Truman Grins; Is
Satisfied With
'‘S.O.B.” Reactions
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range concerns cf the United
Kingdom.
When Mr. Truman was asked
whether he felt the United States
should curtail foreign aid accord
ingly. he replied seriously that he
was very happy over the British
progress toward recovery.
But he said he could not answer
t.he question whether aid should
be* continued. In general, he went
on, the Marshall Plan should be
continued until recovery is as
sured.
He indicated the administration
i.. pressing hard for early passage
of a new three-year extension of
reciprocal trade agreements act.
The White House is anxious to
have it approved by Congress by
March 5, if possible.
Work is being pressed also, he
indicated, on his plan for com
pulsory health insurance. Within
two or three weeks, the Prseident
said, a detailed message will be
.ent to the Capitol.
I MIDNIGHT SUN REBEKAH
LODGE MET WEDNESDAY
The Midnight Sun Rebekah
Lodge met Wednesday evening
with Mrs. Binks Seiffert presid
ing, and all members enjoyed the
convenience of the new heating
plant recently installed by Ben
Hyndman, which distributed an
even heat all over the building.
Mrs. Maude Taff, visiting mem
ber from Nebraska, as honor guest
o fthe evening.
Winners of the card games
were Mrs. Ole Hay, Mrs. Wm. j
McDonald and Mrs. Jim Frye.1
Committee in charge were Mrs.
John Fults and Mrs. Axel Edman. i
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A beautiful hand-hooked Rug is
on display at Dorothy's Shop this
week, which has been made by
Mrs. Wm. McDonald, and which
she has donated to the Midnight
Sun Rebekah Lodge. Tickets are
being sold at the shop to all in
terested parties.
Gordon Osborne was the first
winner of the weekly cash prize
being given by the Milk Fund
committee of the Walrus Club. |
All donating to the fund during
the week have the opportunity of
winning the prize. Mr. Osborne
received $50.00.
MASONS ENTERTAIN AT
WASHINGTON PARTY
Anvil Lodge No. 140, F. & A.M.
entertained members and invited
guests at a George Washington
Birthday party last Tuesday eve
ning at the Masonic Temple.
The guests enjoyecf movies of
unusual interest and then played
bingo with Rube Cremer being
high man.
The highlight of the evening
was a sumptuous fried chicken
supper complete to the ice cream.
The committee was highly
praised for the variety of enter
tainment. They were Stanley
Morgan, Bill Gillis, Raymond
Kays, Gus Carlson, Sam Huxley, I
Charles Lewis, Rube Cremer.
Frances Ross, daughter of Cap
tain and Mrs. T. A. Ross, for
many years in charge of Nome’s
Coast Guard Station, is associated
with the Alma Savage Lecture
Service in New York and is en- !
joying her work of arranging J
tours for various famous lectur- i
ers, from all over the world.
Frances Ross, it will be remem
bered, voluntarily wintered at,
King Island years ago to see how j
the natives lived there. She was
the only white woman on the is- I
land.
WEATHER SUMMARIES FOR
DECEMBER AND JANUARY
The month of December was a
! very cloudy month with cold tem
1 peratures and lots of snow. In
general. the temperature was
never above freezing during the
month and the extremely cold
weather fell during the first and
last weeks of the month. The
mean temperature for the month
was 2.8 which is nearly 2.8 de
grees below the normal.
Most . of the precipitation fell
daring the middle of the month
with nearly 4 inches of snowfall
in excess of the normal
The prevailing direction of the
wind for the month was east and
is normally northeast. The highest
velocity was 46 miles per hour,
which is less than the normal.
January was warmer than nor
mal with considerable more clou
diness than is usual. Snowfall for
the month of January was quite
excessive.
The temperature for the month
never exceeded freezing and the
mean for the month was two de
grees warmer than is normal. The
coldest temperature recorded for
the month was minus 38 degrees,
and the warmest plus 32 degrees.
Most of the extremely cold wea- j
ther fell in the first part of the
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Girl Seoul News
I Wednesday at our regular meet
i ing both troops of Scouts had a
party. A Camp Fire Girl troop
from Obispo, California, sent us a
party kit including party favors,
games and refreshment mix. All
of the girls, had a good time.
The Senior troop, after many
interruptions will finally have
their tobogganing party Wednes
day, March 2, and they will all
bring their own lunch.
New girls in the Intermediate
troop are Jacqueline Rigg, Wanda
Beltz, Star Hunt, and Christine
Blatchford.
The Senior troop are planning
on a cake and pie sale Saturday,
March 5, or sometime in the near
future.
June Dunbar, Scribe.
month.
The precipitation occurred pret
ty generally throughout themonth
and the fact that the winter has
been with almost no temperatures
above freezing has left an unusual
accumulation of snow on the
ground. Nearly twice the precipi
tation that normally can be ex
pected fell during the month of
January.
The prevailing wind direction
for the month was east, and is
normally northeast. The highest
velocity for the month was 61
miles per hour from the east.
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