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[[newspaper clipping]] 2 DAILY NEWS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1931 FEAR FOR WOMAN FLIER, MISSING 4 DAYS IN RACE MANILA DAVIS VANISHES ON HOP TO OHIO By SLOAN TAYLOR AN alarm was broadcast yesterday for Mrs. Manila Davis, member of the Betsy Ross Club of women pilots, who vanished after taking off from Hicksville, L. I., on Friday, in the amateur air derby to Cleveland. Mrs. Davis, who left the fashionable Aviation Country Club field with eleven other entrants, used a plane provided by the Standard Flying Service of Teterboro Airport, N. J. Fear She Met Accident. Her plane, which bore the Department of Commerce registration number NC303Y, was not checked in at Cleveland with the other derby racers, nor have the owners of the ship received any word from her since Friday. The ship was due back at Hasbrouck Heights, N. J., yesterday forenoon. When silence still shrouded her absence last night, officials of the company expressed concern that she had met with an accident. The amateurs' derby, a feature of the National air races, which ended in Cleveland yesterday, made the cross-country flight in four comparatively easy hops, with an overnight stop at Syracuse and refueling landings at Buffalo and Akron. Race Ended Saturday. None of the fliers registered at the fields on these halts, which made it impossible to check up. [[image - photograph of 4 women beside plane]] [[caption]] One Is Missing Mrs. Manila Davis (right) just before start of amateur air derby last Friday. She has not been reported since that time. With her (l. to r.) Laura Morgan, Mrs. B. A. Gillies and Jessamine Goddard. [[/caption]] [[/newspaper clipping]] [[newspaper clipping]] [[image - portrait photograph of Manila Davis]] [[caption]] MRS MANILA DAVIS. [[/caption]] HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N. J., Sept. 7.–(United News.)– Officials of the Standard Flying Service at Teteboro airport today expressed concern for the safety of Mrs. Manila Davis, who took off from the Aviation Country Club on Long Island Friday in an amateur pilots race to Cleveland and has not been heard from since. [[/newspaper clipping]] [[newspaper clipping]] Woman Flier Lost 4 Days In Air Derby By SLOAN TAYLOR AN alarm was broadcast yesterday for Mrs. Manila Davis, member of the Betsy Ross Club of women pilots, who vanished after taking off from Hicksville, L. I., on Friday, in the amateur air derby to Cleveland. Mrs. Davis, who left the fashionable Aviation Country Club field with eleven other entrants, used a plane provided by the Standard Flying Service of Teterboro Airport, N. J. Her plane, which bore the Department of Commerce registration number NC303Y, was not checked in at Cleveland with the other derby racers, nor have the owners of the ship received any word from her since Friday. The ship was due back at Hasbrouck Heights, N. J., yesterday forenoon. When silence still shrouded her absence last night, officials of the company expressed concern that she had met with an accident. The amateurs' derby, a feature of the National air races, which ended in Cleveland yesterday, made the cross-country flight in four comparatively easy hops, with an overnight stop at Syracuse and refueling landings at Buffalo and Akron. Race Ended Saturday. None of the fliers registered at the fields on these halts, which made it impossible to check up on how far the missing aviatrix accompanied her competitors. The planes were strung out over most of the distance, so that she could have been forced down without attracting attention of her follow fliers. Maj. Paul Burwell, manager of the Aviation Country Club, stated none of the entrants was required to report back after reaching Cleveland. He agreed that Mrs. Davis could have been forced out of the race by mechanical trouble, but unless this occured in some isolated spot, he said, it is likely she would have wired her backers. [[/newspaper clipping]] [[newspaper clipping]] DAILY NEWS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1931 FEAR FOR WOMAN FLIER, LOST FOUR DAYS IN RACE [[image - photograph of Manila Davis beside plane]] [[caption]] Mrs. Manila Davis just before start of amateur air derby last Friday. She has not been heard from since. [[/caption]] [[/newspaper clipping]] ^[[PAGE 107]]
