AIRLINES
WIEN ALASKA AIRLINES
A flight was made to Teller yes
terday which planned to go on to
Diomede but returned due to un
favorable weather.
Wednesday a flight was made
to White Mountain, Golo v i n ,
Moses Point, Haycock, Ungalik
and Unalakleet and returned with
Dora Titus and Ben Oxsutowruk.
A plane arrived from Fairbanks
yesterday bringing in John Jack
and taking out Dora Titus on the
return trip.
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ALASKA AIRLINES
Harry Lewis was the incoming
passenger on today’s Alaska Air
line plane.
LIBRARY ALTERATIONS
COMPLETED
The K. K. Public Library has
been completely remodeled and
redecorated during the past week,
the work having been done by Bill
Gillis and the paint job, courtesy
of Fire Chief Brown. The Library
Board completed the rearrange
ment of books including new
books which have been waiting for
shelf room.
One of the fast growing depart
ments of the library is the chil
dren’s section which was started
last year and has proven very
popular.
The library will be open on reg
ular schedule Friday evening at
7:30 and Saturday afternoon at
2:30.
The Northwestern Chamber of
Commerce are planning to hold
of officers next Tuesday evening
o fofficers next Tuesday evening
at the Pioneer Hall. The commit
tee in charge states that a dinner
is being .planned and further an
nouncements will be made later.
Rev. Fred Wagner has kindly
given up that date so that the
chamber may have the use of the
Pioneer Hall.
Forecast And
Weather Report
Nome and Vicinit>
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Compiled by the U. S. Dept oi
Commerce, Weather Bureau.
Friday, February 20, 1948
Forecast Nome: Clear and con
j tinued cold tonight and Saturday.
Lowest temperature tonight —20.
highest temperature Saturday 0.
Nome data as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Precipitation last 24 hours none.
Total precipitation this month 0.66
inch.
Temperatures last 24 hours:
highest 5, lowest —22.
Maximum wind last 24 hours 12
miles per hour from the E.S.E.
Sunrise at 7:41 a.m., sunset at
4:52 p.m.
Comparative data Tempera
tures one year ago today: highest
30, lowest 19.
Extreme temperatures on this
day since 1907: Lowest —36 in
1915, highest 35 in 1914.
Data for other selected stations
as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow —11 Snow
Point —8 Cloudy
Kotzebue 5 Clear
Shishmaref —5 Snow
Wales —6 Cloudy
Gambell 1 Clear
Nome —4 Clear
Unalakleet 0 Partly Cloudy
Bethel —4 Cloudy
McGrath —23 Cloudy
Anchorage —12 Clear
Fairbanks —26 Partly Cloudy
Juneau 18 Snow
Whitehorse 14 Snow
Ketchikan 32 Snow
Edmonton —2 Cloudy
Seattle 43 Cloudy
San Francisco 54 Clear
Gold is so ductile that one gram
of that metal has been drawn into
a wire two miles long.
House Wants Mac
Art hurs Advice
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j WASHING TON, <A>) — The
House forpign affairs committee
! indicated today it wants General
i Douglas MacArthur to come home
' and advise it on Chinese and Far
Eastern problems.
C h a i rman Eaton <R.-N. J.'
i asked secretary of state Marshall
how to go about bringing Mac
Arthur back from Tokyo,
j The secretary said he di 1 n
know whether the request sho^.d
go to the President or to the secre
tary of the army. MacArthur
comes under the army depart
ment.
Eaton then asked Marshall whe
ther he though the committee
should seek MacArthur's advice m
person. He put the question this
way:
“Do you think we need so big a
gun to fire so small a shot?”
Marshall said he would prefer
“not to express an opinion.”
Marshall came before the com
mittee to talk about the proposed
$570,000,000 Chinese aid program.
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"VOX POP" TROUPE ENTER
TAINS GI'S AND CIVILIANS
AT NOME AIR BASE
The widely popular "Vox Pop"
troupe arrived here February 19th
to entertain GI’s and civilians at
Nome Air Base. Comprising the
unit were Parks Johnson, Warren
Hull, C. E. Willis, Jr., John Bo
cier, Merle Worster, Dio De Titta,
Danny Shaw, Vanessa Brown, Dr.
Ann Brind, and William Snoduth.
The troupe presented two shows
Wednesday night in the base the
atre, both of which were well re
ceived and enjoyed by military
and civilian personnel attending.
Upon their departure from
Nome, the Vox Pop company will
present a show to civilion person
nel at Anchorage, then depart for
Puerto Rico where they will en
tertain naval personnel on duty
in the Carribean area.
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Soldiers Cold, Wear
Too Many Clothes
WASHINGTON. </P> Explorer
Vilhjalmur Stefansson said today
u. S. soldiers have a hard t rue
keeping warm in the Arctic e
cause they wear too many clothes.
He told a reporter he hr.s <tuude*
trips across the polar ice in a nine
pound Eskimo caribou suit which
was “like a thermos bottle—prac
tically cold proof.’
But U. S. army men, he said,
wallow around in 25 to 28 pounds
of wool and leather "with a lot of
zippers and buttons that you don’t
need.”
Stefansson said he was not sui
prised to learn that the army
thinks men may have to use up *5
per cent of their energy just keep
ing alive in the strategic polar re
gions.
Doing it the Eskimo way, he de
clared, it takes no more energy to
stay alive in the far north than it
does in Washington. D. C.
“Instead of deploring the cold,"
Stefansson explained, “they make
use of what they have to cope
with it.”
Four Fishermen
Feared Lost
PORTLAND. Ore., {JP) — Hope
was given up today for the lives of
four fishermen on the boat Rose
Ann, missing since the Pacific
storm of Feb. 7-8.
Five other Pacific northwest
seamen lost their lives in the
storm.
Sam Sugura, Portland, part
owner of the Rose Ann, said the
coast guard had given up search
for the vessel, las* heard from off
Astoria early in the morning of
Feb. 8. It was feared waves cap
sized it.
Those aboard were W. R. Col
lins, Seaside, Ore., captain and
part owner of the craft; Ed Beck
A1 Blanchard, both of Warrenton
Ore., and Herbert Schiewe, Sea
side.
Song Stars Top
Talking Players
WASHINGTON, </Pl_Two Hoi
lywood song stars outrank all the
songless performers on a new
treasury list of big money makers
dominated by movie people.
Film executive Louis B. Mayer
—as usual—made more than any
of the actors and actresses,
i Deanna (really Edna Mae) Dur
bin. who drew $262,875, and Den
nis Morgan (really Stanley Morn
erk, with $261,000, struck it richer
; than luscious Lana Turner and he
■ man Clark Gable on the new tab
ulation.
Mayer, who has been topping
j these money earner lists for most
; of the last decade, was No. 1 again
with $502,571 paid him by Loew’s,
! Inc., during the 12 months ended
August, 1945.
Abandon Search
For Boat Survivoi
Aboard the U. S. Aircraft Car
er Midway off Hyeres Roai
France </P)—Search for eight m
missing from the U. S. Aircr;
carrier Midway was abandon
because of snow, rain, and rou
seas.
The men are believed to ha
lost their lives when their shor
to-ship launch was swamp<
2.500 yards off shore Mondt
night.'No bodies have been reeo'
ered.
Prayers for the men: one office
six seamen and one marine—wei
said over the ship’s loudspeake
A duty guard rendered honors.
The men were part of the bi
c a rrier’s 3,500-man complemen
They were returning from a fare
well party given at the small is
land of Hyeres when the acciden
occurred.
Fifty-three other men of the
Midway were rescued from the
water off the French Riviera.
Whisky Grain
To Be Rationed
WASHINGTON, (/P)—A Senate
banking sub-committee voted 4 to
0 yesterday for rationing grain to
whisky makers through Oct. 31.
The sub-committee recommend
ed that the liquor industry be al
lotted not less than 2,500,000 bush
els of grain a month.
An agriculture department of
ficial said the industry now is
using 6,200,000 bushels a month.
President Truman has asked
that grain controls be put back on.
They expired Jan. 31.
NWA FAIR ASSOCIATION
ELECTS OFFICERS
The first meeting of the new
board of directors of the North
western Alaska Fair Assn., was
held last evening in Polefs Store
with the following elected as offi
cers for the coming season: Elmo
Miller of the U. S. Reindeer Serv
ice, president; Sam Mogg, presi
dent of the Alaska Native Broth
erhood, vice-pres.; A. Polet secre
tary, and Mrs. Ole Hay treasurer.
A general discussion followed
the election concerning the date
of the Fair for 1943. Due to the
crowded condition of the school
it was questionable as to how and
where the annual event would be
! held. It was suggested that two
fairs be given instead—dividing
i the departments for spring and
fall and having them on one day
duration instead of three. This
change was also considered so»
that the exhibits would not be so
crowded as in past years.
Due to the fact that the change
would be a drastic one it was
agreed that all stockholders should
have a chance to a voice in the
matter before the final decision.
| A meeting has been set for
i Thursday evening, Feb. 26 in the
•' city hall for further discussion.
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