ROUND WORLD

Hokitika Guardian, 15 October 1936, Page 3

ROUND WORLD

A RET OF MILLION DOLLARS

United Press Association--R; Elect)*' Telegraph—Copy right).

MANILA, October 14

Lord Rothermere, who is visiting Manila, i s willing to , bet 1,000,000 dollars that representatives of. his newspapers will beat “any record established by the American journalists circling the world. Air H. Ekins (gc-ripps-Howard Newspapers), who is leading in the race took off from Cavite naval base f «r Guam tliis morning aboard the Hawaii Clipper, on route for Make and 'Midway Islands, Honolulu, San Francisco, and New Y rk. Miss Dorothy Kiig'llcn (Hearst Newspapers, ,T<d Mr Leo Kienan (North American Newspaper Alliance) are aboard the steamer, President Pierce, who is expected at Manila in time to connect with the China Clipper leaving for Guam on Friday. Lauren Lyman (North American Newsnaner Alliance) who is travelling from oasf to west, is Hying in a China Clipper to-dav from Wake Island, on route to Guam. Tt is expected that the two clippers will *land at Guam together to-night. •The three American journalist-, left New York on September 30 with the intention of m a king a trip riurd the world in los s than .three weeks using only regular modes of passenger tr.ans- , portatiou. They crossed the Atlantic in the German Zenpelin Hindenhu’ - ". but through the Zcpoclin being four hours late in arriving at Frank mt they missed their first connection with the air liner which was to take t'*em acros s Europe. They then separated, using diHereivt aiy routes to Fong Kong. From tVro they planned NWo J)V steame to Manila to rntumt **’i J h P->ll-American Airways’ - trans-Pacific service.]