By Russell Owen, Staff Correspondent of the Times, Who Reported the Polar Flights of Byrd and Amundsen.copyright, 1927. By the New York Times Company.by Russell Owen

Article on start of C Lindbergh's N Y-Paris flight

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LOWMAN GETS POST AS ANDREWS QUITS IN BIG DRY SHIFT; Mellon, in Same Stroke, Names, Chief Chemist Doran Commissioner in Place of Haynes. STEP TO CHECK FRICTION Andrews Will Retire Aug. 1 With Work Completed -- Haynes Is Forced Out in Shake-Up. MOVE SATISFIES ALL SIDES Both Nominees Are on Record as Prohibition Advocates and Are Acceptable to Dry League. LOWMAN GETS POST AS ANDREWS QUITS

By Special to The New York Times

Resigns as Asst Sec of Treas in charge of prohibition enforcement; praised by Sec Mellon

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1927Kay Kendall, English actress and comedian (died 1959)^[†]

Justine Kay Kendall McCarthy was an English actress and singer. She began her film career in the musical film London Town (1946), a financial failure. Kendall worked regularly until her appearance in the comedy film Genevieve (1953) brought her widespread recognition. Prolific in British films, Kendall also achieved some popularity with American audiences, and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for her role in the musical-comedy film Les Girls (1957).

1927Péter Zwack, Hungarian businessman and diplomat (died 2012)^[†]

Péter János Zwack was a Hungarian businessman, investor, philanthropist, diplomat and the Hungarian Ambassador to the United States from 1990 until 1991. He was the CEO and owner of the company Zwack.

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1927Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.^[†]

Charles Augustus Lindbergh was an American aviator, military officer, and author. On May 20–21, 1927, he made the first nonstop flight from New York to Paris, a distance of 3,600 miles (5,800 km), flying alone for over 33 hours. His aircraft, the Spirit of St. Louis, was built to compete for the $25,000 Orteig Prize for the first flight between the two cities. Although not the first transatlantic flight, it was the first solo crossing of the Atlantic and the longest at the time by nearly 2,000 miles (3,200 km), setting a new flight distance world record. The achievement garnered Lindbergh worldwide fame and stands as one of the most consequential flights in history, signalling a new era of air transportation between parts of the globe.

Headlines from May 21, 1927

Reaches Nova Scotia Coast.

'Too Old,' Says Hughes at 65, To Run for the Presidency.

SINCLAIR SENTENCED TO 3 MONTHS IN JAIL; Oil Man Is Also Ordered to Pay $500 Fine for Refusing to Reply to Senators. APPEALS AND GIVES BOND Littleton Argues in Vain That His Client Exercised His Constitutional Rights. SINCLAIR SENTENCED TO 3 MONTHS IN JAIL

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