A photograph against a black background picturing the Samoan Clipper in mid-flight over the ocean. The caption is: (NY9 Jan.12) SILENCE OF SOUTH SEAS HIDES WORD OF CLIPPER'S FATE--Conflicting reports today continued to leave in mystery the exact fate of the Samoan Clipper, shown above in striking airview. Unconfirmed reports reaching Dunedin, New Zealand, said the plane had been sighted afloat 74 miles west of Apia, British Samoa, but fears grew at Pago Pago, American Samoa, that the 21-ton flying boat's gasoline might have caught fire as it was dumped into the Pacific preparatory to landing. (r4112ofle)' 38
