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I 1 ife iki-jd:vn-iaini§i---1- I welt;ers Leave Toalcabthetheclej sutinIpaiMay Come—4......«■■■■«■■ —After having spentthe last■three weeks here the Ala’ka n . A' foil Survsv Detachment of r_ jfo.ir planes, the t?nd?r Gannett Iis equipp- e(jencn t and the barge which™ led aq a laboratory ajnd which aI?o contained quarters for♦rt I some lt;of the officers and men I ^ijo of the expedition, j departed voj Monday morning for jjuneau to 0f continue the aerial miapping in L|e I that locality. Sitka will not be n utilized as a base thil year ac * I pa-m I cording to present ptyns, Lieut 1 p]a Commander A. W. Radford lt;mlt; €lwho is in eQjjimand of the ex-rem pedition, said shortly b fore 0U1leaving Monday. , Ufa^ I It is now planned that thethe plants and the barge will thsbe based' in Juneau until late ,p0;ofVthlt; th titVCh•e-tft in the summer, returning lat ?^-pn.AujgiStor earfe-inl Jeptemb-Ijj I er : to Petersburg, pojssibly, to do a little more \work in this vicinity. Through Myor E. N.Ohmer, Commander, Radford expressed the deep appreciation o tae men and officers of the expedition for the court asies shown them dur ng their stay here and declared them to be “all in favor of Pj.ersburg” and looking forward to their return here this fall, if such a tiling proves possible.Petersburg has be.n an ideal base for the planar and even though unfavorable weath» r daring the latter part of the stay here prevented accomplishment of all that had beenplanned, th'lt; results have been satisfactory.Petersburg has enjoyed the visit of the expedition and hopes that it will be able to come back again for a iongervisit.i-tsi--liehtir-is-‘oronut.ns-reare1mtLi8-ig-m$i'iniprnemlt;in1eacaallofdrnechbuto:cofr;ishethseATI
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Petersburg Press
Petersburg, Alaska, US
Fri, Jun 21, 1929
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