Guards For The Atom Secrets At Los Alamos
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Atom secrets of the Los Alamos, N. M.. plant have been guarded for more than a year by a
civilian force which took over from the Army. They form the Atomic Energy Commission Security
Service. Wide-hatted, blue-uniformed, they have proved their efficiency. It is a rugged and exacting
job demanding constant vigilance to keep track of all people who enter or approach the great scien
tific center.
The Main Gale is on a six-lane highway where employees of the project must show their passes.
Here the guards check credential* of thousands of people every day and see to it that no unauthor
ized person gets in the plant in the crowd of authorized employees.
’Mounted patrols use some of the fines? mounts in the west. They
range over a wide area. Here two guardsmen check on a man who
has a timber permit in the vicinity of the plant.
Lonesome watcher — This
guard studies the terrain from
an eutpcst tower.
An arsenal of weapons is
used by the men who learn
how to use them effectively.
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eries and marketers have “com
bined their capital, >kil and acts”
to inci’ease, fix and maintain uni
form prices on gasoline delivered
for sale to Texas filling stations
since July, 1946.
PARIS, UP) — Undertakers all
j over France went on stiike today,
except in Paris.
Emergency services were main
tained, but only the simplest class
of funeral was perfoi med by pri
vate undertakers. About 8,500 em
ployees were affected ou side the
capital, where the city govern
ment has a monopoly of burials.
Municipal service in other cities
also continued to function.
LONDON, (TP) — Food minister
John Strachey announced in the
House of Commons today that all
candy will be de-rationed on April
24. The current candy ra'ion
amounts to four ounces a week.
Candy has been on ration in Eng
land since July, 1942. Trade sourc
es estimated the average weekly
increase would be only about half
an ounce per person.
LONDON (/P)—Crocuses bloom
ed in London today.
So did hyacinths, primul, Hazel
catlins and primroses.
England was having its earliest
“spring” in years. The tempera-*!
ture at noon today was 54 de
grees.
OELWEIN, la., </P) — Peter H. i
Duffy, 107, believed to be the old
est member of the Knights of Co
lumbus in the United States, died
yesterday.
KEARNEY, N. J. (/PWust as if
nothing had happened, Tinker, a
black and white dog, sauntered
home yesterday and settled into
his favorite chair.
“He’s come to stay,” Bill Nich
olls, his owner, said happily.
I Tinker, completely nonchalant
and uncommunicative, m e r e ly
curled into a corner of the chair.
The dog hadn’t been home since
he was let out for a walk six j
years ago.
Mitt A. Anderson, missionary
worker from Unalakleet attached
to the Covenant Mission orphan
age, is spending a few days in
Nome and is the guest of Rev. and
Mrs. A. Amundsen.
Wilbur Walluk, young Shish
maref native boy who has been
recognized for his talent for
drawing returned from Chicago
Saturday where he has been at
the Orthopedic hospital for treat
ment on his back for the past four
months. While in Chicago young
Walluk attended grade school
while colvalescing.
He plans to remain In Nome
for some time before returning to
Shishmaref.
Eric Tompkins of Seattle ar
rived today to direct the work of
laying tiles for the new hospital
after which painters, already here,
will take over for finishing work.
The members of the Order ot
Eastern Star are entertaining the;
evening with a pot-luck supper
preceding their regular meeting
at which time they will confer de
grees on several candidates. About
sixty guests are expected to at
tend. Mrs. Frank Love is chan
man of the party with Frarn*
Love, Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Yen
ney, and Rube Cremer assitsing.
C. B. Finnegan, veteran travel
ing representative of several man
ufacturers and wholesale firms,
who has covered the Territory for
many years, is registered at the
Wallace hotel and working with
various merchants in town .
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