New Britain herald., 1928-06-22
SIMULTANEOUSLY RELIEF ID BE IN
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Mobile party again flew to the vicin- lily. but were unable to see the men. The party wirelessed that it had sighted the pilots.
 It is regarded as evidently diffi- cult. if not impossible, to strike Mobiles position exactly without wireless guidance. Neither of the Norwegian planes Is equipped with radio and even in the case of Ma for Maddalena. who found the Mobile party on Wednesday. 1t was difficult for him with his excellent radio equipment to locate the marooned men,
 When Major Maddalena dropped tho supplies Wednesday only sne of the paracnutes 10 which the pack ages were attached failed 10 open. This unfortunately contained fresh batteries and an accumulator for the radio outfit whose strength No bile has been carefully husbanding
 MaJor Maddalena now plans 10 drop q new set carefully packed in a rubber boat so that it will not be oamaged in falling on the ice.
 With the appearance Of some sunshine today burning up the fog, Major Madda!ena hoped to be able to make another trip before the day ended and his fellow Italian fier, Major renzo. was planning to get away also if possible. Major Penzo also has a Dornier-Wal seaplane and is planning to keep sharp mt f~ l,~
 Hope for Men
 Commander Romagna of the Citta Di Milano told the correspondent for the Associated Press today that hc had the greatest hope for the safety of the three men originally of the Mobile party who started overland May 30 in an effort 10 Malmgren. Swedish meteorologist Captain Alberto Mariana and Cap tain 1'ilippo Zappi
 He pointed out that all were strong men. that Zappl was q good navigator and that Dr. Malm gren was acquainted with conditions through his eight years of. experience | in the ice fields with Amundsen.
 Kings Bay. Spitzbergen. June 22.- UP)--A score of men were trapped 1 in lonesome, dismally cold. Arctic | spaces today-only six of them known to be alive--while five na- tions joined in a great relief move. |
 Cmberto Mobile, Roald Amund- sen, Lief Dietrichson, Rene Guilbaud i were among the names of the illus ! trious personages who have been , lured, either by adventure or heroic 1 rescue motives. to Imprisonment ] within the great iced over area of i the north.
 Hope of early rescue of Gen. | Mobile was replaced by anxiety again today when Con. Mobile wireiessed | through the supply ship Citta Di Milano here an appeal to the Italian , government to rush airplanes con- taining runners for landing on the ice.
 Can't Reach land
 Vt is impossible for us to march to land" he added.
 Mobile appealed also for radio batteries to revitalize his emergency set. They were needed urgently, he said.
 It had been thought that Mobile and the four uninjured men with him could march to land to meet the Russian icebreaker Krassin at Foyn island. and that the fifth man Chief Engineer Cecioni, whose leg is broken. could be taken off by . small plane.
 Gen. Mobile explained that his wirsless signals were fading. He has nearly exhausted all reserve batter, ies, hs said, in guiding Mai. Mad dalena-who found him Wednesday ito his camp by means of radio directions
 Examination of the packages Maddalena had dropped by para chute, Mobile said. had shown some of them to be broken: but he added that he and his men were overjoyed at receiving the supplies.
 Hours Of silence today increased fears for the Amundsen party which set out from Tromsoe Monday and has not been heard of since.
 Relief was rushed by airplanc. cruisers. ice boats and dog team---but the position and fate of only six of tie men are known.
 Mobile has been found. He, with five of his followers. is safe on q { floating ice bed not far from Foyn island. They have been given fresh supply of food. Of ammunition to fight off any polar animals. med- c'nes and other supplies
 Major Maddalena, the Italian war nre who has joined the relief army. eght"l Mobile and his men Wednes- day and dropped the supplies by : parachute from his seaplane. The 1 Inen, with one execution. apparent ly were Tn good physical condition nnd Maddalcna believed an ice boat ould be able to break q way to the rescue of he men. (
 But the fate Of the others is q great question here in Kings Bay. Seven men were aboard the dirig- ib|e after it had crashed, deposited nine Of it's crew. and then blew to the eastward. These seven men have [ never been heard from [
 Start Walking il Prof. Finn Malmgren. Swedish and two companions i were landed with Mobile and his 23 followers when the dirigible crashed. $ These three started walking towards I Cape North. across the ice, t and no word has been heard from 0 them despite that three dog sleigh t
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