| Summary: | Brings Liquor But No Meat: Food Shortage Is Growing More Acute In Alaskan Cities. BRINGS LIQUOR BUT NO MEAT Food Shortage Is Growing More Acute In Alaskan Cities JUNEAU, Alaska, Jan. 23—(U.R)— Pood shortages took a tighter grip on strike-bound Alaska Friday as the relief ship General W. C. Gorgas arrived in port loaded with liquor and beer but with no meat or fresh vegetables aboard. The General Gorgas, chartered by the federal government for emergency service during the Pacific marltime tieup, unloaded over one thousand cases of liquor for Juneau, already feeling the pinch of near-exhausted food stores. A checkup on the docks showed the Gorgas unloaded only a few cases of eggs and no butter. Passengers said most of the eggs prepared for shipment to Alaska were left behind on Seattle docks when the ship sailed a week ago. The ship carried a quantity of sacks for use at the Kennecott mine. Advices here reported that the ship left 25 tons of tombstones at Ketchikan when it docked there a few days ago on the way to Juneau. Ketchikan residents voiced complaints at that time because the Gorgas did not carry badly needed meat supplies as ordered for shipment from Seattle.
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