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Prince
5liv"w
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Tn
Alaska
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(Ketchikan
Editor
Here
After
1
rip
to
Washing10"
Where
he
Went
to
Promote
Case
For
Statehood
People
all
over
the
United
States,
as
close,
in-as
Oregon,
seemed
tremendously
surprised
to
,ut
nnp
can
drive
over
a
niirnwuy
tu
rnnce
uu-
d
there
be
only
ninety
miles
from
Alaska,"
-!:-,
T
Tinker,
much-travellinir
nublishp.r
of
etchikan
lAlasKaj
unronicie,
wno
was
in
me
!9
VTrTHIl
A
it.tn.
im
!.j
cf
thi
disastrous
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rp,
r.-;i
in
the
fe
i
i.;iL-;..nrv,
Galve$-Itns
where
ai
available
xi
irum
Lie
.stricken
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PYPORT
OTA
ppnurcn
ill
line
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fcU
9M
ilhousand
Dcing
Allowed
i
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in
XT
Hnort
nnntni
tultW
n
snjlng
price
increase
from
C5
per
thousand
feet
mtajure
was
announced
Columbia
coastol
timber
aatraition
Minister
C.
D.
iu
uui
tumncr
muis
in
w
district
will
be
re-
ND
lor
onmrsl.
r
rnn.
Hui
..liimnus.
wnicn
ft
greater
greater
The
Drvious
una
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Scores
Naliunal
league
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4.
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3;
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1.
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Philadelphia
4.
mierican
League
5:
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Kington
2'
Chicago
5.
he
weather
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which
dt'vclupcd
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th
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no"
reached
th
nPit-
HuT-
Czl
and
w111
Jandthis
morning.
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general
along
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vuv
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lrnitn
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tomorrow.
ana
ni,onM
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wtt
casl
frequently
Roues'
ouL
,
1
clcari"8
ovcr
'Sh
hCrly
,15mPH'i
told-
i;PPriLHardy
!
Mas-
Fort
...
w
.
.
narnv
so.
r.
clty
yesterday
returning
home
;
titer
a
trip
to
Washington
D.C.
i
where
he
attendee
a
congressional
hearing
into
Alaska's
petition
lor
statehood.
"In
spite
I
of
all
the
publicity
this
part
rV
I
the
country
has
been
getting,
it
was
surprising
to
rne
to
find
so
few
people
who
knew
how
rtad-
:
ily
accessible
Alaska
was
made
by
'the
port
of
Prince
Rupert
i
with
its
railway
and
highway."
j
continued
Mr.
Baker,
who
felt
i
that
something
should
be
done
i
about
development
of
the
i
Prince
Rupert
Hiclrway
if
rem
a
commercial
rtandpolnt
for
the
catering
to
motor
tourists.
He
believed
that
there
was
a
great
opportunity
In
the
way
of
providing
accommodation
for
such
travellers.
He
wondered
that
somebody
was
not
becoming
Interested
in
such
projects
as
auto
camps
here
and
along
the
An
interesting
suggestion
made
by
Mr.
liaker
was
that,
there
might
be
a
formal
opening
of
the
Prince
Rupert
ll!?hway'wlfii
dedication,
say
ly
the
President
of
the
United
States.
Great
publicity
would
be
derived
thereby.
Mr.
Baker
returns
from
Washington
con.fi
dent
that
statehood
will
be
granted
to
Alaska.
"The
House
should
make
a
favorable
report
his
year
but
the
Senate
may
wish
to
have
a
hearing
in
Alaska
before
it
gives
its
approval,"
Ho
said.
The
Alaska
statehood
hearing
was
before
the
public
lands
committee
of
the
House
which
aerrrd
to
recommend
it.
Not
onJv
were
territorial
officials
of
Alaska
in
Washington
for
the
hearing
but
tecne
eight
or
nine
Dromlncnt
pubUc-apirltcd
Al-
a.'&ons
financed
their
own
trips
ca-t
to
support
the
case
Tor
statehood.
There
was
only
one
r.
'--mi-nt
from
Alaska-H.
L.
Faulknrr.
Junef
u
attorney,
who
Mr.
Baker
remarked
was
representing
the
big
interests
who.
for
their
own
reasons,
do
not
ulvti
l.n
srp
Ala.sk.li
ibccomc
a
state
and
thus
have
some
independent
control
ovcr
her
own
affairs.
Among
the
Alaskans
who
went
to
Washington
at
iheir
own
expense
to
fight
for
etatchood
(in
addition
to
Mr.
Baker
hlmfcin
were
Mayor
Lee
Bellinger
tit
Kodlak,
Bob
Alt-wood,
publisher
or
the
Atwhor-iidp
Times,
and
Senator
Don
Carlos
Browncll
of
Seward.
CANADIAN
SHIPS
CAKKY
PASSENGERS
The
Alaska
delegation,
also
including
Governor
Ernest
Grucnlng,
Delegate
E.
L.
Bart-lctt,
Attorney
General
Ralph
Rivers,
George
Sundborg,
manager
of
the
Alaska
Devcloiwncnt
Board,
and
David
Scoll,
special
counsel
fcx
the
territory,
met
in
ftinriK
In
Washington
io
r"-
sldcr
the
shipping
emergency
of
the
territory.
They
dcciaca,
r
a
matter
of
.policy,
mat
oca""
steamship
companies,
ins.cai
of
raising
their
rates
w
cent
after
the
middle
oi
May
a;,
proposed,
should
be
allowed
to
take
off
passenger
vessaa.
which
they
claim
to
have
been
losing
money.
This
suggestion
was
later
conveyed
formally
to
the
Maritime
Ccmmission.
w..
Bakex.
peaking
here,
expressed
the
opinion
that
Canadian
vessels,
already
much
in
favor
In
...w
.-.ble
to
meet
the
passenger
rcqulremcnte
of
the
territory.
Another
impending
oppor-tunlty
whlcli
Mr.
Bkf
transportation
for
Cansdian
TWO
BURNED
IN
EXPLOSION
An
explosion
aboard
the
halibut
boat
All
Star
moored
at
the
fishermen's
floats
east
of
thei
dry
dock
at
9:30
this
morning
sent
two
men
to
hospital
suf-1
ferine
from
burns,
but
caused
no
serious
damage
to
the
vessel.
Gasoline
Is
believed
to
have
ignite
while
the
men
were
working
on
the
engine
In
hospital,
suffering
from
burns
on
the
hands
and
face
are
Carl
Mostad
and
Leonard
Birtch,
who
will
spend
the
next
few
days
there
receiving
treat
ment.
The
All
Star,
owned
by
Victor
Mostad,
brother
of
one
of
the
injured
men,
-was
rigged
to
sail
for
the
hallut
grounds
on
Saturday.
The
explosion
will
delay
sailing
for
several
days.
Apparently
the
two
men
were
working
on
the
engine
of
the
boat
when
gasoline
in
the
en
gine
room
exploded
searing
both
men.
They
were
crew
members
of
the
vessel.
They
were
takn
to
Prince
Ru-nert
General
hospital
by
the
city
ambulance
driven
by
City
Fireman
A.
II.
Iveson.
In
Alaska
was
In
air
service.
There
was
a
possibility
that
air
lines
operating
Into
the
territory
might
shortly
be
tied
up
by
.strike
of
pilots.
In
that
case,
Canadian
Pacific
Airlines,
which
he
noted
had
been
granted
licence
for
scheduled
service
between
Vancouver
wid
Prince
Itupcrt.
might
be
encouraftrd
to
extend
its
operations
Into
Still
another
meeting
which
the
Alaskan
delegation
had
in
Washington
was
with
the
news
print
committee
of
the
House.
Here
an
effort
was
made
to
m-
tprest
the
"overnment
In
aid
ing
financially
in
the
develop
ment
cf,
the
paper
manuiactur-ina
Industry
In
Alaska
as
a
means
cf
meeting
the
continued
newsprint
shortage.
Mr.
Baker
noted
with
inter
est
that
an
oTficlU
Invitation
had
been
extended
from
Prince
Rupert
by
both
city
and
Chamber
of
Commerce
to
President
Truman
to
visltt
his
city
Jn
the
course
or
a
trip
to
Alaska
this
summer.
The
Presidents
plan
to
visit
Alaska
Is
rtlU
in
the
tentative
category
but
Mr
Baker
is
certain
that
he
will
make
the
trip.
The
Ketchikan
.ncwpaper-...n
nprnnwianicd
by
his
wife
and
two
children
who
vis
ited
in
Oregon
while
he
was
in
the
East.
Mr.
Baker
was
.the
second
Alaskan
resident
to
appeal
to
the
o.h.TnnniUre
tor
recognition
of
tithe
need
for
statehood.
Mr.
Baker
told
the
powers
that
be
have
long
since
paid
any
adcu
Mnnai
nrlce
brought
by
state'
M
"
.
,
hood
with
what
has
oecn
uie
mounting
cost
of
transportation
and
all-round
discrimination.
LONDON
DOCK
STRIKE
ENDS
,t
kn
DON.
0
-About
l.WO
of
London's
10,000
striking
dock
workers
voted
yesterday
to
return
tn
work-
today
and
leaders
cf
other
strikers
planned
a
meeting
'ycsieruuj
w
i.uijsii
the
governments
back-to-worK
i
However,
this
decision
may
be
reconsidered
n
view
of
"
.
...
tlj
nor,
Glasgow
doc
iters
vuicu
oi
w
672
to
remain
idle.
Tlic
strike,
now
three
days
old,
was
denounced
by
Minister
of
i.w
Ororac
Mclsaacs
as
nHthout
JusiUlication."
The
Latoor
Ministry
in
the
mpnntlme.
intervened
to
try
and
end
the
strike
of
1,000
city
of
London
employees
whose
waiK-out
halted
garbage
collection,
delayed
funerals,
snarled
pro
duce
markets
ana
ciosea
vne
nf
London
drawbridge
over
the
Thames,
disrupting
traffic
NORTHER
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
mvi
m
T
fcTAXI
TAXI3
I
Plinnft
mkt
537
iTtnHT
SERVICE
4
r
DAY
AND
NIGHT
SERVICE
3
Bill
and
Ken
Nesbitt
i0a!"MOU
.i.i.f
Third
AVC.T
t
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
VOL.
XXXVT,
No.
101.
PRINCE
RUPERT
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
MAY
1,
1947
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
ew
c
taovrvo..-
4
worary
31-4
But
Lost
Plane
Is
N
VetF
oun
d
1
.
I
To
orevent
floods
In
the
grand
valley,
the
Shand
dam,
seen
here,
formed
a
laTce
seven
miles
long
i
and
two
mile
swlde,
which
had
to
be
released.
;
WOrst
floods
in
20
years
as
it
swept
down
on
'
ville
and
other
centres.
Swollen
tributaries,
ln-i
roar
was
heard
for
miles
as
the
dam
flood-
Its
banks
at
the
south
end
of
Gait.
MINES
FOUND
ALONG
COAST
Reports
of
drifting
as
well
as
beached
mines
continues
to
come
from
time
tc
time
Ircm
points
along
the
north
coast
both
In
B.C.
and
Alaska.
The
last
heard
of
on
this
side
of
the
hordpr
was
on
Queen
Char-
4
lotto
.-shores.
In
the
.
Yakutai-
Yakutaga
area
of
Alaska,
three
beached-
mines
were
destroyed
within
a
period
of
two
days.
Others
have
been
blown
up
near
Sitka
and
in
tne
neighborhood
of
Cape
Chacon.
To
get
to
these
mines,
disposal
crews
cften
have
to
pack
very
heavy
demolition
equipment
ever
exceedingly
dilficut
parts
of
H.M.S.
KENYA,
TO
VISIT
HERE
AUGUST
18-21
UMS.
Kenya,
Royal
Navy
cruiser
'of
the
Bermuda
station,
will
visit
Prince
Rupert
on
Aug
ust
18
in
the
course
of
a
north
Pacific
tour,
according
to
a
mes
sage
received
this
morning
by
Lieut.
Eric
Jones
RjCN.,
execu
tive
officer
of
I1.M.O.S.
Chatham
naval
reserve
division.
Kenya
will
be
the
first
British
Naval
vessel
to
visit
this
port
since
11MS.
York,
lost
during
the
war.
dropped
anchor
here
in
1939.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
I
(Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.
Ltd.)
(
Vancouver
Bralornc
10.05
B.
R.
Con.
-07
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B.
R.
X.
1
Cariboo
Gold
2.50
I
Dcntonla
-20
Grull
Wihksnc
.073'4
Hcdley
Madcot
105
Minto
03
Pcnd
Oreille
2
75
Pioneer
3-25
Premier
Border
MVi
Premier
Gold
,68
'
Privateer
Reeves
McDonald
(ask)
1.60
Ttrnn
.12
Salmon
Gold
-24
Vi
Whitewater
-02
Vananda
-
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Congress
043'",
Pacific
Eastern
0
Hcdley
Amalg
-08
Spud
Valley
.17
Central
Zefoallos
03
Sheep
Creek
1-20
Taylor
Bridge
;
53.
Oils
A.
P.
Con
12
Calmont
0
C.
&
E
1-95
Foothills
2.45
Home
3-30
vptpran
residents
alone
the
river
reported
the
Paris,
Brantford,
Caledonia,
Cayguya
and
Dunn
-eluding
Conestoga
river,
added
to
flood
waters,
gates
were
opened
and
the
Grand
river
burst
Canadan
Press
Annual
Meetinc
TORONTO
F.
I.
Ker.
publisher
'cf
the
Hamilton
Spectator,
was
re-elected
president
of
the
Canadian
Press
at
the
an
nual
meeting
In
Royal
Yorn
Hotel
vesterday.
Senator
Rupert
Daviea
of
Kingston
Whig
Standard
was
re-elected
honorary
cresldcnt'with
Victor
Sifton
cf
Winnipeg
Free
Press,
first
vice-
president;
ana
nerve
majur
ui
Montreal
La
Prcse.
second
vice-
nrpsirint.
Members
elected
to
the
board
included
O.
Lei3h
Spencer.
Vancouver
Province,
and
H.
P.
Hodges,
Victoria
Col
onist.
YOUTHS
INVADE
BUILDINGS
OF
LEGISLATURE
VICTORIA.
)
The
noisiest
protest
demonstration
ever
seen
by
the
government
came
to
an
end
when
more
than
200
plac
ard-bearing
children
stormed
the
legislative
buildings
chant
ing
"We
want
five
cent
bars."
The
youngsters
entered
the
buildinirs.
invaded
the
library
and
archives
with
echoing
roars.
but
they
did
not
show
violence
or
tendencies
to
damage
property.
Provincial
Secretary
George
Pearson
had
-the
children
cleared
from
the
buildings.
BULLETINS
APRIL
WEATHER
During
the
month
of
April
there
were
84
hours
bright
sunshine
tn
Prince
Rupert
and
G.81
inches
cf
precipitation
including
13
inches
I
snow
on
one
day
April
3
IIALIBUTTEKS
TIED
UP
SEATTLE
While
-ther
fleets
of
the
coast
are
ffoing
forth,
Seattle's
halibut
fleet
remained
at
home
on
the
opening
day
today
owing
to
la
dispute
over
distribution
of
catches.
Union
fishermen
are
standing
pat
for
20
per
teJit
of
the
catch.
ATOMIC
WAR
SURE
LONDON
Earl
Russell
told
the
House
of
Lords
today
that,
unless
there
was
strong
cun-trel
of
atomic
energy,
an
atomic
war
was
inevitable.
RENT
INCREASED
VANCOUVER
Veteran
occupants
of
the
old
Hotel
Vancouver
hotel
agreed
Joday
to
a
10
per
cent
increase
in
their
rents.
PISCATORIAL
TYPES
More
than
20.GUQ
cpccics
true
ftedics
are
known.
GREATEST
SEARCH
IN
CANADIAN
HISTORY
FOR
MISSING
AIRCRAFT
TAKES
MORE
HOPEFUL
TURN
NOW
VANCOUVER
(CP)
The
greatest
aerial
search
yet
organized
on
Canadian
soil
continued
today
for
the
missing
twin-engined
TransCanada
Airlines
transport
which
disappeared
early
Tuesday
with
15
persons
aboard.
l
wenty
pianes
xook.
part
m
urc
search
yesterday.
Two
U.S.A.
Coast
uuara
pianes
yesueraay
join-
EASTERN
PHONE
STRIKE
ENDING
WASHINGTON,
SS
Settlement
of
telephone
strikes
in
Pennsylvania
and
New
York
rMv
1oH
tn
nnt.imism
vpstcrdav
baum,
of
the
United
States
con
ciliation
.service.
Terms
of
the
settlement
were
not
disclosed.
Meanwhile
telephone
strike
leaders
in
Washington
called
on
pickets
to
hold
their
lines
as
government
conciliators
predicted
"important
developments"
in
the
negotiations
going
on
in
the
of
capital.
This
Is
the
25th
day
qf
the
strike.
Michigan
EeU
Telephone
Co.
reDorted
early
today
that
cable
between
two
Michigan
cities
Wayland
and
Mollne
had
been
hacked,
cutttne
off
service
on
350
circuits.
Long
distance
ser
vice
was
most
seriously
ailect
MAY
DAY
OBSERVED
LONDON,
ffii-Russia's
minis
ter
of
armed
forces,-
Nikolai
Bukcanln.
called
on
the
Soviet
army,
navy
and
air
force
tolay
to
maintain
"their
fighting
preparedness"
in
an
ordcr'of
the
day
Issued
as
millions
of
Russians
celebrated
May
Day
Eu-
ropets
Labor
Day.
Marshal
Sta
lin
was
on
hand
to
witness
a
great
show
of
military
strength
through
Moscow's
Red
Square.
Manv
countries
which
have
veered
to
the
left
since
the
war
Joined
with
Russians
in
observ
ing
the
day,
holding
mass
rallies
and
Darades
to
coincide.
May
Day
will
be
celebrated
in
London
on
Sunday.
There
were
public
holidays
in
Belgium,
Norway
and
France.
CANADA'S
NEWEST
AND
LARGEST
ENTRY
in
interna-tional
CANADA'S
and
trans-oceanic
flying
is
'f
ho
North
fctar,
Largely
tho
prod-
1
uct
of
native
ideas
and
raauufacturCj
it
ranks
with
tho
world's
best
and
it
is
now
in
the
trans-Atlantic
service
of
T.n.f
'nmt
Air
Unes.Tha
interior
accommodation
of
T.C.A.'s
newest
ami
larpcst
airliner,
shown
above,
was
planned
to
provide,
tho
maximum
in
tomfort
ami
attractiveness
for.
air
Thn
chair
were
rpncciallv
designed
to
eliminate
fatigue
on
long
flight.
A
ladies'
powder
room
is
located
back
of
tho
main
cabin
and
j
a
men's
wat.h
room
up
forward,
both
touipiKtl
with
modern
accessor!..
,
Tho
picture
of
Tho
North
Sur
in
flinl.t
khows
the
four
l"wrful
British-
laiill
Koll.
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eucino.;
With
two
...
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iw
-
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charginit
thev
tjwer
tho
giant
aircrait
win
,.wfl.p.
7,"li
.
"V".'-
ed
T.CJV.
ana
hmjui
.
craii
auu
the
Nanalmo
Flying
Club
in
a
sweep
over
the
coastal
mountains.
A
helicopter
Is
standing
by
at
Seattle,
and
a;
group
of
civilian
paratroopers
arrived
here
Tuesday
'night
from
Edmonton.
Late
yesterday
It
was
reported
for
a
quick
agreement
in
tne
that
an
amateur
racno
receiver,
nationwide
telephone
tie-np.
An
ibout
an
hour
after
the
plane
agreement
settling
the
24-day
became
missing,
picked
up
,
a
strike
of
37,000
employees
of
the
message
supposedly
Ircm
the
New
York
Bell
Telephone
Co.
pilot
of
the
plane
saying:
"I
-
.
-
.
.
.
...
,
1.
l
1
T
was
announced
ny
J.
k.
Manaei-
nave
it
peopie
on
ooaru
uu
cannot
make
it."
Today
Trans
Canada
Air
Lines
officials
placed
"absolutely
no
faith"
in
this
claim
of
an
off-
duty
Vancouver
airport
gate
guard
that
he
had
received
a"
message
from
the
planer-al
1:32
a.m
Tuesday
on
aham"
radio
set.
This
man
said
he
had
talked
to
First
Officer
A.
A.
Stew
art,
but
later
he
admitted
that
there
had
been
no
basis
for
his
statement.
One
theory
is
that
the
plane.
may
have
gone
on
uie
course
when
the
radio
failed
and.
last
the
beam.
hampered
operations
to
some
extent,
today,
new
hope,
for
safety
of
the
fifteen
passengers
and
crew
aboard
the.
missing
transpor:
brought;
the
search
into
high
gear,
today,
following
reports
that
lights
had
been
seen
in
the
mountains
of
the
Indian
Arm
district,
ten
miles
north
of
here.
This
is
in
the
opposite
direction
ground
party
landed
near
from
the
previous
search.
A
Wigwam
Inn
preparing
to
cut
its
way.
through
Ulck
underbrush
up
a
mountainside
from
which
several
people
agreed
they
had
seen
lights
"gyrating
madly."
The
search
had
been
previ
ously
centering
about.
Mount
Moriarlty
near
Nanalmo'
where.
-
there
had
been
reports
of
a
"red.
glow"
being
seen
early.
Tuesday
morning.
This,
it
was.,
thought
possible,
might
have
been
from
signal
fires.
Veteran
airmen,
their
faces
grim
and
lined
with
weariness,
followine
two
days
of
exhaust
ing,
eye-straining
flying,
watch
ed
Impatiently
today
for
a
break
In
the
weather
as
heavily
overcast
skies
and
pouring
rain
brought
a
temporary
halt
earlf-
er
in
the
-day
to
the
search.
Pilots,
who
haa
gathered
at
search
headquarters
at
Vancouver's
Sea
Island
airport
before
daybreak,
were
pinning
their
fading
hopes
at
that
time
of
the
early
discovery
of
the
plane
on
report
made
laie
yesterday
that
a
"strange
object"
had
been
sighted
on
the
south
side
of
Thunder
Mountain,
a
3,500-ft.
peak
Just
north
of
Great
Central
Lake
on
Vancouver
Island.
Veteran
pilots
gave
considerable
credence
to
this
report
because
the
locality
is
only
a
few
miles
to
the
right
of
the
radio
beam
leg,
A
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
plane
was
turned
back
from
there
by
mountain-riding
clouds
and.snow
flurries.
Friday,
May
2,
1947
U:47
19.3
f?et
5:42
4.9.
feet
17:51
4.8
feet
TONIGHT
May
Day
Meeting
UtETROPOLE"
HALL,
8
VM-Speaker:
STAN
BOSHIER
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