C-54 To Paradrop Supplies
To Three Air Force Men
In Floating Ice Island
FAIRBANKS, {JP)—A 10th Res
cut Squadron plane loaded with
supplies took off Friday from
Ladd Air Force Base with sup
plies for three men on a floating
ice island.
The plane was to land first at
an advance base in Greenland, a
10-hour flight from here. The
crew will rest briefly in Green
land before proceeding to the is
land which is approximately 100
miles from the North Pole.
The three men, part of an or
iginal party of eight, are remain
ing on the island to determine
what military and scientific ad
vantages it may have for the U.S.
The other five Air Force men
have returned to the mainland.
Supplies aboard the plane
which left here Friday will be
paradropped to the three men.
Items too fragile to be dropped
from the air will be ferried to
the island by another plane equip
ped to land on the snow-covered
place. The snow is too deep to
permit the larger, four-engined
C-54 which is enroute to Green
land to land.
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Navy Abandons “Flying
Laboratory” And Will
Try To Rescue Crew
BARROW, Alaska, (ff) — Nine
Navy fliers marooned on the
Arctic ice pack 400 miles from
the North Pole were reported in
no danger Saturday and “sweat
ing out” rescue efforts.
The nine were stranded Thurs
day when the landing gear of
their Navy R4D twin - engined
plane crumpled during an at
tempted takeoff from a Navy
polar expedition research station
700 miles north of here.
Contacted by radio, Cmdr. E.
M. Ward, pilot of the ill-fated
plane, reported the men were in
high spirits and good health. He
said they had plenty of food and
fuel to last four days and enough
warm clothing to last indefinitely.
Both Lockheed Neptune twin
engine planes used as supply
ships on the expedition were laid
up for repairs. One plane was
flown to Kodiak for repairs to its
ski landing gear. The other was
undergoing an engine change at
Barrow.
The plane at Kodiak was ex
pected to be ready to make an
attempt to rescue the marooned
men Sunday.
The plane that was stranded on
the ice was a special “flying lab
oratory” which carried equip
ment for making soundings and
carrying out oceanography studies
in the Arctic. The goal o’f the ex
pedition was to reach a floating
ice island 70 miles from the North
Pole.
The Navy said later it would
have to abandon the crippled R4D
and end the oceanographic phase
of “Ski Jump.”
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Britain Has Coldest
Spring Blizzard in 36 Yrs.
LONDON, <;P) — The coldest
spring blizzard in 36 years lashed
the British Isles Saturday and
snow and cold gripped most of
Europe.
Shipping in the churning Eng
lish Channel was virtually at a
standstill. A number of small
boats sent out distress signals
and rescue crews were busy. .
Road and rail transportation in
southern England was blocked in
many places by drifts piled as
high as two feet. Three double
decker buses overturned on icy
roads but no deaths were re
ported.
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was slowed. One plane from the
United States was five hours late
aLer bucking gale winds.
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IN FORT HOOD, TEXAS
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War H.
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be involved in the training oper
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Medical Group, entered the Army
in 1946 and has been awarded the
Good Conduct Medal, the World
War II Victory Medal, the Asiatic
Pacific Ribbon and the Army of
Occupation Medal for his service
in Germany.
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