The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 14, 1941, Page 6

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, JULY 14, 1941 STRANGE! 1 &ITS FUR'S I KIN SEE,SAM, YER TIRED AN’ RUN- DOWN.-- YUH DONT SEEM T/BE GITTIN TH” WOTS TH’ MATTER WITH T/BED AT NINE-THUTTY AN’ I'M UP AT SEVEN-.-. By CLIFF STERRETT COME T’ THINK OF IT, DOC, I WLZ-UNTIL ) SUSIE OBJECTED v I T/ TH’ SOUND/ YEAH--- THEM'S FINE HOLIRS, BUT ARE YUH A SOUND SLEEPER 2 ARINE NEWS | 35 Arrive On ISTEAMER MOVEMENTS : . NORTHBOUND o ena | rom |'® North Sea scheduled to arrive ® ® tomorrow afternoon. . ® Princess Charlotte scheduled ® S . to arrive tomorrow after- @ d : 5 o e Mount McKinley due to ar- e y e rive Wednesday o Westbound, the steamer Denali, ® ~SCHEDULED SAILINGS ¢ : i ® Prince Rupert scheduled to sail ® Capt. Hans Odsen and purser Prank | & =57 "0 b i HE o o Roeder, docked in Juneau at 9 o ajayijan scheduled to sail from ® o'clock this morning with 35 Pas- ¢ " geattle 9 a.m. tomorrow. s sen for this port. The vessel ¢ princess Alice’ scheduled to ® f'=d for the Westward shortls sail frmo Vancouver July 16 s before noon. at 9 p. m. . rassengers arriving from Seatile e Tyee scheduled to sail from ® were Mrs. H. Ellington, Gladys Seattle July 17. = Hudson, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Je North Coast scheduled to sail " frey, Mrs. Pearl Johnson, Mr. from Seattle July 18 at 10 Sy e o Alaska Discovered 200 Years I. C. Nevius, Mr. and Mrs, Byron Prince George scheduled to & Peebler, Constance Pfund, Lucy sail from Vancouver July 21 e | M » : Pfund, Mrs. S. R. Pfund, Mrs at 9 p.m. s W In Lena Porter, Billy Poncia, Mrs. HBOUND SAILINGS [l y slg e Garry Poncia, Mrs, Jens Satre, Mrs. Louise scheduled to F. Seltenrich, C. O. Shepardson, at 7 am. tomorrow " Mr. and Mrs, M. H. Sides, Lester ® & 5. mouth 8t 8 #am. B proclama" Piriker, Harvey. Wilitgms, “C. A saranof scheduled southbound Brocks and Donald Troutman From Ketchikan—Peter Gilmorc Jr. and Walter King. From Wrangell—Mr. and Mrs. E. Northland is scheduled south- bound at noon tomorrow. Taku scheduled to arrive Wed- (Continued from Page One) Y nesday. J. Cowling, Mrs. G. B. Calvin, H. e Alaska scheduled southbound e | ZdWard, cither on Elkugu or Her- C. Dunlop and Martha Person, Thursday. bert Graves Island. The eleven men Proth Petersburg—Erland Groth L OCREEATITN GE sent ashore were never heard from again; it is presumed that they were slaughtered by the Indians “On July 16, Bering in the St. Passengers sailing for Seward were Robert E. Hanson D. Phil- lips, Fred Turner Jr., George How- Estebeth scheduled to sail every Wednesday at 6 p.m. for Sitka and wayports. . . . . 0 . . . ° . . m. tomorrow. . J . . . . . . . . . ard, Robert B. Walsh, W. J. L: Dart leaves every Wednesday e Peter sighted a lofty snow-covered Jee Slaby, M. S. Williams, William at 1 pan. for Petersburg, Port @ Peak which he named Mt. St. Elias. Tewkshury, Ward Vic Clydc Alexander, Kake and way- He approached the coast and on the o twentieth sent a landing o ashore on Kayak Island. Untold Hardships { “For the rest of the summer of 1741 the two ships heading home cruised westward along the Alaskan coast exploring territory previously | unknown and unvisited by white | men, and giving names which endure | to this day to islands, capes and | bays. The crews of both vessels suf- | fered untold hardships; nearly all) | were afflicted with scurvy and 31 of |the St. Peter’s company of 75 died This flagship was ‘wrecked on | ports. party Rockwell, A. W H. Price Jr. For Kodiak—H. K. Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Jenny. e Jeneivein and L. (Sun time, July 15) High tide—5:08 am., 132 feet. Low tide—11:20 a.m., 2.7 feet. High tide—5:48 pan., 145 feet. McKinley Now JuneauBound g,y 0. i ree — of it. mander islands, then as now belong- | SEATTLE, June 14. — Steamer Fran(e Helped by ing to Russia; Bering died there on Mount McKinley sailed for Alaska ports Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock | | with 294 passengers aboard, includ- | A R d ( December 8, 1741 of s y - ing 146 steerage. 2 i mer' e ’oss posur&b ERRsa = ; First class passengers aboard the | U “Fifteen other members of the Mount McKinley booked for Juneau | MARSEILLE, France, July 14— crew died during the winter, but the include the following: More than two and a half million gyrvivors of the St. Petm:'s com- D. D. Hull, G. O. Moore, John children in unoccupied France, from pany managed to construct a small Hawks, K. Z. Dorland, Mr. and Mrs. infants up to 14-year-old boys and vessel from the wreckage of their ‘\;wlgmzlr:ke, B. J. Squibb, J. M. mns.‘)mvc received milk from the'larger ship which they launched on | o | American Red Cross, Richard ¥. August 14, 1742 and in it returned[ Allen, dclegate to Europe for the to Petropavlovsk on September 6, C/% SEATT | American Red Or announced. |after they had been given up for LE | “The moral benefit of reaching dead. |all of the children of free France| “Chirikov reached Petropaviovsk is a tremendous thing,” Mr. Allen October 12, 1741, likewise with a said. In addition, more than 42,000 8rcatly reduced crew. Fifteen of complete infant layettes have been these had perished, presumably at lgiven to French mothers. The dis-|the hands of natives off the west tribution of vitamins to children, coaebah Sghtibast Alefka, elevei i [and of several shiploads of flour, i€ first landing partty, previously has been successfully carried ;g:defi togk8 four mekein 5 Bual M. Atlen sl |boat sent ashore six days later to et ol QRIS |find the first party. _Bubscrme to (e Daily Alaska | wppig mfm:,:‘::";mng' rela- Empire—the paper with the larges | gively Jittle known to the world, con- A STaiion. | stitutes one of the really important — |explorations and resulted in one of the epoch-making discoveries of his- tory. It has all the qualities of an epic. Bering’s exploration in effect constitutes a third discovery of Am- erica, if we consider Lief Ericson’s the first and Christopher Columbus’s the second. It was indeed the dis- covery of America from the west, ® Perfect comfort ¥, ® Centrally located arge Kooms ® Splendid food “me and service Bpecial Rates to Permanent Guests i also ALASKANS LIEE THE out, W WASHINGTON PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS muall EFFECTIVE MAY 16, 1941 T by 3 i e . £ aps 10% off twice one-way | [ | 2Bl .le 2 | shortly after 1741 which noted Ber- fares, when purchased |g& | £ | g g | g = B |5 ing’s discovery filled in th t in advance. |18|E1a(5§ 8Bl 8 8 scovery filled in the mos IRl RIS Slglzlg!ldg important hitherto uncharted por- tion of the world. i‘“"b“h"l“::‘ ;'”'fl“f“ e $ :"': & “Thus two hundred years ago, on a (};1l<;\'x'1. d/\la:,ka 141 67‘ $118 succession o‘I dates beginning July Hot Springs, Alaska 8 15 6 19, our_Jexjtory of Alasks begame Juneau, Alaska 151 82 132 kx_'\own to civilization, and, though MeGrath 44 44 18 $120 discovered by the Russians, was with Nome, Alaska 149 74 126 149 $112 a sort of prophetic symbolism iden- Nulato, Alaska 121 50 99 127 83§ 37 tified as part of our American con- Ophir, . 89 48 12 125 10 116 $ 83 tinent. gub,\'i I\& - zl)gfl lgg 22‘32 1156 71 47 15 “In view of today’s national emer- cattle, sh., U. S. A. 3 95 207 234 212 $202 gency, and the necessity of con- Tanana, Alaska 94 24 71 102 59 60 33 20 $197 | tinuing our work without interrup- ‘Whitehor: « Ty 144 75 5 26 114 142 119 109 120 tion, it would not seem advisable for 1 Mo. Tu. meto declare July 15 a public holi- We. Fr. Th. Sa. day, but merely te call this memor- 10:00 Lv SEATTLE, Wash,US.A. PST Ar 18: 16:16 Av JUNEAU, Alaska ......PST Lv 12:45 able anniversary to the attention of our fellow Alaskans, to suggest that su. Mo, they recognize the day in whateyer Tl‘i) ")It;hA 1640 Lv JUNEAU, Aldsk T RE T RO We. Sa. manner seems to them appropriate, . P v JU. , Alaska s % AY Rl and particularly that they display 10:00 16:40 Ar WHITEHORSE, Y. T. ..135° Lv 1 the American Flag and the Alaska 10:20 17:00 Tv WHITEHORSE, Y. T. ..135° Ar Fla, > 12:15 18:56 Ar FAIRBANKS, Alaska ..150° Lv 6:00 ¥ “The history of Bering's voyages is fortunately obtainable. Some nine- L. A. DELEBECQUE—District Sales Manager 135 So. Franklin St. PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS | teen years ago the historian F. A “PHONE 106 - - 1824—4TH AVE —SEATTLE Golder, after careful research, com- e ————————————————— Dilod all the Penmem material in KNIFE-WISE IN THE W ND—_suitable for use as a day or night interceptor is above twin-engined Bristol “Beaufighter,” __shown in flicht somewhere in Enzland. Sht’s a slim and fast heavily-armed fighter that's already seen action. | sailed.” = _ ssoiliaiiinin REP= i SR ROBERT RICE as & paid-up subscriber to The Daily Alaska Empire 1s invited to present this coupon this evening at the box office of the - CAPITOL THEATRE and recelve TWO tickets to see: _“WYOMING" Federal Tazx—50 ver Person WATCH THIS SPACE— Your Name May Appear! Leave Seattle Due Juneau Due Junean Steamer Northbound Northbound Southhound McKINLEY ... Sat. June 28 Tues. July 1 Mon. July 7 ALEUTIAN ... Tues. July 1 Fri, July 4 ThursJuly 10 YUKON .. Thurs.July 3 Mon. July 7 - BARANOF ....... Sat. July 5 Tues. July 8 Mon. July 14 on of Governor two excellent volumes entitled ‘Ber- ing’s Voyages' which were published by the American Geographical So- ciety. These are now available in relatively inexepnsive reprints. They make fascinating reading. They re- call the brave days when men pio- neered and endured privation and hardship for the sake of knowledge, in the hope of advancing their per- sonal fortune, and for the greater glory of the flag under which they —— .- — MIKE KELLEY N BASER FOR 47 YA Quit College fo Get lnfo Permanent Business ~Minor Manager' AP FEATURE SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS, July 14 — Forty- seven years azo young Michael Kel- 1y cornered his father and told him he thought he'd quit college and make baseball his care i Thirty-seven persons are believed to have perished when the 44-foot cabin cruiser Don exploded in Casco Bay off Harpswell, Me., d_urmg a fishing party of men, women and boys from Rumford and Mcxl_co. Me. This picture, made at Harpswell, shows some of the persons killed in | the tragedy as they boarded the ill-fated craft. | pretty definite ideas about the mod- of live ducks—and then took ’‘em ern game—not all complimentary. back because he decided they were Says he: to pretty to be killed. | “There just isn't as much base- RN ETTR | 11 played these days. Not as much inside ball. They don’t run the bas- es #s much and while the game is er mechanically there is too ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS SEALED BIDS will be received| by the Board of Directors of the| at Sitka,| “Michael,” his father said, Fwhat ‘550 MOCMMIIERR CIEE O o | Sitka Lutheran Church, ycu want to do is your own, busi-| 77 TUUUTEE TR CTS et Alaska, on or before July 26, 1941, qess. You can take up baseball if you! The —game’s il fascinating, ' L TetL " at which time ike, but I was hoping yowd get| hcuzh, Mi ‘“""1_‘_"\""“; "1“12‘1: they will be*opened for the furni nto something permanent.” S R "““““‘“‘;‘];l_;“,i, WHICR 18 of all labor and materials for| That wa: three years short of| 1 half century ago, and Mike could| He :2 excused now for wondering just i what his father meant by perman-|bascball vesn’t believe in Kis: | 'ncy. Mike, owner of the Minne-|ing babic ep mothers coming apolis Millers, has been in baseball | ¢ sver since that day. yers are as tough as He might be called the (say 1it|the old-timers, but theyre coddled, lowly, please) Cornelius MecGilli- | he says. Clubs carry too many men. ‘uddy of the minors. Connie Mack|When players come up with minor s the oldest man in the majors injuries substitutes are there to re- n_point of service. Minneapolis|place them. Not so in the old days, Mike, at 65, holds that distinetion|be recalls, when nothing short of a in the minors. broken leg kept a man out of the adv. Mike doesn't do any scorecard |lineup. vaving from the dugout, thodgh, or{ Touzh? Hard-hearted? Well, not make any appearances on the field.|exactly. You might think so if it Mcst of his club work is confined |weren't for incidents like the tifne fo the front office, but he has some Mike gave his groundskeeper a brace o ST 2 o > the CONSTRUCTION of the Si(l—:n: Lutheran Church building at Sitka,| Alaska, Plans may be obtained either from the architect, Harold Foss, Juneau, Alaska, or Frank Kuehn, secretary of the Board of Directors, Sitka, Alaska. A deposit of $10.%0 will be required for each sct of plans and specifications. The Board of Directors reserves the right to reject any or all bids. THE SITKA LUTHERAN CHURCH. —_——— was the last American n magnate to yield to ni !largest paid circulation of any Al- aska newspaper. 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