Word: round-the-world
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...Berlin and Richard Evelyn Byrd took off for the Continent, landing in the French surf. Roosevelt saw Wiley Post and Harold Gatty fly off in the Winnie Mae one June day in 1931, return eight days, 15 hours, 51 minutes later, having set a new round-the-world mark; seven years later Douglas Corrigan roared away for "California," wound up at Baldonnel Airfield, Dublin, and went down in history as "Wrong Way Corrigan." Then five years ago, Roosevelt's history-making days seemed over; housing developments were going up all around it, and it was closed...
Ruth V. Cook (right), retiring after 36 years as librarian of the Design School, examines the itinerary for a round-the-world tour on which Design School alumni are sending her. Presented with close to $2,400 at a reception in Fogg Museum yesterday, Miss Cook was "speechless with surprise and pleasure," and said she would need some time to decide exactly where to go on her trip...
GLOBAL FLIGHTS are growing so fast (12,768 passengers in 1955 v. 444 in 1950) that the Civil Aeronautics Board wants more competition for Pan American, now the only U.S. flying round-the-world line. A CAB examiner recommended that Trans World Airlines get a link into Manila, where it can connect up with Northwest Airlines to form a global...
...Europe's museums and cathedrals; for those who like music a 50-day whirl from Bayreuth to Rome, Wagner to Verdi. In addition, 16,000 ocean cruise passengers (average age: 65) each year take American Express shore tours or buy the whole cruise, e.g., a 97-day, round-the-world trip (cost: up to $20,000) on the Kungsholm...
...registrant may be in a position to render which are required by the affairs of the Republic of Turkey in the U.S." Last week, after a seven-day visit to get acquainted with his clients and the outlines of his assignment, Lawyer Dewey flew off on a round-the-world tour, planned to be back by Oct. 27 to talk Turkey in the U.S. The retainer to the law firm of Dewey, Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer and Wood: $150,000 a year, with expenses to be paid...