U.S. Army Lieutenants Lowell Smith and and the appropriately named and Swedish born Erik Nelson landed in Frederiksdah, Greenland at Frederiksdal.
Competitors Antonio Locatelli and a crew of three of Italy, went down in the sea in Greenland and were later by the USS Richmond (CL-9).
Nelson went on to a long career in the Air Force and retired in 1946. He passed away in Hawaii in 1970. Smith, who had served in the Mexican Revolution under Pancho Villa, did as well, but his life was not as long, dying in 1945 as the result of a injuries sustained in a horse accident. He was 53.
President Coolidge wrote a letter to the National Negro Business League promising support for African American Constitutional rights.Last edition:
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