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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (June 28, 1928)
They’ll Race Across Continent In an effort to lower the record of 26 hours 50 minutes for a trans-continental flight from the Pacific to the Atlantic, made by Lieutenants Kelly and MacReady in 1923, Lee Schoenhair (left) and H. J. Tucker will hop off in their Lockheed monoplane from the North Islanu naval air station for New York city. Theif craft is powered with a Wasp motor and ti similar to the plane in which Sir Gcorgf Wilkins flew over the North Pole. For Beauty Crown v finfarnatlnBAl N«vir«*l) CAN YOU TELL WHICH IS L1NDY?. Miss Mary Drew of Oklahoma City is going to Galveston, Texas, to pit her beauty against that of all the world in the In ternational Pulchritude pag eant. She is an honor student in her school. m/ Miss Amelia Earhart, Boston social worker, and Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, the world’s best known aviator, look enough alike in their flying helmets to double for each other. Even to the close-cropped, yellow hair which fits her head like a bronze cap, does Miss Earhart resemble Lindy, and she possesses his infectious smile and dislike of publicity. For your information, hers is the picture on the left: on the right is Colonel Lindbergh. (International Kewareef) LATEST PICTURE OF INFANTE JAIME hen the rumor that King Alfonso intended to petition His xioiiness, the Pope, for an annulment of his marriage to Queen Victoria reached the Infante Jaime, oldest son of the royal couple, he greeted it with open-mouthed astonishment. The intante (in uniform) is here shown with Captiin Antelo, his mentor and constant companion. (International Newsreel) Knighted by King lie’s Sir George Wilkins now, is the intrepid Australian sol lier of fortune who flew over the North Pole for th*» honor of England and the advance ment of science, King George having bestowed knighthood upon him in his birthday list of honors. The doughty ex plorer plans an Antarctic expe dition late this summer, but disclaims any intention of mak ing a race out of it with Com mander Richard E. Byrd. (International Illustrated Newel WHERE PACIFIC FLIGHT LANDED SAFELY ■in.—i i _ Thia fine air view shows Wheeler Field, Hono lulu, where the trans-I'acilie plane, “Southern Croaa," landed mi safety. Captain Kingsford Smith and hia crew expect to remain here two dava and then hop off on the second leg to tbo Fiji Islands, on the wav to Australia. Seeks World Crown - in»W—r \--—*—I Miss Flecta Doyle of Biloxi, Miss., is a talented beauty who will be “Miss Biloxi” in the In ternational Pulchritude pageant at Galveston, Texas. Miss Doyle is a very popular young lady in her home town. (International Newireolt Backs Earhart Flight Lady Frederick E. Guest, the former Amy Phipps, is be lieved to be one of the backers af Miss Amelia Earhart’s trans Atlantic flight, rumor crediting her with giving $40,000 toward purchase of the tri-motored Fokker plane from Commander Richard E. Byrd. (International Illustrated New*) Inherits a Throne Thousands will he envious ol tli« stripling pictured alwee, for he innetits the overlordship of a million subjects and mora wealth than he can possibly spend in a lifetime. He is Mar* tanda Sydney, twelve, son of the late Rajah of Pudukota, who died suddenly in tha American Hospital at Neuilly, Prance. M.irtandu's uncle will tet as regent until he ia twenty one. j !1E HELD PLANE ON A TRUE COURSE Here is Capt. Harry W. Lyon, navigator of the trans-Pacific monoplane Southern Cross, some of the instruments which helped him to dodge storms, head winds and South Sea squalls on the flight from Hawaii to the island of Suva. Old-timers in the islands regard the feat as approaching perfection, for not only was he obliged frequently to depart from his course lie cause of storms, but he jockeyed the big plane in such manner that Capt. Kingsford-Smith was aided by following winds the entire distance. ^itirntUontl IllutraUd N«w») Meets Savage Death Little Dorothy Sielagowski, aged 7, of Toledo, Ohio, was snatched from her bed in the dead of night and brought back an hour afterward, strangled to death. According to the Toledo police reports, Charles Hoppe, a taxi driver, has confessed to the crime. * ***** Mitchel Field Head Here is an exclusive picture of Henry C. Pratt, the new com manding officer at Mitchel Field. He succeeds Major John M. Reynolds, a personal friend of manv ye-ir«t standing Heads Chamber William Ilutterworth of Mo line, III., farm machinery man ufacturer, is the newly elected president of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce. UMWMIl-Wl «UUM*4 W Crowned Best Dresred Miss Holly Shiveley of Northwestern University, Chi :ago, 111., says she spends $1,100 a year to maintain her title of best dressed girl at the university and that she could rlress well on half the amount, but not retain the honor. tntamatlonal Newsreel) t Her Fate in Balance If Mrs, Eva Dugan is hanged in the Arisons penitentiary at Florence for the alleged mur der of A. J. Mathis, ranchman, ■he will l»e the first woman to pay the supreme penalty in tho state's history. Her case it now being reviewed by tha board of pardons following a ■tav granted by tha thief «a» arutiva. 'UnmimU Ihwwll