AIRLINES
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Pan American Airways
Arriving on the Pan American
plane were Robert Vreekan, Sar
ah Vreekan and two children,
Matt Erickson, Norman Miller,
Ken Dreg, Alvin York, Alvin
Cooper, Bob Byers, Wm. Cook,
James McCoy, G. R. Jackson, Mr.
and Mrs. Glen Muncy, John Ten
nyson and Herb Engstrom.
Departing were Dr. J. B. Tuck
er, Bertha Ellinger, Mrs. James
Adams and son, Jane Atcheson,
Mrs. Wm. Munz and Pat Correy.
Wien Alaska Airlines
Pilot Story made a trip to Tel
ler with Ralph Alexander on Mon
day.
Jack Smith was a passenger to
Moses Point on Monday with pi
lot Stinton who also stopped at
Elim, Koyuk, Candle and Hay
cock.
George Bayer, B. G. Baker and
H .B. Brown were taken to Candle
by pilot Bronaugh who returned
with George Bayer, B. G. Baker
and Joe Jessup.
M. J. Walsh was taken to Un
galik yesterday and Bill Robert
son of the ANS was taken from
Haycock to Unalakleet.
For the past two days Wein’s
have been busy freighting sup
plies for Rainbow, Midnight Sun
mining camps in the Kougarok,
and the Casa de Paga Mining Co.
at Deering.
A plane load of workers for the
Lammers Mining Co., and sup
plies are enroute today from Fair
banks to Kotzebue.
HERB ENGSTROM HERE TO
START SUMMER MINING
Herb Engstrom arrived on the
PAA to begin oporation of h s
mining property up the railroad
during the coming season.
Smallpox is one of the most con
tagious of all diseases.
Forecast And
| Weather Report
Npme and Vicinity
Compiled by the U. S. Dept, of
Commerce, Weather Bureau.
Forecast for Nome and vicin
ity:
j some fog in the early morning,
j some fog in the early morningn
Lowest temperature tonight 26,
highest temperature Thursday 42.
Nome data as of 7:00 a.m. to
day:
Precipitation last 24 hours none.
Total precipitaton this month
0.15.
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Temperatures last 24 hours:
Highest 44, lowest 29.
Maximum wind last 24 hours:
15 miles per hour from the ESE.
Sunrise at 2:48 a.m.
Sunset at 9:07 p.m.
Comparative data:
Temperatures on this day since
1907: highest 52 in 1925, lowest 7
in 1945.
Temperatures one year ago to
day: highest 44, lowest 34.
Data for other selected stations
as of 7:00 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow 16 Snow
Kotzebue 18 Fog
(Shishmaref 18 Fog
I Wales 18 Fog
Gambell 25 Cloudy
Nome 37 Clear
Unalakleet 40 Clear
Bethel 34 Fog
McGrath 41 Cloudy
Anchorage 47 Clear
Fairbanks 44‘»Partly cloudy
Juneau 50 Partly cloudy
Whitehorse 48 Cloudy
Ketchikan 53 Clear
Edmonton 54 Partly cloudy
San Francisco 56 Clear'
Wallace Hotel
Azeigman, P. J. Cutting, Fred
Powell, Anchorage; Gene Joiner,
Candle; Charles* Sterns, Douglas
Owens, Medford, Ore.
jMGM May Make
Movie of Alaskan
KETCHIKAN, —James Duncan,
| advertising manager of the Alas
ka Sportsman, has been called to
I Hollywood to negotiate a possible
jcomract for a movie that would
tell the story of his life.
An article on Duncan, entitled
, “The Most Unforgettable Char
acter I’ve Met,” is currently ap
pearing in the May issue of the
Reader’s Digest. It told how Dun
can served an undeserved term
in prison and managed to per
suade fellow inmates to volunteer
as guinea pigs for new drugs be
ing developed for troops in the
tropics.
He also led in the development
of hobbies in prison, many of
which were turned into profitable
occupations.
An MGM official read the story
and the studio wired fare for Mr.;
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and Mrs. Duncan to come to the
movie city.
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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
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Stassen, Dewey, To
Battle In. Debate
For Oregon Votes
BEND, Ore., — (/P) —Oregon’s
Republican presidential primary
battle moved toward a dramatic
climax today with Gov. Thomas
E. Dewey agreeing to meet Harold
E. Stassen in a radio debate on
the issue of Communism.
The New York governor, barn
storming Oregon for the State’s
May 21 presidential preference,
accepted an invitation to tangle
with the Minnesotan under the
auspices of the Multnomah (Port
land) county Republican commit
tee.
The date was yet undetermined.
But less than two weeks remain
before Oregon ca^s its ballots
in the last popular primary el
ection before the Republican Na
tional Convention in Philadelphia
next June 21.
B-29s Encircle
World, East & West
Meet At Okinawa
MANILA, — (JP) —Six world
circling B-29 Superfortresses of
the U.S. Strategic Air Command
will rendezvous over Okinawa on
today, a Thirteenth Air Force of
ficer said.
The planes left Merced. Calif.,
in two flights Monday. Three of
them headed east and three west.
The eastbound superforts will
go by way of Germany, Saudi
Arabia, India and Okinawa, while
the westbound group will follow
the Pacific Air Route via Hawaii
and Guam to Okinawa.
Both flights will require ap
proximately 72 hours, the spokes
man said.
After the rendezvous the flights
will form the 23rd Bomber group
and will return to the United
States via Japan and Alaska.
BERING SEA CLUB
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Open 10 A.M. to Midnight
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Root Beer Floats - Sundaes - Milk Shakes
Hot Fudge Sundaes - Soft Drinks - Candies
Also Cigars - Cigarettes - Tobacco
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MINERS & MERCHANTS
BANK OF ALASKA
NOME :: ALASKA
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At The Farthest North
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