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Manifest No. 152 was issued on July 9, 1938 for Howard Hughes, whose signature appears as Master. The full name of the plane was "New York World's Fair 1939." Grover Whalen, president of the Fair, backed the trip as a way to invite other nations to participate. Rumors of the flight hit the newspapers over a week before, with reports that the Department of Commerce granted Hughes a permit from New York to Paris.