Washington, Feb. 6.
The Senate towday adopted a Joint resolution originating in the House and appropriating more than '$6,000,000 for expenses of the "Gold Star Mothers" on their proposed visit to France, a The "Gold Star Mothers" are women whose sons were killed in the World War. Their title originated in the practice of indicat ing a. member of a family in ser cly. a blues star, placed in a front window of the family home; death changed the star som Dll London, Feb. 9.
Flying-Officers H. L. Piper and Kay took off this morning from the Croydon Aerodrome for Australia in an attempt to beat Bert Hinkler's record established in 1928, Piper and Kay, both New Zealanders serving in the Royal Air Farce, have obtained three months' leave be it their homes.
Their plane is a 105 horse-power De Souter Cyrrus, known as the "Saloon of the Air," because both war dead will
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