The Similkameen Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: [Taylor, Dave]
issued: 2024-05-16
issued: 1949-05-12
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/similkameen/items/1.0443409/source.json
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note: ^955^ im **************-*-*-****** * THIS WEEK-END + * AT THE CAPITOL * *THE TENDER YEARS * * with JOE E. BROWN 5 ■k-fc^-K-Mt-MUc-X-X-fc-*-*-*-*-**-*-*-*-* • THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR ♦♦-K-K-MHc-K-Jc-k-k-k-fc-k-k-tt-k-fc-k-k-lt-tr 1 J. & M. CASH STORE J $ The Friendly Store $ J See Our Ad * 2 PHONE 137 2 ■" ' 1 T~ I IIIJIJ. Forty-Ninth Year; No. 19. PRINCETON, B.C., THURSDAY, 12th MAY, 1949 5c per Copy; $2.00 per Year The Vanished Plane Has Vanished Again -it- And The Official Wheels Are Grinding —ft— ' The Full Story of the Air Drama —*— T'HE scowling he'gbts o? iloz"s- .meen still hold a secret — a plane myste:y which may never be plain. A month ago half the world held its breath for a week of tense, poignant human mystery drama as a tiny plane w:th two young people vanished In a storm in the rugged mountains out of Princeton. That ended in a week in a happy semi.miracle, a dramatic stage rescue, with th principals' ohty ill effect the fame of a graphic experience. The second mystery is in whim sical relief. Now they can't find the plane Oh, it's the:e al- right. It's bound to be.lt was its sighting which made possible the saving of two lives. But it's much 1'ke the coffee pot that the sai- ior dropped overboard. A thing ean't be lost when you know where it is. And they marked the plane meticulously with bearings. Only it's miles and miles of damn awful and avalanches of snow. It was seen an! couple making camp, with the paratroopers climbing down to them. Quite A Show .Many local rumor$ were then washed up. The tiny plane was seen—by at 3east three separate , reports — over Prnceton flying there are photographs to prove jnto the storm.. It circled as if to it. Only it isn't visible any more. I land, and the airport maitle ready Though an Air-Seia Rescue of-{t,*HM-**f*+***-****3M*******{Ieast tributaries of Lightning Ck ficer was posted at the local airport — wth finest communication facilities — al day, this simple explanation came only with the casual arrival of the …
note: Title changes in chronological order: Similkameen Star (1900-03-31 to 1900-07-28), The Similkameen Star (1900-08-04 to 1900-10-20), Similkameen Star (1900-10-27 to 1918-05-10), The Princeton Star (1918-05-17 to 1935-08-29), The Similkameen Star (1935-09-05 to 1939-12-28). Pages may be missing and/or misnumbered.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Princeton (B.C.)
spatial: Princeton
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0443409
language: English
lat: 49.460278
long: -120.507778
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Princeton : Star Printing & Publishing Co.
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source: Original Format: Princeton and District Museum and Archives
type: Text