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Show oo . j NC CREWS NOT IN FAVOR OF OCEANJLIGHI' PLYMOUTH. June 1 fBy The As- I Bociated Press ) A canvass last night ' among the members of the crewi of all the American naw's NV boats regarding re-garding the feaslbllit of a direct At-lantlc At-lantlc flipht by the NC-4 developed a wide divergence of opinion. No one would say it was impossible or even! impracticable, but there was general agreement that much depended upon the direcion of the wind and that there was greater prospect of aucceps in Hying from Newfoundland to Ireland Ire-land than the reverse. Lieut. E. F. Stone, pilot of the NC-4 was positive no attempt would be made to fly home bj way of Ireland and Newfoundland He pointed out that all the NC planes I are still in an experimental stage and I that none of them was built for a di-l r. el Atlantic flinhl "I The message of congratulation from King George said: "The ktng wishes to congratulate his excellency, the American ambassador, ambassa-dor, on his safe arrival in the American Ameri-can seaplane and asks him if he will convey his congratulations to Mr. Dan iels and the American navy" The message was relaed to President Wilson Wil-son at Paris. oo |