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Death of Parker Cramer

Sailors Sight Body in Ocean Near Norway

Heavy Seas Prevented Norwegian Ship from Picking Up Dead Man in Flying Togs and Life Belt Who Floated Past Close By.

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Death of Parker Cramer-Flight after "[[Uutin?]] Bowler"-1931
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Haugesund, Norway, Aug. 14—(AP)—Whether or not the body of an airman sighted off the Shetland Islands was that of Parker Cramer or his radio operator, missing since Sunday on a flight from the Shetland Islands to Copenhagen, was the subject of speculation today.
  The master of the Norwegian steamer Sjoeglimt, which arrived yesterday, reported that his crew had noticed a body, clothed in what appeared to be flying togs, floating west of the Island of Foula Sunday afternoon. Foula is located about 20 miles west of the Shetland Islands.
  Owing to heavy storms, the steamer had run into the lee of the Shetlands when the discovery was made, he said, and there was no opportunity to salvage the body.
     Wore Airmans' 'Clothes
The airmen left the Shetlands Sunday morning on the final stage of their flight across Canada, Greenland, and the North Sea to chart an air mail route for American aviation interests.
Captain Joergensen, master of the ship, said the body was sighted Sunday at 4 p. m. 20 or 30 nautical miles northwest of the Shetland Islands.
Several saw the body of a stout man pass the steamer only a few meters away. It was standing erect in the waves and was clothed in a suit apparently intended to keep the wearer afloat. 
     Reykjavik, Iceland, Aug. 14-- (AP)
-Parker Cramer, American trans-arctic flyer, was tired and indisposed when he left here Aug.7 for the Faroe Islands, it was learned today.
  An employee of a commercial firm - Dernhoeft by name - said both Cramer and his radio operator, Oliver Pacquette were fatigued when they landed here from Angmagsalik, Greenland, and went to bed at once. 
  As the walked toward the harbor with him, Dernhoeft said, Cramer talked lightly of the flight to Copenhagen. He admitted feeling ill, however, and said he had a continual pain in his stomach.