| Show Aki Airlift ft Force Organized Orga n zed To Evacuate Winnipeg WINNIPEG Man May 16 UP The The Canadian government Tuesday Tuesday Tues rues day organized a gigantic airlift capable of removing removing- the remaining residents from this threat flood ened city should the Red river break through the remaining dikes The federal air all transport board assembled enough nough military commercial commercial commercial com com- mercial and private planes planes to to together gether ether with their pilots to pilots to fly persons a day out of Winnipeg Win Win- ni peg peg- Almost third one of oC the city's residents already had fled The board said the airlift would be used only in an extreme emergency emergency emergency emer emer- gency where it was impossible to get the residents out fast enough by train bus and car lIkes Dikes Weakening The city's remaining 20 miles of dikes were weakening under the peak pressure of th the rivers river's thrusting thrusting thrusting thrust thrust- ing m 30 30 p h. h current A foot flood crest was pounding them The rho army warned that the zero hour was tva at hand T Ten n main mam dikes already had been smashed Were in danger said Briga Briga- dier I R R. E E. A A. Morton Morion flood control chief Our troops and civilian flood fighters must keep Jeep to prevent catastrophe This may take days or it may take weeks Showers ers Forecast t The weather bureau forecast showers Experts predicted the crest would continue for a week with minor fluctuations and flood conditions would last Jast until the mid middle I of June Weary Veary flood food fighters w wage wag waged a g e c d their most desperate battle along alonga a seven mile dike protecting St St. Boniface a suburb Engineers said erosion of the dike threatened to flood St. St Boniface Boniface's Boni- Boni faces face 18 square miles with 12 feet of water waler At least half of the residents had fled led Radio and sound trucks urged those who stayed to leave immediately |
