Show Bottle Makes Makes' Sea Trip Faster Than Boat i WASHINGTON AP mileSa mileS a n. da day or 01 faster than old sailing vessels is the tho record established by bya byno a no bottle paper reported to the navy navy office THio lO bottle traveled miles from the Gulf of Tehuantepec on the western coast of Mexico to New Guinea It was thrown overboard by Second Officer J J. M. M Johansen of the tile Norwegian steamer IJ ellen July 12 1924 and was picked up December 13 13 1927 on the north coast of ot New v Ne Guinea Caught by tIle the the northeast trades trades' tho the bottle drifted into tho the north equatorial current setting westward westward westward west west- ward its drift passing Clipperton Island between n the tile Hawaiian Islands and Palmyra Island through the islands of the Marshall group thence southward of the Caroline Islands across tho the equator to the tile Hermit Islands or off the north coast of or New Guinea |