Forecast And
Weather Report
Nome and Vicinilv
p
Wednesday, August 21, 1946
Forecast for Nome:
Partly cloudy tonight. Cloudy
Thursday morning, rain in after
noon.
Lowest temperature tonight 40.
Highest temperature Thursday
50.
Nome data as of 7:30 a.m. to
day.
Precipitation last 24 hours a
trace.
Total precipitation this month
4.38 inches.
Maximum wind last 24 hours
32 mph from the NW.
Sunrise 4:12 a.m.
Sunset 7:59 p.m.
Temperatures last 24 hours.
Highest 46. Lowest 39.
Comparative data.
Temperatures one year ago to
day.
Highest 51. Lowest 44.
Extreme temperatures on this
day since 1907:
Highest 67 in 1909.
Lowest 30 in 1929.
Data for other selected stations
as of 7:30 a.m. today.
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow 31 Cloudy
Point Hope 37 Cloudy
Kotzebue 41 Rain
Shishmaref 39 Cloudy
Wales 41 Rain
Gambell 44 Cloudy
Nome 45 Cloudy
Unalakleet 49 Cloudy
Bethel 46 Cloudy
McGrath 40 Cloudy
Anchorage 47 Rain
Fairbanks 43 Cloudy
Juneau 55 Rain
I Whitehorse 55 Cloudy
Ketchikan _ 59 Rain
* Seattle 71 Clear
BUCHANANS ANNOUNCE THE
ARRIVAL OF BABY DAUGHTER
Rev. and Mrs. Clifton Buchanan
of Kotzebue have announced the
arrival of a baby daughter, 7V12
pounds. The Buchanans were
very active church workers here
last year and made many friends.
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Iw Gets the Gun
/
Determined not to have her va
cation spoiled, “Miss Photo-Flash
pf 1946” happily kills poison ivy
plants by spraying them with a
new scientific weed killer. Weed
No-More is a product of Sherwin
Williams research developed from
2, 4-Dicholorophenoxy-acetic acid,
a war-born chemical hormone ori
ginally intended for war use.
Today it is being used to maka
summers happier for poison ivy
and hay fever victims, but unhappy
for ugly weeds that infest lawnd
and gardens.
SCHOOL TO OPEN HERE
SEPTEMBER THIRD
Mr. W. R. Angel, superintend
ent of the Nome Territorial School
announced today that school will
commence on Tuesday, September
3, and that all children should be
present on that day. There will
be nine teachers employed this
year and a full year is planned
for an increased enrollment.
John Berg has been appointed
as janitor.
KOBUK ASBESTOS FIRST ON
MINE BUREAU'S SLATE
Robert S. Sanford, Divisional
Engineer, U. S. Bureau of Mines,
1 recently returned to Alaska from
Bureau Headquarters at Wash
, ington D. C., where he was called
for a meeting of the Bureau’s div
isional chiefs in the Mining and
Metalurgical Branch, at which de
i tailed programs for next year and
advance planning for 1948 activ
ities were gone over.outlined his
plan scheduled for Alaska.
First on the Bureau’s list in
: this Territory is completion of
the already launched investiga
tion of Kobuk River asbestos de
i posits, with their adjacent jade.
In addition, Sanford expects to
see work commenced this year
on one or two mercury projects
in the Kuskokwim River valley;
at the headwaters of the Holitna
River and at Rainy Creek, 75 miles
south of Bethel.
: MARY SPROLE RETURNS
TO WED PEARSE WALSH
Miss Mary Sprole, accompanied
! by her mother, Mrs. Mary Sprole,
arrived Monday evening on the
Pan American plane.
Miss Sprole has announced her
engagement to Pearse Walsh and
plans to be married next Saturday.
The young couple will be mar
ried at the St. Joseph’s Church
at ten o’clock on Saturday morn
ing, with a reception following at
one o’clock at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Bullock.
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NOME :: ALASKA
NOME CAB CO
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Mrs. M. B. \ oung, Owner
The Only Shop On Lane's Way
INFANTS WEAR AND GIFTS
FOR ALL OCCASIONS
Hours 11:00 A. M. to 6:00 P. M.
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YOUR ORDERS ARE APPRECIATED
WALLACE HOTEL &
NOME, ALASKA Phone MAIN 55
PIONEER WATER DELIVERY
Phone Main 94
ERIC NELSON
NEVADA GRILL
Breakfast Served at 10:00 a.m. — Close 1:00 a.m.
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