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THE BIC SHOTS* —Demonstrating artillery strength,
Britain recently put three batteries of the biggest guns ever
mounted on that field through their paces at Salisbury Plain,
England. Above are the “thunderers.” The guns were 9.2-inch
howitzers which released a ton of projectiles inside a few
minutes at a range of eight miles. Men in front record accuracy.
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- Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau
FORECAST, NOME AND VICINITY
Cloudy and not much change in temperature tonight & Tuesday
Data For 24 Hours finding 1:00 pm Today
Highest temp — 18 Lowest temp — 2 Pi-ecipitation — 0.00
Total precip this mo — 0.20 Total pricip since Jan. 1 — 0.66
Temp. Humidity Wind Weather
12 Midnight .. . 4 81 N-5 Pt Cldy
8am . 15 86 NE-8 Cloudy
12:30 p m . 11 79 S-5 Cloudy
One Year Ago Today
Highest temp — 30 Lowest temp — 20 Precipitation 0.02
Tomorrow: Sunrise—7:44 am Sunset—4:46 pm
The Peninsula: Temp. Wind ..Weather
Candle . 14 S-2 Cloudy
Council .. 12 NE-4 Cloudy
Golovin . 13 NE-12 Pt Cldy
Kotzebue ...». 13 E-18 Cloudy
Solomon .. . * 12 E-4 Cloudy
Teller .. -8 E-7 Clear
Wales . -6 NE-25 Clear
W’eather Elsewhere: 1:00 am Nome Time ’
Temp. Wind Weather Precip.
Anchorage .- 23 NE-6 Cloudy 0.00
Bethel . 12 NE-10 Cloudy 0.00
Cordova . 30 N-3 Clear 0.00
Dutch Harbor . 36 E-15 Rain Trace
Fairbanks . -5 WNW-3 Clear’ 0.00
Juneau. 34 Calm Cloudy 0.00
Pt. Barrow . -11 NE-25 Clear 0.00
WEATHER SYNOPSIS AND GENERAL
The map indicates a weak area
or trough of low pressure in the
Aleutian Island region and high
pressure over Alaska and west
ern Canada.
Cloudy weather with scattered
light precipitation prevails over
southern, central and western A1
aska. Temperatures are well
above zero.
With the present conditions
we can expect cloudy weather
with risk of light snow tonight
and Tuesday not much change in
temperature.
Suggestions and Criticisms Invited
Shortened Pack
Increase Cost
Canned Salmon
SEATTLE, Feb. —Food brok
ers and wholesalers throughout
the country ;are favorably dis
posed toward canned salmon but
regard the increases in retail
price of the product which have
been brought about by shortened
pack and consequent increased
cost per case of packing salmon
as a danger signal according to
F Leo White, president of the
Pacific Canned Salmon Distribu
tors Association who has just re
turned from the annual conven
tions of the National Food Brok
ers Association and the Nation
al Canners Association, held in
Chicago late in January.
“Because wholesalers have
been able to make a profit on
their canned salmon sales dur
ing recent months, they have
been pushing this food, and are
anxious to continue selling as
much canned salmon as possible.
Retail prices have been held as
low as possible, because whole
salers and brokers realize that
higher prices are going to re
duce their sales and limit con
sumption.
“At the present time, in most
markets, canned salmon is still
selling at bdlow replacement
costs. Tall Pink salmon has been
selling 'about 12 and one-half
cents per can but the average
price has now advanced to about
14 or 15 cents.
“When the retail price is ful
ly adjusted to present costs of
producing and selling salmon, a
good many customers will pro
bably turn to a less costly food.
' This is the danger that distribu
tors are now point out,” White
said.
‘'Canned Calilornia mackerel
| and California sardines are still
I priced very reasonably and some
! distributors have expressed an
| intention of confining their ef
forts to these items rather than
working on higher priced pink
and chum salmon.
“Consumer demand as a result
of favorable business conditions
and the salmon industry’s adver
tisinb campaign has been fairly
good during the past few mon
ths With the trade interest at a
peak during the Lenten adver
tising campaign we are hopeful
that sales will continue satisfact
orily through the spring months.” |
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HOLLYWOOD STAR-LITES
By Chuck Cochard
HOLLYWOOD (Exclusive) —!
Visitors on the sets of films in j
the making would see their favo-1
rite stars going through a lot of
strange antics while waiting to
go into a scene to act—it’s their
individual way of getting into
the mood for the part they are
going to play.
W C Fields taps a cane or some
heavy object on the floor or a
table. Deanna Durbin ties her
handkerchief into a series of
knots some of them so tight she
cannot untie them again. Jean
ette MacDonald hums to herself
in her dressing room. Greta Gar
bo listens to different kinds of
music on a phonograph in her
room.
Mischa Auer whittles a stick
of wood until there is nothing
left to it. William Powell sips
Coco-Colas. Boris Karloff taps
his fingers on his cigarette case.
Edgar Bergen draws circles
around lines of dialogue in the
script.
The truth of the matter is the
fat that virtually everyone work
ing before the camera has some
peculiarity like the above. All
are simple outlets for nervous
ness which most actors won’t ev
en admit having—but they do.
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell
will co-star together in a music
al immediately after their first
for Paramount “I Want A Div
orce.”
Mickey Rooney and Judy Gar
land will follow up their “Babe
in Arms” hit with another music
al “Strike Up the Band”
Norma Shearer will star in
“Forever” an unusual story with
a romantic theme dealing with
two lovers in the spirit world,
who are parted when born in the
real world. They agree to meet
again in the real world. Rumor
has it that George Raft may play
the leading role in ths film after
playing the leading role in her
life for the past six months.
Fairbanks Man, Wife Herded
Into Seattle Hotel; Woman Is
Attacked by Three Negroes
■SEATTLE — M J Edmundson,
26, of Fairbanks, Alaska, a miner
informed the police three neg
roes accosted him and his wife1
Adah, 25, on Jackson Street re- i
cently, herded them into a hotel i
and the three attacked his wife!
in turn while the others held
her husband.
Edmundson said he broke
loose from his captors momentar i
ily and threw his wife through a !
window, allowing her to escape, j
then he feigned unconsciousness;
himself and escaped further in
dignities while the negroes div
erted their attention elsewhere.
Fred Anderson, negro, 32, was
later arrested on an open charge
by the police who said he ad
mitted participation in the at
tack.
The Edmundsons expected to
return to Fairbanks in February.;
(She is in a serious condition as;
the results of the attack.
The Arctic Club Announces
1940
NOME QUEEN
CONTEST
Tickets are on sale by the contestants and their friends.
Each ticket carries 100 votes for the Queen election and
the possibility of free air transportation to the Fairbanks
Carnival and return, with the Queen.
SEE ....
The Queen’s Wardrobe display in the Bon Marche window.
The Arctic Club will give the winning Queen, for her
wardrobe, $187.50.
Tickets $1.00 Tickets $1.00 Tickets $1.00
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* HOW A BOMBER ;MAKES UP’ FOR WAR —The army’s art in camouflaging shows ‘
up on this huge bomber displayed at Bolling Field, Washington. D. C. This is a U. S. army photo.
The Man Behind the Captain
CANNED 5ALM0H
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ALASKA’S SHIPS CAN KEEP RUNNING and give Alaska’s people
good transportation, regular mail service the year around. That’s because
75% of Alaska’s steamship revenue is paid by the Canned Salmon
Industry for shipments of salmon, building materials, cannery supplies
and transportation of crews. It’s another way in which the Salmon
Industry helps to promote prosperity here.
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