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KANAB, HOMBODY OF MAURYGRAHAM FOUNDCEDAU CITY—TJio body of Maur-ice Graham has bee» found.In a deep gully to the Kanarramountains, six miles south of the spot/where his we cited Western Air Express plane was found on Juno 24, asearching party found the remains ofthe veteran airmail pilot Wednesdayafternoon,The body was fiat upon the groundwith the head dropped to one side, asthough he had fallen, exhausted, as he*itrug£led through the deep, desolatepfrows that enveloped the ruggedcountry mi January 11, the day heflew his last aim^lbSix men found the body Jjj £he deepunderbrush, that has made the huftffor the flier's body a heart*breadingund discouraging ordeal.jvtajor IUchard McDonald headedthe serchers, Others who participatedin the discovery yrove Jimmy Allen ofLos Angqtes, a couflltf £f the ill-fatedGraham, and Glen Beal, r£Q Edwards, Leo Currier a ad Frank J. Earflett, all of Cedar CttyrGraham loft no death messageMajor McDonald told the Tribune re*presenlatjy©, His body was fullyclothed, JJIs eeryjfie pistol, fully loaded, rested in his holster, The bottleof wheat that he carried on everyflight to stave off starvation In just2uch an emergency was found in apocket,His bankbook, a $10 bill and a stickof gum also were in his clothes,Major McDonald, who has headedtlio search for the body with unrelenting courage since the finding ofthe plane three »■we oka ago, 'reportedthat the body was located a2i3S p. m.Ah £ix men seemed to find the bodyat the same time, Major McDonald reported, the pleader apparently seekingto give credit to the entire party thanto a single individual.The pilot was headed toward ZionNational park when exhaustion oyep-eame him.If ho had p;nly an hour more, hewould have made it, commented tgrizzled resident of this region afteitlid long hun ended.The residence of Zion Nationalpark's caretaker is only flye mile3from the spot where Graham's bodywas found,Major McDonald Immediately updnfinding the body dispatched one of theparty to Cedar City todnform SheriffJ. T. Leigh, who will leave at daybreak Thursday, together with themajor to return the body to CedarCi,y, and later to be removed do LosAngeles, Graham's home, for buplal^ Sheriff Leigh said that no officialInvestigation would be made, as hewas convinced that the flier jiaflhis death through exhaustion and thatthere VasT positively no evidence offoul play.—Tribune, July 17,Later Exraets from Tribune July fsMaurice Graham made his last flightThur^d^y nig lit.Aboard a tri-iuotorecl transportplane, accompanied by oM friends, the(Continued on Back Pago)
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Kanab Kane County Independent
Kanab, Utah, US
Fri, Jul 18, 1930
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Alva M.
USA 21 Mar 2019
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