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September 1, 1925

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ONE PLANE FLYING, ONE NOT REPORTED ON HAWAIIAN FLIGHT; PN-9, No. 1, Making Good Progress at 11:30; No. 3 Not Heard from in Several Hours. LEADER REPORTS ALL WELL Radio Picks Up Second Guard Ship Only a Few Minutes After Passing the First. SHOULD LAND IN 26 HOURS Navy Believes Conditions Are Favorable for a New Record -- PB-1 Will Follow Alone.

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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 31 (AP). -- Two giant naval seaplanes, the PN-9 No. 1 and the PN-9 No. 3, darted out of San Pablo Bay, a northern arm of San Francisco Bay, shortly before 3 o'clock this afternoon and flew into the Pacific Ocean, bound for Hawaii, 2,100 nautical miles away.

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Arvonne Fraser

1925Arvonne Fraser, American activist (died 2018)[†]

Arvonne Skelton Fraser was an American women's rights advocate and political campaigner. She held the position of senior fellow at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, and from 1993 to 1994 was the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. She also managed the political campaigns of her husband Donald M. Fraser during his career, from 1954 to 1979.

Art Pepper

1925Art Pepper, American saxophonist, clarinet player and composer (died 1982)[†]

Arthur Edward Pepper Jr. was an American jazz musician, most known as an alto saxophonist. He occasionally performed and recorded on tenor saxophone, clarinet and bass clarinet. Active primarily in West Coast jazz, Pepper first came to prominence in Stan Kenton's big band. He was known for his emotionally charged performances and several stylistic shifts throughout his career, and was described by critic Scott Yanow as having "attained his goal of becoming the world's greatest altoist" at the time of his death in 1982.