Northwest States
Covered By Rain
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And Floods
Eugene Ore., (/P) — The flood
crest of a rain swollen Willamettte
River swirled northward today
from this stricken upper valley
area, leaving thousands of per
sons evacuated from Their homes
in the care of relief agencies.
One cjiild was drowned, in a
rain swollen ditch.
Along a hundred mile stretch
of the rich farmlands in the mid
dle and lower valley, where trib
utaries have already burst their
banks, communities braced for
greater inundation of lowlands,
highways, and more evacuations.
(By The Associated Press)
Thousands were made tempor
arily homeless in the Columbia
River valley of Washington and
Oregon today as floodwaters from
rain-swollen rivers overflowed
rich farmlands along the coastal
region following nearly a week of
steady rainfall.
Rain still fell in the region to
day after the falls in the last 24
hours measuring from one to more
than two inches. The immediate
forecast was for continued rain.
The flood crest of the Willam
ette River swirled northward from
the upper valley area at Eugene,
Ore., and communities along a
100-mile stretch in the middle and
lower valley braced for greater
inundation of Rowlands, highways
and further evacuations.
Weather throughout the rest o*
the country was fair, with tem
peratures in most sections remain
ing normal and far above seasonal
levels in some parts of the mid
west. The only snowfall reported
was in the New England states
and Michigan.
The lowest temperatures early
today—about 5 to 15 above—were
in northern Illinois, Wisconsin
and eastern Iowa. The mercury
climbed into the 50’s in South Da
kota and was near that mark in
Iowa, Nebraska and North Dakota.
The highest reading was 78 in
Brownsville, Tex., two degrees
above the day’s high at Yuma and
Phoenix, Ariz.
U.S. Commissioner’s Court
William Kostenbader was given
60 days in jail for disorderly con
duct. During the course of the
trial it was disclosed that Walter
Watt, Ida Watt and Genevieve
Sheldon were disturbing the peace
and they were each fined $25.00. •
Rita Gregory was sentenced to
six months in jail for failure to
provide for dependent children.
Mary Foster was given a sen
tence of 4 months for disorderly
conduct in a public place.
Morris Mercer was given a sen
tence of 4 months for disorderly
conduct in a public place.
Frances Stettinger was given
one year for failure to provide
adequate care for several depend
ent children.
MR. AND MRS. DON BISHOP
TO BE WITH C.A.A. HERE
Mr. and Mrs. Don Bishop ar
rived from New York with the
Pan American Airways. Mr.
Bishop is with C.A.A. Communi
cations and will be stationed here.
Mrs. Bishop is a sister of Mrs.
James Walsh of this city.
BOY SCOUT TROOP AID
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Boy Scout Troop 666, under the
direction of their scoutmaster B.
G. Baker, aided the Nome Fire
department last evening by taking
care of the frozen hose and stow
ing away equipment used in the
Reader fire yesterday. They also
filled the 300 gallon tank on the
fire truck which was emptied sev
eral times during the evening.
ALBERT MODE HERE
ON BUSINESS
Albert Mode well known min
ing man of this district, who has
been working with the Alaska
Railroad during the war in the
Seward-Whittier district, is in
Nome for a few days on business.
MRS. H. BERNIER
LEAVES FOR VACATION
Mrs. H. Bernier of the N. C.
company left last night on a trip
and will be joined later by Mr.
Bernier .manager of the N. C.
store here.
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TOOTH BRUSHER: Millie of
Elisabeth, N. J.. makes daily use
of a brush above sink.
“Ests” For 1947
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Coast Guard
Rescues Thirteen
Wreck Survivors
(Continued from Page One’
the storm. Although only five
miles from the village of Kanatak,
the scene was unreachable by land
because of high cliffs and impas
sable terrain.
Six of the cannery tender’s per
sonnel are aboard the Clover, in
cluding two women and a young
boy. They are Miss Alva Skon
berg Mrs. Gus Skonberg, Calvin
Skonberg, 14, Bert Larsen, An
drew Skonberg and Jacob Osbe
koff, all of Chignik, Alaska.
The other four members of the
Spencer’s crew, also from Chig
nik, are aboard the Mataco. They
are Capt. Axel Carlson, William
Skonberg, Dan Skonberg and Ar
thur Skonberg.
The three navy men were saved
by a party from the Clover and
transferred to the Mataco. Lt. <jg>
E. J. Kratochvil of Washington,
D. C., and two enlisted men, E. W.
Kelley and S. J. Komola com
prised the volunteer trio.
Oldest of the survivors is Mrs.
Skonberg, in her middle-fifties.
She is the mother of the six other
Skonbergs aboard the tender.
The vessel was en route from
Chignik to Kodiak when it piled
up in the Shelikof Strait. Chignik
is along the Alaska Peninsula ap
proximately 150 miles southwest
of Kanatak.
Tender Master
Hero Of Cannery
Tender Crack-Up
'Continued from Page One)
to continue only to meet a severe
gale. It ran onto the rocks 100
feet from shore about five miles
from the village of Kanatak.
When the falling tide left the
boat high and dry, the party
reached shore with a supply of
ropes, blankets, personal belong
ings and canned food.
Heavy snow prevented a fire for
two days, Capt. Carlson related,
and the party subsisted on frozen
food wrenched from cans.
"We thought we never would
thaw out again,” he recalled.
It was the third day, Saturday,
that the three-man volunteer navy
party capsized in an attempt to
reach the castaways. That nighi,
the tender broke up completely.
“You could carry any piece of
it that was left in your hand,” the
captain said.
Miss Skonberg and Carlson said
that although their marriage
would have to be delayed a short
time they still planned to wed as
soon as she is released from the
hospital.
“It started out pretty ruggedly,
so now maybe everything will be
all right,” she said.
Mrs. Gus Skonberg, 47-year-old
mother of 15 children, said she
prayed the entire two days before
the navy tug and cutter arrived
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