10 Ships From Arctic
Due for Repairs
EVERETT, Wash., Sept. 17, UP)
—A Washington State Republican j
congressman says he has been no- j
tified that 10 ships headed for j
San Francisco or the East Coast
from the Arctic will be diverted j
into Puget Sound ports for repair.!
District Navy headquarters re- j
ported at Seattle that the first of !
the ships to return will arrive at
Seattle early Monday. The vessel
is the USS Requisite, a survey
ship. It is commanded by Lt.
Cmdr. R. S. W. Hopkins.
ANTELOPE BULLDOGGED
FORT PECK, Mont. —George
Haynes of Fori Pack got his ante
lope this season by bulldogging it.
Haynes, hunting with friends, J
spotted the antelope and fired his j
big game rifle, but hit only the i
animal’s antlers. The antelope fell j
but as Haynes approached it!
jumped and he caught one of its j
hind legs.
The man-antelope struggle was j
all antelope un.il Haynes grabbed I
the antlers and twisted the ani- j
mat’s neck.
Tea plants are evergreens, but i
must grow in hot, moist climates, j
Sculptor Carl Miles
Dies in Stockholm
STOCKHOLM 0P1—One of mod
ern sculpture’s towering figures,
80-year-old Carl Miles, died at his
home here Monday night. The
Swedish-born artist had become
a U.S. citizen in 1945.
Milles worked in the U.S. from
192.9 to the end of World War II,
when he moved to Home.
His sculptures are in most West
European capitals and in miny
U.S. cities, including New York,
St. Paul, St. Louis, and Wilming
ton.
MONDAY BASEBALL
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St. Louis 6, Chicago 5
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No voice can sing, no heart can frame.
Nor can the memory find
A sweeter sound that Thy blest Name »
O Savior of mankind. 5
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... A report by the Alaska Steamship Company to its customers
and friends on the progress of plans to provide ever-better service
to a growing area.
Alaska Steamship Company’s purchase of two additional ships
within the past six months... a total of seven ships since World
War II... points up the Company’s expanding investment in
the future of Alaska. Six additional vessels under charter serve
in Alaska’s largest fleet to maintain the Alaska Line’s sixty year
tradition of serving Alaska best.
S. S. FORTUNA
EC-2 (Liberty-type), formerly “Volunteer State,”
10,500 tons, purchased from States Marine Corporation,
New York", for Alaska service.
M. V. GALENA
CI-MAV-I (Coastal freighter type), formerly “Levers
Bend,” 6,090 tons, purchased from Munargo Lines
Company, Weehawken, N. J., for Alaska service.
ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
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THE MAIN LINE TO ALASKA