Forecast Ami
Weather Report
Nome and Vicinity
Compiled by the U. S. Dept, of
Commerce, Weather Bureau.
Monday, December 20, 1948
Forecast Nome Dec reasing
cloudiness tonight and Tuesday
and colder. Gentle to moderate
Easterly winds. Gradually tailing
temperatures becoming —15 Tues
day evening.
Nome data last 24 hours as oi
7:00 a.m. today:
Precipitation, trace: 'Total this
month 0:55 inch.)
Temperatures highest 24, lowest
13.
Maximum wind 15 miles an
hour from the east.
Sunrise at 10:05 a.m., sunset at
1:56 p.m.
Comparative Data: Tempera
tures one year ago today: highest
14, lowest —6.
Extreme temperatures on this
day since 1907: highest 36 in 1920.
lowest —28 in 1918.
Data for other stations as of
7:00 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow —28 Clear
Point Hope —1 Clear
Kotzebue —18 Clear
Wales —1 Partly Cloudy
Gambell 8 Snow
Nome 16 Snow
Unalakleet 12 . Snow
Bethel 13 Partly Cloudy
McGrath 17 Snow
Anchorage 20 Snow
Fairbanks 5 Snow
Juneau % 32 Snow
Ketchikan 35 Snow
Seattle 46 Partly Cloudy
San Fran.?‘sco 44 Clear
Nugget Ad P»ring Q ?>'• Tte-ul*
AIRLINES
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS
Pan American arrived Sunday
with the following passengers:
Tim Deline, Laura MacKenzie,
Mrs. R. J. Wood, Herb Lawrence.
Departing were Capt. A. M. En
gle, Ralph Kibby, Gus Wheeler,
Fred Buff, John Smith. Ed For
tune.
WIEN ALASKA AIRLINES
Yesterday pilot Miller took Ed
ward Walker from Nome to White
Moun ain, and brought Elizabth
Walker from White Mountain to
Nome. Stella Kakaruk was a pas
senger from Igloo to Nome.
Pilot Bronaugh took A. T.
Stedge from Nome to Teller Mis
sion, and Ralph Alexander from
Nome to Teller. John Esanitug was
a passenger from Nome to Igloo.
Yesterday 10,000 pounds of
Christmas freight was brought in
to Nome from Seat le.
ALASKA AIRLINES
Passengers arriving Friday were
Iva Street, Anges Angell and J.
W. Gant.
Arriving Saturday were Col.
John Noyes, L. E. Ost, Mamie An
drews.
A: press time today the Alaska
Airlines plane which had been
circling town for some time was
reported returning to Unalakleet,
due to the heavy fog over Nome.
AT THE WALLACE HOTEL
Capt. A. Engle, Herb Lawrence,
Seattle. James Gant, Anchorage.
Col. John R. Noyes, Juneau.
One advantage of having a good
vocabulary is that you can dis
card the big word and select a
small one that you are able to
spell.
What Better Xmas Gift
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Weather Permitting
Anywhere on Seward Peninsula
DAILY FLIGHTS TO
TELLER, IGLOO, WHITE MOUNTAIN
CALL MAIN 46 FOR RESERVATIONS
Wien Alaska Airlines
DIAMOND CEMENT ENDS
LAST TRIP OF SEASON
SEATTLE, i/P) — The freighter
Diamond Cement is due in Seat
tle today on her last trip from
Alaska for the season. The ship,
which has been hauling lime rock
from View Cove, Alaska, to Seat
tle, will undergo her annual in
spection and reparis.
The freighter is owned by Per
mante Steamship corporation,
with Olympic Steamship /Co. as
agents.
Government Expert — W h a t j
time do you go to work?
Farmer—Son, I don’t go to
work. I wake up surrounded by i '.
HOSPITAL NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Johnson
are the parents of a baby girl
born on December 17.
NOTICE
The funeral of Curtis Jacobs'
will be delayed pending the ar-1
rival of Mrs. Curtis Jacobs from!
the States.
The funeral of Thor Olson will
be held the same day as the Jacobs
funeral.
NOTICE
Midnight Mass followed by a
second Mass, third Mass (children)
9:00 o'clock Christmas morning.1
Confessions: Friday evening 7:30
to 9:30; children's confessions Fri
day afternoon 4:00 to 5:00.
notice i
—
Alaska Chapter No. 1. O.E.S. in-:
vites Masons and escorts of Stars |
to its installation ceremony thsi j
evening at nine o'clock at the Ma-j
sonic Temple.
Margaret Steinwandel. W.M.
NOTICE
A Special Christmas Program
will be given Thursday evening'
at the Assembly of God Church at
8:00 p.m. A play entitled "Oh Lit-j
tie Town of Bethlehem." showing
the origin of the song, will be pre-.
sented by the Sunday School; also
other recitations and special mu
sic. You are invited. Everyone is
welcome.
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Spy Committee
Uncovers New
"Vital** Witness
WASHINGTON. .TM—A mem
ber )♦' the Hop e un-Amer'can ac
tivities committee said Saturday
it has located a new witness who
will give “vital testimony” in the
«pv hear ngs to be held today..
The member, who didn't want
his name used, said the witness is
a former communist who agreed to
ale if given FBI protection. This
was arranged and a subpoena
erved on the man for appearance
here today, he said.
Evidently the new wines is
one of two persons questioned in
New York Friday by Rep. Mc
Dowell |R.-Pa.». McDowell report
ed afterward that he had obtained
some new leads that required im
mediate attention and some highly
important and valuable informa
tion.
In a separate development, the
committee planned to quiz two ad
mitted former communist couriers
for expert advice on howto plug
loopholes through which govern
ment secrets have been sneaked
out.
Acting chairman Mundt <R.-S.
D.» said it intends to go in o the
subject with VVhittaken Chambers
and Elizabeth T. Bentley.
Cecil John Rhodes, British co
lonial and imperial sta esman, be
gan his career in Africa when, at
1 16 and in broken health, he joined
his brother who was farming in
Natal.
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