Forecast And !
Weather Report;
Forecast Nome: Cloudy with oc
casional very light sncrw tonight1
and Thursday. SW winds. Lowest
temperature expected tonight 30,
highest tomorrow 34’.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: Precipitation, trace.
Month total .64 inch. Tempera
tures: highest 34, lowest 30. Maxi
mum wind 25 mph. from the S.
Sunrise at 4:18 a.m., sunset at
7:47 p.m.
Comparative data: Tempera
tures one year ago today: highest
37, lowest 10. Extreme tempera
tures on this date since 1907: high
est 41 in 1932, lowest —22 in 1924.
Data for othgr selected stations
as of 7 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow 30 Snow
Point Hope 30 Cloudy
Kotzebue 31 Cloudy
Shishmaref 28 Partly cloudy
Wales 29 Partly cloudy
Gambell 30 Cloudy
Nome 31 Snow
Unalakleet 32 Cloudy
Bethel 30 Partly cloudy
McGrath 31 Clear
Anchorage 40 Fog
Fairbanks 39 Partly cloudy
Whitehorse 28 Partly cloudy
Edmonton 5 Snow
Juneau 43 Partly cloudy
Ketchikan 48 Partly cloudy
Seattle 49 Rain
San Francisco 54 Cloudy
SEATTLE FIRM IS i
LOW BIDDER ON |
CHENA BRIDGE!
JUNEAU, (yP) — J. J. Badciun
Company of Seattle was low bid
der yesterday cm the construction |
of a bridge over Chena and Noyes
Sloughs at Fairbanks.
The firm bid $458,395.10 on the
two bridge jobs..
Other bids placed with the
Alaska Road Commission in
cluded: Munter Construction Co.,
Seattle, $459,910.45; Aldous and;
Company, Fairbanks, $475,755.95.1
The award of the contract will j
be announced later.
AIRLINES
ALASKA AIRLINES
Arriving from Anchorage yes
terday with Alaska Airlines were
Joe Hatton, Providence Guzman.
Deporting for Anchorage were
Ray Watson, B. W. Porter, W. E.
Greeton, E. V. Shields, Capt. Kem
mington.
WIEN ALASKA AIRLINES
Dr. Power, Mr. and Mrs*. Clark
Lewis and two children and Ar
thur Almgrim were passengers to
Fairbanks on Monday. Pat Savik
and W. P. Kieklinger were passen
gers from Fairbanks to Nome.
Jack Jenkins was a passenger
from Kotzebue to Nome.
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS
Arriving today were Donald
Albert, Curtis Baker, Mel Bergy,
Roy Bugy, Alfred Enix, Ken Phil
bert, Elmer Hovik, John. Paden,
William Wardzall, A. G. Buscio,
R. DeLucia, Sol Erie, B. Bors
wald, Elmer Merrill.
Outgoing passengers were Mrs.
T. McAllister and Rev. Rugwell.
PARATROOP BATTALION
ENROUTE ALASKA FOR
OPERATION “FIRESTEP"
LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE,
Va., (JP)—A paratroop battalion
combat team took off from North
Carolina for Alaska yesterday to
engage a theoretical invading en
emy force.
Lt. Gen. John K. Cannon, com
manding general of the tactical
air command, said 31 troop carrier
aircraft left Pope Air Force Base
with paratroops to bake part in
the mock Alaskan war operation
labeled “Firestep.” The force is
expected to arrive at Elmendorf,
Alaska, in three days.
New Location of
L. A. Stevens Co. Office
1 Block West of Polaris Hotel
461 1st Ave. W.
—Don Hurlbert, Mgr.
Announcement Concerning
Alaska Net Income Tax
Sections ,58 and 59 of the Internal Revenue
Code, recently incorporated into the Alaska In
come Tax Law, require tax payers to file an Esti
mated Alaska Income Tax Declaration if:
1. An individual has income from a business
or profession.
2. An individual’s compensation is not sub
ject to witholding, (e. g. Federal em
ployees).
3. His or her estimated gross income from
sources other than wages subject to with
holding exceeds $500.00 per year.
Declaration blanks (Form 600-ELS.D.) can be
obtained at the Nome Branch Office of the Depart
ment of Taxation. For 1951, the filing date has
been extended to May 15th. In cases where an in
dividual fails to file a timely declaration by wilful
neglect, a penalty of 5% of each installment
assessed, plus 1% for each month (except the first)
during which the installment remains unpaid, will
be added.
♦
DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION
NOME BRANCH
Publish April 18, 20, 23.
RIFLE SLAYING
IN ANCHORAGE
ANCHORAGE </P) — Hillman
Ingram, 43, of Anchorage, was
held on a manslaughter charge
today for the rifle slaying of Jim
Stacks, about 60, Sunday night.
Police quoted Ingram as saying
the shooting occurred after both
of the men, visiting at the home
of a mutual friend, had started
arguing with a woman.
Ingram’s statement said Stacks
brandished a knife and that In
gram hit him with a rifle “but
that didn’t stop him.”
Stacks was shot above the belt
and died at a hospital.
MARITIME UNIONS
GIVE NOTICE OF
CONTRACT REOPENING
SAN FRANCISCO, <ff) — Five
West Coast maritime unions rep
resenting some 30,000 workers
hove given the Pacific Maritime
Association the required 60-day
notice of a contract reopening
for discussion of wages and other
matters.
The contracts expire June 15.
The unions include Harry
Bridges’ International Longshore
men’s and Warehousemen’s Union
(ELWU), ejected from the CIO a
year ago on charges of following
the Communist party line.
Hospital News
Admitted to the hospital are
William Willoya, Fritz Carlson,
Mrs. Peter Komakhuk.
Discharged today are Mrs. Ray
mond Tveter and son, Vera Shoo
gukuwak and Mrs. Fred Davis.
I
More American families now
own their own homes than ever
before in history—53% of all oc
cupied dwellings.
COMBAT TROOPS TO RETURN
UNDER ROTATION PLAN
SEATTLE, (JPy—The first men
to come home from Korea under
the Army’s new rotation plan—
similar to that in effect with the
Marine Corps—will arrive in Se
attle about the first week of May.
The initail shipload will be
made up of 2,000 combat veterans.
City and port officials are col
laborating with veterans’ organi
zations to stage a big welcome for
the combat troops.
SNACK BAR
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SODA
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FRESH ICE CREAM
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Standard Brands
CIGARS, CIGARETTES
TOBACCO
CANDY and
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NEW SCHEDULE
MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY— Flights to Teller
WEDNESDAY— Wales and Shishmaref
WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY— Solomon, Council,
White Mt., Ungalik, Shaktoolik, Koyuk, Haycock,
Unalakleet and Golovin
TUESDAY— Deering, Candle and Kotzebue
DAILY SCHEDULED FLIGHTS
by DC-3 Starliner
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New Reduced Rates — Effective Now
WALES - $30 UNALAKLEET - $30
Anchorage, McGrath, Unalakleet and Nome
MONDAY— Moses Point and Kotzebue