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Evening star., 1946-12-15
ChildrenS Books Boom
Neso Printing Processes Produce Far More
Beautiful Works at Smaller Cost
By Dorothy Corew

To the consumer this meant better
illustrated books on q much broader
scale.
Before the war. department stores
and some book shops stocked chill
dren's books as seasonal items.
They accounted for 10 to Is per
cent of annual book sales.
Today they are recognized Is .
profitable year-around business In
their own right. Displays greet the
shopper in many different types Of
stores, and some have special con-
sultants to advise the prospective
buyer in making his choice.
Before the war the average price
of juveniles was 81 to $50. and
more than half the titles were
priced at 50 or higher. Today the
greatest unit volume is in books
selling for less than 81. A little
more than a third of total output
retails at 81 or more.
Wider retail distribution has
brought child books to drug and
stationery stores, paint, auto acces-
sorry and even some food stores.
In 1912 Simon & Schuster intro
duced its 25-cent Golden Books
the first juvenile quarter edition to
be put out by q regular publisher.
Others followed suit and one esti-
mated that 40 to so million ascent
kid books and $1,000, 900 of 50-cent
ones were printed this year.
Six Book Clubs
In Juvenile Field
Children's book clubs followed the
adult counterpart, and at least six
new ones have been formed during
the past year.
The overwhelming percentage Of
sales volume is in the 2-to-6-year-
old class, retailers said, and Mother
Goose" In her various forms still Is
at the very top Of the best-seller
list.
Childrens' classics - Andersonis
and Grimm's Fairy Tales, Heidi,
Hans Brinker, Pinnochio, Tom
Sawyer, the Louisa M. Aleott books
and similar stories-are said to be
headed for q boom.
Reference books and antholosies
for children, which account for
about 20 per cent of the entire ju-
venile market, are in greater de-
mand than ever before at prices
ranging from $50 to 500 q set.
There is no indication yet Of any
slackening in sales despite the re-
turn Of toys, publishers said. Ger
tain types such as animated books
and fat picture books are said to
be overpublished, but retailers said
there is no indication that most
types of children's books are any
where near the saturation point.
Evening star., 1946-12-15

money than they nave mace beIofe
on q heavy schedule that some
times extends to 10 or II hours 4
day, six or seven days week with
. three hour daily Communication
added to that. During the General
Assembly they were soaked In =
bath of work" that left virtually no
time for shopping, hairdresser,
friends or play.
Why do they do 1t?
Let Marion Dix tell you. Miss Dix,
q good -looking former scenario
writer for Paramount and RKO,
turned down 81 900 week in Holly
wood to work for S10o a week In
the United Nations as chief Of the
film and television section which is
now producing q nlm on the func-
tions, purposes and goal Of the
United Nations.
Miss Dix says succinctly:
"If the United Nations fails, there
will be no world. It must succeed.
A Job to help it succeed is the best
job you can have right now-and
no work seems too hard"
Constance Rhodes adds q few
words to that. Miss Rhodes is a
serene, blond English girl who stud
led at the Paris Sorbonne, worked
for the ILO in Geneva and now has
one Of the topfiight q. N. secretartal
jobs as secretary to Andrew Cordier,
right-hand man to Trygve Lie.
Says Miss Rhodes:
"This kind Of work gets In your
blood, once you've done it. It's
fascinating meeting people of all
nationalities. It would bore me now
to work in an oiIice filled only with
English. And then-I don't want
to sound too high minded-but
there's a great satisfaction in work.
Evening star., 1946-12-15

y7UpfttCAt - CftpOft, w. Ao4.
street NV.
printers trade. Other Mayors who
were printers were Daniel Rapine,
Joseph Gales, jr.; Peter Force, VIII
liam w. Seaton and John T. Towers.
In June, 1867, Columbia Typograph-
ical Society was merged into the
National Typographical Union and
its name changed as at present.
Roosevelt Made Address
AT Gompers Memorial
The entire subject of unionism
in the Capital might well center
about the memorial to Samuel
Gompers on Massachusetts, avenue,
between Tenth and Eleventh streets.
It was unveiled October Z, 1888,
when in his dedicatory address
President Franklin D. Roosevelt re-
ferred to "hotheads who think that
results can be obtained by noise
and violence" and some employers
(who) prefer government by q
privileged class"
The Star quotes Mr.. Roosevelt as
saying, anent the war against de-
preston:
Like the duly constituted OFF,
cials of your Government, we must
and we are putting unselfsh
patriotism first. That would have
been the order of Samuel Gompers
if he were with us today"
The monument in itself is fine
tribute to the work done for the
American Federation of Labor by
Mr.. Gompers, its president for 40
years. At the dedication the memo
rial was surrounded by a temporary
platform, providing seating space
for $500, and the ceremonies were
very simple, the red, white and
blue striped cover over the nonu-
ment being released by an easy tug
on a rope by Mr.. Gompers' great
grandson.
international Groups
Participated in Rites
In the crowd were Mrs. Bella
Isaacs and Mrs. Harriet Isaacs,
sisters of Mr.. Gompers, and his
three sons, Samuel, jr.: Henry and
Alexander.
Marie Dressler, the stage and
Evening star., 1946-12-15

~ ARENTS, friends and dot
IL ing relatives are spending
close to 5000, 100000 for
children's books this year,
estimate.
This is a far cry from prewar
years when annual sales logged
along at $25, ,o00, 900 to 100000.
Evening star., 1946-12-15
Improved Lithography
Helps Book Appearance

Terrific improvement in Offset
lithography made 1t possible to do
nice looking books more cheaply
than ever before" one publisher
said.
With large printings, children S
book Illustration became a lucra-
tive field for outstanding artists.
Evening star., 1946-12-15

Publishers say lack Of toys during
the war, more buying power and
the rise in birth rate all contribute
to the sharp upswing in book sales.
But most important, they said,
was "a revolution in the field" /"
which brought with 1t greatly i'm
proved illustrations in moderately
priced picture and story books.
In 1941 publishers began to think
in terms of mass production. In
stead of printing 5000 copies of q
book, they began to turn them out
in tens and hundreds of thousands.
Evening star., 1946-12-15

Typical members of the U. ~ Secretariat Marie
Bordy posters and Exhibits photographers Doreen Feng
daughter of the Chinese Ambassador to Merico posters
and charts staff; Charlotte Blond, French typist;
Senorita Marina Oredna of Chile translator and seated
Mary Rondy, credentials officer. Wide World Photo
Evening star., 1946-12-15

Baby Br0uTSUav1 and her mother, Christina B0r-
gofska refugees from Palestine route home to
Wabso, Poland, aphere the husband and father is
mechanic Milk for this lunch proUded by UNRRA
at Naples UNRA has arranged for transportation home
and also provdes rations and medical during the
long Journey. Wide World Photo.
Evening star., 1946-12-15

PORTLAND, Ne.
. ~ UNDREDS Of youngsters
who dwell far from any
church are absorbing BIZ
bile lore and fellowship in
Evening star., 1946-12-15

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Evening star., 1946-12-15

HE United Nations beerng peace After every diff
politics than for time we seem to have made
glamour but 1t isn't progress and it makes feel
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-12-14
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-14
TURKS REJECT RED MOVE ON DARDANELLE5
IstanbuI Will Consider Only International Decision
 on Vital Straits

ISTANBUL, Aug. 13-(Delaye6 Usually well informed sources said tonight that Turkey had re- fused categorically the Soviet Un- ions demand that the Dardanelles be placed under joint Russian Turkish defense and that the con- trol of that vital strip of water be handled by the Black Sea powers.
 The Turkish reply, these sources said, was understood to have con- tended that the Soviet demands as contained in a note delivered last week, exceeded the limit of the Mantreux Convention and left Turkey no choice but to reject them.
 These sources said Turkeys reply asserted that the Soviet demands which amounted to permission to set up bases along the Dardanelles were predicated not on information al security but solely for the bene- fit Of three nations.
 Turkey had considered the Straits matter for international consul tation only.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-14
R0TTED TIES ARE LOCATED, ALA5kA R.R.
Members of House Milf. tary Affairs Committee
 Make Discovery

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. IA Members of the House Military Af- fairs Committee, Army officers and press representative figuratively bit their nails" yesterday as they inspected the picturesque Loop Dis trict of the Alaska Railroad where tracks make a 180-degree turn for a 300-foot altitude change.
 Long foremost tourist attraction, the party reported they found num- erous routed ties and piling on the wooden trestle construction.
 The tracks are on section of the line which will be abandoned should business be routed through the new port of Whittier instead of Seward
 The inspecting party left today for Adak enroute to the Orient.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-14
NATIVE HUNTED IN DEATH CASE
 AppREHENDED

COPPER CREEK, Alaska, Aug. Il -Delayed-A 17-day air and ground search for Lawrenre Frank, Native sought in connection with the death of Joe Sam last month, ended yesterday
 Frank was apprehended by Depu- ty Marshal Nelson McCary and Constable Russell Martin of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at his brothers fishing camp in the Snag River country across the Can adian border.
 The Native is held on charge of manslaughter pending action by the grand jury in Anchorage in October.
 Sam's body was found floating in Scotty Greek July 19.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-14
COFFEE |5 GOING UP
 IN PRICE

WASHINGTON, Aug IA - OPA today authorized immediate retail price increases on coffee, rang ing from 10 to 13 cents a pound.
 The increase results from:
 1. Cancellation of an important subsidy of 3 cents a pound. The subsidy was discontinued when the price control law lapsed July l.
 2. An increase of about cents pound authorized for importers June 28. This increase had not been passed on to retail levels.
 3. A further increase of about 3 cents pound in importers ceil- ings authorized today as an in ducement to increase coffee impor- tation.
 The amount of the retail in- crease will vary depending upon method of distribution of coffee, OPA said.
 The agency authorized an in- crease of l0A cents pound for processors of roasted coffee, cof- fee, coffee compounds, soluble cof- fee and soluble coffee products.
 OPA said that wholesalers and retailers, including retail wagon route sellers, may apply their regu- lar percentage markups to the new, higher cost of coffee.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-14
YUG0SLAVS NOT TALKING ABOUT
 INTERNED PLANE

BELGRADE, Aug. IA. The Charge d'Affairs at the U. s. Elm bassy here awaited reply today from the Yugoslav Foreign Office to request for information concern ing the 10 persons aboard an Am- erican transport plane, who have been interned since their ship was forced down by Yugoslav fighters near Ljubljana last Thursday.
 So far, Yugoslav authorities have refused U. s. State Department representatives permission to .see the crew members or passengers and have not divulged the whereabouts of the internees. The only Yugo- slav comment has been that "an investigation" has been started.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-14
LARGE SCALE
 FIGH TING IN } NORTH CHINA
Flaming Reply Made to Chidng Kdi-shek 5 Pro-
 gram 10 Restore Peace

MARKING, Aug. l4.-New re- ports of large scale fighting in North China today wrote a fam ing reply to Chiang Kai-shek's six point program to restore peace to his nation as a Communist spokes- man charged, The government wants war!"
 The Communists Yenan radio station said that Red Troops has wiped out two government divis- ions north of the key city of Jukao in resumption of heavy fighting in North Kiangsu Province. It also said 5000 government troops had laid down their arms after seeing 5000 comrades killed or wound- ed.
 Yenan said fierce fighting was raging on both sides of the Lung hai railway in East Honan and North Kiangsu Provinces. It added that government troops were re- ceiving considerable air support.
 Tn Peiping, the Independent news paper Hsin Min Pao reported Com munist troops attacking Tatung had pierced government defenses with in seven-tenths of a mile east of that North Shansi Province rail Junction. It said Red forces were within two miles of Tatung on the north, west and south and fixed the combatants' strength as 10 Communist regiments against about 10000 government defenders.
 Meanwhile, the governments Gen. tral News Agency quoted Brig. Gen. William E. Clement, commander of U. s. Marines at Tsingtao, as say ing only one battalion or regiment would be left there as reserves were returned to the United States.
 Wang Ping-nam, Communist spokesman replying to Chiang's peace program, charged "the gov ernment wants war. We find .l'e government neither wants peace nor has any faithful desire for it.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-14
POLIO ON WAYNE
 IN FEW STATES;
 MINN. HARD HIT
(BY TIE ASSOCIATED pREss)

Infantile paralysis was reported on the wane today in some states but health officials said it was yet too early to tell if the worst wave of the disease since 1916 had reach ed it's peak.
 Use of a plastic baby lung which during the war kept wounded fliers alive until their planes could return to base-was offered to stricken communities by the Army Air Forces.
 While the disease appeared abat- ing in Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Ok lahoma, Ohio and Florida. the pic ture remained dark in Minnesota Mississippi, Colorado and other scattered areas.
 Poliomyelitis had struck hardest in Minnesota where LIZA cases and 81 deaths surpassed the worst pre- vious wave of the disease, 955 cases in 1925.
 Postponement of school open ings was being considered in foul Mississippi counties where polio is epidemic. The state has IA cases compared with 20 year ago.
 Colorado reported the most ex- tensive outbreak in it's history, 37T cases. Hospitals lacked sufficient Eeds to care for the victims.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-14
The W ashington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON

VIENNA. (By Cable)-The place where the United States and Rus sia have come closest to grips is not Berlin but Austria.
 Here the Red army got in first and for a time it kept the other Allies out. Here the Russians inn mediately appointed their own Austrian Government and expect ed to run it and herein a little country almost completely sur rounded by Russian-dominatec Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary .-- Moscow planned to es- tablish it's economic capital fol the Danube
 The amazing thing is that with all the cards stacked in their favor the Reds have completely failed This is due partly to the ruth lessness of the Red army, which has alienated everyone it has come in contact with, and partly it is due to the shrewdness of ar American General who has out smarted the Russians at every turn. His tactics are worth study ing. They may be the key which the United States should adopt in other areas, perhaps even as a national policy.
 Vienna, of course, is the most famous city in history when it
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-14
WILLIWAW FORGE
 COMING TO ALA5kA

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. l4.-Six- tn Army headquarters announced the advance unit for winter com- bat maneuvers in Alaska and the Aleutians would leave here today by plane for Seattle on the first lap of the trip.
 Task Forces Williwaw, Frigid and Frost. with total of 2.700 men, will participate in the maneuvers and will test various types of Army equipment. The meneuvers will be held from September through March.
 Maj. James Millot, 37th Division veteran, leads today's advance from Task Force Williwaw. which train ed at Fort Ord for the operation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-14
THREE ENLI5TMENTs
 IN ARMY REPORTED

It. John Kelly, Army Recruiting Officer in Juneau area, has an- nounced the enlistment of three residents of Alaska. The new re- cruits left Monday for further pro- cessing at Fort Richardson.
 Victor E. Hardin, 19, a resident of Juneau, signed for the Pacific Theatre in the Airborne Infantry for three years service. Also signing for that theatre and the Airborne Infantry was Billy D. Smothers, Is. resident of Juneau and Grants Pass, Ore. He will serve three years.
 Peter Jack, 19, of Angoon. joined the Army for a three-year period during which he will serve in the Pacific in the Transportation Corps. Jack had previously served two years in the Navy at Kodiak.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-14
BULGAR5 PUT DEMANDS FOR
 WEST. TERRACE
Nazi Satellite. Claims Land HeroiedIIy Defended
 by Ally Greece

PARIS, Aug. 14.-Bulgaria form ally presented a claim to the Paris Peace Conference today for the present Greek territory of western Thrace and was supported by the Soviet Ukraine delegate.
 Frankly admitting a shameful alliance" with Germany during the war, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Georgi Koulishev nevertheless main tained that the Bulgarian Army did net fight on any front against the anti-H.tlerian coalition" He asked that his nation be accorded the sta- tus of an Allied co-belligerent, the same as that sought yesterday by Rumania, another defeated German satellite.
 Western Thrace is narrow strip ofterritory along the northern coast of the Aegian Sea which gives Greece a common frontier with Turkey
 D. Manuilsky, chief of the Ukraine delegation, charged that Greek pol icy was "instigated from abroad" and protested against her demands for foreign Balkan soil" Saying he supported Bulgarian demands for an Aegean outlet, Manuilsky said he favored a return to the Bulgarian frontier as provided in the treaty of Bucharest in 1913. This would give Bulgaria western Thrace and the present Greek harbor of Alex androupolis Dede AgachD.
 Wincenty Rzymowsky, chief Polish delegate, also declared Bulgaria de serves an indulgent peace"
 Greece swiftly dissented. Her chief delegate, Premier Constantin Tsal- daris, accused Bulgaria of interna- tional crimes and declared the draft treaty for the country which was allied with Germany in the last two wars was too light for country which associated herself with the German aggressor.
 Koulishev acknowledged that Bull garia Traditional Balkan friend of Russia had declared war on Great Britain and the United States, but asserted:
 The Bulgarian Army was merely used as an occupation force and not one single soldier fought against Yugoslavia or Greece"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-14
BAN ON JEWS BRINGS TENSE SITUATION
First Anniversary of
 World War Il vidory
 prayerfuI|y Observed
(BY THE ASSOCIATED PREss)

Nb1 HE hSoOSlhlED fhEoo|
 Without formal pause the nation joyfully yet prayerfully observed the first anniversary today of vic- tory in World War II, one year to the day after he proclaimed Japan's unconditional surrender, President Truman asked Americans to 'dedi- cate this first Victory Day" to prayer and high resolve that:
 The cause of justice, freedom and international goodwill should be advanced with undiminished and unremitting efforts, inspired by the valor of our heros ot the Armed Services"
 While military men and others were paying tribute to the men who fought and died to bring the war to its inclusion, MT. Truman's Reconversion Director toted up the balance sheet to see what a year of peace has meant to the home front.
 Objectives
 In a statement, John R. Steel man recalled these four objectives of a year ago and outlined the record of progress we have made. "
 l. Johs for all those willing and able to work: We have substan- tially full employment and have created nearly five million new jobs in the process Now we face the task of consolidating these gains by ever-increasing prcduc- tion and employment opportunities. :"
 2. A steadily rising standard of living: "The yearly production rate of goods and services for civilian use has increased more than s30,- COG. 900 O00.s Total construction and production of some goods has quadrupled Total income pay ments to individuals equal or ex- ceed the wartime peak.
 Stabilization
 3. Stabilization of our economy We have successfully avoided in flation which threatened when war plants closed but imitation re- mains a constant threat"
 4. Increased opportunities for farmers and businessmen Almost a quarter of a million new busi- nesses were established in the last half of 1945, and there is every reason to hope that the birth of new businesses will continue at a high rate Farmers are looking forward to bumper crops, and can sell at good prices all they can grow"
 MacArthur's Summary
 Macarthur himself withheld a summary of the first year of his stewardship for the September anniversary of the actual surrender ceremony aboard the battleship Missouri.
 But in an order to his troops, the Supreme Allied Commander said today is more than a day of vic- tory.
 Tt is," he said, "one of thanks giving on which we bow our heads in extreme humility and thank God that we, of Democratic faith, have demonstrated to the world that peace can be gained and kept by governments established from and by the common people"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-14
RATES ON AIR MAIL
 REDUCED

WASHINGTON, Aug. IA = Presi- dent Truman today signed legis- lation reducing the domestic air mail rate from to cents an ounce, effective October l.
 Simultaneously Postmaster Gen. eral Hannegan issued an order set ting an air mail postage rate of 5 cents ap ounce between all U $. territory and members of the Armed Forces abroad. The exist ing rate is 6 cents half ounce.
 The new domestic rate makes scent air mail postage applicable to all U. s. territory and involves reductions from present rates ranging as high as 90 cents an ounce.