CACHE yOUR
FOOD
THE
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YOU MAY OBTAIN
SMALL QUARTERS °f 13 E Ef
AND
■ LARGE SIDES of vEAL
for your STORAGE LOCKERS
AT THE PALMER COLD STORAGE
SUCCEEDS ARNOLD
Tones P. Davis, who visited Alaska in 1944
and 1946 as regional administrator for the
OF A was recently ap ointed Director of the
Division of Territories and Island Posses
sions, succeeding Edwin G, Arnold, who has
been made special Assistant to Secretary
Krug on International Hatters. Frior to
his OPA connection Davis served with the
Foreign Service and the KEA.
ALASKAN DEFENSES TO BE
5 LENGTHENED
Recently President Truman ordered Alaskan
defenses stiffened and reorganized top
level officers in the Ail Force, lt„ 'Sen,
ITathan F, Twining ras made new commander
of the Ala si: an Theater with command over
T'oth air and ground forces, faring the
■vrr 3:6 was in command of the lath Air
Force, in tactical cont*ol Of all air
forces in the South Pacific, and from >
January 1944 he commanded the Medit error*
egn'Al’ led Strategic Air Forces and the
U.S. 15th Air Force.
The President’s main objective in this
reorganization is to intensify activity
in Alaskan defenses, The bolstering of
Alaskan defense has been termed as an
’’extremely difficult operational problem.”
Two cases of typhoid fever occurring in
Seattle were traced to the two outbreaks
in Alaska occurring at Nonana and Anchor
age. The outbreak at Anchorara was tree ei
to a food liandler who occasionally helped
out in a pie factor;'. The su! seojeni
Eases around-Nenana wciv water- bcjua> but
the source of the original en.-o raj net
yet been traced.
Department of Health Bulletin,
SALMON - PACK TOPS I9\4 6
3y the las.t of September the Fish and
Wildlife Service announced that the Ter
ritories Salmon pack for 1947 had already
tapped 1946. At that time two southeast
ern districts were still open and in oper
at ion.
On September 13, thi weekly compilation
showed a total of 4,204,004'cases had been
packed by the 114 canneries, compared with
last year’s final figures of 3,880,108
®ases. The 1946 pack was the smallest in'
years and only 96 canneries had operated.
Figures as of September 13 for Central
Alaska are:
Alaska Peninsula, ’ south'side (final)
five canneries, 269,339;
Chignik•(final), two canneries,125,320
Kodiak , 12 canneries, 589,737;
Cook Inlet (finall, 17 canneries 212,225
Frinee William Sound-Reiurredtion Byy
(final) 14 canneries, 468,734 '
Copper River, eight canneries, 55,094
Central Alaska Total '
58 canneries, 1,768,649
Sopt.14, last year '
the pack was 1,724,623
The 20 canneries in‘Western Alaska in
cluding Bristol Bay, which closed in July
packed 1,407,664 cases, as compared with
a total pack last year of only 694,464.
Note: There seems to be little salmon
retailed in the States,' Everywhere the
Editor went this summer, she was asked'
if we had salmon on the shelves in Alaska.
It just did not seem to be available in
the States.. It seems to be a very scarce
item yet, and it aid sound as if people
weri"rather hungry for it. Editor.
TAKE ON SEAL SKINS
.DECREASES
A total of 61 j447 fur-seal skins vrere
taken in sealing operations on A1a skaf s
Pribilof Islands during the 1947 .geason
'which old sod July 21, Secretary of the
Interior, Krug announced recently.
This represents a decrease of 3276 skins
from the 1946 take, due in part to the
earlier termination of sealing operations,
it is thought. The'take of seals is con
fined to youn^males, bachelors, which
earlier.in the season are segregated 9ron
the rest of the herd.
The Seal herd numbered 3,613,653 animals
wh en the'annual census .was taken earl:*
in August. This is an increase of 6.7*
per cent over the 1946 census. The soal
herd'on the Pribilofs is estimated at
$100,900,000.
In 1910' the herd contained only 13.9,279
aniaalSi 3y crre-tul conservation the
ne.ri na;, been increased and vfc the same
time rv-octuced nearly a million and a half*