The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-15


 age there We also searched close to shore around Grand Island. Fish cries vessel Brant in Seymour canal sent short party to head of Divers Inlet and one to Doty Cove. Navy planes from Sitka will search tomor- row, weather permitting and Haida i will act as plane tender
 Brant Activities
 Activities of the Brant operat- Ing on Seymour canal with shore parties were reported in a message to the officials here received late yesterday evening.
 The radio stated: "Bant anchored King Salmon Bay, Seymour Canal for the ngiht. One party walked from head of bay to half mile of Doty Cove. Another party delayed by man falling through ice at the head of King Salmon Bay. Had to build fire then. Only got in sight of Divers Inlet. No sign of lost plane. Prob ably remain here Wednesday. 1 No mention was made of the name of the man who fell through the ice. Officials here do not belivee any ser lous consequence is entailed. Juneau Shore Party
 Aboard the Wanderer and Jakobi are Captains Kell Larson of the Wanderer, and T. s. Smith in the Yakobi- Included in the ground on the Jakobi are Jay Williams who heads the party of nine men. On the Wanderer is M. l.. Gray who will lead a party of seven. They will beat an area of approximately 10 square miles consisting of a low apron of hills lying between Greenbay and Point Arden. Includ- ed among other members of the searching party are Howard Hayes, Art Bain, Lee Thomas, and Cliff ford Shearer
 With six Navy bomber ships each carrying crew of six from the squadron at Sitka Haida. Brant. and other boats and planes, a total Of nine airplaneS. at least eight watercraft and a man power force of approximately 175 men have combed a series of beaches, water areas, and hillsides totaling not 25 square miles. To date, some 78 hours after Pilot Lon Cope in brief, cryptic message reported his last position as over Grand Island, no trace of the plans or it's where abouts has been secured.
 Tony Schwamm secuted the area with Sven Thorpe in the observers seat for some two hours yesterday, in his Waco biplane.
 Shell Simmons at various times taking out Jack Littlepage, Paul Sorenson, Gordon Graham, and G. E. Goudie, has been over the scene some three hours in his Lockheed Vega.
 Holden In Air
 Alex Holden has been in the air almost necessarily when weather has been good and marginal, with Martin Feist and Don Harwick as spotters. His total hours over the possible accident site approach II. He has covered up and down Taku Inlet, Hawk Inlet, Douglas Island and Mount Roberts back of Ju- neau, in, addition to the usual sec- tors.
 Boats with men anxious to aid, consisting of the Council D under Al Bloomquist The Jazz under Cash Cole, The Jakobi under T. S. Smith, Wanderer under Kinky Bayers and Kell Narsson, Dupoco under Henry Museth, were among small craft diligently seeking some trace of the plane or occupants.
 Three large craft, the U.S.CG. cutter Haida, out on the scene since one hour after receipt of the last message, the Princess Norah on the scene shortly after the Haida spent five hours in the section, the Brant, out since late last Sunday night.
 All in all, efforts have come to naught.
 Searchers by air were privileged yesterday to obtain a fair view of all terrain from beach to noun tain top. They reported nothing. No bent trees to indicate a land crash, no drifting remnants on the beaches. .
 Conjectures and hypothecations regarding the fate of the missing ship must remain that and nothing more AWators here claim that no one is entitled to guess on the pos sible answer to this tragic mystery.
 Wind, ice conditions and a mul- titude of other factors may have entered to force the ship on land or sea.
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