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LEADER OF GREENLAND AIR SURVEY

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Copenhagen, Aug. 24. Greenland Administration to-day announced the death of the famous explorer, Mr. H. G. Wnt- king, who wad lender of the Grear land air survey.

SAN JURJO FACES CIVIL CHARGE.

TRIAL MARKS CLOSE OF MILITARY JUSTICE

Madrid, Aug. 24. Hundreds of people, including many women, waited for hours to secure admission to the Palace of He perished on August 20 as a

Justice in order to hear the trial result of a canoe recident.-Reuter, of General Sun Jurjo, alleged to Mr. Watkins who was educated bo the leader of the recent

ba

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at Cambridge University, organis-monarchist revolt in Spain. He is ed, with other undergraduates in the first Spanish general to 1927, an expedition to Edge Island tried by the Civil Court for in the Spitsbergen group. He went has asked for the death penalty.

bellion. The Public Prosecutor right across the island, a perilous feat never performed before. With insignificant, figure as he entered General San Jurjo presented an four companions he had only gone a fow miles inland when they wore

the Palace escorted by police. He marooned for five days by a forr.was dressed in a dark suit and ap- At last he and one of the others present at the opening of the peared depressed. He was not set out to try to determine their Court, having been permitted to position, but a blizzard eut off from the rest of the party for during the proliminarica. He en remain in a neighbouring room 36 hours.

his friends. tered the courtroom surrounded-by

them

Young Secialists are plastering the Madrid is agog with excitement. walls of the city with flaming red lining the end of a posters depicting a figure, symbo- triumph of military

century's justice,

One of his discoveries was that the island was subject to a gradual uplift, resulting in the formation of canyons 250 feet deep. For his work on this expedition he was awarded the Cuthbery Peek grant of the Royal Geographical Society. In 1928 with two companions Wat-

over elvil kins went exploring in Labrador. They spent a year there, experienc-been inundated with telegrams de- The Chamber of Deputies has ing hunger and other hardships,manding the death of San Jurjo, For months they were engaged in although the President, fighting their way back to

Senor const and after killing some of their Socialista's objection to

the Zamora, is understood to share the dogs to feed the rest had to drag one of the sledges for a long dis- tance. Their hunger became

acute that they nearly decided kill and cat one of the coga.

punishment on principle.

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The verdict is not expected be- Rofore late to-night-Router. to

In July, 1930, Watkina hended an AWAY TO THE DESERT.

expedition to Greenland to

carry

out a survey for the planning of an Arctic air route from England to Canada. His 14 companions wero all young men, mostly from Cam- bridge University. After Helting

LADY MOUNTBATTEN TIRES OF PEOPLE AND TOWNS

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up a bass near the coast they spent. several weeks in exploring the ice. covered inland area rising to 7.000 feet above sea-level. On the sura- mit they built a small hut weather observation post. It was desired to obtain records of winter, "We are going to rough it and conditions there and Augustine trust to luck. That's the only way Courtauld volunteered for the task, to see the world" said the Marquis

Watkins raised objections, but, of Milford Haven. Bs Courtauld insisted, let him have They aru

afraid of his way and, leaving him there in mosquitoes than of bandits, but December promised to relieve him said "if you don't hear from us in February. The news that Wat-after three months you'll know that klas had been prevented by the bandits got blizzards from doing this aroused Special Service. great anxiety and in May an aero- plane was sent from Sweden to make a search. Watkins ti his colleagues had already set nut again with sledges, however, and After a fortnight's arducus journey they rescued Courtauld by digging him out of the snow-buried hut. At the end of May, Watkina was plan- ning to resume his exploration work.

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