book which is to appear at the close of this month. It is to be published by Houghton, Mifflin Company and will be contain only three or four short papers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TWO HARVARD PROFESSORS TO PUBLISH NEW VOLUMES | 4/6/1927 | See Source »

Following these two speeches moving pictures of last fall's Harvard-Yale football game will be shown. B. F. Cogan '23 and R. P. Bullard '24 will render song specialities while a college orchestra, which will be assembled by B. P. Hanighen '30 and will probably contain a large part of the Gold Coast Orchestra will furnish the music...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMAN SMOKER WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY | 4/5/1927 | See Source »

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