Forecast And
Weather Report
Nome ami Vicinity
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Compiled by the U. S. Dept, of
Commerce, Weather Bureau.
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Wednesday, December 7, 1949
Forecast Nome: Partly cloudy
tonight and Thursday. Fresh
northeasterly winds. Lowest tem
perature tonight, zero. Highest
temperature Thursday 10.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7:00 a.m. today:
Precipitation, trace. <Total this
month, traced
Temperatures: highest 10. low
est 0.
Maimum wind 17 miles an hour
from the north.
Sunrise at 9:43 a.m., sunset at
2:05 p.m.
Comparative data:
Temperatures one year ago to
day: highest —2. lowest —22.
Extreme temperatures on this
date since 1907: Highest 40 in
1934, lowest —26 in 1916.
Data for other selected stations
as of 7:00 a.m today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow —16 Clear
Point Hope —4 Cloudy
Kotzebue —14 Clear
Shishmaref 3 Cloudy
Wales —5 Cloudy
Gambell —2 Cloudy
Nome 4 Clear I
Bethel 15 Snow
McGrath —1 Cloudy
Anchorage 11 Snow
Fairbanks —16 Clear
Whitehorse 25 Cloudy
Edmonton 12 Cloudy
Seattle 40 Cloudy
San Francisco 51 Cloudy
Hospital News
Sarah Slwooko was admitted to
the hospital and Donald Pierce
was discharged today.
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Vitamin D promotes the use of j
cfclcium by the body.
AIRLINES
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS
Arriving this morning with
Pun American were B. B. Mozee,
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Reader, George
Whaley.
Departing were H. C. Treuway.
Allen Lee. Mr. and Mr. D. Owens,
Ray Salter, Paul Sarv, Floyd Con
verse, Mr. and Mrs. William Fos
ter and three children, Cliff Mc
Dowell, A1 Mussiant, Eric Krevin,
Donald Uncasphar, R. Ardivson.
ALASKA AIRLINES
Arriving yesterday from An
chorage by Alaska Airlines were
Martin Richards, Mr. Linehan, Mr.
Warner. Fred Mocquite, P. Spur
lock.
Mabel Ungudruk was a passen
ger to Unalakleet.
This morning Bert Beltz and
Stuart Davis were passengers to
Kotzebue.
WIEN ALASKA AIRLINES
Pilot Murphy brought in How
ard Buhrker from Shishmaref
yesterday.
Arriving from Fairbanks yester
day were R. A. Arvidson, E. E.
Hickok and Major Terry.
Howard Buhrker was taken to
Solomon this morning, Elsie Su
senik to Peering Charles Mac
Go.van and Gilbert Howarth to
Kotzebue.
AT THE HOTELS
WALLACE HOTEL
Ed Warner, E. F. Hickok, An
chorage. R. A. Arvidson, P.A.A.!
Seattle. Floyd Converse, Nome.
Silvano Viveros, Cape Nome.
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FOLARIS HOTEL
George Whaley, Seattle. Paul
Spurlock, Fairbanks. Milton Fri-1
denverg, Anchorage. Mr. McGow- J
an, Kotzebue: Howard Buhrker,1
Anchorage.
Marseille is the second largest
French city. *
NEW
AIRFREIGHT
RATES
BETWEEN NOME
AND KOTZEBUE
25 LBS. MINIMUM 7c «>•
COMMODITY RATES
100 LBS. MINIMUM 5c '•>■
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Alaska’s National Guard is
steadily becoming a reality, with
several important steps toward its
complete organization hving been
taken recently, according to an an
nouncement from Headquarters,
U. S. Army, Alaska, which is re
sponsible for training the Guard.
Latest developments include:
1. Recall to active duty of Maj.
Meredith H. Jelsma of Anchorage
and his appointment by the De
part of the Army to the key posi
tion of United States property and
disbursing officer for Alaska with
station in Anchorage.
2. Completion of the organiza
tion of Alaska’s 1st Scout Battal
ion, one of the two allotted the
Territory, as well as two of the
four components of the 2nd Scout;
Battalion.
3. Arrival of two National
Guard airplanes with pilot-in-'
structors to complete the entire
Army instructor detachment for
Alaska.
4. Appointment of the Army in
structor for the 207th Infantry
Battalion, which will be located
in the Anchorage-Fairbanks area,;
and procurement of several K-D
'knock-down) huts to be used ten
tatively for the warehouse-armory
in Anchorage.
Major Jelsma, with 14 years
army service, has been in Alaska >
since 1940. He was formerly as
sistant finance officer of the Alas
kan defense command and finance
officer at Fort Greely. In his new
position, which is one of the most
important in the Alaska National
ATTENTION PIONEERS
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Recrular meeilng on Wednesday
evening, tonight. Nomination and
election of officers.
Bob Baldwin, Secy.
ATTENTION MASONS
Special Communication Thurs
day. December 8. 1949, at 7:30
p.m. sharp. Work in Master's De
gree. Your attendance requested.
Earle S. Coulthard, Master.
NOTICE
The Board of Nome Skin Sew
er's Cooperative Association wish
to announce the annual meeting
for Wednesday, December 7th, at
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1:00 p.m.
NOTICE
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Dr. Vogel, ear. eye. nose and
throat specialist, of the Alaska
Dept, of Health will be in Nome
till the middle of December. Pa
tients wishing appointment should
call the Hospital.
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i Guard organization, he will be re
! sponsible for all government pro
| perty loaned to the Territory, as
! well as for the supply and main
tenance of it.
Alaska now has seven National
i Guard units organized and feder
ally recognized, as follows: Terri
torial Headquarters and Head
quarers Detachment, Juneau;
Headquarters and Headquarters
Detachment and Company “A",
1st Alaska Scout Battalion, Nome;
Company “B”, Unalnkleet; Com
pany “C”, Kotzebue; Headquar
ters and Headquarters Detach
ment 2nd Alaska Scout Battalion,
and Company “D”, both at Bethel.
The Army’s “Air Force” in
Alaska, consisting of two LC 126
Cessna 195’s, will be used to trans
port army instructors to the more
remote outlying units. Pilot-in
structors are Cpl. George H. How
ell, Jr., who will be with the 1st j
Alaska Scout Battalion at Nome,
and Lt. Floyd C. Wilson. Jr., who
will be with the 2d Battalion at:
Bethel.
Assisting them will be Sgt. 1/Cl.
Robert A. Losee and Sgt. Theo
dore D. Manross, respectively. All
are combat veterans of the recent
war. Captain Howell was an in- j
fantry company commander with
the 77th Infantry Division in the;
Pacific; Lieutenant Wilson was a
cub pilot and observer with Fifth
Army in the Mediterranean; Ser
geant Losee was an aircraft and
engine mechanic with Fifth and;
Seventh field artillery units in
Europe; and Sergeant Manross
was a B-25 crew chief with the
47th Bomb Squadron and 41st
Bomb Group in the Pacific.
1st Lt. Claude L. McBride has
been named as the National Guard
instructor for the infantry batta
lion; headquarters of which will
be in Anchorage, according to Lt.
Col. J. D. Alexander, Officer in
Charge of National Guard affairs'
for Alaska, who is also the acting
adjutant general and senior army
instructor for the Territory.
Lieutenant McBride will imme
diately start coordinating activi-1
ties for the activation and organ
ization of this unit. So far, devel
opments in this area have been
held up due to lack of adequate
protective storage for government
property. However, acquisition of
'he K-D huts provides a tempor
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BOY SCOUTS TO XMAS
HOLIDAY AT BIG DELTA
FAIRBANKS, (/P)—Boy Seoul*
can do their daily good deeds with
a shiver over the Christmas holi
days.
The army’s planning to take a
troop of Boy Scouts to its Arctic
training center at Big Delta, where
they can frolic in snow and possi
bly 50 degrees below zero wea
ther.
They will pack into the frozen
Tanana Valley with skis and heat
ed tents. If the mercury goes be
yond 50 below, special Arctic
equipment will be supplied.
Army ski instructors will teach
the Scouts cross-country skiing,
and they’ll be able to take photo
graphs of tha Big Delta buffalo
herd.
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COVENANT LADIES AID
TO MEET SATURDAY
The Covenant Ladies Aa) will
meet at the home of Mrs. Paul
Carlson on Saturday, Dec. 10, at
2:00 p.m. Even though you are not
a member of the Ladies Ai<i, you
are invited to attend. If you are
from one of the outlying villages,
have your home village represent
ed by being present.
ary expedient.
These buildings now at Fort
Richardson have been made avail
able by Maj. Gen. Stanley L.
Scott, army commander, although
such housing is not a government
responsibility. They will be avail
able as soon as necessary ground
and assembling facilities are
available. Assistance in these mat
ters has been assured by Anchor
age City Manager Don Wilson.
General Scott has reiterated
that the army is anxious to help
as much as possible toward geu
ting the infantry companies 10 this
area organized and operatingsoon.
He believes that they could be of
great aid in the defense of Alaska.
There are now federally owned
combined warehouse armories at
Bethel and Nome, with Territory
owned armories at Unalaklcet,
Kotzebue and Deering. according
to Col. Alexander. He stated that
the recognized units are already
undergoing regular training and
that they are being sent field and
training manuals continuously. It
is planned that other supplies will
be started to them soon.
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