NORTH SEA ON
DRY DOCK FOR
PLATE REPAIR
Sailing from Seattle Post
poned Until Next Sat
urday Night
SEATTLE, Aug. 18.—A survey of
the steamer North Sea showed sev
eral plates were damaged when the
vessel was ashore on a sand bar off
Taku River in Southeast Alaska
on the _night of Monday, August
10 enroute to Juneau from Sitka.
The ship refloated at high tide.
Upon arrival here the North Sea
went on the dry dock for the sur
vey and repairs.
The steamer was scheduled to
sail from Seattle at 10 o’clock to
night, but this has been post
poned until 10 o'clock next Satur
day night.
A University of Kentucky pro
fessor says the average person
loses one or more pounds a day
during periods of extreme heat.
Army Air Base in Alaska to
Be Built Near Fairbanks9 Is
Claim Made;Board Traveling
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. 18.—
The Fairbanks News-Miner quotes
Lieut. Col. Wllmot A. Danielson,
Chairman of the Army Air Base
Board, with saying Alaska Terri
tory’s main base will be within ten
miles of Fairbanks in the city’s
view.
Similar Information was given to
Mayor E. B. Collins, the News-Min
er says.
Lieut.-Col. Danielson said con-'
struction of the Air Base depends
on a Congressional appropriation.
He also said several sites have been
negotiated for and a selection will
be made later.
The members of the Army Air
Base Board will sail from Seward
August 21 for Juneau and from
there will go to Chilkoot Barracks
on Lynn Canal for a weeks' visit.
Lieut. Col. Danielson left here
yesterday for the McKinley Nation
al Park accompanied by Gen. James
G. Steese.
