Word: dec
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...months ago the U. S. joined Canada, the Irish Free State and Great Britain in a pact for joint operation of airlines across the North Atlantic (TIME, Dec. 16). Last week the U. S. made a similar agreement with Germany. Conclusions...
...taciturn Captain Edwin C. Musick of the China Clipper keeps a diary, he last week had good reason for grumping in it. The proud program of spanning the Pacific, which he began for Pan American Airways with much éclat last autumn (TIME, Dec. 2 et seq.), has ever since run more & more askew in a crescendo of frustration which last week attained a new climax. The diary...
...Dec. 9: The Philippine Clipper took off attempting the same feat, got to Manila on schedule, was delayed there four days by bad weather. Back in Honolulu, she made one false start for San Francisco, tried again, finally got there with one engine dead...
...Dec. 22: Having posed in Santa Claus costume, Capt. Musick took off with the first load of Pacific air express. After 700 miles he met a storm. True to his traditional caution, he turned about, returned to San Francisco...
...Dec. 24, 25, 26: Flight scheduled, canceled because of bad weather...