New Britain herald., 1930-06-16
Girl Going to Church Picnic, Gets
 Ride From Youths; Reports Assaults

II was in response to this earlier inquiry. he sad. that the reassuring message previously mentioned vas received,
 Regarding the duty of assisting vessels in distress. great emphasis vas placed on the efficiency Of the communicating department, Parker testified
 Did your Coast Guard cutter re- ceive in $ 0 $ on June 10?" Parker vas asked.
 She did not"
 If such an S 0 $ had been re- ceived what would you have done ,"
 We would have weighed anchor at once and proceeded 10 the scene Of the trouble
 What good do you think you might have accomplished?
 T think that is very largely con- jectural and largely medical. was anchored 23 miles away and would have gotten to 1t n less than two hours
 Asked If he took 1t for granted on the basis of the message, 'every- thing 0. K. now" that his offer of assistance had been refused, Parker explained that the entire communi- eaton had been handled by the radio operator and nothing had been referred to him. Had there been rood reason 1t would have been re- fcrred 10 me, and I assume that the radio operator having the very def mite assurance that everything was | 0. K did not deem II necessary to refer It 10 me" he said,
 In reply 10 a question. Parker said he did not think that under the cir cumstances it would have been pos tlble that his radio operator missed an S 0 $ which might have been sent from the Fairfax
 Chief Radlo Operator James Hodges Of the Tampa testified that tt 10 ?. I'll, on the night of the col llsion he radioed d request for ln- formation as 10 the condition Of the Fairfax and IT minutes later re- ceived q reply that everything o. K. now" It was not until 5:55 q. n., [. E. T, on the morning Of the nth, about seven hours after the crash, that he learned the real story of what had happened, he said. The witness vas asked how long lt would have taken him to detect the fact that his antenna vas down. This question obviously had refer ence 10 the testimony J. Weeley Cewekea. chief radio operator of the Fairfax, who had testified that he was unable to send distress slgnals only one Or two minutes before his antenna came down.
 Hodges explained that aboard the Tampa he had radio aunleter which would hve shown there was no radiation Asked what his re- action would have been f he had discovered his antenna down, he said:
 If I didn't get an answer should know that the signal didn't go out"
 He was asked how long 1t would take hirl to rig up an auxiliary an tenra.
 T should think It could be donc in less than an hour" Hodges re- piled.
 Captain Lyons then asked the witness what Ile would do after his antenna had been restored in the event that he had been ordered by his captain 10 send an $ 0 and had been unable to clear 1t before his antenna became crippled.
 If the message had not beer cancelled it wa. still there anl should be cleared" he said.
 J. F. Winters of the United States navy, a passenger aboard the Fair fax. testified he saw girl who i. he later learned vas from James town, Va. who vas badly in nee , of first aid for burns she received z ir the fire and who apparently va : neglected.
 He first saw water coming iron