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THE WEATHER
High: 78’ on July 25.
Low: 40 >n July 22. (Set new
low record for that date. Pre
vious record was 42 in 1938.
Average 56 , 43 below normal.
Precip 33 inches.
Weekend Outlook: Partly cloudy
and mild. Isolated showers in
late afternoon and evening.
Temperatures near normal.
Sunrise Tomorrow: 2:33 a m.
Sunset Today: 9:22 p m.
Gyroscope Special Edition For 9th Infantry
"Caught in
the Riffles”
By V, Maurice Smith
John Babel. Howard Thorgaard
and Cy McGahan, the three gentle
men who went to Valdez Creek
three weeks ago, are understandably
irritated with the tnief or tiieves
•who robbed their cacne.
Expecting to find food, tools,
powder, fuse and caps where they
had left them after packing them
in on their backs the past year, they
found only an empty cache.
Robbing a cache in the North is
tantamount to murder and in some
cases could be just that. If the three
men had not carried some grub with
them, depending upon what was
in the cache for nourishment, they
might have died.
In years past a man in the hills
out of food could take some from a
cache, but not all of it, and he us
ually left a note explaining what
had happened and then usually re
placed it. He did replace all the
wood he might use, leaving a pile
of shavings for the owner or next
man in trouble with the elements.
In Charge of A Horse
The English language is a beau
tiful instrument for the conveyance
of thought and idea but it has its
pitfalls in the multiple meanings
of its component parts.
For instance, the word groom has
been giving our editorial staff a
bit of trouble when applied to the
matrimonial arrangement.
• Continued on page 16.)
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Jessen’s Proudly
Presents Special
For Men of 9th
Starting: with Page 17 Jessen’s
Weekly is proud to present to
members of the 9th Infantry Reg
iment a special section showing
something of Fairbanks to the
newcomers to Alaska.
Some of the news stories giv
ing information on Fairbanks
and the community are contained
in the first 16 pages. Stories that
the publisher hopes will help
the 9th get acquainted with its
new neighbors.
Fairbanks business men have
gone all-out to support the wel
come to the men and women of
the 9th. Copies of this issue are
being distributed at both Ladd
and Eielson air force bases.
Spectacular
Rescue Marks
Liner Crash
One of the most spectacular res
cue operations ever to occur took
place last night as a result of the
j collision in heavy fog of two luxury
! liners 60 miles off Nantucket, Mass.
Th(e Andrea Doria, 29t000 ton
Italian liner en route from Genora,
Italy to New York, and the Swed
ish liner, Stockholm, collided at
11:20 p.m. EST. The Andrea car
ried over 1,100 passengers and the
Stockholm carried over 1,300 pas
sengers. All passengers were res
cued, most of them taken directly
off the ships or lifeboats.
The Andrea went under about
five hours after the accident. Four
passengers died after they reached
safety, and several were injured.
Coast Guard vessels and liners
in the area sped to the scene to
give asisstance. The liner, lie de
France, left New York on her reg
ularly scheduled passenger run. She
sped to the scene, picked up 747
victims and returned to New York.
She then resumed her trip.
ANDREW HALL STARTS
WING CONSTRUCTION
Construction on a new extension
to the Han building on Fourth ave
nue is now underway, announces
(owner of the building Andrew
Hall.
The addition, 50 by 75 feet in
size, is being built by Ken Ander
son. The new wing, which will face
on Fifth avenue, is slated to be
completed sometime in late Sep
tember.
OUT TO THE BALL GAME
, —Jessen’s Staff Photo
The staff at Golden North Jewelers dressed for the Golden Days
occasion last week in traditional style. Left to right are Billie Karr,
Dave Smith and Rusty McLaughlin. The umbrella in Smith’s right
hand belonged to “Burning Daylight.” Mrs. Karr won $100.00, taking
first prize in the costume contest.
GOLDEN DAZE
—Jessen’s Staff Photo
This man is really Clerk of the Court and a pioneer, but Thursday
he was a bartender on board the pioneer float built for the parade
on Golden Days opening last week. He is John B. “Dixie” Hall, a past
president of Igloo No. 4 and present trustee. The gold scales at the
right presumably were used to weigh out miners’ dust.
57,991 Vehicles
Cross Chena
Bridge In Week
Between May 31 and June 7 of thia
year some 57.991 vehicles crossed
the New Chena bridge, according to
the Alaska Road Commission. Or il
it pleases the reader, about a month
later, during the week of July 12
19. figures show that 58,860 vehicles
crossed the bridge. (These figures
include bicycles, motorcycles and
motor scooters.)
. Perhaps, counting an average of
two people per vehicle, the count
would run to well over 100.000 per
sons per week who head over that
direction.
Roughly, this means that everyone
in.f’airbankS'flrea theoretif’adly cros
ses that'bridge 19 times per week,
The ARC uses the information
gathered by traffic counters put
at various check points to plan their
future wrork. such as type of sur
facing needed and the curvature of
the gradient.
Golden Days
Contest Firsts
Are Made Known
Winners of the various Golden
Days contests have been announced
by Don Pearson, chairman of Gold
en Days activities.
Taking home first prize in the
old costume contest was Billie Karr
of the Golden North Jewelry. She
won a $100 poke of gold nuggets.
Lucky Adey of the Nevada Bar
copped $50 in cash for his efforts.
In the Old Photo contest, Mrs.
Margaret Ofstad of 1019 O'Conner
road won $50 for her picture. “Ear
ly Day Boat Landing." Second prize
of $25 went to J. A. Boguss, Box
431, for “58° Below” 1911. R. A
Paige, 520 Illinois street, won $15
for “Columbia Glacier—1919.”
Aurora Motors is holding a 1929
Model A for ticket holder No.
Q089783. If the holder of this num
ber does not claim his “winning"
by 6 p.m. tomorrow, the following
runners-up will have their chance:
Q088367, Q091693, Q098093, Q089197,
Q099283. Q089054. Q089279. Q070207
and Q089278.
Beard contest winners were Jack
Crook, who won a $100 poke of
gold nuggets. Russell Totin. who
took home $50 in cash, and Jerry
Kilso. who got a package of Vigaro.
In the Misplaced Items contest
there were 37 correct entries. All
took home prizes varying from cash
to goodies.
Pearson and the Chamber of
(Continued on Page 18)
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