Weather Still
Dealing States
lev Blasts
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mg frost which caused millions of
lollars of damage to crops.
The Rocky Mountain region and
parts o fthe midwest got another
blast of sub-zero temperatures.
Cold weather in the Pacific North
west threatened a severe power
shortage.
While winter’s icy blasts dealt
severe blows to the west, Dixie
land was basking in summertime
temperatures. The mercury shot
up into the 70’s and 80’s yesterday
from Louisiana to the Atlantic
seaboard and from Florida to east
Tennessee and most of Virginia.
The freezing rain and sleet cov
ered an extensive area of the cen
tral and southern plains as far
westward as Iowa, Missouri and
western Illinois.
Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri
and part of northern Texas got the
worst of the storm. Many com
munities were blacked out as
heavy ice-coated power lines snap
ped. I
CAB Crunls Time
I Kxtension For
| Re vision Comment
'Special ot The Nugget*
JUNEAU—Joseph J. O’Connell.
Jr., chairman of the Civil Aero
nautics Board today notified the
Alaska Development Board that
CAB has granted an extension of
time untli February first for the
receipt of comments on proposed
revisnin of Section 292.1 Economic
Regulations.
The Development board has re
quested the extension to permit
Alaskans to be heard on the issue.
The CAB chairman announced
oral argument is scheduled for
February 15th, in Washington
with “oral argument limited to
one full day for all interested par
ties, who are urged to combine
presentations and speak through a
single representative where ver
possible.”
The Development Board yester
day wired further protest to CAB
urging emphatically that no revi
sions in Economic Regulation 292.1
be made which would curtail pres-,
ent services on non-scheduled air
carriers operating to or within
CHAMBER OF*
COMMERCE
The Board of Directors of the
Chamber of Commerce met Tues
day evening at the office of the
presdient Bud Harper, and made
plans for the forthcoming Election
of officers of the Chamber. A nom
inating committee was appointed.
An outline of the complete leg
islative program was presented by
A. Polet followed by ;i lull*discus
sion which clearly showed roads
to be of firs and primary import
ance to the Second Division.
A full discussion of the legisla
tive program will be again dis
cussed at the next meeting pre-1
paratory to sending each legislator
a complete picture of our needs.
A letter was read from Ralph
Lomen telling how the use of the
Nome-Council Road such .as it is,
saved his company approximately
$7.00 per barrel on oil alone this
last season and he urged the,
Chamber’s action on further road ;
development as a great need to the
Division.
Alaska. The Board emphasized the
dependence of Alaska business and
industry on air carriers in view of
failures of other transportation
services.
Peratrovicli Voted
As Special Session
Senate President
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publican they would support. Per
atrovich and Engebreth were the
choices. The Republicans won the
regular session by a lottery ar
rangement.
In the House Monday, Marcus
Jensen, Republican and president
o fthe Douglas Packing company,
introduced three fishing industry
tax bills.
One proposed doubling the lev
ies on fishtraps, making the mini
mum tor one trap $150 and maxi
mum for each one above 50 traps
$1,000.
A second proposes the annual li
censing of all commercial fisher
men and trap workers at a rate of
$10 for residents and $100 for non
residents. It would also set up a
$250,000 Alaska fisheries fund and
establish a board of fisheries made
up of the Governor and four of
his appointees. Two of them would
be industry members and two
would be fishermen, one each
from the First and Third Divi
sions.
The third measure proposes a
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CITY COUNCIL
The regular meeting of the
Nome City Council was held Mon
day evening at which time the
Veterans of Foreign Wars were
g anted a dub liquor license.
A discussion was held at some
length about a suitable site for the
headquarters for the National
Guard, soon to be set up here.
Suggested were two possibili
ties; city property north of the
Nome Territorial school and pro
perty owned by Gus Bjornstadt on
Stedman Ave.. above Third ave
nue.
raw fish tax schedule on halibut,
herring, -cod. clams, crab and bot
tom fish.
WE KNOW
YOU’LL AGREE
. . . it's
always
a pleasure
EX-274
bottled in bond
I.W. HARPER
Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
•OTTLED IN IOND, 100 PROOF.
IERNHEIM DISTILLING CO., INC., LOUISVILLE, IT.
Nome Directory
_ J
ROTARY CLUB
OF NOME
Thursday Luncheon
Karl F. Dewey, Pres.
Ron Brousseau, Bee.
ANVIL LODGE
NO. 140
Meets First and
Third Thursday
each month
ROBERT E. LONG, W. M.
NORVIN W. LEWIS, Secy.
NOME LODGE
A-5
Meets First and Third Fridays
PAUL DRYDEN. N.G.
ROBERT BALDWIN. Secy.
HAGEN
JEWELER AND OPTICIAN
Court House Is Opposite Us*
Phone Main 40
IRA D. ORTON
Attorney At Law
Room 1—Nevada Building
Nome. Alaska
Seattle Office: 4
I *01 Lowman Building
I Telephone EL. 6SU