Jewish Explorer Samoilovitch May Head Polar Expedition

Mr. Randolph Hearts’s withdrawl from the projected Graf Zeppelin expedition to the North Pole will most likely result in Professor Samoilovitch, the Jewish explorer, who is the Commander of the famous “Krassin” Soviet ice-breaker, becoming the head of the new polar expedition, the “Isvestia” here announces. Commander Eckener, the captain of the Graf Zeppelin, is planning to make the expedition solely a scientific undertaking, under the complete direction of Professor Samoilovitch, it says. Professor Samoilovitch intends to use three or four motors, it adds, and to extend his trip for as long a period as possible, giving the scientists aboard and opportunity to make authentic observations and establish their findings.