THE NOME NUGGET
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MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Weather Bureau’s
Contribution to Air Progress
Weather Bureau facilities for
the aid of air navigation have,
under the impo'us of the great
advancement of aeronautics been
developed and increased until
now there are 1140 airport, off
airway and intermediate airway
weather reporting slat 'MiS dis
tributed over the United States
and Alaska.
The Weather Bureau, was au
thorized by Congress in the Air
Commerce Act of 15)26 and again
In the Civil Aeronautics Act of;
1938, to provide the necessary
service to promote the safety and
efficiency of air navigation.
The United States now has a
comprehensive and efficient air
way meteorological service. A
communieaition system which is
'operated by the Civil Aeronaut
ics Authority speeds (the various
reports of weather to and froin
hundreds of airports and report
iag stations in the United States
and Aaska. An enormous volume
of surface and upper-air observa
lions are itrans-mitted daily by
telettype and broadcast by radio.
Four times a day, observers at
101 of these Weather Bureau sta
tions release an inflated bailoon
and follow its path of ascent by
means of a theodolite, a special
telescope. From these observa
tions, the direction and velocity
of winds at various flying levels
ere computed and transmitted ov|
er the oommiunication system, j
Charts prepared from these up
per-air reports enable the pilots;
to choose flying levels where the
winds will be of most benefit or
least resistance. Larger balloons
are inflated once a day at 37 sta
tions and each of these carries
aloft a radiosonde, a small instru ;
ment which broadcasts signals
that represent the temperature,
humidity, and pressure of the at
ionosphere to heights of 15 miles
or more. After these signals are
received and translated at the
ground station, they are trans
mitted to other stations and used
ih determining the types, bound
aries and movement of air mass
es and the likelihood of cloudi
ness, precipitation and icing.
The most complete reports of
surface weather are made four
times each day at hundreds of
stations and ships which are ev
enly distributed over the United
States and Alaska, and the At
lantic and Pacific Oceans. These
observations are made simultan- j
eously and then collected at 125
stations where maps and charts
are drawn, showing the condi
tions of weather over North Am
erica and adjoining oceans. Fore
cast are issued every six hours
from thirteen of these stations to
inform the pilots what flying wea
ther conditions ar expected over
the civil airways of the United
States and the Atlantic Ocean.
Every hour, and oftener in bad
weather, observations of condi
tions observed at the surface are
made throughout the Weather l
Bureau system. At all important
air terminals, this weather in- j
formation affecting flying condi-1
tions is constantly being receiv- j
ed from all points on and near i
the airways and is immediately i
posted on the bulletin boards of
the Weather Bureau Airport Sta:
tions and broadcast to pilots in .
the air by Civil Aeronautics Au \
thority radio.
The Weather Bureau is con
ducting research into new tech
niques of forecasting, developing ;
new and improved instruments,
organizing its present service for
most efficient operation, expand
ing its facilities into the latest
field of transoceanic flying, and.
doing everything else possible so
that this eountrys meteorological
service will continue its contrib
ution rto air progress.
The Nome Daily Nugget carries
several forms of printing blanks
for your convenience — Dredge
Logs, thawing and drill report*, i
Mining Deeds, Placer and Lode |
Location Notices. Vouchers,
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America Loses
Davis Lup First
Time Since 1914
| HAVERSFORD. Pa., Sept 5
J </P)—Australia’s tennis two-some
I were successful! in their quest
I for the Davis Cup and travelled
I westward toward eventual war
service. Adrian Quist and John
Bromwich came from behind to
! defeat Bobby Riggs and Frank
Parker to take the cup back for
the first time since 1914
Fogleman Met Death Near
Chicken in Rifle Duel At
Close Range with Stevens
Accused of first degree mur
der, Volney Stevens, aibout 35
I years old, was brot to Fairbanks
1 from Chicken, in the Fortymile
[ district, Friday evening by De
; puty U. S. Marshal Pat O’Con
I nor and is held in the Fairbanks
federal jail without bail. The trip
was made by pane.
Stevens is charged with killing
Theodore Lee Fogleman last Sun
day morning, August 27 at Stev
! en's tent, where he was conduct
i ing mining operations on Atwat
| er Creek, at the mouth of Broad
way Creek, a tributary of the
South Fork of Fortymile. The
, bar is about 8 miles from Chick
! en.
According to testimony sub
' rnitted at the coroner’s inquest
1 by U. S. Commissioner B. B.
Green at Chicken Fogleman’s
; death resulted from a rifle duel
at comparatively close range be
; tween him and Stevens. Fogle
man had a .33 Winchester and
Stevens A .30 - .30 Winchester.
Each weapon was discharged
j once.
There were no eyewitnesses to
the shooting, but the two shots
1 were distinctly heard by Bert
l hold Schwartz and Eugene Mor
gan, who, working an Atwater
Bar, were about 300 feet from
the scene of the tragedy.
Schwartz testified he could dis
i tinguish by the sound of the rifle
reports which weapon was dis
charged first. He said Fogleman’s
rifle was fired first, the report
making a cracking sound.
Fogleman had rented the wea-'
pon from the Smith Gun Store in
Fairbanks just before going to
Chicken last week.
The bullet from Stevens’ rifle
passed through the heart of Fog'
leman, and lodged in a tree be
hind him.
At the time of the shooting,
Mrs. Eleanor Watson was in a
tent about eight feet from thej
tent where the shooting occur
red. After the tragedy she went
to the cabin of Mr. and Mrs. Sy
vert Koland on Lost Chicken
| Hill. She is ill in bed there, as a
result chiefly of nervousness.
Her testimony for the inquest
was taken while she lay in bed.
She said that while she and Fogle
man had lived together as a hus
band and wife in Fairbanks they
were not married: that she had
iquit him in Fairbanks and that
she had flown to Chicken several
days before he had.
Stevens did not testify at the
inquest.
Deputy O'Connor said that the
man who dug the grave for the
interment of Fogleman’s body,
excavated it just where another
body had been buried and that
from this other body the grave
digger had taken a gold watch
and a gold ring.
Whether the words were spok
en in earnest or jest, they anger
ed residents of Chicken, and the
grave digger man, because of
the sudden prejudice he had cre
ated against himsef, left the com
munity immediately after the fu
neral
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Captain of Athenia
Says Torpedoed
And Then Shelled
GALWAY. Ireand, Sept. 5 U?I;
—The master of the stricken Brit
ish liner Athenia which was
sunk last Sunday said on his ar
rival that his ship was “hit by a
torpedo which went through the
galley into the engine room caus
ing a heavy loss of life.’
The Captain, James Cook, was
brought by the Norweigen steam
er Kniit Nelson, and four hun
dred thirty other survivors, the
first submarine disaster in the J
European war. Among the sur
vivors was Dr. John Kirk of
Boston who said “my wife was j
killed in the explosion. All I|
want to know is whether my j
two children who travelled with:
us are safe.’’
Captain Cook said immediate
ly after the torpedo w^as fired
the submarine rose to the sur
face and shelled the Athenia. “A
shell carried away a main mast.
It was evidently aimed at the
wireless room but missed its
mark.” He called witnesses to
tell newspaper men that the tor-!
pedo was fired from a range of |
800 to 1000 yards on the port;
side of the vessel.
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Public Accountancy Exams
To Be Held in November
August 22. 1939
Nome Nugget, Nome.
Gentlemen:
It will be greatly appreciated
if you will print the following
news item in one of your early
editions:
"C.P.A. examinations will be
held in .the eary part of Novem
ber of this year. Persons inter
ested in taking this examination
should notify the Territorial
Board of Accountancy at Juneau,
Alaska, not later than September
30 so that arrangement can be
made for examinations to be
held in the various localities.
"The following qualifications
are necessary to participate in
this examination: Applicant must
be a citizen of the United States
and a resident of the Territory
of Alaska, not less than 25 years
of age and of good moral char
acter, and must be able to fur
nish a diploma from a recognized
high school or shall present satis
factory evidence of an equival
ent education, and must have
had not less than five years ex
perience in the practice of ac
countancy.
‘A fee of $25.00 must accom-'
pany the application."
We will appreciate your giv
ing this request your prompt con i
sideration.
Very truly yours.
Terr. Board of Accountancy;
James C. Cooper,
Secretary-Treasurer
HOW TO STAKE CLAIMS.
—
Under the law as changed a peT- j
son may stake two claims for
himself and two under power of
attorney in any month. Under the
old law a person could stake two
for himself and 16 under power
of attorney in any month.
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‘EX’ —Though he says he’ll
return to Albania some day.
former King Zog (above), whose i
country was taken by Italy, will 1
linger on friendlier soil, such as
r that of England.
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