Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-10-17 | Page 1 | Aerial Odyssey Ends in Manila

AERIAL ODYSSEY ENDS IN MANILA Newspaper Men Land Landin and andin in Philippines MANILA P. P I I. Oct 17 W UP The The first transpacific aerial passenger odyssey became history today when the China Clipper gracefully glided glided glided ed into Manila harbor today with witha a party of five newspaper men aboard The China Clipper one one of the Pan-American Pan Airways' Airways three giant flying boats that inaugurate regular regular regular reg reg- ular passenger service next Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wed Wed- over the mile sky lane from Alameda Gal Cal to Manila completed completed com corn the journey at p. p m. m 1216 a. a m. m M. M S. S T. T Tf 11 hours and 38 minutes after taking off from Guam on the mile 1600 hop Others of the Pan-American Pan armada armada armada ar ar- ar- ar mada r remained in sheltered coral coves on Pacific mid islands overnight overnight overnight over over- night before resuming preliminary passenger flights Juan Trippe president of the airline and a party of newspaper publishers capitalists a senator and their wives remained at Midway Midway Midway Mid Mid- way overnight after a mile 1304 flight from Honolulu on the Philippine Phil Phil- Clipper They resume their journey today The eastbound Hawaiian Clipper which will take the first commercial commercial com corn mercial load of passengers from Alameda toward the orient Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day was set down in Pearl barbor harbor harbor har bar bor at Honolulu yesterday after the short jump from Midway On Onboard Onboard Onboard board was H H. R R. Ekins New York World-Telegram World reporter who hopes to be back in New York from a world the jaunt after alter about 18 and a half haIt days elapsed time Ekins who began his trip September 30 on the Graf Von Hindenburg Hindenburg Hin- Hin denburg in company with two other other other oth oth- er reporters from rival newspapers and news agencies expected to be miles ahead of his coworkers before midnight Miss Dorothy Kilgallen Kil- Kil gallen of International News Service Ser Ser- vice and Leo Kieran of the New NewYork NewYork York Times are awaiting the return return re re- re- re turn of the China Clipper from the typhoon-swept typhoon Philippines in a day or two I