Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-04-07 | Page 3 | British Traveler Crosses Arabian Desert Expanses

British Traveler Crosses Arabian I Desert Expanses The April 7 P IP- IP St St. John Philby British traveler and Arabian authority has arrived at al Mecca after three months spent crossing crossing crossing cross cross- ing the trackless deserts of Arabia's Rub Al AI Khali or empty quarter from west to e east cast 1St With his party he left len here In January January Janu Janu- ary and nothing was heard from him afterward until l today The west to cast crossing of ot this barren tract of or desert inhabited by wild and fanatical nomadic tribes and scorched by a pitiless sun is about twice the thc distance and a much more arduous achievement than the south to north crossing by Bertram Thomas Thomasa a year ago Philby who since his conversion to the faith of or the has been known as Sh Shaikh Abdulla because of the dangerous nature of ot his enterprise enter enter- enterprise prise kept most of his plans secret He Hc expects to turn around and re return return return re- re turn to b by a different route I