Forecast And
Weather Report
Nome and Vicinity
Monday, Aug. 26. 1946.
Forecast for Nome:
Cloudy with intermittent rain
tonight. Partly cloudy Tuesday.
Wind today 30 to 40 mph from
the S.E., becoming southerly to
night at 25 to 35 mph., and south
westerly at 15 to 20 mph Tues
day afternoon.
Lowest temperature tonight 42.
Highest temperature Tuesday
48.
Nome data as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Precipitation last 24 hours 0.79.
Total precipitation this month
6.61.
^ Temperatures last 24 hours:
Highest 52. Lowest 46.
Maximum wind last 24 hours
30 mph from the SSE.
Sunrise 4:27 a.m.
Sunset 7:42 p.m.
Comparative data:
Temperatures one year ago to
day:
Highest 50. Lowest 37.
Extreme temperatures on this
day since 1907:
I Lowest 28 in 1916.
Highest 70 in 1941.
Data for other selected stations
as of 7:30 a.m. today:
! Station Temp. Weather
Point Hope 45 Cloudy
Kotzebue 50 Cloudy
Shishmaref 47 Rain
Wales 40 Rain
Gambell 40 Rain
Nome 48 Rain
Unalakleet 57 Cloudy
Bethel 49 Cloudy
Anchorage 54 Cloudy
McGrath 50 Cloudy
Fairbanks 50 Clear
Juneau 55 Partly cloudy
Whitehorse 57 Clear'
Ketchikan 55 Partly cloudy
Edmonton 56 Partly cloudy ;
Seattle 57 Cloudy •
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As a service to veterans in this
area. THE NOME NUGGET will
publish a column of the questions
most frequently asked contact men
of the Veterans Administration
in this area.
For more detailed information
veterans should contact or write
to the nearest VA contact unit at
Rooms 46 and 47. Post Office
building. Anchorage, Alaska.
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Q. I am a step-mother of
a veteran killed in service.
He was in my care and cus
tody before his entrance
in the Army. May I file
a claim?
A. Yes.
Q. How long must a Nat
ional Service Life Insur
ance policy be in effect be
fore it can be converted?
A. National Service Life
Insurance must be in effect
at ieasi one year before
conversion.
Q. I am training under
Public law 16 (Vocational
Rehabilitation Act). Does
the new legislation limit
ing combined subsistence
and earnings affect me?
A. No. The limitations
are placed only on veterans
training under Public Law
346 (The G.I.Bill)
Q. I am a widow of a World
War II veteran killed in
action I have our minor
children. Will I be allowed
more pension under recent
legislation regarding wid
ows pensions?
A. Yes. Before the new
Act was passed, there was
a ceiling of $100 for a widow
wdth children for war-time
service - connected death
cases. Full pension cred
it, therefore, was not given
for more than three child
ren. Under the new law,
each minor child will be
considered in determining
a widow’s pension.
Q. What is the National
Service Life Insurance
Fund?
A. National Service Life
Insurance is mutual insur
ance. All premiums paid
on this insurance and all
interest earned thereon are
deposited in a separate
trust fund in the U. S.
Treasury , designed as the
“National Service Life In
surance Fund.” The gov
ernment derives no profit
from its administration and
acts in the capacity of trus
tee o the fund for the sole
benefit of the policyhold
ers and their beneficiaries
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