Russian Army
In Maneuvers
Near Alaska
(Continued from Page One)
Members of Congress said the
Russian manuevers clear the mys
tery of the fuel supply operations
during the war.
A large fleet of tankers was
kept busy deliveri .* oil and gaso
line from the American West
Coast to Russian forts on the Sea
of Okhotsk.
Opinion here is that the fuel,
stored in underground tanks, is
being drawn on now for maneu
vers obviously aimed at the United
States.
After General Arnold testified,
the committee approved the re
quest of the war department for
four million dollars for rehabilita
tion and upkeep of the Alaska
Railroad. Authority was given to
contract for an additional 15 mil
lion dollars worth of work.
General Arnold also told the
committee that maintenace and
HARRIS HANCOCK ON
PERSONAL CONTACT TRIP
Harris Hancock, representative
of the Pacific Airmotive Corp.,
which maintains offices and sup
plies on the Merrill Field in An
chorage, is here making personal
contact with customers from this
area, and studying the needs of
serving the community as well as
mining camps.
He states that his company
maintains well equipped and well
stocked shops servicing planes
from all over the Territory.
ALASKA AIRLINES PERSON
NEL MANAGER HERE
H. McMurtray, personnel man
ager of the Alaska Airlines ar
rived in town to make personal
contact with the company’s many
customers.
improvement of the main con
nected highway system of Alaska,
embracing the Richardson and
Glenn highways together with the
Alaska Highway “is considered
second in importance only to the
rehabilitation of the Alaskan
Railroad.”
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Phone MAIN 85
(Formerly Larry Galvins)
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Have your car greased with our positive air
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PIONEER WATER DELIVERY
Phone Main 94
ERIC NELSON
ONE STOP
SHOPPING
Get all the things
you need at the
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Co.
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South, West Get
Freight Rate Cut
WASHINGTON, OP) — The Su
preme Court today upheld an In
terstate Commerce Commission
»rd?r raiding railroad freight rates
in pt”- cent in the north and east
and lowering them 10 per cent in
the sou h and as far west as the
roc kies.
The Commission ordered the
change - after officials of southern
f.des complained that higher rates
in their region gave northern man
ufacturers competitive advant
ages.
Affected are so-called class
rates. These apply principally to
manufactured articles.
NATIVE HUNTERS BRING
IN SEAL AND OOGRUK
Native hunters have been bring
ng in several seal and oogruk the
past week and it is reported that
large flocks of crane have passed
over Nome on their way north to
their breeding grounds.
Legal Blanks at The Nugget office
Two Killed As
Plane Crashes
TACOMA, i/P) — Two brothers
were killed yesterday when their
l ight plane crashed and burned
shortly after they had dipped
.heir wings in greeting as they
massed over their suburban Taco
ma home.
Tney were identified as Oscar
Peter Stone, the owner and pilot,
and his brother, George H. Stone.
Officers Steve Sabutis and
Leonard Bishop, who witnessed
the crash from their prowl car,
said the plane was flying at about
500 feet when »♦ suddenly fell.
MRS. O. P. ANDERSON
VISITING IN NOME
Mrs. O. P. Anderson arrived
from Golovin yesterday. She has
enjoyed visiting several villages,
renewing acquaintances made
while she was a missionary forty
seven years ago.
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Undersecretary Of
State Resigns
, WASH INGTON, (/P< — Dean
Acheson resigned today as Under
secretary of State and President
Truman appointed Robert A. Lov
ett to replace him June 30.
Lovett, a New York banker, is
a former assistant secretary of
war.
In disclosing the changes, the
White House made public a let
ter in which Mr. Truman wrote
Acheson of his “great regret” that
“I can not again ask you to put
aside your desire to return to pri
vate life.” Acheson has long
sought to resign and return to pri
vate law practice.
ANCHORAGE, OP)-—Lost three
days when their plane was wreck
ed 135 miles from here. Gene
Gough, Ray Grasser and their pi
lot James Peffer, returned here
over the week end after civilian
j and army searchers began looking
for them. They were on a hunting
trip.
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