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WILKINS AND EIELSON 'Australian Press Association—United Service. (Received 25th May,' 1 p.m.) OSLO, 24th May. Oslo triumphantly received. Captain Wilkins and Lieutenant Eielson on their arrival from Bergen. The president of the Norwegian Geographical Society, headed the welcoming delegation, and crowds cheered the airmen en
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route to the Grand Hotel, where tho Royal Suite was put at their disposal. They motored to the home of ; Captain Amundsen, who held a 'special reception. The American Minister lunched the airmen. > ,' , There was a city gala and banquet' ing in the evening, when' Captain Amundsen, president of the newlyfoundod Norwegian Aero Club, decorated the airmen with tho club's Gold Medal, saying that they had covered more unknown territory than any other airmen. ' Wilkins and Eielson appropriately responded. '
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 122, 25 May 1928, Page 9
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131FETED AT OSLO Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 122, 25 May 1928, Page 9
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