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First ‘Presumptive Death’
Certificate Is Issued
Under New Law
ANCHORAGE, UP) — A six-man
commissioner’s jury ruled Thurs
day Francis Brownfield, Anchor
age pilot who disappeared in the
Little Nelchina area in the fall of
1949, is legally dead.
Brownfield never was seen
after damaging his plane in a
takeoff at a hunting *spot in the
rugged Talkeetna wilderness. The
plane’s wreckage was found 90
miles from the takeoof point and
searchers later found a note in a
trapper’s cabin believed to have
been written by Brownfield.
Brownfield, 31, at the time of
his disappearece, is survived by
his widow and children at Dunge
ness, Wash.
The hearing on the Brownfield
case was first uijder terms of a
new law passed by the last Leg
islature. It provides for issuance
of “presumtive death” certificates
in cases of missing persons whose
bodies never are recovered after
a diligent search.
National League
W L Pet. GB
Brooklyn 64 33 .660 —
Milwaukee 56 41 .577 8
Philadelphia 52 41 .559 10
New York 51 42 .548 11
St. Louis 52 43 .547 11
Cincinnati 45 5’ .459 19V2
Chicago 34 60 .362 28V2
Pittsburgh 31 72 .301 36
American League
W L Pet. GB
New York 65 32 .670 —
Chicago 60 38 .612 5Vfc
Boston 57 43 .570 9V2
Cleveland 55 42 .567 10
Washington 46 53 .465 20
Philadelphia 42 55 .433 23
Detroit 34 63 .351 31
St. Louis 34 67 .337 33
Coast League
W L Pet. GB
Hollywood 78 49 .614 —
Seattle 73 53 .579 W2
Los Angeles 65 62 .512 13
Portland 60 64 .484 I6V2
San Francisco 59 67 .467 18V£
Oakland 56 68 .452 19V2
San Diego 56 69 .448 20
Sacramento 55 70 .440 22
Reindeer milk has an unusually
high fat content.
Nome Directory
ROTARY CLUB ‘
OF NOME
James Walsh, Pres.
George Bayer, Secty.
Thursday Luncheon
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets
EVERY TUESDAY NOON
Dewey Goodrich, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Dorothy Young
Worthy Matron
Rosa B. Hagen
Secretary
Meets the third Monday of each month.
LESLIE A. STEVENS
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
— 486 FIRST AVE. WEST —
Nome, Alaska
Phone Main 82 — P.O. Box 208
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
Boyd C. Harwood, W.M.
Karl F. Dewey, Sec.
Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday each month