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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1927
Page
11
Coast guard and naval authorities press on for clues to the missing Grayson plane after hours of radio silence and unsuccessful searches from Cape Cod to Newfoundland. Mrs Gertrude Goldsborough funds a search plane while Denmark backers await funds to charter boats.
Frances Grayson, missing since Friday with three companions for Harbor Grace, N F, aimed to become the first woman to cross the Atlantic in her Sikorsky Dawn. Her history includes real estate work, a 1919 marriage and 1923 divorce, and prior failed Atlantic attempts with navigator Brice Goldsborough and pilot Lieut Oskar Omdal.
Coast workers and railway officials report no trace of the Sikorsky Dawn wreckage after a search near Cape Ray. Mrs Frances Wilson Grayson and three crewmen left New York Friday for Harbor Grace aiming for transatlantic flight. Boston navy yard says no rescue report from any vessel has been received. In Ireland and England civic guards scan the Atlantic for the monoplane without success. The aircraft awaited favorable weather for Europe flight from Curtiss Field to Newfoundland.
The report states Grayson and her pilot Oskar Omdal chose a direct Atlantic course to Europe rather than a northeasterly route to Harbor Grace, a theory later discredited.
The coast guard directed all vessels patrolling the New England coast to keep sharp lookout for Mrs. Grayson's plane the Dawn, as of the Christmas night message to Boston guard headquarters.
Engineers of Sikorsky, builders of Mrs Frances W Grayson’s plane the Dawn, said they believed the ship could stand up to sea and wind if forced down on a route between New York and Harbor Grace Newfoundland.
Hamilton Montana December 25 The Bitter Root irrigation district reports strong water prospects for next season Lake Como water storage on December 1 measured 22448 acre feet with 40 feet head Rock creek runoff reached 20473 acre feet well above the normal 3000 acre feet The No 1 flume replacement is 67 percent complete along with repairs to flumes and bridges The canal should be ready to supply 19000 irrigable acres across the district.
Word arrives from Portland Oregon of the death of Mrs J F Hartenberger 55 a former Hamilton resident who died Sunday December 11 from injuries after being struck by a motor vehicle the night before She lived in Hamilton about 20 years ago when her husband was cashier of Ravalli County Bank
The body of Senator Andrieus A. Jones of New Mexico, who died last week, was entrained tonight for Las Vegas where he will be buried Wednesday. A nine member Senate committee accompanied the body along with the widow and son. Senator Curtis of Kansas stayed in Washington. others on the committee included Bratton, Robinson, Kendrick, Walsh, Pittman, Oddie, Johnson, Shortridge, and Jones of Washington.
Boulder notes show Emmett Douglass of Cardwell in town Wednesday while Dale and visiting Robinsons shopped in Helena. Howard A. Johnson paused in Basin. Maude Watkins heads to Clairemont for holidays. Hazel Martella goes to Frederick for Christmas. Esther Wegren returns home to Cardwell. Residents Drew Jackson and Hugo Kesola travel from Basin. Mrs K B Smith and Ben Hundley arrive from Belton as Christmas activities begin.
The list covers funeral notices for Mrs. Samantha Waklee and others with services at Daly-Shea funeral chapel. Jeremiah Ring and Russ Nenoff remain at the mortuary with times to be announced. Patrick Shea’s remains to arrive tonight. Martin Naughton, age 51, died at a local hospital and is at Daly-Shea with funeral notice to follow.
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices list Mary Mennie Mary Ann Cadwell Mathias Panyan and Frank Fahey with service times locations and burial plans. Mennie services from 1600 North Main Walkerville to St Lawrence Church and St Patrick Cemetery. Cadwell at Sherman Reed funeral home and Mount Moriah Cemetery. Panyan’s funeral at St Ann church after removal to 2200 Locust street. Fahey’s arrangements to be announced.
The Sherman Reed Funeral Chapel promotes full service offerings with family rooms and a private room. Assistance for ladies, home and child care, and ambulance service are advertised with a local phone contact.
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