Show 1 4 PLANE ii r k AT Sf SEA A SAYS S PORTLAND Me Mc Jan 2 AP AP- AP The Tho j be belief ler that tho missing plane pline the Dawn n. sank soon after passing Cape Cod on the night of or December i. i with Mrs Frances Trances W W. W son Jray-son son an and 1 her three male maTe companions onS' onS In Inan Inan inan an attempted flight to Harbor Grace N. N F. F r. r fr from m New York was wa repressed expressed d today by Captain R R. V. V Comeau of or the Nova Scotia schooner schooner schoon schoon- er er r Rose hose Anne Captain Comeau whose schooner has In port with a D cargo cars of salt after a a. hard trip from the British West Indies said ho he felt certain The Tho Dawn came down between between be be- tween and p p. p m m. at a a. poInt cl eighteen miles mUes northwest of Nauset Beach light on Cape Cod frt tp the midst of a howling north- north v. v cst 1 est gale gate and anil heavy sense seas Capt Captain ln Comeau believes the tie pilot of the le plane Lt Lieutenant Oskar Om- Om dal made an unsuccessful attempt to alight ht alongside the schooner The roar of or the powerful motors by tho gale ale were I 1 lizard heard ard by bythe bythe bythe the schooner and ended abruptly with an audible splAsh Jie Jre said but it was no not until hours afterward that the radio receiver on board the schooner picked up the tho announcements announce announce- announcements ments from broadcasting stations that the plane was missing missing- CALLED TO DECK The schooner was battling her jay Tray ay up th the tho c coast ast under shortened gilt ll after having been fo forced ed to anchor at Vineyard d a II Haven IIa for lor eight days After a a wet watch on deck with ind and sea Increasing Captain Comeau went below to dry out Mate Irate Louis who had relieved him Mm sent a hurry call can between and ind they they wire w ie not sure of or I the le exact act time time and and he rushed on deck Come up forward Captain the mate shouted f through cupped Bands bands Theres a a submarine submarines or out there r The ma master er joined Thibodeau at atthe atthe atthe the rail ran They The heard faint sounds bounds the captain said he ho was sure were made by bj motors The sounds ended abruptly accompanied accompanied by a a. splash of a a. heavy body tody into tho the water from dropping a a. Sleight height Captain Comeau said that nothing nothing noth noth- ing but a a. staunch vessel could Ih live e eiji Ip tho e at at that time but he madean made an attempt to hang ham around In the vicinity know mg that a 1 plane lane had peen there TIME CONFIRMED A Later Laler plotting the he course The Dawn Dann took as as' Indicated by 1 radio ladio reports ports and nd making allowances for 1 probable drift due to the wind Captain Captain Captain Cap Cap- CapI I tain Comeau concluded that the I missing plane must hai have ha c been close I Ito to the point where they heard the I motors Captain Comeau's story apparently apparent apparent- I ly checks With witha a a. report lepOlt brought I here last Friday by Joseph Jose Knowles S radio op operator on the ste steamer er Oakey L L. Al Alexander xander that at that night while passing Cape Cod he heard a message requesting the Chatham station to furnish compass compass com corn pass bearing After a a. silence nce of a a. afew few rew minutes Knowles said he heard come ome through tho air the tha words word Plane down I |