'.an
men
who
fought
heavy
winds
in
i.o
.tret
pictures
of
the
battered
wreck
ale
Victory
off
Hippa
Island
wound
ioert
last
night
after
six
hours
of
fly-
.rti
they
were
unable
to
reach
the
west
r
Charlottes.
TCA
bintc
its
director,
a
elected
1941
He
will
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of
di-"TMny
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whom
all
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depart-'"
following
the
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today.
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will
ircr.tor
of
the
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holds
kutional
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the
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from
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education
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Said
Pilot
-Charles
Barnes
of
the
Ketchikan
Air
Service,
who
landed
his
Seabee
amphibian
here
at
4:30
Tuesday
afternoon:
tween
the
clouds
and
the
mountains.
The
way
the
plane
was
bucking.
I
was
arrald
a
down
draught
would
put
us
in
the
bush,"
Barnes
said..
"We
spent
most
of
our
gas
trying
to
find
a
nlaen
to
cet
over
those
low
mountains."
If
they
had
had
a
more
pow
made
It'
with
little
difficulty,
said
Barnes,
but
the
weather
was
too
much
for
the
Secbee's
120
horse
power.
I'KOSriXT
OI
pitnuKi:
(ioNi:
With
the
prospect
of
a
picture
definitely
gone,
Barnes
headed
the
plane
bacTo
to
Massett
for
fuel.
Aviation
gas,
that
is.
Mas-
Lsett.
they
learned,
Is
strictly
a
seafaring
town,
despite
the
fact
that
it
is
officially
listed
as
an
aircraft
clearing
port
by
the
Customs
department.
Boat
gas
there
was
plenty
of,
but
aircraft
gas
none.
"I
know
how
to
compromise,"
said
Barnes.
"We
took
13
gallons
of
boat
gas."
Heading
from
Massett
to
Prince
Rupert,
they
raised
land
over
the
Skeena
River.
They
thought
It
was
the
Portland
Canal
until
Browne,
who
knows
the
area,
spotted
the
Watson
island
dock
through
the
murk.
They
followed
the
railroad
tracks
to
Prince
Rupert,
landing
here,
after
4
p.m.
It
was
Aklns,
who
had
suffered
silently
throughout
the
trip,
that
received
the
final
blow.
Customs
men,
after
the
plane
landed
at
Prince
Rupert.
Impounded
his
ramem
j
NEW
ARMY
DRIVING
TEST
AT
CAMP
BORDEN
A
new
army
j
driving
test
is
presently
in
use
at
Camp
Borden,
Ont
in
which
I
the
driver
is
required
to
place
his
front
bumper
directly
over
a
!
line
painted
on
the
ground,
with
his
wheel
upon
another
line
at
right
angles
to
the
first.
With
a
series
of
tests,
together
with
a
written
paper
on
rule
of
the
road
regulations,
all
drivers
in
Camp
Borden
are
being
checked
to
ensure
they
are
good
drivers.
Those
who
fall
are
taken
off
D.N.D.
vehicles.
This
testing
13
in
line
with
the
recently
announced
combined
services
accident
prevention
program
now
being
implemented
by
the
Department
of
National
Defence.
Shown
above
undergoing
the
test
is
Cpl.
II.
F.
Pack
of
Hamilton,
who
is
now
with
the
R.C.O.C.
school
at
Longue
Polnte,
Que.
The
soldier
with
the
plumb
line
and
ruler
Is
Cpl.
R.
O.
Lord
of
Vancouver,
who
is
now
with
the
R.CJV.S.C.
school.
CARIBOO
GETS
THIRD
DREDGE
VANCOUVER'.-
The
-
thtrd
i
dredge
to
go
into
the
district
in
the
past
two
years
is
now
being
j
set
up
on
the
Cottonwood
River.
19
miles
east
of
Queshel.
The
Cariboo
Gold
Dredging
j
Co.
of
Seattle
has
moved
aj
two-yard
dragline
dredge
to
the:
Cariboo
and
obtained
a
lease
along
the
river.
The
heads
of
the
company
are
R.R.
Moore
and
A.
W.
Rlchey.
BELLA
BELLA
BASE
IS
SOLD
Air
Force
Buildings
There
Are
Disposed
of
Sale
of
all
surplus
Royal
Can
adian
Air
Force
buildings
at
the
foimer
R.C.A.F.
station
at
Bella
i
Bella.
Danny
Island,
has
teen!
completed,
War
Assets
Corporation
announces.
The
R.C.A.F.
station
at
Bella
Bella
covered
many
phases
of
operations.
Sales,
of
surplus
R.O.A'.F;
buildings
at
Bella
Bella
have
been
made
through
the
Lands
and
nuildines
Department
of
War
crful
plane
they
could
have
j
Assets
Corporation
at
Montreal.
Recent
purchase
Included
zu
buildings
with
electrical
fixtures'
and
gas
and
oil
installa
tions,
made
by
Wing
Commander.
Lee
Roy
Brown,
a
Vancouver
contractor.
Previous
sales
Included"
five
buildings,
water
pipe
Unes,
water,
tank,
pump
and
engines,
and
underground
fuel
oil
tanks
to
Francis
Mlllerd
&
Co.,
Vancouver:
and
two
buildings,
booster
UU111D
llOUSC,
uuxiuaij
F"""
house
engine,
fresh
water
pipe
CITY
PURCHASES
ARMY
WORKSHOP
lines,
slipway
and
concrete
apronllng
and
to
spread
into
the
ndr-
to
A.
Widsten
of
Ocean
Falls.
"
LONDON,
if
More
than
1,-000,000
acres
of
land
In
the
United
Kingdom
and
Northern
Ireland
are
occupied
by
Jhe
ITINEKAL
XOTICE
BILL
In
the
city,
Tuesday.
Nov.
25,
1947
Samuel
M.
BUI,
aged
58
years,
beloved
husband
and
father.
Funeral
services
will
be
conducted
by
Rev.
Basil
S.
Prpckter
at
St.
Andrew's
Cathedral
at
2:30
p.m.
on
Thursday,
Nov.
27.
Interment
to
follow
In
Fairview
Cemetery.
B,
C.
Undertakers
in
charge
of
arrangements.
electrical
and
mechanical
en
cineers'
workshop
at
the
cor
ner
of
Second
Avenue
and
First
Street
is
to
be
taken
over
by
the
city
as
a
storage
and
repair
depot
for
Its
works,
and
utilities
equipment.
Built
at
a
cost
of
$23,931,
the
large
structure
is
being
sold
by
War
Assets
to
the
city
for
$1,914,
eight
per
cent
of
its
construction
cost.
The
building
is
situated
on
five
lots
on
Second
A,venue.
Four
of
these
lots
are
owned
by
the
city
but
the
fifth
be
longs
to
the
provincial-
government,
and
the
city
will
attempt
to
trade
another
city-owned
lot
for
the
one
in
question.
Included
with
the
sale
is
a
heating
plant
and
a
six-tori
capacity
overhead
hoist
which
will
be
of
value
for
repairing
city
equipment.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
Skies
have
cleared
over
northern
British
Columbia
and
parts
of
the
southern
interior
during
the
night.
Elsewhere
in
the
province
overcast
skies
still
prevail
although
the
clearing
is
expected
to
spread
to
the
southern
sections
of
the
province
by
midday.
However
increasing
cloudiness
is
looked
for
along
the
coast
this
evening
in
advance
of
a
storm
now
developing
about
800
miles
southwest
of
Vancouver
Island.
Intermittent
rain
is
expected
to
begin
along
the
coast
tomorrow
mom-
them
interior
during
the
afternoon.
Milder
weather
will
be
general
over
the
province
today'
with
little
change
tomorrow
,
Forecast
1
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Charlottes
and
Northern
Coast
Patches
oi
fog
and
low
clouds
in
the
vicinity
of
Queen
Charlotte
Sound,
elsewhere
clear
this
morning,
cloudiness
increasing
!
this
afternoon
to
overcast
by
evening.
Intermltten.
rain
commencing
early
Thursday
and
becoming
showery
about
midday.
Light
winds
increasing
to
southeasterly
(20)
overnight
and
shfltlng
to
southwest
(20)
about
midday.
Mild.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
Thursday:
Port
Hardy
42
and
52,
Massett
42
and
50,
prince
Rupert
40
and
50
WARN
SEAMEN
ABOUT
LIGHTS
A
notice
to
mariners,
issued
by
the
local
office
of
.the
Department
of
Transport,
reports
that
the
light
at
Work
Island,
at
the
junction
of
Fraser
and
Ornfiam
Rparhps
Rn
miles
south
ernment
wharf
at
Bella
Bella
is
reported
not
burning.
These
lights
all
will
be
attended
to
as
soon
as
possible.
Department
of
Transport
Agent
Keith
Dixon
reports.
PROPOSALS
PRESENTED
Mayors
and
Reeves
(let
!ood
Reception
from
Provincial
Cabinet
VICTORIA
Members
of
the
delegation
representing
municipalities
of
British
Columbia
ex
pressed
themselves
as
well
pleased
with
the
reception
they
rcerved
yesterday
by
the
cabinet
to
which
they
presented
proposals
to
have
the
cost
of
education
In
British
Columbia
borne
entirely
by
the
province,
possibly
by
a
specially
levied
sales
tax.
The
proposals,
originally
sponsored
by
the
Union
of
British
Columbia
Municipalities,
had
been
supported
Monday
by
.a
meeting
of
more
than
sixty
Bri
tish
.Columbia
mayors
and
I
reeves.
!
Mayor
William
-
Mott
of'
New
!
Westminster
stated
after
the
The
former
Canadian
Army
meeting
that
members
of
the
cabinet
had
promised
to
consider
the
proposals
but
save
no
Indication
of
what
their
final
attitude
might
be.
PROMOTIONS
AT
j
OCEAN
FALLS
P.
A.
Frattinger
and
P.
Harold
Falls,
Pacific
Mills
officials
stationed
at
Ocean
Falls,
have
been
promoted.
The
former,
who
has
been
serving
as
plant
engineer,
is
now
assistant
to
the
resident
manager,
C.
W.
E.
Locke,
and
will
have
under
his
supervision,
construction
and
plant
maintenance,
paper,
warehousing
and
shipping.
The
duties
of
Mr.
Falls
are
enlarged
to
embrace
all
town-
site
affairs
including
the
new
hotel
and
community
department
store.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BIUTISn
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
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niuht
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SUna:
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,
Published.,
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
,1
VOL.
X2XVI,
No.
27C.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
NOVEMBER
26,
1947
PRICE
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CENTS
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Wind
Up
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Wreck
f
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I
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;r.i:.XTON
CMC
,j;u'.ion
as
i
.mada
Air
!
(
usii'.ounced
.
"I've
fought
.rougher
weather,
but
not
for
so
long."
1
he
trio
Barnes.
Ralph
Browne,
associate
editor
of
the
i
Ketchikan
Chronicle,
and
pho-
itographer
Wult
Aklns
left,
I
Ketchikan
at
10:15
Tuesday
morning
to
get
a
picture
of
the
wreck
of
the
Clarksdale
Victory,
which
apparently
has
claimed
the
live.-:
of
all
49
of
her
crew.
;
They
expected
to
be
back
in
Ketchikan
at
noon.
Instead,
they
spent
the
night
in
Prince
Rupert,
returning
home
this
morning.
Barnes,
a
22-year-old
veteran
of
the
American
Army
Air
Force,
knows
the
Alaska
coast
but
has
never
piloted
the
B.
C.
coast
be
fore.
Consequently,
when
he
set
i
out
for
Massett
yesterday
morn-j
ing.
he
had
a
slight
feeling
of
:
satisfaction
when
he
saw
a
town
(beneath
an
hour
later.
It
was
i
Browne
who
punctured
his
dream.
"That's
not
Massett."
cried
Browne
as
the
plane
emerged
from
the
overcast
at
11:15.
That's
Prince
Rupert.
I
can
tell
by
the
grain
elevator."
Jle
was
right,..The..Jiahtalr.
uraft.
buffeted
tiyn
a
cross
wind,
had
been
blown
south
while
heading
west
from
Tree
Pointy
on
the
American
side
of
Portland
Canal.
The
three
took
the
matter
philosophically
while
Barnes
brought
the
plane
down
on
the
harbor
to
study
a
map
of
the
coast
They
headed
westward
for
Massett
Inlet,
determined
to
cross
to
the
west
coast
and
get
a
j
picture
or
the
wreck.
Again
thev
failed
to
reckon
on
the
weather.
Attempting
to
cross
the
15-mlle
mountainous
stretch
from!
Massett
Inlet
to
the
west
coast,
they
asain
ran
into
heavy
winds
at
2,900
feet.
They
fought
the
I
gale
for
more
than
an
hour.
seeking
a
gap
in
the
mountain
range.
"We
had
a
200-foot
celling
be
70-YEAR-OLD
WOMAN
ESCAPES
BURNING
HOUSE
Mrs.
Jennie
Brentzen,
70-year-
of
Prince
Rupert,
Is
not
burn-;ld
criPPlcd
Port
SimPson
vom'
jn
j
an
.managed
to
save
herself,
de-
The
light
at
Susan
Rock,
injsplte
her
handicap,
when
flames
Milbanke
Sound,
Ms
burning
destroyed
her
five-roomed
home
steady,
lntsead
of
with
Its
usual
I
at
the
coast
village
20
miles
flashing
signal.
(north
of
Prince
Rupert
at
noon
The
green
light
on
the
gov-,
Tuesday.
Fire
fighting
efforts
by
Port
Simpson
men
failed
to
halt
the
flames
which
had
gained
considerable
headway
before
they
were
first
noticed.
The
fire,
of
unexplained.origin,
started
In
a
bedroom.
Mrs.
Brentzen
was
barejy
able
to
saye
herself.
With
Mrs.
Brentzen.
who
is
the
mother
of
Mrs.
Bertha
Scherk
of
Prince
Rupert,
was
a
small
child,
i
Janice
Wahl,
who
also
was
un
injured.
SEE
END
OF
UN
DEADLOCK
LONDON
0
American
au
thorities
at
the
foreign
ministers'
conference
said
today
that
they
expect
an
early
break
in
the
Bfg
Four
deadlock
over
the
timing
of
work
on
the
Austrian
peace
treaty.
State
Secretary
Marshall
met
for
two
hours
with
the
United
States
delegation
in
preparation
for
the
second
council
meeting.
Russia
may
agree
to
the
case
of
Germany
being
being
dealt
with
first.
Foreign
Minister
Molotov
was
reported
by
western
diplomats
to
be
anxious
to
make
a
major
Russian
speech
on
Germany
ai'
the
earliest
opportunity.
FRENCH
EXPEL
19
RUSSIANS
Meantime
Strikes
and
Disorders
Continue
Lyon
Scene
of
Trouble
PARIS
ffi
The
Interior
ministry
announced
today
the
expulsion
from
France
of
19
Russians
for
"interference
in
French
affairs"
during
the
current
la
bor
crisis
which
erupted
with
new
violence
as
police
and
strlk
ers
battled
In
the
streets
oj
Lyon.
VIOLATED
ANCIENT
LAW
KINGSTON,
Eng..
f)
Rag
and
bone
collector
William
Find-lay
was
fined
for
violating
an
1892
act
banning
the
ringing
of
'handbells
in
the
street.
PAYS
RENT
IN
NAILS-
-Old
customs
die
hard.
For
example,
here
Is
Anthony
Pickford,
lawyer,
of
London
City
Corporation,
counting
out
61
.horseshoe
nails,
part
of
the
rent
paid
by
the
City
to
the
King
for
rental
of
a
piece
of
waste
land
In
Shropshire
and
the
site
of
a
smithy
in
the
parish
of
St.
Clement
Danes.
The
rest
of
the
rent
consists
of
six
horseshoes,
a
hatchet
and
a
bill
hook.
The
custom
has
been
in
vogue
since
1211.
The
site
where
the
ancient
smithy
stood
Is
now
believed
to
be.
oc-cupled
by
Australia
House
on
London'-
Klngsway.
Three
Bodies
Found;
Little
Hope
Is
Held
For
Remaining
44
Presumed
to
Have
Been
Lost
in
Fierce
Storm
After
Stranding
on
Queen
Charlotte
West
Coast
KETCHIKAN
0
The
United
States
Coastguard
reported
here
today
that
it
had
found
four
men
alive
and
three
dead
on
the
bow
of
the
Army
transport
Clarksdale
Victory
which
smashed
on
the
rocky
beach
of
Hippa
Island
Monday
night
and
became
a
total
loss
in
the
pounding
by
mountainous
seas,
t'apt.
Nels
Ilaugen,
commandant,
said
that
the
searching
party
did
not
reporting
finding
any
trace
of
the
other
41
members
of
the
ship's
crew
and
prospects
for
their
survival
"do
not
look
very
good."
He
said
that
a
combing
of
the
beach
and
wooded
section
of
the
rugged
little
island
failed
to
dis
close
any
trace
of
survivors
ashore
despite
the
report
of
aerial
observers
that
three
men
had
been
sighted
on
the
beach
yesterday.
The
search
is
being
continued
with
two
more
ground
parlies
going
ashore
today
from
the
coastguard.
It
was
learned
here
today
that
the
Denali
had
been
unable
to
get
landing
parlies
away
from
that
ship
yesterday,
one
lifeboat
being
smashed
on
launching
and
the
seamen
being
picked
out
of
the
ocean.
It
is
now.
feared
that
forty-seven
members
of
the
crew
of
the
United
States
Army
transport
Clarks
dale
Victory,
which
ran
ashore
on
a
reef
off
Hippa
Island,
west
coast
of
Queen
Charlotte
Islands,
Monday
night
and
soon
pounded
to
pieces
under
the
vio
lence
of
mountainous
seas
lashed
by
a
fierce
ocean
storm,
perished.
Four
men
have
been
rescued
from
the
bow
left
clinging
on
the
reef.
Yesterday
a
United
States
Coastguard
rescue
plane
was
thought
to
have
slehted
three
survivors
on
the
beach
of
Hippa
Island.
Landing
I
parties
from
Coastguard
vessels
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disaster
yesterday
afternoon,
were
reported
to
have
made
shore
late
In
the
day
after
braving
the
seas
with
great
risk
to
themselves,
but
found
no
trace
of
any
survivors.
What
were
at
first
believed
to
have
been
men
might
have
been
stumps,
it
is
now
thought.
There
were
also
reports
last
night
of
men
hav
ing
been
sighted
clinging
to
the
wreckage,
this
being
confirmed
today.
With
two
United
States
Coast
guard
surface
craft
reaching
the
scene
of
the
wreck
since
last
night
and
further
aircraft
Joining
in
the
quest,
the
reconnaissance
of
the
disaster
scene
in
the
hope
of
possibly
locating
and
rescuing
survivors
continued
today.
The
steamer
Denali
left
Hippa
Island
in
continuation
of
her
voyage
to
Seattle
after
the
coastguard
vessels
arrived.
The
Clarksdale
Victory
ran
,
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at
u:os
p.m.
Munuay
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j
a
few
minutes
later
sent
out
an
SOS
message
which
was
picked
:
up
by
United
States
Coastguard
headquarters
at
Ketchikan.
A
i
radio
silence
then
engulfed
the
stranded
vessel.
Later
the
Coast
guard
was
advised
that
the
Clarksdale
Victory
had
broken
up
or
was
partly
submerged
on
the
reef
off
the
west
coast
of
Oraham
Island.
known
immediately
but,
as
the
hours
passed,
the
outlook
for
their
safety
became
blacker
and
black
until
today
when
the
four
were
located
alive.
The
Coastguard
at
Ketchikan
and
local
authorities
were
re
ceiving
their
reports
on
the
Jvreck
from
the
steamer
Denali
which
had
reached
the
scene
at
9f30
yesterday
morning,
an
hour
later
than
scheduled
time,
after
a
race
which
started
immediately
after
the
Clarksdale
Victory
sent
out
her
"SOS."
The
Denali
radioed
soon
after
that
only
the
forepart
of
the
stricken
transport
was
visible,
the
rest
being
broken
up
or
submerged.
Heavy
sea
swells
were
runnjng
at
the
time.
Provincial
police
officers
from
Queen
Charlotte
endeavored
to
approach
Hippa
Island
today
in
the
fishing
vessel
Bumper
Catch
but
roughness
of
the
sea
forced
them
to
turn
back.
The
police
poined
in
the
belief
that
there
was
little
hope
for
the
safety
of
the
rc-
mainder
of
the.
Clarksdale
Victory's
crew,
The
fisheries
patrol
vessel
Sooke
Post
also
endeavored
unsuccessfully
to
get
close
In
to
the
wreck
scene.
Two
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
planes
f
rom'.Vaneouvep
wre-due'"
to
arrive
at
noon
today
at
Sand-spit
from
Vancouver.
SURVIVORS
ARE
FOUND
ON
WRECK
There
was
confirmation
today
of
reports
from
Seattle
that
survivors
had
been
seen
clinging
to
the
broken
bow
of
the
Clarksdale
Victory
which
crumbled
to
pieces
on
Hippa
Island,
west
coast
of
Queen
Charlotte
Islands,
where
she
ran
aground
on
Monday
night
while
southbound
from
Whlttler,
Alaska,
to
Seattle.
1
Lifeboats
from
thejescue
ship
Denali
were
unable
to
reach
the
beach
of
Hippa
Island
to
pick
up
three
survivors
believed
to
have
been
sighted
thereon
by
reconioitering
aircraft.
Provisions
had
been
dropped
on
tho
beach
by
Coastguard
aircraft.
The
Denali
reported
last
night
that
two
United
States
Coastguard
vessels
had
reached
the
scene
of
the
wreck
to
join
In
the
search.
It
was
believed
that
little,
If
anything,
could
be
done
In
the
murky
and
stormy
darkness
of
night
so
no
further
word
was
expected
until
morning,
There
had
been
some
abatement
of
the
storm
Tuesday
night
but
there
Is
always
a
heavy
swell
on
Hippa
Island,
particularly
at
this
time
of
year.
The
island
was
once
the
headquar-
The
fate
of
the
crew
was
notiters
of
a
.salinori
rolUnS
aFea
out
was
aDanaonea
years
ago
when
the
fish
disappeared
from
there.
The
Canadian
Pacific
Airlines
Cansb
flying
boat,
leaving
here
yesterday
afternoon
on
its
regular
run
to
Sandspit,
had
Intended
going
out
to
Hippa
Island
to
reconnoitre
the
wreck
scene
but
did
not
go
after
being
advised
that
other
surface
and
aircraft
were
already
there.
LOCAL
TIDES
Thursday,
November
27,
1947
High
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'
19.3
feet
'
12:20
22.2
feet
Low
6:13
7.1
feet
18:59
2.5
feet
New
Telephone.
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new
Telephone
Directory
is
about
to
be
published.
All
changes
of
listings
must
be
in
by
December
8,
In
writing
at
the
City
Telephone
Office.
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