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June 19, 1928

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NOBILE VAINLY HAILS FLIERS CIRCLING OVER BUT NOT SEEING HIM; General Radios Base Ship That Rescue Planes Were Over Stranded Men an Hour. SECOND FLIGHT ALSO FAILS This Time Italia Castaways Sight One of Planes Piloted by Riiser-Larsen and Holm. SAVOIA REACHES KINGS BAY Big Italian Seaplane Ready for Dash North--French and Swedish Craft on Way.

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Nobile vainly hails Riiser-Larsen and Holm who fly over him but fall to see him; Maddalena reaches Kings Bay

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Tommy DeVito (musician)

1928Tommy DeVito, American singer and guitarist (died 2020)[†]

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Nancy Marchand

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