WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Continued, clear tonight and to
morrow. Little change in temper
ature. Winds light and variable.
Low temperature expected tonight
-17, high Tuesday 10.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: High temperature
1, low -21. Max. wind 7 mph
from the SE. Sunrise 7:55 a.m.,
sunset 4:34 p.m.
Temperatures a year ago today:
high 24, low 11. Extremes this
date since 1907: high 35 in 1931,
low 33 in 1949.
Other Stations, 7 a.m. Today
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow -*13 Part cloudy
Kotzebue -12 Clear
Wales 0 Snow
Nome -12 Clear
Unalakleet -26 Clear
Bethel -21 Clear
McGrath -39 Clear
Anchorage -11 Fog
Fairbanks -41 Ice fog
Whitehorse -36 Clear
Edmonton -8 Cloudy
Juneau 8 Cloudy
Ketchikan 17 Cloudy
Seattle 43 Cloudy
San Francisco 43 Cloudy
Beta Sigma Phis Enjoy
Valentine Party Thursday
Members and guests of Beta
Sigma Phi gathered last Thursday
evening at the Stanley Morgan
residence to enjoy a Valentine
card party. N
A brief business meeting was
followed by playing 12 games of
whist by the 16 women present.
Guests for the evening were
Margaret MacDonald, Ellie Os
borne, Jean Borden, Maiie Wall,
Charley Curtis, Jane Galvin, Bar
bara Martin and Grace Edman.
Prizes of homemade fudge were
awarded to Charley Curtis, Ellie
Osborne and Omie McCarthy.
While the candy was being sam
pled by all, Valentines and pretty
gifts‘from Secret Sisters and Pals
were passed.
Attractive refreshments of sand
wiches and salad were served by
Beverly Morgan, Rita Harper and
Caroline Reader which brought
the pleasant evening to a close.
In 1800, the average American
farmer raised food for his own
needs and one-third of those of
another person. Today’s farmer
! supplies himself and 14 others.
Civil War Drummer And
Ex - Soldier Of Fortune
Dies In Colorado At 102
FAIRPLAY, Colo., MB—Frank
Meyer, miner, soldier and Indian
fighter who claimed to be 102
years old, died Friday at Fairplay
Hospital. He was hospitalized
about a month ago with infirmi
ties of old age.
A 14-year-old drummer boy in
the Union Army, Mayer later be
came known as a soldier of for
tune in his worldwide travels.
He told of hunting big game in
Alaska, helping build railroads in
Brazil, fighting Indians on the
j frontier and surviving three earth
quakes, including that in San
Francisco.
Mayer, observing he had been
independent all his life, had said
he refused any pension as a Civil
War veteran and snorted . at his
exclusion from official lists of
Union Army survivors.
Stassen To Far East
SEATTLE, 14*'—Harold E. Stas
sen, director of the Foreign Oper
ations Administration, stopped in
Seattle briefly Friday night en
route to Far East points.
Sitka City Official
Removed From Office
After Records Investigated
SITKA, l/P)—Vincent M. Beau
champ, holder of three city jobs
and office manager and bookkeep
er for the Sitka Public Utilities,
was ^removed from office Thurs
day by joint action of the City
Council and the Utilities Board
of Control.
The action followed an investi
gation of records kept by Beau
champ for SPU and as city clerk,
treasurer and tax collector. The
investigation was made by Mayor
M. S. Mitrovitch, the manager of
SPU and the SPU board chairman,
After the three officials had
made their study of the records
they met in a joint SPU - City
Council session and Beaucham’s
removal from all five jobs was
ordered, effective immediately.
REDMOND, Wash., MB—A five
year-old girl, Nancy Phelps, was
burned fatally Saturday at a mink
farm home near Redmond, north
east of Seattle. Her father, Dallas
Phelps, operates the mink ranch
for Henry Roden, treasurer of
Alaska.
Fine Job Printing at the Nugget
SCORCHY SMITH
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Landlord Adds To
Dick’s And Rita’s
Burden Of Woes
NEW YORK, Ufi—Crooner Dick
Haymes—who already has ex-wife
alimony trouble, back-income tax
headaches, and faces a govern
ment threat to deport him to his
native Argentina—has added an
other “blue” note in the form of a
landlord complaint over allegedly
unpaid rent.
The owner of a furnished house
in Greenwich, Conn., claims that
Haymes and his actress wife, Rita
Hayworth, owe him $675 back
rent plus $5,000 damage he says
was done to the luxurious, 14
room house. He did not specify
the “damage.”
To enforce his demands the
landlord, Joseph Kraeler, installed
deputy sheriffs in the house to
watch over the effects of Rita and
Dick, who are not there but stay
ing somewhere in Manhattan.
But Miss Hayworth’s two chil
dren by previous marriages still
live in the house with a govern
ess and a boxer dog pet. The chil
dren are Yashim, 3, whose father
is Aly Khan, and Rebecca, 8, the
daughter of Rita and Orson
Welles. And that’s another story
which involves the FBI and taking
photos of the children.
But to get back to the Green
wich house rent. Recently Kaeler
got an eviction order against Rita,
who signed the lease, for non
payment of rent. This was with
drawn when the couple paid up
for December and agreed to pay
$675 for the six week’s period
ending Monday, Feb. 15.
About 10 days ago Rita and
Dick were besieged in a New York
hotel room for 24 hours by depu- -
ties outside their door trying to
collect $33,000 Haymes’ former
wife, Actress Joanne Dru, says he
owes her in back alimony.
After a lawyers’ conference, and
a part-payment of'about $4,000,
the siege was called off.
Domestic rabbits which weigh
20 pounds have been developed
although their wild ancestors
weigh only about three pounds.
Nome Directory
ROTARY CLUB
OF NOME
James Walsh, Pres.
George Bayer, Secty.
Thursday Luncheon
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
MEETS
EVERY TUESDAY NOON
Dewey Goodrich, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. ly
Order of Eastern Star
Meets the third Monday of each month.
Jane Perkins
Worthy Matron
Evelyn Branson
Secretary
LESLIE A. STEVENS
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
—4i>6 First Ave. West, Nome, A Infra
10 to a2 A.M. - 1 to 5 P.M.
Phone Main 82 — P.O. Box 208
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
John Cooley, W.M.
Norvin W. Lewis, Secy.
Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday each Month