Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-11
BELIEVE
CRAMER
IS LOST
Hope Waning For Safety
OF Yankee Flyer Long
Overdue In Denmark.
STORMS DELAY AID
Searching Parties Held
Up Until Heavy Wealth
er Is Lifted.
BY OLE CAVLING
United Press Staff Correspondent

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Aug.
IL. U.P)-Hope waned today for the
safety OF Parker d. Cramer, Ameri-
can transatlantic flyer nearly
three days overdue on the last lap
Of his flight over the storm swept
Atlantic
Storms delayed airplane search
parties planned under the direction
of Captain Riiser-Larsen, Norwegi-
an flyer. Riiser-Larsen was ready
to lead relief expedition out from
Bergen, on the west coast of Nor
way, when the heavy weather lifts.
Cramer, accompanied by Oliver
Pacquette, Canadian radio operator,
had not been heard from since late
last Saturday. The two left Sydero,
on the Farce Islands, at l p. m.
Saturday on a 700-mile flight to
Copenhagen, their goal. Their flight
started at Detroit July q and was
designed TO map an air route linking
America and Europe by way OF
Greenland, Iceland and Norway.
The American flyer had long ex-
perience to aid him on the flight
across the North Atlantic, experts
pointed out There was some hope
that Cramer might again have been
forced down at Sea and was riding
out the storm in his sturdy seaplane.
The only other hope lay in the pos
sibility they had been picked up by
a small vessel without radio equip
ment. Damage to their own send
ing set would explain lack of word
from them since Saturday.
A radio message believed TO have
been the last definite report from
Cramer was picked up at noon sun
day. 1t said he was flying near
Stavanger, on the west coast of Nor
way, and expected to reach Copen-
hagen by mid-afternoon. He had
been gone nearly "a hours then since
he left Sydero.
Cramer attempted the flight over
the North Atlantic twice before,
once with Bert HasSell from Rock
ford. Ill. in 1928, and once in the
Untin Bowler from Chicago. Both
flights failed TO complete the cruise
via Greenland and Iceland, sched-
uled stops on what Cramer believed
the safest regular air mail route be-
tween the two continents.
AUBURN. Cal, Aug. II. U.P)-
Myron f. Lackey, Penryn, reserve
corps flyer, died here late yesterday
from injuries received when the
plane he was plotting crashed into
Donner Summit Sunday.
The flyer died after his right leg
had been amputated in an effort
TO save his life. His companion,
Fred Ripley, Auburn, is recovering
from minor injuries.
MONTREAL, Aug. IL. U.P)-John
c. Webster, Montreal aviator, who
finished 18th in the kings cup race,
was injured fatally here last night
while flying to a dinner given by
fellow aviatorS in his honor. His
plane stalled while he was attempt
ing a difficult landing at st. Hubert
airport. He died at a hospital to-
day.
CHARLESTON. S. c., Aug H..
U.P)-A message from the. coast
guard cutter Biboco to the Charles
ton navy yard today reported that
Captain Lisandro Garay, Honduran
aviator, was picked up near Look
out Light, Cape HatteraS, S. c.
The message said the aviator was
not injured but was so exhausted
he could not give an account of
the accident. His plane was badly
damaged, according to the message,
Captain Garay was reported at
tempting a nonstop flight from
New York to Tegucigalpa, Hondu-
ras.