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[[newspaper clipping]] Aviatrix, Missing 4 Days From Teterboro, Lands TOWN OF UNION N.J. DISPATCH SEPTEMBER 8, 1931 Three days overdue from Cleveland and listed as missing, [[underlined]] Mrs. Manila Davis, a 28 [[/underlined]] year old blonde aviatrix, swept down to a perfect landing last night at Teterboro Airport, and nonchalantly walked from the field, ignoring questions as to why she was so late. Mrs. Davis, member of the Betsy Ross Club of women pilots, is said to come from West Virginia. She has been an enigma at the airport where very little is known about her. Saturday airport officials read that she had finished ninth in the derby. They expected her back that morning. She failed to appear and efforts were made to locate her. She was still unreported Sunday and anxiety increased. Last night, unheralded and unannounced, she swooped down in the afterglow of sunset and landed. When she left the field, brushing aside questions, no one knew her destination, beyond the fact that she is staying some place in New Jersey. [[?]]urday, but when they had not returned Sunday noon he sent up Captain William S. Diehl, Cliffside Park, on a scouting tour as far as the Delaware River. He was unable to pick up a trace of her. Yesterday numerous messages cities along the air derby route between Hicksville, L.I. and Cleveland. Few replies were received, the only ones coming in being to the effect that no record had been made of Mrs. Manila stopping. Attempts to trace the derby entrant were made much more difficult by the fact that the fliers were not required to register at fields enroute at which they stopped. The planes were strung out over most of the distance between the starting and finishing points, so Mrs. Davis could have been forced down without attracting the attention of her fellow fliers. Scheduled stops were at Syracuse, Buffalo and Akron. [/newspaper clipping]] [[newspaper clipping]] [[image - photo of Manila Davis in flight gear]] Missing Girl Flier Safe in New Jersey New York, Sept. 8 (INS) - Miss Manila Davis, missing West Virginia flyer, was safe in New York today. She had been missing for hours after failing to arrive on schedule from the Cleveland air show, finally arriving at Hasbrouck Heights, N.J., last evening. Miss Davis said she was forced down several times by a leaking gas tank. [[/newspaper clipping]] [[newspaper clipping]] BOSTON MASS AMERICAN SEPTEMBER 8, 1931 [[line]] Missing Girl Flier Lands in New York Hasbrouck Heights, N.J., Sept 8 (US) - Miss [[underlined]] Manila Davis [[/underlined]], missing West Virginia aviatrix, landed here safely ending anxiety that prevailed for several hours when she failed to arrive on schedule from Cleveland in the forenoon but reported her plane was forced down several times because of a leaking tank. [[/newspaper clipping]] [[newspaper clipping]] BOSTON MASS AMERICAN SEPTEMBER 8, 1931 [[line]] Manila Davis Delayed by Leak New York, Sept. 8 (INS)- Miss Manila Davis, missing West Virginia flier, was safe in New York today. She had been missing for hours after failing to arrive on schedule from the Cleveland air show, finally arriving a Hasbrouck Heights, N.J., last evening. Miss Davis said she was delayed when forced down several times by a leaking gas tank. [[/newspaper clipping]] [[newspaper clipping]] NEWARK N.J. NEWS SEPTEMBER 8, 1931 Woman Pilot, 'Lost' Two Days, Lands At Teterboro, Gives No Explanation [[line]] After Teterboro Airport officials had spent two and a half days burning up telegraph wires in a search for Mrs. Manila Davis, amateur pilot, she swooped down on the field last night and refused to say where she had been since Saturday morning. Apparently unaware that an alarm had been broadcast for her as missing the twenty-eight-year-old blond aviatrix made a perfect lading, gave orders for care of her borrowed plane and walked nonchalantly from the field. She brushed aside questioners and drove away. Little is known about Mrs. Davis at the airport, although she is said to be a licensed pilot from West Virginia and a member of the Betsy Ross Club of women pilots. She borrowed a plane from the Standard Flying Service Thursday to participate in the amateur air derby from Hicksville, Long Island, to Cleveland Friday. Word was received Saturday that she had finished ninth. Airport officials expected her back Saturday morning but she failed to appear. Efforts were made to locate her and when she did not arrive Sunday an alarm was sent out. When she landed last night at sunset and left the field no one knew her destination except that she was staying somewhere in New Jersey. [/newspaper clipping]] [[newspaper clipping]] PLAINFIELD (N.J.) NEWS SEPTEMBER 8, 1931 [[line]] Reported Missing, Girl Flier Withholds Reason for her Three-Day Delay [[line]] Hasbrouck Heights - Miss [[underlined]] Manila Davis, 28, [[/underlined]] an aviatrix, has refused to explain to airport officials why she was three days late in returning to the airport here. Reported missing, great anxiety had been felt for her safety. She had borrowed the plane to participate Friday in the amateur air derby from Hicksville, L.I., to Cleveland. She finished ninth in the derby and was expected at Hasbrouck Saturday. She landed there last night and walked off the field declining to answer questions as to the delay. Very little is known about her except that she is said to come from West Virginia. [[/newspaper clipping]] [PAGE 110]
