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April 12, 1926

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NORGE IS BERTHED SAFELY AT PULHAM AFTER 29-HOUR TRIP; Amundsen's Airship Reaches English Airport at 2:30 P.M., Landing at 6 o'Clock. IT BATTLED STRONG WINDS But Greatest Difficulty Came at Hangar, Due to Unfamiliarity With the Field. STANDS UP UNDER THE TEST Both Major Scott and Riiser-Larsen Say the Dirigible Is Suited for the Polar Expedition. NORGE IS BERTHED SAFELY AT PULHAM

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Norge at Pulham; Maj Scott and Lt Riiser-Larsen say ship is suited for expedition; British press comment

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BROWNING AND BRIDE PLAN TRIP TO EUROPE; Newly Wedded Pair Guarded by Constable on Estate -- He Hears Children Play Hymns. GIVES FLOWERS TO GIRL'S Cold Spring Justice of the Peace Says He Was Paid "to Keep Mouth Shut." BROWNING AND BRIDE PLAN TRIP TO EUROPE

By Special to The New York Times

COLD SPRING, N.Y., April 11. -- Edward W. Browning, who was married here yesterday to fifteen-year-old Frances Heenan, thirty-six years his junior, plans a long European honeymoon for his bride. The gray-haired realty broker, debonair and smiling, permitted that item of news to be made known today through a close friend.

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MUSSOLINI GREETED WITH ROYAL HONORS ON AFRICAN SOIL; He Tells Tripolitans His Trip Is Affirmation of Power of Italian People. LAND IS ITALY'S FOREVER On a Charger He Witnesses a Spectacular Review of Italian and Colored Troops. NATIVES LOOK CALMLY ON Hundreds of Arabian Performers Stage Dance as Premier Attends Reception at Palace. MUSSOLINI GREETED WITH ROYAL HONORS

By Wireless To the New York Times

Greeted with royal honors on arrival; leads triumphal procession; message to natives

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Jane Withers

1926Jane Withers, American actress (died 2021)[†]

Jane Withers was an American actress and children's radio show hostess. She became one of the most popular child stars in Hollywood in the 1930s and early 1940s, with her films ranking in the top ten list for box-office gross in 1937 and 1938.