AERONAUTICS: Circummundane

The first lap of the 'round-the-world U. S. Army Aero journey, through California, Oregon and Washington was marked by gala days and nights. Sacramento, for example, gave Major Martin and his fellows a dinner dance, boxes of choice foods, gold nugget stickpins.

Sunday, March 30, was the day set for the departure of the globe-circlers from Seattle. They go 650 miles to Prince Rupert, B. C. In their stops on the coasts of British Columbia, Alaska, the Aleutian Islands, and Japan, the Army planes will not touch land but will remain tied to...

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