YUKON 700 MARATHON
RUN IN 17 HRS. 19 MIN.
FAIRBANKS —Marty Gray’s
sleek racing riverboat crossed the
finish line in the record time of
17 hours 19 minutes in the gruel
ing Yukon 700 Marathon Sunday.
Gray and his crew, Bob Hager
and Billy Berry, led the field of 17
boats in the third annual running
of the race that started at Circle
City Saturday.
They broke last year’s record set
by Fred Pitcher in Father’s Folly
by almost four hours. Pitcher’s
crew came in second with a time
of 18 hours 22 minutes.
The finish line was the Cush
man Street bridge in Fairbanks,
In third place was Chuck Gar
vey’s boat, which took the 700
mile course down the Yukon and
up the Tanana and Chena rivers
in 18 hours 47 minutes.
The race was postponed from
the original Memorial Day date
because of high water in the
Yukon river.
First Boat Due In Wednesday
Bob Reddaway announced today
at Chamber of Commerce meeting
that the first boat is scheduled to ,
arrive here on Wednesday eve
ning and will probably have dis- (
charged all of its cargo by Friday. ,
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Charles Penatac, Ar
thur Johnson, and Cookie John
son.
Discharged: Charlene Kungesuk.
KICY Manager Leaves on Trip
Lloyd Sundstrom, manager of
radio station KICY, leaves today
to attend a conference of the
Covenant Evangelical Church
being held in Seattle, after which
he will join a group of 50 from
the conference who will make the i
Alaska trip to Unalakleet and
Nome. He plans to be gone be
tween two and three weeks.
During his absence Ernie Han
son will be acting station manager.
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MRS. PAUL HAGGLAND
WILL SERVE AS PRESIDENT
OF HOMEMAKERS COUNCIL
FAIRBANKS (A — Mrs. Paul
B. Haggland of Fairbanks will serve
as President of the Alaska Home
makers Council for a two year
•period beginning this week. She
was elected to the position Wed
nesday at a meeting of the State
Council on the campus of the Uni
versity of Alaska.
Mrs. Haggland wil replace Mrs.
R. A. Johansen of Spenard.
Elected to fill the secretary
treasurer position was another
Fairbanks woman, Mrs. A. H.
George. Other State Council of
ficers who are now beginning the
second year of their two-year
terms are Mrs. Sterling Cox of
North Pole, historian; Mrs. H. R.
Mumey, Anchor Point, vice presi
dent; and Mrs. Pete Aspeotis.
Anchorage, parlimentarian.
The state Homemakers Coun
cil is meeting in conjunction with
the 13th annual Homemakers Short
Course now being conducted at
the University of Alaska. More
than 100 women from 17 Alakan
immunities are registered for the
six-day comprehensive course.
omie McCarthy roadhouse
TO OPEN DURING FESTIVAL
The Omie McCarthy Circle of
the Community Methodist Church
have planned to hold the “Omie
McCarthy Roadhouse” during the
Midnight Sun Festival in the resi
dence of Mrs. Howard Crinklaw on
First Ave. just east of the Tele
phone Co. building. They will sell
coffee, doughnuts, cake and pie
in the pioneer tradition.
Methodist Official Coming
Miss La Donna Bogardus, direc
tor of children’s work for the Na
tional Board of Education of the
Methodist Church in Nashville,
Term., will be in Nome tomorrow
for an overnight stay.
Church school teachers, vaca
tion church school teachers, par
ents, or any interested persons are
invited to a potiuck dinner in Miss
Bogardus’ honor at 6 o’clock Tues
day in the home of Esther McCoy.
Miss Bogardus will conduct a
work shop after the dinner.
Bethel and Barrow Traded
Judge H. Gilbert announced at
Chamber meeting today that the
Bethel district will be added to the
Second District for the next court
term and Barrow will be transfer
red to the 4th District Court at
Fairbanks. He said that this change
should be beneficial and more ec
onomical and practical.
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JUNE 14
FOUR INJURED IN CRASH
OF PLANE AT TANANA
TANANA UPl — Four persons
were injured, one seriously, when
their light plane crashed about
5:30 a.m. yesterday here.
The pilot and three passengers
crawled from the flaming wreck
age of a four-place Stinson after
it crashed in the muskeg about
250 yards from the Tanana air
strip.
The pilot of the plane, Glenn
Miller, and a passenger, Mrs.
Betty Dunlap, received minor
bruises. Miss Nancy Hasiuk re
ceived a back injury and Homer
Cogdill reecived first and second
degree burns of both legs and cuts
and bruises.
Shortly after the plane took off
the pilot said he noticed his oil
pressure was low and oil, apparent
ly from a broken oil line began to
spew on the windshield.
He began a turn to get back to
the airport when the engine quit
and the plane crashed into a 2300
volt power, line, hit the ground and
burst into flames.
On impact the door of the plane
flew open and the passengers be
gan to scramble out with the ex
ception of Mrs. Dunlap who
couldn’t unfasten her seat belt.
Cogdill was burned while assisting
Mrs. Dunlap to get free.
The group had gone to the Tana
na area from Fairbanks, the resi
dence of all four, to observe the
Yukon 700 Marathon boat race.
CANNERY SHIP NOW
IS AT GOLOVIN
The first American floating can
nery in this part of the Bering Sea
is how anchored at Golovin Bay.
The cannery ship, which is named
“Bering,” is accompanied by a
power scow. Mr. Hegeberg has
been in Nome awaiting its arrival
for several days.
ROAD OPEN TO MILE~40
Bob Emmons and Bill Van Wet
zler drove in to town Saturday
from the BPR camp at Cotton
wood. They report the road*-is in
fair shape for this time of the
year with the only bad washout
near the Salmon Lake Boy Scout
Camp at about Mile 40.
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Mercy Flight to NE Cape
A Wien Airlines plane is stand
ing by for a break in the weather
to make an emergency flight to
Northeast Cape where a man is re
ported badly burned and in need
of medical attention.
Additional Gifts for 'Queen'
Additional gifts for the Queen
of the Midnight Sun are: a bowling
card for 33 lines at Aukruk Lanes,
and dinner for two at the Seaview
Room of the North Star. The gift
items and certificates are on dis
play at Polet’s Store.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TONIGHT — 8:00 P.M
CITY HALL
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