| Show Officials Probe Mysteries In Luxury Airliner Crash I Steps toward solution of the two remaining mysteries in the I plunge into Great Salt lake of the Standard Oil company air liner the the cause of the fall and the whereabouts of the body of Copilot I Glenn Glen A. A Lenz began Lenz-began began Friday wi with h the arrival of a company cial to conduct salvage operations H. H H. H Hall chief engineer for the company arrived from San FrancIsc Francisco Fran Fran- Fran I cisco by plane pIano Friday morning and left Sunset Beach at a. a m m. forthe for forthe forthe the site sito of the tho sunken plane Three launches equipped with wave short-wave radios took 23 men to the scene 22 miles north of ot the beach midway between Stansbury and Antelope islands Besides Mr Hall the party included H. H B. B Beton Bolton Bolton Bol Bol- ton company marine engineer who ho conducted search operations that resulted in location of the plane pIano by bya byn I a n deep sea diver Thursday Although earlier plans provided provIded for tor raising the pIano plane intact that engineers might reconstruct the circumstances circumstances cir cir- cir cir- that resulted in tho the loss of three lives In the early morning I darkness of ot October G a there thero was talk Friday of ot dismantling the plane under water The Tho ho party planned to spend most of Friday reconnoitering to decide on tho the route for tor bringing the salt encrust ed luxury liner to Salt Lake Lako City One Ono bo be to transport it over the 22 miles of lake surface to Sunset Beach while another suggested suggested suggested sug sug- route was to take it seven Continued on Palo Pace Two Column Five PROBE STARTED IN PLANE CRASH Continued from Page Quo Ona miles across the lake to Ant Antelope lope I Island then thc by truck over land Jand Mr Hall said more moro men and salvage salvage sal sal- vage equipment are arc re coming from San Francisco by train Irwin K McWilliams department of ot commerce inspector stationed here said the tle department would launch an investigation into the cause of the 8 fall as soon as asIt asIt asit It has been salvaged d. d W. W E. E Phelan department inspector stationed at Los Angel Angeles s arrived hero here from Cheyenne Wyo Thursday night to assist in the tho Investigation Another Inspector Is exp expected soon and Roy Keeley of Oa Oakland land who has been here to conduct conduct- the tho air search for Roy Stark department flier lost January 16 between n Rock Springs Wyo and Salt Lake City will par par- in the investigation May Ni t c Solved Chances were that neither of the two remaining mysterious would ever be solved At best engineers could only hope to surmise what caused the ship to ge get 20 miles mUes north of its course courso and strike tho the lakes lake's surface Theories have been rife during tho the four tour months of search for the plane 11 a prominent ono beIng being being be be- ing that the tho aviators in the darkness darkness dark dark- ness mistook the lake lako surface for lor forland forland lorland land and attempted a landing Credence was given this view by the fact that the tho diver George Georgo E. E Johnson Johnson Johnson John John- son found the two motors apparently apparent apparent- ly by undamaged and the bent propellers propel propel- bra lers and twisted left wing were only such as might result from the nine and a ton half-ton craft hitting the heavy salt alt water at high landing funding sp speed d. d Mr Johnson expressed the opinion opinion ion in Lenz's Lenz body would never be re re- re covered The bodies of ot the other two victims victims Chief Chief Pilot Robert S. S Allen and Mechanic George O. O Anderson An An- derson were derson-were were found nearly naked about a week after the planes plane's dig dEs I appearance Clothes in Plane It was learned that the clothing of Allen AIlen and Anderson was vasT found inside the plane The door of ot the plane was latched open indicating that the big craft made a I safe landing on the water and that the occupants opened the doory abandoned the tho craft and tried to swim to safety The wheels of the plane were retracted as in flight If It Lenz Len with the others attempted attempt attempt- ed to swim for it it was believed search for tor his body would be extremely ex ex- difficult because of undercurrents undercurrents under under- cur currents in tho the lake Aviators said the plane doubtless floated at least an hour A heavy tug on a between two boats Wednesday indicated the end of a long discouraging search and brought jubilation to the search search- ers era Feeling his men had earned a celebration Mr Bolton gave a banquet and dance in tho the Temple Square hotel Thursday night f for r members of ot the party pary f r r. z phi Diver Arr Arrives v l Finding the clue the tho most moat encouraging encouraging encouraging e aging of all encountered in the long hunt a diver was brought to the scene Thursday and soon verified the nature of ot the discovery Going down in the near-freezing near water he fought strong undercurrents while the heavy specific gravity of ot the water water wa wa- vater va- va ter impeded his movements and forced stinging brine under his wristbands and nd ankle bands Mr Johnson said this dive was the worst of his 10 years' years submarine ence Salt rapidly on his helmet but did not obscure his vision The Tho cost of ot the search and salvage sal salvage sal sal- vage vago promises to e exceed the value of ot the tho plane Mr Bolton Jolton said more than already had been spent for lor labor Jabor and expensive equipment was purchased and leased to conduct conduct conduct con con- duct the search and more will be required for the salvage |
