DEPARTURE OF BYRD'S SECOND SHIP
STRANGE VARIETY OK STOKES BAYONNE (rJew Jersey), Oct. 13. To the tunc of grinding winches, the howls of.' .150 sled dog:;, and the mooing of two cows which will supply the expedition with fresh milk, the Jacob Ruppei't, RearAdmiral R. E. Byrd's supply ship, cast off for the. Antarctic to-day. There arc also aboard two cats, b'oo,ooo cigarettes, 587 toothbrushes, 15 tons of sugar, two snowploughs, an autogiro. a yacht, eight radio sets, and 31,000 bottles of beer.
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Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20987, 16 October 1933, Page 10
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