Show ARMY SEARCH AR H. H I FO t PLANE NEAR MILFORD I II VOLUNTEER SEARCHER SIGHTS BROKEN TREE ON RIDGE NEAR CLIFF Discovery I Indicates A Airliner With S Seven SevenPersons e eve v e n Persons Aboard M May ay Have Plunged Into Precipitous tous Gorge By BUFORD SOMMERS The U U. S. S army Tuesday joined air search for the missing Western Western West West- ern era Air Express transport as a n new w clue brought ground search search- i ers back to the Alpine district A Martin bomber from the tha Thirty second b bombardment 0 nt bar dine n t squadron from March field field ln in including eludIng some of the aviators who ho last month bombed a target in Great Salt lake put lake put down m at the Milford airport Tuesday afternoon afternoon after after- noon while another bomber from the squadron was expected in Salt Lake City later In the afternoon The bomber at Milford with in instructions In In- to stay on the search a week was under charge of Flying Fly Fly- ing Cadet J. J S. S Hardy accompanied by Flying Cadet P. P H. H McIntyre Private C. C V. V Hunter and Private H. H C. C Robinson Before flying over the Milford sector the army men conferred with Fred W. W Kelly No 2 in charge of all air activities in that district A second under charge of ot Lieutenant Glen Hubbard arrived arrived arrived ar ar- ar- ar rived with three observers at Salt Lake City and later began flying over the Utah lake basin A broken treetop on Shipman creek a mile and one half north of the Alpine power plant was reported by Ben Bates volunteer searcher from Alpine Cliff Blocks Progress He Ie said the tree re stood o on a ridge ana OLIU nat inai a precipitous cm CUll I prevented prevented prevented pre pre- vented his making further progress Monday night Tuesday with a group of men he re returned returned to the area seeking entrance by a lower route Mr Mn Bates said he found several other indications that the plane might have plunged into a deep gorge with seven aboard last Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day morning but he did not give further details Mr Bates was a member of a party of six men sent out b by the Utah Power Light company to aid in the search Shipman creek is above Lake Hardy high in the Wasatch range and Mr Bates said snow was deeper deepen deep deep- er en than the length of ot his ski and co considerably I drifted With nearly nearby 1000 men in the field Including 50 ro from Fort Douglas Doug Doug- las and about enrollees Western Air officials used sed planes to propagandize their 1000 reward offer Officials said copies of the offer were being dropped over all cities and towns in southern south south- ern cnn central and northern Utah More Reports Received Two more reports Tuesday put pul the missing plane 35 miles mUes northwest northwest north north- west of ot Nephi and 15 miles mUes northwest northwest northwest north north- west of ot Beaver EmU Emil Kolstrom sheepherder said laid at Mt Pleasant that about 4 a. a m. m Tuesday a plane flew so low Jow the backwash rustled a tent in which he and others were sleeping six miles mUes northeast of ot Jericho He said the plane obviously was in distress as a flapping sound as if from a loose wing was loud enough to be be heard over the roar of the motors Sheriff Jensen nf of R r coun county telephoned ty telephoned to Milford that h t Leo Thompson Beaver City manager manager manager man man- ager had seen a flare or fire at 8 p. p m. m Wednesday night on Bear Claw peak of ot Antelope mountain The mountain is 15 miles northeast of ot Milford and l 15 or 20 miles northwest northwest northwest north north- west of ot B Beaver ver Search officials explained that the purpose in using army planes was waso to o enlist aid of ot all possible aircraft aircraft air air- aircraft craft to push the search to the fullest fullest full full- est eat extent while good observation weather prevailed With search headquarters moved from Salt Lake City to Milford under a new director 19 planes and Continued on Page Pig Seven Column Five HUNT CENTERS IN ALPINE AREA Continued from Page One about ground searchers continued continued continued con con- on the eighth day of the hunt L. L H. H Dwerlkotte treas secretary of Western Vestern Air took charge of the search Tuesday having arrived arrived arrived ar ar- ar- ar rived Monday night from Los An An- geles Allan Barrie vice president who has been in charge of ot the search since Alvin P P. P Adams presIdent president president dent returned to Los Angeles Monday Monday Monday Mon Mon- day left for Los Angeles to draft further plans for the hunt he s said id A final effort to clear up the Nevada angle of the search began Tuesday when N. N 1 M. M L Crumley private private private vate flier fIler piloting a open two-place two plane left for Tonopah from where came reports of flares having been seen at regular Intervals Intervals intervals Inter Inter- vals in mountains 80 miles east of town Ralph Hall Richfield Oil company pilot also had gone into that area last week but returned to Los Angeles Sunday Wont Won't Discuss Rumors Humors Western Air officials officials- were re reluctant reluctant re- re to discuss all the reports received on the theory that publication publication publication pub pub- only gave rise to false hopes In this category was a radio announcement Monday night sayIng say say- ing an authentic report had hadd been received that the plane had been found near Springville The I announcer announcer announcer an an- not rev revealing aling the source of Its information said further details would be given at a later broad broad- cast Christmas vacations interrupted ground search Tuesday when army and men knocked off at the end bf the day Another party of a few Eureka citizens began hiking through the mountains west of that town headed headed headed head head- ed edby by Heber Mellor of Juab county In the party were Deputy Sheriff Sherif Carl Eager and Alonzo Eureka marshal U U. S. S army reserve officers were ordered to join the search by Colonel Kinzie B B. B Edmunds acting chief of staff Third reserve area Lieutenant I I. I K McWilliams j joined the search Tuesday and Lieutenant Byron Q will work under direction of WAE WAS officials Wednesday Each was ordered into service for two weeks A ground crew of men from the Provo camp camp worked along the top of Ant hill next to the highest highest highest high high- est peak in the range above Alpine Alpine Alpine Al Al- pine and 70 men from the Pleasant Grove camp combed the Battle creek canyon north of ot Provo can can- yon Among the welter of reports that continue to come in two clues Monday night raised hopes only onty to result in disappointment False Appearance The wreckage was reported seen near Heber but Eugene C. C flew his own own plane to learn brush and logs had given false appear appear- ance Dr G G. G. G Neill of Springville had thought bought he saw the tr transport near Pole mountain east of that community community community com com- but Sheriff E E. G. G Durnell of Utah county county- led a party to the spot and found outcropping gra granite grante gran- gran ite te partly snow v cov covered red A few days earlier two tw men reported hearIng hearing hearing hear hear- ing an explosion and seeing fire on Pole mountain j Mondays Monday's search was marked by brief assistance from the noted aviatrix aviatrix avia- avia trix rix Amelia Earhart Putnam who flew over the area between n Salt Sail Lake City and Brigham City qty on n the hunch the missing massing plane might have overshot the municipal airport She Los Angeles Angeles Angeles An An- I geles with her pilot and technical adviser Paul Mantz miffed W WAE AE attaches said because of the publicIty publicity publicity pub pub- given her participation The missing plane cont contained Pilot S. S J. J Samson Copilot William Bogen Bogen Bogen Bo- Bo gen Stewardess Gladys Witt an and four passengers Mr and Mrs John Wolfe WOlf of Chicago Henry W W. Edwards Edwards Edwards Ed Ed- wards of Minneapolis Minn and C C. Christopher of Dwight Ill |