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Coolidge Believes Air Fund Too Big

Regards $85,000,000 Program of Navy Conflicts With Peace Economy.

President Coolidge does not approve the five-year building program for the Naval Air Service, calling for an appropriation of $85,000,000, which has been reported out by the House naval affairs Committee.

The President considers this sum far too large to coincide with his ideas of a peace time expenditure for aircraft. He also thinks the amount exceeds what the Aircraft Board appointed by him to make recommendations for proper development had in mind.

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Fishing From The Wharf

Sir, —I beg to ask why fishing on the Queen-street Wharf has been put a stop to. This is hard on the poor. Many a scanty meal, if supplemented by…
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Six Expeditions Will Start This Summer To Locate North Pole

Mystery of North Sea Will Be Lure Many Explorers

Byrd and Wade Will Lead American Expeditions Into Ice Bound North

NEW YORK, March 1 (AP)—The urge that sent Hendrik Hudson battling through polar seas in 1807 in search of a northwest passage to the spice islands of the east today still stirs the blood of modern explorers who seek to solve the mysteries of the northern seas.

At least six expeditions hope this summer to reach the north pole, or to find new lands hidden away in the fields of unknown ice.