Evening star., 1929-06-30
Crowds Parade Streets and
Storm British Embassy in
Huge Demonstration After
News of Ships Safety.
EXTRAS ARE PUBLISHED
FIRST TIME SINCE WAR
British Admiralty and Maj. Franco
Radio Brief Accounts of How
Aviators Are Located and Craft
Is Taken on Board Big English
Carrier Of Azores.
~ the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MADRID, June 2o.-All Spain
poured into the streets of cities
and villages today in one vast,
roaring demonstration of national
Joy for the discovery this morning
of the four Spanish aviators who
had been lost and deSpaired Of
since they. failed to arrive in the
Azores Islands last Saturday.
Afioat at sea through storms,
hunger and fatigue in their Dor
nier- Wanl seaplane, Maj. Ramon
Franco and his three comrades,
on a round-trip flight from Spain
to New York, were picked up by
two British airplanes from the air
craft carrier Eagle about 100 miles
southeast Of Santa Maria Island,
the Azores.
Five nations sent in vain ships and
airplanes to search for them through
q week of anxious watching, which
turned slowly to despair, before the
Eagle, discovered the aviators close to
the very spot where the Spanish gov
ernment thought they had landed last
Saturday.
Mysterious Message.
A mysterious and untraced message,
purporting to be from Maj. Franco,
then said the flyers were landing on
San Miguel Island, nearest OF the
Azores group to Santa Maria, where
they were found by British airplanes
scouting without hope but on chance
of finding them.
Disregarding a day-long chilly and
drizzling rain, which at times became
q downpour, rejoicing crowds paraded
the streets or packed the cafes ex.
citedly discussing what was considered
here as A miraculous rescue. Capts.
francesca Iglestas and Ienacio Jimenez,
Spain's other transatlantic flying heroes,
personally led one of the largest OF the
spontaneous, parades and headed the
demonstration of gratitude before the
British embassy. The families of all
the flyers also sent messages OF graft
tude to the representatives of Great
Britain
The two captains led the crowd in
"Vivas" for England, continuing the
cheering until Sir George Grahame,
British Ambassador, appeared on the
balcony Jimenez and Iglesias mounted
to the balcony, where the Ambassador
embraced both to the accompaniment
Of further frenzied cheers.
Makes Brief Address.
Sir George addressed the crowd
briefly, expressing his great happiness
at the rescue of Maj. Franco and add
ing that the Joy would be shared with
Spain by all the world. He hoped that
all four Of the rescued avtators would
have many years Of health and pros
perity in which to serve their glorious
nation
Friends of the Franco family related
that yesterday when almost every onG
believed that the flyers would never be
found Sonora Franco was asked by one
of the aviation chums Of her husband
why she was so little worried. Shit
replied:
leaving he told me he would see me
in Madrid in 10 or IL days and I expect
him to do it."
Nicolas Franco, a brother of the aVi-
atof and himself a naval engineer oi
wide repute, is credited with having
worked out the spot in the Atlantic
where his brothers plane was mos
likely to be found. 1t was said that thi'
calculation had been forwarded to tht
British aircraft carrier Eagle and thai
scouting planes from that vessel located
the missing machine just about where
Nicolas Franco had figured 1t would be
All the evening newspapers in Madrte
published extras today for the first time
since the Moroccan War. A powerful
siren on the roof Of the Daily A. B. c.
which Is blown only when enormous
news is available, attracted huge crowds
to the bulletin boards, which displayed
ttEtngS Of the rescue.