Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-19


observation planes, early today
the Golden Gate, after its voya
westward into the course over which
Miss Doran's plane, named for her,
and the Golden Eagle sped Tuesday
noon.
Between the Farallones and the Ha-
waiian Islands We're deployed Al other
ships of the Navy, cruising under the
orders of Admiral r. H. Jackson. COM
mander OF the Pacific fleet, and 10
merchant vessels. scanning the hori-
zon for some trace Of the missing air
craft.
James Dole, the Hawaiian million
eire, who put up the prize for the race,
today opened the purse again. this
time to offer $4,000 for the recovery
Of the missing planes and their occu-
pants. TO this amount William NAL
loska, Michigan millionaire, who en-.
tered the Miss Doran in the race,
added $4,000 for the recovery of the
occupants of the Miss Doran. dead or
alive. George Hearst, publisher of
the San Francisco Examiner, also Of
fered $4,000 reward, $4,000 for the
rescue of the occupants of each miss
Ing plane.
Their gasoline supplies exhausted
many hours ago, their food sufficient
for about two days more, the missing
aviators-if they have escaped death
were either riding along the waves in
their planes or had abandoned them
for rubber life RATS. Perhaps they
were safe on some isolated island far
from the lines of communication, or
they have been battered down to the
depths if their planes crashed into the
sea.
The one bright spot in the whole
situation was the weather. For rWo
DAYS weather conditions in the Pacific
have been ideal for the lost flyers.
There was an absence of wind, and
this would assure a smooth riding
surface for an airplane forced down or
a rubber life boat, according to T. R.
Reed, United States Weather Bureau
expert here.
However. the Miss Doran would not
last many hours in the most favorable
weather, aviation experts said. The
construction OF the plane was such
that it would give buoyancy to its
weight by empting the gasoline tanks,
but it could not ride the waves for
many hours after the first "a.
Went Despite Warning.
The Miss Doran, put out into the
race on Tuesday after it had been
forced back from a first start because
of engine trouble. Miss Doran, smil-
ing and unafraid, took her place beside
Navigator Knope and went up despite
the warning of Lieut.. Ben Wyatt,
navigation director Of the Dole flight,
who said the changing OF the planes
spark plugs would not help the Miss
Doran's engines. The trouble was
more deep seated, he believed.
The consensus of those who watched
the planes perform was that it did not
get far along its course before the
engine trouble REQUIRED and the plane
was forced to a quick comedown,
landing in the sea with more than
ton of gasoline in the tanks. Drop
ping an airplane into the sea under
the most favorable circumstances is
considered a precarious job for an ex-
pert pilot, but landing there with a
heavy load Of gasoline would seem
certain to invite disaster.
Against this opinion was notion
that the plane might have cruised un-
til it went off it's course and passed
the islands, either 70 the north or
south, coming down with exhausted
gasoline tanks. But this was only
most remote possibility.
The Golden Eagle, carrying a crew
Of two, Frost and Scott, presented a
different situation. With a cork bot
toned fuselage, inflated wing tips and
rear end, il could be converted into
a sea.gojng craft by the turning of
valve and the closing Of its doors.
May Have Missed Islands.
Gordon Scott. the young navigator
IS at home on the water, having sailed
the Pacific for years.
Lieut.. Wyatt considered II unlikely
that Scott would make a serious error
III navigation. but the owners OF the
craft, the San Francisco Examiner.
believed that Scott may have passed
the Hawaiian Islands during the first
night Of the cruise and come down eX-
hausted somewhere between Honolulu
and the Far East.
Meanwhile the organized search
continued, spurred by the offering OF
additional thousands In reward
money.
Malloska received a radiogram from
e. Flint, Mich, saying that Pedlar had
advised members Of his family there
before starting on the air race that
no might take a southern route, sug-
sesting that Malloska might ar
range 10 search a small group OF
islands south of Hawaii.
Under fresh orders from Rear Ad'
fniral Mcdonald, two dcstroyers in
the search changed their courses at
midnight in order 10 search the area
toward Paia, off the Island Of Maui.
They will steam parallel courses, 10
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