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Show Epidemic of "Flu" Rages in Alaska Nome, Alaska An Influenza epidem- ic of serious proportions was raging I in Fortuna Ledge precinct, southeast j of here in the lower Yukon valley. The nearest physician is 200 miles away, at Nome. A radio message of the Unl-; Unl-; ted States marshal here said that all of the inhabitants of the precinct were I stricken. A request was sent to Gov-j Gov-j ernor George A. Parks urging him to j ! send an airplane from Nome to the j ! district with a phvsician. ; I ! |