WYATT EARP WELCOMED
RECEPTION IN NEW YORK MR. ELLSWORTH RETURNS FLAG (Received April 20, 6.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, April 19 Mr. Lincoln Ellsworth's exploration vessel, the Wyatt Earp, was given a noisy reception as she steamed up the harbour to-day on her return from the Antarctic. The official reception committee, accompanied by Mr. Lincoln Ellsworth, sailed down the bay to greet Mr. T. H. Kenvon, Mr. Ellsworth's pilot on the Antarctic flight, and other members of the expedition. Mr. Ellsworth returned to the ship the American flag borrowed by the British research ship Discovery IT. when she rescued Messrs. Ellsworth and Kenyon from Little America on January 17.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22399, 21 April 1936, Page 9
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