Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-02-25 | Page 1 | Macon Disaster Laid to Sabotage

MACON MAGON DISASTER LAID TO SABOT SABOTAGE Airship Expert States Theory Before House Group Croup WASHINGTON Feb 25 UP UP- UP Roy W. W Knabenshue beris airship ex expert ex cx- pert foda today told the house patents committee he believed sabotage responsible re reo I ble for the crashes of oC the dirigibles s Macon and the Akron Rear Admiral Ernest J J. J King I chief of oC naval aeronautics gave partial partial par par- credence creden e to theory theory the the- ory concerning the Macon which crashed in the Pacific off oft Point Stir Sur Cd Cal The sabotage theory he said ad Is always a s distinct possibility al although although al al- though not probable until an official cial inquiry has bas determined the he destruction cause ause of Knabenshue t j refused d to amplify his sabotage l theory eory but absolved officers In command of of the of-the the air air- craft raft