Note: Cover has illustration titled "Progress" showing a couple driving an automobile decorated with American flags, while a train and airplane and factories are shown in the background. Page 2 has illustration of a diary open to Jan. 1st, a holly wreath, an inkwell and quill, and a lit candle. Includes music program; music performed by Jebe's Popular Orchestra. Prix fixe price is $1.00 Menu insert: Music Programs Restaurant: New Harper Hotel Location: Rock Island, Illinois, United States
Howard Hughes in the Lockheed 14 in Los Angeles, California. Typed on a piece of paper attached to the image: "Howard Hughes off on first leaf of flight to Paris. Los Angeles, Cal. -- Howard Hughes, Millionaire oil man and speed flyer, at the controls of his huge Lockheed "Flying Laboratory" as it took off from here for its leisurely flight to New York, from where Hughes and his crew will fly to Paris and perhaps around the world. 7/4/1938 Credit line (ACME)."
Description given with photo: "Hughes Arrives In New York: La Guardia Field, New York, N.Y. -- Howard Hughes, airplane designer, pilot and movie producer, steps down from his converted B-23 bomber at La Guardia Field following his transcontinental flight from Culver City to New York, the first since he narrowly escaped death in the crash of an experimental plane July 7. Hughes personally piloted the B-23 over the 3,000-mile route."