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AMY JOHNSON CUP AWARD HULL BOY'S ICE RESCUE Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright , (Rec. 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, May 8. The Amy Johnson Gold Cup.for courage has been awarded to Bernard Roy . Butler, aged 13,'oTSull, who, the trustees agreed, had performed the bravest deed of ,19-13. Butler volunteered to rescue a girl who fell through the ice on which she . was sliding into deep water. The ice broke under Butler as he attempted to walk to the girl with a rope tied around him, but he succeeded in reaching the girl, and both were dragged to safety. Amy Johnson bought the cup for gifts received in Australia after her flight from England in 1930. It is awarded annually to the boy or girl of her native city who shows the greatest courage.
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Evening Star, Issue 25170, 9 May 1944, Page 5
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