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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Gordon Bennett cup race. This cup has been held by Belgium for two years. Starting from St. Joseph, Mo., the men sailed southeastward with many adventures, trying to cover the greatest possible distance before being driven down. W. T. Van Orman in the Goodyear III succeeded in beating his only competitor, Capt. H. E. Honeywell in the St. Joseph, by 40-odd miles, covering a distance of almost 600 miles. The winner thus became entitled to a purse of $1,000, the Litchfield trophy, in addition to the right of representing the U. S. in the international balloon race...
Tonight's program will be as follows: 1. Introduction to Act III "Lohengrin" Wagner 2. Overture to "William Tell" Rossini 3. Jota Stoessel-Jacchia 4. Fantasia, "Fedora" Glordano 5. Twelfth Hungarian Rhapsody Liszt 6. Rachem (Invocation) Manna-Zucca (Orchestrated by A. Jacchia) 7. Scherzo, "The Flight of the Bumble Bee" Rimsky-Korsakov 8. Ouverture Soiennelle "1812" Tchaikovsky 9. Selection, "Carmen" Bizet 10. Valse Triste Sibelius 11. French Military March Saint-Saens
From Russia, came reports: 1) Of an unknown seal of King Artaxerxes (I or III) of Persia, rummaged out of a museum storeroom, together with numerous coins of the Golden Horde (Tartars) who set up a dynasty in Russia in the 13th Century; 2) on the slopes of Mount Ararat (Erivan, Armenia, the head of a life-size statue of an early Armenian King, wearing what seemed to be Christian earrings; 3) of Neanderthal skeletons (fourth human era), dug also in Erivan...
...improper spelling of the past tense of the verb "to broadcast." Just returning from abroad, I have noticed the publication of letters in TIME, Mar. 23 issue from two grammaticasters, viz: Mr. G. C. Miles of Princeton, N J, taking direct issue, and Mary Adda Reade of Oak Park, III., talking beside the point...
...same day, airship pilots of the U. S. Army Air Service had their troubles with a huge gas bag, in this case the TC-3, a nonrigid twin-motored airship of only 200,000 cu. ft., scarcely one-tenth the volume of the R-33. Sailing from Scott Field, III., the TC3 broke her rudder at Caseyville, Ill., soon after going aloft. For two hours, she drifted at the will of the wind, then negotiated a landing at Black Walnut, Mo., little the worse for wear...