Evening star., 1936-02-05
SHIP BREAKS ICE,
REACHES CR|SF|ELD
Early End to Isolation OF
Smith and Tangier
Islands Seen.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
An early breaking of the isolation
of Smith and Tangier Islands IN the
ice-choked lower Chesapeake Bay ap-
peared in prospect today as the Coast
Guard Cutter Dione put into the har-
Dor entrance at Crisfield.
Two airplanes were winging their
way, meanwhile, to Tangier. One
was carrying a waterman to see his
two children, i'll with pneumonia. The
other was taking woman who
planned to learn the real needs OF the
island women folk.
Island residents marooned at CrlS-
field were inclined to belittle reports
of suffering and hardship on the is
lands. One woman, suffering burns
unattended since Sunday was known
to be in need of medical aid, how
ever.
Hundred Greet Boat.
A hundred islanders unable to
reach their homes for several days
because of thick ice in Tangier Sound,
gathered at the Crisfield docks as the
cutter, detailed from Norfolk, Va, to
smash a channel smaller boats could
navigate. neared the shore.
At 9 am. an airplane piloted by
Charles H. Richards took off from
Eastor, Md, for the ice-locked island.
j. Millard Tawes. chairman of the
local Red Gross unit, prepared to fly
to Tangier to rescue the woman Suf-
fering from severe burns.
Woman Suffers Burns.
Mrs. Eva McReady. to whose aid
Tawes is hurrying. was burned when
a. stove exploded at her home Mon
day. TaweS learned of her injury yes
terday when he flew to Smith Island,
north of Tangier in the Chesapeake.
At Smiths the Red Cross official was
assured by Mrs. Polly Tyler, chair
man of the island Red Cross, that
there was food enough on that island
to last out the week.
Piloted by Capt. Alfred Bennett,
Tawes brought back to Crisfield mail
which had been accumulating at
Smiths Island for 10 days. He planned
to carry to Tangier today the Rev. H.
Bailey, the island preacher, who has
been recovering from an automobile
accident suffered recently on the main
land.
Pilot Richards took with him to
Tangier Mrs. Theodore Phillips, wife
of vice president of a food packing
to visit among the islanders and ascer-
tain just what their needs are. She
will bring back to the mainland mes
sages from the islanders. Answers to
the messages will be broadcast over a
Baltimore radio station.
Meanwhile, the Coast Guard cutter
Travis plowed through high seas to-
ward the lower Bay from her More
head City, N. c., base, to batter
channel to the islands so necessary
supplies could be carried in by boat.
Fails to Reach Island.
A plane dispatched yesterday by
Washington newspaper and piloted by
George Brinckerhoff failed to reach
its objective when propeller trouble
forced it down on the ice near Deal
Island, northernmost of the bay is
lands. Brinckerhoff said a strong
wind blew him off his course.
A simplified international system of
signals by which isolated storm VIC
tins could convey their plight to re-
lief planes flying overhead was sug-
gested yesterday at Cambridge by
Col. Albanus Phillips, according to
the Associated Press. He based his
proposal on the experience of pilots
he sent with airplane cargoes of sup
plies to ice-marooned residents of
Tangier and Smith Islands.
On the first relief flights signals
we're arranged-a white flag for food
and a black flag for medical atten-
ton. This arrangement proved to be
Of some benefit in the latest freeze
UP, during which Col. Phillips sent
800 pounds of provisions and medical
supplies to the ice-bound islanders.