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...nonstop. The flyers were Willy Rody, a German who had spent his inheritance on the plane; Christian Johanssen, a German-naturalized Dane; and Fernando Costa Viega, Portuguese sportsman. Their plane, christened the Esa for Rody's bride, reached the Azores, headed out over the Great Circle course towards Newfoundland...
...speed to 80 m. p. h.-30 m. p. h. less than the economical cruising speed of their plane. Also, the length of time indicated they were flying blind. Their compasses must'have gone wrong; they carried no radio. But they seemed unconcerned, headed for fog-bound Newfoundland...
...months ago the British Empire was jolted by a rumor: because the Government of Newfoundland was unable to find buyers for a mere $8,000,000 bond issue, worried Premier Sir Richard Squires was preparing to raise the money by selling Labrador to "foreign interests" (TIME, June...
...Richard, rushing from St. John's to Montreal to New York and back, trying to borrow money, insisted that the Colony was not bankrupt, that Newfoundland's financial difficulties were a political plot. Asked pointblank about the Labrador rumor, he said...
Last week Newfoundland's money troubles were suddenly solved. No province in distress ever had a stranger saviour. Miss Jeannette Lewis, a stocky lady with a large capable jaw and large capable feet, drove up to Montreal's swanky Ritz-Carlton hotel, registered, and let it be known that "myself and my associate" were ready to lend Newfoundland not only the $8,000,000 it asked for, but $109,000,000. Of this amount $10,000,000 was immediately available in cash...