Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-19
NOTHING
HEARD OF
AV|AT0RS
Hawaii Flooded With All
Sorts of RumOrs None
of Which Prove True.
REV. ARDS OFFERED
Little Hope Held That
''Miss DOran" Plane Has
Survived,
BY H. r. EKINS
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent)

HONOLULU, T. H., Aug. 49,
Daylight flooded the Hawaiian Isles
with the suddenenss of the semi
tropics this morning, revealing no
trace of the five missing fliers of
the planes "Miss Doran' and
"Golden Eagle
The search by army airplanes
the navy's flotilla of destroyers and
submarines, and by private enter.
prises attracted by the growing re-
wards, which now total $40, 900, con.
tinued unabated and unsuccessful.
A great flood of rumors still per-
sisted, with many persons reporting
to official headquarters and swear
ing to the authenticity of their in
dividual stories of planes or wreck
age being sighted in a score Of
quarters.
At Pearl Harbor, navy officials
continued to voice the opinion that
the two missing planes might still
be afloat, and with good chances of
remaining so for several days.
"Search will continue as long as
there is hope it was announced.
Haggard Honolulu turned its at
tention today in some measure from
the search to the news from Oak
land, Cal, that Captain William P.
Erwin and A. H. Eichwalt, his navi-
gator, were preparing to take off
in the "Dallas Spirit" for Honolu.
lu.
Where previous flights had been
greeted throughout the islands with
eager anticipation and excitement,
the news of Erwin's impending
takeoff was met with apprehension
on every hand.
New Tragedy Feared
Hawaii is already tense through
the failure of the "Miss Doran"
and "Golden Eagle" to arrive, and
to thise sense of impending tragedy
today was added the news that two
more men are to risk their lives
today over the 2400-miles of ocean
senarating the San Francisco light
shin from Honolulu.
False hopes had been aroused
here during the night by recurrent
reports that the Miss Doran, carry.
ing the school teacher, John A. Ped.
lar and Villas Knope, had been
found. but confirmation of all the
reports was lacking.
The most circumstantial of the
reports was from Honolulu news
paper correspondent on the Island
Of Maui. who sent n disnatch saving
that the Miss Doran had been found
at Hanomanu bay and that it's pas
ser"ers had been taken off
The report gained wide circnla-
tion and caused great reioicino, but
substantiate il, and it appeared that
substantiate il, and il apepared that
the correspondent had been mistak-
en-.
The correspondent, Joseph Olivi,
era, then apparently discovered aft
er several hours that his first re-
port should have been qualified.
Cut off from means of communicate
ing with his office. he was unable
to get word into Honolulu.
Confusion Reigns
The word that Miss Doran had
been found spread with amazing
rapidity about the islands. Planes
and ships were brought 10 Maui and
all available communication systems
were employed. Another CORES
pondent informed his paper that a
red, white and blue plane had been
seen drifting toward Waikiki and
that n Japanese sampan was at.
tempting TO overtake it. Then came
report from Hama saving plano
with red, white and blue markings
had been seen drifting along
channel between the islands.
AS the various reports cane irto
Honolulu confusion grew. New et-
tempts were made 70 reach O'ivic.a
without success. The armv and
navy radio services were unable 10
confirm any of the reports.
Another ronort that pedlav. Miss
Doran and Rrcpa had taten
launch and were on the wav TO Ka.
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