Amelia Earhart Pacific Ocean flight...

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January 14, 1935

LEOMINSTER ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, January 14, 1935

* Amelia Earhart (female aviator)
* Pacific Ocean flight success (Hawaii to Oakland)

This 8 page newspaper has a one column headline on the front page: "AMELIA EARHART PUTNAM FINISHES PACIFIC FLIGHT" with photo of Earhart.

Other news of the day throughout with much on the Charles Lindbergh baby kidnapping trial. Light browning with little spine wear, otherwise good

wikipedia notes: On January 11, 1935, Earhart became the first person to fly solo from Honolulu, Hawaii to Oakland, California. Although this transoceanic flight had been attempted by many others, most notably by the unfortunate participants in the 1927 Dole Air Race which had reversed the route, her trailblazing flight had been mainly routine, with no mechanical breakdowns. In her final hours, she even relaxed and listened to "the broadcast of the Metropolitan Opera from New York.

Category: The 20th Century