Navy Hopes
To Cut Costs
SEATTLE, (/P)—The navy ex
^pects to reduce costs sharply and
increase speed in unloading oil on
its annual Point Barrow supply
expedition.
Navy officials said today an
LST will be used for the first time
this year in getting the oil ashore.
The LST will carry the fuel di
^rectly from the navy tanker to the
beach, where it will be pumped
into storage tanks.
Previously the navy has ferried
fuel ashore in drums on pontoon
lighters. Last year it took a week
to unload 50,000 drums. The navy
says it hopes to do it in two days
this year at a saving of $250,000.
The 11-ship expedition is ex
pected to sail from Seattle about
July 26. In all, it will unload
^45,000 tons of cargo at Barrow
and Barter Island.
Strikers to Boycott
Soviet Zone
BERLIN, (JP) — West Berlin’s
rail strikers, rebuffed by the Rus
sian appointed railway manage
ment in efforts to run an “emer
gency service” into Berlin, urged
a retalitory Soviet zone blockade
today.
The anti-communist union pre
pared telegrams to be sent later
in the day to the West German
union headquarters at Frankfurt,
asking all German unionists to re
fuse to handle freight destined for
East Germany.
The Berlin union styled its ac
tion a retaliation. Earlier the rail
management had turned down the
union’s offer to work trains run
on an emergency basis.
In Frankfurt, union headquar
ters declined comment on the sug
gested Soviet zone until the for
mal request is received.
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FINE LIQUORS, BEER AND WINE
Out-of-Town Orders Carefully Handled
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Watchmaker
Box 625 Nome, Alaska
PIONEER WATER DELIVERY
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GENERAL HAULING
BOX 17 MAIN 94 or MAIN 70
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ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
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G-E Automatic Roaster - G-E Hotplate
G-E Washing Machine - G-E Sun Lamp
G-E Electric Clock - G-E Mazda Lamps
^ Wiring Materials
Fire Wrecks Navy
m
Research Lah
WASH1N GTON, <^P) — Fire
wrecked a supply warehouse at
the closely-gu-urded naval research
laboratory early today and for a
time threatened a nearby building
containing high explosives.
City firemen brought the flames
under control after about a half
hour. Police also went to the
scene but were excluded by armed
marine guards.
The fire was confined to a two
story, brick, steel and concrete
building containing laborato r y
supplies and equipment. Only
eight feet away, in the 50-acre,
fenced-in area, is a ballastics lab
oratory containing explosives.
A navy spokesman said only a
small amount of explosives were
in the adjoining building. How
j ever, a man familiar with the
i army installation said there were
enough that, if reached by flames,
' “the entire southeastern section
J of Washington would have blown
St. Louis Mas
Race Disturbances
ST. LOUIS, (/T) — Isolated dis
turbances between Negroes and
whites broke out. against last nigh’
as an aftermath of trouble that
flared in a St. Louis park Tues
day. The violence began when
city-owned swimming pools were
temporarily opened to members
of both races.
One white youth was seriously
hurt and several other persons
suffered minor injuries in separ
ate incidents in scattered seda ns
of the city.
Chief of police Jeremiah O'Con
nell said extra police and squad
cars will patrol the city for an in
definite period in view of tne
tense situation. He attributed all
of the trouble to teen-agers.
I
I up.”
I A naval board of inquiry was
ordered to determine the cause
1 of the blaze.
Slightly In May
Living Costs Drop
WASHINGTON, </P>—'The cost
: of living nosed slightly downward
during the month ended May 15.
The bureau of labor statistics
• said today its index declined three
tenths of one per cent for the
month.
In mid-April the index had ad
l vanced slightly, one-tenth o: one
per cent, over mid-March. Offi
cials said actually there had been
! no really substantial change for
: the past two months in the con
: sumers price index covering large
! cities.
Fluctuations have been wider,
between the individual cities, than
in the national average.
Prices of all major groups ex
cept rent were a little lower than
the month ended April 15. the re
port said. Fuels declined 1.5 per
cent, house furnishings 1.3 per
cent and apparel 0.6 per cent.
Retail food prices decreased 0 2
■ per cent for the month.
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NIGHT
June 25th. at 8:00 P.M.
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