Jerusalem, Sept. 17. The situation in Palestine con-
'An' enterprising "Manila Tribune correspondent checking rumours, of the discovery of aeroplane wreckage, yesterday found eye witnesses to ferash which may have been that of the Hawaii Clipper, which disappeared, July 29.
Pan-American Airways officials were! interested in the reports and said they would make. an effort to learn of their veracity. 'They said that there was a "bare possiblily" that the crash Which dhe islanders saw was the answer to the mysterious fate of the Hawaii Clipper. The scene of the reported crash is considerably southwest of the Clippers' usual course, the officials said.
The "Tribune" correspondent did Met mention why the residents of the fishing village failed to make an earlier report of the crash. It might be explained by their extreme isolation and the possibility that most of them had never heard of the Clipper service.
The correspondent proceeded to the village of Malaga on the west coast, fof Samar and interviewed a fisherman who said that on the afternoon of July 29 while he was fishing ten miles from. Semar he saw "a big white plane" burst into flames, crash into the sea and sink, 'An unnamed school teacher at Mal og, near 'Malaga, said that a plane 'Aying on only' three propellers" [crashed on July 29. Several residents said quantities of all drifted ashore July 30.—United Press.
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