New Britain herald., 1928-05-04
ITALIA SAFELY AT
 VADS0E, IN NORWAY
Makes Successful 1,tM Mile
 Flight From Germany

Nauooe, ->otWdy, May ttf- lNC dirigible Italia landed here safely at 9:l0 o'clock this morning. The craft had flown from Stolp, Ger many, moro than l.1S0 miles away
 The airship will be refueled here before it carries General Cmberto Mobile and his expedition to Kings Bay. Spitzbergen, for another con- quest of the Arctic wastes.
 Aid tn Landing
 The flight was begun at Stolp yesterday. The w of goyern- mont steamer and troops were call ed out at Nadsoe to assist in bring Ing the craft to earth. The weather was good with a light breeze.
 A report from the ship was re- ceived at 4:3o o'clock this morning by the radio station at Nardoe. 70 miles east of Vadsoe and indicated that it was making steady progress.
 During the nj, ,ht the &'''o was sighted at ! o'clock near the town Of Gamla karleby, also known as kokkola, Finland. about 475 miles south Of Nadsoe, on the gulf of Bothnia. It was headed north.
 NUilCS over StOrkhOIm
 Beautiful weather had favored the expedition throughout. The Italia glided up the east coast of Sweden and circled over Stockholm just before noon yesterday. Ten Swedish military planes escorted the airship and she went out of her course to permit one of the men aboard. the Finn. Malgren. to drop note to his mother living at Appel vixen, west of Stockholm.
 Returning over the Swedish cap- ital CHneral Mobile maneuvered the dirigible over the Italian legation and exchanged greetings with the Duke of Colonia. Italian minister.
 Then the Italian turned 10 the Gun of Bosnia and headed no:h at a speed of less than 50 miles an hour.
 Moored Without Trouble
 The Italia was first seen above the Naranger mountains pulsing rapidly toward Nadsoe The giant Girigible circled twice over "re town, flying so low as to appear 10 land.
 It rose again, however, and made for the tall mooring mast on the outskirts Shortly after nine o'clocF part of the gas ]" the ba was dis charged and tho mooring to the mast completed without hitch
 This little city-with bare o.ooo population-one ot the two or three orthernmost towns in the world, was gaily decked in flags md bunt- ing in honor of the visiting airmen.
 Slightly Damaged In the course of the landing op1r- stions the Italia. received a slight rent in the forepart or the envelope. l but 1t was of nature believed easily mended. Although General - Mobile an- rounced he would take off for Spitz- bergen at six o'clock his afternoon others saw in reports Of weather between here and the northerly island conditions which might hold 1 the drigible here longer than orig finally intended. low pressure area hetween Nor 1 way and spitzbergen was reported l with a moderate breeze end snow 1 falling at Green Harbor.
 Advised to Hold Back Kings Bay. Spitzbergen, May 4 1 NP)-A furious snowstorm last ! might damaged the hangar destined ! 10 house the Italian polar dirigible ! Italia. In consequence, the weather l bureau had advised General Umber- 10 Mobile, her commander. to post ,pone his departure from Nadsoe, scheduled for p. m. today.
 The canvas walls of the hangar [ were torn to ribbons. The road. painstakingly built from the beach 1 to the hangar. was destroyed. The crew of General Mobiles ,.-..}- ply ship Citta di Miano is working feverishiy in an attempt to repair the damage.
 Rains today. a strong wind south Of Bears Island, and frost from there northward, threaten danger of ice accumulations on the Italia if the flight is undertaken now.
 It will be recalled that Col. l Charles A. Lindbergh regards ice accumulations as one of the great est dangers to flyers in northern attitudes. because the controls might be frozen and a machine rendered unmanageab'
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