Forecast And
Weather Report
Nome and Vicinity
Compiled by the United States
Weather Bureau, Nome, Alaska.
Friday, April 5, 1946
Forecast Nome: Partly cloudy
tonight and Saturday. Lowest tem
perature tonight 0, highest tem
perature Saturday 10.
Nome data as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Precipitation last 24 hours,
trace. Total precipitation this
month .01 inches.
Temperatures last 24 hours:
highest 24, lowest 14.
Sunrise at 5:02 a.m. Sunset at
7:06 p.m.
Compai^itive data:
Temperatures one year ago to
day: highest 21, lowest —7.
Extreme temperatures on this
day since 1907: lowest —23 in
1943, highest 46 in 1938.
Data for other selected stations
as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow’ —21 Clear
Point Hope —11 Clear
Kotzebue —18 Clear
Shishmaref —26 Clear
Wales —19 Clear
Gambell —6 Partly Cloudy
Nome 15 Snow’
Unalakleet 15 Snow’
Bethel 29 Cloudy
McGrath 22 Snow’
Anchorage 32 Partly Cloudy
Fairbanks 15 Snow
Juneau 46 Rain
Whitehorse 28 Snow
Ketchikan 40 Cloudy
Indianapolis, Ind., is one of the
few' large cities in the world no;
i
situated on a navigable river.
Communication
To the people of Northwestern
Alaska:
The program outlined for the
development of the Second Divi
sion includes the organizing of an
organization ot be known as the
Second Division Development
Committee, which will comprise
one or more persons from each
community in the Second Divi
sion.
It is hoped that each commun
ity, no matter how small will have
one person or select a committee
to carry on economic studies for
their respective location.
The listing of potential indus
tries, business and mining oppor
tunities is essential.
The compilation of data and in
formation is very necessary.
The assembling of facts and rec
ords all of which will eventually
lead to the development of enter
prise.
Nome has designated their com
mittee to be as follows: A. Polet,
the Second Division member of
the Alaska Development Board;
Duke Mitrovitch, president of the
N.W.A. Chamber of Commerce,
and one member of the Nome City
Council.
The Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce will spon
sor and assist the committee in
carrying out the purposes of the
organization.
Col. Henry Clark, general man
ager of the Alaska Development
Board has promised to visit all
the towns that organize.
The Nome committee will fur
nish each person or committee the
preliminary suggestions and facts
to assist and direct them in com
mencing to lay the foundations'
for the rightful economic position
ARRIVED
By Air
New Dresses
and
SUITS
Bon Marche
Store
QUEEN AID COURT
HAVE GALA TRIP
Queen Ruth Seiffert and her at
tendants yesterday were the guests
of Wien Alaska Airlines. Never
before has the Wien Airlines Boe
ing been graced with such a bevy
of beauties. The five girls. Ruth
Seiffert, queen, Jane Scott, Lillian
Leyba, Pat Collins, and Kitty
Kelly, attended by Jane Galvin
as Mother Queen, flew to St. Law
rence island where the Boeing
landed at the picturesque village
of Gambell. Here the native in
habitants were justifiably awed
by the beauty of the girls as they
gracefully stepped from the ship.
The girls mingled among the na
tives buying ivory and seeing the
sights of the village. Due to the
extreme cold, however, they were
not able to spend a great deal of
time on the ground.
Once again they soared into the
clouds and started their return. On
this return they touched the In
ternational Date Line, flying be
tween Big Diomede and Little Dio
mede Island. They then circled the
island, dipping low over the vil
lage on Little Diomede. Here the
girls went into ecstasies trying to
snap pictures of this quaint little
village. They also flew to King
Island and circled it to give the
girls a fleeting glimpse of this vil
lage and island.
All in all, when the Boeing
landed back at Nome again a tired
but thrilled group of girls stepped
onto terra firma again. Everyone
was happy and excited over their
day in the clouds and expressed
their thanks to Wien Alaska Air
lines for their trip.
Capt. Robert Rice and co-pilot
I
justly due this section of Alaska.
You are cordially invited to
send in your name and suggest
others who are willing to assist in
this noble cause. Address your let-1
ter to the N.W.A. Chamber of,
Commerce, or to A. Polet, chair
man of the committee.
Cliff Everts were most gracious
hosts on the Hoeing 247D, one of
the two Wien Boeings. This one
has just returned from Seattle,
where it underwent a major re
conditioning and modern naviga
tional instruments were installed.
It is being used on a regular
schedule between Fairbanks, Kot
zebue and Nome, besides semi
monthly trips to Cambell. In ad
dition to these regular schedules
it also has been landed at Teller
and Shishmaref for freighting
purposes between these two vil
lages. Wien Airlines are proud to
offer the services of this ship to
the people of the Seward Penin
sula.
I MOZEE AND BINGHAM
STORMBOUND AT BARROW
U. S. Marshal B. B. Mozee and
U. S. District Attorney Frank
Bingham, who left on a short in
spection trip to the north, have
had several delays, due to weather
and are now awaiting transporta
tion to return to Nome. It has
been learned that Mrs. Ruth Ok
peaha of Pt. Barrow killed her
sell by firing a rifle into her head.
Neighbors claim that she was an
industrious woman who had not
quarreled with her husband, and
the coroner’s inquest could find no
reason or clue to the tragedy. Sui
cide is very rare among the Eski
mos.
WALLACE HOTEL & TAXI
NOME, ALASKA Phone MAIN 55
X, X X X X .
ARCTIC AIR SERVICE
CANDLE ALASKA
Nome Headquarters — Wallace Hotel
— Contact —
JOE WALLACE, or GENE JACK
Frequent trips with passengers and freight between
Nome and Fairbanks via Deering. Candle. Kotzebue.
Kiana. Shungnak. Kobuk and Hughes.
CONTACT US FOR CHARTER SERVICE
SMALL AND LARGE SHIPS TO SUIT YOUR NEEDS
Kotzebue Sound Lighterage Co.
KOTZEBUE, ALASKA
ANNOUNCES
That Commencing JULY 1, 1946
M-S KOTZEBUE of Nome
U.S.Mail Freight and Passenger Boat
OPERATING FROM
St. Michael, Nome, Kotzebue, and Way Points
NOW OPERATING TUGS
M-S KOBUK M-S NANUK M-S A-HALLIK
POWER SCOWS AND BARGES
WITH
-PORTS OF CALL
Shishmaref. Deering, Keewalik, Baldwin. Noatak, Noorvik. Kiana,
Shungnak, Sclawik, and Kotzebue