Word: hr
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...personages who were to attend the christening, four were most acutely concerned: quiet, young Commander Rosendahl, about to receive the Akron as his command, a veteran of 3,333 hr. dirigible flight; Dr. Arnstein, gentle-mannered, owlish, designer of the ship, who deprecated the celebration as "boasting before the baby actually walks"; hardbitten Admiral Moffett who won the $8,000,000 authorization for the Akron and her sister (ZRS-5) in the face of terrific opposition aroused by the Shenandoah disaster; and Goodyear-Zeppelin's President Paul Weeks Litchfield...
...Most renowned U. S. banker J. Pierpont Morgan steamed into Southampton water last week on his yacht Corsair after a record Atlantic crossing (7 days, 7 hr.), the Corsair's second this year. He laughed when asked if he had hurried to participate in the London Conference, said he would spend a few weeks at Wall Hall, his Hertfordshire estate, shoot a few grouse in Scotland. In 1926 a Morgan loan helped save the French franc from collapsing. In 1925 a Morgan bond issue of $100,000,000 helped pull Italy from grave financial difficulties. Four months...
King Prajadhipok and Queen Ram-baibarni of Siam took a 7-hr, cruise in the dirigible Los Angeles over New York City, Long Island and the New Jersey coast, napped a while in the commander's cabin. In the party were a Siamese lady-in-waiting and Mrs. William B. Sayles, wife of a Brooklyn Navy Yard captain. The ladies were the first ever to ride in the Los Angeles. Next day the Siamese court left the U. S. for Canada...
...Dorade, 52-ft. yawl sailed by Olin J. Stephens II & crew of seven: a race from Newport, R. I. to Plymouth, England, in 17 days, 2 hr., 14 min. Shrewd, 22-year-old Skipper Stephens gambled on a northern course, caught following winds most of the way. Partner in a Manhattan firm of naval architects, he designed Dorade last year, is part owner with his father who was one of his crew. Second in the race was Richard F. Lawrence's Skål; third Paul D. Rust Jr.'s Amberjack II. William Roos's sloop Lismore...
...intend to push farther north. There was only the remotest possibility that he would venture to the Pole. More likely was the tentative course east to Northern Land, south to Cape Chelyuskin and back to Archangel via the Siberian Coast. Approximate distance: 6,200 mi. Estimated flying time: 100 hr...