Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-05-01 | Page 2 | Ice Breakup Pool Winner Credits Victory to Moon

Ice Breakup Pool Winner W inner inner- Credits Victory V to Moon NENANA Alaska May 1 r MP-r- Ph- Ph Two winners of Alaska's great sporting event the event the Tanana river ice breakup credited breakup credited the moon moon today for tor the fact tact they named the exact day hour hour- and minute the ice would move out Oscar Ocar Neilson Nellson and E. E Blondie Blon Blondie die Miller fIler of ot Anchorage said Neilson's knowledge of the moon brought them sudden wealth wealth one one S half haIr the proceeds of oC other guesses entered in the contest The other half was won by John L. L Covich Co and 43 associates of Juneau who held the second ticket which named the breakup time time 1258 1258 8 p. p m. m yesterday A wire attached to 10 a stake Inthe in Inthe inthe the ice here stopped a guarded clock and the giant mass started moving like an awakened monster