Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-26
Filler PASSES

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Bernard Law aud "Jex' Anding. took
gsf at the break of dawn sunday
morning md combed approximately
$500 square miles az territory south
az Matamoros in search Of a plane
believed in trouble and thought TO be
that OF C0l. ~LinGbcrgh.
The information that set the town
agog came from the government me-
neurological Observers az Fort Brown
when they reported sighting a plane
apparently making a forced landing
about li miles south Of Matamoros at
1880 W. m. Saturday. This was pre-
ccdcd by en Associated Press dis
nstch from TaUrico which reported
that Col. Lindbcrrh had takcn-off
about dark flying northward.
No other planes were known 20 be
un in this vicinity and local filters
we're OF the opinion that there was a
strong possibility of the plane being
THAT of the famous flying colonel.
Associated Pres wires all ovcr the
United States were soon flashing
sighting OF the plane eou.h Of Malta
moros into great and small news
parers.
The airmen kept vigil throughout
the night ana took off in search Of
the plane about $50 o'clock Sunday
morning. Three planes. nil0ted by
Law, Anding and Charles Quinn. took
the air from the city's municipal air.
mort and remained in the air until
they satisfied themselves there was
no plane down south NJ Matamoros.
James Matters, employed by the Tex
Mex fisheries and Frank Boiler Of
Brownsville. rode IS observers in two
q the planes.
By daylight Sunday every news
agency boz the United States had
Joined in tile search to locate Lind
hcrgh and The Associated Press. in
"A double check on Tamnico Sunday
morning, still carried the report that
the transatlantic flyer had taken off
for the United States late Saturday
afternoon. 'iust before dark
IN was not until lu:30 o'clock sun
day morning that LindberEh was lo-
Gated and this was accomplished BY
p long distance telephone call from
T. Crive'l. Jr., en- n. "a. Buckley in
whose home Lindbergh was y guest
until hc took off Saturday for the
Ll Narania ranch about $50 miles
north of Tamnico. The call was made
at the instance Of The Brownsville
Herald.
Buckley declared that ~LindberEh
had changed his mind just before the
takc-off Saturday and decided that he
would stop 1t the Ia Narania for q
short hunt Sunday morning.
Before the telephone call was nut
through the search for the missing
airman received new impetus from
the fact that his plane only carried
sufficient fuel for seven. hours i'm the
rir and as the overtime mounted hour
hv hour without word from him. fear
as ~ his safety mounted 70 fever
heat.
Practically every large newspaper
~ the United States and news agen-
cics were En- touch with The Herald
am Sunday morning until this news
paper bad finally succeeded in locat-
ing the airman after ail foreign cor
respondents Of the various other pa
rCrs and services had failed
The Associated Press was still
searching for Lindherrh al NJ o'clock
Sunday night despite the fact that he
had been located al the L. Narania
ranch early in the d1y and bad been
reported % have taken of for the
United States about noon.
Il was after mid-nicht Sunday be-
fore the news agency was appraised Of
the fact that The intrepid airman had
landed 30 Kelley Field. San Antonio.
II 3 r.. m.. Sundcv afternoon.
=. r. Hoffman, pilot. flying a Ryan
m-onoula1e belonging rs Il. r. Buck
ley. flew into Natamoros az : p. M.
Sunday from Tamnico and ~reported
flying conditions rotten He ex-
pressed The belief at that time that
IindberEh would probably postpone
the take off from the Mexican ranch
due "a the rain squalls that were
sweeping that section Of Mexico.
Hoffman said that he talked 70
Tindberch Saturday afternoon and
that he inquired about flying fields
~ Natamoros and Brownsville. indi-
eating that he would stop here on his
flight north.
The Tampico plane was met on the
ether side BY Crixell Jr.. a close
friend Of Buckley. ard the man who
located L~indhcrgh for a waiting
world in the telephone call 70 Tam
pico.