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...Davis, His Majesty bestowed the Grand Cordon of the Royal Order. Stiff little women in pearl-encrusted cloth-of-gold performed a royal ballet. Then the Davis party motored on to Siam, lamenting perhaps that U. S. Colonial policy does not permit the existence of genial kings who could thrill distinguished visitors by conferring on them whatnots...
...purposes are to explore the Arctic Ocean floor, to study Arctic currents, temperatures, flora & fauna, to make meteorological observations, to search for an island or stationary ice floe where a weather station might be built, and to thrill Hearstpaper readers. He has radio receiving and sending equipment in the ship, will steadily report the minutiae of his progress, just as the world cruise of Dr. Hugo Eckener's* Graf Zeppelin were reported by him. Lady Grace Drummond Hay and Karl von Wiegand...
Joyrides in the Graf Zeppelin have been only for thrill-hunters of the economic calibre of William B. Leeds. The Graf's transatlantic fare last year was $2.000 to Spain, $2,250 to Germany. Last week Hamburg-American line, agent for Liftschiffbau Zeppelin announced "Zep rides for everybody" for next summer. Four-hour flights from Friedrichshafen over either Lake Lucerne, the Black Forest or the Tyrol will cost about $36 per passenger, provided 30 to 35 passengers participate. Longer, costlier flights are also scheduled...
...only I had skill, sir Just to draw as you can write, Wisconsin I would thrill, sir, With a sketch in black and white...
...whimsically to a course of instruction through which radio experts and monsignori of his household skilled in diction are putting him. . . . Although the Pontiff will speak in Latin [over the radio Feb. 12] his advisers want his voice to carry over the air in such a manner as to thrill even the listeners who do not understand the words. The Pope has a clear, cultivated voice of rich timbre, but of moderate strength...