TOURIST TRADE UNHURT BY
WAR TALK. SAYS ALASKA
STEAMSHIP COMPANY
R. C. Rose, assistant general
passenger agent for Alaska
Steamship Company, observes
that war talk has not damaged
Alaska's tourist industry.
“From time to time various
newspapers, including Alaska
papers, have carried stories sug
gesting that the international
situation is proving harmful to
Alaska’s growing tourist indus
try,” Mr. Rose states. “Since the
impression given by such publi
city is not entirely accurate, I
would like to summarize the
present situation for you.”
"On each Wednesday through
the winter, we count actual res
ervations made for summer sail
ings. Figures for the past few
weeks reveal the comparison of
summer reservations with that
of the 1950 season.
“On April -, summer bookings
were only 53 per cent of eom
parable bookings for the pre
vious year.. The number increas
ed this week until now. At this
time more passengers are book
ed for June sailings in 1951 than
at the same time last year with
PASSENGER SERVICE
from Seward
SS BARANOF !
Thursday
June 7
Sitka
Juneau
Ketchikan
Seattle
SS DENALI
Thursday
May 31
Valdez
Juneau
Petersburg
Wrangell
Ketchikan
Seattle
FREIGHTER SERVICE
from Seattle
MV SUSITNA
May 30
Sitka, Valdez, Seward
SS DIAMOND CEMENT
June 3
Seward
For Information
PHONE MAIN 125
j W- W. Sipprell, Gen. Agt,
MR. FRANCIS BLAIR
What a Gal This Guy
Turned Out To Be!
OPENING
at the WAGON WHEEL
MONDAY, MAY 28
FOR A TEN-DAY ENGAGEMENT
BOB LESTER. M. C.
MR. KENNY BEE
the same number of sailings—
and a year ago the Korean sit
uation had not been heard of.”
The company believes that the
“late-booking” trend will con
tinue, and that the July and
August sailings will equal any
successful post-war season—pro
viding unwarranted and ill-con
sidered war scare stories de
scribing Alaska as a front line
battlefield are not given wide
circulation.
Greater advantages for you
in these great truck features
GREAT ENGINE FEATURES
• Two Great Engines
• Valve-in-Head Efficiency
• Blue-Flame Combustion
• Power-Jet Carburetor
• Perfected Cooling
• Specialized 4-Way Lubrication
• Thermostatic Heat Control
• Cam-Ground Cast Alloy Iron
Pistons
GREAT CHASSIS
FEATURES
• Rugged, Rigid Frame?
• Hypoid Rear Axles
• Single-Unit Rear Axle Housings
• Wide Range of Springs
• New Twin-Action Rear Brakes
{heavy-duty models)
• New Dual-Shoe Parking Brake
(heavy-duty models)
• New Torque-Action Brakes
(light-duty models)
• Foot-Operated Parking Brake
{models with 3-speed transmission)
• Steering Column Gearshift
(models with 3-speed transmission)
• 4-Speed Synchro-Mesh
Transmission
(in heavier models)
Ml-ggjW
GREAT CAB AND BODY
FEATURES
• New Ventipanes in Cabs
• Flexi-Mounted Cab
• Improved Full-Width Cab Seat
• Adjustable Seat Assures Proper
Eye Level
• Large Door Openings
• Side Doors Held Open by Over
Center Stop
• Sturdy Steel Construction
• Unit-Design Bodies
• Pick-Up Bodies with Flush Skid
Strips
• Insulated Panel Bodies
• Extra-Strong Stake Bodies
• Full-Width Gravel Shield
• One-Piece Fenders
• Counterbalanced Alligator-Jaw
Hood
• Choice of 12 Colors
Hamilton’s Garage
Seward, Alaska
Phone Madison 66
ALASKA STATEHOOD BILL
A copy of the text of the Alas
ka Statehood Bill (S-50) ps
amended, and reported by Sen.
tor O’Mahoney, from the Com
mittee on Interior and Insular
Affairs is in the newspaper
office. It includes the minority
views expressed in opposition to
the bill as well.
Delegate Bartlett has, no
doubt, sent other copies to Sew
ard, but for the benefit of any
one who may care to read the
Bill in detail, it can be borrow
ed from this office.
SCENIC TRAVEL et>ual to
avtniu IIIHICL SWITZERLAND!
BETWEEN SEWARD AND PORTAGE BY BUS
Connects with Whittier Train for Anchoraa*
MONDAY - WEDNESDAY - SATURDAY
°l,WaTy.. $4.10 plus tax
Round Trip . $6.15 plus lax
. $8.70 plus tax
R d ™lp . $13.05 Plus tax
Mondays and Thursdays
MATANUSKA VALLEY BUS LINES
_Information: VAN GILDER HOTEL