The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-14

vers is Alex Holden, Chief Pilot for Marine Airways here. With me- chanic Martin Fiest as observer he took off at l0:20 o'clock this morn ing and spent two hours in the air, thoroughly canvassing all sections of South Douglas Island, west slope of Douglas Island, Point Arden, Bishops Point and contingent ter rain.
 He landed at PAA airport here at l2:3O o'clock and took off again soon after to continue the survey.
 Simmons Flying
 Shell Simmons, in his AAT Lock heed Vega flew from Ketchikan to Juneau today with two passengers aboard. With the cabin occupants acting as observers he covered the area extensively down Seymour Can- al and up Glass Peninsula.
 Landing in Juneau at l2:l5 o'clock he took off again at 1:50 with Jack Littlepage. Paul Sorensen, and Cor don Graham aboard. He will gener- ally go over again the raea.
 Schwamm on Search
 Tony Schwamm of Petersburg Airways came in today aboard his Waco plane after flying up from Petersburg at o'clock this morn- ing. Landing here at 10:40 he took off again around ll:30 with Sven Thorpe aboard as observor. He re- turned again to Juneau harbor at o'clock this afternoon. One hour later he was again in the air with his Waco pontoon ship.
 Late weather reports from the area indicate a fair visibility and decrease in wind velocity. Others Searching Contributing their efforts to the hopeful work are three boats in ad- dition to the Haida and United ! States Bureau of Fisheries flagship Brant; the Wanderer under Captain Kinky Bayers the Jazz, skipper Cash Cole, Duposo, Henry Museth
 Roughly speaking the section which is being combed consists of i Southern half of Douglas Island, shoreline and interior from Youngs Bay to Point Arden, Stephens pas sage shoreline down Glass Peninsula both shorelines down Seymour can al, East shortline of mainland up Stephens Passage from Port Snettis- ham to Taku Inlet, Taku Inlet. sec- tion around Point Bishop.
 Coming through the area few minutes previous to the time Lon ! Cope was to hit, Shell Simmons Sunday encountered ice conditions in the near vicinity of Point Arden This forced him to divert his course and proceed to the westward.
 Reports Heavy Winds l Simmons reported that at the time he was over the area Sunday after noon visibility in the vicinity oi Point Arden a few miles from Grand Island. was good, but heavy wind was blowing An iced plane would have trouble in such conditions. ] Unexplained pools of light oil sighted on Gastineau Channel by "Kinky' Bayers and his crew of four aboard the gas boat Wanderer was reported late yesterday when the boat returned to port in Juneau after an s hour search of the mishar area.
 The oil, source of which has not been determined was seen in three patches, one approximately l0( square feet in area few miles out o1 Juneau in the vicinity of Sheer Creek. Investigation today reveal ed no indications that this came from the lost plane.
 The Wanderer carrying party o1 skiers who were landed at the Soutf tip of Douglas Island also reported that Henry Museth, watchman at tht Dupont Powder plant on Gastineal Channel heard motor believed tt be Cope's at about the time of tht last message Investigation of the