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Show - NQ TRACE OF KING FLYER LOST J3 DAYS Sheepherder Reports Seeing plane Twelve Miles Front Gunlock Early on Morning Morn-ing Graham Disappeared Although army, navy, marine oms and privately-owned planes have scoured this section of the country for Maurice Graham, air mail pilot, who was forced down :w a storm in Jhe early morning hours of Saturday, January 11, no -race has so far been found. plane Reported Near Gunlock A Mexican sheepherder employed employ-ed m the vicinity of Gunlock, upon up-on arrival in St. George last night, reported that at daybreak on the jioming of January 11, while cooking cook-ing breakfast in his camp wagon, he heard a plane, and upon open-jig open-jig the flap saw the machine directly di-rectly over him flying at a low altitude. According to this man, he could plainly see the numbers tnd letters on the under side of the wing. The information was sired to Las Vegas search headquarters, head-quarters, and a search is being made in that section this afternoon. Another Clue A dry farmer living on upper Smith mesa, about 12 or 15 miles above Toquerville, upon returning to town last Saturday reported he fe hid heard a plane fly over his cab- - !n In a northerly direction between the hours of 4:30 and 5 o'clock on Saturday morning, about an hour after the flyer was last seen or heard over Leeds. The information was given to Sam Bringhurst of Toquerville. The man reported that he was awakened by the barking of his dog In the cabin and upon arising aris-ing and going outside could hear the plane distinctly, but could not tee it on account of the storm. In addition to the army, navy and marine corps planes which are operating out of Las Vegas, the following private planes are enlisted in the search and many have landed at the local field the past week. Many of the planes, it Is understood, have given up J the search- and are leaving Las .?'", feeling that on account on :he deep snow in the mountains their efforts are futile. However, the Western Air Express will stay on the job until Graham is found or It Is proved beyond question I that further search is useless. U Ernie Longbrake, of Ogden, piloting pi-loting a Union Pacific Airways Travelalr monoplane, with Jimmie Fulcher, of Las Vegas, J. W. Squires, representing the Las Ve-m Ve-m Age and the United Press, and Geo. W. Shlpler of the Salt Lake Telegram were in St. George the But of the week. This plane was charterKi by Assemblyman Albert puffin of Las Vegas and instruc- ions were too stay on the Job un-'1 un-'1 Graham is found or until hope Riven up. Uw pilots Include: O- S. Woodward, D. M. Steele mm Allen Barrie in a Steaiman ftoie owned by' William Keith of Los Angeles. Dovid Doty, Western Air Ex-W, Ex-W, and Eric Hbfman, private Wot, flying a Vough(. Corsair S Thorne " oy of ' J"'01 Cox and co-Pilot Or-' Or-' ?ve of e Western Air . In a Western Air Express I r ored plane- accompanied by ; radio operator. ; Boeing Air Transport mail j pST ta a Westem ' ' CJ- Pilot, and Jjr Air Lines mail plane, a Boeing A,rTLJames' vetan Western WSS.,PU0t' nyln o0 Wo t c MJ "U Plane. RMdm. k l- K'cnesch and Roy K-ZlXT f eles, Pi- J Union Oil company Trav- |