Forecast And
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Weather Report
Nome and Vicinity
Compiled by the United States
Weather Bureau, Nome, Alaska.
Wednesday, February 27, 1946
Forecast Nome: Incre a s i n g
cloudiness tonight. Cloudy Thurs
day with occasional light snow.
Lowest temperature Thursday
—20, highest temperature Thurs
day —5.
Nome data as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Precipitation last 24 hourg,
none. Tottal precipitaiton this
month 1.06 inches.
Total snowfall this month 10.6
inches.
Temperatures last 24 hours:
highest —3, lowest —27.
Sunrise at 7:16 a.m., sunset at
5:12 p.m.
Comparative data: tempera
tures one year ago today: highest
32, lowest 18.
Extreme temperatures on this
day since 1907: lowest —34 in
1938, highest 35 in 1927.
Data for other selected stations
as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Point Hope —22 Clear
Kotzebue —8 Snow
Wales —30 Clear
Gambell —25 Clear
Nome —25 Clear
Unalakleet —4 Snow
Bethel —18 Cloudy
McGrath —2 Cloudy
Anchorage 27 Cloudy
Fairbanks 2 Cloudy
Juneau 37 Rain
Whitehorse 23 Cloudy
Ketchikan 42 Cloudy
Edmonton 12 Cloudy
Seattle 47 Rain
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 27, (Jp)
Three men were killed and at
least twelve persons were injured
near Corte Madera, fifteen miles
north of San Francisco, in a bus
and car crash. The dead, all Cal
ifornians, were occupants of the
automobile.
Nome Directory
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
Meets First and Third
Thursday each month
DONALD J. LYLE, W. M.
NORVIN W. LEWIS, Secy.
NOME LODGE
A-5
Meets Every Friday
S. DAVID MAZEN. N.G.
ROBERT BALDWIN. Secy.
HAGEN
JEWELER AND OPTICIAN
Court House Is Opposite Us
Phone Mein 40
1)7 dTcochran
Attorney At Law
Phone Main 121
Nome, Alaska
IRA D. ORTON
Attorney At Law
Room 1—Nevada Building
Nome, Alaska
Seattle Office:
801 Lowman Building
Telephone EL. 6396
J. L. McCarrey Elected
President Of FLAGs
J. L. McCarrey, prominent An
chorage attorney, recently dis
charged from the Armed Forces
has been elected president of the
recently consolidated Ala s k a n
Veterans Association and the
FLAGs of Anchorage. The new
group will continue under the ar
ticles of incorporation of the
FLAGs.
Sgt. Robert Claire, formerly of
Sitka was elected Secretary, Sgt.
Steve McCutcheon retiring organ
izing chairman announced.
President McCarrey stated that
the FLAGs adopted a Constitution
and By-Laws for a Territorial
wide organization, as well as for
the local chapter of the FLAG.
Copies are being forwarded to
similar Veterans organizations in
Fairbanks, Nome, Juneau and
Ketchikan.
A convention is being planned
for the first part of 1947, but as
yet the locality has not been
chosen.
Membership qualifications of
the FLAGs, previously restricted
to Alaskans having residence pri
or to Jan. 1, 1941, has been en
larged to include servicemen and
women discharged in the Terri
tory, regardless of other residen
tial qualifications.
According to reports from Ter
ritorial Selective Service head
j quarters at Juneau, there are
about 5,500 Alaskans who are or
have been in some branch of the
Armed Forces. Outsiders discharg
ed in the Territory may bring the
figure up to 6,500.
Nome Man Shot
I
In Car Dispute
_
George McKay, well known
Nomeite, was shot by special dep
uty sheriff Robert Smith, in Seat
tle on the evening of February 20.
George and his wife. Bertha
McKay, had taken home some
friends, the Chris Bertises, of 2839
29th Ave. S, and were turning
their car on the dead-end street,
when they noticed a man flagging
them with a flashlight. When
George stopped the car the man
threatened to arrest them and
flashed a revolver. When asked to
show his credentials he fired
twice, hitting George in the abdo
men and the thigh.
Robert L. Smith accused McKay
of striking him and bumping into
his car, but McKay stated that it
was impossible for him to do so as
he lost his leg in Nome several
years ago and could not balance I
himself sufficiently to strike a j
blow. He also denied hitting the j
parked car.
Detective Mahoney stated that
Smith .was commissioned and
bonded as a deputy sheriff, but
was not working at the time of
the dispute.
McKay’s condition at the Har-'
borview hospital was reported as 1
satisfactory. He has been operat
ing the Mission Inn at 1743 Boyl-'
ston Ave.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (/P)—
The Senate confirmed the ap
pointment of Max Gardner of
North Carolina as undersecretary
of the treasury. (
DALLAS, Feb. 27, (A*)—G. B.'
Dealey, 86, dean of American
newspaper publishers, died at his
home. His 71 years continuous
work in one newspaper organiza
tion, the Dallas Morning News, is
unmatched in American journal
ism. He was revered as the grand
old man of Texas journalism.
ANCHORAGE. Feb. 27, <;P)~
City Engineer Hal Reherd said he
planned to stand on the city hall
‘tops and yel! to his creditors
“Como and get it.*’ Reherd was
dismissed last fah Py Mayor John
Manders and has waged a pro
longed court battle for reinstate
ment. Yesterday he won the case.
WALLACE HOTEL & TAXI
NOME, ALASKA Phone MAIN 55
ARCTIC AIR SERVICE
CANDLE ALASKA
Nome Headquarters — Wallace Hotel
— Contact —
JOE WALLACE, or GENE JACK
Frequent trips with passengers and freight between
Nome and Fairbanks via Deering. Candle, Kotzebue,
Kiana. Shungnak, Kobuk and Hughes.
CONTACT US FOR CHARTER SERVICE
SMALL AND LARGE SHIPS TO SUIT YOUR NEEDS
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