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COORDINATION CONFER
ENCE IS CONCLUDED
FAIRBANKS. July — The two
day conference of heads of the
U. S. Weather Bureau, army and
■Civil Aeronautics Administration
! in Alaska, for purposes of coor
: dinatir.g the services of the three
organizations in the Territory,
came to a conclusion recently
! after satisfacory progress was re
, ported by these participating. A
number of those attending left
j the city to return to their res
; pectiye headquarters.
Sitting in on the conference
were Howard J. Thompson, me
teoro’ogist in charge of the wea
<her bureau service of Alaska,
with headquarters in Juneau: O.
K. Anderson, associate meteor
ologist and official in charge of
‘.he Fairbanks weather station;
A. D. Hulen, supervisor of the
CAA communication for Alaska,
, with headquarters in Anchorage;
Major W. H. Neil, regional wea
ther officer for the army corps
at Elmendorf Field, Anchorage;
and Capt. Norman C. Spencer,
weather officer at Ladd Field,
Fairbanks.
Major Neil and Mr. Hulen
left for Anchorage. Mr. Thomp
son went to Anchorage from
where he will go to Kenai Pen
i insula before returning to Ju
j neau.
Dr. C. Rasmusson of Barrow,
: where he is assistant in the wea
ther bureau service, is visiting in
j Fairbanks, on a vacation, but
was not an attendant at the con
ference. He will return to Bar
row soon .and is expected to be
.advanced to officer in charge of
the weather service at Barrow
the first of the year.' Sergeant
Stanley Morgan is in charge of
the U. S. Signal Corps service
there.
Merle Wittmeyer, transferred
from Juneau, left for Barrow to
be assistant there in the weather
bureau service.
Extensive Service
Referring to the weather bu
reau service in Alaska, Meteor
ologist Thompson stated that 142
airways stations throughout the
Territory now report daily to the
bureau; and of that number 32
report hourly between 5:30 a. m.
and 5:30 p. m.
Seven main Alaska stations, in
eluding Fairbanks, Anchorage,
Juneau. Nome and Barrow, are
conducting radio-sonde experi
ments. The experiments wfre
started in Fairbanks in 1932,
when Mr. Thompson and one as
sistant were the sole members
of the local weather staff. The
Fairbanks office now has 12 per
sons on its staff, while there are
15 at Juneau. The radio-sonde ex
perimer.ts are financed from
army funds as a part of the na
tional defense program.
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Gas Pump Service At A11 Times
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| Airways News
The PAA flight scheduled for
today was cancelled out due to,
, bad weather.
MtROW ACTIVITIES
Old Man Weather Has
Grounded All Ships
The Stinson tri-motor is all
; set to hop for Anchorage as soon
as weather permits.
The Travelair, pi’oted by Bill
Lund is held up at Moses Point,
on his way to Koyukuk Station.
U. S. S. CHARLESTON
ARRIVES, DEPARTS
The U. S. S. Charleston arv
chored off shore at eigfht a.m.
yesterday morning. It is believed
to be the first Navy vessel 'to
arrive at Nome. The ship de
parted for the westward in the
afternoon and is expected to re
turn here scon. Bad weather and
high seas prevented any contact
| with the vessel.
Odd Fellows To Install
Nome Lodge No. A-5 IOOF
will install their officer this even
| ing at their hall.
This insta lation should have
taken place a last Friday but ow
ing to the Columbia being in port
and so much going on it was im
possible to get the members to
gether.
UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS
DECREASED BY HALF
One thousand, seven hundred
fifty-six persons were placed on
jobs by the Employment Service
division of the Alaska Unemploy
ment Compensation Commission
during the month of June, Ex
i ecutive Director Walter P.
[ Sharpe stated.
Natoinal defense projects ac
counted for 68 percent of these
placements. Sixty-nine percent of
the total placements were credit
ed to the Anchorage and Fair
banks branches.
The active file as of June JO,
1941, lists 1,149 individuals act
ively seeking employment thru
the service and 1,415 new appiica
tions were taken from job seek
ers during June.
Receipt of initial claims for
unemployment benefits discloses
a 50 percent decrease from June
1940. The sum of $28,500 was dis
tributed in unemployment com-;
pensation benefits during the
month, as compared with $47,468
in June, 1940.
OIL COORDINATOR
NAMED BY ICKES
WASHINGTON —Defense Pe
troleum Coordinator Harold Ick
es, who is secretary of the Inter
ior named Ralph Davies of the
Standard Oil Company of Calif
ornia to be deputy coordinator.
Davies will devote full time to
the problems of conserving and
distributing oil supplies for civ
ilian and military use and will be
paid a government salary.
ODDFELLOWS ATTENTION! j
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Special Meeting next Friday j
Evening, July 25, 8 p.m. Installa
tion of officers.
Visiting Members Are Invited
NOTICE
Sealed bids will be received at
the office of the City Clerk un-.
til 5 p.m. Monday, July 28, 1941,
for surfacing street in Block 64
between “B” and Division
Streets.
For detailed information call
at City Clerk’s office.
M. J. Walsh, City Clerk
Federated Church
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Wilbur P. Wood, Pastor
11:00 a.m.—Church School
7:45 p.m. — Worship service.
Miss Constance Erickson will
preach.
LAVINIA WALLACE
YOUNG MISSION
Miss Constance Erickson,
Superintendent
11:00 a.m.—Church School
5:30 p.m.—Worship service.
Miss Erickson will preach
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We expected more Defense Activity during
the closed season. As it did not happen
We carry a surplus of staples
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1941 SAILING SCHEDULE
BERING SEA ROUTE
SHIP Sails from Seattle Due Nome
BERING (Freight) July 20th Aug 1st
Nome, King Island, Diomede Island,
Kotzebue, Kivilina, Point Hope,
Point Lay, Wainwright, Point Barrow
DERBLAY (Freight) Aug. 10th Aug. 20th
Nome, Solomon, Golovin, Unalakaleet),
Ungalik, St. Michael, Teller, Tin City,
Wales, Shishmaref, Kotzebue, Keewalik,
(Candle), Deering.
Mt. McKINLEY (Passengers Sept. 13th Sept. 21st.
Freight) Nome, Golovin, St. Michael
Mt. McKINLEY (Passengers Oct. 12th Oct. 20th
Freight) Nome
NOTE:- Arrival dates Nome approximate only. All sailings subject
to change without notice. M. J. WILCOX, Agent