The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-07-17
Sir Henry Thornton Will Be in Wrangell
 Tuesday Afternoon
Will Be Aboard the New Palatial Canadian National Liner
 Prince Henry l

Wrangell Sir Henry Thornton, president of the Canadian National Railways, will be aboard the Prince Henry which will be in port next Tuesday afternoon.
 Sir Henry is one of the outstand- ing figures of the world in railroad transportation. This will be his first trip to Alaska. Several years ago when he was on the Pacific Coast the Wrangell Chamber of Commerce sent him an invitation to come north and make a trip up the Stikine. Sir Henry replied that he regretted he was unable to ae- cept the invitation. However, he added that he had wanted to visit Alaska for long time and that he intended to avail himself of the first opportunity to do so.
 Sir Henry Thornton was born at Logansport, Indiana, in 1871, the son of Henry Clay Thornton, of Philadelphia, and Millamenta Co., megys Worth. He was educated at St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., and at the University of Pennsylva- mia, graduating from the latter in civil engineering with the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1894.
 Sir Henry began his railroad ca reer with the Pennsylvania Rail- road in the year of his graduation from Pennsylvania University as draftsman in the Chief Engineers office and held excessively the positions of Assistant Engineer of Construction on the Cleveland & Marietta Railway, Ga subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Railroad), topog- rapher on various surveys, Assist ant on Engineering Corps, Division Engineer and Division Superin- tendent. While employed as As sistant in the Engineer Corps of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Sir Henry was selected by the then General Manager, MT. L. F. Loree, to devel- op a students course in transpor- tation and under MT. Loree's in- structions, worked in every part of the railroad for a sufficient time to become familiar with it's operation. In 1911 he was made General Su- perintendent of the Long Island Railroad, which bad Leen acquired by the Pennsylvania Railroad In this capacity he had much to do with the opening of the Pennsyl- vania Terminal in New York, and the organization of the electrical train service on the Long Island Railroad. In 1914 he was called to England as General Manager of the Great Eastern Railway.
 When war broke out in 1914, the Great Eastern Railway, serving the east coast of England, became one of the most important military lines of communication with the conti- nent, and Sir Henry was made member of the executive committee of general managers which, under the direction of the Government, controlled and worked all the Brit ish railways.
 In 1916 Sir Henry Thornton was made Deputy Director of Inland Water Transportation, with the rank of Colonel in the Royal Engi- neers. In 1917 he was sent to Paris as Assistant Director-General of the movements of the railways, and in that capacity represented the Di- rector-General and the Army Coun- cil in negotiations with the French, Italian and American Governments relating to transportation. Tn De- eember 1917 he was promoted to Deputy Director-General, with the rank of Brigadier-General. and in 1918 was made Inspector-General of Transportation with the rank of Major General.
 Sir Henry was naturalized as a British subject in March 1919, and in May of the same year was gazet- ted Knight Commander of the Or der of the British Empire. He is also a Commander of the Legion of Honor of France, and Officer of the Order of Leopold of the Belgians, and holder of the Distinguished Service Medal conferred by the American government.
 He is member of the Institute of Civil Engineers, the Institute of Transport, and the American Soci- ety of Mechanical Engineers.
 In 1922 the University of Penn sylvania conferred upon Sir Henry Thornton the degree of Doctor of Science, and in 1926 he received