ANTARCTIC AREAS
CLAIMS BY GERMANY PROPOSED EXPEDITION QUESTION OF FINANCE (Received June 25, 5.5 p.m.) WASHINGTON, June 24 The State Department has advised Congress that Germany is about to send an expedition to the Antarctic co establish territorial .claims. This was revealed by the publication of a report of the hearings before the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives. The committee declined to approve a grant of 340.000 dollars for a United States expedition. The State Department, in divulging the German plans and urging American action, said that perfecting the United States' claims might prove as important as the Louisiana purchase and the purchase of Alaska, both of which were strongly opposed. Admiral J3yrd announced that he would try to raise funds privately for an American expedition. The Appropriations Committee has given the details of a snow cruiser designed by the Armour Institute of Technology for an expedition. It is a large tractor-driven bus carrying a small aeroplane equipped with skis nd provisioned for a year. It will have a cruising range of 5000 miles.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23382, 26 June 1939, Page 11
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