Forecast And
Weather Report
iNonie and Vicinity
Compiled by the U. S. Dept, of
Commerce, Weather Bureau.
Wednesday, March 8, 1950
Forecast Nome: Continued clou
dy today becoming partly cloudy
and colder Thursday. Moderate
northeastrly wind increasing to
fresh to strong Thursday. Lowest
temperature tonight 15, highest
temperature Thursday 20.
Nome data last 24 hours as of|
7:00 a.m. today.
Precipitation, none. (Total this
month .36 inch).
Temperatures: highest 34, low-%
est 25.
Maximum wind 26 miles an
hour from the north.
Sunrise at 6:45 a.m., sunset at
5:41 p.m.
Comparative data:
Temperatures one year ago to
day: hghest 34, lowest 28.
Extreme temperatures on this
date since 1907:
Highest 35 in 1938, lowest —30
in 1930.
Data for other selected stations
as of 7:00 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow 0 Cloudy,
Point Hope 25 Cloudy
Kotzebue 23 Partly Cloudy
Shishmaref 19 Cloudy
Wales 9 Cloudy
Gambol 1 12 Snow
Nome 25 Partly Cloudy
Unalakleet 28 Cloudy
Bethel 34 Cloudy
McGrath 5 Cloudy
Anchorage 14 Cloudy
Fairbanks 6 Partly Cloudy
Whitehorse —5 Clear
Edmonton 2 Snow
Juneau 33 Clear
Ketchikan 41 Clear
San Francisco 52 Rain
WEATHER SUMMARY
FOR FEBRUARY
February in Nome was a cold,
clear month. Temperatures for
month ranged from —26 on the
12th to 25 on the 28th, but the
warm temperatures were rare.
Only 6 days in the month showed
a positive departure from normal.
Precipitation was very light, to
taling only 0.49 inch. This is 0.32
below the February normal.
Cloudless skies prevailed. Only 7
days were classified as cloudy, 4
as partly cloudy ancj 17 were clas
sified as clear.
Ellen Waldheim, daughter of
Mrs. Christie Waldheim, return
ed home today after an absence of
several months. Ellen spent most
of her time in Seattle but enjoyed
a visit in Salt Lake City.
Harry Riley, formerly of Nome
and remembered by many of the
oldtimers, passed away in Califor
nia on February 10th.
AIRLINES
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS
Arriving o nthe Pan American
this morning were Juanita Beard,
Jim Carrol. A. R. Ferguson, Bill
Levy, Beulah Levy, Tom Sweeney,
Ellen Waldheim, Frances Kester,
Barney Crosby.
Frances Swarthout was a round
trip passenger and the only out
bound passenger.
ALASKA AIRLINES
Tuesday Slim Evans was a pas
senger to Anchorage and James
Ray was a passenger to McGrath.
Messrs Featherstone and M. Du
lenc for passengers from Kotze
bue enroute to Betties.
Mr. and Mrs. Jensen were pas
sengers from Kotzebue enroute to
Naknek.
Mrs. A. Kalerak was a passen
ger to Deering and David Reed to
Kotzebue.
CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE
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sion was held as to why the gov
ernment should operate in com
petition to established commer-1
cial lines, thereby reducing the
tonnage to this area and increas- ]
ing the costs. It was planned to
further study the economy of the i
project.
A letter of appreciation was j
sent to the Fur Rendezvous for
its reception of our basketball
team and native entertainers and
for Anchorage’s fine hospitality.
A letter was read from A. Polet
concerning the growing interest in
tourist traffic which has developed
in the Territory since it was
launchen by the Northwestern
Alaska Chamber of Commerce
several months ago and the desire
of groups in several towns to co
operate in the fullest for the de
velopment of winter tourist trade.
It was agreed to have a paid
secretary for the Chamber of
Commerce to take care of the
huge volume of correspondence
handled by the organization. Mrs.
Lossee has been hired and will
have an office in the Wien Bldg.
ATTENTION FIDDLERS
All Fiddlers are urged to bring
their fiddles to the Barn Dance
Saturday Night, March 11th and
participate in the '.Fiddling Con
test'."
NOTICE
TO THE PUBLIC OF NOME
Father Murphy is planning a
St. Patrick's Dance. Friday, Mar.
17ih.
WANT ADS
FOR SALE—One aluminum over
head garage door. Phone Main
60. 27-3tc
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PIONEER WATER DELIVERY
For BETTER EFFICIENT
W ATER SERVICE
r.VI.L MAW 24 or MAW 70
ARCTIC OIL DELIVERY
Phone—Shop: Black 76 — Residence: Main 52
WE CHECK YOUR TANK REGULARLY
Ben Young
Statehood Vote
6fcMost Gratify ing**
Says Grnening
FAIRBANKS. — Alaska’s
government-appointed Gov. Er
nest H. Gruening commented here
that favorable House action on
statehood was “most gratifying.”
In a statement, the governor
said:
“This vote is merely a recog
nition of the oldest of American
principles—that of government by
the consent of the governed.
“All that Alaska has been ask
ing for is full equality of citizen
ship, which should be every
American’s birthright.
“There is no place in our coun
try for second class citizens, and
Alaska has been under the flag
for 82 years and has more than
served its period of tutelage.
“Actual benefits to the United
States of admitting this great ter
ritory as a state will be even
greater than the benefits to Alas
ka. It will mean development of
not merely the greater bulwark of
defense for the whole hemisphere,
but of successful establishment of
the example of the American way
of life in the northern latitude,,
and with development of the most
effective answer to the police
ideal just across the Bering.”
JACK LENCER
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Box 625 Nome, Alaska
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BANK OF ALASKA
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at Scotty’s
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HIGH SCHOOL GYM
MARCH 11 — 9:00 P.M.
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