Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
BYRD PARTY. HEARS
zEPPEL|N'S. SIGNALS.
Mason and Petersen Switch
on Loud Speaker for
All to Listen In.
BY RUSSELL OWEN.


BY Radio to The Star and New York Times.
LITTLE AMERICA, August 24.-The
signals of the round-the-World Zeppe-
lin now over the Pacific were heard here
yesterday by Mason and Petersen. They
came in so loud that they were switch
ed to the loud speaker so we could all
hear the dots and dashes clicked of
by the big ship so far away. Later in
the evening Hanson heard the Yep
give its position as $500 miles out from
TOXIC In the san Francisco steam
ship route, flying at height Of 800
meters above the sea.
LITTLE AMERICA, August 23.-The
sun came back yesterday as regular
sun should and sent its light flashing
across the barrier top to spill over the
edge and touch the tops Of ice masses
on the bay with fire. Far down in the
south the cliff walls reflected the bril-
liant golden light for which we have
waited so long. The ice cliffs sparkled
like gigantic mirrors winking back q
message of welcome to the sun as II
between them and they were amused at
our boisterous happiness. I'VE have
been doing this for years." they seemed
to say. why all the Excitement"
Holiday and Rejoicing.
But for most of us this had been
our first Winter night, our first ex-
perience of not seeing the sun TOR four
long months and there was holiday and
rejoicing. Huge and swollen by re-
fraction, tremulous through the haze
the sun didn't rise very far above the
horizon, despite the evident looming
which left images above their natural
level. AS If to tantalize us 1t just
peeped over the edge Of the world and
then crawled slowly along, half hidden
at times by thin clouds. To make up
for this reluctance to climb any higher,
however, it stayed with us long time,
and even after 1t had set again the
sunset illumined the sky with its
marvellous changing patterns of colors.
Comdr. Byrd ordered the flag raised.
It was taken down the day the sun
disappeared last April and this seemed
the appropriate day to let it again fly
over Little America. So in the bitter
cold-for Winter is far from over and
some of our coolest weather is still to
come-all the men in camp were
grouped on the mound Of snow about
the flagpole. When the flag was low
cred last Fall the mess hall stood out
above the snow and there were big
piles of excavated snow, but now The
house has entirely disappeared and the
uneven surface has been Smoothed
over and the holes filled in by the Win
ter billiards. The surface everywhere
around camp is many feet higher than
it was few months ago.
Uncover Despite Gold.
The flag was raised at the COM
nnander's order and as it whipped out
in the 20-mile wind every one uncov-
cred, although it was 40 below and the
wind grippsd ears and noses painfully.
NIL T3,.xA a. 81 H.
side it and the Norwegian and every
one saluted each of them with barred
head The ceremony took several
minutes and when it was over there
was rush for cover.
1t didn't go far, however, because at
this time Jack O'Brien decided that
something ought to be done about the
Irish flag, and he unfurled a green
pennant he had made on which gold
harp and the words Erin Go Bragh'
had been painted, and waving this over
his head he started snake dance
around the camp which lasted about
five minutes, and then the wind be-
came too much for even his Hibernian
enthusiasm.
With all these things happening, and
such small events are tremendously i'm
portant in our little community, there
was more to come, for the day the sun
came back was also Larry Goulds birth
day. This is big day for U.S." said
Comdr. Byrd, because of the return of
the sun, and bigger day because it is
Larry's birthday. He has won the af-
lection and esteem of the whole expedi-
ton" Larry is not only second in COM
mand and senior scientist, but in the
regard of every one in camp occupies
much the same position in the expedi-
ton that DR.. Wilson did In the Scott
expedition. So his birthday was an &C.
casion as great as the return of the sun.
It was celebrated with a turkey dinner,
and afterward an entertainment that
was success.
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