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Department of Commerce Weather Bureau
FORECAST, NOME AND VICINITY
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Continued stormy conditions with intermittent snow ending late
tonight. Thursday partly cloudy and considerably warmer becom
ing fair and colder Thursday ni ght.
Data For 24 Hours Ending 1:00 pm Today
Hivhest t:mp — 31 Lowest temp — 18 Precipitation — 0.14
Total pre<;ip this month — 0.24 Total since Jan. 1. 1940 11.04
Temp. Humidity Wind Weather
12 Midnight .. 26 81 E-20 Cloudy;
12:30 p m . ..„ .- - 31 96 ESE-29 Snow !
Tomorrow: Sunrise 8:01 a.m. Sunset 3:25 p. rn.
One Year Ago Today
Highest temp — 22 Lowest temp — 11 Precipitation — 0
Suggestions and Criticisms Invited
Ship Passengers
Tell Of Wreck
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First-hand accounts of passen
gers who fled the steamship Al
aska at night, grabbing what
ever clothes they could find,
when the ship ran aground last
week near Prince Rupert, B. C..
were told in Seattle by surviv
ors.
One passenger, preparing aor
bed, told of seeing a davenport
heading toward her. She grabbed
her best dress and ran to the
deck. Another passenger told of
sliding thirty feet across the
lounge on a serving tray, in the
mishap.
Hundreds of gallortis of fuel
oil that floated on the w-ater and
covered the rocky shore caused
the only mishaps, survviors said.
Members of the crew of the
Northcoast said the forward fuel
tanks of the Alaska were crack
ed open when the ship hit the
rocky shore of Elliott Island,
about 20 miles south of Prince
Rupert Island at 12:11 o’clock in
the morning.
The oil also covered the side of
the rescue ship and made the
life boats slippery to stand in.
R. E. Carson, Seatlte railroad
man f-11 in the water during the
rescue.
“He was standing there in the
lifeboat leaning against the ship
E. Martin Mitchell of Valdez, de
I dared. “It was pretty oily and
j his hand slipped. He fell in the
j water and came up so covered
| with oil we thought he’d been
hurt.”
Carson was raised to the deck
wit hthe aid of a line tied around
his waist.
Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Parker of
Fairbanks said the rescue was
well executed and “the crew ad
mirable.”
“One woman I saw had a fur
coat on. There was oil up to her
waist on it. It must have been
ruin d.’’ Mis. Parker said.
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Other passengers said that sea
weed along the shoreline combin
ed with the oil to make walking
hazardous.
Thomas Alderson of Gilroy,
Calif., declared he saw a num
ber of persons slip and fall go
ing ashore from the lifeboats.
“The only casualties I saw were
among those who were hurt
when they fell trying to go
ashore,” he said.
“I came out of my stateroom
no q run,” Alderson declar
ed “I stpped on a serving tray.
I went thirty feet across the
lonnge on that tray before I
caught myself a post and stopped
, The rescued passengers were
; taken into Prince Rupert on the
Northcoast.
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INTO MILLIONS of U. S. homes this year goes an impor
tant health message: Science finds notable food values
richly stored in Canned Salmon! This is the story that
Canned Salmon advertising is telling housewives and
mothers through national circulation magazines. It’s
another fact about Alaska’s good product that is en
couraging more and more U. S. women to serve Canned
Salmon in their homes.
Good reason, too, for Alaska families to enjoy more
Canned Salmon! Food authorities say that Canned Sal
mon contains a greater store of important nutrients than
almost any other food. Protein, for instance—the food
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element you expect a main dish to supply. Canned Sal
mon is rated more abundant in life-sustaining protein
than almost any other main dish food. Then there’s the
rare “sunshine” vitamin I)—Canned Salmon is an extra
good source of vitamin I). Salmon also supplies vitamins
A and G plus the valuable food minerals—calcium and
phosphorous—that help keep teeth and bones sound and
healthy.
Add these health facts to the satisfying goodness of
Canned Salmon and you’ll know why we say—to you
Alaskans as well as to the U. S.—“For good health and
good eating—serve Canned Salmon!”
Leading Banker
Passes Away
NEW YORK, Nov. 5 (,/P)—Gat
es McGarrah, aged 77, one of the
country’s leading bankers for
more than 30 years died after a i
short illness.
RUSSIAN GOLD
IN U. S. NOW
SAN FRANCISCO —Eight mil
lion dollars worth of Russian
gold was unloaded from the So
viet anker Batumi ®nd d-live-red
to the United State mint.
The gold was shipped from
Vladivostok in 120 wooden casks.
It was transported to the mint
under heavy guard.
Tire Batumi was delayed sev
eral days on h:<r trans-Pacific
journey when she ran into a
typhoon.
The shipment brought Soviet
gold received at the San Fran
cisco mint during the past six
weeks to 22 million dollars. It is
used to build up Russian credits
in the Unit d States. The Batumi
will carry a cargo of oil in her
return journey.
LINER GOES BEACHCOMBING
The $1,000,000 liner Alaska (above) lay high on the heath of Elliott Island south of Ketchikan until
pulled into deep water by tugs. Many passengers aboard the ship when it crashed aground wrere re
moved in small boats and taken to Ketchikan.
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Attomn'tTTi" to 0,1,0 th® ,'^sc,,'' shll»- Nor,h < °ast, R. E. Carson, Seattle, slipped
and fell overboard. Rosen rs are shown lifting him o ut of the water. Eleven survivors arrived here today
aboard tho North Coast; others are due tomorrow
iv;.“rs of the Alaska come on (leek of the North Coast, relief apparent in their c
prev>. ,i has hen refloated and now is en route here. Don Anderson, 10011 Mar ir> t'r., i
radio operator on Hie North Coast, made these dramatic pictures.