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Show DIRIGIBLE IS UNSUCCESSFUL IN AIR HUNT Hope of Finding Mrs. Grayson r and "The Dawn" Dwindles, Despite One Hopeful Report Re-port of Vague Signal. NEW YORK, Dec. 28 (UP) Hope of finding the missing airplane air-plane of Mrs. Frances W. Grayson, "The Dawn," became less today when the navy dirigible Los Angeles returned to Lake hurst today with no sight of the missing plane. No Hopeful News Neither did the five destroyers searching near Sable Island, where a radio message, alleged to have come from "The Dawn" was picked up. have any hopeful news to report. re-port. The only ray of hope in the unbroken un-broken silence of more than 100 hours since the plane left Roosevelt Roose-velt Field last Friday was a report from St. Johns that a Western Union operator at Heart's Content had heard a message with a call letter let-ter somewhat resembling those of the Dawn, asking for location. NAVAL AIR STATION. LAKE-HURST, LAKE-HURST, N. J., Dec. 28 (UP) Thr naval dirigible Los Angeles returned return-ed here this morning from its 31-hour 31-hour cruise over the Northwestern Atlantic waters and coast with its officers and men convinced that Mrs. Frances Gravson and her three 'nmpaniono in the airplane, The Dawn, are lost. ST. JOHNS, N. F., Dec. 28 (UP) A message from the Western Union at Heart's Content, New Foundland, last night told of picking up a radio signal asking for location. The call letters were indistinct although they resembled those of the missing airplane air-plane Dawn. Peculiar Message "One of our operators, Hillyard, reports that yesterday afternoon he picked un on his radio the following signals, W, next either P or 6, then the letter U. Following that were the words 'where are we? Can you locate us?' That was repeated three or four times for half an hour and came in very loudly, indicating to the receiver that sending station was within a short range. The operator made no mention of it until un-til learning that the Dawn's call letters were WMU. |
