The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 20, 1940, Page 2

z THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY JUNE 20 |940 AU i III|IlIllIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIHIIIIHNIIIMIIIIHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIII"Hlfl"llIlllllllllllllllllllIIIIHI-.HIIIIIlIIIIIIIHIHHIHIIHINIIlllfllllIlIIll!llllllllllllllllllllIlIlllllllllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII_ ATULATIONS TO THE %1 iska Airways’ New (A-U. S. AIR SERVICE i liree Views of Alaslea’s New Airliner! ' This day, June 20, 1940, will go down in the histery beoks as an important date in the development of Alaska. Teday the first airmail is carried from Seattle to Juneau, linking the States and the Territory into a closer commercial, social and cultural union. z | Alaska's mail has traveled by dog team over the white stretchesof | the north, by steamship, railroad, automobile and in the packs of men 1 on foot. It hastraveled for several years in lesser planes. TODAY it | travels for the first time in a full-scale Clipper plane, flying serenely ; % | over international waters between Seattle and Juneau Mail is an important part of every Alaskan's life. He looks for- ward to the arrival and departure of every mail hoat with keen per- sonal interest. Now the Alaskan looks skyward with equal interest. The mail from the great Outside will be pushed into Juneau post office hoxes the same day it is written in Seattle. Auk Bay, just seven hours out of Seattle, Today's first flight of air mail is a great event for Alaska and for Juneau. WE HAIL THE ARRIVAL OF THE ALASKA CLIPPER! First Flight of Mail Today! This Advertisement Sponsored by the Following - Juneaun Business Establishments “rm.m f‘"?"é‘mml of ,u"j (‘|ip[|o|" ,,‘1,.....- li. shown vin‘thi.s cut-away drawing. Large and : SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS TO PAA G A s T l" E A u H n T E l. comunodious, the Clipper gives passengers a chance to stretch their legs enroute. H o T E L J " N E A U PR EAR v CLARENCE WISE—Owner-Manager Surprisingly Moderate Rates SHATTUCK AGENCY COL“HBIA Lumm W INSURANCE o B R s v yrib P o i : i L > i IT's TIME TO CALL SABRB l N°S 7 l 7 Fo: Your Cab 7' 7 ; “The Storel for Men” BROADWAY CAB (0. mn n nzumns mx Jumw Youm; mnnwmz cu ey ; ke e r E R C V'S M RDYAL BL“E CAB EO 14 FOUNTAIN, BESTAURANT and LIQUOR STORE PHONE PHONE “Open All Night” Dinner, Breakiast, Lunch Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. BIEE & AHLERS C0. Congratulations and Success to PAA New Flight Schedule WY, : BARANOF HOTEL Appointments of the Clipper are (‘!eflmed t> put pusenm .-l ;el; eue‘l‘bh lnluhr 4 : “Alaskuss 'J“rgestm M”st Mmm floteIQQ might be duplicated in a de luxe railroad car o in the lounge of a steamer. 14 OO0 0 00 00 0