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Show oo LIVING- COSTS DROP SLIGHTLY THIS YEAR WASHINGTON". May 4. The averag'-cost averag'-cost of living In the Cnited States decreased de-creased 2 per cent in the period from December, iffel, to BfarCh, 1922. and 12 I per cent from Jun. 1920, to last March, the bureau of Labor statistics of the department de-partment of labor announced today Tnls level of prices in March, however, according ac-cording to trie bureau's fiprures. was 66.9 !er cent higher than In T9l9. Atlanta. !a.. reported the large-it de-ehne de-ehne since June. 1920. with 22 4. and Birmingham since December. 1921. with H.C per cent. Th- statistics for San I Kranclsco and Oakland. Cal.. show .1e-j .1e-j cllnes of 19 6 per cent and I 7 per cent, respectively. In the two periods. In San Kraneiscn and Oakland the level wax 57. 5 higher in March tn.m at the end of 1914 |