Northwest History. Alaska. Distance Flights.

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1932
• Subjects: James Mattern; Nome; Alaska; airport; Lockheed cabin monoplane; St. Lawrence island; Khabarovsk; Bering sea; Della Mattern; New York; United Press; Walla Walla; Dixie; the Siberian coast; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th century; Bering Sea; Lawrence Island; Lookout; Pacific; St Lawrence Island
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/90262

Alaskans On Lookout For Jim Mattern. ALASKANS ON LOOKOUT FOR JIM MATTERN NOME, Alaska, June 12.—(U.P.)—The local airport here buzzed with excited people today as the time approached for the expected arrival of James Mattern, who is attempting to circle the globe in his speedy Lockheed cabin monoplan...