Forecast And
Weather Report
Nome and Vicinity
Compiled by the U. S. Dept, of
Commerce, Weather Bureau.
Monday, March 17, 1947
Forecast Nome: Clear tonight,
becoming partly cloudy Tuesday
with fresh easterly wind. Lowes,
temperature tonight 0, highest
temperature Tuesday 25.
Nome data as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Precipitation last 24 hours, non
Total precipitation this month 0.0J
inch.
Temperatures last 24 hours:
highest 28, lowest —8.
Maximum wind last 24 hours 17
miles per hour from the nortn.
Sunrise at 6:11 ajn., sunset at
6:08 p.m.
Comparative data: Temperatures
one year ago today: highest —5.
lowest —23.
Extreme temperatures on thi>
day since 1907:
Lowest —27 in 1930, highest 33
in 1924.
Data for other selected station,
as of 7:30 a.m.‘today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow —18 Cloudy
Point Hope —1 Clear
iv. uouue 1 Cloudy
Shishmaref —18 Clear
Wales —1 Clear
Gambell 7 Snow
Nome —5 Clear
Unalakleet 12 Cloudy
Bethel 7 Clear
McGrath 9 Cloudy
Anchorage 30 Clear
Fairbanks 14 Partly Cloudy
Juneau 40 Fog
Wh teho se 37 Cloudy
Ketchikan 45 Partly Cloudy
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Nome Directory
ROTARY CLUB
OF NOME
Thursday Luncheor
Bud Harper, Pres.
Andy Anderson, Sec.
ANVIL LODGE
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Meets First and Third
Thursday each month
KARL DEWEY. W. M.
NORVIN W. LEWIS. Secy.
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NOME LODGE
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Meets Second Friday
JOHN R. RAPP. N.O.
ROBERT BALDWIN, Secy.
HAGEN
JEWELER AND OPTICIAN
Court House Is Opposite Us
Phone Main 40
67 D. COCHRAN
Attorney At Law
Phone Main 121
Nome, Alaska
IRA D. ORTON
Attorney At Law
Room 1—Nevada Building
Nome, Alaska
Seattle Office:
k 801 Lowman Building
Telephone EL. 6396
I
iSeek Government
Aid In Ferry Strike
i SEATTLE, (/P) — Gubernatorial
] intervention into the paralyzin
Puget Sound ferry tie-up w..s
sought Saturday by some o! the
10,000 commuters who use the fer
ries, but no immediate settlement
of the dispute was in sight.
Conciliation service comnrhvoo
or Albin L. Peterson said he v.’u
working t < arrange anothe:* meet
ing between representatives of the
Puget Sound Nav.gation Co., w lie
operates 22 ferries, and Mrikiig
members of the Marine Engineers
Beneficial association. The stri ,e
at midnight Thursday came afte
a deadlock in negotiations over r.
new working agreement.
The company in a statemev
charged the un on “refused" to ac
cept a no-strlke, no-lockout and ar
b tratioo clause demanded by » <
company for a new contract. T >r
union issued no statement con
cerning the strike.
SEATTLE, (SP) — Puget Sound
ferry operations were shut down
today for the fourth consecutive
day as federal conciliators sched
uled new conferences separately
with officials of the Puget Sound
Queen Contest
Under Way
(By Neva Whaley)
If you see four young and fair
p>a dens dashing around town
with a wild look in their eyes, you
km w they mean business. One of
; r m i going to be Queen of Nome
un i believe you me the other three
are g In? to let her know she
'•'illy i~ :n a contest. Our hats are
<> ; already to these energetic gals
who have better salesmanship and
more charm than we have seen in
many a day. Remember each tic
ket you buy entitles you to 100
v. *o- for your fnvorte candidate
Navigation company and the Ma
rine Engineers Beneficial associa
tion «ClO).
The No. thwest Washington Com
ma nty council, which claimed
representation of thousands of
commutes, called on Governor
"Vig en for “immediate interven
tion
Week end developments in the
iieup that daily confronts 10,000
commuters with transportat i o n
headaches included a union offer
to submit the case to a state medi
ation board.
and also gives you a chance on
that much talked about Tno. Auto
Magic Washing Machine with dish
washing attachment.
Here is the line-up at presen*
with their sponsors:
Clara Seiffert, Vi’s Shop; Flor
e )ce Bell, U. S. Mercantile; Mary
Ma garet Roell, Modern Cleaners;
i,eone Jonish, Arva Saario.
Nome, as always, responds whole
heartedly. The prizes are some
hing to dream about. A round trip
ticket to Fairbanks, donated by
Wien Alaska Airlines, a one hun
dred dollar clothing prize by the
A ret c club, and Richter Photos
have offered the Queen an en
larged water color photo of her
self with her crown on and all the
fixin's to have to remember t it
colorful occasion. The conte-* i
still open for more cand dates.
With prizes like that, this is no
t mo to be a shy violet. Come on
girls and get in the running. Con
test closes at 11 p.m., March 29.
TO JOE DEXTER
GREAT GRANDSON BORN
Joe Dexter, of Golovin, is the
nroud great-grandfather of a 7Vi>-lb.
boy born to Mr. and Mrs. Phillip
Dexter last Thursday at the M. C.
Hospital.
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12 Men Missing
In Lifeboat
HONOLULU, (>P)—Nine aircrait
prepared to take off from Midway
today to search anew for 12 rm >
missing in a lifeboat—and !'ear«
beyond the reach of planes—whi •
22 other crewmen of the brok«
tanker Fort Dearborn rode oi
’ashing seas halfway between Mi*
way and Pearl Harbor.
Late reports from the navy cor
mand ship El Dorado, eScortir
the tanker’s stern sectiofi, s'a-d tl
half-ship with the 22 abbard w; •
‘‘steaming ahead safely, with ste; .
to sea and wind,” and 'With tt
storm subsiding.
The El Dorado said the men r<
i irted the bulkhead still ’’ inta
and the stern seaworthy; despr
battering by 45-knot wind* ar
high seas, which had ’ ffrevent*
their rescue.
Ten other Fort Dearborn’ crev
men, taken from the almo^t-awa1 •
bow section, were safely aboai 1
the liner General W. H. Gordc
bound for San Francisco.
The bow and stern broke opa 1
in last Wednesday’s storm 1,1<
miles northwest of Honolulu.
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