THE MISSING AIRMEN.
BEAROH BY COMRADEB FLIGHT OVER T.HE ARCTIC United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. NEW YORK, August 25 A message from Moscow states that three Russian airmen, Alexeff, Yodopianoff and Molokoff, who are stationed at the North Pole air base, left to-day In three machines to search for their colleague Levanevsky and his six companions who were lost between the Pole ami Canada on an attempted non-stop flight from Moscow to Alaska. Sir Hubert Wilkins has started on a second night over the Arctic to search for the missing men. The weather is hazy and rain is threatening. .Mr James Matfern landed at Fairbanks, Alaska, after a flight during which he failed to locate the fliers Mr Mat tern said lie was convinced that lie had done all that was possible In find the Russians. He was withdrawing from I lie search and was re - luming In California in a few davs. He added (iiat Sir Hubert Wilkins might have better success, but only if the weather cleared.
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20283, 27 August 1937, Page 7
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169THE MISSING AIRMEN. Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20283, 27 August 1937, Page 7
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