Arctic Rover Out
Of Freeze-up Danger
EDMONTON, Alta., UP) — The
Arctic Rover has won her race
against freeze-up in the north.
Capt. Hill Wilson of the Rover
radioed officials of Arctic ship
ping Limited, in Edmonton, to
report the vessel, on a voyage
from Vancouver to the central
Arctic and back, was nearly 40
miles north of Cape Prince of
Wales, Alaska.
The cape is the narrowest
point of the Bering Straits which
separate Alaska and Russia and
the Rover was heading south with
a gale-force northeast wind help
ing her along.
Capt. Wilson said that barring
mishaps, the Rover now has
“clear sailing all the way home
to Vancouver.”
The Rover left Vancouver July
25 with a 1,000-ton steel barge
loaded with supplies for DEW
Line sites along the central Arc
tic Coast, as well as general
freight from Cambridge Bay,
1,200 miles north of Edmonton,
and Spence Bay, 365 miles north
east of Cambridge Bay.
Army Deserter Released
To Live In France
STRASBOURG, France, (tf) —
Wayne Powers, wartime Army
deserter who was arrested after
hiding for 14 years in the home
of his French girl friend, re
ceived an American passport
yesterday.
Powers, a native of Chillicothe,
Mo., was sentenced to 10 years in
prison by an Army court-martial
after his plea of guilty to a de
sertion charge. Confinement was
reduced to six months on review,
however, and will be further re
duced next week when about,
four months will be remitted.
Army authorities have an
nounced that Powers will be re
leased October 9. He plans to
remain in France with his eirl
friend and their five children. The
passport was necessary to get
French residence documents.
AWARD TO ACS SERGEANT
FOR WORK IN KETCHIKAN
SEATTLE, (/P) — The commen
dation ribbon with metal pendant
has been awarded to Army Sgt.
1/c Edwin C. Nichols, Seattle, for
meritorious performance as Alas- |
ka Communications System ad
ministrative supervisor at Ket-1
chikan.
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Meeting Notes
By Ruth McLean
Tom Martin, AVA board mem
ber, reported briefly to the North
western Alaska Chamber of Com
merce members at their Monday
luncheon meeting on the semi
annual board meeting of the
AVA in Nome last week. The an
nual membership meeting of AVA
will be held in March in Juneau
and Mr. Martin reminded voting
members to arrange for a proxy
vote if they are unable to attend
in person.
He stated that $950 had been
I collected in Nome last year for
the Alaska Visitors Association,
and approximately 25 per cent
of this amount will be returned
to this area for direct tourism
promotion.
Chamber President Manning
thanked the membership commit
tee and Chairman Boyd Harwood
for the preparations made to wel
come and entertain the goodwill
group from the Fairbanks Cham
ber of Commerce last Thursday
and Friday.
It was announced that Jim
O’Sullivan of Alaska Steamship
Company will be the official dele
gate to the Alaska Chamber of
Commerce convention in An
chorage on October 23, 24 and 25.
President Manning urged that all
business persons who can be in
Anchorage on those dates attend
this most important Alaska
meeting.
Guests at the Monday meeting
included Mr. and Mrs. Provance,
who are making their first trip
to Alaska, and who will be teach
ers on King Island this winter;
Mrs. McGregor, Stanley Prod
ucts, Anchorage; and Jim Bur
nett from the Juneau Office of
the VFW.
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Air Force Crew’s
Handling of Plane
Contributed In Crash
WASHINGTON, UR — Air Force
investigators decided Tuesday
that complications in handling
technique contributed to the
crash of a jet tanker, with 15
fatalities. 1
The K135 jet crashed last June
at Westover Air Force Base, Mass.,
killing all aboard. An investiga
tion board said complications in
the way the crew handled the
tanker were compounded by
flight instrument limitations.
The KC135 crashed within a
short distance of the runway
from which it attempted takeoff
June 27. The dead included six
newsmen who were to ride the
tanker on a scheduled round
trip, nonstop flight to England
and return to the United States.
Among them was Daniel J.
Coughlin, of the Boston Staff of
the Associated Press.
Protest Short Hours
Of Canadian Customs
EDMONTON, Alta., UPl — The
Edmonton Chamber of Commerce
has endorsed a protest over new,
earlier closing hours for the Cana
dian customs office on the Alaska
Highway.
The Chamber at Fairbanks,
Alaska, said that effective Wed
nesday, the' Canadian office at
the United States border would be
open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Pre
viously, it opened at 7 a.m. and
closed at 10 p.m. i
The Edmonton chamber said it I
will complain to the federal gov
ernment and bring the question
to the attention of Alberta High
ways Minister Gordon Taylor.
The Fairbanks chamber, in a
letter, said the early closing
would force truckers to spend an
extra day on the Alaska High
way and might cut into the busi
ness of motel operators, whose
customers arrive in the evening.
The early closing hours would
be effective until March.
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