Forecast And
Weather Report
Nome ami Vicinity
Compiled by tne United States
.Veather Bureau, Nome, Alaska.
May 13, 1946
Forecast for Nome and vicinity;
Partly cloudy tonight and Tues
day with occasional rain show
r ers.
Lowest temperature tonight 23,
highest temperature Tuesday 35.
Nome data as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Precipitation last 24 hours, a
trace.
Total precipitation this month
0.87".
Total snowfall this month 5.8".
Temperatures last 24 hours. -
Highest 36. - Lowest 28.
Maximum wind last 24 hours
28 mph. from the N.
Sunrise 2:47 a.m. Sunset 9:09
p.m.
Comparative data:
Temperatures one year ago to
day. Highest 26, lovyest 16.
Extreme temperatures on this
day since 1907: Highest 55 in
1943, and lowest 8 in 1939.
Data f roother selected stations
as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow 23 Snow
Point Hope 24 Partly cloudy
Kotzebue 31 Cloudy
Wales 24 Cloudy
Gambell 21 Cloudy
Nome 36 Cloudy
White Mt. 34 Snow
Unalaldeet 34 Rain
Bethel Snow
McGrath 41 Cloudy
Anchorage 42 Cloudy
Fairbanks 56 Cloudy
Juneau 43 Cloudy
Whitehorse 45 Cloudy
Ketchikan 40 Cloudy
Edmonton 47 Cloudy
Shishmaref 24 Snow
Teacher—What animal is satis
fied with the least nourishment?
Junior—The moth, teacher. It
eats nothing but holes.
Join The Regulars
Drop in at the
GLUE POT
for |
ICE CREAM
SPECIAL
BLUE RIBBON
GRADE-“A”
EGGS
75c PER DOZEN
Bon Marche
Store
JUDGE AND MRS. KEHOE
RETURN TO NOME
After an absence of several
months. Judge and Mrs. Joe Ke
hoe arrived today from Juneau,
i where Judge Kehoe has been tak
ing Judge George Alexander’s
( place on the bench during his ill
ness.
Before leaving Juneau, Judge
Kehoe was presented with a letter
' of commendation and appreciation
| from the attorneys, for his assist
ance. William Holzheimer, for
; mer judge of the Second Division,
1 made a few remarks in apprecia
! tion, before the presentation.
OLD-TIME PIONEER IN THE
MONEY - NENANA ICE POOL
One of the lucky winners of the
Nenana Pool was an oldtimer,
i Mike Johnson, who is eighty years
! old and has resided at the Pion
eer Home since 1935. He came
to Alaska in 1898, and states he
will split his $27,000 dollars with
Abner McDaniel who also lives
i at the home.
It is reported that the C. A.
i Forsseld Co. part-winners in the
pool, are as yet unidentified, and
unless the owners turn up soon
the winners will have their shares
increased by a portion of the other
$27,000.
RED CROSS MEMBERSHIP
DRIVE STARTS TODAY
The annual Red Cross drive for
membership starts today and will
continue until Saturday.
The city is being canvassed by
the following committee mem
bers: Federal Bldg.. Mrs. B. B.
Mozee: Territorial school. Mrs.
Ralph Kitzmiller; Business houses
Doug Johnson; Army and U. S.
; E. D. Mrs. Richard Webb.
Half of the money collected will
be retained in Nome for local use.
Anyone desiring any further in
formation may call Beverly Mor
gan, secretary.
Miss Eunice Logan will have a
desk in the lobby of the Federal
Building, Saturday, for voluntary
contributions.
ATTENTION PIONEERS
Meeting Wednesday evening at
Polet's Residence at 8:00 p.m.
Robert Baldwin, Secy.
FLEW TO NOME
FOR OPERATION
Gustav Sagonick was brought
in Friday from Shaktoolik, for an
i
i operation in the local hospital. He
is reported getting along nicely.
i , _
FLIES 640 MPH-u.
Col. John C. Herbst (above) flew
a P-80 jet plane at an average
speed of 640 miles per hour on
a flight from Los Angeles to San
Diego. Calif.
Twrf/tfov /^s
f House
SICN OF THE TIME S—Mrs. Virginia Post, Detroit
housewife, took this means of trying to rend off inquiries lioi~
house hunters while she did her soring cleaning.
Alcohol Causes
1 Dead, 8 Critical
San Francisco, May 13, —(/P>—
One sailor is dead and eight others
are in the hospital as a result of
drinking wood alcohol at th<
brig. The Twelfth Naval Dist
rict headquarters announced th<
men had broken into the pain!
locker and took the alcohol.
ARCTIC OIL DELIVERY
Phone Black 19
OUR BUSINESS IS OIL
YOUR ORDERS ARE APPRECIATED
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NORTHERN
LIGHT & POWER CO.
“BETTER LIGHT . . . BETTER SIGHT”
G.-E. Mazda Lamps Refrigerators
Elecrtical Appliances Washing Machines
Wiring Material
Phone MAIN 105
ARCTIC AIR SERVICE
CANDLE ALASKA
Nome Headquarters — Wallace Hotel
— Contact —
JOE WALLACE, or GENE JACK
Frequent trips with passengers and freight between
Nome and Fairbanks via Deering, Candle. Kotzebue.
Kiana. Shungnak. Kobuk and Hughes.
CONTACT US FOR CHARTER SERVICE
SMALL AND LARGE SHIPS TO SUIT YOUR NEEDS