Evening Star Newspaper, December 17, 1936, Page 9

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- HUNTINTENSIFIED FORLOST AIRPLANE Searchers Fear Seven Are Lost as Mountain Area Is Combed. By the Aociated Press. SALT LAKE CITY, Decembe: 17— Fearful heavy snows would erase the most tingible clue to seven persons given w for dead aboard a lost sky- liner. Sarchers struggled toward the scene tiday on horseback, snowshoes and skis. Fiftem planes mobilized hers to aid in jhe quest for the Western Air Express transport missing since early ‘Tuesda) were made ready for mo- mentarn call. Cleanng skies in the picturesque Valley »f Great Salt Lake stretching north fom the mountainous center of | the serch gave hope the planes,| groundd most of yesterday by rain| and fq. could carry out their organ-| ized pirt of the search. But |t was upon hundreds of heav-| {ly-clohed men toiling up opposite | sides d a ridge below 11,200-foot Lone | Peak hat the anxious eyes of those | followng the hunt were chiefly fixed.| Sepirate parties were formed at Alpini, where a plane was reported heard in distress before dawn Tues- day. ind at Draper, five miles from Alpire. This is about 25 miles from Utahs capital. “Traces” Believed Found. Or a ridge running down from Lone Peak extending between Draper and Alpite, J. I. Hess, Forest Service fore- mar, found yesterday what he believed to tp “traces” of the lost plane. The blizzard which prevented Hess fron following what he described as a mesible trail starting with a broken | tret and torn up earti: “where a plane mitht have struck” abated early today. | $till, snow on the mountain levels wg reported “from 2 feet deep to up tothe waist.” Leaders of the ground parties pessed forward on horses. Their pan was to proceed as far as the Iprses could carry them in the deep- eing snow up the slopes. then dis- nount, turn to snow shoes or skiis | Yhere practicable. One official who declined to be quoted was dubious as to whether Hess’ clue would “pan out.” any emergency or contingency that might arise in order to be able to pro- tect our people during any enforced idleness in the bituminous fleld.” ‘The statement continues, in part: “The United Mine Workers of America is engaged in a great cam- paign to organize the mass production industries * * *. To safeguard our interests it is vital that the great steel industry be organized, together with other basic industries * * * we are meeting with terrific opposition. But sure, steady and satisfactory progress is being made * * *. “Congress and the various State Legislatures will also convene shortly and it is the purpose of the U. M. W. and of Labor's Non-Partisan League to wage an intensive campaign for the enactment of legislation to bring about greater economic justice and social security in this country.” Having all the appearance of & major engagement between the in- dustry and the organizing forces of the Committee for Industrial Organ- ization, hearings opened this morn=- ing before the board on charges that the United States Steel Corp. and its wholly owned subsidiary, the Car- negie-Illinois Steel Corp., have inter- | fered with the self-organization of their employes in 21 plants of the latter concern. In brief, the complamt orought by the board against the steel companies is that the plan of employe represen- tation established in the various plants is supported financially by the com- pany. This circumstance, along with others, the complaint alleges, gives the company domination of the un- jons and leaves no privilege of real collective bargaining. C. L O. Officials to Aid. Prepared to back up the complaints | of the board were Phillp Murray, | chairman of the Steel Workers' Or- | ganizing Committee of the C. I. O. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. and Lee Pressman, general counsel for the latter group. On the other side was counsel for the steel corporation, planning a vigor- ous fight in defense of the employe plan which they initiated in June of 1933. Desirous of establishing their juris- diction over the company’s labor polie cies, the board’s complaint describes the interstate character of the United States Steel Corp.s business sctivi- ties. It is pointed out, also, that the employe representative plan is inter- state in that its general council con- tains delegates from several States. The board's complaint alleges that the Carnegie-Tllinois company insisted that representatives of the company union approve a wage agreement pre- pared by the company without sube mission of its terms to the employes affected. We have a complete assort- ment of up-to-date men's furnishings, including ties, shirts, socks, robes, pa- jamas, gloves, also hats. Exceptionally Low Priced ?&t@# SOLVE YOUR MEN'S RUYING FOR CHRISTMAS OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL 8:30 YOUDIE'S, Inc. 1342 G St. N.W. S e e s s e : Following formation of a general oouncil in the Pittsburgh district in November, the complaint continues, the company refused to negotiate con- cerning a wage proposal and tried to force removal of the employe chair- man. Among alleged defects of the com- pany plan, according to the board, is absence of any provision for col- ledtive meetings of employes. Ex- penses of the plan are borne by the company, with elections held on com- pany property. Would Speed Auto Traffic. As a substitute for the proposed motor traffic bore under St. Gothard tunnel an engineer has suggested making a roadway in place of one of the existing railway lines in the Sim- plon tunnel so as to speed automobile traffic between Paris and Milan, Italy. : i s % i : : ALL CLOTHING 2.5% o AR I I T o T SIDNEY WESTInC He said if the plane had struck the nountainside “some metal should have een left lying about,” but he added: ““We aren’t passing up any bets. The | plane seems to be in that area some | place—in fact, in a region only of about 6 square miles—and Hess' hunch | is as good as anybody’s.” | ‘The five men and two women oc- | tupants of the lost liner already had been given up for dead by officials. George Keyser, jr., traffic manager for Western Air Express, led one group of ski experts. He emphasized, how- | ever, that the difficulties were great— owing to the new-fallen snow. Seven Are Missing. | The missing seven were Mr. and Mrs. | John F. Wolfe of Chicago. married only 17 days ago: Henry W. Edwards, Min- | neapolis, a representative of Northwest | Airlines; Carl Christopher, Dwight, Il on his way home when informed his wife was seriously ill: Stewardess Gladys Witt, who recently made the | headlines with a cross-country ro- mantic mix-up; Pilots 8. J. Samson and William Bogen. Jimmy James, veteran Western Air fyer and a buddy of Pilot Samson, was | confident he could find the plane. 1 “Give me decent weather and I can find it in 45 minutes if it is in that | region,” he said. | Volunteers from the Regular Army | post at Salt Lake City, members of | the Civilian Conservation Corps and | ranchers—in all between 400 and 500 | men—joined the search. ‘Two men who loved pretty Miss Witt sat on opposite sides of the continent today anxious and hopeful. At Newark, N. J. last night Pilot James Roe of Transcontinental and Western Air, at the end of a regular run from Kansas City, hovered near a radlo, repeating: “There’s still a chance; there's still & chance.” | “We are not married,” he said, “al- | though I had hopes we would have been before this time.” | In California, Erick K. Balzer, steamship executive who was ieft all| but waiting at the altar oy the comely stewardess, said he no longer | loved her, Labor (Continued From Pirst Page.) U. M. W. by their international ex- ecutive board. The notice veiled only thinly the determination of the U. M. W. leader- ship to call a strike in the soft coal industry if negotiations fail to bring & satisfactory renewal of soft coal wage and hour contracts when the present ones expire on March 31 next. 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