Show Mother of Glider t r Pilot Suffers s' s Shock After Hoax Notice of Death Death- by Phone FBI Fsr Joins Jo sL S S. L L. P Police li IkO e eIn In Sear Search h f for r rC C Cruel City police an and members nem ers of or the federal bureau of in investigation est gation Wednesday w were re seeking a 8 om woman n who Tuesday night telephoned dR a Salt Lake service mother told her her son on had been killed at a Texas army camp then as then as the grief grief- stricken mother broke down and cried laughingly cried laughingly rang rang off sayIng saying saying say- say Ing Dont take it so hard hard this this is just a little joke Police failing to see the humor of the situation Wednesday assured assured as as- Mrs J. J B B. Crane West Third North street that the practical practical would find things much less funny If officers were successful in locating her Sounded 2 25 Years Old According to o Mrs Crane Wednesday Wednesday Wed Wed- she answered the telephone telephone tele tele- phone a at her home Tuesday night replied in the affirmative when the voice which voice which sounded as though though- the caller might be about 25 years old old asked asked if she had a ason son son in the army i in Texas I have a message mes the unidentified woman said Your son has been lt killed lle Mrs the shock tile of information ca caused s sed d her to break d down wn Sh She sobbingly requested m more re facts t Oh laughed the Woman woman t dont take it so hard This is all alla a little joke Then the d. d of ofa a telephone receiver click came over the wire Any mother other of a sq son in fn the army can realize how Mrs Crane still suffering from the shock of the cruel prank said Wednesday I I dont don't like publicity but I thought police should know so they could investigate it tt Maybe May May- be my telling telling will save some other mother from froma a s similar experience Contemptible Trick Police Chief Reed E. E Wednesday described the joke as as f one one of the most con contemptible empt ble tricks I Eve Ive ve ever heard of a and d said p police lice would t try to o apprehend apprehend hend bend the perpetrator We expect to have haye t to combat comb t plenty of wartime rackets the police pollee chief said sald but theres there's just no excuse fo for th things like lik this Jay C. C Newman special speCial agent in charge of the Salt Lake office of f the F P BI reported agents r n his office were investigating the phone hoax to determine whether there was violation of federal of-federal law lay necessary to give his office the right to follow through on the case Mrs rs Crane Wednesday s said id the fake alte message apparently r referred to her son Lieutenant John L. L Crane a a glider pJ pilot ot instructor stationed in Texas r Ir I- I r i c 4 J J i y c M 4 i t kA 4 I it 7 Ac 4 i if f iI i- i 5 I II I I W WS S Jf r c Vy r 1 4 l. l 5 x 7 4 t It F 1 A Y- Y f 4 y z Any Mother of a Service Man Would Know the t th Grief I Felt Mrs J. J B. B Crane put p police Ji e o on trail of f practical jokester who telephoned a a fake m message that her son Lieutenant John L. L Crane Cralle inset had been killed |