Lieut. Frank H. Conant, jr., Navy Schneider Cup race flyer and one of the Navy's oustanding young pilots, is believed to have been killed yesterday afternoon when his plane crashed and sank in shallow water near Ma-thews, Va., about 30 miles north of Norfolk.

Lieut. Conant, who has been practicing for the speed races to be held over Hampton Roads November 11, left the naval air station at Anacostia yesterday morning at 11:45, bound for Hampton Roads. He was due to have arrived there about 1:30.

Last night an Associated Press correspondent at Mathews telephoned here that a Navy plane numbered A-6970 crashed suddenly in shallow water and sunk. Efforts to raise the craft were futile and no trace of the pilot was found. Navy officers here said Conant was flying a Curtis plane which bore the numbers described in the message. Conant was unaccompanied.

Crashed Mile Off Shore. According to information received at Norfolk from Mathews over long-distance telephone last night, the crash occurred about a mile offshore. The weather was murky and there were no eye witnesses of the smash. A man on shore heard the engine of a plane, then heard it stop. A moment later there was a crashing sound and all was still.

A party went from shore and found a considerable amount of wreckage and oil floating on top of the water at a spot about 1 mile from the shore and about 3 miles north of Newpoint Light and near Winter Harbor.

On one of the wings of the plane were found the numbers "A-6970," which identified it as Conant's machine. The plane itself was submerged in about 15 feet of water, and for lack of facilities efforts to raise the machine or to recover the body were futile.

Comdr. A. C. Reed, commandant of the naval air station at Hampton Roads, at daybreak today was to send planes, and the Sandpiper, naval tug, will leave for the scene to salvage the wreckage. Too Late to Search. Word that Conant crashed reached the Hampton Roads station last night after a message had already been sent to Anacostia that Conant was missing, but darkness had fallen then and it was too late to send out a plane to search for him. Conant crashed about 1:30, according to word from Ma-thews.

Conant, a junior grade lieutenant, was considered one of the Navy's ablest stunt flyers. He was 27 years old and was stationed here at the Bureau of Aeronautics. He lived with his mother here at the Dresden apartments.

Lieut. Conant's comrades at the Navy Department and the Naval Air Station at Anacostia, D. C., refused late last night to give up hope that he had managed to extricate himself from the sinking machine. His mother also maintained a hopeful vigil, bearing in mind that he had escaped on several previous occasions from perilous situations.

Lieut. Conant broke the world's speed record for a seaplane twice within the past week. The new record was unofficial, Lieut. Conant keeping the time with a stop watch.

At Port Washington, N. Y., last Tuesday he piloted his plane twice over a four-and-a-half-mile course at a speed of more than 250 miles an hour. The next day, over a four-anda-quarter mile course, he attained a speed of 251½ miles an hour at Mitchel Field. He also held speed records for flights from Philadelphia to Washington and from New York to Hampton Roads.

Lieut. Conant was designated one of the three representatives of the Navy for the Schneider Cup races on October 18, on recommendation by Lieut. Comdr. Homer C. Wick, commanding officer of the naval air station here. Lieut. George T. Cuddihy of the naval air station and Lieut. C. F. Schilt of Brown Field, Quantico, Va., were selected with Conant.

The choice of the three airmen followed a series of grueling tests which were held at Hampton Roads, Va., on October 15.

Lieut. Conant has an enviable record as an airman. He was assigned to the Bureau of Aeronautics here following a period of service with the fighting plane squadron on the Pacific Coast. Last year Lieut. Conant had some experience with Navy training ships and since that time (Continued on Page 6, Column 4.)

Lieut. Frank H. Conant, jr., Navy Schneider Cup race flyer and one of the Navy's oustanding young pilots, is believed to have been killed yesterday afternoon when his plane crashed and sank in shallow water near Ma-thews, Va., about 30 miles north of Norfolk.

Lieut. Conant, who has been practicing for the speed races to be held over Hampton Roads November 11, left the naval air station at Anacostia yesterday morning at 11:45, bound for Hampton Roads. He was due to have arrived there about 1:30.

Last night an Associated Press correspondent at Mathews telephoned here that a Navy plane numbered A-6970 crashed suddenly in shallow water and sunk. Efforts to raise the craft were futile and no trace of the pilot was found. Navy officers here said Conant was flying a Curtis plane which bore the numbers described in the message. Conant was unaccompanied.

Crashed Mile Off Shore. According to information received at Norfolk from Mathews over long-distance telephone last night, the crash occurred about a mile offshore. The weather was murky and there were no eye witnesses of the smash. A man on shore heard the engine of a plane, then heard it stop. A moment later there was a crashing sound and all was still.

A party went from shore and found a considerable amount of wreckage and oil floating on top of the water at a spot about 1 mile from the shore and about 3 miles north of Newpoint Light and near Winter Harbor.

On one of the wings of the plane were found the numbers "A-6970," which identified it as Conant's machine. The plane itself was submerged in about 15 feet of water, and for lack of facilities efforts to raise the machine or to recover the body were futile.

Comdr. A. C. Reed, commandant of the naval air station at Hampton Roads, at daybreak today was to send planes, and the Sandpiper, naval tug, will leave for the scene to salvage the wreckage. Too Late to Search. Word that Conant crashed reached the Hampton Roads station last night after a message had already been sent to Anacostia that Conant was missing, but darkness had fallen then and it was too late to send out a plane to search for him. Conant crashed about 1:30, according to word from Ma-thews.

Conant, a junior grade lieutenant, was considered one of the Navy's ablest stunt flyers. He was 27 years old and was stationed here at the Bureau of Aeronautics. He lived with his mother here at the Dresden apartments.

Lieut. Conant's comrades at the Navy Department and the Naval Air Station at Anacostia, D. C., refused late last night to give up hope that he had managed to extricate himself from the sinking machine. His mother also maintained a hopeful vigil, bearing in mind that he had escaped on several previous occasions from perilous situations.

Lieut. Conant broke the world's speed record for a seaplane twice within the past week. The new record was unofficial, Lieut. Conant keeping the time with a stop watch.

At Port Washington, N. Y., last Tuesday he piloted his plane twice over a four-and-a-half-mile course at a speed of more than 250 miles an hour. The next day, over a four-anda-quarter mile course, he attained a speed of 251½ miles an hour at Mitchel Field. He also held speed records for flights from Philadelphia to Washington and from New York to Hampton Roads.

Lieut. Conant was designated one of the three representatives of the Navy for the Schneider Cup races on October 18, on recommendation by Lieut. Comdr. Homer C. Wick, commanding officer of the naval air station here. Lieut. George T. Cuddihy of the naval air station and Lieut. C. F. Schilt of Brown Field, Quantico, Va., were selected with Conant.

The choice of the three airmen followed a series of grueling tests which were held at Hampton Roads, Va., on October 15.

Lieut. Conant has an enviable record as an airman. He was assigned to the Bureau of Aeronautics here following a period of service with the fighting plane squadron on the Pacific Coast. Last year Lieut. Conant had some experience with Navy training ships and since that time (Continued on Page 6, Column 4.)

Lieut. Frank H. Conant, jr., Navy Schneider Cup race flyer and one of the Navy's oustanding young pilots, is believed to have been killed yesterday afternoon when his plane crashed and sank in shallow water near Ma-thews, Va., about 30 miles north of Norfolk.

Lieut. Conant, who has been practicing for the speed races to be held over Hampton Roads November 11, left the naval air station at Anacostia yesterday morning at 11:45, bound for Hampton Roads. He was due to have arrived there about 1:30.

Last night an Associated Press correspondent at Mathews telephoned here that a Navy plane numbered A-6970 crashed suddenly in shallow water and sunk. Efforts to raise the craft were futile and no trace of the pilot was found. Navy officers here said Conant was flying a Curtis plane which bore the numbers described in the message. Conant was unaccompanied.

Crashed Mile Off Shore. According to information received at Norfolk from Mathews over long-distance telephone last night, the crash occurred about a mile offshore. The weather was murky and there were no eye witnesses of the smash. A man on shore heard the engine of a plane, then heard it stop. A moment later there was a crashing sound and all was still.

A party went from shore and found a considerable amount of wreckage and oil floating on top of the water at a spot about 1 mile from the shore and about 3 miles north of Newpoint Light and near Winter Harbor.

On one of the wings of the plane were found the numbers "A-6970," which identified it as Conant's machine. The plane itself was submerged in about 15 feet of water, and for lack of facilities efforts to raise the machine or to recover the body were futile.

Comdr. A. C. Reed, commandant of the naval air station at Hampton Roads, at daybreak today was to send planes, and the Sandpiper, naval tug, will leave for the scene to salvage the wreckage. Too Late to Search. Word that Conant crashed reached the Hampton Roads station last night after a message had already been sent to Anacostia that Conant was missing, but darkness had fallen then and it was too late to send out a plane to search for him. Conant crashed about 1:30, according to word from Ma-thews.

Conant, a junior grade lieutenant, was considered one of the Navy's ablest stunt flyers. He was 27 years old and was stationed here at the Bureau of Aeronautics. He lived with his mother here at the Dresden apartments.

Lieut. Conant's comrades at the Navy Department and the Naval Air Station at Anacostia, D. C., refused late last night to give up hope that he had managed to extricate himself from the sinking machine. His mother also maintained a hopeful vigil, bearing in mind that he had escaped on several previous occasions from perilous situations.

Lieut. Conant broke the world's speed record for a seaplane twice within the past week. The new record was unofficial, Lieut. Conant keeping the time with a stop watch.

At Port Washington, N. Y., last Tuesday he piloted his plane twice over a four-and-a-half-mile course at a speed of more than 250 miles an hour. The next day, over a four-anda-quarter mile course, he attained a speed of 251½ miles an hour at Mitchel Field. He also held speed records for flights from Philadelphia to Washington and from New York to Hampton Roads.

Lieut. Conant was designated one of the three representatives of the Navy for the Schneider Cup races on October 18, on recommendation by Lieut. Comdr. Homer C. Wick, commanding officer of the naval air station here. Lieut. George T. Cuddihy of the naval air station and Lieut. C. F. Schilt of Brown Field, Quantico, Va., were selected with Conant.

The choice of the three airmen followed a series of grueling tests which were held at Hampton Roads, Va., on October 15.

Lieut. Conant has an enviable record as an airman. He was assigned to the Bureau of Aeronautics here following a period of service with the fighting plane squadron on the Pacific Coast. Last year Lieut. Conant had some experience with Navy training ships and since that time (Continued on Page 6, Column 4.)

Lieut. Frank H. Conant, jr., Navy Schneider Cup race flyer and one of the Navy's oustanding young pilots, is believed to have been killed yesterday afternoon when his plane crashed and sank in shallow water near Ma-thews, Va., about 30 miles north of Norfolk.

Lieut. Conant, who has been practicing for the speed races to be held over Hampton Roads November 11, left the naval air station at Anacostia yesterday morning at 11:45, bound for Hampton Roads. He was due to have arrived there about 1:30.

Last night an Associated Press correspondent at Mathews telephoned here that a Navy plane numbered A-6970 crashed suddenly in shallow water and sunk. Efforts to raise the craft were futile and no trace of the pilot was found. Navy officers here said Conant was flying a Curtis plane which bore the numbers described in the message. Conant was unaccompanied.

Crashed Mile Off Shore. According to information received at Norfolk from Mathews over long-distance telephone last night, the crash occurred about a mile offshore. The weather was murky and there were no eye witnesses of the smash. A man on shore heard the engine of a plane, then heard it stop. A moment later there was a crashing sound and all was still.

A party went from shore and found a considerable amount of wreckage and oil floating on top of the water at a spot about 1 mile from the shore and about 3 miles north of Newpoint Light and near Winter Harbor.

On one of the wings of the plane were found the numbers "A-6970," which identified it as Conant's machine. The plane itself was submerged in about 15 feet of water, and for lack of facilities efforts to raise the machine or to recover the body were futile.

Comdr. A. C. Reed, commandant of the naval air station at Hampton Roads, at daybreak today was to send planes, and the Sandpiper, naval tug, will leave for the scene to salvage the wreckage. Too Late to Search. Word that Conant crashed reached the Hampton Roads station last night after a message had already been sent to Anacostia that Conant was missing, but darkness had fallen then and it was too late to send out a plane to search for him. Conant crashed about 1:30, according to word from Ma-thews.

Conant, a junior grade lieutenant, was considered one of the Navy's ablest stunt flyers. He was 27 years old and was stationed here at the Bureau of Aeronautics. He lived with his mother here at the Dresden apartments.

Lieut. Conant's comrades at the Navy Department and the Naval Air Station at Anacostia, D. C., refused late last night to give up hope that he had managed to extricate himself from the sinking machine. His mother also maintained a hopeful vigil, bearing in mind that he had escaped on several previous occasions from perilous situations.

Lieut. Conant broke the world's speed record for a seaplane twice within the past week. The new record was unofficial, Lieut. Conant keeping the time with a stop watch.

At Port Washington, N. Y., last Tuesday he piloted his plane twice over a four-and-a-half-mile course at a speed of more than 250 miles an hour. The next day, over a four-anda-quarter mile course, he attained a speed of 251½ miles an hour at Mitchel Field. He also held speed records for flights from Philadelphia to Washington and from New York to Hampton Roads.

Lieut. Conant was designated one of the three representatives of the Navy for the Schneider Cup races on October 18, on recommendation by Lieut. Comdr. Homer C. Wick, commanding officer of the naval air station here. Lieut. George T. Cuddihy of the naval air station and Lieut. C. F. Schilt of Brown Field, Quantico, Va., were selected with Conant.

The choice of the three airmen followed a series of grueling tests which were held at Hampton Roads, Va., on October 15.

Lieut. Conant has an enviable record as an airman. He was assigned to the Bureau of Aeronautics here following a period of service with the fighting plane squadron on the Pacific Coast. Last year Lieut. Conant had some experience with Navy training ships and since that time (Continued on Page 6, Column 4.)

Lieut. Frank H. Conant, jr., Navy Schneider Cup race flyer and one of the Navy's oustanding young pilots, is believed to have been killed yesterday afternoon when his plane crashed and sank in shallow water near Ma-thews, Va., about 30 miles north of Norfolk.

Lieut. Conant, who has been practicing for the speed races to be held over Hampton Roads November 11, left the naval air station at Anacostia yesterday morning at 11:45, bound for Hampton Roads. He was due to have arrived there about 1:30.

Last night an Associated Press correspondent at Mathews telephoned here that a Navy plane numbered A-6970 crashed suddenly in shallow water and sunk. Efforts to raise the craft were futile and no trace of the pilot was found. Navy officers here said Conant was flying a Curtis plane which bore the numbers described in the message. Conant was unaccompanied.

Crashed Mile Off Shore. According to information received at Norfolk from Mathews over long-distance telephone last night, the crash occurred about a mile offshore. The weather was murky and there were no eye witnesses of the smash. A man on shore heard the engine of a plane, then heard it stop. A moment later there was a crashing sound and all was still.

A party went from shore and found a considerable amount of wreckage and oil floating on top of the water at a spot about 1 mile from the shore and about 3 miles north of Newpoint Light and near Winter Harbor.

On one of the wings of the plane were found the numbers "A-6970," which identified it as Conant's machine. The plane itself was submerged in about 15 feet of water, and for lack of facilities efforts to raise the machine or to recover the body were futile.

Comdr. A. C. Reed, commandant of the naval air station at Hampton Roads, at daybreak today was to send planes, and the Sandpiper, naval tug, will leave for the scene to salvage the wreckage. Too Late to Search. Word that Conant crashed reached the Hampton Roads station last night after a message had already been sent to Anacostia that Conant was missing, but darkness had fallen then and it was too late to send out a plane to search for him. Conant crashed about 1:30, according to word from Ma-thews.

Conant, a junior grade lieutenant, was considered one of the Navy's ablest stunt flyers. He was 27 years old and was stationed here at the Bureau of Aeronautics. He lived with his mother here at the Dresden apartments.

Lieut. Conant's comrades at the Navy Department and the Naval Air Station at Anacostia, D. C., refused late last night to give up hope that he had managed to extricate himself from the sinking machine. His mother also maintained a hopeful vigil, bearing in mind that he had escaped on several previous occasions from perilous situations.

Lieut. Conant broke the world's speed record for a seaplane twice within the past week. The new record was unofficial, Lieut. Conant keeping the time with a stop watch.

At Port Washington, N. Y., last Tuesday he piloted his plane twice over a four-and-a-half-mile course at a speed of more than 250 miles an hour. The next day, over a four-anda-quarter mile course, he attained a speed of 251½ miles an hour at Mitchel Field. He also held speed records for flights from Philadelphia to Washington and from New York to Hampton Roads.

Lieut. Conant was designated one of the three representatives of the Navy for the Schneider Cup races on October 18, on recommendation by Lieut. Comdr. Homer C. Wick, commanding officer of the naval air station here. Lieut. George T. Cuddihy of the naval air station and Lieut. C. F. Schilt of Brown Field, Quantico, Va., were selected with Conant.

The choice of the three airmen followed a series of grueling tests which were held at Hampton Roads, Va., on October 15.

Lieut. Conant has an enviable record as an airman. He was assigned to the Bureau of Aeronautics here following a period of service with the fighting plane squadron on the Pacific Coast. Last year Lieut. Conant had some experience with Navy training ships and since that time (Continued on Page 6, Column 4.)