New Britain herald., 1927-05-09
No Word Received

Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, May 2 Canadian Press) - The Marconl wireless station here up to one o'clock this afternoon had not been in communication with any ship that had sighted the French fliers. The manager of the station stated that no information had been given to anyone that a French liner had sighted the White Bird' off New Foundland.
 The Glace Bay station is on the lookout for messages that might be transferred from one ship to another regarding the aviators.
 Havre, France, May LP' - The French steamship line announced this afternoon that it had received advccs that Captain Nungesser $ trans-A tlantic plane passed Halifax, x. g.. between ?. m., and g p. m., French time.
 Vessels On the Alert
 New York, May 3 tP) - Ships fin the north Atlantic and radio sta tions along the coast were on the alert today for news of the white airplane decorated with skull and cross bones in which Captains Charles Nungesser and Francis Coli left Paris on a nonstop flight to New York.
 They took off from the Le Bour- get field, near Paris, at 12:lS D. m., ; Sunday, (eastern daylight time) and if they continued their early speed of 100 miles an hour would arrive in New York at o'clock this afternoon : (daylight time.) The trip is about : 3,700 miles.
 , The plane carried $500 litres of . gasoline sufficient for 40 hours , cruising. This, their pilots estimat- , ed, gave them five hours beyond the actual flying time from Le Bourgct to New York.
 , Radio stations remained Ion the 5 air continuously throughout the ) long hours in hope of receiving word 5 from some passing liner that the l plane had been sighted. Visibility ) was bad during the night
 Has No Wireless
 The plane carried no wireless. but ? has a small electric light underneath 3 from which the letters IN" in the } Morse telegraph code can be flashed. Reports from the United States l weather bureau here were that faiI l weather and gentle winds favored l the flicrs for the first 500 or 600 miles of the journey. In mid-Atlan, ) tic, however, adverse weather and strong head winds were reported. , Ideal flying conditions were re. ported early today from Nova Scotia l northeast winds and snow about Cape Race, New Founlland had abated this morning.
 Welcoming Planes , Plans for honoring the flylna Frenchmen today were made in Bos- : ton and New York. Five planes from the Boston air port this morning formed sea patrol between Bos- ton and Cape Ann to watch for tn, fliers and escort them through th' area over eastern Massachusetts A least 30 planes were to meet tho fiers off New York.
 A point near the statute of liberty in New York harbor may mark tn, end of their journey.
 French diplomatic and shipping officials. city officers and prominent American airmen have been named to greet the fiers. Commando, : Richard F. Byrd and Lieutenant George Neville, respectively pilo and assistant on the projected New York 10 Paris flight of the Folkel monOplane "America." Clarence D Chamberlin and Lloyd Bertaud, Am erican aviators preparing for a sec ond long nonstop journey; Captain Buygue of the French line: NJ Bron. ct. French consul in New York anG others will receive the airmen or their arrival.
 Landing Plan
 A fleet Of tugs will clear landing space in the harbor should the French plane land there, although no official notice has yet been receiv- cd as to where the craft would come down.
 Nungesser is flying a Levasseur- Lorraine biplane equipped with a 450 horsepower motor. The hull is so constructed that If forced down, 1t will float 24 hours. On the fuselage of the craft, Captain Nungesser has painted the emblem of his war time squadron. This is d black heart surrounding a skull and cross bones with a coffin, candles burning at either end. above them.
 The endurance record breaking Bellanca monoplane will abandon its projected Paris flight if Nungesser succeeds, said officials of the Coum- bia Aircraft corporation, owners of the plane. A distance flight to some point other than Paris. will be at tempted instead by Chamberlin and Bertaud
 Saint Roman Is Lost While Nungesser and Coli roared across the sea, cable despatches from Rio Janeiro announced increasing alarm over the fate of Captain Saint Roman and his comrade, Command CT Mouneyres. French airmen who early Thursday hoped off from St. Louis, Senegal, on an 1875 mile flight to pernambuco. They have n.t been heard from since they hoped off. Attempts at radio communica tion have been in vain and ships have searched the coast in futile attempt to find trace of the craft Motion Picture Murder
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