Evening star., 1934-11-18
HOME OF SANTA
!. IN ARCTIC FOUND
The Stars AirpIane Expedi.
/ ton to Far North is
Successful.
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skis and pontoons for landing in
open water and on the snow, and car
ries the very latest wireless apparatus.
The wireless equipment will be used
ito send back daily stories to The
sStar, in which the famous explorer
! will tell about what the party sees on
! its unusual Journey, how they are re-
ceived and what they think of Santa
Claus and his home.
q Moving Pictures Being Made.
Moving pictures are being made Of
the entire trip and upon the return
1of the party the movies will be shown
sat local theaters. These will be true
pictures taken at every step of the
sjpurney and should settle all doubts
IN the minds OF Washington boys and
girls as to the authenticity of the news
stories that will appear daily in The
Star.
Capt. Kleinschmidt's plane took off
quietly one night about three weeks
ago from the Washington-Hoover Air
port. It made its first stop in New
York for additional supplies, and then
roared off from the Mineola flying field
headed for the Arctic regions. 1t flew
over Ottawa, Hudson Bay and Coro-
nation Gulf to Victoria Land, the home
of the Blond Eskimos. This was as
far as their fuel supply permitted
them to go by airplane. Here the
explorers many friends among the
Eskimos provided the party with dog
teams and reindeer for his final dash
to the frozen stronghold, where he
finally succeeded in finding Santa
Claus.
The party faced many hardships
and dangers, fighting off wolf at
tacks and battling with "Layluk" the
North Wind, and now The Star is
happy to announce that the eXpedi-
ton has been a success and that the
brave captain and his party are safe
at Santas castle.
We know nothing of Santa Claus
except that he comes South at Christ
mas time, slides down the chimney
and leaves presents. But now we ex-
pect to hear wonderful tales of the
good old Saint, what he does in his
home and how he spends the balance
of the year.
Later News Arrives.
As this story was being written,
further wireless dispatch has come to
us from Capt. Kleinschmidt, and here
it is:
BY Wireless to The Evening Star.
BY CAPT. F. E. KLEINSCHMIDT.
SANTA CLAUS LAND, November
18.-As we neared the outskirts of
10 80 nI1oII
little gnome, Jimmie Aide, who prom
ised to talk with Santa and return
with message from him if he would
receive us.
True to his name, Jimmie Aide
appeared early this morning. Did
you hear from Santa?" Mrs. Klein
schmidt asked.
"Of course, did" was his answer.
Excitement ran through the crowd.
What did he say?" queried.
"First, was called upon to say
that you were from washington and
were on an expedition for The Eve
ming STAR" Jimmie replied. THAT
seemed to please Santa. I gave him
your name, Captain, and he stated
that he had heard of you. OF course,
Santa stated he had never received
human being in his castle, but that in
this case he would make arrangements
to see you and to make your stay
pleasant one. Santa Claus Is such a
kind-hearted man that I would not
be surprised If you tell him how much
the children in Washington love him,
that he will even allow you to take
moving pictures of him in his castle.
Every boy and girl in Washington
must receive gifts this Christmas,
he says.
"I have special instructions how
we are to approach the palace and
I will act as your guide. Come fol-
low me-"
You may imagine it did not take
us long to break camp, hitch up our
reindeer and be off for the last dash
to the castle Of Santa Claus.
The deer seemed to know they were
nearing the end of their journey and
heightened their stride, just as boys
do when they know that dinner is
ready and steaming mince pie is
waiting for them at home.
The Kingdom of Santa Claus.
Guided by Jimmie, the gnome, we
came to a small hill in the vast
plain. Suddenly, just at the crest
of the hill, he pulled hard on the
reins and called whoa" to the rein
deer. For the first time in the his
tory of man human beings we're gaz-
ing upon the kingdom of Santa Claus
Miles ahead lay beautiful tundra
and in the center of the plain there
stood glistening palace. The palace
raised its steeples almost as high as
the mountains, and as the Northern
lights shone upon the ice, myriads
sfpf beautiful colors were reflected like
/ sparkling gems.
s,r''5 Coming closer to the castle, we saw
hundreds of little gnomes standing on
the parapets and the great balcony
leading around two sides of the castle.
They were waving and cheering-and
L. fay