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)AY EVENING, JANUARY 12, 1938*c perFind Wreckage-r -MissingBerkeleyan, U.C.Graduate, WaisOne of CrewPaul S. Brunk, 31, junior flying officer aboard the ill-fated Samoan Clipper was a graduate of the University of California and was a former member of the Berkeley Police Department. When not in service he made his home with his brother, Willard R. Brunk, at 923 Ventura Avenue. Their uncle is Hugh W. Brunk, popular local civic leader and attorney.Paul Brunk was born in Berkeley, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter S. Brunk who several years ago moved to Eugene. Oregon. Brunk attended Berkeley High School and the University and was graduated in 1929. Upon leaving college he entered the employ of the W. T. Grant Company Berkeley store dnd became a department manager.He was appointed a patrolman on September 1, 1933, and served until June 23, 1933, when he resigned to accept a commission in the United States Marine Corps and subsequently became an aviator and a flying instructor, first at Quantico, Va., and then at Pensacola, Fla.CommanderReportMembersPlaneBr Coiled Presiill‘ 5-' * Vi y, y V1»1WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—J. T. Trippe, preiH®^^American Airways, announced today that he wasto state that on the basis of a radioSamoa “it has been definitely established that Capt. Musick and six other members of his crew metmorning at approximately 8:30 o’clock (SanuHUkr’timethe Samoan Clipper was destroyed by fire of unknown- origiii*!?^^^Tnppe announced that facts now available ________ffu-e developeddischarge of fuel*Three of CrewMade Home inCapt. Edwin C. Musick, veteran Pan-American Airways pilot who was in charge of the Samoan Clipper, which was found wrecked near Pago Pago.S. F. Bay AreaiJOINS PAN-AMERICANLater he became a member of the crew of the Pan-American Airways Clippers assigned to the run between Miami and Buenos Aires He visited his brother and uncle here a short time ago before leaving for Hawaii to join Capt. Edwin C. Musick in the pioneering flights between Honolulu and New Zealand.In August of 1931 Brunk married Miss Frances Branch of Los Angeles. They were recently divorced in Florida. She now lives with her motherat 2352 Virginia Btreet.Brunk also leaves another brother, H. D. Brunk, of Sonoma, and three slsterB, Mrs. Nan Trimble of Tacoma, Mrs. Ethel N. Myer of Eugene and Mrs. Alice B. Guyling of Monmouth, Oregon.Ship Was OnFour Califomian8, three of whom made their home in the San Francisco Bay area, perished in the Samoan Clipper crash near Pago Pago. They were Captain Edwin C. Musick, of 1980 Washington Street, San Francisco Paul Brunk of Berkeley, Navigator F. J. MacLean of 508 kin coin Avenue, KJ Q ... C ^ a Alameda, and J. W. Stickrod, fir^ enI 1 6 vv w w It IC w J gineering officer of Los Angeles.Captain Musick, commander Samoan Clipper, ranked as one the foremost clipper pilots, of the world. He held more world records than any other pilot on the globe and was reputed to be far more proud of his record of never having had a serious accident befall any aircraft ofBy United PressSAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12.—The Samoan Clipper was making aviation history when It disappeared In the South Pacific.The four-motored Sikorsky was in-». \ of truj me ofaugurating regular fortnightly air service between the United States and I which he was pilot and that no injury the Antipodes, latest and one of the had ever been 'caused a passenger most important ventures of Pan in any of his planes, than of his rectrim the ship to properv.rweight which he said' “W»»vinrV* . . :«.'•»• I -.» V ' 4; ■ ■* *-----•- • • »lt;*l. f .*„»line with conservative mal practice.”I feel that Captain* *II'his flight crew are entirely| Trippe said. Itodiorepdr plane prove that oh all of hislyfpllowed_________ _eratlng technique possible?'NO TRACE OF CREWUnited Press Staff ConretoAmerican Airways.Service the other way, from New Zealand to Honolulu, was inauguratedords.NO. 1 PILOTTo Pan-American, Captain MusickBeWHHU ■ t Dorreo«idasi|V' -Copy* Jib 11038 Uidtedrriw'vPAGO PAGO,United States Navy nounced here today minesweeper Avocet age positively the missing Pan-American Samoan Clipper . wiilplt yesterday with seyetfaboard, includingMusick,There was no and it was fearedalfchad-Picture on Page 5Stocks ShowfSlight SainBy United PressNEW YORK, Jan. 12—Stocks, bonds and commodities moved irregularly today In moderate dealings.French francs weakened abroad and Oriental bonds were driven down in London.Business news continued to show slight gains. Iron Age said steel ingot production rose 2 1-2 points this week to 28 per cent, recovering ground lost in December, but pointed out no definite trend in new business has developed. Pittsburgh reports were encouraging, showing a slight pickup in steel operations at mid-week.Wall street interpreted favorably the announcement by Secretary Roper that 50 business leaders would confer with President Roosevelt on January 19. The street is watchine carefullyby the Clipper when it left Auckland I known simply as Pilot No. 1,on January 1 and made an uneventful trip to the Hawaiian Islands, where the 455 pounds of mail and 200a title won by his record of 25 years in service in’ American aviation.In 1935, three years ago, when Mult;pounds of cargo it carried were traps-1 sick, then chief pilot of the Caribbeanlerred for the Alameda-bound Philippine Clipper.parentlycr^ShedwWloreturn to'motortrodbfc^^tim saao^topf ____Because there has yet been no congressional appropriation, the Clipper fly tog hours tq his ctedit* and had pi-carried air express but no mall on its present hop. It took aboard the cargo at Honolulu from the Hawaii Clipper.IMPORTANT LINEPan American Airways felt the Auckland line was one of the most important in its far-flung system, because it opened the vast, potential market of Australaisa to quick transportation from the United States.Eventually it was hoped that Pan American would join Its New Zealand service with the British Imperial Airways run from Australia to New Zealand, thus putting United States and Australia In direct aerial contact.Students ReturnFor Enrollment ___-i.:__11— __Division of the line, was assigned to rtofleSrHBg tnatopaclflc fllghta. JMl.nTypp had already had, more than 10,000]vZUte♦Y?' lt;y '•lt; V*‘V\i Vrloted aircraft more than 1,000,000 miles, equivalent to 40 times around the earth, and was one' of the few aviators licensed to fly any type of aircraft.“Ace of the Pan American Airways, Captain Musick learned to fly in Los Angeles. He builtMiis own plane when in high school there. On his first flight It crashed—from a height of nine feet Into a mud puddle.NEVER TOOK CHANCEFrom that mishap to his later fame as the pioneer pilot of the vast Pacific was a triumph of painstaking attention to details. Musick was called_ ‘'Motor , A huge sttcfcof the aea‘inThe big ia:27 P;.irlw ?. 'nvoV,a,-.. ..a,...,after Captaln^^Md^^* 1, • ; *• ' • ’r,. »• » /lt; I* I'lt'M*. O'l -•turning back f ■broken, oil liite. i Captain; klusibk's ^le reported prqp^ ;b^prt^ tor, indlcaWhgithe lng with only tors functioning.Naval officials, proper funcfcionliig bf ^theB brakes or too midden have torn the disabledf Continued on Page 5, Column 4]S. F. CapitalistIs Found Guiltv%»
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