’WORLD’S MOST WIDELY-TRAVELLED GIRL. —After visiting 43 countries and four continents, two cars of the Wanderwell Expedition reach Florida en route to the South Sea Islands. Mrs. Aloha Wanderwell, wife of the leader of the expedition, described how in Mozambique it took three months to c u t through 160 miles of underbrush with their two cars. They were forced to use bananas as a substitute for grease, and at one time burned elephant fat in the crank-case for lubrication oil. Photograph shows Mrs. Wanderwell, driving, and Miss Kunegal, with the two motor-cars that have accomplished such gruelling feats.
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Evening Star, Issue 20422, 1 March 1930, Page 7
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99’WORLD’S MOST WIDELY-TRAVELLED GIRL.—After visiting 43 countries and four continents, two cars of the Wanderwell Expedition reach Florida en route to the South Sea Islands. Mrs. Aloha Wanderwell, wife of the leader of the expedition, described how in Mozambique it took three months to cut through 160 miles of underbrush with their two cars. They were forced to use bananas as a substitute for grease, and at one time burned elephant fat in the crank-case for lubrication oil. Photograph shows Mrs. Wanderwell, driving, and Miss Kunegal, with the two motor-cars that have accomplished such gruelling feats. Evening Star, Issue 20422, 1 March 1930, Page 7
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