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Manitoba Youth Survives5 Days Adrift On PacificA sunburnt, locn-nco Man;- * w * ■ • -tohnn, on his firsl sru voyage, last v/tv-k experienced mic of i fie worn! plight* if a .sailor-• a shipwreck. The story cnam iu light Tuesdayweni 10 Vancouver with him. re-1are at I Ho west coast, while two im-neci 10 Gran Falls anti is stay-[of Tommy’s sisters arc in Wtnnb mg vyi-.h her son-in-law and [peg. Commenting on the episode fl.uigliter, .%ir. and -V.is. R. P. Mo! Tuesday, Mrs. R. C. Ende ol 1^0t-Sfui! hlime* when t7-l'-viir-Mlil Tummy Mngrmsson of kr r ** a I V a I 1 s. [ I Man.. nml It |i : li v r survivurgj ■ of i hi- sirickuiJ Kloreniiim were] brunch i to the is la h’H of Guam aft or being adrift under n burning Pacific sun for Torn toy hv.* da .vs.-Food Nrarly lt;Ione Food almost gone. and down (u their in si two gnlluns of water, the group ivas spotted Saiurifciy in open lifvhonl about 27; i miles south of war-famed Iwu lima. Thusearch pin no which first saw the12 sailors notified the I'.S. navv Uiv Take him. ivhit h toidc them to C'-Mlt).Tlir survivors had drifted I S.’i milrs from I lie spat where the Norwegian freight or FI urea lino uiik in high -.^is 1-VkHf. (The ca pin in jhuI ZI others wen* roc ncd hy a British freighter hist week A The cargo of gold a nr! silver the 5 oo0*ton vessel was carrying from Manila to San Francisco shifted in heavy seas, and tlk* Kloronline do-v dope, I a au-dogrco list, Boatswain i la try AI bin.tun sir. d.t'lte sailors had tried in sn their hiVhurU back -o i!io Philip-ji ptncs. although t heir mast was' lei! led and almost useless.l'or Tommy Magmisson, it was h harsh iitt ruductiori tci ihe m*ji, Since graduating- from the Great f Fails public school, he hud looked forward to the life of a sailor, and for this purpose went to Vancouver in the full or hup.The Florentine, nbout to sail from San Fraricisco s e v r r a 1Haffh Two hnil hersLt?:ir.nrd and Arne?,Fulham avenue said: hope thisdeters him from guing or. with a afe at sea.'-My .sister linth (of the snim: address I ami 1 stayedallied by tin; radio Iasi niifht 1t get news iif otir brother. Krirmls phoned all evening to learn if we. had heard the news.”Mrs. Bade said she phoned Great Falls to inform her mother and jj sister I here or the incident, but Mhey Loo had been deiuged with _ calls* from friends.| Another sister, Mrs- R. Far gey of Los Angeles may be the first of o family to see the youth. At present, he and I he U other survivors are awaiting el ear a nee from immigration authorities at'Guam.:s expected they will be shipped lo San Francisco, where they were originally bound.U.S. I'L.W.S IIUGK CARRIERWAS HI XCTO.V. Fob. 27 (AP)— Congress Monday authorized con-\st ruction of a 60,000-ton aircraft carrier rapabio of launching long-range planes carrying atomic bombs. The huge now carrier will cost. 5212.000.000.months :»go. ncoded acn oin atnv.so Tommy flow clown and chimed! on. llis semi-mval-d mother, who'Shown hor,- ||u- ishnul of Iwo rlimo. olososl lam! ,« !he spot whore I he frrishler Flo-reritir.e sank Feb. Uh forcing I he crew, includinir 17-yen r-nld rnmmy Mhj?iii)ssoii of Grcni F;IU. Man., to take to ihc lifeboat*., The vast expanse of the ocean t indicated hy 1bc distances from Japan miil Australia.
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Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA
Tue, Feb 27, 1951
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