Month Of July
Hottest Since
1912 Is Report
BY THOMAS B. HAYWARD
Meteorologist Nome Station
Of U. S. Weather Bureau
This month was the warmest
since 1912 and the second high
est on record. Sunshine was cor
respondingly above normal while
rainfall was much below the av
erage. Two thunder showers were
observed this number being above
the average.
The mean monthly tempera
ture was 53.0 compared to the
normal of 49.8 the excess being
3.2 degrees above normal. The
mean maximum was 60.5 degrees
and the mean minimum 45.4 de
gres. The highest temperature
wes 72 degrees on the 14th while
the lowest was 33 on the 8th. The
greatest daily range of tempera
ture was 28 degrees on the 8th,
and the least 4 degrees on the
2nd,
Measureable amounts of rain
fell on 8 days during the month
for a total of 0.90 inches which is
1.69 inches below the normal of
2.59 inches. The most in 24 hours
was .54 inches on the 30th.
Sunshine occurred on 29 days
during the month for a total of
287.9 hours compared to the pos
sible of 621.7 hours the percent
age of possible being 46%. Clear
skies were observed on 5 days;
partly cloudy 10, cloudy 16.
Wind movement totaled 5480
miles during 744 hours for an av
erage hourly velocity of 7.4 mil
es per hour. The prevailing dir
ection for the month was from
the southwest although many var
iable directions were observed.
The maximum velocity for a five
minute period was 24 miles per
hour from the east on the 30th.
There were no lunar halos to
record while solar halos occurred
on the 10th and 28th. Thunder
storms were recorded on the 22nd
and 25th. Dense fog occurred on
the 1st, 7th and 8th.
tipper Air Data
The highest altitude reached in
balloon ascensions at Nome dur
ing July was 37.142.8 feet above
the surface on July 26 at 11:32
a.m. The direction of wind at this
altitude was North Northwest
and the velocity 11.2 miles per
hour. The maximum wind velo
city reached was 45 0 miles per
j I N S I p n , OUT.
A pencil cap dropped from An
drew Blakely, Jr.'s motill: to Ir.
lun,!f. Surgeons broadcast ami
gala duplicate fnm wMcfc C!;:!.’
i_ tool was made.
hour from the east southeast at
11:16 a.m. on July 9th.
In conclusion this month’s ceil
t
ing and visibility record proved
to be one of the best summer
months on record for aviation
activity.
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Approves Lower
Court Change In
Place First Bill
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 4—
The Senate Judicial Committee
unanimously approved a lower
Court reorganization bill to re- ]
place the Roosevelt Supreme
Court enlargement bill. Mean-1
while a group of first term senate
democrats, all ardent supporters
of President Roosevelt, stepped
into the adjournment situation
with a meeting to decide what j
legislation they wish enacted be- j
fore the session ends. This group j
backed the President’s defeated .
proposal to reorganize the Su-j
preme Court.
Individually its members have
declared they favor going ahead
with the entire Roosevelt legisla- I
tive program before adjournment, j
Legislation which the President,
would like to see enacted this j
year includes bills on wage and j
hour regulation, government re- j
organization of housing aid, and :
Secretary Wallace’s agricultural j
proposal for an “ever normal
granary”.
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NOTICE OF SPECIAL
ELECTION
TO THE ELECTORS OF THE
CITY OF NOME, ALASKA.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that, pursuant to Ordinance No.
281 entitled “An Ordinance of the
City of Nome, Alaska, selling to
the Nome Lodge No. A-5 of the
fraternal order of the Indepen
dent Order of Odd Fellows, Lots
10, 11 and 12 in Block 50, and the
building and all improvements
thereon, and calling a special
election for the purpose of ratify
ing this ordinance, “passed and
approved by the Common Coun
cil of the City of Nome on July
12, 1937, a special election will be
held in the said City on Saturday,
the 14th day of August, 1937, be
tween the hours of 8 A.M. and 6
P. M. of said day, at which elec
tion the qualified electors of said
City are invited to vote for rati
fication or in refusal for ratifica
tion of the above numbered and
entitled ordinance. That the en
tire area embraced within the
said City shall constitute one vot
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1 ing precinct and the place of vot
j ing shall be at the City Hall lo
j cated on the South Side of Front
street on Lot 1, Block “D”, as
shown on and by the amended
plat of the townslle of said City, i
Voters shall be required to regis
ter before they vote on the dayj
of the special election and in the'
manner specified for a regular,
annual City election. The pro
perty specified in the above num
bered and entitled Ordinance to
be sold are Lots 10, 11 and 12.
Block 50, as shown on and by the
official plat of the townsite of
said City, the school building lo
cated thereon and all appurten
ances to the said lots or building,
the sale thereof to be for $2,000
cash to be paid to the said City, i
and the property to be sold to
the Nome Lodge No. A-5 of the
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fraternal order of the Indepen
dent Order of Odd Fellows.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, this
13th day of July, 1937.
M. J. WALSH,
Clerk of the City of Nome Alaska
Publish July 13,20,27, Aug.3,10,13.
NOTES ON
THE FAIR
Abe Shallit. superintendent of
the mining and minerals division j
of the Fair is planning contests
to en.iven interest in his division.
For the boys with experience in
the hard-rock camps a single
jack drilling contest in blocks of
good hard rock will permit them
to show their skill and brawn.
Placer prospectors will compete
in a gold panning contest. There
is a separate division for lady
prospectors if such there are. To
demonstrate their special tech
nique in obtaining colors the lady
gold diggers will be provided with
gold-bearing sand. It doesn't com
plain afterward.
For those who fancy themselves
expert at tossing the horse shoes,
a barnyard golf course will be
set up near the Fair building,
where they may compete for the
Northwestern Alaska champion
ship.
Interest in the Fair is increas
ing daily and many offers of as
sistance are being received by the
management.
PARENTS! Does your child
look like one of the comic char
acters from the funny papers?
You should "say not?” But you
could ‘make him look like one
couldn't you? Bring him along,
then put him in the Children’s
Comic Character Parade Friday
evening, August 20. He may be
funny enough to win a prize.
Anyway he will be funny enough
to tickle himself and thus his
evening and yours will be a
huge success.
(Bv Tne Associated Press)
ALBANY, N. Y., Aug. 4—New
York’s Court of Appeals barred
the Communist party from the
official state ballot as a recogniz
ed political organization.
America Walks
Away Davis Cup
Macthes in Eng.
WIMBLEDON, England. Aug. 3
—American “war babies” gallop
ed off with the Davis Cup as
Frankie Parker and Don Budge
swept the Anal two singles
matches of the challenge round j
with Great Britain and brought1
the Stars and Stripes to the end,
of a ten year campaign aimed at i
the recovery of the International
team tennis trophy.
To Parker,21 year old youngster
from Milwaukee, went the honor
of clinching the series with a 6-2
6-4 G-2 triumph over Chas. Edgar,
Hare in the first of the closing
matches.
Then Budge, veteran of the team
of twenty-two, made the final
count 4-1, by wipping the British!
stylist Henry Wilfred Austin, 8-6,
3-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Her Highness the Princess Hel
ena Victoria, handed over the big
cup held by Britain since 1927.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Probate Court for the
Cape Nome Precinct, Territory of
Alaska, Second Division.
In the matter of the estate of
S. C. Anderson, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned J. H. Jensen, has ij
been appointed by the above
entitled Court, Administrator of
the Estate of S. C. Anderson, de- j
ceased. All persons having claims j
against the estate of said deceas
ed are hereby required to present
the same, duly verified, to the1
undersigned Administrator of said
estate, at Nome, Alaska, within
six months from the date of this
notice.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, this;
3rd day of August, 1937.
J. H. JENSEN,
Administrator of the Estate of S '
C. Anderson, Deceased.
Publish—Aug. 3, 10, 17, 24, 1937
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AND
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Prefer Paying By Check.
Interest Paid On lime Deposits
Gold Dust Purchased
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Add definitions: A free country is one where the
government meddles with everything—Akror Beacon
Journal.