Washington, June 1.
Hopes for the rescue of Mr. Richard Halliburton, American author and adventurer, faded today when Capt. Richmond K. Turner, commander of the US.S. Astoria, reported that the American cruiser had searched a broad area of the Pacific without finding any trace of Mr. Halliburton and his party.
Mr. Halliburton disappeared two months ago while attempting to sail from Hongkong to San Francisco in a Chinese junk. The Navy Department ordered the Astoria to search for the missing adventurer after the cruiser had visited Japan, China and ihe Philippines while returning to Japan the ashes of the late Hiroshi Saito, former Japanese Ambassador to the United States.—Unitéd Press.
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