The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-11-10
Lueases On
 Way Back 10
 Juneau Now
Letters Tell of Impressive Ceremony al Launching
 of U. 5. 5. Juneau

of the US.S. Juneau as 1t started down the ways at Kearny, Ne" Jersey. on the afternoon of Octo- her 25. are now headed back to Juneau. their home town, accord ine to letters received here by friends
 In one letter Mayor Lucas said we will be very glad to arrive at a good old Juneau dock. They can have all of the east coast, but give me the west. Humpback salmon IS far better than Maine Holsters.
 The Llicases have had most in teresting trip.
 On arrival in Seattle, southbouno from Juneau, they were met by Ray Larson, Secretary to Mayor Milhkin; Charles Griffin of TrlcN and Murray and others The two were photographed by the staff of thc Seattle Post-I -Intelligencer and then escorted to a hotel by MT. Larsen.
 Flies East
 The Lucases spent few days in Seattle, then Mayor Lucas flew to Milwaukee Wisconsin, and Mrs. Incas left aboard a train for Kan sas to visit her aunt, MT. Lucas spent week in Milwaukee VisH- ino his sisters, then Mrs Lucas icined him and they went to De- troit where they took delivery or q Packard From Detroit they droVe ,n to Canada and around, then re- entered the U. s. at Niagara Falls loft there for Gloucester, MaSSa- cbusetts. where they spent lo9f davs with Commander Fletcher Brown formerly stationed in Ju- mean aboard the Coast Guaroes Tallapoosa, and Mrs. Brown.
 Arrested for Speeding
 On entering Gloucester they were arrested for speeding and It was a serious charge until they louha ont it to be a joke, planned py Commander Brown. From Giou- tester. the two visited other parss of Massachusetts. Maine and New uan,pshire. then went to New 4orS City to MT. Lucass sisters apart ments. after dodging millions o cars enroute They saw many H. teresting sights i'll New York Cl'S and adjacent suburbs and had a weekend with Commander l.. '" Perkins and his family on Staten Island. Commander Perkins Is an olher Coast Guarder well known in Juneau where he was stationed fer several years
 Breaking the Bottle
 Then, in one letter Mi Lucas writes: Then Saturday, at l:l5 nm. october 25. came the great ceremony of Breaking the Bottle on our own U.S.S. Juneau l only wish that all of our Juneau people could have witnessed this grand ceremony. It was very impressive and just did something to your heart Mrs. Lucas and I were es- corted to Kearny by Lieut.. Conner. Holderness in the official car. On arrival at the ship ways, we were photographed with and without Navy Admirals Then we were taken to the upper platform where Mrs. Lucas was presented with the official bottle which was covered with ribbons suspended from tha deck of the ship.
 Brief Talks Made
 Talks were then made by the following: Rear Admiral Adolph's Andrews. Commandant Of the Sra Naval District, who stated in brief remarks that Juneau was another nail in Hitler's coffin; Rear Ad- miral Harold G Bowen, in charPe of Naval Operations at Kearny' who received a big hand from the workmen when introduced but gloans when he told them they would have to speed up their work.
 Wants Ship to Come Here
 Our Tony Delegate Anthony J. Dimond) then gave very me talk which was followed by myself in which I extended an invitation and urged that the ship be sent to the city for which it was named on it's first cruise. also made the presentation of the Silver SerVlca and believe me, that made a real hit with the Navy men. Then fol- lowed a talk by Daniel $. Rms Labor Relations Board Adviser Last but not least, was fine talk by our little sponsor, who did her self proud, according to the crowd
 Swings Bottle Lustily
 She swung that bottle lustily crashing it on the nose Of the ship and away went the cruiser Ju- neau down the ways into the water where four tugs and d flock of seagulls welcomed her to her natu- ral elements.
 As all workmen in the yard had allowed their lunch hour to De changed, it was a very hilarious crowd that cheered, the whistles all blowing and all sang the "Star