Singapore, Jan. 11.
The immense volume of United States purchases in British Malaya was discussed by Mr. Monnett B. Davis, U.S. consul-general in Singapore, is a speech to business men here. Despite the comparative smallness of the country, British Malaya in 1936 came fourth in exports to the United States with a volume of $147,500,000. Imports from the United States were only $4,500,000. Malaya's huge A native was reported to have seen the Clipper flying over the sea off the western end of Tutuila with a large cloud of smoke training.
The U.SS. Avocet dispatched a plane to search for the missing Clipper. Navy officials did not indicate whether another giant search of the south Pacific such as was made for Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putnam, missing American airwoman, last year would be made for the lost plane.
The Samoan Clipper made its first regular round trip flight to Auckland the latter half of December. The Honolulu-Auckland line joins with the trans-Pacific Clipper service here.
The message said the Clipper had been sighted at 8.55 a.m., Samoa time, which would be 28 minutes after the plane's lest radio signal was heard, at 827 ar.
"The position given is roughly 45 miles almost due north of Page Page. No information was immediately available on the plane's condition, The Samoan Clipper, making its second regular flight on the Honolulu-Auckland line, had reported a break in its oil line, and when communications suddenly were cut off, it was feared the plane had been lost.
Capt. Edward Musick, trail-blazer of the trans-Pacific airlines, was pilot-Jing the plane at the time of its disappearance, Pan-American Airways officials said in confirming reports that the plane was missing.
Other crew members included C. C. Sellers, first officer; P. S. Brunk, junior flight officer; F. J. McLean, navigator; J. W. Stiekrod, first engineer officer; J. A. Brooks, assistant engineer officer; and T. J. Findley, radio operator. The Samoan Clipper formerly was the Manila-Hongkong shuttle plane—United Press
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