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Show PLAIN AIR TRIP TO ARCTIC ZONE Motor Car Makers Will Make Hunting Journey n in Spring NEW YORK, Dec. 9 Six nationally national-ly known American manufacturers and capitalists will fly to the Arctic Circle next summer and within seventy-two hours will be shooting at walrusses and polar bears. They arc: I. M LTppercu, president of the Detroit Cadillac Motor Car company com-pany of Xew York and : plone. r In in tlon: Howard E. Coffin vico president Hudson Motor Car corporation corpora-tion and president of th National Aeronautic association: Harold 11 Emmons, president Detroit board i commerce; Dr James . inches, police po-lice commissi onor of Detroit William K. Metszgcr. president Letroit Athletic Ath-letic club, and Charles P. Redden, president of the Aeromarlnc Airways, Inc.. which operates Hying boats In Florida. New York and Lake Erle. A specially built twin Liberty en-cinod en-cinod aeromarine Inclosed caTSTh flying fly-ing bout Is under construction at the company's factory. The huge flying boat will leave over th waterways from New York early next summer and go to Montreal, thence up the Ottawa river and a chain of lakes to James bay By this route a safe landing place will always, be aai)able. After that the party will fly north to Hudson bay to the Arctic circle In all, about D.000 miles will be covered Tin. journey will tak-.-from two to four weeks, as It will be made by easy stages. Tho arctic wilderness will be brought within three days of New York. The sportsmen of the party will be. able to shoot walrus and polar bears, while the financiers will bo investigating in-vestigating the mineral, timber and fur supplies heretofore brought back from this northern region by explorers explor-ers after many months of hardships. The Canadian government has given official permission for this flight, which It is expected will be follow 1 by subsequent lr trips from New York. Gasoline and supplies will be furnished by tho Hudson's Day Co. I nn |