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Show 'OLD GLORY' ' LOST AT SEA S.O.S. IS SENT NEW YORK, Kept. 7 (T'l1) Two British passenger liners raced (ipainst darkness today for the lives of Lloyd W. r.er'and. .lames Dewitt Hall and Phiiip A. Payne, who may he down at sea in the land monoplane mono-plane Old Glory. An SOS crackled across the waves early today. Old Glory was asking fur aid. Two groat liners, most of their passengers .'.till asleep in their state rooms, swimu northward from their courses. The Cunaitl line's Carmania and the Canard-Anchor line's Transylvania broadcast to the world that the cry for help had been heard and was being nnswered. 700 Miles Out-Old Out-Old Glory was estimated to have flown between TOO and 1)0;) miles easlward nnd slightly north from Xew Foundland when her distress tall came. At 11:7 p. ni. Eastern Standard Time, last night Old Glory reported her position to Ihe Carmania as latitude north, longitude -JN.-i:: west. Shortly before '. :0!) a. in . Eastern Standard time, today, the Carmania received Obi Guliy's SS. A wireless message from the vessel estimated Hie stricken plane's position posi-tion as 170 miles north ami at ritdil angles to the Carmania's course to New York. Captain P.one of the Tnnixj Ivnnia estimated his vessel to be ahoul miles from Old Glory, lioth skippers skip-pers expected to reach the approximate approxi-mate position of the plane before dark. Against the sea and the winds, the airmen had some means of defense. de-fense. Dump pumps would enabl.1 them to empty their gas tanks in ! -IS seconds. Anthony Fukker. buibl-j buibl-j er of the Old Glory, estimated Ju I seconds would be sufficient lime io dump enough gasoline to make ihe plane float. There was aboard Ihe plane n ! rujilx'r boat, food, water, signil , flares and a Very pistol for signal-Ming, signal-Ming, put aboard for just such an emergency as appa rent ly has arisen. aris-en. Reports from t hv. On rmania said Ihe sky was overcast. There was a slight wind and a modi-rale Hwell. . IIAItBOR GRACE. New Eoiiici-' Eoiiici-' land. Sept. 7 (CP) The monoplane Sir John Curling departed today on a trans-Atlantic flight to London. England. The plane nrose from the n.ooo I foot runway here at 7 :2o a. in., flying fly-ing into a west wind. The weather was fine. OLD OIUIAKD. Maine. Sept. 7 H'P) The monoplane lioyal Windsor Wind-sor took td'f at 0 a. m. Eastern ! Daylight time td;iy for ilarbo : Grace. New Foundland. I From there Phil Wood and C. A. Schiller plan to start their projected project-ed flight to Windsor, England. ! Mrs. Itilla Child of liexbnrg. Idaho, Ida-ho, is visiting with her mother .Mrs. 1 Mary Fuller uf this city. |
