Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-12-15 | Page 4 | Private Plane Starts Alarm

PRIVATE PLANE STARTS ST ARTS ALARM Effectiveness of Utah's air raid warning up set-up had been proven Monday with apprehension of a private flier using his plane il illegally il- il legally The flier lIer was apprehended Sunday Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day evening after he took a pleasure pleas ure flight light over sparsely populated territory in eastern Nevada William G. G Hurt Hubbard ranch near Wells VeIls Nev a voluntary spotter sighted the plane and ascertained it was not a United States military plane nor an airlines airlines airlines air air- lines plane Through his short wave radio station I K N I R he communicated with Allen H. H Price federal grazing service representative in Salt Lake City and operator of station tation K NI N I A. A Mr Price the information information information mation to Gus P P. P Backman vice chairman of the state defense council who found that no plane was authorized to be in the air in that vicinity On Mr Backman's information Mr Hurt checked with law enforcement officers at atWells atWells atWells Wells who found that one of two private planes in that city was gone A short time later the plane returned and the pilot admitted he had no permission to fly at that time He explained to the sheriff he thought there would be no harm harmin in flying over a desert area The pilot was not arrested but the offense will be reported to the C A A officials s said id Private fliers grounded from December 7 to December 13 now may use their planes again after receiving permission from the I C A A army or navy officials