Forecast And
Weather Report
Nome and Vicinity
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Compiled by the U. S. Dept, of
Commerce, Weather Bureau.
Wednesday, March 12. 1947
Forecast Nome: Continued clear
and cold tonight, warmer Thurs
day with occasional light snow
and fresh northeasterly wind.
Lowest temperature tonight —30.
highest temperature Thursday 10.
Nome data as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Precipitation last 24 hours,
trace. Total precipitation this
month 0.02 inch.
Temperatures last 24 hours:
highest —19, lowest —37.
Maximum wind last 24 hours 15
miles per hour from the ea^t.
Sunrise at 6:29 a.m., sunset a.
5:53 p.m.
Comparative data:
Temperatures one' year ago to
day: highest —4, lowest —22.
Extreme temperatures on thi
day since 1907: lowest —37 in
1947, highest 34 in 1917.
Data for other selected stations
as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow —11 Snow
Point Hope —35 Clear
Kotzebue —26 Cloudy
Shishmaref —40 Clear
Wales —27 Clear
Gambell —16 Snow
Nome —34 Partly Cloudy
Unalakleet 20 Cloudy
Bethel —24 Clear
McGrath 2 Snow
Anchorage 27 Cloudy
Fairbanks 14 Cloudy
Juneau 36 Cloudy
Whitehorse 25 Cloudy
Ketchikan 42 Rain
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Bud Harper. Pres.
Andy Anderson. Sec.
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NORVIN W. LEWIS. Secy.
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JOHN R. RAPP. N.G.
ROBERT BALDWIN. Secy.
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67 D. COCHRAN
Attorney At Law
Phone Main 121
Nome. Alaska
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IRA D. ORTON
Attorney At Law
Room 1—Nevada Building
* Nome. Alaska
Seattle Office:
801 Lowman Building
Telephone EL. 6388
NEWS IN BRIEF
VICTORIA, R. C., (Th—Imme
diate steps to “check all viol it • >
ot the law and immediate’v sus
pend any pol e- officer f»un 1 neg
ligent in his duty” wa; o-U
last night by Mayor Percy V.
George.
The order, issuea 10 roilcc Chic!
.1. A. McLennan, followed them Iv
or's announcement that he had re
ccived letters, telephone calls and
v - to s recently suggesting that
“members of the city police de
partment were accepting bribes
from certain gambling elements in
the city.”
STUTTGART, Germany (TV
The German council of Slate oi
the U. S.-occupied zone approved
today a law which will r up
to $125,000 000 worth o' oroper
ties to persons whose possession?
were confiscated during the Nazi
regime.
WASH INC. TON, (TV- Pres'dent
Truman today signed legislation
extending the wartime excise tax
rates. The legislat'on continues in
definitely the high wartime levies
on such items as liquor, furs, jew
elry and cosmetics, and for trans
VISITING DAUGHTER*
IN NOME
Mrs. Elsa Gibbs, who arrived
Monday evening on the P.A.A.,
is visiting with her daughter Mrs.
Frank Jones. The Jones are now
located in the Ken Rank apart
ment.
MRS. H. EDWARDS
IN HOSPITAL
Mrs. H. Edwards, employe * a*
the post office was taken to the
hospital lor medical attention th's
week.
portation and telephone servic
OREGON CITY. Ore. (JP)—Dep
uty Sheriff J. E. Saobe said to
day a man arrested in a home here
wearing only a suit of long under
wear had identified himself as
Robert John Pr zer, 2H, Anchorage.
Tiie deputy said Prix.er was dis
covered hiding in a second f.ao
bedroom closet when Mrs. Thomas
Thompkins returned home from
an Oregon coast vacation trip
Prizer was quoted as saying ht
broke into the house because h<
was wet and cold and wanted tc
find some warm clothing. He saic
he was '‘rolled” in Seattle and los'
$3,200 after coming from the Ter
ritory.
I ^iltor Secy. Against
New Labor Laws
(By Douglas B. Cornell)
WASHINGTON (Ah—Secretary
of labor Schwellenbach predicted
today that strikes this year will be
“drastically reduced”—but he de
clared that major labor law
changes might foster “strife” and
“chaos” instead.
The processes of free collective
ug m.ng. dormant during the
war, are being re-learned, Schwel
uoach told the House labor coro
na t tee.
He sai l it may be a<se tea safe
ly ‘ that the number of s‘oppages
.1 1947 will be drastically reduced
I' run the number that occurred in
1946.”
In another statement prepared
for the committee, Paul 7.T. Herzog,
chairman of the national labor re
lations board, said Congress may
get “mounting industrial strife”
rather than greater industrial
peace if it tampers with the Wag
ner act. That is the law guarantee
ing workers the right to bargain
collectively.
Both government labor expert;
were on the witness list at hear
Lester Bronson Agent
For Piper Aircraft
Lester Bronson recently an
nounced his appointment as Set ~
nd Division representative for the
Piper Aircraft Co , to handle the
Piper Cub, and the Piper Cvb
Cruiser.
He states that the first of the
planes he has on order will arrive
in Nome within a week or ten days
and has been sold to Robert (Bob)
Jacobs, mechanic for Alaska Air
lines. The plane :s a 3-passengei
Super Cru'ser.
M \ Bronson states that he will
rrvvy \ complete stock of parts and
’ nding gear, including special
*'t epment.
A Piper Cub, 2-place trainer,
will be coming along at an early
date .-ays Mr. Bronson. The plane
will be used temporarily as a dem
onstrator.
ings on a pile of bills proposing
broad changes in labor laws. Both
took repeated pot-shots at the pro
posals and called for emphasis on
; around-the-table bargaining to
curb industrial unrest.
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