Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-06-02 | Page 1 | Planes on Way North to Hunt Lost Aviators

Planes on Way i North to Hunt Lost Aviators Mission Dentist Mail Pilot Disappear on Flight in Newfoundland MISSING FOR THREE DAYS Boat Reports Strange Object Object Object Ob Ob- Ob- Ob in Sea Br fly United Press Pres BOSTON June 2 A 2 A big silver monoplane left here soon after afler sunrise sun sunS rise today carrying three young Boston Doston Bos Dos aviators mile 1300 ton on a two stop flight to far northern Newfoundland to make an aerial search for a Grenfell Grenfell Grenfell Gren- Gren fell mission worker and an air mail pilot missing since Memorial day Aboard the pontoon equipped NC- NC loaned for the expedition by Dr Alexander Forbes of Milton Millon were Charles Joseph Charlie Hubbard Jr old year architect and former Harvard football captain as navigator navigator tor Harold G. G Crowley 30 39 one of the ablest seaplane pilots in New England as pilot and Edward T. T 30 as mechanic After refueling stops at Charlottetown Charlottetown Charlottetown Charlotte Charlotte- town P. P E. E 1 I. I and St St. Georges Newfoundland Newfoundland Newfoundland New New- they expected to reach the Grenfell mission at St. St Anthony at about 8 p. p m. m E. E D. D T. T tomorrow I If all goes well they will begin an aerial hunt over the St Sl Anthony region region region re re- re- re gion for Dr K Karl Kuehnert of or Crystal Lake Ill dental surgeon attached attached at at- to the mission at St. St Anthony and Arthur Sullivan of St St. Johns Newfoundland his pilot on a 1 pleasure tl flight from which the they failed ailed to return BALCHEN DELAYED Sir Wilfred Grenfell vacationing in n Vermont preparatory to beginning his lis forty first year as the far norths north's celebrated medical missionary had appealed to the veteran airman Bernt Balchen to make the hunt but the latter latler was vas delayed in getting a plane and so the task fell to Hubbard Still remembered as a great Harvard Harvard Haryard Har Har- vard yard athlete Charlie Hubbard has long ong been a flying enthusiast and although although al- al though hough he is serving as navigator on the current expedition he holds a pilots pilot's license Last year Hubbard and Crowley accompanied Dr Forbes donor of or the search plane on a topographical topo topo- graphical survey expedition along the Labrador coast ATTACHED TO MISSION Dr Kuehnert has been attached to the Grenfell mission as dentist since sincel last Jul July During his service there he had become acquainted with Sullivan Sulli Sulli- van an who for several winters had flown the air mail mall from St St. Johns to St. St Anthon Anthony On Monday the dentist suggested to Sullivan Sulli that they go for fora a short flight They boarded Sullivans Sullivan's Sulli- Sulli ans vans plane vanished in a fog bank and did not return Sullivan who is about 28 years ears old is s a son of the late Michael S. S Sullivan former Newfoundland cabinet member mem- mem ber jer and once acting colonial secre secre- I tary Plane Awaited to Continue s III Search ST. ST JOHNS N. N F. F June 2 ff The R-The The Newfoundland government toda today awaited the arrival of a seven ger cr seaplane from Queto Que to o continue its us search for Dr K Karl Continued on Two PLANE SPEEDS TO HUNT PAIR Continued From Pace One Kuehnert and md Arthur Sullivan missing miss miss- In lag ing in a plane since Monday l The government obtained the plane from the Canadian Airways and it was expected here today It was planned to send the ship to a point twelve miles milc west of oC Groats Groat's island where the pilot of a power boat reported reported re re- re- re I ported a strange object on the ocean The pilot not knowing of ot the mL missing miss miss- Ing ng aviators did not investigate tI ate the strange object he reported Sullivan a R St St. Johns aviator and Dr Kuehnert Kuehner a 3 native of Crystal Lake Ill and a n dental surgeon attached at to the international Grenfell mission at St. St Anthony were last seen Monday when they disappeared into a heavy fog bound on a sightseeing flight