Show Geographers Tell When Byrd Flew Over South Pole W WASHINGTON April 1 He VP-He He probably already knew it but the National Geographic society has told Rear Admiral B Byrd Td when he flew over the South pole The society's research committee e reporting yesterday on its study of the explorers explorer's record agreed that at p. p in m. Greenwich civil time No- No ember 29 29 1929 Byrd was at the South pole In so far as an observer hi in an airplane using the most ac accurate accurate accurate ac- ac curate instrumentS instrument and methods available for determining his position position post post- tion could ascertain After recounting In d detail Its check of the expeditions expedition's scientific observations observations and recalling that Byrd flew back and forth over oer the immediate vicinity of ot the pole the committee added We therefore feel sure that at some point in the course the plane flew within four nautical miles of the South pole with the probability that It passed much nearer than this |