The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 28, 1948, Page 7

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1948 NAVY DEPARTMENT SOON T0 CELEBRATE f507H ANNIVERSARY {April 30th is the 160th anniversary of the founding of the Navy Depart- ment. Exactly nine years to the day = - S e, e the Ame n public demanded to know where their ships were. . . why weren't American warships on| { KINY — JUNEAU the high seas to protect our mer-| cha n? Congress responded to | Alaska Bcl‘fl;dcgstms Co. this pressure and recommeded the | R g gy appointment of a Commissioner of | WEDNESDAY EVENING Mariié in the War Department. Bup| 5:00--WINNER TAKE ALL-CBS. the Secetaty of"War himself, James | 5:30-—Totem Talk—Forecasts. McHenry, suggested the establish- 5:45—Vik|ng Varieties. fmen of & Navy Dipartment to pro-| 0:00—Juneau-Young News. tsct our soverelgn rights on the seas,| 8:16—Dinner Waits, affer George Washington's inaugu- ration as first President of the United States, President = Adams signed the bill which created this new department for national de- STITCTION (“Old Ironsides”) and the CON ly trigate: hich had been launched when President Adams created the fense. | Navy Department on April 30th, When France declared war onj1798. *Old Ironsid and the “CON- Great B and Spain in 1793, STELLATION" are afloat. Presi-| olir infar ublic found itself un- dent Truman recently approved | ed by the struggle be- TION e attempted to use the United States as a base for privateering, and Eng- land directed the detention of Amer- ican ships carrying French produce or provisions to French colonies. To make matters worse, pirates of the Barbary powers were boarding American ships, capturing stores, and ok i holding our seaman for ransom. As S T R L 7 TN a result, American merchant ship- ping was in danger of being com- pletely destroyed. Thomas Jefferson had recommended fitting out a Na- val Force strong enough to protect our commerce, and in its absence FIRST SECRETARY In quick successi rem: orized 12 additional vessels to be built, purchased, or hired. Public indig- Juneau Foot Clinnc Rm. 14, Shattuck Bldg. PHONE: BLUE 379 By Appointment Only the United States paid tribute amounting to $2,000000 in one i - —_— decade. | rm—— ki FIRST NAVAL VESSELS Drastic action had to be taken if American merchant ships were to sail the seas free from harrassment and humiliation. Congress passed the al Act of 1794 which provided for e force of six frigat . large, square rigged men- r, second in fight- " FREDR. WOLF Blectrical Contractor House Wiring OUR SPECIALTY Box 2135 Black 379 only to ships-of-the Brownie's Liquor Store Phone 103 159 So. Franklin P. 0. Box 2596 fidirg these ships invoived many problems. Timber had to be cut and seasoned; materials collected; ves- sels designed; shipyards built or rented; skilled workmen employed; ecured; officers commis- ; crews recruited, assemtled, and trained. Construction progres- Bader Accounting Service sed on all six {rigates until early in RUTH BADER 1796 when an American doplomat Accounting—Tax Reports concluded peace with Algiers. As a Secretarial result the President was authorized to permit work on only three of the original vessels. Opposition to a new fleet sprang largely from a group of isolationists in Congress. FOR NAVY DEPARTMENT By 1798 when relations with France were so strained, and our naval weakness became so obvious, 3 Valentine Bldg., Telephone 919 H. S. GRAVES The Clothing Man LEVI'S OVERALLS for Boys GECRGE BROS. 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It seeks public accept- ance on the basis of the merits of the product or service advertised rather than by the disparagement of competing goods. It tries to avoid practices that are offensive or annoying. 4: Good Advertising recognizes both its economic responsibility to help re- duce distribution costs and its social responsibility in serving the public interest. [ Quoted from: . EDIT™R and PURTISHER The Fourth Estate The UNITED STATES, the CON-“ ELLATION were the on- | restoration of the CONSTELLA-! jon Congress ap*| sted funds for completing the | ining frigates and later auth-| -~ | time administrator ?f—"?rcxr"::a> ships, and 60,000 smaller | In the Dictrict Court for the Terri- ‘JAMES D. MADSEN and ED- 6:30—Sports on Spot. 6:45—Happy Smith. 7:00—FREE FOR ALL-CBS. | 7:30—ARTHUR GODFREY-CBS. | 8:00—Standard News—Forecasts. 8:15 Community Center. 8:30—Amos #nd Andy ! 5—Supper Club. | 9:15—Remember i 9:30—Radio Theatre. | 10:00—Alaska Line News. 10:15—Words with Music 10:30—Forecasts. First newscast of the day at 7:30 | A. M. the special job' required a full-' versed especi-' ally in maritime affairs. President | {Adams appointed Benjamin Stad- | | dert of Georgetown and Blandenburg, Maryland, as the first Secretary of the Navy STODDERT GREAT SECRETARY ! |, Bejamin Stoddert is still (‘Olhl'l-‘ ered to be one of the greatest Sec- retaries in the 150 years of the N Department. He was a leading ship- | | ping merchant of Georgetown and |was ‘well qualified for the position. |Faced with the establishment of a E was in progress | on which to base | performed d was his | t some of his policies are |’ [still in effect realize finally th of building a Na FIRST SEA DUTY ORDERS Joshua Hunphreys, a Quaker and | Philadelphia shipbuilder, was the | first Naval Constructor to be ap-| pointed in the United States. The | first orders to sea issued by the| | Secreta of the Navy-——the first| of hurdreds of thousands in suc- | iceeding years——were issued on {June 26, 1798 by Secr |to Captain Stephen Dec |mand the ship DELWARE. y Stoddert | ur to com- | | STRENGTH OF NAVY IN 1801 At the end of the war in 1801, the | United States Navy had grown from | cne converted nantman, the | GANGES, to & % of 54 ships,| nd 1000 regu commissioned | privately armer Is. i |STRENGTH iN WORLD WAR II| In compar! the peak officer and enlisted strength of the U. S. N during World War II was 0 officers and 3,069,000 en- |listed men. Peak number of U. S. Nevy ships during World War II |was 7.234 combat ships, 1,100 non- craft | NAVY STRENGTH TODAY Today the U, 8! Navy has 44,922 officers and 352,185 enlisted men. | The Marine Corps has 8876 officers | and 72,783 enlisted men for a grand itotal of 478766. 217 combatant ves- | s and 488 minor and auxiliary | ; MONITION AND ATTACHMENT No. 5878-A. tory of Alaska, Division Number One, at Juneau, in Admiralty. WARD P. MADSEN, co-partner, doing business under the name and style of MADSEN CYCLE & FISH- ING SUPPLY, Libellants, vs. OR- VILLE WHEAT; and the vessel 31 A 791, her tackle, apparel, furni- ture, boats, engines, and other ap- |’ purtenances; and all persons inter- vening for their interest in said vesel, Libellees. The President of the United Staes of America and to the Marshal of said District, Greeting: WHEREAS, a libel has been filed in the above-entitled court on the 12th day of April, 1948, by the above~ entitled libellants, to recover the sum of $2503.86 in causes of coon- tract, civil and maritime, for the ‘easons and causes in said libel men- tioned, and praying the usual pro- éss and monition of the court in that behalf to be made, and that all oersons interest in said vessel 31 A 791 may, be sighted in general and special to answer the premises and, due proceedings being had, that the vessel 31 A 791, may, for the causes n said libel mention, be- condemned and sold to pay the demands of the 'ibellants. You are hereby commanded -to ittach the said vessel 31 A 791, and o detain the same in your custody mtil the further order of the court -especting the same, and to give due 10tice to all persons claiming the ame, or knowing or having anything o say why the same should not be -ondemned and sold pursuant to the rayer of said libel, that they be nd appear before the said court, to be held in and for the above-en- itled district on the 10 day of May, 1948, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of the same day, if the same shall be a day of jurisdiction, otherwise on the next day of jurisdiction there- after, then and there to interpose a laim for the same, and make their 1legations in that behalf. And what you shall have done in he premises do you then and thére nake return thereof together with this writ. \ WITNESS the Honorable George W. Folta, Judge of the above-entitled sourt and the seal thereof affixed at Juneau, Alaska, this 12 day of April, 1948. J. W. LEIVERS, Clerk « By P. D. E. McIVER, (SEAL) Deputy. Pirst publication, April 17, 1948. Last publication, May 3, 1948. I WONDER tF DOGS LIKE RAW i W FLOOR, MISS oYL— Youl FIND THEM NORTH BY .3 PAGL SEVEN HAVE MODERN ) WHERE WERE YOU LASTNIGHT ? I BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND, VAN GOBLIN. SINCE Yol RECOGNIZED THE STATUE A5 A FAKE, AND SINCE YoU CAME TO ME: WITH IT, T MUST ASSUME THAT YoU KNowW E REST e L)L) 1 0oLl T'TRY AN’ RIEMBEI MORNING, 0OC... WHEKEAIR%QK A PITC EésM.BER WENT T0 IS PLAC BUT I COULDN'T OAD-BLAMED SHAX OF THE STORY. { | UNDERSTAND THAT WALLET & BOBBLE 15 A WIDE-AWAKE, GOING CONCERN. 77 7 THAT IT 16! THEY ARE A PAIR OF Gl's THAT GTARTED FROM SCRATCH. YORE A EXPART ON CHICKEN STEALIN', SUT-- HOW MUCH TIVE YE RECKON THEY'LL GIVE MY PAW ? BROTHER -HE'S BEEN UP IN THE AIR FOR OVER TWO DAYS --T WISH HE HADN'T TAKEN THAT JOB A5 A SKYWRITER - - 3 M WORRED ABOUT My | SAY, MR MULLINS, YOURE WANTED IN i e orfice { OH-FRANK BUT...T WAS ATHINKIN' LATER WHITE . HE'S AN'I KINDER THINK MEBBE ...I SORTER GOT A IDEE ... SAY —=WHERE'S ), AT THE TH' FELLER YEW INTERDUGED ME TO _( SENTINEL . THAT THERE NCWSPAPER FELLER ? N T WAS RATHER. UNLUCKY POR.YOU THAT D 1 DO! T WAG APPROACHED RECENTLY BY A JAP EX-OFFICER B SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT HIS LOOT TO ME. WHO WISHED TO 6ELL ME THE PIECE. HE TOLD ME OF FINDING A RUINED PALACE IN THE JUNGLE, WHILE ON PATROL. DURING THE WAR— AND OF IT5 OCCUPANT, A WHITE MAN WHO BRIBED FEN HIM TO LEAVE BY GIVING HIM AN ALLEGED PRICELESS ANTIQUE STATUETTE. - OM-Hf THAT YBUT THE | [ IT WON'T BE WAS OUR |NEw ONE JUST LIKE IT. E 14T Cejg IT B.O PLENTY, REBUILDING HECK, NO! THEY'VE MADE QUITE A NAME FOR X THEN THEY THROUGH HERE ALL THE THEMSELVES AS A FIX-IT SHOP. AND | ARENT JUST THEY'VE GET AN EXAMPLE FOR A LOT | LOCALLY OF OTHERS AROUND THE COUNTRY. / OL JEDGE POTTE W%E\\)'T GIVE H\Gofxz POTT MORE'N TWO €R DAYS - WHO'D \ORE PAW STEAL: TH CRICKENS FROM ? 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