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"Ges mrleshe ne ‘recards af Hout ‘Yernon; pWasourt, for éalle mere ting fron Ve | Ahat point to Joplin, Missouri, of othe stations on the evening of syne 2 . , Wore ghocked. The partics at the talephon office were Sentliar wi tn every’ _, peliband cag” tint ‘tanya penta ere mee by eenh partie personally © known to them, Incidentelly, there were ho calis mde on that we Tope: A | (in or any other large place close by, They also stated that none sof the | lis. SAG mare sade from there were froma filing sto tions : + 2) wet tee taqutry, as mea tioned above, ‘with yeforence to the landing ef ws the airplane, was mide by these agents af Albatross (a sell junction ef the - ~ “Biehway betvecn Nowmt Vernon and Milier, Missouri), Carthace, Heosho, Hoverg, re, Yonett, Vergna, Replies, and im the stirromdéing recions | y ‘, various placog, and cleo all imediate filling stations betwen Splines * “NA lel, “Inquiries were made at every point to Se eisine wether Do aot e plas =. 8. Unnded as set out above, No information whatever sould Be seeured in this ecen- caches, ¢ 1 WOOtiome “It may Be on ted here, howrver, ¢hnt the extire region between Joplia - gna Springfield is a flat coumtry end that a plane might light at almost any place. There would probably be nunorous filling stations on the aide road ai- jacent to farm fields, which would be suitable for laniing purposes. Inving . this thought in afind, these agents made porsmmal sontasts with Babe fagoserg 2°" Jigme Riley Burchard of Aurare, Uissourl, and ¥. WM, Ashley, Pierée City, Mises uri. : These individuals wre sowht out as parties who ere air pilots, actively interest | @& is aviation and somizent of all nore ectivities ef other parties in that. . Vicinity. \Interylew with then prodweéd me informtios of velue pertainiag te i ‘ @he htove guest. :.In each instance, they stated that they uill ecntinue te a "" qaire in that terri tory, and having token (he adfress ani telephom wunber of -” the Kansas City office, "ey promised thet thay will tensdiately post ey eis effics in the erent they discover a lending as deseribed above, The ie ced viduals above mentioned, the are intcrested in aviation, were sowntt Satter ‘i: interviews vith © other yeputable eitizens, whe reeauner ded on as reliable