New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 17, 1928, Page 2

GERMAN FIERSTO PROCEED TO .. INRELIF PLAE (Continued fram First Page) the wind was sh¥ting from south- erly to northeast, which he believed might open a way for him through the ice to Greenly Island. Since shortly affer the German-! Irish fliers landed wn the island I'ri- |ing boat that would scrve as the basis tor establishment of a trans- itlantic commercial airway system. He attempted a crossing last sum- mer but bad to abandon the flight at- 1-mpt ih Spain because of bad tlving veather, e tollowing stery came to he United Press direct from little Point Amour radio station—only a few miles from Greenly Island where the Ger- man-Irfsh transatlantic plane arrived Friday. Jt was re ed by radio from the Belle lsle slation to Manchester, N. H., and from there carried by jand wire to the New York offiems of the United Press early today. day afternoon tig¢ Montcalm has| been trying to reagch them, but be- causc of the clpse packed progress has been ag the rate of only two knots under tha best conditions. At eight o'clock tlgis morning Capt Mercier gave his position as 35 miles west southwest of Qreenly lsland. St. John's N. F, 4pril 17 ('P)— "The transatlantic mgnoplane Bremen bumped and swayed dangeronsly for 20 yards over the rough ice fi where 1t landed on Greenly 1 before coming to a stop, according to authentic advices: received here Contrary to previo®s reports which | said that t planc landed on tl frozen surface of a smuall nd, today's advices indreate he landing was made in a field covered with ice. undercarriage of the plane the bogtom of H:-; dented and the tips of the propeller were damaged. From the foregoing dispaich de- tailing the ¢xtent of the damage to the Bremen it would appaar that| there is little foundation for reports that the remaining members of the plane’s crew will flighe her. off of Greenly Island today. If thye dam-! age 18 as bad as the St. Joltn's ad- vices indicate several days may be required to make repairs. Proud Women Berlin, April 17 (UP oo proud women—ons a Geaman and pther an Irishwoman—will e abourd the North German TLloyd Igner Dre den when it Is for New "York this | week. - They will be en route fo greet their husbands, the co-pilots of the transatlantic airplane Bremgn. Cap- tain Hermann Koehl and Major James Fitzmauriee. Mrs. Koeh! will board the Dres- den at Hamburg Thursday., The ves- Bel procacds to Queenstown @nd there Mrs. Fitzmaurice will boarl. Baron Gunther Von FKluenefeld, third member of the transatlantic airplane’s’ crew, is. unmarried and it was not considereg likels that bis aged mother would. go to, New York. g Wire Washington, Aprif17 (UP)—Pres- Ment Coolidge today recdived the fol- lowing tclegram from the Bremen crew at Greenly Islard, via Point Amour: “Deeply moved by yomr very kind measage of congraiulagions. The German-Irish crew of \German air- plane Bremen hope o reach the great republic of U. 8 A.. very soon when they will personglly express their great appreciaion of und thanks for your sympaghetic inter- est in their work.” The message was siqxrd, “Koeh!, Fitzmaurice, Huenefeld™ Plans Another Tlight London, April 17 (K'P)—Captain F. T. Courtney will atgempt a west- ward crossing of the Atlantic in a twin engine Dornier whale flying boat he said today, evejn though the flight already has been made by the German airplane, Bremen, Courtney said he hoped to obtain data on the performange of the fly-*of admiring throngs for a whole Bremen has (Copyright 1925 by United Press) Point Amour, Labrador, April 17 (By radio via Belle Isle)—Deter- mined to ¢ Greenly Island for New York Wednesday, Baron Gun- ther Yon Huecnefeld and Captain Hermann Koehl are rushing repairs on the Junkers monoplane Bremen despite the bitterly cold tempera- | ture and make-shift tools. A message from the fliers last night told of the plans for the take oft and said the principal damage to | the plane was a Scored bearing. Previously reports from the island said that the undercarriage of the Lremen was damaged when the sturdy German craft struggled out of the windy foggy skies and cam: jtoa difficult landing on the ice of | the little one by two mile island. Fraulein Hertha Junkers was re- | ported to be in Montreal now with | new propeller for the Bremen. But, according to the late advices from the island, Von Huenefeld and | Kochl do not need this now. How- | ever, they do need the fuel supply the relief plane carries. | The fliers also have asked for a supply of oil and a set of tools to replace the make-shift set they ob- | tained from the island lighthouse. ! The two Germans were reported near exhaustion. The 34 hours of flying through wind and fog over the north At- lantic had taxed their vitality. The hazardous final hours, when with the gasoline supply low they con- stantly peered out of the cabin for a place to land, had told on their | nerves, The Labrador cold had been tell- | ing. But with the same determination that enabled them to fight out the fog and wind of the Atlantic, they | continued preparations to fly out of Greenly in the plane that had brought them from Berlin. Weather conditions were not good for take-off attempts. It was feared the prevailing winds and wintry , Weather in Belle Isle Straits might —even though the Germans were Aetermined—prevent the take-off Wednesday. A message picked up last night from a vesse]l not lsted in the radio call book said the Canadian govern- ment feebreaker, Montealm, was within five miles of Greenly Island The Montcalm has been proceed- ing through ice jammed paths and n face of a gale towards the island ver since the first report of the landing of the Bremen was received I'riday. New York, April 17 (UP)—New York began preparations today to give the German-Irish fliers an claborate reception rivaling the one accorded Col. Charles A. Lindbergh when he returned from his Paris flight. Baron Gunther Von Huenefeld. Major James Fitzmaurice and Capt. Hermann Koehl will be the center NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1928, week. Luncheons, theater parties, a water carnival and an official din ner are only a few features of the program. * The city's noisiest greeting, of course, will be the parade up Broadway when ticker tape and torn-up telephone books will shower down in a paper blizzard. A formal reception will be held at city hall where a grandstand seating 3,000 persons is to be built. “Jimmy” Wires “Fitz” Mayor James J. Walker has sent llowing telegram to Fitzmau- All the citizens of the city of New York, irrespective of race color or creed, arc awaiting impa- tiently the arrival of all three of | the Bremen crew. Official progra has becn arranged on this basi wit: Simultancous reception to tain Koehl, Baron Von Huenefcld and yourself. I wish to renew my sincere congratulations.” Groyer Whalen, the city’s official grecter, decided that the fliers would be taken directly from | hel field to the Ritz-Cariton hotel where they will rest for a day. | Water Carnival The following day a trip will b | made down the Narrows where {vessels will participate in a water carnival. |* Dates for the other events were not fixed, pending word from thc | ocean fliers as to when the Bremen |would be rcpaired sufficiently to | permit them to leave Greenly Is- land. | ‘The municipal dinner probably i will be held at the Hotel Commo- vdore. Natives Calm | Murray Bay, Que., April 16 UP— iThe simple-living French-Canadian residents of this section preserved their customary calm today, de- spite prospects of the arrival here |of Commandant James Fitzmaurice ,of the crew of the :transatlantic i plane Bremen. The average resident has shown no interest in the transatlantic flight and indications were he would not leave his home or farm to see the . air hero's return to civilization, be- ing quite content to leave that to thé large corps of newspaper men and photographers who have ar- rived by speclal train and airplane. No Flags Flying There are no flags fying in honor of the expected guest, and indica- tions were there will be no bands 'and no parade. The reception com mittee at Lake St. Agnes, wher Fitzmaurice i8 due to land. prob- ably will be composed mainly of th: reporters and photographers. small summer resort who lhaw shown any interest in the flight all are the owners of automob which carry the newspapermen and photographers part of the way over the hills to Lake St. Agnes, and the farmers who rent their sleighs for the balance of the trip over th: snow and ice-covered ronds. i Another intercsted group is th clothing store owners, many of whom have been doing a rushin business selling heavy clothin caps, boots and mittens to the vir ‘mng news gathcrers and came!: men. The latter scanned the zki for hours in vain yesterday for t' Irish fiier only to learn that-he a- “Duke’” Schiller had been fore down at Natashquan, a point on 1! river midway between here an! Greenly Island, 800 miles away. 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The island itself is too rocky | [to permit of an airplane landing | without a smash, he explains, | 1t the fliers had missed the point between Isle De Bois and the Lab- | dor mainland, they would have | =lided down upon this ice right off Greenly Island, into the Gulf of St. | Lawrence and to their end, says Dr. | Grenfell, who belicves this may be what happened to the others who following lh-:} haps missed the scattered land- marks and thus kept flying on to their death. Asks Money Boston, April 17 (UP)—The Bos- |ton city council has passed an order requesting Mayor Malcoim E. Nichols to appropriate $25,000 for u reception to the Bremen fliers in | the event they come to this city. i Thought They Saw ip New York, April 17 (UP) — Al blurred vision, Srought on by snow driven at them by a fierce northern | wind, was responsible for the crew of the transatlantic airplane Bremen finding the most favorable airplane landing field near the Labrador coast, it became known teday. The Radio Corporation of Amer- ica received a message sent by the | officer in charge of the Point Amour radio station, near Greenly Island, via the Canadian Marconi station at Montreal, telling of the last part of that flight from Dublin to the North American coast. . Dense fog clouds obscured the | skies and a snow-laden wind whip- ped against the Bremen as it fought its way through the last hours of the flight, the message said. The three occupants of the air. plane—Captain Hermann Koehl, Major James Fitzmaurice and Baron Gunther Von Huenefeld— | were worn by their 34-hour vigil in i the tiny cabin and exhaustion had | almost overcome them. Sealing Steanter | - They glanced about below through the maze of fog and snow seeking 1a sight of land. They saw what they believed to be a sealing steamer be- low. They were relieved but closer observation disclosed this to be th2 Greenly Tsland lighthouse. 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