Word: doled
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Third Woman Lost. Vivian Jackson has been buried in Indianapolis. She was riding with Sergeant Ralph A. Gordon, Indiana National Guard, when his plane went into a tail spin, crashed. Her death was the third tragedy among women in two weeks: Mildred Doran, Dole Flight passenger, disappeared in the Pacific; at Youngstown, Ohio, Gladys Roy, girl stunt flyer, stepped into her whirling propeller...
...folks, it's great to be here." With these words the flight for the $25,000 prize offered by James D. Dole, "pineapple king," ended at Wheeler Field, Honolulu. Arthur C. Goebel stepped out of his plane, the Woolaroc, and waved to 30,003 assembled under the clear blue Hawaiian sky. The small figure of a woman raced up to him, exclaiming: "God bless you, where is Martin?" She was Mrs. Martin Jensen, wife of a pilot in the flight. Two hours later Martin Jensen swung his Aloha down from Hawaiian sky, jumped out, into the arms...
Sifting qualifications, testing ships (three pilots dying in the process), bickering a little, postponing the starting time, those concerned in the Dole prize flight to Hawaii finally set their stage...
...Honolulu is tired of delay," said Flyer Clarke. "I don't much care if I am disqualified as a Dole entrant or not. I imagine if I get there first Dole will...
...runway. Mr. Clarke leaned out, called: "As long as I can't see the start of this race I'll be at the other end to see the finish!" Into the plane jumped Mr. Babb, hatless in business clothes. The motor hummed; the plane took off. A Dole official told the crowd Mr. Clarke had not qualified, had not a chance to win the prize if he made the flight...