Forecast And
Weather Report
Nome and Vicinity
Compiled by the U. S. Dept, of
Commerce, Weather Bureau.
Monday, February 21, 1949
Forecast Nome: Continued fair
and colder tonight and Tuesday.
Gentle to medium north to north
east winds. Lowest temperature
tonight —15. Highest temperature
Tuesday —5.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7:00 a.m. today:
Precipitation trace. »Total this
month 0.97 inches.)
Temperatures: highest 22, low
est —7.
Maximum wind 17 miles an
ttour from the E.N.E.
Sunrise at 7:37 a.m., sunset at
4:52 p.m.
Comparative data: Tempera
tures one year ago today: highest
6, lowest —17.
Extreme temperatures on this
date since 1907: highest 36 in 1924,
lowest —34 in 1915.
Data for other selected stations
as of 7:00 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow' —32 Clear
Kotzebue —14 Clear
Shishmaref —3 Clear
Wales —4 Clear
Gambell 9 Snow
Nome —7 Partly Cloudy
Unalakleet 4 Clear
Bethel —12 Partly Cloudy
McGrath —29 Cloudy
Anchorage —6 Cloudy
Fairbanks —31 Clear
Whitehorse —25 Partly Cloudy
Edmonton —10 Cloudy
Juneau 18 Cloudy
Ketchikan 33 Cloudy
Seattle 40 Rain
San Francisco 55 Cloudy
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HALF MILLION LOSS IN
TWO VANCOUVER FIRES
VANCOUVER, B. C. (/P)—'Two
weekend fires caused damage es
timated today at $550,000.
Airline travel was disrupted
Saturday night by a blaze which
-destroyed a two-story building
and control tower at the sea island
airport, seven miles from town.
Loss was set at $150,000. The field
serves Trans Canada, Canadian
Pacific and United Airlines.
A simultaneous fire in a six
story downtown warehouse result
ed in an estimated loss of $400,
000. Canned foods and furniture
were stored in the building.
Low water pressure and icy
streets hindered firemen.
AIRLINES
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS
Arriving by Pan American this
morning were Mrs. Bernice Roe,
Dr. M. Kennedy, Mrs. James Ray,
Betty Ray, Erik Tompkins, C. B.
Finnegan, M. R .Roscoe.
Departing were Mr. and Mrs.
Denny Ost, Mrs. Charlotte Patter
son and child, Henry Hamman,
I Clarence Saccheus, Paul Kakaruk.
WIEN ALASKA AIRLINES
Friday Edward Topkok arrived
; from Fairbanks en route to his
; home in Igloo.
Bob Wien was a passenger
from Wainwright to Nome and El
sie Black from Noorvik, both en
route to Fairbanks.
Nancy Lan was a passenger
from Kotzebue to Nome yesterday ,
and Wilbur and Bertha Walluk
were brought in from Shishmaref.
Passengers to Fairbanks Satur
day were Herb Pickering, Ed
I Mears, Elsie Black and Bob Wien.
James Larsen was taken to Gol
ovin yesterday.
Pilots Miller, Jacobs, Johnson
, and Murhy were busy on Friday
transferring 21 children from
White Mountain to Moses Point
where they were transferred to
another plane which took them
'to Fairbanks and Juneau enroute
to school at Sitka.
Yesterday Edward Topkok was
a passenger to Igloo and Vernon
j Konokpeok from Teller to Nome.
1 Jack Whaley was brought to
Nome from Fairbanks yesterday
| and Frank Bingham from Kotze
bue to Nome.
The Nome High school basket
i ball team returned today with
| Wien Airlines.
ALASKA AIRLINES
Incoming passenger on today’s
Alaska Airlines flight was Alfred
Outwater.
Departing today on the return
flight was David Mercer.
Mrs. "Scotty" Paterson depart
ed for Seattle on business, taking
with her Frances, her daughter.
The Patersons have a home at
Bellevue where many other Nome
ites reside.
AT THE WALLACE HOTEL
C. B. Finnegan, Seattle. James
Harrison, Cape Nome. Eric Tomp
kins, Seattle.
AT THE POLARIS HOTEL
Virginia Daniels, Kanehoa, Ha
, waii. Jerry Homann, Mt. Edge
cumbe, Alaska.
SERVICE CLEANERS
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4th and B Streets—Opposite School House
QUALITY DRY CLEANING A SPECIALTY
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mickleson, Props.
Prompt and Courteous Service
Phone RED 96
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Prepared the way you like it
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GLUE POT
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TRANSFER A.N.S. STUDENTS
TO MT. EDGECUMBE
Twenty native students from
home villages of Kotzebue, Wain
wright, Selawik, Barrow, Point
Hope and Point Lay, who have
been attending school in White
Mountain, arrived in Fairbanks
Friday, via Wien Airlines. With
them was the school principal,
Victor E. Hill.
The students, having completed
the ninth grade in White Moun
tain, are on their way to Mount
Edgecumbe school in Sitka
where they can finish high school
and also take vocational training..1
All aged around 16 and 17. the
11 girls and nine boys left Sat
urday morning for Juneau where
they will be picked up by the Na
tive Service boat and taken to Sit
ka.
Also with the group was Ed
ward Wumauk from Nome, who is
on his way to Mt. Edgecumbe hos
pital for orthopedic treatment. Ed
ward, too, is 17.
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Phone MAIN 12
NOTICE
There will be a graduate nurses
meeting Thursday, Feb. 24th, 7:30
p.m.. at C.A.A. House No. 5. All
graduate nurses, active or inac
tive, are invited.
Betty Jensen
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NOTICE ,
The Post Office will be closed |
tomorrow, with other Federal of- f
fices for the commemoration of
George Washington's Birthday.
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NOTICE
The Walrus Club will meet at
the American Legion Hall, 8:00
p.m., Wednesday. All members
urged to be present.
WES WELSH. Pres.
Clausi fieri A tin
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REAL SILK Hosiery Mills will
employ local woman in Nome. Our
line is very complete and priced
right. Well known here. Write L.
E. Bolton, Box 115, Anchorage,
giving local references only, etc.
20-3tc
AIRPLANES—Send for free list.
All makes and models. World’s
largest stock and lowest prices!
It's easy to buy from us—we do
everything for you except pay
for the airplane. Vest Aircraft
Co., 4600 Dahlia, Denver, Colo.
126-tfc
TANNING—Send us your skins
and furs to be tanned. Quick, ef
ficient, reliable. Valcauda Fur
Co., National Bldg., Seattle,
Wash. 103-tf
FOUND—Camera by City Field.
Call at Nugget. 22-3t
Seattle Surveys
Its Housing Needs
(By Kate Archibald)
(For Christian Science Monitor)
SEATTLE, — What do people,
door to door, and house by house,
want and expect in housing.
Seattle has found out.
Results of an extensive housing
market survey made last May are
now added up and summarized
into a report which was presented
recently by Dr. Raymond B. Allen
president of the University of
Washington, to Mayor William F.
Devin. This is believed to be the
first complete report of its \ind
made by a large American ci'y.
As a result of the survey, build
ers and bankers now know ;hat
the market for the $10,000 houso
is down. The market for the com
ing year is in the field of the
$6,000-to-$8,500 houses. Loaning
institutions reluctantly are facing
the fact that the loan market is
now in the field of low-cost hous
ing.
In a quick summary mad-; by
Prof. Bayard O. Wheeler of The
University of Washington, direc
tor of the survey, the opening
statement reads: “Some 32,000
families in the Seattle area plan
to buy or build a house within the
next three years. They intend to
pay an average of $8,443 for their
housing out of an average annual
income of $3,670.”
The survey was financed by co
operative community effort. The
city paid a share, as did the Uni
versity of Washington and com
munity groups such as the master
builders and building industries.
The Bureau of Business Research,
University of Washington, con
dicted the survey and has pre
pared the report.
The survey with its more than
80 questions asked and answered
reveals a wide range of informa
tion which is expected to affect
the economy of the city in coming
years.
This data includes prices buy
ers expect to pay, income avail
able for purchase, type of con
struction preferred, room require
ments. facilities desired, location
preferences degree of satisfaction
with existing housing, and much
comparative data.
Pro fessor Wheeler observes,
“One logically wonders if the
mere expressed intention of fam
ilies to seek other living accom
modations reflects only wishful
thinking. Will families actually
carry out their building plans?
Will they back their intention
with cash?”
The survey, he reports, shows
that people are in earnest about
buying or building.
“Slightly over 42 per cent of
those reporting plans to buy or
build have consulted a realtor,
builder, or architect. In excess of
62 per cent have looked at houses
for sale. Nearly 70 per cent have
talked .with others about their
plans, and over 70 per cent have
studied plans of houses in maga
zines or books.
“Somewhat better tests of action
are revealed in the 20 per cent
who have already purchased a lot,
the 17 per cent who have consult
ed a bank or the Federal Housing
Administration, the 76.2 per cent
who have actually estimated costs,
and the substantial 65.2 per cent
with money saved specifically for
the purchase of a house.”
With such assurance of serious
intention to buy or build, builders
in the area are deeply interested.
Spokesman for the builders ex
press their intention of concen
trating for the coming year on
low-price housing to fill the needs
of the many who cannot afford
more than a $500 down payment
or whose monthly pay-checks do
not allow for what is required to
day in monthly payments.
Thees houses, it is explained,
will be well built and comfortable.
They wil be small in floor space
and will lack many features of
l higher-priced housing. But essen
| tial quality will not be sacrificed.
This it is possible to do, not from
reduction of the cost of labor or
materials, but because of techno
logical development in the stand
ardization of designs, sizes, and
shapes of material,
j In order to obtain loans on the
smaller house it cannot be jerry
built. It must have long-range ad
vantages that give satisfaction as
a permanent home. At present,
commercial banks are slow to loan
on the very small house even
when it is insured by the FHA.
ARCTIC OIL DELIVERY
Phone—Shop: Black 76 — Residence: Main 52
WE CHECK YOUR TANK REGULARLY
BEN YOUNG
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
THE NOME LIQUOR STORE
WILL REMAIN OPEN
FOR COLLECTION OF ACCOUNTS ONLY
A. & A.
SANITARY COMPANY
Phone MAIN 85
“For Courteous, Efficient Service”
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