New Britain herald., 1924-08-09
LIEUT.. SMITH REFUSES
 T0END WORLD FLIGHT
Insistent That Aviators Can Finish-Relief Ship
 Is Icebound
By Ths Associated Press.

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 Reyjavik, Aug. 9.-Lieut. Lowell H | Smith, commander of the American
 army round-the- world fiers, will not
 listen to any plan for abandoning the
 remainder of the flight because of un-
 usually bad Ice conditions along the
 east coast of Greenland.
 Lieut. Smith apparently is worrying continually about the ice difficulties
 but rather than abandon the flight at
 this stage he asserts that he would
 prefer to go directly from Reykjavik
 to the west coast of Greenland. Re-
 ports from the east coast indicate that
 the Ice continues to present serious
 obstacles and that, under present con
 ditions a landing at any place on the
 coast would be impossible.
 The New Orleans, the plane which
 Erik H. Nelson piloted to Iceland,
 was taken ashore today for overhaul
 ing, was found to be in such good condition that very little In the way
 of repairs had to be done to 1t and almost no spare parts have had to be
 used. The motor was found to be in good condition. Lieut.. Smiths plane will not be taken ashore because it is believeds it will need no repairs. The aviators, if success crowns the re- mainder of their flight, will thus have crossed the Atlantic without using the spare parts provided for them.
 The airmen said that the trip to Iceland was mere game compared with the flight from Alaska to ., the kurile islands Even the experience in the fog between the Orkney and Farce islands was mild in campari- son, they said. By The Associated Press.
 Reykjavik, Iceland, Aug. s.-The U. s. Cruiser Raleigh sailed from here at o'clock this morning in search \ for landing place for the American round the-world tliers on the east | coast of Greenland which has been reported to be ice locked, thus af- fording no safe haven for the planes.
 Quincy, Mass, Aug. 9.--The plane Boston II, bound for Nova Scotia as } relief plane to enable Lieut.. Wade 10 participate in the last part of the world flight, left the Squantum naval air station at S:15 a. m., daylight ime, today. Lieut.. Mcdonald planned 0 fly to Bar Harbor. Me-. and thence o Plctou, N. S. The weather was deal.
 On Board Supply Ship Gertrud sask, near Angmagsalik, Greenland, friday. Aug. S.-(By Wirless to the associated Press-Since she was alik early this week the Danish gov steamer Gertrud Rask, sup ly ship for the East Greenland sta- on of the American world flight par 7, has drifted with the Ice 65 miles , putin of Angmagsalik. It will be im- osslble for her to escape until the i @ spreads. f
 If the steamer frees herself she | ill make another effort to reach I ngmagsalik from the open sea to the orth of that port. S $
 It was the inability of the Gertrud I ask to reach Angmaksalik and es- .blish a landing place there for the army fliers that has com b icated the situation for the airmen a
 this late stage of their world flight. n On Tuesday the Gertrud Rask re- ,rted herself stuck fast in an icefield c me distance off Angmagsalik and lth apparently small prospects of 4 eeing herself speedily The ice con- tions off the East Greenland coast ', ere the worst in many years, she re- ,rted. |, Efforts are now being made by the el mbined army and navy forces on n e Iceland station, where the air Il en are stalled for the present at [, .ykjavik. to find suitable landing ee ace for them on the Greenland east te ast, probably further south than h, lgmagsalik, so they may refuel ere for the jump to the west coast d thence to Labrador on the Amer te m mainland :.