Forecast And
Weather Report
Nome and Vicinity
Compiled by the U. S. Dept, of
Commerce, Weather Bureau.
Tuesday. December 24, 1940
Forecast Nome: Cloudy with in
termittent light snow tonight,
clearing and colder Wednesday.
Lowest temperature tonight 18,
highest temperature Wednesday 12.
Nome data as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Precipitation last 24 hours 0.08.
Total precipitation this month 0.34.
Temperatures last 24 hours:
h ghest 27, lowest 19.
Maximum wind last 24 hours 27
miles an hour from the east.
Sunrise at 10:04 a.m., sunset at
1:59 p.m.
Comparative data: Tempera
tures one year ago today: highest
9, lowest —8.
Extreme temperatures on this
day since 1907: lowest —27 in
1923, highest 37 in 1935.
Data for other selected stations
as of 7:30 a m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow —24 Clear
! Point Hope —12 Clear
Kotzebue 7 Snow
! Shishmaref 1 Snow
Wales —7 Snow
Gambell —1 Snow
Nome 22 Snow
Unalakleet 16 Snow
Bethel 24 Snow
McGrath 9 Snow
Anchorage 27 Snow
! Fairbanks —7 Cloudy
Juneau 39 Rain
Whitehorse 4 Cloudy
Ketchikan 42 Cloudy
Edmonton 33 Cloudy
Seattle 37 Partly Cloudy
VANCOITER, B. C. CP)—Provin
cial police today sought two mask
ed bandits who robbed a suburban
branch of the Canadian Bank of
Commerce of approximately $4000
yesterday afternoon.
This young lady, with all the trappings for a Merry
Christmas, personifies our desire for all of our good
friends and neighbors . . . that all of your burdens
will be happy ones and that they will rest lightly
upon you through the years.
VI’S DRESS SHOP
COMMUNITY XMAS TREE
WELL ATTENDED
The Community Christmas pro
gram, which has become a tradi
tional part of Nome’s Christmas,
was held last Friday night in the
Territorial School Auditorium.
The auditorium was fileld to ca
pacity and not even standing room
was available for the program.
The splendid program was put
on by the high school and grades,
and the Native choir sang two
Christmas hymns, putting every
one in the Christmas spirit.
At the conclusion of the sched
uled program, Santa Claus ar
rived on the scene and distributed
huge quantities of Christmas stock
ings and presents to all the “good
little boys and girls.”
NOTICE
Igloo No. 1 Pioneers of Alaska
and Ladies Auxiliary wish to ex
press their sincere appreciation to
all those who took part in the pro
gram and who contributed so much
to making the entertainment the
great success that it was. And to
the public in general for their
patronage.
STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING
A meeting of the Stockholders
of the Northwestern Alaska Fair
Association will be held on Satur
day. December 28. 1946. 8:00 P.M..
City Hall. This is for the purpose
of electing officers, receiving the
report of the last fair and for set
ting the date for the next fair.
The present officers are as fol
lows: President. A. D. Johnson;
Vice-Pres.. Luther Dunbar; Secre
tary. A. Polel; Treasurer. Ole Hay;
Directors, George Marshall, John
W. Fults. Fred J. Rohn.
A. POLET Secretary.
HELLO THERE . . .
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY!
MODERN CLEANERS
Let The Bells Ring Out
1 heard the Ixdls on Christmas Dav
Their old, familiar carols |>la\\
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good will to menj
—Longfellow
HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL OUR
OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS