Word: omaha
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Convention for 1925 was promised to Omaha; for 1926, to Philadelphia. An invitation was received from France to hold the 1928 Convention in Paris...
After a brief rest, they hopped 440 miles to Omaha, where their arrival was marked by a holiday for school children and others. In Tucson, Ariz., the next stop, they were again feted for their feat, in spite of the fact that Governor G. W. P. Hunt, stricken with appendicitis, could not be present. The following day, they hopped to San Diego and stared, like stout Cortez, with eagle...
...evening he talked by telephone, with Major General Robert L. Bullard, at New York; Major General Harry C. Hale, at Chicago; Major General George B. Duncan, at Omaha; Major General Charles G. Morton, at San Francisco.* Connections were made so that all five heard what the others said, and radiocasting stations spread all their remarks far and wide...
...Omaha answered the next switch of signals: "This is Duncan talking...
...attain an elevation of more than 6,500 ft. The bastions ,of the Rockies, therefore, were impassable; they felt obliged to skirt them. The route was changed. Leaving Chicago, they were scheduled to fly, not by way of Cheyenne and Salt Lake City, but to veer south, with Omaha, Dallas and Tucson as their main stopping places on the sky trail to California...