The Pittsburgh Press (October 29, 1942)
Hope for Rickenbacker still held by Stimson
Washington (UP) –
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson said today that the search for Capt. E. V. “Eddie” Rickenbacker has not been abandoned and that he was “clinging to the hope” that the flier will be found.
Capt. Rickenbacker was reported missing in the Pacific on Oct. 23, while flying on a special mission for the Secretary.
Secretary Stimson said during his regular weekly press conference today that:
There has been no news of the Army plane which was carrying Capt. Rickenbacker. But the search for him and the seven gallant Army flyers who were with him has not been abandoned. You and I know Capt. Rickenbacker as an exception to all the cut-and-dried rules.