The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 6, 1950, Page 7

THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1950 JRP AIRLIFT ENDS PREPARATIONS FOR 1950 EXPEDITION With benefit of last year’s ex- perience, favorable weather and perfect ticipating units, preparations for the main 1950 Juneav Icefield Re- search Project (JIRP) of the Amer- ican Geographical Society have been completed in record time and efficiency, according to Field Di- rector Maynard Miller. The Air Force and Navy aircraft which made the supply landings and drops have returned to thew bases, and the rem members plan. to be it T camps on the Juneau Ice Cap 2y the end of the week. Miller and two companions-- possibly four—will be flown to Taku Lodge this evening, to_try a new route up the west side of East Twin Glacier. The U.S. Forest Service is considering the four-mile asce: as a possible easy trail to the ice field. Wwith Miller will be Calvin J. Heusser, Oregon botanist, and Fred- erick A. Small of New York, who is expedition secretary and food chair- man. Miller hopes that two others coordination among par-i | to establish a new base (Camp 15) | station before going IRP ! (ice sister ship of the commercial will arrive from Whitehorse in time | to join them. They are Gerald Was- | serburg, University of Chicago min- .(-r;dogisl, and Charles O. Harring- | {ment was delivered by the Air SOUR MASH KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY BONDED 100 PROOF | to that which took three weeks last | year, ton, Massachusetts micro-meteorol- ogist who was on the expedition last year, With those who already have made the steep climb to the Ice Cap, this will total 15 men in the field by July 7, with progress well under way. The JIRP party, which | will have the benefit of part-time ! consultants during the summer, ex- | pects to remain until winter snows, | about October 1. Four men left Juneau Tuesday on Lemon Glacier. They are An- thony (Tony) Thomas of Juneau, on loan from the Forest Service, who will establish a meteorological | to the main ase (Camp 10) Saturday; Robert | B. Forbes, geologist and former | parachuter who was in charge of | the first supply operations; Arthur ! K. Gilkey, Columbia University geologist, and Frederick A. Milan | of the University of Alaska, whose | classification is meteorology, me-| chanics and communications. Two twin-engine transport tyvoe aircraft have maintained the airlift | to supply the JIRP bases. The serv- DC-3 (like that used most com- monly by Pacific Northern Airlines) | are the Air Force’s C-47, equipped | with both wheels and skis, and the | Navy’s R-4D, which made both free-fall and parachute drops. In the seven flyable days ouf of the eight days used, the Navy drop- | ped a total of six tons in eight| flights, including essentials for four new camps. | About the same amount of equlp-i Force plane, which made six ski landings in three days. The eight- | day combined operation compares For the 10th Rescue Squadron the JIRP operation also provided | a proving ground for pilots. Two B-17's (Flying Fortresses) arrived Sunday, one of them bringing five Air Force pilots to be checked ou' on experimeital ski landings. Capt. Roy Holdiman, 10th R executive officer, made his first ski- landing of the season Sunday—the fifth one on the Ice Cap “strip,” and | made one take-off from there with- | out using JATO (jet-assisted take- | off), as the snow-ice was hard and | firm. He checked out Lt. Larry Cronin on the next flight, Cronin making a perfect ice landing on | his first try. On two trips Sunday and Monday, | several persons associated with the | expedition were taken on familiari- | zation flights. These included Bob | Davlin, Ranger Mel Hardy and Glen | Kirkham, contact man, all of the | Forest Service here; Dr. John Reed of Washington, D.C., former Alaska | chief for the U.S. Geological Sur- | DR. 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Delivering miscellaneous sup- | plies, instruments and lumber to| JIRP bases, one week-end trip of | the Navy aircraft was for two hours | clear across the ice field, chuting| and free-falling loads to eight camps on the way. i These new camps were established THE DAILY ALASKRA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA FINE THING ! BLONDIE'S OVER A HALFJ HOUR LATE ROUND . FOUR.THE CONTENDER CAME OUT FAST... PALOOKA CIRL L HIA AND PINKNEY LASHED A SAVAGE LEFT... IS HE SWITCHING STYLE AGAIN... LHASSA, BABY! YOURE DOWNRIGHT SELFISH. YoU RUINED THE 6LIDE BEFORE OUR PLAYMATES CAME TO DAVY JONES WILL IANOTHER ROUND FOR M HUSBAND! I5 ON THE PACK FEINTED WITH HIS LEFT ANG SHOT A HARD RIGHT T0 THE MIDRIFF... IT WAS LIKE A BULLET.. BEFORE THE TOTALITARIAN SOLDIERS CAN DESCEND TO THE THE GOLD LOADED TRE-ET. ANIMALS % PAGE SEVEN * PINKNEY DROPS TO HIS KNEES... HIS MANAGER YELLS FouL... THE REFEREE ! 5 QUESTIONING. 1 " PINKNEY... AND |F THOUGHT HAS NOT OCCURRED TO HONORABLE ANCESTOR 5PIRITS, PLEASE NOTE —— WOULD BE MOST HELPFUL IF REBELS ASSUME WE FLEE TO HILLS INSTEAD OF METAL BIRD'S RESTING PLACE. Optometrist p AND SO THE TROPHY_FROM BORNEO BECOMES A BAD LUCK PIECE FOR OUR FRIEND VITAMIN! WHAT CAN HE DO Now? & I SHOULD HAVE LET THAT WRETCHED HEAD GO! CURSED OBJECT THAT IT IS! EYES EXAMINED by air drops: Camp 16 on Lemon ViSuAL TRAINING B {58 P Glacier; Camp 15 on the high ice at 5,000 feet behind the peaks of the Coast Range east of Berner's Bay, and another far off to the| | northeast on the divide between the Llewellyn Glacier ice drainage to- |ward Lake Atlin and that which !flows into the Taku. This base (Camp 8) is located directly on the international border between South- east Alaska and northwestern Brit- ish Columbia. Like the Berner's| Bay camp, it is in unexplored country. JUNE SUNSHINE IN NEAR RECORD; MONTH WAS DRY| According to information re- leased by the United States | Weather Bureau the month of June | |was sunny, warm_and dry. The amount of sunshine was the highest | ever recorded in June since the air-| ! port station was established in July | 1943. } The mean June temperature |reached within 4 of a degree of i that in 1946 which is the highest on record. This is the first month —e o L o since October 1949 that tempera- p " tures have been above the normal Gl EVER'BODY IN HOW'S CHAWIN' TERBACKY-- i inpurans . Fekdgs HOOTIN' HOLLER ONE THIS ONE/| | CHAWIN' TERBACKY-~ o saallod thie Juna. The high- OF YORE BODACIOUS SNUFFY?| | AN’ WHAT FOLLERS est temperature of 83 degrees equals RIDDLES BUT DON'T TH' BRIDE ?* that of 1946 and 1948 and the lowest TELL NOBOOY TH' temperature of 33 degrees equals| | CAN GIT FOLKS SUSPENDERS,| | ANSWER TILL THEY DOWN TO TH' SNUFFY-- GIT OUT AN’ VOTIN' POLE, . VOTE 2, that of 194Q. “RIDDLES" TELEPHONE 266 SiMPSON BLDA. JUNEAU REGAIN CONSCIOUSNESS! THEN ¥ WILL BE THE DOOMED ONE AND HE THE VICTOR. IFONLY T COULD SWIM! THIS INFERNAL OBJECT ISN'T VERY STEADY! GENERAL CONTRACTORS PHONE 357 Glacier Construction Co. New Building — Remodeling — Cabinet Work Plastering — Concrete Pouring Sand and Gravel Hauling SCRATCH PADS All Sizes All Colors 3 5¢per pound y* A delightful place for a snack. g I've got five out is air here now. Theytre conditioned. learning about us! How you doin, S15? BY DOGGIES!! 1 KNOW HOW YE Empire Printing Company Phone 374 KEEP ME IN The total precipitation of 1.08 was well below the June normal and equaled the lowest previous re-| cord in 1946. Airport Data Highest temperature: 83 in 1948 and 1948; this June, 83. Lowest temperature: 33 in 1949; this June, 33. Mean maximum temperature: average 62.9; this June 67.6. Mean minimum temperature: average 445; this June 44.7. Mean monthly | temperature: normal 53.0; this| June 56.4. Total precipitation: nor- | mal 366 inches; this June 1.08 inches. Maximum wind: S 35 in| 1949; this June S 35. Average| clpudiness: average 74 percent; this June 63 percent. Percentage of pos- sible sunshine: average 36 percent; this June 51 percent. City Data Highest temperature: 82; lowest | temperature: 39; mean maximum "tenpernture: 86.8; méan minimum | temperature: 49.0; mean monthly temperature: 57.9; total precipita- tion: 155 inches. DADDY-T WANTED TO TALK TO YoU THIS MORNING - IT'S ABOUT MY, ALLOWANCE# I CAN'T STOP-MAGGIE - I'M LATE FOR A BIG BOARD MEETING AT THE OFFICE NOW # -YAH! WELL-I GOT OUT OF THOSE TWO MONEY MATTERS FOR TODAY AT LEAST# OH-DEAR--I WANTED TO TALK _TO HM ABOUT A NEW FUR COAT NORTHBOUND S.S. Alaska .......July 9 Seward .. A LOT ON MY MIND -I MUST GET TO THE OFFICE N A S.S. Aleutian ‘Wrangell July 9 Seattie S.S. Alaska Petersburg Ketchikan $S. Alaska o Ao Seward July 9 ‘ FREIGHTER SAILINGS FROM SEATTLE RING SPLICE — June 30 H. E. 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