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Show Haws Sights Wreckage found shortly before noon Monday Mon-day 'by Earl Mangum, Ely, county coun-ty game warden who had been searc'hing alone for Mitchell. Man-gum Man-gum built a fire and waited by the plane until Lieut. J. W. Haws, U. S. Army reserve, sighted the smoke and wreckage from the air and directed a rescue crew to the scene. Mitchell crashed only a flew miles from 13,000-foot Mount Wilson, highest point in Nevada. Haws is a son of City Commissioner Commis-sioner and Mrs. Jesse Haws of Provo and has distinguished himself him-self frequently with difficult cross-country and endurance flights in the army serviceJ 1 S Provoan Aids In Finding Wrecked Plane and Flier ELY, Nev.t Oct. 11 (tr.H) Ground crews today brought the body of Howard E. Mitchell, 26-year-old amateur aviator, to Ely after the burne.d wreckage of Mitchell's biplane bi-plane was found near the top of Conner's summit, 20 miles southeast south-east of here. Michelll, a Salt Lake City Service Ser-vice station operator, crashed into i the side of the summit while he was flying here with a "good will" flight of Utah aviators for the dedication of an airport. The body was burned beyond recognition. recogni-tion. He had been missing since Saturday afternoon. First fears for his safety were felt when he , failed to appear at the Ely airport when darkness set in. The wreckage of the plane was |