Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-05-27 | Page 18 | Bad Weather Grounds Coogan Plane

Bad Weather Weather Grounds YUMA Ariz IP The P-The The onetime kid of the films Jackie Coogan was en route to Los Angeles Monday Monday Monday Mon Mon- day following an experience which gave ave Sheriff T. T H. H Newman and two wo of oI Coogans Coogan's flying companions an n anxious four hours Coogan became separated from Roger loger Pryor the actor and Jimmy Mitchell stunt flier who were piloting pi- pi their own planes during a stretch of bad weather There wasn't anything to do Coogan said later but follow the railroad tracks When it began to get et dark I landed at the first open spa space pace I saw It was near Ogilby in n California Both the plane and andI andare I are okay Ill I'll be in Los Angeles Monday afternoon Coogan explained the delay in making known his whereabouts to tole the le lack Jack of telephone communication tion on at Ogilby Newman was organizing a searching party when Coogan finally Li- Li 1 nally ally sent word he was safe Alarm was felt feIt for his safety because he was last seen by his companions in the vicinity of pass where Aviatrix Marvel Crosson was killed in the 1929 women's air derby