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...Included in her [the Lusitania's] cargo was a small consignment of rifle ammunition and shrapnel shells weighing about 173 tons...
Prior to perpetrating such pap for gullibles, young Erskine Gwynne, son of the late famed international polo player Edward Gwynne, reamed high explosive shells in a French munition factory (1915-17), soldiered in the A. E. F. (1917-18), and worked his way around the world on cargo boats (1919-22). Returning to Paris he found a berth with exquisite yet potent Henri Letellier. Of this Croesus among Paris publishers it is said on intimate authority that he owns 1,260 suits of clothes, and everyone knows that he has eleven motor cars, favoring Voisins. Le, tellier has been Mayor...
...Stradivari in 1712 for the Grand Duke of Tuscany, later owned by Karl Davidoff, cellist at the Imperial Russian Court. Valued at some $85,000 it came to the U. S. to enter the Wurlitzer collection. Capt. Thomas, himself a violinist, agreed it was .too valuable for the regular cargo, offered himself as bodyguard...
...Mahoney Aircraft Corp. (Mahoney-Ryan) San Diego, Calif. / Ryan / Passenger & cargo / . $12,200 / Lindbergh & Spirit of St. Louis...
Stinson Aircraft Corp. Northville, Mich. / Stinson-Detroiter / Passenger & cargo / . . . . . . .$6,750-$12,500 / Two biplanes used by Wilkins for his Arctic Expedition, 1927. A Stinson monoplane The Pride of Detroit was used by Brock & Schlee for their Newfoundland-Japan flight...