WORLD FLIGHTS
ITALIAN AIRMAN FOUND. UNINJURED BUT FATIGUED. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright, NEW YORK, August 25. Lieutenant Locatelli was picked up ny the cruiser Richmond on Sunday night. The fliers were uninjured, but fatigued. Motor trouble forced the aeroplane down, and they were unable to bring her into tho air again. They drifted 100 miles. The request that the rqachine should be destroyed was complied with. A message from the cruiser Raleigh says that Locatelli was found 80 miles east of Oape Farewell (Greenland) —all well.—Reuter. SIGNOR MUSSOLINI’S GRATITUDE. WASHINGTON, August 25. (Received August 26, at 8.10 p.m.) A message from Signor Mussolini which, has been conveyed to the Government through the Italian Embassy, said: “Following the news of tho rescue of Lieutenant Locatelli and his companions, 1 desire to express thanks for the efforts of tho American navy. I have already expressed to the American Ambassador in Rome tho gratitude of the Government for that moat noble proof of human solidarity and comradeship performed by the American forces.’’—Reuter.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19261, 27 August 1924, Page 7
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