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...short time before the Nobile dirigible Italia plunged to destruction the "magnetic component" was worked out by Professor Aldo Pontremoli, who is now missing on the Polar ice. "He came toward me radiant with joy," said General Nobile, "crying that he had finished the calculation at last. He told me the figure, which, fortunately, I can still remember. Whoever is acquainted with these scientific problems will realize the immense value of this discovery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Medal | 8/20/1928 | See Source »

What of the strange Antarctic weather? What causes the terrific hurricanes, sometimes reaching a velocity of 120 miles an hour? What influence have Polar blizzards and monsoons on the climate of the southern hemisphere, upon the waters of the Nile? U. S. Weatherman William C. Haines, expert aerologist, will seek to interpret these phenomena...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Byrd's Plans | 8/20/1928 | See Source »

Frenzied cheering and moist tempestuous kisses greeted Polar Pilgrim-General Umberto Nobile & Party, last week, upon their return to Rome. Correspondent Edward Storer of the Chicago Daily News counted kisses, counted up 100 men and women who kissed General Nobile alone, stopped counting, dashed to file the hot news in a special radio despatch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Nobile Bussed | 8/13/1928 | See Source »

Even Titina, the famed little yapping fox terrier bitch belonging to General Nobile, also received a Roman Fascist cheer: "Ala-Ala-Alala!'!" She (8 lbs.) was declared by Radio Operator Giuseppe Biagi of the Expedition to have fearlessly yapped at and stampeded a polar bear (400 lbs., approx.). "Polar bear meat is very good," added Signor Biagi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Nobile Bussed | 8/13/1928 | See Source »

...made public, when the Standard Union had carried polite letters of congratulation from the country's celebrities, Publisher Block gave a theatre party. He bought out the house for a performance of George White's "Scandals," and asked his friends to help celebrate. Among the guests were Polar Pilgrim Byrd, Aviatrix Earhart, Mauler Dempsey. Both the purchase and the party were typical of Publisher Block...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Friend Block | 8/13/1928 | See Source »

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