New Britain herald., 1929-09-06
FOUR NEEl FOUND
 ALIVE IN DESERT
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four men took off with food sup plies and water
Hopes Raised by Report

Hopes Raised by Report
 One factor which raised hi21 hopes that these might be survivors of the City of Stn Francisco las that this would he on the probable course of the missing ship if the reports of Tuesday were true that it had been seen over Old Fort De- ttanCc, AriZ. Another factor WAS that il was unlikely any persons Woull be on this forlorn section of the Arizona desert with white shirts unless they had landed in an airplanc.
 Tomlinson reported that he was unable 10 find q landing place near the four men. and as his fuel was running low, he thought best 10 re- turn to WirsloW immediately and dispatch aid to the four men. He did not believe it would be possible to land an airplane any nearer to their location than the WaIpi Mesa. some 26 miles distant from thom
 There were but four airplancs here besides Tomljnson's ship and following their departure it was planned to dispatch all other arriv- ing planes at once 10 the WaIpi area.
 Ar Armada Searching
 Gallup. N NJ. Sept. 6.-(Pl- Twenty-one airplancs, the first unit of the aerial armada seeking the lost air liner City of San Francisco, inaugurated the greatest plane hunt in the American history when they took off today to survey the wild area surrounding Gallup.
 The planes, part of fleet Of ahout 70 craft available for the search be- tween Albuquerque and California. faced at least to some degree the danger into which the City of San Francisco flew last Tuesday when she left Albuquerque for Wins'oW, Ariz. with eight persons aboard The air liner fighting a storm, was last seen near Grant, N. NJ.
 Cloudy weather and poor visibility added to the hazards with which the snarchers had 10 cope. The jagged country. characterized by rugged mountains. dead volcanoes and lava washes, offers little opportunity for emergency landing. Because of the forhidding natures of the terrain and the fact that no trace of the plane had been found in three days of searching, the belief persisted that the City Of San Francisco had met with disaster.
 ~CarchcrS in Danger
 Tn addition to running chances Of becoming lost themselves or having 10 make a forced landing upon the wild terrain. the initial 2l filters fac ed the difficulty of being unable to clearly distinguish objects on the Quacrly colored and deceptive land scapo.
 The reward offer Of $5,ooo by the TranscOntincntal Air Transport operators of the City of san Fran cisco. for location of the plane served to add to the number of seHrchcrs. Hundreds of swarthy Xuni with dcsort-trIin"d eyes and bodies in- urrd to the discomforts Of the open spaces secured the country around Gallup.
 Cowboys. motorists and others joined th" hunt
 COmb!ng District Carefully
 The aerial searchors went about inc iob mcthodically today for the first "m" Each craft was assigned 10 given territory. T. X. r. officials said their planes would work to the southwest toward Winslow the destination Of the City of San Fran cisco. Two other ships were assigned to th" country north and cast of Winsjow over the isolated villages of tn" lIori and Navajo Indians.
 Tho@" directing tho search said that as additional planes arrived