Evening star., 1928-09-11

Prof. William H. Hobbs. head of
! scientific expedition to Greenland sem
bv the University of Michigan. is ac-
| claimed hero By the press for his rescue
of the Rockford flyers. Hassell anc
| Cranner. who we're forced down In the
! Arctic while trying to blaze new tral
| from America to Europe.
| ITO the layman will come the re-
| Hection." says the Detroit News. In estl.
| mating the service rendered by Prof.
| Hobbs. that there exists form
of observation post, and rescue. station
to which he had. given scant. II any
heed. Here and there in distant places
of the world there are scientists scrupu-
lousy equipped for long ana teoiouS
soio,lrns in the interest of practical
knowledce The scientist sets
up his outpost to learn all that may
add to the worlds needed knowledge
and he becomes the rim of civilization
and the base to which new explorers
farinp farther. may look for help. 1t Is
all very strange and stirring: 1t Is SO
much out of the ordinary-this placid
expedition quietly pursuing the arduous
task to which it had set its hand. ano
suddenly its voice being raised so that
within the space of minutes the world
has news for which it has prayed for
two weeks"
He is the type of man." according
to the Ann Arbor Daily News estimate
of Prof. Hobbs. Ito throw science over
board for few minutes In order to lend
a helping hand to fellow human. He
has no one-track mind: he Is extremely
versatile. He knows how to measure
the winds. and likewise how to answer
an s 0 S. He lives at the same time
in a world of theory and one of prac-
ticability. He knows the value OF a
moldv manuscript but likewise is able
to appreciate coffee and bacon. Prof.
Hobbs has been known the world over
as A geoloeist. Now he has become in
ternationally famous AS one of the chief
characters In spectacular human
drama. He is a man who thinks things
and does things The rescue might
have been expected. because Hobbs
would do 1t If he had half chance"
OF the flyers the Brooklyn Daily
Eagle remarks: The Arctic has let
them off more easily than 1t has many
others who have fallen within its grip.
The unexpected element In
their situation seems to have been the
difficulty, much greater than antici-
pated. in covering the waste tract In
which they found themselves"
"A daring voyage" which places
Hassell and Cramer "among the pioneers
of this new day of aviation" is lauded
by the Albany Evening News, which also
points out that radio has made the
world smaller. 1t touches the farthest
points. There is no longer isolation.
"A notable feat" according to the
New York Times. was their flight from
Cochrane, Ontario. over the forbidding
wilderness of Labrador. across 300 miles
of the Atlantic below the Arctic Circle,
and northward 200 miles to a forced
landing on the ice cap of Greenland
in all 1900 miles That paper con-
cludes: only men of stout heart and
great vitality would have struggled on
with a ration of a ounces Of pemmi-
can day. Rut 1t was the little column
of smoke that saved them
The Decatur Review, advocating bet
ter radio equipment for such enterprises
as that of the two flyers. holds that
proper equipment would have brought
Hassell and Cramer aid soon after
their landing"
They return to confound those who
buried them" declares the New Orleans
Tribune, which. however, adds: But