Washington, Jan. 8.
The prospects of the passage of the Wages and Hours Bill were greatly improved to-day as the result Of a conference between President Roosevelt and representatives of the seven south-eastern States, who were the chief opponents of the Bill—Reuter. companying the two aircraft carriers, giant patrol planes from San Diego, destroyer squadrons one and two and at battleship and cruiser planes available joined in the mass hunt to-day.
The area being searched covers approximately 50000 square miles, extending from Latitude 3530 to Latitude 3030 and about 250 miles out to seg.
Navy officials, despite the proportions of the search for the missing plane, feared the huge "flying for-washed. and sunk. "Not s search for Mrs.
Putnam, ' missing American airwoman, has the Navy turned out in such force to track down a lost plane, however.
The missing bomber connected with squadron VP-7 and commanded by Lieutenant T. X. Carpenter, has not been heard from since 8 p.m. of Wednesday. News that the -plane was missing was withheld by Navy officials for 24 hours. Efforts by a fleet of Navy boats, augmented Coast Guard cutters amd more than 40 patrol bombers and seaplanes had failed to locate ihe lost plane before news of its disappearance became known.—United (Press.
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