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KANAB, HOMBODY OF MAURYGRAHAM FOUNDCEDAU CITY—The body of Maurice Graham has boea found.In a deep gully fa the Kanarramountains, six miles south of the spot/where his \vrecited Western Air Express plane was found on Juno 24, asearching party found the remains ofthe veteran airmail pilot Wednesdayafternoon.The body was flat upon the groundwith the head dropped to one side, asthough ho had fallen* exhausted, as he/itrugied through the deep, desolatepaows that enveloped the ruggedcountry on January 11* the day heflew his last aim^ihSix men found the body ifj £he deepunderbrush, that has made the bURf£or the flier's body a heart-breaking*md discouraging ordeal.^tajor IUchard McDonald headedthe serchera, Others who participatedin the discovery were Jimmy Allen ofLos Angeles, a c^usi/t pf the ill-fatedGraham, and Glen Deal* GeprgQ Edwards* Leo Currier aad Frank J. Bartlett, all of Cedar City,Graliam left no death message,Major McDonald told the Tribune re*presenlaljye. Ilia body was fullyclothed, JJls eerrtee pistol, fully loaded, rested in I1I3 holster, The bottleof wheat that he carried on eyeryflight to stave off starvation In just#ueh an emergency was found in apocket,His bankbook, a $10 bill and a sticko£ gum also were in his clothes,Major McDonald, who has headedthe search for the body with unrelenting courage since the finding ofthe piano three +weeks ago, 'reportedthat the body was located a2:3S p. m.All 3ix men seemed to find the bodyat the same time, Major McDonald reported, the .loader apparently seekingto give credit to the entire party thanto a single individual.The pilot was headed toward ZionNational park when exhaustion overcame him.If he lmd pply an hour more, hewould have made it, commented £grizzled resident of this region afteithd long hun ended,The residence of Zion Nationalpark’s caretaker is only fiye milesfrom tho 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 CedarOi,y, and later to be removed do LosAngeles, Graham's home, for bufial^ Sheriff Leigh said that no officialinvestigation would be made, as hewas convinced that the flier had mqthis death through exhaustion and thatthere was’positively no evidence offoul play,—Tribune, July 17.Later Exracts from Tribune July 18Maurice Graham made his last flightThursday nightAboard a tri-matored transportplane, accompanied by oM friends, the(Continued on Back Pago)Il
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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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