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...James and J. H. Cunningham of the Federal Reserve Board, and Eugene Meyer, Jr., Managing Director of the War Finance Corporation, left the capital for Chicago to study the Western banking situation "at the suggestion of the President." ¶ President Coolidge wrote to the officers and crew of the Shenandoah (see Page 22) : "I congratulate you most heartily upon the fine exhibition of skill displayed by you"; to a Farmer-Manufacturer "Convention in Chicago: "The plight of the farmers in recent years has been ... a menace to the prosperity of every other element of the community"; on the 218th birthday...
...American plans have temporarily balked Captain Roald Amundsen's projected airplane flight. The Norwegian had planned to finance his trip by the sale of motion pictures. The Pathe Company, when the Shenandoah announcement was made, stopped negotiations with Amundsen. Emil Henne, Amundsen's manager, resigned. Amundsen hopes to start for Spitzbergen in May with three Dornier hydroplanes now under construction at Friedrichshafen. If a landing place can be found at the Pole, he will establish a gasoline and supply base, hop back to the ship at Spitzbergen, and start out again with more supplies for the long flight to Alaska...
...Stefansson, the apostle of the "friendly Arctic." Polar exploration is not what it used to be, he laments, and he is going to quit. Modern inventions, safety and comfort have lessened the joy of the venturesome explorer and it is now a humdrum sort of job. Stefansson believes the Shenandoah will attain her goal without mishap...
...cost of the Shenandoah trip will be about...
While the polar trip of the American Shenandoah is being decided upon, the loss of the French Dixmude serves to emphasize the dangers of the project...