THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
GEO S. MAYNARD. Editor
RUSSEIX G MAYNARD, Manager
Published every evening except Sunday by The Nome;
Publishing Company, Nome, Alaska.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Delivered by carrier in Nome, Little Creek and Sunset
Creek, for $2.00 per month. By mail postage paid out
side of Nome and vicinity, $1.50 pe month.
Entered in the Post Office in Nome as 2nd Class Matter
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U. S. Treasury
Gains
Recent Incomes
(By TTie Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 21,
—The U. S. Treasury record one
hundred and sixty million doll
ars gain in income since July 1st
as administration experts oon
tinued the finishing of budget re
ceipts for the first five months
of this fiscal year.
$1,385,767,000 represented the
gain in tax receipts. Liquor
tax receipts are up forty-seven
million and tobacco taxes gain
ed twenty-four million dollars.
HOLIDAY HOURS
SIGNAL CORPS
Anchorage, Dec. 9, 1936
SIGNAL CORPS, Nome.
Inconformity with executive
order of November 27th, holiday
hours will be observed where
practicable from 1 P.M. Decem
ber 24th to include December 26,
also January 1st and 2nd.
However, due to anticipation
Today Shortest
Day Of Year, So
Says Weath. Man
It is possible for Nome to have
4.0 hours of sunlight today but
U. S. Weather Bureau officials be
lieve the sunshine record will be
low because of clouds. The time
of sunrise is 9:58 a.m. and the
sunset 1:56 p.m.
Winter officially commences at
1:27 p.m. 165th Meridian Time be
ing known as the Winter Solstice.
Daylight continues about 4.0
daily till Dec. 28 when the record
begins lengthening about 0.1 of
an hour daily until March 21st
when days and nights are of
equal length.
The winter this year stands to
be somewhat above the average
as November temperatures were
above normal and the lowest
temperature this month was —22
on December 17th.
of a large volume of traffic, there
will be no curtailment of sched
ules and hour of operation on
December 24th. MASON.
IV1IR0W LOCKHEED VEGA PLANE
FASTEST THROUGH
TO SKAGWAY
We u ill Make Your Reservations For
The Boat
FOR RATES AND INFORMATION CALL
MIROW AIR SERVICE
NOME, ALASKA.
|| Northern Light <X Power Co.
AND
Alaska Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Second Avenue and Lane's Way
LIGHT, POWER AND ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES
LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE SERVICE
JUST RECEIVED
OLYMPIC AND SCHLITZ BEER.
| Also Bulk Wines and Liquors. We Are Closing out
Our Entire line of Mens Furnishings Rubbers
Boots and Pacs.
NOME LIQUOR STORE
(Next Door To Fire Station)
COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS
TREE CELEBRATION
DEC. 23rd
Program At School Auditorium
SANTA CLAUS AND HIS REINDEER
SPORTS, PROGRAMS, AND FIREWORKS DISPLAY
Races and Sports Start At 12 Noon Sharp. SANTA To
Drive Thru Nome With His Reindeer At About 1:15 P.M.
FIREWORKS DISPLAY BE ANNOUNCED TUESDAY
SHIP YOUR
MINKS
EARLY
We Solicit Your Patronage
THE ALASKA-CHICAGO FUR EXCHANGE
368 Central Ave.,
Highland Park, Hlinois.
*■
ARCTIC BEER PARLOR
AND CARD ROOM
Between Pioneer Drug Store And Dream Theatre
Jack Solomon, Pron.
WOMENS WEARING
APPAREL ARRIVING
SOON BY PLANE
Calkins’ Shoppe
Christmas Gift
Suggestions '
AT
HAGEN
The Jeweler
YENNEY’S
Water Delivery
Phone Black 7
Good Service
Complies With Sanitary
Regulations of The City
Of Nome.
Cavcv’s Bakery
GOOD CLP OF COFFEE
BEST PASTRY IN NOME
Good Meals
orEN FROM 6 A.M. TO 1 AJH.
POLSON’S
Water Delivery
“Sanitary Service”
For Years Your Old Stand
By. Always at Your
Service.
Ed Bergstrom—Eric Nelson
Phone Black 44
Make Your Reservations to Juneau And
The States NOW Via
PACIFIC ALASKA AIRWAYS INC
Only Scheduled and Most Frequent Service
By Radio-Equipped Lockheed Electras.
Two-way Radio—Always Within 100 Miles of
One of Our 11 Radio Stations
G. E. BASSETT, Nome Agent