The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-18
Preedufion Taken 10 Pre- vent Securing Same
 Area Twice
SYSTEM PLANNED AT
 MEETING HELD HERE
Oil Slick Investigated by Cutter Haida : Was
 from Bi|ge Rag

In an attempt to launch a thor ough systematic search of the Grand Island vicinity wherein 1t is believed, the lost Lon Cope plane containing five passengers and the pilot may be found, government, airway, and boat officials gathered last night in Commissioner Gray's office to out line plans for future expeditions.
 Augries now are that the plane hunt will settle into an extensive detailed survey of indefinite dura- ton.
 Two Navy planes from Sitka were forced back by weather today while enroute to the sector. The big Con- solidated bombers are equipped with aerial cameras and it was planned to use them to furnish portrayals of the terrain and thus allow for prolonged study of ground details. Taking off at 2:15 today Tony Schwamrn is to deliver maps to the gasboat parties aboard the Wander CT and North Light with instructions to mark the charts showing places they have covered to prevent retrac- ing of their paths by future parties.
 Travelling with Schwamm in the 5 place Waco is Herbert Neff hand- ling an aerial camera. He will en- deavor to get pictures for the same purposes as planned by the Navy planes
 Conference
 At the conference held last night it was determined to furnish maps of the section and block from these plate all districts now covered and to be covered. Limiting their activity to the plan of the map, parties will go out in crews of five under con- pass man. The method will be tanta- mount to that used cruising timber lands. In this manner it is hoped that all possible ground will be cov- cred on foot.
 At the conference were Alex Hol- den, Shell Simmons, Tony Schwam, pilots; Harry G. Watson, Secretary to the Governor; Felix Gray, United States Commissioner; Lieutenant Commander R. c. Sarratt of the Haida; J. Williams of the United States Forest Service; Kell Larson "Kinky" Bayers, of the gasboat Wanderer; and A. B. Hayes. Traffic Manager of Marine Airways.
 Point Arden
 First section to be covered by the parties will be the stretch behind Point Arden.
 The Wanderer is already on the scene with a crew of men under ''Kinky" Bayers.
 It is planned to send more boats out tomorrow but arrangements had not been completed for the coming expeditions early this afternoon.
 Oil Source
 The Haida docked in Juneau last night and sailed this morning for further activity on the search front. The plane was to act as tender for the Navy planes should they come over.
 oil found by Tony Schwamm yes- terday was investigated by motor surf boats from the cutter and after lengthy investigation it was dis covered the source was bilge rags. Heavily soaked with oil the cloth continued to feed the oil slick ac- counting for the continual enlarge ment of the slick surfaces.
 Fly Routine
 The same routine of plane flying went forward today. Fellow fliers of Lon Cope took to the air repeatedly. Alex Holden chief pilot of Marine Airways, flying a wheel equipped Fairchild was over the scene many hours today tracing and retracing sectors for the sixth day in the hope that something may have been miss ed. With him as observor was Mar tin Feist.
 Shell Simmons made one flight over the district this morning with William Eastman. Keith Petrich. Charles Asby, and Leslie Melvin act- ing as observers.
 Schwamm was on the job goodly