CIRCLING THE WORLD
AMERICAN JOURNALISTS PROGRESS OF THE CONTEST HONOLULU, Oct. 18. Mr Ekins is due at San Francisco at noon to-day. He expects to have breakfast in New York to-morrow. The China clipper arrived at Cavite Harbour yesterday. Mr Kiernan and Miss Kilgallen were among the passengers. A previous message stated: Lord Rothermere, who is visiting Manila, is willing to bet 1,000,000 dollars that his newspapers will beat any record established by the American journalists who are circling the world. H. Ekins, of the Scnpps Howard newspapers, who is leading in the race, took off from Cavite naval base for Guam this morning aboard the Hawaii clipper en route to Wake, Midway Islands, Honolulu, San Francisco and New York. Miss Dorothy Kilgallen, of the Hears! newspapers, and Leo Kiernan, of the North American Newspaper Alliance, are aboard the Steamer President Pierce, and are expected at Manila in time to reach the China clipper leaving for Guam on Friday. Meanwhile Lauren Lyman, of the North American Newspaper Alliance, is flying by the China clipper to-day from Wake Island, en route to Guam, and it is expected that the two clippers will land at Guam together to-night.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23016, 20 October 1936, Page 9
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196CIRCLING THE WORLD Otago Daily Times, Issue 23016, 20 October 1936, Page 9
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