In spite of all efforts on the part of newspaper reporters and others, Mrs. 0. F, Diteman, wife of the pilot who set off yesterday from Harbour Grace in an almost hope-loss effort to fly alone to England, refused to-day to reveal the purpose of her husband's flight.
The curious nature of the situation, where an apparently happy family man with a wife and twe children as well as ample financial means set off on a trip which had but one chance in a hundred of other: than agtragic end, has fired the imaginations of all classes the United States and as a result', leading newspapers, magazines and syndicates -are already striving to persuade Mrs. Diteman to give them 'a full account of the causes of the flight.
Lacking other explanation, most. commentators express the opinion that Diteman made a. sporting gesture, deliberately setting of against long odds for the thrill of achievement if he is suecessful.—
United Press.
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