Northwest History. Alaska. Food Supply.

Food Shortage Seen For Matanuska Folk. FOOD SHORTAGE SEEN FOR MATANUSKA FOLK ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. 4. (/P)—Mayor Herbert Brown of Anchorage telegraphed Governor John W. Troy today there was only food enough in the city to "last 30 days" and the Palmer chamber of commerce in Matanuska val...

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Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1936
Subjects:
food shortage
Matanuska folk
Anchorage
Alaska
Mayor Herbert Brown
Governor John W. Troy
Palmer chamber of commerce
Matanuska valley
Alaska railroad
Seward
the steamer Curacoa
Seattle
Kodiak-Aleutian service
Colonel O. F. Ohlson
Northwest
Pacific > History > 20th century
Pacific
Kodiak
Online Access:http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/91640
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Summary:Food Shortage Seen For Matanuska Folk. FOOD SHORTAGE SEEN FOR MATANUSKA FOLK ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. 4. (/P)—Mayor Herbert Brown of Anchorage telegraphed Governor John W. Troy today there was only food enough in the city to "last 30 days" and the Palmer chamber of commerce in Matanuska valley joined rail-belt towns in a strong protest against suspension of service on the federal-owned Alaska railroad. From Seward, southern terminus of the railroad, the steamer Curacoa sailed for Seattle with passengers and mail while the steamer Starr in the Kodiak-Aleutian service swung at anchor. Suspension of freight and passenger service on the railroad, due to the maritime strike, brought comments from train crews the railroad could not resume again before June if the order of Colonel O. F. Ohlson, general manager

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