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New Report. Describes
Matanuska Coil Field, ;
Only Active Ohe in Alaska
WASHINGTON, OS—'The Inter
ior Department has published a
report which describes the coal
resources of the Wishbone Hill
district of the Matanuska coal
field.
The district, about 45 miles
northeast of Anchorage, has been
mined since 1916. It contains the
only proved reserves of soft coal
in the Alaska Railroad belt and
includes the only active soft coal
mines in the territory.
The mines provide coal for
heating and power for the Alaska
Railroad, industrial users, mili
tary installations and civilian
consumers in the Anchorage area.
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Arijiy Helicopter, t
Flics Nonstop
Across Continent
WASHINGTON, (A—The Army
has flown a helicopter on the first
transcontinental, non-stop trip in
an attempt to prove the practica
bility of long-range 'copter flight.
A weary five-man crew landed
a twin-rotor H-21 at the Penta
gon’s heliport Friday afternoon,
ending a 31 hour and 40 minute
flight from San Diego, Calif.
Four aerial refuelings were nec
essary to enable the normally
short-ranged flying machine to
make the 2,610-mile trip across
the United States. When daylight
and weather permitted, the heli
copter “drank” fuel thru a hose
from a small tanker plane which
accompanied it. Twice the H-21
hovered near the ground while
gas was pumped up thru a hose.
The Army said the trip proved
that helicopters can be flown long
distances to reach battle zones in
wartime. It also seemed to prove
that man’s ears can stand a day
and a half of the thundering din
of an engine and whirling rotors,
with only a few winks of sleep.
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Joe Brown Wins '
Lightweight
Boxing Crown
NEW ORLEANS, (JV-“1 had to
gamble, it was the only way to
win," a tired but happy Joe
Brown said Saturday, nursing a
broken right hand but holding a
newly - won lightweight cham
pionship as balm for his wounds.
Brown, 30, of New Orleans,
lifted Wallace (Budi Smith’s title
Friday night.
Brown, the target for Smith’s
pursuit during most of the 15
rounder, smashed the 27-year
old Cincinnati titleholder to the
floor twice in the 14th round.
Smith rose from the canvas
weary and dazed and a target for
Brown’s right in the 14th round.
But the finishing right never
came as the 9,200 fans screamed
for a knockout.
“I couldn’t throw it,” Brown
said as he squinted thru marks
of battle over his eyes and on his
cheekbone.
“I broke the hand in the second
round when I popped him on the
chin,” he said, recalling the right
hand that buckled Smith’s knees.
“I gambled in the 14th by throw
ing the first right since the sec
ond, and it really hurt."
It really hurt Smith, too. He
slumped to the canvas with blood
streaming from his mouth and
nose. He rose as the count reached
seven, but Brown again sent him
sprawling against the ropes. The
bell sounded as the count reached
nine with Smith on his knees.
Grace Gayle, 4,
Saves Father From
Military Service
LONDON, Of)—The army never
counted on four-year-old Grace
Gayle when it called up her fath
er, Dean, for military service,
Gayle, a 25-year-old Jamaican,
turned up at the Blandford train
ing camp with Grace tightly grip
ping his hand.
“My wife died last October
and there is no one to look after
her,” Gayle explained.
He said he had been granted
one deferment but was refused a
second.
While the soldiers at Blandford
made a fuss over grace, the tele
phone lines buzzed between the
camp and the war office.
After less than 24 hours in the
army, Gayle got this word: indef
inite leave pending discharge.
Said Grace: “I like playing sol
diers.’’
Nome Directory
NOME ROTARY CLUB
Dewey Goodrich
President
W. Mecklenburg
Secretary
Thursday Luncheon
Northwestern Alaska
Chatqber of Commerce
Meets Every Tuesday Noon
STAN MORGAN, President
ALASKA CMAFTMM FO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Meat* 1st & Srd Monday of each month
Betty Edwards
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Helen Dunbar
Secretary
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