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AMERICAN EXPLORER CHARTS A FOUND
FROZEN LAND IN ANTARCTICA
Lincoln Ellsworth Claims 8,000
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HOBART, Feb. 7.
A FULL REPORT of the discoveries in Artarctica by Lincoln Ellsworth, famous American explorer, and Sir Hubert Wilkins, the Australian, has now been made.
Eighty thousand miles of country never seen before by human eyes have been added to the world's surface, and have been claimed by Ellsworth on behalf of the United States.
The cross marks approximately where new land has been surveyed tarctic Ellsworth flew south to a deposits.
From the fringe of the An- | quow-free and disclose rich mineral
from the air. Other known land in the Antarelle zone is shaded.
point where he could see as far as latitude 74.30 south from his position on longitude 79 enst.
On occasions our position' aboard the Wyatt Earp was dangerous and somewhat hopeless. We had been driven on the day before from our
Rail Traffic His altitude in flight was per- chosen take-off and landing-held--
Interrupted Guerillas Tear Up Lines In North
Chungking, Feb. 8.
fect. He could see at least 150 miles of each side of the plane.
In all this area not a mountal range nor a speck of bare land showed,
ut field of bay ice upon which a steady flow forced up several ice-
ergo.
"We just ayolded being hemmed in side, but the lccflow there was not by solid ice as we moved to another suitable for a flying field.
"Much of the floc i had hoped to was drifting out to sea, making our use as a take-off had shattered and Xchances of
using 11 hopeless. More-
"After leaving the hills of the coastal belt that thrust their dark, showfree tops through the barriers" edge of the wholy area as far south upward to an altitude of approxi- fas we could see, slopes gradually rose Railway communication be-mately 11,500ft, and continued on to tween Peiping and Tientsin has the Pole," Ellsworth reported.
over, the weather showed signs of beon disrupted as a result, of "It took our thip five hours
clearing, threatening possible delay Chinese guerilla activities, a off. The thin was constantly endon Lymburner up to
reach the rpal from which we look for another week. Icent Pilot Tientsin measage states,
gered by lesbergs, which threatened Acronca seaplane, and he returned The guerillas tere up many 'rails at to topple over and sink us. Ugly from a 10-minutes flight with a report
recks poked up ahend, Langfang, midway between Peiping others were a few inches below the the end of the Great West Barrier." sometimes that he had found a small fjord at and Tientsin, an Monday nurtnes and only visible from Japanese reinforcements áprived yes
terday morning and engaged in heavy
fighting with the
According to a report from Ching-
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WILKINS'S TASK
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Mr. Ellsworth was accompanied on his expedition by Sir Hubert Wilkins, the Australian explorer, who was in charge of the 402-tons motor-ship
planes sailed from Cape Town on
The
LIMITED RUNWAYS Finally we found some dat lee chow. Chatos uerilins operates offering if short run-way, but an have damaged 3 Japanese locomo- force, pounding the ship against the tives,, 112 watons, 3,900 sleepers, and es. Then a huge lesberg appeared, 14 bridges and killed kope none..and we moved on until we discovered of Japanese sakters during the last a small bight in the ice where there week-Central News.
was shelter enough to moor the vessel, The run-way, however, was so
so limit- ed that the
the petrol load of the plane had to be strictly limited, and even so the take-off appeared to be extremely NEGOTIATIONS hazardous, for waves were heaving)
London, Feb. 7. the lee into billown. Formal discussions beween Face 1 Federation of British Industries and German Industries will begin
along the Peiping?lankow Raliway custerly wind arose of almost. gale Wyatt Earpation, which had two
ANGLO-GERMAN TRADE
"We waited throughout the whole morning in surpens till around nuch, when the wind subsided. Now was
tober 20 for Enderby Land with he ler, They returned to liobart, provisions for a three-months stay on Tastmacia, on Saturday. report on his scheme for work-wide Sir Hubert Wilkins is to moke a weather prediction stations.
Henshaw On Return
February with a view to devising ur time, if ever; the Northrup 'plane Flight From Cape,
Was
elung overboard, the engine
"Had mountains been
incans to settle trade competition, de warmed up and at last we were off. clared Mr. Oliver Stanley, President
discovered
of the Board of Trade, in the House would have brought back more spec- of Commons to-day.
He said that with goedwill on bethacular photographs, but the know *elge that no mountains are found in
sides,
it should be possible to solve this area is of equal geologien) and the problem, thus obviating the need
geographical importance.
com-
HOPE OF MINERAL DEPOSITS "Although snow-covered to-day, the
for recourse to other methods.
The negotiations will cover pellilon in neutral markets, Including the question of the south-eastern area I saw on my fight of discovery Europe markets-Reuter.
might, a year or so hence, become
Capetown, Feb. 7.
menyegend on Sunday in an attempt Alex Henshaw, who took off from to fly to Capetown and back in four inys, left at 10 p.m. G.M.T., to-day on the retura flight to England.
Henshaw accomplished the outward Tight in 39 hours, which was 5% acord set by Flying Ofeer Clouston hours quicker than the previous and Mrs. Kirby Green.-Reuter.
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VATICAN ANXIOUS COLOUR-THRILL ON AT POPE'S HEALTH
VATICAN CITY, Feb. 7.
IT WAS ANNOUNCED to-day that the Pope had temporarily suspended all audiences.
The Vatican secretariat stated that His Holiness had a slight cold, while other Vatican sources stated that he suffered an attack of cardiac asthma yesterday, and that his physi- cian had injected digitalis,
It is emphasised that his condition is not serious, and it is authoritatively stated that he hoped to resume his duties to-morrow.
CHURCH HEADS CONCERNED Eminent prelates reveal, however, that church omleials
worried about the Pope's fluttering heart.
are
They said that his allment was not a cold na mentioned in the official nri- nouncement, and which everyone is certain could be easily cured.
It is recalled that whenever he suffers relapses, the doctors always concentrate on the Pope's heart, which, it is reliably understood, Is In this case beating regularly so far. United Press.
Disgruntled Railway Workers' Sabotage
New York, Feb. 7. A group of railway workers, faced with discharge, threw one of the city's underground systems in com- plete chaos at the height of the morning rush to-day.
The men lled communication cords, prevented giving the all-clear signals, and abandoned loaded trains at the stations.
demonstration.
News is Knowledge
Q-The Dutch nation's wedding gift to Princess Juliana anil Prince Bernhard nas oficially presented last month, two years after their marriage. Why the delay?
A-Because
Installations paid
the gift took the form of rebuilding and furnish- ing a wing of the Royal cou- ple's palace of Secstdyk. Among new for by the Dutch people are a cinema, a kynnasium, tennis courts and a swimming pool. Q. How
many people were. killed in Palestine in 1938? A.-According to statistics com- piled by the local British news- paper, "Palestine Post," 1,007- an Increase of 1,000 over the figure for 1037,
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OLD TREATY RE-AFFIRMED The cruiser, one of the County Thousands of suburban travellersed with a hangar, was commissioned commerce has been signed between
London, Feb. 7. class which has not been reconstruct- going to work were delayed by the last of Chatham In
A new treaty of friendship and January 1037 the Untied Kingdom, India, and the under the command of Capt. C. S. Sultan of Muscat, replacing the treaty Sandford, O..E..
at 1991, which expires this month.. at Singapore, the cruiser may visit tion existing between the British The treaty reamons the close rela- the Philippines on a coutherly cruise Government before going home.
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In one instance, several uniformed employees "kidnapped" an empty train and drove across the points at an important junction, blocking all traffic. Reuter.
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