Mercy Flight To
St. Lawrence Is.
Made Bv Mirow
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ble at 10:30 a.m. Saturday.
Preparing the ship in 2 above
weather, even though the sun
was shining, the crew scampered
around with will and determin
ation. Many volunteers offered
their assistance at the field in or
der to speed the emergency plane
on its way.
After many hours, Friday
night and Saturday morning,
gathering data and charting a
course on latest maps available,
Hans Mirow laid his course as,
Nome, Cape Rodney, Teller,
Wales, across the Bering Straits
to the coast of Siberia, off Cape
Novosliski, off Cape Nigchigan.
by Kayne Island, then to Cape
Chaplin and to Gamble on St.
Lawrence Island. His purpose in
laying this course was two-fold:
one. the safety feature, the other
a 45 mile an hour head wind, dir
ectly off St. Lawrence Island. He
was to land on Seal Lake, about
two miles out of Gamble, a lake
about 800 feet in width, and over
4,000 feet in length. Although it
was reported to be covered with
glare ice. Pilot Mirow felt that
with the length reported, it
would be safe to attempt the trip.
The Mirow Air Service wishes
to thank the local Postmaster for
his cooperation in preparing the
mail for the residents of St. Law
rence Island, also the local mer
chants for their donations in the
wav of magazines, bottled goods
for the residents there, and The
Nome Nugget for copies of late
issues of the local newspaper.
Trip to St. Lawrence Island
After leaving Nome, passing
over Teller, and heading for the
Siberian coast, passing over the
Dionmede Islands in Bering
Straits, the plane ran into heavy
snow which continued nearly all
the way to St. Lawrence Island.
Ceiling and visibility was zero.
The plane paralled the Siber
ian coast until south of East
Cape, and then turned across the
ocean, where the ceiling was
about one hundred feet. They
search for the island for about
an hour and a half, due to lack
of visibility, before finding it,
then made a perfect landing. The
crew became sick from the toss
ing while bucking the storm.
The crew stated it was a won
derful piece of flying, as most of
the flying was done under zero
flying conditions and the ship
icing up at time.
Arriving on the lake near Gam
ble, the plane had to be refueled
and as it was getting late ,and;
darkness setting in, it was decid-j
ed to remain over night. It was
also learned that the patient was,
not so well and that it would be
better for all concerned to make
an early start the next day.
After bringing the patient two
miles by dog team to the lake,
the plane took off Sunday about
12:30 p.m., landing at Nome short
ly before 2 p.m. A heavy tail
wind helping the progress of the
plane’s flight. An elevation of
*wne 12,000 feet was maintained,
and a shorter route followed,
bringig the plane over King Is
land on a circuituous route to
Nome, thus cutting down the
mile considerably.
Upon arriving at the local air
port the patient was speedily
transferred to the hospital where
doctor and nurses gave her ev
ery attention preparatory to op
eration for appendicitis.
Bud Slack who operates an
amateur radio station known as
K—7—ORF picked up stations
KTFG, Gamble and KTPR, Sav
oonga, both on St. Lawrence Is
land and did his part in assist
ing the spreading of the SOS
call for a plane, to be sent for
Mrs. Dougherty.
Mrs. Daugherty was operated
* cn last night at the local hos
pital for a ruptured appendix,
and her condition today was re
l ported as doing as well as could
be expected.
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Teachers Enjoy
Sea Food i ced
SEATTLE, —This city-,
teachers enjoyed a varie I f-ea
food dinner while they learned
about North Pacific fisher.es at
a recent dinner meeting < f the
teachers’ northwest resources
study group held at the New
Washington Hotel in Seattle
More than 300 teachers attend
ed the meeting which was the
first of the fall term. They re
ceived a full picture of the sea
resources of the North from
speakers representing both state
ar.d international commission
authorities. A motion picture
depicting the background and
operation of the salmon canning
industry in Alaska was shown.
Edward W. Allen, chairman of
the International Fisheries Com
mission, (halibut) and member
of the International Pacific Sal
imon Fisheries Commission (Fra
ser River sockeye) spoke on in
ternational cooperation in safe
guarding fish resources. After
speaking of the work in building
up the halibut resources, and the
plans for restoring the sockeye
run on the Fraser River, both
activities being worked out by
cooperation between the United
States and Canada, Allen warn
ed of the possible danger to the
salmon runs in the Puget Sound
area which would result from
the operation of alien floating
canneries off the entrance of the
Straight of Juan de Fuca.
“That this is no idle threat is
evidenced by what the Japanese
actually started in the waters off
Bristol Bay.” Allen declared.
Dave Pollock of the Washing
ton State Bureau of Fisheries
spoke of the work of the state
government in protecting the
fisheries in Washington.
He declared that the principal
obstacle to protecting and perpet
uating the Fisheries resources in
Washington was the increasing
.toll of civilization in the form of
irrigation and power develop
ments, diversion of water for
manufacturing and domestic us
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sewage and industrial waste.
Pollock stressed the point that
the educators could play on im
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dren. especially can be impressed
with the urgency of protecting
the salmon and other fish from
needles damage caused by care
less exploitation of water resourc
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The menu for the dinner was
modeled after that of the recent
Fisheries Advisory Commission
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was limited to species of the
North Pacific. The fish served
was donated by the fresh fish
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EVERY FAMILY IN ALASKA is supported wholly or in part bjr money
the Canned Salmon Industry brings here. It pays the wages of over
11,000 local workers and fishermen. Its purchases of coal, lumber, w ire,
many Alaska products help other industries to meet their payrolls. Its
territorial tax payments help to provide salaries for Alaska’s school
teachers and government officials. In other words, the Canned Salmon
Industry is actually the Territory’s biggest pay master.