AIRLINES
Pan American Airways
Arriving from Fairbanks early
this morninng were Judge and
Mrs. Joseph Kehoe, Maude Mc
Alee, Robert Halberg, Mike Con
rad, Ewing Scott.
Departing passengers were Ralf
Reed, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Long
and son, Mrs. W. Blakeslev and
Joanne.
Alaska Airlines
Incoming passengers on Friday
were Esther Birdsong and William
Featherstone.
Outgoing passengers, D. J. Cruz,
Bert Proctor, Mrs. John T. Mc
Nally and Stan Parsons.
Incoming passenger today was
Stan Parsons.
Outgoing; Elmo Miller, Carl
Strand, James Frye, Dr. J. B.
Tucker, Mrs. Pontarelli, Esther
Birdsong.
Wien Alaska Airlines
Arriving on Friday from Fair
banks was John Reed of Std. Oil
Co. Enroute to Kotzebue were
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Girth and John
Schaeffer.
Passengers from Kotzebue for
Nome on the flight; Dinty Moore.
Mrs. James Frye was an out
bound passenger for Fairbanks.
VALUABLE DOG. 'SKEETER'
SHOT TO DEATH ON STREET
Skeeter, 4-yr-old Labrador Re
triever, owned by “Chuck” O’
Leary, was shot to death in the
street.
“Skeeter” was well-known to
most people in town. He came
from a long line of champions.
His sire was Champion Peter Pi
per and his grandsire was Dual
Champion Bramshaw Bob who
won last year’s Grand National
Championship which he held two
times before.. »
No reason was given for the
shooting.
Forecast And
Weather Report
Nome and Vicinity
Compiled by the U. S. Dept, of
! Commerce, Weather Bureau.
March 29, 1948
Forecast for Nome; Partially
cloudy with occasional snow flur
ries tonight and Tuesday. Low
est temperature tonight 0, highest
temperature Tuesday 15.
Nome data as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Precipitation last 24 hours 0.03.
Total precipitation this montm
1.64.
Temperatures last 24 hours:
highest 16, lowest -6.
Maximum wind last 24 hours:
20 mph from the ESE.
Sunrise at 5:26 a.m., sunset at
6:49 p.m.
Comparative data:
Temperatures one year ago to
day: highest 27, lowest 1.
Extreme temperatures on this
day since 1907: lowest -29 in 1920,
highest 36 in 1936.
Data for other selected stations
as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow -13 Partly cloudy
Point Hope -1 Partly cloudy
Kotzebue 3 Snow
Shishmaref 17 Snow
Wales 16 Snow
Gambell 13 Cloudy
Nome 14 Snow
Unalakleet 12 Clear
Bethel 20 Cloudy
McGrath 3 Clear
Anchorage 19 Partly cloudy
Fairbanks 4 Snow
Juneau 34 Snow j
Whitehorse 18 Cloudy
Edmonton 38 Cloudy
Seattle 49 Cloudy 1
San Francisco 58 Clear
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Some plywood is used as if it
were metal for bathtubs, tanks, j
oil drums, airplanes and boats.
Queen Contest
Speeds Up
In Final Week
The Queen Contest is really un
der way this week with the girls
all working hard to be winner of
the coveted title “Queen of Nome."
In the contest are Margaret
B.jornstad, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Gus Bjornst^d, who is in
high school and is 17 years old.
Margaret is a native-born Nome:tc
well-liked by all her classmates
and is a good student, her teachers
say.
Vera Nelson, 21, is a Nome-born
Alaskan girl and is employed at
the Nome Grill and is popular for
her cheerful manners.
Faye Helen Carver is the wife
of Sgt. Carver who is in charge of
the Snack Bar at the post. Faye is
21, and has been employed at
Richter’s photo shop. She is a
member of the women’s bowling
league and the N.C.O. Club at the
post and has been in Alaska since
last May.
Vera Lonergan, 34, who has
been in Alaska for 15 years with
her brother Sunny Endres of Sun
ny’s Bar in Fairbanks, is musician
at the Nevada.
Jane Atcheson, wife of Lt. F.
Atcheson, is 34 and is employed
in Public Welfare. She is inter
ested in tennis, skiing and swim
ming, and has been in Alaska one
year, having driven into Alaska
over the Alcan Highway.
Jennie Sayers, 16, is attending
high school, having entered in
February and is making her home
with her sister Mrs. Joseph K.
Hunt here in Nome. She is tak
ing a commercial course and stud
ies music as well. She has a splen
did voice.
Shopper—Get me the manager!
Perhaps he has a little more sense
than you have.
Clerk—'He has. He went out
when he saw you coming in.
Wein Alaska Airlines
ANNOUNCES...
A NEW SCHEDULE
Effective March 16, 1948
» 7
FAIRBANKS TO NOME TRIPS
on
TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
OF EACH WEEK
MERCHANDISE SHIPPED FROM SEATTLE
MONDAY WILL REACH YOU
IN NOME ON TUESDAY
MISSION CHOIR
The Lavinia Wallace Young
Mission choir presented a cantata
at the Mission’s Easter Sunday
services and also sang over the
radio station, WXLN, in the after
noon. Members of the choir
were: Sopranos; Mrs. McGrew,
Bertha Aukon, Freida Larson,
Hanna Miller, Mrs. Earl Towner,
Clara Brown, Orpha Ablogalook,
Nellie David, Belinda Cramer.
Altoes; Mrs. Elmer Green, Mrs.
Frankie Johnson, Mrs. ft. Amund
son, Mrs. Nick Ezukameuw, Mrs.
Herbert Wilkalkia.
Tenors; David Anarik, Dwight
Milligruk, Frankie Johnson, Sam
Ailak.
Bassos; James Ocksoktarik,
Frank Moses, Richard Scott.
The United States has about 34
4
million telephones.
REWARD OFFERED BY THE
AIRFORCED FOR THE RECOV
ERY OF THE BODY OF MISS
ING PARACHUTIST
The Air Forces has announced
that a reward of $300 has been set
aside for the recovery of the body
of the missing parachutist, Lt. Al
bert C. Kenny, who died in an at
tempt to offer medical aid to the
survivors of the "Clobberd Tur
key". the Army B-29, which was
wrecked late in December on the
barren wastes of the vast tundra
about 100 miles north of Nome.
The offer is available to all civ
ilian residents of Alaska.
For further information contact
Lt. C. A. Lewis. Army extension
No. 5.
There are about 54,600,000 tele
phones in the world.
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