AIRLINES
Alaska Airlines
Incoming passengers Friday on
Alaska A.rlines were E. Morgan
and Henry Pear on.
[Wien Alaska Airlines
■ The regular flight from Fair
banks arrived Fr.day bring.ng in
I,em Degard, Rev. E. A. Anable
and Father Carrol.
Bark to work. Asks
Boeing President
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workers, now is in its fifth day.
It is an outgrowth of union de
mands for a 'wage increase of
130 cents an hour and eight paid
holidays.
The company launched its drive
in newspaper advertisements and
'charged that two-thirds of the
striking workers did not vote for
the walkout.
The strike vote was taken in
May, 1947 when, the company
'said, less than one-third of the
union’s present membership was
employed at Boeing.
. At the same time, William M.
Allen, company president, drop
. ped a not-too-veiled hint that the
firm might move its key bomber
[ factories in order to restore pro
i duct ion.
“Boeing is going to continue to
build planes,” he declared, —
“if not in Seattle, then somewhere
else.”
He declined to amplify the
statement.
AMONG MOST PEOPLES
that permit polygyny—the system
under which a man is married to
several women at the same time—
the large majority of men never
theless live in monogamy, accord
ing to the Encyclopaedia Britan
nica. One reason is the added ex
Forecast And
Weather Report
Nome and Vicinity
Compiled by the U. S. Dept, of
Commerce, Weather Bureau.
Forecast for Nome and vicin
ity: cloudy with rain or snow
tonight and Tuesday. Continued
mild with fresh south winds.
Lowest temperature 32, highest
35.
Nome data as of 7:00 a.m. to
day:
Precipitation last 24 hours 0.32.
Total precipitation this month
1:08.
Temperatures last 24 h.»ur=:
highest 34, lowest 32.
Maximum wind last 24 hours
26 miles per hour from the S >V.
Sunrise at 3:45 a.m., sunset at
8:14 p.m.
Comparative data:
Temperatures one year ago to
day: highest 32, lowest 21.
Extreme temperatures on this
day since 1907:
Lowest -13 in 1924.
Highest 52 in, 1940.
Data for other selected sta
tions as of 7:00 a.m. today:
Station Tamp. Weather
Barrow 28 Snow
Point Hope 27 Snow
Kotzebue 32 Snow
Shishmaref 33 Snow
Wales 32 Snow
Gambell 32 Rain
Nome 33 Snow
Unalakleet 35 Cloudy
Bethel 34 Rain
McGrath 37 Rain;
Anchorage 33 Rain
Fairbanks 28 Snow'
Juneau 40 Clear I
Whitehorse 26 Partly cloudy j
Ketchikan 44 Clear
Seattle 43 Cloudy
San Francisco 53 Clear
pense of multiple marriage.
TEEN-AGERS HAVE PARTY
SATURDAY NIGHT
The Teen-Agers availed them
selves Saturday evening of the
hospitality of the American Leg
ion and had another of their very
popular dances.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cornwell
and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ullrich
were patrons for the evening.
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
OFFICIAL TO EE HERE
Ken Kenny, representative of the
Ve‘eranj Administration is sched
uled to arive on May 4th and will
be located at the Wallace Hotel
where he will be glad to meet
veterans and discuss their prob
lems.
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Wanted
Good Native
CANNERY WORKERS
FOR
BRISTOL BAY
MAY 1 2,th.
EXCELLENT
OPPORTUNITY
APPLY AT ONCE
C. Dewey Anderson
Wein Alaska Airlines
ANNOUNCES...
A NEW SCHEDULE
Effective March 16, 1948
FAIRBANKS TO NOME TRIPS
on
TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
OF EACH WEEK
MERCHANDISE SHIPPED FROM SEATTLE
MONDAY WILL REACH YOU
IN NOME ON TUESDAY_
igy.
PRINTING - ALL KINDS - The Nugget
JESSIE McCRARY
Alaska Representalive of
SEARS' ROEBUCK and Co.
IS NOW IN NOME
at WALLACE HOTEL Room 2
She will be happy to help you with your
ordering problems; give you information as to
availability of merchandise; help you with any
ordering of unlisted items.
Why not let her help you?
I
VOTE FOR
ALMER (Slim) RYDEEN
CANDIDATE FOR
I
REPRESENTATIVE
DEMOCRATIC TICKET
Primary Election April 27, 1948
Member Territorial Legislature 1919 & 1927
_:_!
FRANK A. METCALF
CANDIDATE FOR
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TERRITORIAL HIGHWAY ENGINEER
FRANK A. METCALF, of Juneau, who is seekinq the Demo
cratic nomination of Territorial Highway Engineer has been a
resident of the Territory continuously since 1913. He holds a Mas
ter's Degree in Civil Engin
eering and has License No. 1
of the Territory registered
engineers.
Upon coming to Alaska he
worked for the Bradley in
terests until the First World
War when he was commis
sioned in the 20th Engineers.
In the summer of 1919 Mr.
Metcalf went into business
for himself following Gener
al Engineering and making
mineral and non-mineral
patent surveys. He served
four times as City Engineer
of Juneau. At the outbreak
of World War II he was ap
pointed Director of Civilian
Defense and Secretary of
Local Draft Board. In 1942
Mr. Metcalf joined the en
gineering staff of Siems
Drake and had charge of the
dredging of Sitka's harbor.
In 1945 he went to Adak as Chief of Party. In the fall of 1947 he
was appointed to fill out the term of the late Leonard Smith as
Territorial Highway Engineer, the office he now seeks. Few men
in the Territory are better equipped by education, experience
and professional ability to handle the work of Territorial High
way Engineer and Superintendent of Public Works.
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