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December 1, 1929

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BITTER COLD SWEEPS COUNTRY, KILLING 20; 11 ABOVE ZERO HERE; Icy Wind Brings City Coldest Day of Season, Snarling Transit and Causing Suffering.HEAVY SNOWS UP-STATE Dance Party of 40 Marooned24 Hours Near Watertown-- Blizzard on St. Lawrence.CHICAGO IS HIT HARDESTMercury at Zero There--Great Lakes Shipping Disrupted-- Warmer Weather Today. Cold Here, but Not a Record. Twenty Deaths Are Reported. BITTER COLD SWEEPS COUNTRY, KILLING 20 Chicago Suffers Most. Disastrous Fires in Boston. Record Lows in the South. 4 Below Zero at St. Paul. Liners Arrive Ice-Coated.

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FEAT WINS WIDE PRAISE; Newspapers Emphasize Courage of Byrd and His Companions. STRESS VALUE TO SCIENCE Supreme Test of Exploration Is Found in Air Trip Over "Dead Land" of Antarctica. MODERN SPEED ADMIRED Radio From Plane to World Is Compared With Long Wait on Former Expeditions. NEW YORK CITY. Difficuities Were Staggering. "Only the Superlatives Fit." Human Skill and Endurance Tested. BYRD'S FEAT HAILED Surpasses North Pole Flight. HARTFORD, CONN. Adds to Human Knowledge. PHILADELPHIA. Of Value for Scientific Data. WASHINGTON. Flight Commands Admiration. RICHMOND, VA. Virginia Is Stirred With Pride. WHEELING, W. VA. "Too Far for Commerce." CHATTANOOGA, An Entirely American Feat. CLEVELAND. Aided by Modern Science. CHICAGO. Adds to World's Knowledge. OKLAHOMA CITY. A Glorious Page of Adventure. MILWAUKEE. One of Great Expeditions of History. DES MOINES. Fixes Attention on Earth's Land. MINNEAPOLIS. Displayed Great Heroism. OMAHA. Supreme Achievement of Aviation. PORTLAND, ORE. Radio Reduces Distance. SAN FRANCISCO. Second Splendid

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COMMANDER, IN LOOK-OUT POST, SIGNALS COURSE; Balchen, at the Controls, Also Struggles to Keep Freezing Stabilizer Working as Plane Rocks in the Bumpy Air Through the Passes. FOOD DROPPED TO SAVE ThE PRECIOUS FUEL June Keeps Gasoline Supply Up in Tank, Tossing Empty Tins Overboard--McKinley, Photographing Terrain, Fights Camera 'All Over the Place.' Constant Activity in Speeding Plane. Critical Decision at Mountain Wall Climbing and Praying Up Glacier's Side. Taking Pictures From Lurching Plane. Byrd on the Alert for Vital Orders. Small Hole Opens in the Cloud. Altitude and Gas Fumes Troublesome. Plateau Spotted With Drift Snow. Weather a Cause for Anxiety. Some Wind Against the Plane. Speed Back Over Lonely Plateau. Mountains Towered Above Fliers. June Takes Controls for Landing. Ice Formed by Melting from Glacier. Flight In Was Comparatively Easy.

By Russell Owen. Copyright, 1929, the New York Times Company and the st. Louis Post-Dispatch. All Rights For Publication Reserved Throughout the World. Wireless To the New York Times

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David Doyle

1929David Doyle, American actor (died 1997)[†]

David Fitzgerald Doyle was an American actor. He was best known for his portrayal of John Bosley on the 1970s TV series Charlie's Angels. Doyle and Jaclyn Smith were the only actors to appear in every episode of the show. Doyle also became known later as the first voice of Grandpa Lou on the Nickelodeon series Rugrats.