GERMAN FLIERS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 14 April 1928, Page 7

GERMAN FLIERS

ATTEMPT TO CROSS ATLANTIC THP BREMEN'S .IOI'RNP.V VARIABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS Unite,! Pre-w A*6if hit lon —By F.lactrie Telegraph -Copyright Australian Press Association NEW YORK, 12th April. The Bremen has not been reported. The weather conditions arc variable from fair to very poor. A storm following the coast is expected to reach Newfoundland at the time llie "plane should arrive in that vicinitv, if successful.

Ships in mid-ocean report strong head winds in the Bremen's path.

Mr Davis, .Minister of War. and Mr Wilbur. Secretary of the Navy, have extended nil possible facililties' to the Bremen. 'I hey ordered naval and other stations to keep a sharp lookout- and lo act in case of need. Mr Davis, at the request of the Herman Ambassador, ordered the commanding generals to oiler every courtesy if (lie fliers land in I heir area. Civic and other receptions have been planned in New York, and an air escort is waiting nl Mitchell Field to greet the 'plane when it is sighted. ST. .JOHN'S (Newfoundland). 12lh April At midnight, Atlantic time, I here was no word of the Herman trans-Atlantic flyers from light In,uses or wireless stations along the coast. The weather is clear, the visibility good, and the living conditions excellent. UNCONFIRMED REPORTS OF SIGHTING (Received 14th April. 8.55 a.m.) HALIFAX, 13th April. A message from Kingsporl stales that a 'plane, believed to be the Bremen, was sighted there at. 10.30 Atlantic time to-day by the captain of a Canadian Government ship. The machine was flying high. Another unconfirmed report stated that the Bremen passed Newfoundland at 8.30. NO NEWS IN, LONDON (Received 14th April. 8.55 a.m.) LONDON. 13th April. The Air Ministry at noon was still without, news of the Atlantic fliers.