25 Three important women: PSC, Scrapbook #9: unidentified Poughkeepsie newspaper, November 20, 1932.
26 Committee for the Recognition of Soviet Russia: Swarthmore College Peace Collection, National Council for Prevention of War, DG23, Series4, Box 32; NYT, March 25, 1933, p. 12.
27 Eleanor Roosevelt flying: Lash, Eleanor and Franklin, 368.
28 D.A.R.: PSC, Scrapbook #10: NYWT, April 21, 1933.
29 “be made to do the dirty work”: Yale Daily News article, November 10, 1933, from Whitelaw Reid, interview, October 10, 1984.
30 “A woman with Miss Earhart’s fine courage”: NYT, November 14, 1933, op-ed page.
31 Resigning: Letter from Earhart to Bingham, May 6, 1933, Earhart Collection, NASM Library.
32 “a promoter”: PSC, Scrapbook #10: New York Sun, May 8, 1933.
33 Disagreement over NAA magazine: PSC, Scrapbook #10: NYWT, May 4, 1933.
34 “too dissimilar”: Letter from Earhart to Bingham, May 6, 1933, Earhart Collection, NASM Library.
35 Honorary membership: Letter from Bingham to Earhart, May 17, 1933, Earhart Collection, NASM Library.
36 Air meets: PSC, Scrapbook #10: NYWT, May 4, 1933; New York American, May 7, 1933.
37 Amy and Muriel: SLRC, 83 M-69 F. 10, February 14, March 6, April 20, June 8, August 4, and September 17, 1933.
38 Ninety-Nines: Cochran Papers, DDEL, Ninety-Nines Series, Box 2, Official Correspondence (6).
39 Vogue: ibid., (6)(1).
40 All-woman air race: Sportsman Pilot, July 1933, p. 47.
41 Letter to Cooper: Letter, June 24, 1933, Earhart Collection, NASM Library. World’s Fair: PSC, Scrapbook #10: News (Chicago), June 10, 1933.
42 Takeoff: NYT, July 2, 1933, p. 1.
43 End of race: NYT, July 3, 1933, p. 5; The Ninety-Niner, July 15, 1933, Earhart Collection, NASM Library.
44 Boardman and Thaw: NYT, July 4, 1933, p. 1.
45 Nichols: Nichols, Wings for Life, 226–30.
46 Pickford and Arnold: NYT, July 5, 1933, p. 10.
47 Pickford’s divorce: NYT, July 3, 1933, p. 1.
48 Amelia with Pickford: Ninety-Nines Archives: Herald and Examiner, July 7, 1933.
49 Broken hatch: PSC, Scrapbook #10: Newark Sunday Call, July 9, 1933, p. 1; NYT, July 8, 1933, p. 8.
50 New record: ibid.
Chapter 15. The Queen and the Minister of Finance
1 “She loved flying”: Harry A. Bruno, COHC, vol. 6, pt. 1, p. 16.
2 Mollisons’ flights: McDonough, Atlantic Wings.
3 Mollisons’ crash: Hartford Courant, July 25, 1933, pp. 1–3.
4 Mollisons in Rye: Putnam, Soaring Wings, 233–34.
5 Lunch with the Roosevelts: NYT, July 30, 1933, pp. 1, 3–4.
6 Publicity with Mollisons: PSC, Scrapbook #10: Midweek Pictorial, August 12, 1933, p. 5; Atlantic City Evening Union, p. 1; unidentified clipping.
7 “49-5 Club”: International Herald Tribune, August 2, 1983, edit. page.
8 G. P. and Douglas Fairbanks: Pictorial Review, December 1932, pp. 12–13.
9 Northwest Airlines: PSC, Scrapbook #10: Tribune (Bismarck), January 30, 1933; Scrapbook #16: Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen, “Merry-Go-Round,” unidentified newspaper, July 1, 1936.
10 Vidal’s appointment: Vidal, “Love of Flying,” 15–20.
11 “To Eugene Vidal”: Vidal Collection, Box 4.
12 Amelia in love: Vidal, “Love of Flying,” 15–20.
13 Investment: Haggerty, Aviation’s Mr. Sam, 22–28.
14 Air service operation: ibid.
15 National Airways: Mudge, Adventures of a Yellowbird, 38–40.
16 Checking each stop: Collins, Tales of an Old Air-Faring Man, 134.
17 Contract: ibid., 135.
18 Stockholders: NYT, August 6, 1933.
19 “You will see me often”: Mudge, Adventures of a Yellowbird, 50.
20 Marcia-Marie Weber: Canavello, correspondence.
21 Press coverage: NYT, August 21, 1933, p. 19.
22 Winter operations: Collins, Tales of an Old Air-Faring Man, 135.
23 Completing flights: Mudge, Adventures of a Yellowbird, 54.
24 Amelia on airline: Collins, Tales of an Old Air-Faring Man, 135.
25 “members of the code agree”: Ninety-Nines newsletter, September 15, 1933, Ninety-Nines Archives.
26 Kodak: House and Garden (April 1933): 62–63.
27 “Everyone is very cordial”: SLRC, 83 M-69 F. 10, October 15, 1933.
28 Theo Otis: Morrissey, interview, April 20, 1983.
29 “I tried to forget”: SLRC, 83 M-69 F. 36.
30 “If you can stand it”: PSC, Scrapbook #13: Evening Telegraph (Alton, Ill.), October 22, 1933.
31 Toledo to Lansing: News Bee (Toledo), October 20, 1933.
32 Mary Yvonne Scales: PSC, Scrapbook #13: Banner (Logan, W.V.), November 7, 1933.
33 “a fellow who will get an idea”: PSC, Scrapbook #13: Lucinda Reed, “Mrs. and ‘Mr.’ Earhart,” Family Circle (December 8, 1933).
34 Functional clothing: Putnam, Soaring Wings, 205.
35 New York firms: PSC, Scrapbook #11: Women’s Wear Daily, December 11, 1933.
36 AP interview: Arne, “She Breaks Precedents,” 7.
37 Separates: New York American, April 6, 1936, p. 12.
38 Franklin Institute aviation hall: NYT, December 18, 1933.
39 Smithsonian Institution: PEB, October 31, 1979.
40 Rotary Club luncheon: PSC, Scrapbook #11: unidentified clipping, January 22, 1934.
41 Cheap hat: Morrissey, interview, April 20, 1983.
42 “one of the hardest strains” SLRC, 83 M-69 F. 3.
43 One-week tour: PSC, Scrapbook #13: Constitution (Atlanta), February 3, 1934; New York American, February 4, 1934.
44 Watch: Putnam, Soaring Wings, 112–13.
45 Secretary of transportation: PSC, Scrapbook #12: Christian Science Monitor, March 6, 1934.
46 Airmail contract: Smith, Airways.
47 “As a result”: PSC, Scrapbook #13: Daily Record (Boston), March 17, 1934.
48 “Airlines should stand”: NYT, March 21, 1934, p. 1.
49 “She was just one of the gang”: PSC, Scrapbook #14: Wyoming State Tribune, n.d.
50 “I held out”: Earhart, “Flying and Fly-Fishing,” 16–17, 62.
51 “We’ll have to pack in”: PSC, Scrapbook #14: Wyoming State Tribune, n.d.
52 “Woman’s Day”: Airwoman 1, no. 11 (September-October 1934), in Ninety-Nines Archives.
53 “Amelia Earhart Night”: News (Bangor), August 13, 1934, p. 1.
54 Ralph Mills: Mills, “Dad’s Flight with Amelia Earhart,” 72.
55 Groucho Marx: News (Bangor), August 14, 1934, p. 1.
56 “a gracious hostess”: Daily Kennebec Journal, August 15, 1934, p. 1.
57 Boycott: Airwoman 1, no. 11 (September-October 1934), in Ninety-Nines Archives.
58 Marsalis: Cochran Papers, DDEL, Ninety-Nines Series, Box 2, Official Correspondence 1933 (1).
59 Women in air meet: Allen papers, A&M 2252, Box 8: NYHT, February 4, 1933.
60 Elimination of women from meets: Letter from Amelia to Helen Rogers Reid, August 14, 1933, Reid Family Papers.
61 Flying Mary Pickford: ibid., August 31, 1934.
62 Allen’s move to Herald Tribune: C. B. Allen, unpublished manuscript, Earhart Collection, NASM Library.
63 School of Aeronautics: Reid Family Papers, September 27, 1934.
64 Purdue University: PSC, Scrapbook #12: Notes by Edwin C. Elliott.
65 Burbank: LAT, November 7, 1934, pt. 2, p. 1.
66 Fire at house in Rye: Morrissey, Courage Is the Price, 88–89; Putnam, Soaring Wings, 94–95; Rye Chronicle, November 30, 1934.
67 Restoration: PSC, Scrapbook #14: Minneapolis Star, November 30, 1934.
Chapter 16. Across the Pacific
1 Relationship between Amelia and G. P.: Edna Gardner Whyte, interview, January 24, 1984.
2 Natal to Africa: PSC,
Scrapbook #12: Washington Post, October 4, 1934.
3 San Francisco to Honolulu: PSC, Scrapbook #12: Chicago Tribune, October 4, 1934.
4 “on vacation”: LAT, November 7, 1934, pt. 2, p. 1.
5 Honolulu to San Francisco: Putnam, Soaring Wings.
6 Kingsford-Smith: LAT, November 7, 1934, pt. 2, p. 1.
7 Mantz: Col. Vincent Ford (USAF, ret.), interview, February 26, 1983; Don Dwiggins, interview, October 25, 1985.
8 Mantz’s planes: The Ninety-Niner, March 2, 1934, Ninety-Nines Archives.
9 Mounted camera on plane: Ford, interview.
10 “I am not a stunt pilot”: Frank Pine, interview, January 11, 1984.
11 Army Air Service: Greenwood and Greenwood, Stunt Flying in the Movies, 91–92.
12 Citation: Dwiggins, Hollywood Pilot, 79.
13 William S. Hart’s ranch: Putnam, Soaring Wings, 234–35.
14 “He wanted someone to back him up”: Pine, interview.
15 Work on Vega for flight: Airwoman, July 12, 1935, Ninety-Nines Archives.
16 Charting course: Rowena Willis, interview, October 23, 1985.
17 Experimental radio work: NYT, November 22, 1934, p. 9.
18 Third-class operator: PSC, documents. License dated December 22, 1934.
19 Amy moves in: Morrissey, interview, April 20, 1983.
20 Bobbi Trout: Trout, interview.
21 T. P. Ulm: AYB 1935, p. 329; 1929, p. 158.
22 Best-dressed: PSC, Scrapbook #14: Post (New York), December 20, 1934.
23 Lurline: PSC, Scrapbook #12: SB, December 24, 1945.
24 Apology and instructions to Amy: SLRC, 83 M-69 F. 10, December 26, 1934.
25 Chris Holmes: SB, December 27, 1934, p. 1.
26 Confidential memo: SB, December 28, 1934, p. 1.
27 Denial of plans: ibid.
28 Hawaiian sugar interests: News (San Francisco), January 4, 1935, p. 1.
29 “an opportunity to emphasize”: Pan Pacific Press Bureau, undated release, Ninety-Nines Archives.
30 “Anything I can do”: PSC, Scrapbook #12: NYT, January 13, 1935.
31 “I suppose … tomorrow”: SLRC, 83 M-69 F. 10, December 26, 1934.
32 John Williams: SB, December 29, 1934, p. 1.
33 Lt. Leroy Hudson: National Archives, RG 237 835, Commerce.
34 Editorial: SB, January 2, 1935, p. 6.
35 “Army experts”: SB, December 29, 1934, p. 1; December 31, 1934, p. 1.
36 Dole race of 1927: NYT, January 7, 1935, p. 7.
37 Businessmen reconsidering: Morrissey, interview, April 20, 1983.
38 University of Hawaii: SB, January 3, 1935, p. 1.
39 Standard Oil: Letter from Putnam to Mantz, January 24, 1934, Don Dwiggins, personal files.
40 “Put it away”: SLRC, 83 M-69 F. 10, December 26, 1934.
41 Letters: Putnam, Soaring Wings, 260–62.
42 Stephens’s forecast: Dwiggins, Hollywood Pilot, 92.
43 Gas tanks: Letter from Putnam to Mantz, January 24, 1934, Dwiggins files.
44 Before takeoff: SB, January 12, 1935, p. 1.
45 Fire engines: Earhart, Last Flight, 21
46 Takeoff: ibid., 50.
47 Seven hours out: NYT, January 12, 1935, p. 1.
48 Tired of the fog: Earhart, Last Flight, 27.
49 Swollen eye: NYT, January 13, 1935, p. 1.
50 Pierce: Examiner (San Francisco), January 13, 1935, p. 1.
51 “I know she felt it unbelievable”: Vidal Collection, Box 19, p. 95.
52 Fatigue: NYT, January 13, 1935, p. 1.
53 “I want to sleep”: SB, January 12, 1935, p. 1.
54 Dinner and article: PSC, Scrapbook #12: unidentified clipping, January 13, 1935.
55 House on Valley Spring Road: NYT, January 14, 1945, p. 17.
56 “how easy and little fatiguing”: NYT, January 15, 1935.
57 Cables from the Roosevelts: PSC, 1935 Postflight Correspondence.
58 Mines Field: National Archives: RG 237 835, Commerce.
59 Dinner in Oakland: PSC, Scrapbook #13: unidentified clipping.
60 Letter from Roosevelt: PSC, 1935 Postflight Correspondence.
61 Selling Lady Southern Cross: SB, January 14, 1935, p. 1.
62 Kingsford-Smith lost: Lockheed Publications Office, 07-60, 9, A-1 ×7-6490, press release dated June 2, 1976.
63 Newsweek: PSC, Scrapbook #12: Newsweek, January 19, 1935.
64 “Flier in Sugar”: The Nation 140, no. 3630 (January 31, 1935): 21.
65 “A Useless Adventure”: The Aeroplane, January 16, 1935.
Chapter 17. The Flying Preacher
1 Telegram to G. P.: Telegram from Dr. Petra Dahl, February 15, 1935. PSC, Hawaiian Flight, Postflight Correspondence.
2 Letter to Mantz: Letter from Putnam to Mantz, January 24, 1934, Dwiggins files.
3 Instructions to Amy: SLRC, 83 M-69 F. 13, February 11, 1935; SLRC, 83 M-69 F. 10, February 11, 1935.
4 Midwestern tour: NYT, March 2, 1935, p. 12.
5 Woman’s National Press Club: PSC, Scrapbook #14: Washington Post, March 6, 1935; unidentified clipping, March 4, 1935.
6 Buckminster Fuller: PSC, Scrapbook #14: NYT, March 8, 1935.
7 Radio broadcast: PSC, Scrapbook #14: NYHT, March 15, 1935.
8 Towns on tour: PSC, Scrapbook #14: unidentified newspaper, Battle Creek, Mich., February 13, 1935; Tribune (Chicago), February 16, 1935; World-Herald, February 19, 1935; News (Indianapolis), February 21, 1935; Free Press, February 24, 1935.
9 Amelia driving Dymaxion: Reid, interview.
10 Lunch with Sam Solomon: Haggerty, Aviation’s Mr. Sam, 48–49.
11 Hungry all the time: PSC, Scrapbook #14: Boston Transcript, March 11, 1935.
12 “fed everyone for a time”: NYT, March 13, 1935, p. 23; NYT, March 15, 1935, p. 16.
13 “We all thought Lindbergh”: SLRC, 83 M-69 F. 100, March 8, 1935.
14 Mexico City to Newark: NYT, March 17, 1935, p. 24.
15 Radio homing compass: PSC, Scrapbook #14: NYHT, March 31, 1935.
16 “dollar-a-year” expert: Air Commerce Bulletin 6 (April 15, 1935): 224.
17 Autographed covers: Curley, “Amelia Earhart,” 16.
18 Charted course: Earhart, “My Flight from Hawaii,” 596.
19 Trailing antenna: Williams, “Charting A. E.’s Course to Mexico.”
20 Takeoff: NYT, April 20, 1935, p. 3.
21 Flight to Mexico City: NYT, April 21, 1935, p. 1.
22 Preparing for flight to Newark: Earhart, Last Flight, 33–34.
23 Putnam’s arrangements: Earhart, Last Flight, 35.
24 New York City to Mexico City: AYB 1936, p. 457.
25 Takeoff: Earhart, Last Flight, 35–37; NYT, May 9, 1935, p. 1; Newsweek, May 18, 1935, pp. 34–35.
26 Across the Gulf: Earhart, Last Flight, 30.
27 Vidal at Hoover Airport: NYT, May 9, 1935, p. 1.
28 Newark: ibid.
29 “the arm holder started”: Earhart, Last Flight, 38.
30 “the lowliest peons in Mexico”: NYHT, May 10, 1935, p. 8.
31 Vega: NYT, May 10, 1935, p. 23.
32 Message from Vidal: Telegram from Eugene Vidal, Director of Air Commerce, to A. E., May 9, 1935, National Archives, RG 237 805.0.
33 Editorial: NYHT, May 10, 1935, p. 8.
34 Douglas Dolphin: PSC, Scrapbook #14: unidentified clipping, May 15, 1935.
35 Conference in Chicago: NYT, May 24, 1935, p. 5.
36 “Skies fine between Atlanta and New York”: Reid, interview.
37 Stamp deal: SLRC, 83 M-69 F. 106.
38 Newsweek: Newsweek, Mav 11, 1935, pp. 15–16.
39 Walter Curley: Curley, “Amelia Earhart,” 16.
40 “There isn’t that much money”: Newsweek, May 11, 1935, pp. 15–16.
41 Indy 500: PSC, Scrapbook #14: NYHT, June 3, 1935.
42 Lectures in Indiana: SLRC, 83 M-69 F. 10, May 22, 1935.
43 Appointment at Purdue: PSC, Scrapbook #14: NYHT, Jun
e 1, 1935.
44 “A Flyer’s Husband”: Forum and Century 93 (June 1935): 330–31.
45 Parachute jump: NYHT, June 3, 1935, p. 1.
46 Note to Vidal: Letter from G. P. to Vidal, June 3, 1935, Vidal Collection, Box 19A, p. 95.
47 Alf Landon: Globe, July 21, 1963, memorial sec., p. 1.
48 Uncle Theo: SLRC, 83 M-69 F. 100, June 17, 1935.
49 Louise Bode and Luanna Hartsock: SLRC, 83 M-69 F. 36, September 1937.
50 “the kids found her there”: Globe, July 21, 1963, p. 1.
51 New Jersey school: Stabler, interview.
52 G. P.’s grandchildren: Sally Putnam Chapman, interview, September 21, 1985; David Putnam, interview.
53 “We are still hoping”: SLRC, 83 M-69 F. 10, May 22, 1935.
54 Surgery: SLRC, 83 M-69 F. 10, June 25, 1935.
55 Pleurisy: SLRC, 83 M-69 F. 10, July 5, 1935.
56 Amy’s vacation: SLRC, 83 M-69 F. 10, July 5 and 28, 1935.
57 Oceanside article: PSC, Scrapbook #14: Oceanside Blade-Tribune, July 12, 1935, p. 1.
58 Birth announcement: PSC, Scrapbook #14: LAT, July 7, 1935.
59 Photograph session: National Aeronautics, July 1937, p. 18.
60 Ingalls: AYB 1936, p. 440.
61 Turner and Gilmore: Harvey Christen, interview, October 26, 1985.
62 Post: National Aeronautics, July 1937, p. 18.
63 Plans with Mantz: Memorandum of agreement, September 1935, Dwiggins files; SLRC, 83 M-69 F. 10, July 28, 1935.
64 Luggage: PSC, Scrapbook #14: Star Ledger (Newark), August 31, 1935.
65 United Air Services agreement: Memorandum of agreement, September 1935, Dwiggins files.
66 Updating will: Morrissey, interview, April 20, 1983.
67 Premonition: Haggerty, Aviation’s Mr. Sam, 49.
68 “This Amelia”: PSC, Scrapbook #14: unidentified clipping, August 4, 1935.
69 Post broke: Bruno, COHC, vol. 6, pt. 1, p. 16.
70 Crash: Johnson, More Than My Share of It All, 42.
71 Roger’s airsickness: Vidal Collection, Box 11, Speeches #1.
72 Post’s obituary: Earhart, “Wiley Post,” 196.
73 Cable to G. P.: PSC, Scrapbook #14: Telegram from A. E. to G. P., August 29, 1935.
74 Menasco and Mantz: Don Dwiggins, interview with Mantz, May 13, 1964.
75 Came in fifth: PSC, Scrapbook #14: unidentified clipping, September 3, 1935.
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