Forecast And
Weather Report
Nome and Vicinity
Compiled by the U. S. Dept, of
Commerce, Weather Bureau.
Friday, January 17, 1947
Forecast Nome: Clear and con
tinued cold tonight and Saturday.
Lowest temperature tonight —30.
Highest Temperature Saturday
—20.
Nome data as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Precipitation last 24 hours none.
Total precipitation this month 1.27
inches.
Temperatures last 24 hour*,
highest 16, lowest —27.
Maximum wind last 24 hours 14
miles per hour from the N.N.W.
Sunrise at 9:27 a.m., sunset at
2:56 p.m.
Comparative data:
Temperatures one year ago to
day: highest 26, lowest 19.
Extreme temperatures on this
day since 1907: lowest —32 in
1934, highest 34 in 1922.
Data for other selected stations
as of 7:30 a.m.*
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow —21 Clear
Point Hope —19 Clear
Kotzebue —13 Snow
Shishmaref —18 Clear
Wales —19 Clear
Gambell —10 Snow
Nome —20 Clear
Unalakleet —37 Clear
Bethel —49 Clear
McGrath —61 Clear
Anchorage —18 Snow
Fairbanks —52 Fog
Juneau 17 Cloudy
Whitehorse —47 Clear
Ketchikan 30 Snow
Edmonton 15 Clear
Seattle 42 Cloudy
MAX BEEBERMAN. ELIZABETH
CHAPMAN TO WED TONIGHT
Wedding bells will ring Satur
day instead of school bells for two
popular school teachers of the
Territorial School. Max Beeber
man, who was stationed here with
the C.A.A. before joining the
teaching staff here and Miss Eliza
beth Chapman, music teacher and
grade teacher, who arrived here
last fall are being married at the
Fedeated Church at eight o’clock.
Army And Navy
Agree To Plan
For Unification
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and marines together in such op
erations.
Whether guided missiles will be
the special concern of one branch
rather than another is not deter
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mined in the merger arangement.
| The expets say that if such wea
pons are needed for land operation
j they will be available, and if re
quired for sea operations, they will
! be on hand for that, too.
WASHINGTON, (A3) — Persons
j close to President Truman said
i today he has not decided on whom
to nominate for the proposed new
cabinet post of secretary of na
! tional defense if Congress author
j izes unification of the armed
forces.
Most of these people think Wil
liam Stuart Symington a likely
choice for secretary of the air
force, one of the three “under”
secretaries. Symington, a resident
of St. Louis, is now assistant sec
retary of war for air.
Sales Up; Bui Want
Better Quality
NEW YORK, (JP) — Clearance
sales continued to attract many
shoppers in the week ended Wed
nesday, boosting retail volume
moderately above the preceding
week and 22 to 26 per cent ahead
of the corresponding week a year
ago.
“Consumers generally were crit
ical of quality and compared prices
carefully before completing pur
chases,” the Business Research
Firm said. “In many cases the de
mand for quality resulted in the
failure of goods to sell despite
further price reductions.”
Interest in furs centered on
mouton, muskrat, and Persian
lamb, but sales were affected ad
versely by mild weather.
Some clearances of men’s suits
were reported but were very lim
ited in scope. Demand remained
close to the high levels of previ
ous weeks.
Be Wise—Nugget Advertise
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"Peanuts," I Say,
! “Peanuts”
CHICAGO, (/P) — It was Red
Grange on the telephone,
j “So this Charley Trippi thinks
he’s getting the most money in pro
football history, eh?” boomed the
old gallopin’ ghost of Illinois.
“Why, that $100,000 contract with
i the (Chicago) Cardinals is peanuts
—absolutely peanuts.”
But, Red, whatcha mean “pea
nuts”—that they and $100,000 con
tracts grow on trees, or bushes or
; somethin’?”
“I mean that $100,000 over a
; four-season period that Georgia
; lad is going to sign for amounts to
$25,000 per season. Even I can fig
ure that. And I used to get $25,000
or more for one game. That’s what
I mean by peanuts.”
Guess Trippi was a little over
; enthusiastic yetserday, Red. He
! said in New' York that when he
signs with Charley Bidwill and
the Cardinals it will be for “the
biggest salary in the history of pro
football—even more than Red
Grange got.”
“Again, I say peanuts when he
compares what he’s going to get
with what I got,’’ continued the ol*
1T. “It would take me a couple of
hours to figure out what I made
playing football from 1925 to 19
i and even then the total would just
be an estimate. I wasn’t getting
paid a certain amount each game.
I got a hunk of the gate receipts.
The biggest chunk of cash I picked
up in one game was $50,000 when
George Halas’ <Chicago> Bears and
I met an all-star bunch captained
! by George Wilson, the 1925 all
i America from Washington. The
game was played in January of
1926 in Los Angeles before some
80,000 fans. And just before that
I got $35,000 for a game appear
ance in New York.”
ON VACATION
IN THE STATES
W. B. McCarthy left this week
for a few weeks vacation in the
States.
AWAITING WEATHER
FOR WALES VACATION
Weather permitting, Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Tungwenuck will
leave today for a two weeks vaca
tion in their former home at
Wales.
SEALED BID
Surplus Sale
AT ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
On:—TRUCKS AND TRAILERS
CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT
HEATING EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS
EARTH MOVING AND ALLIED EQUIPMENT
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS
(a large portion of the items are NEW,
the balance in Fair Used condition.)
TO BE SOLD IN SIX LARGE LOTS
Sealed bids on any or all lots, with a 10% deposit, will
be accepted until 2:00 P.M., February 12, 1947, at Anchorage.
To obtain sales lists and bid form, write, wire or call
' *
Surplus Property Office
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Phone Box 2466 Office Hours: 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
Army 3101 Anchorage Monday thru Friday
PIONEERS HONOR DELEGATES
AND LEGISLATORS
Honoring the delegates to be
sent to the meeting ol the Grand
Igloo which convenes Feb. 22, in
Juneau, the Pioneers are having
a party on Saturday evening at
Pioneer Hall.
Special guests include the Pio
neer Women, legislators and en
tertainers who gave their time so
graciously for the recent Roof
Garden.
Rube Creamer, chairman for the
party has appointed, his own com
mittee to assist him in giving the
delegates a real send-off. The del
egates for the convention are
Chas. D. Jones, O. D. Cochran, Ed
Anderson and Tolbert Scott.
Delegate from the Pioneer Wo
men is Mrs. M. J. Walsh who is
a Grand Officer.
The party is scheduled to begin
at 8 o’clock.
REV. DAY RETURNS
FROM ANCHORAGE
Rev. M. Day of the Federated
i Church returned yesterday with
the Alaska Airlines after a short
visit in Anchorage on official busi
ness and a day spent visiting in
Fairbanks. While in Fairbanks he
had luncheon with the Chamber
of Commerce.
Be Wise—Nugget Advertise
Sourdoughs Meet
In Seattle
SEATTLE, 0P1—Pioneer river
boatmen who fought Alaska’s
streams to get supplies to miners
in gold rush days will be among
those present at the annual reun
ion banquet tomorrow night of the
Seattle Sourdough Club.
Among them will be Peter Jack
son. who went north to look for
gold but found a better paying
lode in lugging foodstuffs into
Dawson by scow; Capt. Fred Hast
ings, credited with taking the first
river boat from Wrangell to St.
Michael, and Ctp. Hill Barrington,
who was a freighter on the Sti
kine.
Also present will be William
King, who built many of the
early structures in Cordova, and
J. F. Laverne, pioneer resident of
Seward.
NOME'S FIRST 1947 BABY
BORN TO JULIUS BREAKERS
The first recorded birth in
Nome for 1947 was a son born to
Mr. and Mrs. Julius Breaker, on
January 7. The father is chief
machinist mate in the U. S. Navy.
Customer to Salesman—I’d like
to see a good second-hand car.
Salesman—So would I.
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