National Topics. General O to S. Box 42.

Noted Pioneer Aeronaut Dies. Noted Pioneer Aeronaut Dies. Walter Wellman Famed for Attempt to Ely Atlantic New York, Jan. 31. ap)—Walter Wellman, 75, pioneer aeronaut and scientist, died today after an illness of three months. Wellman was noted principally as having been the first man to attempt to...

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spelling ftwashstatelib:oai:content.libraries.wsu.edu:clipping/98140 2023-05-15T17:39:51+02:00 National Topics. General O to S. Box 42. The Spokesman Review 01-31-1934 Noted Pioneer Aeronaut Dies. 01-31-1934 http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/98140 English eng nwh-s-42-1-6 http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/98140 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0 Copyright not evaluated. Contact original newspaper publisher for copyright information. General O-S National Topics Box 42 National Topics Obituaries Walter Wellman attempted 1910 cross atlantic flight first to attempt flight dirigible settled in water explored poles distinguished journalist United States -- History -- General O-S Text Clippings 1934 ftwashstatelib 2021-07-26T19:21:42Z Noted Pioneer Aeronaut Dies. Noted Pioneer Aeronaut Dies. Walter Wellman Famed for Attempt to Ely Atlantic New York, Jan. 31. ap)—Walter Wellman, 75, pioneer aeronaut and scientist, died today after an illness of three months. Wellman was noted principally as having been the first man to attempt to cross the Atlantic ocean by air. He and a crew of five took off from Atlantic City for London in 1910 in the dirigible America, but after 79 hours the airship settled to the water and the steamship Trent picked up the Wellman earlier had made several attempts to reach the north pole afoot and by airship. He was a distinguished journalist, founding the Cincinnati Evening Post at the age of 21 and serving for many years as Washington correspondent of the old Chicago Herald. Text North Pole Washington State University: WSU Libraries Digital Collections North Pole Wellman ENVELOPE(-61.400,-61.400,-64.483,-64.483)
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United States -- History -- General O-S
National Topics. General O to S. Box 42.
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United States -- History -- General O-S
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