| Summary: | Alaska Eskimos Face Starvation, Trader Radios: Some Seriously Weakened And Their Reindeer Dying, Juneau Governor Told. Alaska Eskimos Face Starvation, Trader Radios Some Seriously Weakened and Their Reindeer Dying, Juneau Governor Told. Juneau, Alaska, Aug. 6.—(JP)—A radio message from Captain C. D. Peterson, veteran Arctic trader, to the governor's office from Herschel island said today Eskimos along the Arctic rim are facing starvation. Some of the natives, he messaged, were found to be in a seriously weakened condition and their reindeer dying. The Barter inland situation his message said, is particularly serious. Peterson, who sails north annually from San Francisco, asked government aid to relieve the distress. The governor's office and the Bureau of Indian Affairs radioed Frank Daugherty, United States commissioner, at Barrow, asking if he could send aid. Barter island lies 275 miles east, of Barrow, along the coast of the Arctic ocean. Herschel island is 400 miles to the east.
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