New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 24, 1928, Page 4

T ey ateurs here as to the authenticity of A the mals. They asked where the J could get power to operate a |8 I he plane's set used bat- | lery ARE PICKED [P = i et ™ power when in the air. Copenhagen, Aug. 24 (UP)—Three |Bovernments searched the district along the west coast of Gi enland today tor tra 1l and Parker D. Cramer, pilots of the airs |Plane Greater Rockford, after re- |ports were received their craft had been sighted Sunday morning. Residents of Fiskenaesset Liechtentels, on the southern cous line of the ice-cap island, reported they had scen an airplane, be the markings of the Great Rockford, Sunday morning, the sherift of Greenland advised the Danish gov- ernment, This renewed the beliet prevalent these northern countries that and Cramer sucecsstully had apparently reached 1 b g L eached he second stop of their sirst definite information o projecied Rockford to Stockholm plane’s fate quickly faded however but had failed to tind the run. when wireless experts began Casting | yway ar Mr. fya REvET scrious doubts as to the message's) 244 y Be Days Yet "";:":,",_‘,‘"':_)d' i Should they have landed Spie. 50 enG. & ¥s before they can reach was actually iym-: };nt Lo civilization and relief. Noted Green- amateurs, ons in Chi land explorers have believed all other in Toledo along 1l dent reports of b started from Cocl ‘ 5 started from Cochrane, Oat., for other hand it appeared Greenland lust Friday, had r probable to experienced rad 1 Greenland but had failed to find the (Continued from First Page) facts concerning the two fliers, that the messages are not genuine. SOS. Picked Up Chicago, Aug. 24 (®—Out of the air early today there came a wire- less SOS. signed “the Rockford fly- s, It said the Rockford-to-Sweden plane, missing since early Sunday morning, was down on a all island oif Newfoundland and that the fly- | crs Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer were safe Joy born of what that a me some ring | t Hussell and Cramer, who | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1928 landing anywhere in the neighbor- | hood of its sighting, but that there | Was o need to fear for the safety {of the men. He thought that 1t {would be impossible for them to |take off. The possibility that it might take several days for the fliers to reach a place from which communication jcould be estallished was suggested |by Peter Freucher, explorer, who thought that they may have landed |by the Ameralik river where a | place called Big Plains would afford la good landing. Ao Gets Wireless Brooklyn, Aug. 24 (UP) — Wil liam Redfern, amateur radio opera- tor, picked up a message today at 112:45 a. .m. signed with the call “1 ter of the airplane Greater Rock- | |ford and asking that the United | Press be notitied that the Rockford- | {to-Sweden plane had landed on an | jisland 100 miles north of Newfound- | |land. | | “BOS." the message began. “We |are stranded on a small island 100 miles north of Newfoundland. W are the Rockford-to-Sweden fliers. | | Please notify the United Press that | |we are down.” ! Redfern said the message came | in on a wave length of 22 meters, | iched |although the Rockford was equipped | Station He said the send- |’ to send on 3 The message picked up by R. J. Harris, Chicago, purporting to be from Hassell and Cramer, said they were using a generator for power. Mix said the plane depended wholly upon batteries for operation of its radio. Vourth Operator Reports Baltimore, Md., Aug. 24 (P—A fourth amateur radio station which Dicked up messages purporting to be from the Greater Rockford flyers last night reported here today. L. C. Herndon, United States radio in- spector, on his amateur set at his home, heard some of the signals re- ported by other operators in Chicago and Toledo. Herndon said he got the SOS. sig- nals and the call letters KHAH at approximately the same time the other stations reported receiving the message. After that, the signals faded and he was able to get no more of the message although he tried for about an hour to get into communication with the sender, He set the time of the 808, signal as 11:13 p. m., eastern standard time and said that the signals were on a wave length of approximately 42.5. Herndon also confirmed the report that the sending appeared to be that of an experienced operator. He received the call on his home st signals faded he was not able designated 3E'W zut after the | that the message was sent from the | planes’s smal . "KHAH." { “Get word to the Associated Press | and our families,” said the first ived by R, J. Harris, eur, “that we are down on a small island 50 miles off New- toundland, and are safe.” Tolrdo, O. 24 (UP) E. Willian eur radio oper ator, today g he had been in communication with a radio station that signed itself KHAH and the sender reported W are the Rockford to Sweden fliers and said they were down “'on a small island 100 miles north of New- foundland.” Williams said he a radio 8 O 8. on a wave between 42 and 43 mete al 400 meter band—and tablished direct contact and talked with the sending station. Ninth Radio District The sending station calling for the ninth radio district, center ing around Chicago, the radio ope ator said. The signals first werc heard about 11 o'clock last night. The men reported first in the gen- eral § O 8, they were down about 50 miles north of Newfoundland but later, Williams said, in talking said they believea the island was 100 miles north of Newfoundland. The sending station reported they were safe but were urgently in need of aid and asked that Williams get help to them soonest. Relates Messages ‘Williams reported that after he had established contact with the sending station the following con- sersation occurred: | “Can you get in communication with the United Press?” the send- ing station asked “Yes, I can” “We are stranded on a small island about 100 mils north of ewfoundland. Please advise the United Press of our position. We are the Rockford to Sweden fliers.” “Have you talked with anyone clse before? Do you need anything? Is there anything else 1 can do?” first intercepted length of worked from here. We need assist- ance badly 0. M. (old man). P do all in vour power to get help to us. You don't have to stand by.” “Have you any personal mes- sages?” Personal Messages “Just say we are safc and well. N | .. (several word missed). Because we haven't any beer since yesterday. Have been trying to get in contact with some station all night. “Please hurry. With that, Williams reported, the | sender signed off again with the call | letters KHAH | Williams said the signals were strong but that they were on such a wave length that outside of 10 or 15 miles from the sending position they could not be heard for a dis- tance of more than 500 miles. The signals were sent in fairly good code, not swittly, but to understand, the amateur here re- ported, “That was a strange thing too,” Williams fold the United Press. “I had understood that neither of the fliers—Bert Hassell or Parker D, Cramer—understood much radio signalling. However, their code was good and was diff nt from the sending of most amateur stations.” Only Two Such Islands Maps show only two islands that | foundland. Ple rnnway and had Leen foreed to land |ing was good and seemed to come | from a far away station. on some obscure position. The Danish government already ted a searching party along the western coast. The sheriff o Greenland advised that two moto boats were now tracing line, Norwegian boats ar. conducting a search while the American cutter | with tears of joy. N Marion s in the waters just off| Greenland condueting a search. i Message of Sherift sheriff of Greenland in his | to the government i “Machine reported without a doubt from Fiskenaes: The whole place as well as|t Licchtentels observed the machine | Sunday morning at 10:30 liigh from the north, northwest, descending over Fiskenaesset, ‘tew clearly seen Jooking over the arca through binoculars. After- wards the machine turned slowly |y castward. Greenlanders statements absolutely trustworthy. Described the sound of the engine and gave the national markings of the ma- chine 1t was absolutely v t T pointed ont that Licch- | | Relatives of Bert Hassell and Par- | the coast |\ | !the Greater Rockford's Mrs, Rosalie Hassell, plane’s pilot, and Mrs. Elizabeth K. | Hassell, his mother, had shown the cffects of the straln they have been coming prayers,” Mrs. Cramer said. and | we know where to look for them— ! and we'll find them.” relaying about the country | Rockford fii |to get them again, Serious Offense Washington, Aug. 24 (#—Should Relatives E Rockford, 111, Aug. ated 24 (UP) —ifrom Hassell's plane Greater Rock- ford prov e to be a hoax the per- Cramer received dispatches | petratcr may face a heavy penalty tating the filers were believed safe |if he should be detected. The law provides a $5,000 fine and imprisonment for not more than five ars or both for each sending out |of false distress signals. The prob- m is to trace such calls, which, unless repeated, proves difficult. The radio division of the depart- ment of commerce and the federal radio commission were still without information fram their field men to- day as to the calls last night. Offi- cials said one amateur received the signal “KHAK” in a message pur- | porting to come from the Rockford, whereas the Hassel call is “KHAH.” 1t is not unusual for prank-loving amateurs to use false call letters, it was said, but this is seldom done with mischievous intent. U. 8. Cuttor On Way Washington, Aug. 24 (UP)—The coast guard cutter Marion was head- Fannie mother of navigator, wife of the Cramer, under while silence hid the fate of he airmen. “This confirms our hopes and | “Now | Washington, Aug. wave radio station: 24 P — Short apparently were today he message received in Toledo last | night purporting to come from the Technical Sergeant K. B. Wilson tenfels and Fiskenacsset werc in ahe @t Bolling field, who kept in touch |eq toward Ivigtut, Greenland, today © neighborhood. e last previous report airplane was about 3 a. m. aorning when radio signa tercepted in the United 8 cating the Greater Rockford was |t 1 ding slowly over the Davis I of this ! Sunday aits. | from Toledo. It reads: Since then there has heen silence and for a time it was feared that |, the plane may have landed in Davis its. The American cutter Marion reported that if a forced landing had ) been made in Davis Straits there was little_chance for the men to be | saved as a severe storm was break- | ing through the are Motor Boats Start Julianehaab, Greenland, (UP) thaab and Fiskenaesset e today for the airplane Jand had reported that an airplane | had sighted Sunday over Fi t and Lichtenfels, two neighboring Greenland villages. The governor said the plane Was | doubting that of the natives could be n by most that the aviators seen peering over the eabin, with binocu- | recejved last night ean be given any | credence at al apparently attempting to find anding place. ter cruising over the two vil- the Plane disappeared toward the east, Still Another Report New York, Aug. 24—(UP)—H. A, communication last night with a radio seuding station, which signed as “The Rockford to Sweden Fliers saying they were foundland. “We are stranded on a small fs- | tand north of Newfoundland. Please help, We are the Rockford- tliers and want help. Our s lost 50 miles north of New- hurry. Our oil feed nd we had to land on ship w line failed us a small island where we are O. But our food is getting low ind W are using a g transmitter, The only way t hielp to us is by ship. Please get | word to our families.” with the Southern early today from a station in San were in- | Francisco a communication ¢s indi- | What similar to that picked up in are badly in need | Please do all in your power to get Aug. 24 Belief that someone has perpetrated o motor boats from God-|a heax in sending out radio mes- rched | S3ges purporting to be from Bert along the West Coast of Greenland |Hassell and Parker Cramer of the Greater | missing airplane Greater Rockford Boiktont | was expressed today by Don Mix, | The Dhoats were sent out vester- former radio operator with the Don. | “You are the first station we have day after the governor for Green- ald B. MacMillan polar expedtiion, passing | paratus on the Rockford-Stockholm plane, the Greater Rockford so its mes- sages could be picked up by the radio doing experimental work here. by the Greater Reckford were the en, radio opcrator in Brooklyn, | work of some voported today that he had been in |them out thinking he was funny,” Mix said. down off New- | which mentioned “W any beer since yesterda Cross on its far as Hawaii, in search of $he missing airplane received | Greater Rockford, according to a | wireless message received at coast guard headquarters, The Marion has net reported In- tercepting any messages believed to have come from the Greater Rock- ford fliers although it has maintain anded on small island 100 |¢d & 24-hour radio watch. miles north of Newfoundland. We It did intercept a massage that of assistance, |Natives of Fiskenaesset, Greenland, heard the spund of an airplane motor several days ago, however. The’ Marion has been searching an area southwest of Cape Chidley and is now proceeding southwestward. “No sign of Hassell” is last message to headquarters said. , The cutter also reported that it | had been forced to replenish its water supply from a small glacier and that southerly winds prevall in the area it is searching, The Marion has been advised by headquarters that a plane believed | to be the Greater Rockford was seen vy natives over the village of Ii Kenaesset. light as some- he Ohio city last night. The San rancisco station had received ft help to us.” The signature was “Hassell.” Hoax, Mix Thinks Madison, Wis., Aug. 24 (UP) — Mix helped install the radjo ap- for | The great pyramid of Cheop: were | Ghizeh, is the only one of the “seven He cited numerous reasons the messages and | genuine and added: | wonders of the world” that has sur- canuot see how those reports | vived. Mix had adjusted the radio on laboratories in which he is | “Apparently the messages signed | LEGS GENUINE LAMB .. VEAL STEAK ........... BONELESS POT ROAST! STEAK TOP ROUND ROAST BEEF ......... “STAR” HAM (Sliced) .. FRESH ROAST PORK .... amateur Who sent being Joseph E. Williams, reported reception of Toledo, 0., a message haven't had Mix regarded that phrase as the | Key to the whele incident. He safd | the ship's stores contained no beer | and expressed the opinion that | whoever sent such a’ message might | have had an abundance. He pointed | out that KHAH, the plane's radio, | operated on a wave length of 32, meters, whereas the messages heard last night were reported on 22 a d | 43 meters. SAUSAGE MEAT ... TEL. 4347 the new signals purporting to come | HYLAND MARKET SATURDAY SPECIALS 5 . veu 33e PORK SAUSAGE ............. HYLAND MARKET (CALLS PROHIBITION LAW FLAT FAILURE (Continued from First Page) as state senator, representative and mayor, so we have an outstanding reputation in Connecticut. “At an anniversary three years ago, I spoke of the old days and the new, and exhorted the members to | redouble their efforts to urge our | youth to become members: for I stated that in my opinion, there is greater need than ever of temper- ance' societies, as under the prohi- bition law and Volstead act, the danger of young people of America | is many times greater than in the | worst days of the saloon. “I think from the foregoing that you can gather my sentiment but the thought may arise that all my experience was in the remote past. | Let me assure you I have daily ex- | perience with conditions as they are. | Being the registrar of voters in this | |city, my duties take me to almost | every house in our city each year and I see life as it is. My evidence is | ocular and not the statistics of a paid special writer and what I see and know compels me te say that the prohibition law is a flat failure, as a preventive of the drink evil, “I do not want you to infer from | what I have said that I will want the saloon back for I would not. 1 merely state that out of my years of | observation, its evils were not as great as those attendant upon the | prohibition law and believe with you that the law should be changed. Our America should be purged of its hypocrisy that secks to make us be- lieve that we are free of the drink evil. | “I have watched the career of Governor Smith and I have been in two conventions to help non.nate him for president, and I believe he is the one man who can solve this problem to the satisfaction of all. “Respectfully yours, (Signed) THOMAS J. SMITH." 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