REFUSES £60,000
OFFERS TO YOUNG FLIER "NOT INTERESTED IN MONEY" LONDON", July 2C» Mr. Douglas C'orrigan, the young American who, after having flown the Atlantic, arrived in Ireland with lo dollars, has turned down offers amounting to i'GO.OOO. 1 hose wore made to him for exclusive stories, broadeastir'g and appearing in li I ins and on music halls. On receiving an offer of £IOOO sterling, for vaudeville appearances in the ( iiited States, Mr. C'orrigan said ho was shocked at the suggestion that ho would appear in music halls. "I am not going to commercialise the flight. Money hasn't any interest for mo," he said.
1 lie aeroplane lias been shipped for exhibition at the New York World Fair.
.Mr. Corrigan leaves for New York next Saturday. It is stated £200,000 awaits him il hp will aeeept it.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23103, 30 July 1938, Page 13
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