The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 8, 1929, Page 8

8 GRAF ZEPPELIN STARTSFLIGHT - AROUNDWORLD Airship Leaves Lakehurst| | = fOl G(‘l[nan) iz” Pfl sengers Aboard LAKEHURST, N. J,, Aug. 8—The Graf Zeppelin took off at 11:40 o'clock last night on a flight around the world There are 22 passengers aboard, one a woman, and the possibility that a stowaway had been success- ful in hiding himself in some of the dim recesses of the great bag.; Seven passengers have taken pas- sage for the entire trip which in- cludes stops at Friedrichshafen, Mlssmg Danish Ship Belleved Afloat | ‘Tokio, and Los Angcles, before the Zeppelin returns to Lakehurst, which is expected to be in abouf| one month. The other passengers | are going only on the first leg of the journey across the Atlantic. | The night was dark except for the | eastern horizon where a Quaker moon pierced the murk with a gray radiance. The craft passed over New York| City at 12:40 o'clock, Eastern| Standard time, this morning. ROARING ALONG NEW YORK, Aug. 8.—Messages from the Graf Zeppelin herself and ships that have sighted her at sea indicate she is roaring along over the first part of her flight a rate of 100 miles an hour, a rate 15 miles an hour faster than her maximum speed, presumably due to strong tail winds. At 7:30 o'clock this morning the Graf Zeppelin was 420 miles east of Sandy Hook. 1 NOTICE After August 10 no telephone| rentals for the month of August will be accepted at a discount. All remittances by mail must bear postmark of not later than last discount day. Please be prompt. JUNEAU AND DOUGLAS | TELEPHONE CO. - e Dell E. Sheriff, Juueau’s plano tuner. Hotel Gastineau. —adv adv. ]i(-udquurtvrs for FISHERMEN’S MEDICAL SUPPLIES Phone 25 Free Delivery o e [ B e ‘ Here We Are Folks LEATHER BILL FOLDS For our new size money Priced from $1.00 to $5.00 BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. Free Delivery Phone 134 WHEN WE SELL IT IT'S RIGHT HORMEL Milk-Fed Whole CHICKEN 3 pounds or over of solid meat. SPECIAL Snowflake Soda Crackers 2 Ibs., 4 oz., 59 cents CALIFORNIA GROCERY Phone 478 ,—.——. OO N - It P P———— The story of Tristan da Cunha natives of the far-off South A(]annc gives new details of the disappearance of the “Kobenhavn,” the largest sailing vessel in the world. Its fate has been a myst since reported missing with sixty cadets aboard, Captain Kristensen, of the Danish motorship “Mexico,” has been searching THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE THURSDAY, AUG. 8, 1929 e}r{‘ |on Kenai Peninsula. for the missing vessel and credits the natives’ story with a great | | Whitney will proceed to Fairbanks deal of truth. They say the “Kobenhavn” was seen all sails furled and none on board, drifting in the currents of the Tristan de Cunha | islands, search Captain Kristensen is refueling and continuing his (International Newsreel) Old Pd})Ll‘S for sxlc at Itmmr: ()EflL(“ {will return to Kenai Peninsula for | | \ il | taken out non-resident WHITNEY HERE FOR STUDY OF WILD ANIMAI.S [Noted Laslem Sportsman| Is to Make Pictorial Study of Wild Life To begin a two-year study of wild life in Alaska for the Acad- emy of Natural Science of Phila- delphia, Harry Whitney, prominent | B eastern sportsman and naturalist, is enroute to Seward on the steam- er Alaska. He is accompanied by Edmund N. Carpenter, formcr Congressman from Wilkesbarre, Pa. | Mr. Whitney is equipped with a complete motion picture camera outfit. His plan is to make pictor- ial studies of all the wild life in- | digenious to Alaska. He will spend threc months here | {this year and as much or more time next year. This season he will make films of the sea lions in the vicinity of Seward, caribou inj the interior, and mountain sheep | The sea lions | will be recorded first. Then Mr. and go by plane to the Circle country to obtain films of the big | caribou runs. TFollowing this, he the sheep pictures. Both he and Mr. Carpenter have hunting licenses and will do some hunting Mr, Whltmy madc his first. Alas- THE BALANCE OF THE Nelson Statz’onery | GOODRICH Stock to Go Regardless of Cost Must Vacate Building Monday Toys, Dolls, Games, Children’s Books, Novels-new and second hand-- Also many other useful articles at your own pr ice SALE STARTS FRIDAY, 9TH, 9 A. M. BUY YOUR CHRISTMAS GIFTS NOW COME QUICK — STORE MUST BE VACATED MONDAY Geo. M. Simpkins Co. NELSON’S OLD STORE —NEXT TO GORDON’S Confections. ' fllIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIHIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Mac’s Second Hand Store We Buy Everything We Sell Everything TOOLS SHARPENED - KEYS DUPLI- CATED-SAWS SHARPENED - GUNS GUNS REPAIRED-AMMUNITION WE ARE NOW LOCATED ON LOWER SEWARD STREET—Rear of New York Exchange—in the building formerly ocucpied by S. & F. ka mp last summer, accompanying Paul G. Redington, Chief of the Biological Survey on a tour of the Territory. He spent several days in Juneau at that time, Other nonresident hunters Alaska included: Ed Wallinckrodt, of St. Louis, Mo., and W. B. Weekly of Clarks-| ville, Mo., who are enroute to Fair- um}m for an extended hunt in the |interior; Lieut. Commander E. J. | Hoylman, Dental Corps, U. 8. Navy, lof san Diego, Calif., enroute to Kodiak for a bear hunt. He will |return here later for snme hunting |in this district. e e FOUR VIOLATORS OF CAME LAW SENTENCED | | | Four violations of the Alaska Game Law were reported to the | Alaska Game Commission today in | cases coming before Judge Drif- | field, in the United States Commis- | sioner’s Court at Unga, it was an- nounced by E. M. Goddard, Asst. Executive Officer. Convictions were | | obtained in each instance. All arrests were made by Warden | Homer Jewell. John Jacobson {was fined $25 for serving caribou out of season on the gasboat Pi- rate at Squaw Harbor. Charles | Anderson, entering a plea of guilty |to the safe of caribou meat, was | sentenced to four months’ imprison- ment. Henry Fox and Bryan Holt pleaded guilty to hunting out of season on the Aleutian Island re- serve and were sentenced to four months’ imprisonment. R T to | neau, is a through passenger on the Try & TOASTED SANDWICH &l the Juneau Ice Cream Pariors. ad Coming Coliseum | SINGING FOOL 3 Watch for Date | i | | | Hi-Press | Crepe Soles Pacs A light weight, hard wearing pac that is made to fit your foot SABIN’S The Store for Men We Are Agents for THE OWL DRUG CO. PRODUCTS and DARNEE TOILET ARTICLES Juneau Drug Company H. M. HOLLMANN R. R. HERMANN Free Delivery Phone 33 Post Office Substation No. 1 OUR SALES GIVE US A small margin of profit and a great portion of pleasure STREET “FROLIC” IS CALLED OFF; WEATHER 1S BAD The proposed open air concert and “dance on the pavement,” to (have been given tonight starting at 18 o'clock by the Juneau City Band, has been postponed owing to the present inclement—which means showery—weather. The bandsmen announced this afternoon that on .......... $2.35 FLOUR, 50 1b. bag, good baking Family Caddy GRAHAM CRACKERS, the first summer evening, the cvent will take place. regular 70 cents o8 gt nay g 55 —.————— i ) JARE BEREIRGER: 1O | ROYAL BAKING POWDER, reg. 55¢ .46 At OR B CRISCO. 3 The st b ey CRYSTAL WHITE SOAP, 22 bar MISSION BELL TOILET SOAP, reg. 10 cents, 13 bars FREE—A handy DISH MOP with GOLD DUST, package ......cccc........ Jake Hepfinger, pioneer Alaska | barber who has operated shops at Nome, Fairbanks and Anchorage, and who was employed for a time at the Pioneer Barber Shop in Ju- Alaska for Anchorage where he will take over a shop and locate.’ He had made arrangements to get| the Anchorage shop immediately | after leaving Juneau for that place | a few weeks ago, and went south | as a guard for prisoners for U. S. Marshal Sullivan. 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