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Seward marked 2,900 miles traveled out of the 27,000 necessary to encircle the globe. Another 450 miles landed Lowell H. Smith, Erik Nelson and Leigh Wade at Chignik in spite of more "hardboiled" Alaska weather in the shape of snow squalls and high winds. Even the hardy aviators showed every sign of exhaustion, increased by anxiety at the disappearance of their Commander Major Frederick L. Martin. In spite of fatigue and weather they were preparing to seek their comrade, when news arrived of his rescue in Portage Bay by the U. S. destroyer Hull. A leaky tank...
Lieutenant Erik H. Nelson, 35, born in Stockholm, had seven years in internal combustion engineering before joining...
Engaged. Prince Erik, 31, third son of Prince Valdemar of Denmark, first cousin of King George of England and King Christian of Denmark, to Miss Lois Frances Booth, granddaughter of J. R. Booth, Canadian lumber king. Before announcing his engagement, the Prince renounced all rights to the Danish throne, for which he is eighth in direct male line, those preceding him being King Christian's two sons, Frédéric and Kund, his two brothers, Harald and Gustave, Harald's son (born in 1919), Prince Erik's father, Valdemar, his brother, Axel...
...fourth son of Prince Valdemar of Denmark, to Miss Eleanor Margaret Green of Manhattan, great granddaughter of Peter Cooper, founder of Cooper Union. To marry Miss Green, the Prince renounced all rights to the Danish throne, for which he is eighth in direct male line since his brother Erik relinquished his claim. Miss Green and her father, Dr. James O. Green, emphatically denied the report of an engagement...
...expedition will include from four to six planes. The planes must have a gasoline capacity of 1500 miles. They are now being selected by Lieut. Erik H. Nelson, who was engineer officer on the recent Alaskan and Porto Rican flights. Two points are certain. They will be equipped with Liberty motors (still the most reliable aero engine built) and will be of American design. The joy of victory in Macready and Kelly's transcontinental flight was sadly marred by the thought that they flew in a Fokker plane...