AMERICAN GRATITUDE
RESCUE OF LOST EXPLORERS
WORK OF DISCOVERY II
(British ( Official Wireless.) (Received February 12, 11.15 a.m.) . RUGBY, February 11. On instructions from his Government, the United States Charge d'Affaires has assuted the Foreign Secretary of the sincere gratitude of his Government for the efforts of his Majesty's Governments in the United Kingdom, in the Commonwealth of Australia, and in New Zealand, on behalf of the lost American explorers Mr. Ellsworth and Mr. Hollick Kenyon, who were rescued in the Antarctic by the Royal Research ship Discovery 11. The Charge d'Affaires said that the effective work of those on board the Discovery II was deeply appreciated in the United Staies. The generous assistance given to the airman by the British Grahamland Expedition was similarly acknowledged. Tjhe Discovery II is expected at Melbourne on Friday. She will resume her scientific work after leaving Melbourne on or about March 2.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 36, 12 February 1936, Page 11
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