To 18 men and four women it was adventure worth $20 per hour; to 42 men. officers and crew, it was a 23-day routine; to Dr. Hugo Eckener and a group of officials in Berlin it was a momentous bid for future supremacy in Europe-South America commerce when the Graf Zeppelin poked its nose through murky skies over Friedrichshafen last week and started its 18,000-mile flight to Seville, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro; thence to Havana, Lakehurst, N. J., and home. Every attempt was made to emphasize the casual business-like aspect of the...
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