Wednesday, February 19, 1930

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The Headlines

BYRD'S SHIP REACHES BASE, BEGINS LOADING AT ONCE FOR START HOME TODAY; ARRIVES 2:16 A.M. OUR TIME City of New York Ties Up to Ice Amid Cheers of Waiting Expedition. SLEDGING TO DOCK FINISHED Farewell Message Is Sent From Little America's Radio Station and It Is Dismantled. PACK 100,000 FEET OF FILM Men Solder It in Tin Boxes as Protection Against the Rough Voyage Back Through Ice. Last Message From the Camp. LITTLE AMERICA, Ice Encountered During Day. Forty-four Days on Way to Base.

Best-selling Sheet Music

Happy Days Are Here Again

Milton Ager

The must-have

Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse

You Share a Birthday With

• Nicolaus Copernicus (1473)
• Svante Arrhenius (1859)
• André Breton (1896)
• Élie Ducommun (1833)
• Shivaji (1630)

Slang

Tech Check

Jet Engine Concepts, Scotch Tape & Flashbulbs.

Style of 1930

Silhouette: Bias-cut and clinging

Material: Satin and crepe

• Puff sleeves
• Backless gowns
• Finger waves

Cost of Living (1930)