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of minutes rather than hours
examining eyewitnesses, checking
the air frame, interviewing con-
troll tower operators at the. air.
port, and searching for clues over
the quarter of a mile where the
wreckage was strewn from the
Potomac Freight Yards across
Memorial highway to the Potomac.
The CAB has authority to i'm
pound evidence, subpoena wit
nesses and direct rescue eff
forts as well as police protec-
ton. It was believed the investi-
cation is moving swiftly enough
to call public hearing here late
this week. a CAB spokesman said.
Among prominent passengers
killed were: Representative George
j. Bates. Republican, of Salem,
Mass
Helen Hokinson, noted car
toonist who was en- route here to
address a Community Chest
luncheon. Her body was identi-
fed today at the District Morgue.
Former Representative Michael
J. Kennedy of New York. He
was also a former Tammany Hall
leader.
Gardner w. Taylor, so, of New
York, president of the First Fed
eral and Loan Association.
Friend Identifies Kennedy.
The body of Mr.. Kennedy was
brought from the river this morn
ing and identified by close per-
sonal friend. Raymond S. Nc
Keough. a member of the Mari
time Commission, and a former
Representative from Illinois.
Mr.. McKeough said his friend
telephoned him yesterday morn
ing that he was flying down from
New York for visit and he was
waiting for him to keep a lunch
con engagement when he learned
Of the tragedy. The identification
was made at the District Morgue.
AS far as could be learned, the
only residents of the Washing
ton area aboard the Boston-to-
New Orleans bound airliner were
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph S. Miller of
56l2 Grove street, Chevy Chase,
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Cleared for Routine Landing.
The crash occurred at 11:46
am. between 800 and 500 feet in
the air as the DC-4, cleared by
the tower for a routine landing
exactly on schedule. was struck
from behind by the fighter, whose
pilot was said to have run through
a barrage OF orders to turn aside
from his straight-in approach at
an unusually high speed and
steep angle" Capt. Rios was said
to speak good English and had
been in two-way communication
with the tower previously.
Glen D. Tigner, airport traffic
controller, gave this story of the
tragedy:
1.-THE P-ss was coming in for
a landing from above 1000 feet.
He didn't acknowledge any,
thing after we gave him instruc-
lions to enter the fight pattern.
HE did not acknowledge our
two instructions to turn left"
When the tower operators saw
the P-38 bearing down on the
transport. Mr.. Tigner said the
transport pilot was ordered to
turn left out of the way of the
lP-38.
Transport Obeyed Warning.
1.-THE transport was at about
800 feet" Mr.. Tigner said. The
pilot acknowledged our warming
by turning left, but the P-38 hit
the transport on the fuselage, just
in front of the tail assembly from
the top and on the right side"
THE transport broke in half and
the two sections went down sep
arately. That's the last I saw.
That's when I rang the crash
siren"
CAB officials said medical exam
fnation of the bodies recovered
revealed that the victims had died
of impact.
Only one passenger. a woman,
was still living when she was
picked UP unconscious from the
river bank and rushed to Alexan-
dria Hospital. She died without
Iregaining consciousness.
The impact was so great that
bodies were hurled $50 feet. Bits
lof mail, currency and clothing
were found as far away as the
Potomac Freight Yards. A brief
case had been broken open, Its
contents floating on the river.
Identification Difficult.