Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-06-11

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BY the Associated Press.
NEWARK, N. j., June 1.-THE
American Airlines plane, missing with
seven occupants since Saturday night,
was reported sighted this afternoon
near Livingston Manor, N. Y.
Planes sent out by the airline to
check reports made by a private flyer
reported back here by radio.
Earl Ward. general superintendent
Of tie line, said pilots in the ships
radioed that the plane. partly burned,
was buried in the underbrush on the
side of mountain near the New York
village.
A large number of the group of %
ships the line had out on the search
since early this morning we're ordered
into the Livingston Manor area after
w. H. Ted" Hallock of Washington
vile, N Y, pilot, reported to
Ward that he had seen the plane,
Saturday evening as it passed over
Newburgh, N. Y, on its flight to
Buffalo and Chicago.
Theodore Schmidt, division man
ager here, told reporters that the
plane had not yet been reached by
ground parties, but that
the description as radioed to Newark
left mo doubt" that it was the lost
15-passenger twin-motored Condor.
The wreckage on the ground, &C.
cording to Schmidt. showed the same
number of motors and the same
shaped fuselage.
First Report About Noon.
Bellanca plane, in which he rushed
here from Washington Saturday NIGH
to direct the search, to be warmed ur
and prepared to take of for either
Hancock or Liberty.
The first report that the ship had
been found given credence by the
air line officials, came about noon.
Ward had been checking and re-
checking reports throughout the
morning, answering telephones and
studying maps.
He offered little information about
Hallock. He did say. however, he
knew he was a pilot and that Hallock
had talked to him last Monday about
getting a job with the company as q
pilot.
The report received from Hallock
also said that the four passengers, CO.
pilot and stewardess were inside the
plane and had been killed.
Ground Crews Sent
Ward placed the spot where the
plane was reported found as south
of Roscoe at Mongaup Park. 1t was
is miles north Of Livingston Manor,
he said.
Ground crews were Immediately dis
patched to the scene.
The plane, when 1t left Newark
Saturday. en- route to Buffalo, car
ried Clyde Holbrook, SO, of Chicago,
pilot; John Barron, jr., 80, of Chi
cago, co-pilot, and Miss Margaret
Huckeby, %. of Chicago, stewardess,
comprising the crew, and the follow
ing passengers:
Harry H Pinsley of New York, w. B.
Bader of 602 Colvin avenue, Buffalo.
N. Y; w. A. Cass of 81 Woodbridge
avenue, Buffalo, and H. c. Coppins Of
SO Middlesex road, Buffalo.
A large feet of planes had been en-
gagged in the search yesterday and
today circling a wide area over the
Catskill Mountain region of New York
State, checking many reports that had
been relayed to the office here of the
American Airlines.
Statement Is Issued.
American Airlines issued a state
ment as to how the crash might have
occurred.
The statement. signed by Theodore
A. Schmidt, Eastern operations man
ager, follows:
Assuming reports Of the discovery
of the missing plane are accurate, the
explanation of the accident may be:
"Holbrook (the pilot was cleared
for Syracuse via Albany. At the hour
of his departure the route to Albany
appeared easily fyable, the one bad
spot on the weather map being a
squall area moving from the south
west to the northeast.
Apparently that storm area ex-
tended its front, moving across the
due north course being flown by Hol-
brook after leaving Newburgh.
THE storm area consisted Of mod
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