The Bismarck Tribune

HILL MAY HUNT LOST FLYERS

Flight of Monoplane Old Glory to Rome May Be Abandoned Temporarily

WOULD SAIL OVER OCEAN

Decision to Change Plans Depends Considerably on Weather, However

Roosevelt Field, New York, Sept. 2.-(AP)- A contrary wind which refused to blow from the west so long as the monoplane Old Glory's crew sought to leave for Rome, suddenly swung to that direction today shortly after the airmen had temporarily abandoned the transatlantic flight.

As a result, decision reached early this morning to turn the expedition into a search for the missing Princess Lowenstein-Wortheim was partially abandoned and it was conceded that the Rome plans might be resumed.

At 4 o'clock this morning the mechanics began to drain the gasoline from the tanks preparatory to a flight to Harbor Grace.

New York, Sept. 2.-(AP)-Unless some definite word meanwhile is received of the fate of the monoplane St. Raphael, long behind schedule in its flight from Upavon, England, to Ottawa, the Fokker monoplane Old Glory may sacrifice its chances of an immediate take off for Rome and hop off late today for Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, to search at sea for the overdue British flyers.

If the runway at Roosevelt field, drenched in yesterday's heavy downpour, dries sufficiently to permit a take-off, Lloyd Bertaud and James D. Hill, the aviators in the projected New York to Rome flight, will start north to search until the fate of the St. Raphael is determined or until prolonged hunt becomes obviously futile. Bertaud and Hill, according to tentative plans, will be accompanied by Edgar Alexander, a mechanic, Captain Eric Dansham, a motor expert, Charles Ellsworth, a radio operator, and possibly Philip Payne, representative of William Randolph Hearst, backer of the Old Glory expedition.

Efforts were being made to obtain 850 gallons of the ethyl gasoline stored at Ottawa for use in the Old Glory when it reaches Newfoundland.

Postponement of the Old Glory flight to Rome is only temporary, it was announced.