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May 8, 1931

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COURTAULD IS FOUND SAFE ON THE GREENLAND ICE CAP; FOOD DROPPED FROM PLANE; RESCUED BY WATKINS PARTY British Scientist on Way to Camp After Winter in Wilderness. AHRENBERG BRINGS NEWS Courtauld, Well, Walks Behind Sledge--Group May Take 8 Days to Reach Base. WEGENER WILL BE SOUGHT Swedish Aviator Radios He Will Go Further Inland to Find German Explorer.

By Captain Percy Lemon. Wireless Officer of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition. Copyright, 1931, In the United States By the New York Times Company. Elsewhere By the Times, London.all Rights Reserved.wireless To the New York Times

Brit Arctic Air Route relief expedition

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POLICE SLAYER CAPTURED IN GUN AND TEAR GAS SIEGE; 10,000 WATCH IN W. 90TH ST.; SCENES AT THE CAPTURE OF CROWLEY, POLICEMAN'S SLAYER, IN WEST NINETIETH STREET.

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Captured after 2-hr gun and tear gas siege; H Walsh and R Duringer taken with him; admits killing of Hirsch, police say; Duringer said to admit murder of V Brannen; por and illus

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