THE WEATHER
High: 88° on July 13.
Low: 49' on July 12 and 13.
Average: 85°. 3° above normal.
Precip.: 05 inches.
Weekend Outlook: Partly cloudy
with scattered showers. Temp- j
eratures near normal.
Sunrise T'xiay: 2:06. a m.
Sunset Today: 9:46 p.m.
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Rare Old Map Drawn In 1597
For English Atlas Sheds New
Light On Alaska Exploration
Did or did not Vitus Bering, Danish explorer in Russian em
ploy. discover Alaska?
A rare old map, included m an English atlas in 1597, was
discovered recently in a New York gallery, and has thrown an
entirely new light on early Alaskan history.
The ancient map was drawn approximately 110 years before
Bering, commonly credited with Al-*—-—.
aska s discovery, was bom.
The document, included as one of
19 maps in Cornelius Whytfliet’s
“Atlas of the New World,” first
published in 1597 and later revised
in 1607. was discovered in the hands
of a New York broker, the Argosy
Galleries, by the Rev. Robert
Greene, priest in charge of St. Tim
othy's mission in Tanacross.
The New York firm guaranteed
the authenticity of the map. but to
make absolutely sure, Greene
checked with the Library of Con
gress. where he found a duplicate
copy. The head of the map division
of the Congressional library stated
positively that the document was
genuine.
The towns and forests included
are ficticious, Greene says, since
this was the custom with old time
maps of areas totally unexplored.
The rivers, however, are probably
authentic.
Although Whytfliet may be the au
thor of the map. the person or per
sons who did the actual exploration
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Huslia Forest
Fire Still On
Big Rampage
Firefighters began pulling out of
the Huslia area Wednesday as ef
forts to dotitrol the forest fire
raging in that locale were aban
doned. The fire covers about 50,000
acres now, according to Robert A.
Smith, assistant district forester.
Smith said the fire is still growing.
The village of Huslia is not in im
mediate danger.
Meanwhile, at Beaver the fire is
burning against the wind as some
51 men are fighting to control or
confine the blaze. About 3.000 acres
are burning there.
The weather bureau reported
that neither area had much rain,
but said that there is a possibility
of heavy precipitation in the next
day or two.
ACS Holding
Open House
Here Saturday
The Fairbanks office of the Alas
ka Communications System will
hold its annual open house Satur
day afternoon from 2-5 p.m. in con
nection with Golden Days.
Tours of the Billy Mitchell toll
building will be conducted through
out the afternoon. The building is
located on Gaffney road just out
side the main gate of Ladd.
Visitors will see the semi-auto
matic tape relay center, the new
3CL long distance telephone switch
board and the latest in electronic j
equipment used in modern day tel
egraph and telephone communica
tions.
The ACS has served military and
government agencies in Alaska, as
well as the public, since May 26,
1900. Gen. Mitchell served with the
ACS as a young first lieutenant.
The system offers many types of
communications service to Alaska,
including air to ground telephone
and telegraph, broadcast service to
commercial radio stations, leased
circuits to transportation companies,
newspapers, ship to shore telegraph
and telephone service, and world
wide long distance telephone and.
telegraph service.
The ACS interconnects with the
American Telephone and Telegraph
company, Western Union Telegraph
company and the Pacific Telephone
(Continued on Page 24)
SHEDS NEW LIGHT
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This rare old map of Alaska, drawn in 1597, brings to light new information on the early exploration and
discovery of Alaska, See story Page 1.
ATTEND SAFETY MEETING
The Safety Council meeting of the North Pacific Division of the
Army Engineers took place at Ladd Tuesday and Wednesday. Attend
ing were the safety chiefs and other top officials in charge of multi
million dollar construction ini Alaska, as well as the Portland, Seattle
and Walla Walla areas. Piictured here are some of the visiitors.
First row, left to right: Charles Stillinger, Edwin Derrick, Roy
Cami, C. J. Moreland, Ed Smith. Bert Richter and Wardie W. King.
Second row: Oliver Lewis, Marion Lantz, Don Josselyn and James
Sidey. Bock row: Neal Chitwood, John Oldfield, M. D. Ely and
Walter Spencer.
Mrs. Sanford
Davis Appears On
Queen For A Day'
After ironing all the clothes and
washing all the dishes for 24 chil
dren for over 10 years, Mrs. San
ford Davis, of the Fairbanks Chil
dren's Home, has won a mangle
and a dish washer.
She was awarded the items when
she appeared on “Queen for a Day,”
CBS's ‘Cinderella” show starring
Jack Bailey. Mrs. Davis made both
radio and television appearances* on
the show July 9.
It all started when the Davis’
and their two children, Patty and
Earl, left May 25 on their first va
cation in 11 years. After visiting
wdth relatives in Pennsylvania, the
family headed for Ontario, Califor
nia. a suburb of Los Angeles, to
visit former Fairbanksans Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Shrock, wrho now make
their home there.
Shrock, a former contractor here,
adopted two children from the San
ford's home.
Shortly after arriving in Califor
nia, Mrs. Davis suddenly found her
self standing on a stage before a
microphone and camera, facing an
audience of 800 people, one of the
largest the popular ladies’ show
has ever had.
Mrs. Davis was chosen as one of
five candidates for queen in a pre
vious drawing. Twenty-one ladies
were called on stage, from w'hich
the five were chosen.
(Continued on Page 24)
NARCE To Meet Sunday
Acting secretary of the National
Association of Retired Civil Em
ployees Louise J. II. Boucher has
called a meeting of the group for
Sunday afternoon.
All members are urged to attend
the important session, to be held at
2 p in. in the US. Commissioner's
courtroom.
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