Colonel and Mrs, Lindbergh, who were making a fight from " New York to Japan and China, "hopped off from Ottawa at 10.50 o'clock this morning. They were due Moose Factory at four oclock this afternoon, but since they passed [Lake Expand, 275 miles north of Ottawa, all efforts "to. determine their Toeation and their plight have raved fate parties, after searching many Moose Factory. exploring
Ihours for Colonel Lindbergh's por Hoon-equipped Lockheed-Sirius mo-replane, reported that. they" could find no trace of America's foremost aviator. As hour after hour passed with no news of Colonel and" Mrs, Lindbergh, who is the daughter the United" States "Senator Mr. Dwight W. Morrow, Republican of New Jersey, the powerful radio} station at Edmonton asked all star tions. in. Canada to attempt to obtain news of the fate of the fliers, The. Department. of National Defence at Edmonton reported late tomnight that ity efforts to locate] [Colonel and Mrs, Lindbergh "have thus far resulted in failure, 'As he soared over Lake Expand this' afternoon. Colonel' Lindbergh ent a radio message which was picked up at Ottawa, "He said then that his plane was. ying: smoothly and that "he "and Mrs. Lindbergh were happy. to" be on. ici vay. "Clone Lindbergh tat fed to state his position when rent his last radio message. The radio equipment on his. plane weak and he cannot send messages {for great distance Canadian pilots. "who regularly fly over the Hudson Bay-Alaska fair Janes declare that the north country between Lake Expand and /Moose Factory is dangerous. There but little vegetation in the wilderness and game is so scarce that the problem of food would become serious in event the tiers were lost for any length of time. If Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh were forced to make an emergency landing they would have to have. water. A landing on land in their: pontoon-equipped plane might well prove disastrous.
The radio station of the Pan-[American Airways Corporation in New York had intended to main-constant radio communication, the Lindbergh plane, but it]
not received a single message from him. For a time the Pan-American "Airways officials were not worried but they have now become gravely concerned over, the Lindberghs. Colonel Lindbergh technical advisor to Pan-American Airways, Toronto reports state Jgineers at Coral Rapids, 45 miles from Moose Factory, watched all day for the Lindbergh plane. At eight o'clock to-night with Colonel lindbergh then five hours overdue fat Moose Factory the men at said that the Lind-borgh plane had not been seen and that there had been no news the disring parties - were sent to later between Coral Rapids and Moose Factory but their investilgations resulted in no news of the Lindbergh plane, Plans are being made to send out several planes to search for the Lindberghs. Colonel Lindbergh' is Jnoted for his resourcefulness and there is hope that if he was forced down he will be able to provide for is wife until help Lindbergh confident when he took off [from Ottawa.
He had that after reaching. Aklavik some time
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