1938 Sailings and Notables – Empress of Asia

Departure: January 8th 1938

The EMPRESS OF ASIA, commanded by George Goold, began a Pacific crossing upon sailing from Vancouver on January 8^th 1938. The effects of the Sino-Japanese conflict in China was having a dramatic effect on the Trans-Pacific commerce an the EMPRESS OF ASIA reported an extremely small passenger list and travelers avoid the troubled area.

This voyage marked the resumption of Shanghai as a port of call. The ship had not visited Shanghai since the evacuation of refugees when the Japanese fleet moved into the Whangpoo in August of 1937.

On this voyage Manila would not be called upon as the ship was scheduled for an overhaul at Hong Kong.

Local Chinese residents and religious organizations collected four tons of used clothing in Vancouver. The clothing was carried aboard the ship to Hong Kong to be distributed among Chinese refugees.

Other cargo consisted of a large fruit shipment that was transferred from the Royal Mail Lines vessel LOCHMONAR to the EMPRESS OF ASIA at Victoria.

Notable passengers embarking aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA on January 8^th 1938 at Vancouver and Victoria.

R. E. Smith	Returning to Shanghai after a visit to Victoria.
Mrs. R. B. Smith	Returning to Shanghai after a visit to Victoria.
R. B. Roxburgh	Official of the Thorneycroft Engine and Armament Company returning from a vacation in Vancouver.
R. M. Astle	Official of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, en route to Singapore.
C. A. Rich	Official of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, en route to Singapore.
P. S. Shoaff	Official of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, en route to Singapore.
B. C. Butler	Canadian Trade Commissioner, Singapore.
Mrs. W. D. Patterson
J. A. Deschamps	Of Vancouver.

Arrival: March 12th 1938

The EMPRESS OF ASIA, commanded by George Goold, concluded a Pacific crossing upon reaching Vancouver on March 12^th, 1938. On the voyage the ship reported usual winter weather. While in Hong Kong the ship underwent an overhaul. A fair passenger list was reported with about 270 travelers aboard.

Notable passengers aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA arriving at Vancouver on March 12^th, 1938.

J. D. Alexander	Of Kobe, McKinnon, McKenzie Company
Mrs. J. P. Baston	Of Shanghai.
B. M. Blackwood	Oxford University lecturer returning home from a world tour via the United States.
Mrs. W. L. Chang	Of Victoria, returning home from a visit to Shanghai.
J. Crookdale	Of the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company
D. W. Kermode	HBM Consul at Yokohama en route to England.
Commander H. F. Nalder	Commander of the HMS Grimsby, Shanghai, enroute to England.
A. B. Lloyd	Of Yokohama, Rising Sun Petroleum Company.
P. Parker	Vice-President of Standard Vacuum Oil Company, completing an around the world trip.
L. M. Pheris	Manager of the Shanghai Power company en route to the United States.
B. Prytz	Chairman of the Swedish Match Company and the Swedish Export Association, Gothenburg
M Schibler	Manager of the Park Hotel, Shanghai. En route to Switzerland.
P. L. Yew	Daughter of Dr. H. P. Yew, of the Church missionary Society Hospital, Yunnanfu.

Departure: March 19th 1938

The EMPRESS OF ASIA, commanded by George Goold, began a Pacific crossing upon sailing from Vancouver on March 19^th, 1938. The expanding war in China was adversely affecting transpacific travel, and on this sailing the EMPRESS OF ASIA carried a very small passenger list. A heavy cargo and mail were also reported. Strong winds at forced the ship to anchor briefly at Royal Rhodes before berthing at Victoria.

On March 18^th, 1938 Dr. J. W. McIntosh, Vancouver Health Officer, reported that a crewmember had been diagnosed with typhoid fever and consequently all crewmembers would be immunized immediately.

No passenger names are available for this voyage.

Arrival: May 2nd 1938

The EMPRESS OF ASIA concluded a Pacific crossing upon reaching Vancouver on May 2^nd, 1938. On the voyage the ship experienced good weather.

The cargo from this voyage is described as a fair cargo of general merchandise including more than 1.000 bags of mail.

The 434 passengers carried included 83 in First Class, 105 in Tourist Cabin and 246 in Third Class. More than half the passengers were destined to Europe.

Notable passengers aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA arriving at Vancouver on May 2^nd, 1938.

Dr. H. F. Bain	Eminent American geologist.
R. C. Brown	Manager of the Du Pont de Nemours Company, Hankow
W. R. Bull	Manger of the Sun Life Insurance Company in Japan.
H. Carson	Pacific Commercial Company, Manila.
F. L. Conklin	Vice-President of the Provident Life Insurance Company.
Col. W. T. O. Crewdson	British Army Headquarters Staff, Hong Kong.
G. B. Dunnett	Manager of the Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, Tokyo.
W. R. Davidson	Chinese Maritime Customs, Shanghai.
A. R. Edwards	Universal Leaf Tobacco Company, Shanghai.
J. H. Drummond	Chinese Maritime Customs, Shanghai.
D. Forbes	Bank Line, Hong Kong.
D. O. Foster	Chinese Maritime Customs, Shanghai.
G. B. Gill	General Electric Company, Hankow.
R. L. Graham	Director of Messrs. E. M. Graham, London.
J. B. Green	Chinese Maritime Customs, Shanghai.
Rev. Father G. Hammacher	Faculty member of Sophia University, Tokyo.
L. C. Irvine	American Foreign Insurance Association, New York.
J. Ishizeki	Kyokuyo (Arctic) Whaling Company.
Captain F. H. Jeune	Shanghai pilot and member of the Whangpoo Conservation Board.
W. MacEwen	Hong Kong
R. B. M. Muirhead	Shanghai Pilots’ Association.
A. F. Neilsen	Shanghai.
E. C. Norris	Representative of the General Electric Company, Hong Kong.
R. T. Oates	Technical Manager of Patons & Baldwins, Shanghai.
W. Paterson	A. S. Watson & Company, Hong Kong.
D. H. M. Pyle	New York law firm.
H. N. S. Wilkinson	Shanghai Municipal Police Force.
A. Wilson	Rising Sun Petroleum Company, Yokohama.
P. A. Wright	Official of Patons & Baldwins, Shanghai.
E. Weekes	Chinese Maritime Customs, Shanghai.
A. W. Sawyer	Asiatic Petroleum Company.
H. Carson	Travelling from Saigon.
Mrs. E. H. Gibbon	Wife of American aviator E. H. Gibbon.

Departure: May 14th 1938

The EMPRESS OF ASIA, commanded by George Goold, began a Pacific crossing upon sailing from Vancouver on May 14^th 1938.

Passengers included missionaries and medical personnel travelling to various ports in the Far East.

Notable passengers embarking aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA on May 14^th 1938 at Vancouver and Victoria.

Dr. Jose A. Fernandez
Dr. T. S. Goodwin
Dr. H. E. E. Groneman
Reverend G. A. Andrew
Reverend Hugh F. Clancy
Reverend J. H. Harvey
Reverend Walter Small
Reverend T. B. Southall
Reverend William Naylor
Fred E. Armstrong	Boarded at Victoria, on a world tour.
Hans Pheuerkauf	Representative of the North German Lloyd Line, China, en route to Shanghai.
J. R. Kracht	Travelling from New York to the American Express co. office in Manila.

Arrival: June 27th 1938

The EMPRESS OF ASIA, commanded by George Goold, concluded a Pacific crossing upon reaching Vancouver on June 27^th, 1938. An uneventful crossing of the Pacific Ocean was reported. Notable passengers aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA arriving at Vancouver on June 27^th, 1938.

Major-General J. G. Harbord	Associated with RCA, en route to New York.
W. D. Barker	Associated with Philco Radio Products, en route to the United States.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Booklees	Associated with the China Salt Gabelle, en route to Scotland.
Mrs. F. Bristow,	Associated with the Vacuum Oil Company, Shanghai.
A. E. de Camp	Associated with the Shanghai Power Company, en route to England.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Doodridge	Associated with the Shanghai Telephone Company, en route to England.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Duff	Associated with the Asiatic Underwriters, Shanghai.
A. H. Fenwick	Associated with the University of Hong Kong.
R. M. Anndrews	Of Tokyo, en route to British Columbia.
Mrs. Harris	En route from Japan.
J. Harris	En route from Japan.
Mrs. C. R. Hargreaves	En route from Shanghai.
K. Hargreaves	En route from Shanghai.
Mrs. H. E. Hayward	En route from Kobe.
E. Hayward	En route from Kobe.
Professor R. M. and Mrs. Jones	The former being Professor at Haverford College, Pennsylvania.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Hubele	Associated with the Lykes Brothers Ripley Steamship Company.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. King	Of Shanghai.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Mears	Associated with the Philippine Advertising Corporation, Manila.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Sanderson	Of Hong Kong en route to England.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Shaw	Associated with the China Light & Power Company, Shanghai.
Mr. and Mrs. C. N. MacGregor	Associated with Calbeck MacGregor & Company, en route to London.

Departure: July 9th 1938

The EMPRESS OF ASIA, commanded by George Goold, began a Pacific crossing upon sailing from Vancouver on July 9^th 1938.

The ship was slightly delayed in reaching Victoria as a result of taking some time to do a compass adjustment off Trial Island.

Included in cargo was 400 pounds of cholera serum that was being delivered to Hong Kong to fight a cholera epidemic. This amount of serum could inoculate 1,000,000 people.

Also included was a shipment of bandages, chloroform, ether, and clothing destined for China and provided by the Committee for Medical Aid for China.

Notable passengers embarking aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA on July 9^th 1938 at Vancouver and Victoria.

H. Kirkwood	General Secretary of the YWCA in Victoria en route to Tokyo.
K. M. Harris	En route to Tokyo.
Margaret Kopf	En route from Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia to Japan.
His Excellency General Eugene Ott	German Ambassador at Tokyo returning after a visit to Berlin.
Reverend C. J. E. R. Jacquinot	Returning to Shanghai after a visit to the United States. Reverend Jacquinot had been working on behalf of Chinese refugees in Shanghai.
Dr. H. W. Wade	Of New York en route to Manila on behalf of the Leonard Wood Memorial, a group dedicated to the eradication of leprosy.
Joseph Goldstone	President of the American Jewelers Bureau en route to the far East.
Anne Stewart	A prominent Vancouver tour organizer leading a tour party to the Far East.

Arrival: August 22nd 1938

The EMPRESS OF ASIA, commanded by George Goold, concluded a Pacific crossing upon reaching Vancouver on August 22^nd, 1938. On the voyage the ship experienced fine weather although the arrival at Victoria was delayed slightly as fog was encountered off the coast of Vancouver Island.

On this voyage Lim Cheong Hee, a fisherman, was rescued from a bamboo raft found floating one day out from Hong Kong. Lim had been adrift for four days after having been blown off shore by a gale. He was treated for exposure and left the ship at Shanghai.

On this crossing a passenger list of 311 was reported.

Many of those that disembarked at Victoria would travel to Seattle by ferryboat.

Notable passengers aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA arriving at Vancouver on August 22^nd, 1938.

L. S. Stiles	Associated with the E. Eaton Company, Toronto.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Turner	Associated with Andersen Meyer and Company, Shanghai. En route to Vancouver.
N. Stilwell	The daughter of Colonel Stilwell, Military Attache at the American Embassy at Peking.
Anne Stewart	A prominent Vancouver tour organizer returning from a trip to Manila.
W. H. Siegfried	Of Chicago, a tea merchant.
J. C. Perlas	Of Manila, en route to the United States.
O. M. Royal	Associated with the Insular Cigar Factory, Manila,
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. M. Noelting	Associated with the E. I. Du Pont de Nemours Company, en route to Brusseus.
R. Nelson	Of Tokyo.
Captain and Mrs. W. G. Lalor	En route to Pender Harbour, B.C.
L. Lambert	Associated with the Luzon Stevedoring Company of the Philippines en route to New York.
B. W. Humphrey	Associated with the Standard Vacuum Oil Company, Tientsin.
Mr. and Mrs., R. A. Igel	Traveling from Java to the United States.
K. Hobday
S. Abeulfeteuh	Associated with the Egyptian Embassy at Tokyo.
J. Barretto
A. N. Choukry	Associated with the Egyptian Embassy at Tokyo.
Captain A. Cruz	Medical Officer of the Philippines en route to the United States.
Captain J. A. Sanchez	Medical Officer of the Philippines en route to the United States.
W. J. Blank	Associated with the Bataefshe Petroleum Company in Borneo, en route to Rotterdam.
P. Divers	Associated with the Rising Sun Petroleum Company, Yokohama.
Mr. and Mrs. V. Fabella	Of Manila travelling on a world tour.
Major J. T. Ford OBE	Associated with the Shanghai Municipal Council en route to England.
Lieutenant P. de Guzman	Of the Philippine Army. travelling to the United States
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hellyer	Of Chicago, former a prominent tea merchant.

Departure: September 3rd 1938

The EMPRESS OF ASIA, commanded by George Goold, began a Pacific crossing upon sailing from Vancouver on September 3^rd, 1938.

A passenger list of 350 was reported.

Notable passengers embarking aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA on September 3^rd, 1938 at Vancouver and Victoria.

J. H. Green	Associated with Thomas Cook & Son enroute to the Far East.
Dr. G. D. Beebe	En route from Los Angeles to Manila.
Homer B. Pippen	Associated with the Standard Vacuum Oil Company, Hong Kong.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Pikes	Associated with the Firestone Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio, en route to Shanghai.
E. W, Walker	Associated with the Firestone Rubber Company.
R. L. Allen	Associated with the Firestone Rubber Company.
Mr., and Mrs. Gerald Bell	Associated with the Canadian Mission to Western China, travelling to China.
Neil Bell	Associated with the Canadian Mission to Western China, travelling to China.
Max Kleenan	Associated with Kleenan’s Limited of London, en route to Japan
Major and Mrs. E. F. Hogg	Of Hong Kong.
Frank H. Burden	Associated with the Export Leaf Tobacco Company, North Carolina.
Hazel Henderson.	Of Vancouver en route to Shameen, Canton to work in a hospital.

Arrival: October 17th 1938

The EMPRESS OF ASIA, commanded by George Goold, concluded a Pacific crossing upon reaching Vancouver on October 17^th, 1938. On the voyage the ship experienced strong southerly winds and some fog off the coast of Vancouver Island, delaying the arrival at Victoria by several hours.

Notable passengers aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA arriving at Vancouver on October 17^th, 1938.

Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Faulkner	En route from Kuala Lampar to Bermuda.
W. S. Hurst	Associated with the Neon Division, Philippine Advertising Corporation, Manila.
Mrs. T. R. H. Churton	Associated with the Asiatic Petroleum Company, Shanghai.
J. Hayes	Of Shanghai.
W. F. McCandish	Associated with the Dupont de Nemours Company, Oakland.
W. J. Wilson	Associated with the Dollar Steamship Line at Hong Kong, en route to San Francisco.
Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Cliff	Associated with the China Inland Mission, Shanghai.
Dr. W. A. Stokhuyzen	President of the Importers’ Association, Batavia.
R. W. Squires	Associated with the China Import and Export Lumber Company, Shanghai.
Reverend D. K. Faris	Associated with the United Church of Canada.
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. V. Branch	Associated with the Sun Life Insurance Company of Canada, Montreal.
George Paley	Associated with the Onishi Company, Tokyo.
F. C. Papsworth	Associated with Andrews, George & Company, Tokyo en route to New York.
Major and Mrs. A. J. Pelling	Associated with Imperial Chemical Corporation, Kenya, en route to England.
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Moore	Of Manila.
M. Axelrod	Associated with Pacific Commercial Cable Company, Manila.
D. V. Anderson	American Vice-Consul at Bombay en route to the United States.
G. Pelling	Travelling from Kenya to England.

Departure: October 29th 1938

The EMPRESS OF ASIA, commanded by George Goold, began a Pacific crossing upon sailing from Vancouver on October 29^th 1938.

A passenger list of 350 was reported.

Passengers included a party of 14 Roman Catholic Nuns and Priests travelling as missionaries to China.

Notable passengers embarking aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA on October 29^th 1938 at Vancouver and Victoria.

Henry Merlich	Associated with Merlich & Company en route to Yokohama.
Sister St. Kenneth	Of the Grey Nuns Seminary of the Immaculate Conception, Pembroke, Ontario en route to China.
Sister Mary Vienney	Of the Grey Nuns Seminary of the Immaculate Conception, Pembroke, Ontario en route to China.
Sister Genevieve Flauhart	Of France, en route to China.
Sister Angelina Seghezzi	Of Italy, en route to China.
Sister Santina Parietti	Of Italy, en route to China.
Sister Sophie Kalinowska	Of Austria, en route to China.
Father C. McKinnon	Of the St. Francis Xavier Seminary at Scarborough Heights, Ontario, en route to Lishui, China.
Father A. MacIntosh	Of the St. Francis Xavier Seminary at Scarborough Heights, Ontario, en route to Lishui, China.
Father R. Roberts	Of the St. Francis Xavier Seminary at Scarborough Heights, Ontario, en route to Lishui, China.
Father D. McNeil	Of the St. Francis Xavier Seminary at Scarborough Heights, Ontario, en route to Lishui, China.
Father R. Carey	Of the St. Francis Xavier Seminary at Scarborough Heights, Ontario, en route to Lishui, China.
Father C. B. Murphy	Of the St. Francis Xavier Seminary at Scarborough Heights, Ontario, en route to Lishui, China.
Father E. J. Lyons	Of the St. Francis Xavier Seminary at Scarborough Heights, Ontario, en route to Lishui, China.
Father E. Moriarty	Of the St. Francis Xavier Seminary at Scarborough Heights, Ontario, en route to Lishui, China.
Father John P. Kelly	Of the St. Francis Xavier Seminary at Scarborough Heights, Ontario, en route to Lishui, China.
Father R. Degnar	Of St. Columbus, Nebraska, en route to Honan Province China
Father J. Spahn	Of St. Columbus, Nebraska en route to Honan Province China
Father J. de Rossiers	Of St. Columbus, Nebraska, en route to Honan Province China
Father S. Walczak	Of St. Columbus, Nebraska, en route to Honan Province China
Father M. Douglas	Of St. Columbus, Nebraska, en route to Honan Province China
Reverend and Mrs. E. J. Church	Associated with the Baptist Mission board, Winnipeg, travelling to China on missionary assignment.
Mrs. M. C. Howey	Of Victoria, associated with the Vacuum oil Company, en route to Singapore.
A. G. P. Dewing	Of the Shanghai Municipal Council.

Arrival: December 12th 1938

The EMPRESS OF ASIA, commanded by George Goold, concluded a Pacific crossing upon reaching Vancouver on December 12^th, 1938. On the voyage the ship experienced ordinary winter weather, however arrival at Victoria was delayed several hours by heavy head winds. Twelve passengers, anxious to meet connections to reach Europe by Christmas, disembarked at Victoria. The EMPRESS OF ASIA Baggage Master F. G. Mulliner arranged for the speedy transfer of luggage to the Vancouver bound ferry, the boat being held for the arriving passengers. These passengers arrived in Vancouver 2 hours ahead of the EMPRESS and successfully connected with the eastbound train leaving Vancouver.

The ship brought a small list of passengers, mails and a good cargo including Japanese oranges.

Notable passengers aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA arriving at Vancouver on December 12^th, 1938.

His Excellency P. E. Naggiar	Retiring French Ambassador to China, en route home to Paris from Shanghai. Previous to the China appointment he was stationed at Moscow.
Rev. Father X. St. Arnaud	Manila, Assistant Secretary to the Papal Legate, bound for Trois Rivieres Quebec.
Alfred Ehrman	President of the Calamba Sugar Estate at Calubang, Philippines, en route to San Francisco.
A. H. Burgers	Insular Sugar Company, Manila, on a visit to the United States.
T. J. Kurotchkin	Of Shanghai, From Peking Union Medical College proceeding to Harvard University for research purposes.
Captain J. H. Harper	Former Master of the SS HINDUSTAN, proceeding to South Shields, England after the sale and delivery of his ship to Japanese interests.
Otto Preussman	Vice President of the International General Electric Company, Tokyo, en route to the United States on a business trip.
P. J. Walowit	Of Fellman Brothers Import and Export Company, New York.
M. Kopf	Travelling from Japan to Stanford University.
S. Kopf	Ford Motors, Japan proceeding on a vacation to the United States
R. B. Roxburgh	Of Hong Kong, Manager for China of John I. Thorneycroft, prominent shipbuilders in the Orient, en route to England.
Father M. W. Walsh	Of the Maryknoll Mission, Maryknoll, New York.
E. M. Van Vorhees	Of New York, Far Eastern Regional Manager and Director of General Motors, Osaka.

Departure: December 24th 1938

The EMPRESS OF ASIA, commanded by George Goold, began a Pacific crossing upon sailing from Vancouver on December 24^th 1938.

A small passenger list was reported.

Passengers included a party of eight who had been members of the University Of Washington Huskies basketball team. The eight were travelling to Manila and to Japan for a series of games.

Notable passengers embarking aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA on December 24^th 1938 at Vancouver and Victoria.

Mr. and Mrs. Sam Fraser	Former being an official with the Columbian Rope Company, Auburn, New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Morehead	Former being an official of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio.