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Alaska News: Weather, Storms, and Oil Land Opens
The report recalls a winter at FARCH with snow for transporting wood and a busy week of meals and illness. Herman Bulkley faced a possible appendicitis but remained in Kodiak care as doctors weighed surgery. A severe windstorm damaged launches and roofs while ships were wrecked. survivors were rescued. Post storm notes highlight a February stampede as the President signed the Leasing Bill opening Alaska oil lands to lease.
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W. J. Erskine
Kodiak
Alaska
Cold Bay
Kodiak Kodiak