Paris, July 12.
Acquiescing good-naturedly to the requests of the numerous news-cameramen on the scene, Howard Hughes spared a few precious minutes to pose for them and to say a few words over a radio hookup.
In his brief speech before the take-off for Moscow, the millionaire sportsman and aviator stressed the (act that his flight to Paris strengthens Franco-American friendship. He also thanked his listeners for the welcome they had given him and his four companions.—Havas.
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