Los Angeles, June 26.
Apparently satisfied with the loading capabilities of his twin-motored Lockheed monoplane, Mr. Howard Hughes, millionaire motion picture producer and aviation enthusiast, today prepared to hop off for New York within 72 hours.
Mr. Hughes and a crew of four will attempt to make a non-stop flight from New York to Paris on behalf of the New York World's Fair to be held next year.
He said that he planned to ask the European nations to send Army and Navy fliers to the Fair as a mark of goodwill.—United Press.
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