Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-10
ITALIA SURVIVORS
NOW REPORTED ON
VERGE OF INSANITY
Five Marooned Men III With
Fever and Morale Low,
Swedes Report.
LITTLE HOPE NOW HELD
FOR IMMEDIATE RESCUE
No Radio Contact With Them Since
Last Friday, the Quest Ad-
vises Stockholm.

Be- THE Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM, July 1o.-The flve
survivors of the Italia are i'll with fever,
and most OF them show signs OF partial
insanity. according to word received
from the Swedish rescue ship Quest to-
DAY. Little hope is held for their I'M
mediate rescue. Their morale is low.
Lieut.. Einar-Paal Lundborg, who was
marooned on the ice near Foyn ASianu
with them for 13 days. said that nus
stav was terrifying. They had very lit
lie food. and what he got was ratner
unaupetizins. They were reprovisioned
before he was rescued, however
lent Lundborg asserted all the sur
vivors were suffering from fever' ana
most of them showed signs OF mentai
alteration. Giuseppi Biogo, raoio oper-
ator. was suffering from fever LOT the
last two DAYS before Lundborg was res
r,,ea but nevertheless he arose at least
twice daily TO operate the wireless.
No Word Since Friday.
since Iurdborg was rescued last I'll
dav there has been no raoio conIAct
With the marooned men. aovices lToih
the Quest said.
Other details coming from Spitzoer-
Sen conflict with reports OF the diSaS.e,
given out By Gen. Umnerto NOBLE. An
feIegramS from the base snip CIe'a Vi
AFiisno- where Mobile is, are being CEN
SornS Nobody is allowed TO telegraph
in any language except Italian, and al
kilograms 10 Rome arc cOA'a oe1 -
Mobile himself.
n was learned, however, that mobile
NOW saws the radio was all right from
the first minute after the unlgioie
crashed on May 25. Nobody can ex-
Tisin how the Citta di Milano ana
other stations were unable to PICK II up
,,ntii June 9. when the base ship nrst
announced that il had established COM
rl1unicaticn with the survivors.
Conflict In Statements.
Cen. Mobiles mysterious statement
.hotst the unexpected fan Of the dir
sciaie and tnat the crew was not pre-
ysared appeared to conflict with the
fact that there were 500 pounds OF pro-
visions in the navigating cabin for SIX
s,eouie. This seas held 10 indicate tnal
measures had been taken for forceo
landing otherwise the stores would
have been kept in the dirigioies m
terror.
DR.. Finn Malmgren and the two men
~lao started afoot for land Win nlIn
fza 50 pounds of stores <hen tney
started on MAY 30. They had no
weaucns and it was thought that they
AL perished.
Hone for rescue of the marooned
men appeared today TO lie IN the Rus.
sian ice breaker Krassir1 This vessel
found progress through the ice neld
slow ard today was Is nautical miles
awav from the raarooned men. Even
fuaily. SAYS Capt. Tornberg, head OF
the swedish rescue mission, II Ice con-
fsifsons improve, the ship can reach
the refugees.
Air Rescue Hopes Fade.
Prospect of rescue by air was be-
steved today TO be dwindling. The Swed-
ish leader recommended that the iarge
Swedish Junkers plane be sent home.
A landing on the ice with small
snort plane is possible only when the
temperature Is below freezing. ne thinks.
Even then il is attended by great risks
Al present the temperature, because OF
fl1e cloudiness. is above the freezing
f1oiyt Fog cut short q fight, which
fFle Soviet airman. Chunkhovsky made
from, the Krassin in an attempt TO
1eacf the survivors.
Cant. Tornberg said the Swedish
planes had so effectively relieved the
material wants Of the marooned men
that further relief would be principally
moral. He pointed out that 1t would
bring great risks for personnel and ma
1er!al. He held out scant hope that the
nine missing members OF the diriginle
crew we're alive.
Others Probably Killed.
The six men carried away In the
balloon part Of the italia probably were
killed by the explosion which was OBJ
seryed by the marooned men after the
crash on the ice. he said.
The seaIer ship Hobby also started
from King Bay on searching trip for
Road Amundsen and his five missing
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