Forecast And '
Weather Report
Nome and Vicinitv
Compiled by the United States
Weather Bureau, Nome, Alaska.
Wednesday, August 22, 1945
Forecast Nome: Cloudy with
light rain today and Thursday.
Lowest temperature tonight 45.
Highest temperature Thursday 54.
i Nome Data: Precipitation last
24 hours ending 8:30 a.m. todr.y
0.39 inches.
Total precipitation this month
to 8:30 a.m. today 1.06 inches.
Temperatures last 24 hours to
8:30 a.m. today: highest 51, low
► est 44.
Temperatures one year ago to
day: highest 52, lowest 44.
Extreme temperatures on this
day since 1907: lowest 24 in 1929,
highest 68 in 1923.
Sunrise at 5:14 a.m., sunset at
8:57 p.m.
Data for other selected stations
as of 8:30 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Point Barrow 32 Cloudy
Point Hope 41 Cloudy
Kotzebue 53 Cloudy
Wales 47 Rain
Gambell 47 Rain
Nome 49 Rain
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Golovin 51 Cloudy
Moses Point 53 Rain
Unalakleet 55 Rain
Bethel 51 Cloudy
McGrath 57 Cloudy
Galena 55 Rain
Fairbanks 53 Rain
Wiseman 31 Cloudy
Ft. Yukon 50 Partly Cloudy
Summit 46 Rain
Anchorage 54 Cioudy
Whitehorse 44 Cloudy
Edmonton 53 Cloudy
i Prince George 49 Cloudy
Seattle 55 Clear
Ketchikan 53 Clear
Japs Resume
Weather Broadcast
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| resuming the broadcasting of
' weather reports twice daily.
s. Y. WONG GUEST OF
PAN AMERICAN IN NOME
Mr. S. Y. Wong, an attache of
the Chinese foreign service, is in
Nome as a guest of the Pan Amer
ican Airways, making a survey, or
rather gathering information
about the workings of the Pan
American system.
Mr. Wong, whose home is in
Shanghai, has not been home
. since 1939, when he was sent to
Honolulu, T. H., by his govern
ment. He states that he was there
when the Japanese struck Pearl
Harbor. In 1942 he was sent to
the foreign office in the United
States, until the present time.
Now he is on his way home where
he expects to be transferred to
the Chinese National Airways
Commission.
Mr. Wong will leave on the re
turn PA A plane tonight.
MRS. KIRK JACKSON
RETURNS FROM THE STATES
Mrs. Kirk Jackson, who was
called to the States because of the
death of her father, returned Mon
day evening to her home here.
She is employed at the Polar
Curio Shop.
WIEN Alaska Airlines
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White Mt.
Haycock
Unalakleet
Golovin
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Moses Pt.
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Lower Yukon
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See Alaska First
Let WAA have the pleasure of presenting
you with your diploma for
Crossing The Arctic Circle
BOEING AIRLINERS - GULLWING STINSONS
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Nylons Available
By Christmas
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22—</F)—
WPB indicates that gals can buy
nylons by Thanksgiving or by
Christmas at the latest.
GAS SCHOONER TRADER
LEAVES FOR DIOMEDE
Gas Schooner Trader with its
veteran pilot. Captain Pete Poison
left for Diomede Island with sup
plies for the Co-Operative Store
and winter necessities for the na
tive population.
Clear Heads Choose Calvert’s
WALLACE HOTEL & TAXI
NOME, ALASKA PHONE 55
ALASKA TELEPHONE &
TELEGRAPH GO.
LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE SERVICE
Victory Is Never Cheap In Lives Or Money
MINING, CONTRACTING
And INDUSTRIAL
EQUIPMENT
Lomen Commercial
Company
WORK CLOTHES
Shop at the \. C. Co. for the
hest in serviceable and
comfortable work clothes.
BIB OVERALLS
WAIST OVERALLS
FRISCO JEANS
COVERALLS
WHIPCORD PANTS
TWILL PANTS
WORK SHIRTS
SHOP CAPS
WORK SOX
WORK SHOES
N. C. PRICES
Northern j'
Commercial Co.
Alaska’s Pioneer Merchants
TWO DELIVERIES 10 A.M.
DAILY 3 P.M.
• Phone MA. 133
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