The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-06

i thanks and eommepdati0H t0 the German captain.
 Wiley told MT Roosevelt further that tbs actual danger to the Ak. ron did not exist more than three minutes before it crashed into the sea and carried 73 msn 10 their death,
 The enlisted men then outlined te the president theif details Of the rescue, Deal, a survivor Of ths Shenandoah disaster, with ihs hands baHdaged and scar over his right eye, told the president that he jumped from the helpless Akron MT Roosevelt observed that be had bean d6ubty f6ftuHats. Erwin said that hs remembered very little of what had taken place and that hs had lost con. seieusness after he had slipped his arm through tbs ring of a life buoy tossed from tbs German frsighteP phesbHs, He addsd that he WAS unconscious when hs was hauled t0 tbs dsek of tbs tanker and that the next thing bs knew was when six German sailors wsrs working over him in the cabin ef ths rescue ship,
 At tbs conclusion ef the visit, ths president told the assistant secretary of the navy that all three
 men deserved everything that tbe service could do for them. He
 said that if they wanted leave, all they had to do was to ask for it and 1t would be granted,
 Ths survivors could give iittie reason, it was understood, for ths cause Of ths disaster. All three. however. expressed their eagsfHsss to learn the cause of ths crash but at the same tims peiHtsd cut that 1t was unlikely that any more facts than those already in the possession of the navy department would bs turned ID,
 When they finished their stories, they walked to the front door Of ths executive offices, where they stood bafehsadsd in psitiHg rain for photographers,
 tn addition t0 the substitution of Butler for Phelps as head 0f the court Of inquiry which will convene in Lakshufst. ~, J.. M6Hs day. tbs navy department also named Ambassador Sydney M. t{faHs, manager of the pbiiadei. ubia ShNAt bbtthNb AbBtttFs tV take the place of Commander Gafs land Fulton. Fulton was busy aP- ranging for the trials of ths new dirieible Macon and could not bs spared for duty on the court, Admiral William V. Pratt, after talking with ths survivors, ordered m6fs ships and more sifplaHes to take uD the hunt for Wfsekags, Among the additional vessels pros eeediHg te ths scene Of ths crash off the Jersey coast WAS the subs marine salvage ship Falcon, equipped with diving apparatus and facilities for dragging the | ocean bottom
 Admiral Pratt radi0ed Captain f. ts, Leary of the U, \, s, Ports land, iH charge of the search, that "jHf6rmatieH from Akron survivors indicates strong preb- ability that the hull is on the bets tom" of the sea off Bafaag6t, ", JD where the Akron fell Tuesday night, 4 score of ships and i've dozen ajppianes WsRved back and forth aii day yesterday from HafheEat 10 the Virginia Gapes, but feuHd only scattered bits Of tbs giant difinbie, The destroyer BefHadeu picked
 ID one of lhe lAkroh's alnmihufn, gasoline tanks about 50 miles southeast Of the scene Of the. crash,
 Fragments will be Of little help ts tha Dayai board of inquiry which will convene st takshufst Monday 10 attempt to determine the cause of the crash. The board will be headed by Rear Admiral W, W, Phelps, com tflai6s ant of the New York naval district. Other members will be Captain H tg, Shoemaker, eemmaBdaBt or tHe suHnyVaIa, Calf, air basei afld Commander Garland HeiteB, head Of the navy's iighterstbanzaif div,s. sion,