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Forecast And
i Weather Report
Nome and Vicinity
Compiled by the United States
leather Bureau, Nome. Alaska.
May 6, 1946
Forecast for Nome: Partly
cloudy tonight and Tuesday.
Lowest temperature tonight 15,
highest temperature Tuesday 32.
i Nome data as of 7:30 a.m. to
day:
Precipitation last 24 hours 0.01.
Total precipitation this month
$ 0.84.
Total snowfall this month 5.7
inches.
Temperatures last 24 hours;
highest 27, lowest 15.
Maximum wind last 24 hours
15 mph from the SSW.
Sunrise 3:15 a.m., sunset 8:44
p.m.
Comparative data:
Temperatures one year ago to
day: highest 40, lowest 16.
Extreme temperatures on this
day since 1907: Lowest 3 in 1922;
Highest 46 in 1936.
Data for ather selected stations
as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow 10 Snow
Kotzebue 17 Snow ;
Shishmaref 12 Cloudy
Cambell 20 Cloudy
Nome 20 Snow
Golovin 20 Snow
Unalakleet 27 Clear ]
Bethel 27 Cloudy
McGrath 31 Cloudy
Anchorage 40 Cloudy
Fairganks 34 Cloudy
Juneau 51 Clear
Whitehorse 49 Cloudy
Ketchikan 50 Cloudy
Edmonton 54 . Clear
Hospital Notes
New patients at the hospital
are Einar Ulrickson and Mary
Buckland.
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GOVERNMENT EMPLOYED
ARMY RECONVERTS SLOWLY
WASHINGTON—There's a good
deal of complaint around here—
especially in Congress—that the
federal payroll isn’t going down
from its wartime high as fast as
it should.
Bare figures indicate that fed
eral employees may level off soon,
at least temporarily, at about
2,400,000—only 600,000 under the
all-time war high. The adminis
tration promised that it would
have the figure down to 2,000,000
by July 1.
Also, according to the best in
dexes, the national capital still is
growing with no indication of that
anticipated postwar exodus.
However, as Jerry Klutz, the
Washington “Post” watchdog on
matters of federal employment,
points out, figures don’t tell the
whole story and the government
is doing itself an injustice in not
breaking down the figures and ex
plaining.
This undoubtedly is true and it
provides anti-administration mem
bers of the economy bloc plenty
of ammunition that actually does
rot amount to much of a bang
when an analysis is made.
In the first place, the adminis
1 ration undoubtedly erred in its
estimate of what it could do about
quick postwar whittling on the
federal payroll. A lot of wartime
agencies have been closed down or
are row in the process of closing.
But a number (some very size
able* have sprung up and certain
wnnime duties of others merely
transferred to established depart
ments.
The best example of postwar
growth is naturally the Veterans
Administration. Virtually dying
before the war, VA now finds it
self with around 15.000.000 veter
ans to deal with and with admin
istrative duties undreamed of un
der the old veterans laws.
National Housing, Surplus Prop
erty Disposal and a half a dozen
others have suddenly to work out
reconversion. The Department of
Agriculture is finding that it has
temporary problems almost as
great as those in war. State is re
establishing its embassies, lega
tions and consulates, as well as
providing civilians for the occupa
tion forces. Treasury reductions
are bound to be slight. Labor has
expanded greatly through absorp
tion of war emergency agencies.
While the Army and Navy are
getting rid of uniformed person
nel at quite a clip now, they are
having to replace many of them
with civilian employees.
Let’s hope that big government
on a wartime scale is not here to
stay. The figures so far aren’t
proof that it is.
No Halls In Montezuma
Nor House For Doctor
INDIANAPOLIS, (£»)—A Parke
county municipality of 2,000—
Montezuma—needs a physician so
urgently that the town board is
considering buying a house and
lot to offer as an inducement.
Paul M. Ross, executive director
of the Department of Commerce,
"aid there are no vacant houses in
the town and the town can not get
a physician because of the acute
housing shortage.
FRANK MARTINS HAVE
ANOTHER GRANDDAUGHTER
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Martin
have* received word that their
daughter, Lillian McGee, is the
mother of a fine baby girl born
on April 22nd.
The McGees make their home
in Budaca, Texas.
For Good Prinitng Cal! Main 12f
MARTIN FAMILY REUNITED
OLDER SON COMES HOME
With the arrival of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Martin and daugh
ter Saturday night on the Pan
American plane, the Garnet Mar
tin family is reunited.
Tommy will work in the North
Pole Bakery.
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