AERONAUTICS: Mystery Ship

A fortnight ago, the Boston Traveler told a mysterious yarn about a famed aviator (unnamed) who is secretly hard at work on a giant transatlantic airplane, somewhere in Massachusetts.

Having given its curious readers the parsley, the Boston Traveler last week revealed the meat. The aviator's name is Harry N. Atwood. For the last five years, he has been drawing up plans in his hilltop home in Monson, Mass., for a multi-motored, heavier-than-air ship capable of carrying 100 passengers across the Atlantic in less than 48 hours.

The ship will be all-metal, have enormous...

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