Forecast And
Weather Report
Nome and Vicinity
Compiled by the U. S. Dept, of
Commerce, Weather Bureau.
Friday, March 4, 1949
Forecast Nome: Continued clou
dy tonight and Saturday with in
termittent light to gentle SE. to
S. winds. Lowest temperature to
night 24, hightset temperature Sat
urday 32.
Nome data last 24 houx*s as o!
7:00 a.m. today:
Precipitation 0.21 inch. <Total
this month 0:46 inch).
Temperatures: highest 33. low
est 25.
Note—This is the first time the
temperature has been above freez
ing since October 16th.
Maximum wind 30 miles an
hour from the E.N.E.
Sunrise at 6:55 a.m., sunset at
5:30 p.m.
Comparative data:
Temperatures one year ago to
day: highest 4, lowest —28.
Extreme temperatures on this
date since 1907: higehst 34 in 1917,
lowest —32 in 1922.
Data for other selected stations
as of 7:00 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow 5 Cloudy
Kotzebue 10 Cloudy
Shishmaref —2 Cloudy
Wales —1 Cloudy
Gambell 2 Snow
Nome 30 Snow
Unalakleet 32 Cloudy
Bethel 35 Snow
McGrath 22 Cloudy
Anchorage 23 Cloudy
Fairbanks 14 Partly Cloudy
Juneau 37 Rain
Ketchikan 42 Cloudy
AIRLINES
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS
Arriving yesterday with the
Pan American were Russ Apple,
Oran Dover, George Lawn, Pvt.
Paul Pack and Mary Goff.
Departing were Steve Anderson
| and Sgt. Warner.
AT THE WALLACE HOTEL
Paul Pack, Seattle. Merle
Strickland, Tacoma. Russell Ap
ple, Fairbanks. Oran Dover, Fair
banks.
Fairbanks Winter
Carnival Starts
FAIRBANKS. /Pi — The four
day annual Winter Carnival got
underway yesterday with 24
strings of Malemutes entered in
the All-Alaska Dog Derby.
The mushing championships
share the calendar with choosing
of a carnival queen to be crowned
on a throne of ice Sunday; Eskimo
ceremonial dance exhibitions, a
variety show featuring Lois But
ler, 18, soprano and movie starlet,
and the traditional kids’ mutt pa
rade.
Gareth Wright, 20. Fairbanks,
was favored to be the heavy
money winner during the th 'ee
days of mushing against ve’eran
Eskimo trailburners from outly
ing villages.
The Thursday and Friday races
will be run over a 20-mile course,
and the final race Saturday is for
30 miles. Total prize money is
$6,000. The most possible to win
for a first place winner on all
three days, plus a bonus for the
best elapsed time, would be
$2,850.
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Bronson Water Delivery
Phone Main 19
A. & A.
SANITARY COMPANY
Phone MAIN 85
“For Courteous, Efficient Service”
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States can step in and raise money to conduct tneir o’
Lt. and Mrs. Richard L. Fahr
ney are the proud parents of a
baby daughter, Susan, born at the
Base Hospital on Feb. 25th.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. bP) —
James /Rowland Angell, president
I emeritus of Yale University, died
. at his home here today. He was
1 79 years of age.
Angell, who was Yale’s 11th
! president, died at his home in
| Hamden after a long illness.
1 He retired as Yale’s president in
! 1937 subsequently becoming edu
' cational advisor for the National
Broadcasting Company.
NOTICE
| r
Arctic Native Brotherhood will
meet Monday evening at the Club
house at 7:30 p.m.
Sam Mogg. Secy.
NOTICE
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Lenten Devotions
Sun. eve, 7:30 instructions
Wed. eve. 7:30 Instructions
Fri. eve. 7:30, Stations of the Cross
NOTICE
Arctic Club members will hold
general annual meeting with poi
luclc supper at Clubhouse at 7:30
p.m. on Saturday. March 5th. All
members urged to come.
Gordon Osborne. Pres.
NOTICE
The Ladies Aid Society will
meet Friday evening at eight
o'clock at the home of Mrs. R.
Amundsen and will observe the
World Day of Prayer at that time
as a theme for their meeting. Wo
men from- all denominations are
invited to participate in the meet
ing which is open to all interested
persons.
Mrs. Rcbert Baldwin. Pre-.ident
NOTICE
Independent Order of Odd Fel
lows will meet Friday evening at
the Odd Fellow Hall at eight p.m.
Robert Baldwin, Secy.
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FOR SALE—G.E. Portable Radio,
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international News
| At A Glance —
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contracts for two more years labor
in Russia.
The Moscow newspaper Pravda
j said the press in western democ
racies is erecting an iron curtain
I o “distort or pass by the fact that
the Soviet Union consistently is
I put ing into effect a policy of low
: ering prices."
“The truth cannot be hidden,"
the communist sheet said, “It will
find a way out even through any
ran curtain erected by warmong
ers and their lackeys."
The three western military gov
ernors of Germany vetoed a plan
'of the West Germany parliamen
1 tary council to include Berlin in
'*he projected German state. Ma
yor Ernest Reuter of Berlin said
he governors’ decision is "not
! very polite or very wise."
The Bulgarian and Hun gar an
! triads against churchmen were in
I recess. The Bulgars took the day
■ to celebrate the 71st anniversary
of their freedom from the Turks
and used it to praise the Rod army
of Russia.
I -
Fridav March 4, 1919
Strategic Noi way lined uo -w: h
the Western democracies today in
talks on* the projected North At
lantic defense alliance, despite
Russian objections.
Denmark said it too would like
to join the trea'y talks in Wash
ington between the United States,
Canada, Britain, France. Belgium,
1 Holland and Luxembourg. Both
I Italy and Portugal also have ex
I pressed interest in joining the al
liance.
Norway rejected a Russian bid
for a non-aggression accord,which
would have tied its future to Rus
sia. The U. S. state department
considered the decision a consid
erable cold war victory over Rus
1 sia.
The courage of Norway was
(pointed up by its 122-mile fron
| tier with Russia in the Arctic. It is
defended by a few Norwegian ski
patrols and nothing more.
Communist leaders of Mexico
and the Philippines parroted the
party line of loyalty to Russia in
, the event of war. The communists
| of France, Italy, Britain, the
United States, Germany, Austria
and other countries previously
. have made like utterances. Presi
dent Truman said American com
' munists who indicated they would
| side with Russia are traitors. De
mands grew in Congress for strong
laws to curb the Reds.
The eight Russians blockaded in
Frankfurt after defying an Amer
| ican order to leave the U. S. zone
, of Germany ran down the red flag
and angrily sped toward the Sov
ie‘ sector after being penned up
' .vo days. They belonged to a re
patriation commission. A Russia
t uck driver spat at an American
girl watching the exodus. The
Russians struck back swiftly and
ordered U. S. graves registration
men to leave the Soviet zone.
A gfave search unit of four U. S.
soldiers arrived in Berlin from
"he Soviet zone last night under
escort of a Russian officer. Two
other Americans were in Berlin
voluntarily on a holiday when the
Russian order was issued.
The graves registration unit,
which has its headquarters in Ber
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