Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-14

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Rv ihe Associated Press
KINGS BAY, Spitzbergen, July IA
With ten men snatched from death in
the Arctic. rescue planes and the Rus
sian icebreaker Krassin were intent to-
cay on reaching a spot some 80 miles
TO the east of Foyn Island, There it
was believed that six men who drifted
away in the balloon part of the Italia
after the fatal crash on May 25 and
possibly Roald An1undsen and his five
companions on a French rescue sea-
plane might be found
The latest 10 be rescued, Capt Sora
of the Italian Alpine chasseurs and
the Dutch engineer Van Dongen, who
had attempted to make a perilous
march over the ice to search for Italia
castaways, were safe aboard the base
ship Citta di Milano today They were
picked of Foyn Island by a Finnish
airplane and brought to Kings Bay.
Dependence on Flyer.
flyer Caukhnovsky for locating the
exact position of the men east of Foyn
Island since his keen eyes had spotted
the Italians. Capts. Filippo Zappi and
Alberto Mariana and directed the
, KTaSsin to their rescue from an iceberg.
The airman and four companions we're
forced down on the ice near Cape
Piaten. damaging their plane. They
succeeded in reaching land, established
a base and busted themselves in re-
pairing the broken landing gear of
their craft. From this point it was ex-
pected that they would make frequent
scouting flights and again summon the
KrasSin to the rescue.
Italian planes will also join in the
searching work over the ice of Queen
Victoria Sea in the neighborhood of 90
degrees Is minutes north and 80 de-
grees 81 minutes west 1t is known
that Road Amundsen held the view
that the balloon party of the Italia
would be found in this location and
the hope is held that he and his COM
psnions may have reached this point
and become marooned with them. DR..
Fridtjof Nansen. Norwegian explorer.
has always thought that the missing
Italians would be found there and the
Soviet rescue commission holds a
similar view.
The Norwegian icebreaker Braganza
was making its way today toward the
camp Of a nlarooned rescuer-Varming,
a Dane He had started out with Capt
Sora. but fell sick and was left at Cape
BTun with a dog team and provisions.
Capt Zappi Seriously ILL.,
The physician aboard the Krassin.
which rescued seven members of the
Italia crew on Thursday, sent word that
Capt Zappi. whose leg was badly
frozen, was in a rather serious condi-
tion. Capt. Mariana. the other sur
vivor of the walking party" had some
fever. but only such as would be
natural 10 one who had undergone so
this group Dr.. Finn Malmgren, Swedish
meteoroiogist, died on the ice from ex-
posure on June S.
The five men taken aboard the Kras-
Sin from the ice flow. near the scene Of
the Italia crash. we're all stated to be
in normal condition. The physician
said that Natalie Ceccioni, motor chief,
whose leg was broken IN the wreck
snoz ed no other III effects. The other
four members Of this group are Lieut.
Alfredo yiglieri. navigator, Prof. r. Be-
hounek. Czechosioyakian meteorologist
Giuseppi BiOgo, radio operator, and
Fjijppo Troiano, engineer.
Gen UmbeTlO Mobile. commander Of
the airship. was slowly recovering
aboard the Citta di Milano today from
injuries 20 his leg and back. He was
rescued by the Swedish airman, Lieut.
EinarpaaI Lundborg on June "a. Lund-
borg has since been promoted 70 the
rank of captain In the Royal Swedish
Flying Corps and received the first
merit medal In gold awarded by the
Swedish Aviation Society. for his rescue
WORK
Men Nearly Exhausted.
Capt Gora and Van Dongen were
nearly exhausted from hunger when
brought 70 Kings Bay by the Finnish
sirpIape and two Swedish machines.
Enti sighted b. the Krassin on its way
10 pick up the Viglieri group they had
been listed among the lost
The party left Beverly Sound on june
1a with two dog sieGs, acting on instruc-
ttong 70 look for Capt Mariana and his
1go companions along the northern
coast of North East Land from NORTH
Cape u Cape Brun They were then v
Try W make for F0yu Island to~are
Inc Viglieri party who we're maF0ones
about FIVE miles from that point
The Norwegian flyer Lieut.. LuetnOy
Holm on June II found the S0ra Datr0
and dropped message 10 them noti
flying them that the group near Foyi
Islano had been located by the itaIiaI
flyer Maj Maddalena. and he had re
pfoysioned them The aviator ais
dropped another message saying ths
there %as bad fog ahead and urgini
them not 10 try 10 strike out for F0yi
yslsnd because Of this and the condition
OF the ice.
Second Note Was Missed
The second message never reache
Capt Sors he said on MS return t
Kings Bay He and his companion
tried many times 10 get onto the ic
from the rugged forelands of North Eas
Land FlnsliY be and Van D0ngen sue
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