Forecast And
Weather Report
Nome and Vicinity
Compiled by the U. S. Dept, of
Commerce, Weather Bureau.
Monday, February 6, 1950
Forecast Nome: Continued fair
and colder. Strong NNE winds.
Lowest temperature tonight —15.
Highest temperature Tue s d a y
—10.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7:0 0a.m. today:
Precipitation, none. (Total this
month .01 inch).
Temperatures: highest —2 low
est —*10.
Maximum wind 31 miles per
hour from the' NNE.
Sunrise at 8:29 am., sunset at
4:04 Hpjn.
Comparative data:
Temperatures ope year ago to
day: highest 0, lowest —20.
Extreme temperatures on this
day since 1907: highest 38 in 1929,
lowest —35 in 1925.
Data for other selected stations
as of 7:00 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow —18 Snow
Point Hope —15 Partly Cloudy
Kotzebue —4 Partly Cloudy
Wales € Blowing Snow
Gambell 5 Partly Cloudy
Nome —5 Partly Cloudy
Unalakleet —4 Snow
Bethel —17 Clear
McGrath —31 Clear
Anchorage —16 Clear
Fairbanks —43 Fog
Juneau 11 Snow
Seattle 3R Partly Cloudy
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Mrs. Jack Darina, formerly
owner and manager of the old
Lincoln Hotel writes from San
Francisco, where she now makes
her home and wishes to be re
membered to her friends in Nome.
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AIRLINES
ALASKA AIRLINES
Arriving from Anchorage on
Saturday were Mr. and Mrs. Ro- (
land Angraboogok and three chil- !
dren, enroute to Wales. Lester
Bronson, Mrs. Paul Spurlock for
Nome and S. K. Patrick for Kot
zebue.
Arriving from McGrath were
George Sink, Robert Bohal, Wil
ma Munz, and Victor Gambell.
WIEN ALASKA AIRLINES
Last Friday the Wien Airlines
had a flight from Fairbanks
bringing in Wm. Skelton and
Helen Massingill. Departing on
*he flight weer Bud Seltenreich
for Fairbanks and Joe Wheeler
for • Kotzebue.
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS
Arriving yesterday with Pan
American weer Fred Wilcox, Sgt.
Vaughn Ordonic, Cpl. Paul Si
dam, Cecil Hager, Wm. Skelton,
Mr. and Mrs. Dapcevich and two
children, Jack Hudcrt, Alice Hud
son;
Departing were Warren Adloat,
Russ Apple, Carrie McLain, Bob
Dempsey, Margaret Lee, Frank
Bingham, Mr. and, Mrs. Carl Eck
berg.
•Marion West was a round trip
passenger.
Hospital News
Floyd Sinyke is a patient in the
hospital.
Albert Aukan, who was injured
at school several weeks ago when
a piano fell on him has been dis
! charged /from the hospital.
Albert Adams who was injured
by a city truck last summer was
; discharged from the hospital.
Joe Wheeler was discharged
from the hospital and left for the
north.
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Arctic Storm Halts
Marine Training
Off Alaska Coast (/P)—via navy |
communication — U. S. Marines
testing their skill and equipment
against the frozen north were
back aboard ship Friday riding
out an Arctic storm.
The unit of the First Marine
Division, from Camp Pendleton,1
Calif., returned to the ships off
the north coast of the Alaska Pe
ninsula after five days of recon
naissance.
They were to continue training
ashore when the storm abated.
Some of the smaller navy am
phibious force ships in the annual
cold-weather maneuvers got un
derway to reduce excessive roll
ing as the gale struck, ohe of
these, the icebreaker Burton Is
land, was taking green water
over her decks before lifting an
chor.
Dr. Fred Langsam of the1
M-M-M Hospital left Saturday j
for the States on a vacation trip.'
He plans to be gone three to four
weeks. During his absence Dr. R. J
Morrissey will be in charge of his ;
office.
NOTICE !
Alaska National Guard will
moot at tha Nome Territorial
School tonight at 7:00 pun.
All new members specially re
quested to attend. All regular
members requested to attend.
; NOTICE
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING
A meeting of the stockholders
of the Northwestern Alaska Fair
Assn., will be held on Tuesday,
| Feb. 14th at • o'clock, pun. at the
i City Hall. It is for the purpose of
electing Directors to receive the
reports of the last Fair and to
discuss plans and set the date for
the 11th Fair. Feb. 6-8-10-13.
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NOTICE
ARCTIC CLUB MEMBERS
Annual meeting for election of
Board of Trustees and other busi
ness on Monday. Feb. 13. at 8:00
p.m. .at the Arctic Club. All mem
bers urged to attend.
Feb. 6-8-10-13 Ted Duffield
NOTICE
Regular meeting of the Arctic
Natice Brotherhood will be held
Monday, Feb. 6, and 7:30 p.m. at
the Brotherhood Hall.
NOTICE
The Fire Alarm System is not
in operation. All fire alarms must
be phoned or brought directly to
the Fire Station.
WANT ADS
FOUND — Single key. Call at
Nugget.
FOUND — Keys, 3 on ring. Call
at Nugget.
Army Sgt.’s Wife will care for
children by hour, day, week or
month. Good care guaranteed for
I am a mother myself. Have nice
set-up in home for baby setting at
night, for parents to go out. For
other information call Main 54.'
13-5tp
FOUND — Can of Dutch Soy
Paint. Call at Nugget. 14-tf
Mr. and Mr*. A. Gahagen who
left here in December write that
they reached their home in Nun
da, New York, on Jan. 13th. They
state that they purchased a car in
Seattle and picked it up at South
Bend, Indiana and drove the rest
of the way.
They also state that the weather
has been very mild in New York
so far.
Mr. and Mrs. Angraboogok and
their three children, who have
been touring the United States in
a road show returned north yes
terday after an absence of two
years. While they were outside
their youngest child was bofn,
making it a special feature of the
show, as it was carried on its
mother’s back as is done here in
the* north.
They are looking forward to
getting home to Wales and enjoy
ing some of their native food
again.
Mr. and Mr*. Carl Eckberg. left
with Pan American for a vacation
trip to California. Mr. Eckbcrg
has been employed at the North
ern Light and Power plant for
ALASKA SS. CO. CHANGING
NAMES OF VESSELS
SEATTLE, (JP) — The Ala s k a
Steamship Company has started
a series of changes in names of its
ships.
Adm. F. A. Zeuzler, executive
assistant to the president, said
“the new company policy will be
to name its freighters after Alaska
lakes and rivers. The names will
end in “na,” meaning water in
the language of the Indian tribes,
he said.
Painters this week have chang
ed the Dorian Prince to Nadina.
It is named for a Copper River
tributary.
Zeusler said the Terminal Knot
and Chief Washakie are next in
line for changes.
Carria McLain, city clerk, left
yesterday on her first trip to the
States in 30 years and her first
p « •
vacation since assuming her posi
tion as city clerk seven years ago.
She plans to visit with her father
in Tacoma and return in about a
month.
several years. They plan to be
gone for a month or more.
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NOME ALASKA
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RATES
BETWEEN NOME
AND KOTZEBUE
25 LBS. MINIMUM 7c »>
COMMODITY RATES
100 LBS. MINIMUM 5c ll
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