Forecast And
Weather Report
Nome and Vicinity
Compiled by tltfe U. S. Dept, of
Commerce, Weather Bureau.
Wednesday, May 26, 1948
Forecast for Nome: partly cloudy
tonight , cloudy Thursday with
occasional rain showers.
Lowest temperature tonight 40,
highest temperature Thursday 50.
Nome data for the last 24 hours
as of 7:00 a.m. today:
Precipitation none. (Total this
month 0.15 inches.)
Temperatures: highest 54, low
est . 39.
Maximum wind 23 miles an hour
from the NE.
Sunrise at 2:04 a.m., sunset at
9:54 p.m.
Comparative data:
Temperatures one year ago to
day: highest 55, lowest 34.
Extreme temperatures on this
day since 1907: highest 64 in 1933,
lowest 22 in 1931.
Data for other stations as of
7:00 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow 27 Snow
Point Hope 29 Clear
Kotzebue 29 Fog
Shishmaref 28 Fog
Wales 27 Partly cloudy
Gambell 31 Cloudy
Nome 47 Cloudy
Unalakleet 40 Clear
Bethel 49 Rain
McGrath 56 Cloudy
Anchorage 57 Cloudy
Fairbanks 66 Cloudy
Whitehorse 53 Rain
Edmonton 55 Cloudy
Juneau 56 Partly cloudy
Ketchikan 57 Cloudy
Seattle 57 Cloudy
San Francisco 57 Clear
[ AIRLINES
Pan American Airways
Arriving yesterday on the Pan
American plane were Archie Jen
kins, Claude Walson, Arthur Nes
sitt, Mrs. Jack Anderson and son
Ron, Mr. and Mrs. L. Hall and
two children.
| Departing were H. C. Carlyle,
Rev. and Mrs. Murlin Day, James
Chadrey, Mrs. Hazel Ivy, Lillian
Clements and son Harold, Charles
Huntley, Evan Lewis, and J. C.
Casselman.
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Wien Alaska Airlines
H. B. Brown was taken to Cleary
i Creek on Monday.
Arriving from Fairbanks about
midnight last night were Ed Ray
mouth, enroute to Selawik; Marie
Tooyak for Kotzebue; and the fol
lowing passengers 'for Nome; John
and Helen Burke, Ed Fortune, Glen
Snyder and Jack Marasovich.
Harold Stoke and Carl Bale
were taken to Ungalik on Monday.
Wien officials report that planes
are now able to land and take
off at Weeks field in Fairbanks.
Wallace Hotel
Guests registered at the Wal
lace Hotel today are Jack Maraso
vich, J. W. Cardway, Claude Wat
son, A. A. Jenkins, Glen Snyder,
Seattle; A. E. Nesset\ Missoula.,
Mont.; and Mr. and Mrs. John
Burke and Ed Fortune. Fairbanks. ^
Volunteer Firemen
Will Meet Tonight
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The Nome Volunteer Firemen
will hold a regular meeting tonight
in the Cin the City Hall. New
members will be taken in and
instructed in their duties. There
will also be ‘refreshments.’ I
EMIL LAURIN MINING
PROPERTY IS SOLD
In the Court of the U.S. Com
missioner at 11:00 a.m. yesterday
morning the advertised sale of
the property of Emil Laurin,de
ceased, took place. The property,
in the Kougarok area, will go to
A1 Carey and John Kar\ari, who
were the highest bidders. The
final order closing the sale will
be given in ten days.
CLEANUP NOTICE
June 1st. to June 7th has been
designated by the Nome Common
Council as CLEANUP WEEK.
Property owners are requested to
clean up their premises during this
period and pile debris, which is
sacked or boxed up, near the curb,
for truck disposal at City expense.
The City is asking for full co
operation from its residents and
property owners in making Nome
a more presentable and sanitary
community to live in. The chair
man of the Health Committee and
the Chief of Police will make a
tour of inspection and report any
unsightly phemises to the Nome
City Council.
NOME COMMON COUNCIL
By Carrie M. McLain
City Clerk
Publish May 26-28*31, 1948
Classified Ads
ATTENTION MINERS—Get your
copy of the C.A.A. Emergency
distress signals, now available
at the Nugget office. 51-tf
—Male Help Wanted—
WANT YOUR OWN BUSINESS?
80 year old reputation and our
capital will back you. Others
earning up to $10,000 yearly.
No experience required. We pre
pay freight. Write J. R. Wat
kins Co., 137 Dexter Ave., Se
attle 9, Wash. 57-7tc
WANTED—To lease or buy a
small building site outside Nome
city limit, preferably East on
road. Call Nugget office*. 62-3tp
Wein Alaska Airlines
ANNOUNCES...
A NEW SCHEDULE
Effective March 16, 1948
FAIRBANKS TO NOME TRIPS
on
TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
OF EACH WEEK
MERCHANDISE SHIPPED FROM SEATTLE
MONDAY WILL REACH YOU
IN NOME ON TUESDAY
NOME BOYS GET WINGS
MADE SOLO FLIGHTS
Three ypung birdmen have re
ceived their solo wings these past
few days with the Nome Flying
School, says Les Bronson, owner
of the service.
The boys, Walter Dowd, Elton
Replogle, both of the ACS here,
and Sammy Ahwinona, who is
with the Mili.ary Police unit at
the Nome Air Force Base. •
THANKS
We wish to extend our most
rincere thanks to those who were
so kind and sympathetic in our
recent bereavement and assisted
us in the funeral arrangements
of our son Ernes*.
Abraham Lincoln and family.
NOTICE
Sealed bids will be received a*
the City Clerk's Office until 5:00
P.M. June 7. 1948, for hauling
garbage collected during Cleanup
Week. Location of the garbage
disposal shall be designated by
Chairman of Health Committee |
and one week allowed for the
hauling.
NOME COMMON COUNCIL
by Carrie M. McLain
City Clerk.
Publish May 26-28-31, 1948.
IN ABOUT TEN DAY8
City Clerk, Carrie McLain, is
in receipt of a telegram fom Clyde
Gray that he will accept the posi
tion of Fire and Police Chief and
he expects to be here within ten
days.
The present Chief A. O. Brown,
who has resigned to go mining,
•states that he will have a tem
porary replacement, assisted by
the Nome Volunteer Fire Depart
ment.
M.S. KOTZEBUE IS REPORTED
FIRST BOAT LAUNCHED
The Motorship Kotzebue is re
ported to be the first boat in the
water this year and it is awaiting
the clearing of ice from the road
stead.
Flyers report that the Bering
Sea is rapidly clearing of ice as
far as Cape Nome which already
has open water to the beach.
NEW CHIEF TO BE HERE
U.S. Commissioner’s Court
In the U.S. Commissioner’s court
today. Tom Ulegak is being held
to answer to the U.S. District
Court on a charge of Assault with
a Deadly Weapon. Joe Garnie is
in the Base Hospital suffering
from wounds received in a gun
battle last week at Fort Davis.
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