When the Shenandoah broke loose some months ago from its mooring mast at Lakehurst, N. J, and avoided destruction by supreme skill, cautious Mr. Coolidge vetoed all plans for a Polar flight. Now that the U. S. has two large dirigibles in its possession, and such perfect command of both ships has been demonstrated again and again, there is revived talk of the expedition. General Mason M. Patrick in fact wants the ZR3 transferred to the Army, and a race between ZR3 and Shenandoah "to either the North or the South Pole."...
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