Evening star., 1928-06-21
MOBILE, BY RADIO,
DIRECTS SEARCH
Hunt Also to Be Pushed for
Others Of Crew and for
AmundSen.
BY the Associated Press.

| by the Associated Press.
KINGS BAY. Spitzbergen. June al
cheered by the $50 pounds of provisions
dropped yesterday upon lais camp of
Northeast Land by Maj. Maddalena,
Gen. Umberto Mobile today sent
further radio directions for the rescue
of his stranded party.
The general and the five men with
him. who have been short of food and
| in difficult straits ever since May 25,
when the dirigible Italia met with dis
aster on its return from the North
Pole, was in wireless communication
with the base ship Citta di Milano
concerning the present situation. He
gave some instruction about what
further procedure is to be followed in
rescuing his party and gave details
as to what were the conditions on the
ice where he is stranded and the exact
position of his camp.
Mobile Sends Thanks.
Before giving these directions con-
corning the rescue plans, however, Gen.
Mobile expressed his gratitude to Mai.
Maddalena and the assistant pilot Of
the Savoia-Marchetti SIS, as well as
70 Mai Mercanti. directar geTsral cf
the italian aviation department. who
organized the relief expedition and
gave up his seat ia the plane SO that
more fuel might be carried.
In fact, the first words of Mobiles
message we're:
7 kiss and embrace the two flyers
and Mercanti."
There was no further news today re-
garding Roald AmundSen, the famous
explorer who took OF from Norway for
Spitzbergen on Monday night and has
been missing since There were all kinds
OF speculation about him, but no def
mite information whatever has reached
here and there was no confirmation OF
yesterdays rEinlor that he was down on
| the pack ice.
The week Of fine weather which has
| prevailed at Spitzbergen today was sue
ceeded by foggy conditions. which 1t
was feared would prevent Mai NADIA
lena from starting out again in search
for the balloon party Of seven men and
| the three missing men who originally
formed part Of the Mobile group.
| There was no information available
which was likely TO prove helpful in
| guiding rescue expeditions to any Of
them. Luck, it was felt, would play a
large part In their finding. 1t was real
1 lied how difficult search over the vast
expanse of ice and snow was since three
times airplanes sought Mobile. whose
| position was known, before they were
/ able 70 aid him. Then the fourth and
successful expedition was only enabled
to reach Mobile when he sent out radio
| signals TO guide 1t throughout Its flight.
Amundsen and Lieut.. Lief Dietrichsen
Et1FfaN frr Qf1if NnrOaFa M Mas1daV night
! from TromSoe, Norway. in a*French sea-
plane piloted by Rene Guilbaud and
manned by crew OF three. II had a
radio. but this was working imperfectly
and their signals we're heard only few
hours after their hop-of.
All Experienced Men.
What hope was held for their safety
was placed in the men themselves and
their plane, Amundsen and Dietrich
sen we're missing In the Arctic for al
most month In 1925 when they at
tempted 10 reach the North Pole with
shown their Tesourcefulnesg and skill
when faced with conditions which 10
some would have meant death. abandon
ing one Of the two planes In which they
had set Out and had come down between
the ice foes far TO the north, the six
members Of the expedition flying back
TO SpitZbergen in the other plane
Guilbaud LIS held 10 be one OF Frances
most capable airmen, and the plane had
been prepared for a transatlantic flight
and has a cruising radius Of 1900 miles
There was a possibility that they had
come down at Advent Bay or some iso-
lated spot on the Gpitzbergen arcii-
pelago and been unable 20 inform the
Kings Bay searchers OF their predica-
ment. II was also possible that they
might be operating independently In
search OF the survivors OF the Italia
Before leaving Norway Amundsen hac
said that the wide flying radius of tht
French plane offered an opportunity tt
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