Northwest History. Alaska. Famine.

Eskimos Starve; Supplies Rushed. ESKIMOS STARVE; SUPPLIES RUSHED WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.—(AP)— The Coast Guard cutter Northland was speeding today toward Point Barrow, Alaska, to land food for more than 400 Eskimos, who were reported at the point of starvation. Commander W. K. Scammell of the Northland...

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Published:	1936
Subjects:	Eskimo starve Washington the Coast Guard cutter Northland Point Barrow Alaska W. K. Scammell Rear Admiral Russell R. Waesche food shortage Alaskan village Indian wards Northwest Pacific > History > 20th century Indian Pacific Barrow eskimo*
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spelling	ftwashstatelib:oai:content.libraries.wsu.edu:clipping/91177 2023-05-15T15:39:27+02:00 Northwest History. Alaska. Famine. Seattle Post-Intelligencer 1936-08-08 Eskimos Starve; Supplies Rushed. 1936-08-08 http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/91177 English eng nwh-sh-8-12-15 http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/91177 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0 Copyright not evaluated. Contact original newspaper publisher for copyright information. Northwest History. Alaska. Box 8 Eskimo starve Washington the Coast Guard cutter Northland Point Barrow Alaska W. K. Scammell Rear Admiral Russell R. Waesche food shortage Alaskan village Indian wards Northwest Pacific -- History -- 20th century Text Clippings 1936 ftwashstatelib 2021-07-26T19:18:29Z Eskimos Starve; Supplies Rushed. ESKIMOS STARVE; SUPPLIES RUSHED WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.—(AP)— The Coast Guard cutter Northland was speeding today toward Point Barrow, Alaska, to land food for more than 400 Eskimos, who were reported at the point of starvation. Commander W. K. Scammell of the Northland wirelessed Rear Admiral Russell R. Waesche, the Coast Guard commandant, that a "serious food shortage exists in the Alaskan villages, inhabited almost entirely by Indian wards of the government" east of Barrow, Alaska. The ship is due at Barrow August, 15. Text Barrow eskimo* Point Barrow Alaska Washington State University: WSU Libraries Digital Collections Indian Pacific
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description	Eskimos Starve; Supplies Rushed. ESKIMOS STARVE; SUPPLIES RUSHED WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.—(AP)— The Coast Guard cutter Northland was speeding today toward Point Barrow, Alaska, to land food for more than 400 Eskimos, who were reported at the point of starvation. Commander W. K. Scammell of the Northland wirelessed Rear Admiral Russell R. Waesche, the Coast Guard commandant, that a "serious food shortage exists in the Alaskan villages, inhabited almost entirely by Indian wards of the government" east of Barrow, Alaska. The ship is due at Barrow August, 15.
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