Forecast And
Weather Report
Nome and Vicinity
Compiled by the U. S. Dept, of
Commerce, Weather Bureau.
Wednesday. July 6. 1949
Forecast Nome: Continued low
cloudiness with considerable fog,
with intermittent drizzle tonight
and Thursday. Gentle to moderate
southerly to southwesterly winds.
Lowest temperature tonight 33.
highest temperature Thursday 43.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7:00 a.m. today:
Precipitation 0.01 inch. (Total
this month 0.01 inch).
Temperatures: highest 41, low
est 37.
Maximum wind 15 miles an
hour from the east.
Sunrise at 1:45 a.m.. sunset at
10:30 p.m.
Comparative data:
Temperatures one year ago to
day: highest 41, lowest 39.
Extreme temperatures on this
date since 1907:
Highest 67 in 1915, lowest 34 in
1929.
Data for other selected stations
as of 7:00 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow 30 Cloudy
Point Hope 36 Cloudy
Kotzebue 47 Cloudy
Shishmaref 46 Cloudy
Wales 40 Rain
Gambell 40 Cloudy
Nome 41 Rain
Unalakleet 45 Rain
Bethel 59 Clear
McGrath 62 Clear
Anchorage 62 Partly Cloudy
AT THE HOTELS
WALLACE HOTEL
Volney Richmond. Jr., Seattle.
Trunman Sage, San Fernando,
Calif. W. R. Owens, Taylor. Alas
ka. H. B. Stephens, Seattle. Bus
Boyd. Fairbanks. A. L. Schneider.
Portland. Andrew Snyder, An
chorage. Capt. J. A. Gustafson,
Seattle. Cecil Pruitt. Olympia. J.
Lauderdale, Anchorage. Roy Bas
sett, Seattle. Mr. and Mrs. Ivan
Radky, Mr. and Mrs. D.E. Cox. Mr.
and Mrs. C. R. Evans, Anchorage.
C. L. Dempsey, Bob Dempsey,
Ruby Point. Gene Joiner, Kotze
bue. Chester Milligan, Council,
Alvin Ulwing, Nome.
POLARIS HOTEL
Gil Joint and wife, Anchorage.
Thomas Herron, Washington, D. C.
Mark Thielen. C. E. Marthen,
Washington, D. C. Capt. K. M. Mc
Neese, Elmendorf Field. Mr. and
Mrs. James Duncan, Elmendorf
Field. Ruth Hansen. Anchorage.
Walt Haylor, H. Starling, Juneau.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Machetanz.
Juneau.
SUMMER CAMP
GIRL SCOUTS AT
The Girl Scout troop left Tues
day morning at 9:30 for camp at
Dexter under the leadership of
Mrs. M. Staudenmeyer. About
thirty girls of both the junior and
senior groups plan to have two
glorious weeks at the camp, rain
or shine.
Fairbanks 57 Cloudy
Juneau 51 Cloudy i
Ketchikan 49 Rain i
Seattle 62 Partly Cloudy
San Francisco 57 Clear)
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INFORMATION AND RESERVATIONS
ARCTIC ALASKA TRAVEL SERVICE
C. DEWEY ANDERSON
NORTHWEST
0<A<<AIRLINSS
AIRLINES
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS
Arriving Sunday by Pan Amer
ican were Roy Bassett, Mrs. W.
Cameron, R. Southard, Bonnie
Rice, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Puffer
and three children, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Machetanz, M. J. Walsh,
Dorothy Erwin, C. R. Hoffman.
Departing were Volney Rich
mond. Bus Boyd. D. J. Cedar
strom, W. R. Owens. P. Sage, How
ard Stevens. C. F. Hoffman.
The Pan American plane sched
uled for today cancelled out due
to weather conditions.
ALASKA AIRLINES
Friday the following passengers
arrived from Anchorage: W.
Owens, Truman Sage, Volney
Richmond, Ruth Hansen, A. L.
Schneider. W. D. Thompson, N. D.
Stephens, R. M. Boyd, Elmo Mil
ler.
Monday Frank Pushruk was an
inbound passenger. De-purt i n g
were Carl Rylander, T. O. Dickin
son. Mildred Patrick, Jack Johan
sen. Roger Knippel, Mrs. C. R.
1 Knipple, Margaret Talcott.
Pilot Seeds made a coastal mail
run on Monday with J. Hudert of
the road commission on an inspec
tion trip.
WIEN ALASKA AIRLINES
July 4th Pilot Murphy brought
in Clarence Carlson and Norman
Witgutoff from Shishmaref to
Nome.
Dorothy Ervin was a passenger
to White Mountain; Mrs. C. R.
Knipple. Roger Knipple and Mar
garet Talcott were passengers to
Nome from White Mountain.
The following passengers were
brought to Nome on Monday from
Kotzebue and left Monday eve
ning for Fairbanks; Mr. and Mrs.
L. A. Daughenbaugh, Ervin Spath.
Olive Roach. Claude Miller, Ann
Hesby, Olga Serbousek. Joe Fran
cis, John Greve, Willard Whiting.
Gertrude Dunlevy, Mr. and Mrs.
White, Mrs. Edyth Doren, Carl
Graven. Mr. and Mrs. Norman
Merritt, Hans Haakonse, Elva
Kingham. Mrs. Joe Francis and
Celia Hunter.
Hospital News
John Akan, injured seriously in
a fight.
Alexandera Atchuk had a baby
girl on July Fourth.
Mike Otten, of St. Michael, who
has been in the hospital the past
two weeks following acidental
shooting of a rifle bullet into his
leg, is improving rapidly. He was
given two pints of blood, in trans
fusion.
Rev. and Mrs. Lewis Hudgins
and family spent several days last
week visiting former miss'onaries
at Kotzebue Rev. and Mrs. Ira
Downs in Solomon. They reported
a very pleasant short vacation.
PIONEERS NOTICE
Regular meeting tonight of Pio
neer Igloo No. J, at eight o'clock.
Special movies will be shown.
Robert Baldwin. Secy*
Classified Ads
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LOST—Magnesium hand truck on
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BOY’S BICYCLE for Sale, gooi
condition $20.00. Army 215 B. C.
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Hearing On CIO
Jurisdictional How
SEATTLE, <7?)—Hearing on an
election to settle a jurisdictional
controversy of long standing be
tween two CIO unions has been
set for next Monday.
The hearing will be held at Jun
eau and will involve the interna
tional longshoremen and ware
housemen’s union and the inter
national wood workers of America
employed at the Douglas Spruce
company plant at Juneau.
The dispute, as far as known
the only one in history between
two CIO unions, closed the plant
for many months and resulted in
court injunctions and damage
suits.
The dispute is over loading o
lumber aboard scows. The hearing
is preliminary to a national labor
relations board election.
TOURISTS FAIL TO
REACH NOME
Two plane loads of tourists who
have had reservations in Anchor
age for over a month circled the
Nome field Sunday but were un
able to make a landing because of
fog. After a prolonged wait at Mc
Grath both planes were forced to
return to Anchorage Monday af
ternoon.
Legal Blanks at The Nugget office !
VISITORS HERE FROM
BUFFALO. N. Y.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Puffer of
Buffalo, N. C., arrived Sunday by
plane from Fairbanks with their
three small sons, Frank, John and
Bill to celebrate John’s birthday
on the Fourth of July with Mary
Jeanne Boucher who also has a
birthday on the Fourth.
The Puffer family were guests
of the University of Alaska for
the President Emeritus Day pro
gram in Fairbanks on July first,
having driven with their car and
trailer from the States to Fair
banks. They state the road was ex
cellent and they traveled from
Montana to Fairbanks in four
days.
They plan to leave today for An
chorage and other parts of the
Territory before returning to Buf
falo where Mr. Puffer is dean of
administration at the Buffalo Uni
versity.
Herb Jenks flew to Nome for
the 4th from the Silver Bow Min
ing Camp to send the Fourth with
his wife. He reports lots of snow
in that part of the country and
stated that Salmon Lake is still
full of ice.
It is reported that the railroad
is only open for about 14 miles
and the balance of the 90 mile
railroad line is still ice and snow
bound.
Scotty’s
Liquor Store
presents
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'OFFICIAL PUBLICATION'
Report of the Financial Condition
OF THE
Miners and Merchants Bank of Alaska
Located at Nome Territory of Alaska, at the close of business on the
30th day of June, 1949.
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts ..$ 495,363.33
Loans on real estate . 210,290.87
Overdrafts . 10.59
United States bonds and securities . 582,800.00
Other bonds and warrants . 100,462.59
Banking house, furniture and fixtures .\. 29.562.39
Other real estate owned . 43,467.84
Due from other banks . 137,584.94
Checks on other banks and other cash items 63,970.16
h on hand . 94.368.21
G >ld bullion . 3.966.65
Prepaid insurance . 2,285.79
TOTAL . SI.764.133.36
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in ....$ 100,000.00
Surplus fund . 25,000.00
Undivided profits less expenses paid. 148.270.56
Demand deposits .. 1,160,511.76
Time deposits . 330,351.04
TOTAL $1,764,133.36
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA )
TERRITORY OF ALASKA ) SS
SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT )
I, Alva A. Daue, Cashier of the above named bank, :lo solemnly
i s.\eui ,hai t.ic fo.ego.ng s.a.emeni is true to toe best of my knowledge
anrT belief.
ALVA A. DAUE, Cashier
'CORRECT ATTEST*
G. R. JACKSON.
I WILLIAM T. HALEY.
'NOTARIAT. SEAL) D.rec.ois
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1st dav of Julw 1049
mamie I,. McAllister,
Notary Public in and for the Territory of Alaska.
My commission expires June 2, 1951
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