Show HUNT CENTERS NEAR MILFORD Continued from Page One day morning and J. J A. A Leslie Springville night marshal told of hearing an explosion Not knowing knowing knowing know know- ing of the missing plane they gave the matter no thought at the time Weather reports show it was raining raining raining rain rain- ing Tuesday morning although no lightning was reported at the Salt Lake weather bu bureau eau during the storm Captain Sessions with Wynn Ferrin Ferrin Fer- Fer rin Ogden pilot took off in a plane from the Salt Lake City airport for Pole mountain where a crew of about a dozen men began to ascend the he steep slope Further interest In the case by bythe bythe bythe the department of commerce was indicated by the expected arrival Saturday of L. L E. E L. L Oakland Oakland Oakland Oak Oak- land Cal department investigator and inspector who was en route to Salt Lake City from Washington D. D C. C in his own plane Work Northward r U ti r-ti x 1 r U ti r-ti x 1 Working on reports front from severa several miners at Dividend of ot having heard heare hearda a plane Tuesday morning a group groux of 50 M Tintic high school boys an and vo volunteers from Eureka led by former for for- mer iner State Senator P. P J. J Fennell and J. J T. T Wilson Tintic high school principal worked northward from fron Eureka mapping out an area 1 12 miles mlles long Ralph Hall Richfield Oil company compan flier filer who Friday flew new to Tonopah Nev Nov and led a ground party into the hills hUls 80 miles to the east to Investigate investigate in In- reports of flares seen Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wed Wed- night reported to Western I Ail All officials here that searching until until until un un- til late Friday night revealed no nc I trace of the plane His party camped in the Kawich mountains over night to continue search Saturday A of score persons persons persons per per- sons told of having seen flares at regular intervals the night after atter disappearance of the plane Although Although Al Ale though the scene is more than miles from the Los Salt Angeles-Salt Lake City route the plane was flyIng flying fly fly- ing W WAE AE officials said it would I have been possible for the ship to tc have been blown that far off its course ourse Planes stationed at the Milford base were piloted by Chet Elliott Newton Crumley C. C N N. N Jimmy James and Dudley Steel Weather Better F Fliers I 11 I e r s 5 acclaimed Saturdays Saturday's weather the best since the search L began ceiling and visibility being unlimited On the policy of overlooking no noS possibilities planes were sent S over the Farmington and Kaysville overS district district district dis dis- dis- dis S Saturday on reports rom om there thereS that a plane had been heard Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- S day morning Allan Barrie W WAE AE I Ivice vice president directing the air search pointed out that the wind L LS was fr from m the southeast that morning mornIng morning morn morn- S ing with possibility of the plane having been carried past the after having lost the radio beam There definitely will be no curtailment curtailment curtailment cur cur- of efforts so far as Western Western West West- ern era Air is concerned as long as we have anything to go on said Alvin P. P Adams president of the company company com corn pany who is in general charge of ol the hunt We are going to check chech every lead regardless how improbable improbable im im- im- im probable it may I C C C grou ground d crews were withdrawn withdrawn withdrawn with with- drawn from the search in the Alpine sector leaders having felt the area from Provo canyon north to Draper had been mostly covered with exception exception ex ex- of the higher peaks C C Cs C's were withdrawn also from the Eureka sector Fridays Friday's search waged by more than members of ground crews and about 20 airplanes was carried nearly into Saturday as reports flared up only to die out without yielding any trace of the missing plane R. R S. S Terry of the state fish and game department told of finding three men encamped east of Fairfield Fairfield Fairfield Fair- Fair field who said they had seen two red flares in the mountains about 6 a. a m. m Tuesday It was a. a m. m Tuesday when Pilot S. S J. J Samson of the missing ship radioed Everything Everything Every thing O. O K from over Milford The campers had been cutting Christmas trees in the mountains Flies Over Spot Mr Terry drove to the Salt Lake City airport where he headed a aground aground ground party to comb the area while C. C N. N Jimmy James flew a plane over the site without finding a clue Two planes wheeled over tops of the mountains west of Cedar valley valley val val- ley Icy between 10 and 11 p. p m. m after a report from American Fork that thata a flare had burned brightly for eight minutes shortly after 8 p p. p m. m Friday He said he had watched the flare through field glasses but observers in the planes saw no more lights Reports of seeing flares in the same vicinity came also from residents residents resi real dents of Murray and Holladay Besides Pilot Samson the missing plane contained Copilot William Bogen Stewardess Gladys Witt and four passengers passengers Mr and Mrs John Wolfe of Chicago H. H W. W Edwards of Minneapolis Minn and C. C Christopher Christopher Christopher Chris Chris- of Dwight Ill |