Forecast And
'Weather Report
Nome and Vicinitv
Compiled by the United Slates
Weather Bureau, Nome, Alaska.
Monday, October 15, 1945
Partly cloudy tonight, becom
ing cloudy Tuesday with occa
sional light snow. Increasing
southeasterly wind tonight, be
coming fresh westerly Tuesday.
Lowest temperature Tuesday
frnoming 18, highest temperautre
Tuasday 30.
Nome data as of 7:30 a.m. to
day: Precipitation last 24 hours
trace. Total precipitation this
month 0.29 inches.
Temperatures last 24 hours:
highest 29, lowest 10.
Maximum wind last 24 hours
20 miles per hour from the south
west.
Sunrise at 6:55 a.m., sunset a'
4:42 p.m.
Comparative data:
Temperatures one year ago to
day: highest 35, lowest 28.
Extreme temperatures on this
day since 1907:
Lowest 2 in 1920, highest 49 in
1926.
Data for other selected stations
, as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow 6 Clear
Point Hope 23 Cloudy
Kotzebue 19 Cloudy
Wales 22 Cloudy
Gambell 26 Snow
Nome 12 Partly Cloudy |
| Golovin 16 Cloudy j
Unalakleet 15 Cloudy
Bethel 18 Clear
McGrath 7 Clear
|
Anchorage 31 Cloudy
Fairbanks 21 Snow
Juneau 46 Cloudy
t Whitehorse 34 Cloudy
i Ketchikan 46 Cloudy
Edmonton 43 Clear
Seattle 51 Clear
San Francisco 57 Rain
Man’s temperature is usually at
its highest at about five to seven
o’clock in the evening, according
to Encyclopaedia Britannica. Body
temperature falls during the night
and reaches its lowest point early
in the morning.
COMMUNICATION
Alaskans:
Our Territory is having a bad
case of growing pains at the pres
ent time. The housing situation
needs attention. The redeployment
of Alaska’s real wealth, its peo
ple, to peaceful endeavors must
be guided. The overall changs
from an economy of wartime to
that of peace calls for the steady
hand of every business man. Then
to this heavy load has been added
another problem. To all of us it
means the rise or fall of our fu
tures.
Statehood should be our imme
diate goal someone says, and you
who have been taking the slug
ging from the merciless fist of the
Department of Interior settle back
and answer, “It can’t be any
worse than this.”
Whether you realize it or not
the situation could and would be
much worse if we accepted state
hood now.
There is one rule of living that
may well be applied to this case,
' let’s consider it. We feel that ma
| turity comes with our ability to
, accept responsibility. Years of
living have shown this to be a
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basic truth; but through those
years we have also learned that
judgment must grow in relation
to the responsibilities. Youth has
the ambition but not the judg
ment of age.
Here is where our Territory fits
in. As a unit we have not yet
found ourselves. We are but a tall
gangling youth entering a game
that is being played by older men
with financial backing and power.
We have often laughed at the sto
ries of a country lad on his first
trip to the city. That would be
our position in this proposed po- j
litical setup. While we were try
ing to get our feet on the gorund j
some wise political wolf would be 1
setting up his machine. 'There:
are plenty of them watching with 1
lustful eye right now.) By the
time we had achieved unity we
would find a second Long on the
bandwagon. Then it would be a i
case of play his tune or else.
Don’t kid yourself by saying,,
“It can’t happen here.”
We are so far from anything i
that resembles a united front that
thinking people shudder when
they realize our susceptibility.
Compare our civic-mindedness'
with that of any state outside.
Only a few of our well known
towns have shown any improve
ment in the last twenty years.
Why? Because for the most part
their inhabitants have thought
only of personal gain and plea
sure. A quick casual look at any
state government would prompt
one to say, “Why that looks sim
ple and reliable.” It is, but there
is one big item that you miss in
the casual glance. You don’t see
the force behind it. The John Q.
Publics that make it a living
thing.
Folks, we have yet to find the
powers that motivate that type of
government. We must have a
spirit that touches every Alaskan,
making him realize his responsi
bility to the Territory. When we
have accomplished that, then and
only then may we declare the
Territory ready for Statehood.
Under an i/P) Washington, D.C.,
dateline of September 26, 1945,
Delegate Bartlett is quoted as say
ing, “Very few people will be
willing to deny that Alaska is
now ready for statehood, and I am
convinced that a sufficient ma
jority of Alaskans desire it at
the earliest possible moment.”
No one is building a mountain
out of a mole hill this time. This
is one of the biggest decisions of
our lifetimes. Let’s put some
thought and expression into it.
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