Show TWO RESCUED ON UTAH LAKE 2 Springville Men Men- Believed Drowned Found on Tiny Isle Cripple Carried Ashore by Companion as Vessel Sinks J JF JI I F FLARES L A R E S BURNED Army Plane Called Out Outto to Aid in Search PROVO May 9 Special Special Special- Perched on a miniature island in Utah tah lake ten miles from shore Clarence Erdmann 28 and Lorenzo Daley 21 both of Springville were found alive and arid hungry shortly be before before before be- be fore 1 p p. m. m today a few minutes after an army biplane arrived from Salt Lake to join in the search for fop their bodies The two young men believed drowned were found on Snail Island is island island Is- Is land a n. little piece of ot land which projects less than two feet out of ot the water and is smaller in area than a a. a quarter of ot a city block Their boat had bad ad struck a reef reel and sunk about yards from the theis theis- is island land Tuesday afternoon but the water was was was' shallow enough to permit permit per per- mit Daley to carry his companion a. a cripple so safety Had the water been a f few w inches deeper and the island refuge a n. little farther away Erdmann and probably Daley would have been drowned drowne as the former Is unable to walk or swim swint FOUND FOUrD BY VOLUNTEERS The marooned men were found round by bya a party of volunteer searchers who put out at dawn this morning in one of the fleet motorboats which took up the hunt The successful searchIng searching search search- Ing ng party was composed of Levi Carpenter Carpenter Car Car- pent penter r Deputy Sheriff B. B F. F Roper Ray Souder and Mark Daley the latter a brother of Lorenzo Daley Daley and Erdmann who left Provo beach at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon had been without food since several hours before they started their nearly tragic pleasure cruise They said that they at attempted attempted attempted at- at tempted to attract attention by burning weak flares during the night but the small supply of fuel ruel ruelon on the island was exhausted long before motorboats started cruising the lake hake this morning Snail Island is about ten miles miles- southwest of beach PLANE AIDS SEARCH The army airplane which was flown from Salt Lake by Lieutenant Lieuten Lieuten- ant Russell Maughan famed dawn to dusk transcontinental flier fUel and Tommy Thompson Salt Lake aviator aviator aviator avi avi- ator was called into service after atter several hours of search by motorboats motorboats motorboats motor- motor boats failed to reveal any trace of or orthe the men or their boat The plane arrived and started skimming skimming- the surface a few minutes before the stranded men were sighted by the motorboat party I |