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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-31
DON'T GET EXCITED ON
 NEW GOODS
CTS Old Price Boosts Won't Quickly
 SuppIYCommodities

WASHINGTON, July 31 = CPA boss John D. Small cautioned to- day against consumer hopes that impending price boosts might quickly fill shelves and showrooms with shiny new goods
 Noting that the OPA Revival Act requires higher prices for many items, the Civilian Production Ad- ministrator said this alone cannot be expected to bring flood of new goods into the market"
 The economy" Small added, lis too close to full production to al- low a significant overall increase in output except through increased man-hour productivity"
 Civilian production this month probably has equaled the biggest month in history, December, 1941, the CPA chief reported, and topped by 3 percent the record for June, highest month since VJ-Day.
 The July estimate is tentative, Small told reporters in explaining his June production report issued last night, but it is clear, he added, that national output is approach ing the peak"
 The report showed better-than- prewar production in June oi washing machines, vacuum clean CTS, electric irons, table-model ra- dios and gas ranges, as well as sub stantial gains in refrigerators and electric ranges.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-31
ALASKA LINERS ARE DEADL0CKED HER
Violation of Finland, Ett., pay0n asEverybody Pays
 Russia Under New Treaties

PARIS, July 31.--Russia emerged today as the principal beneficiary of proposed peace treaties which would strip Italy, Finland and beaten Germanys Balkan satellites of their military power, redraw their frontiers and charge them at least a billion dollars in repara- tionS.
 The treaty drafts presented to the 2l-nation peace conference last night by the Big Four agreed upon substantial increases for the Soviet Union, upon payment of 00000,- 900 in separations to Russia and left Russia's domination of East ern Europe intact.
 In certain disputed sections of the treaty drafts, however, it seem- ed certain that the western pow CTS intend to try to whittle down some of the Russian gains in the east, at least in economic matters.
 Wants Danube Free
 The United States and Britain want the vital Danube River opened to trade on a basis of complete equality, while Russia wants noth- ing said in any of the treaties about freedom of navigation on the Danube. The three western mem bers of the Big Four also want most favored nation" status for all allied nations in commercial deal ings with the five defeated nations, while Russia would exempt all fields closed to private enterprise and would make exceptions for neighboring states.
 Under the proposed treaties which would end the state of war in Europe except for Germany and which would offer the five nations concerned an opportunity to enter the United Nations-none of the defeated nations would be allowed any bombing planes or submarines and would be required to guarantee fundamental human rights and to bar Fascist activity.
 Military Vestige Only
 The military machines of all would be reduced to a vestige of power, and the treaty drafts direct ed the five beaten countries to CO., operate for the purpose of insur- ing against any German rearma- ment in the future. The atom bomb was not mentioned in the treaty drafts, but rocket bombs would be outlaWed.
 The proposed treaties-286 pages in length--offered a peace to Italy, Rumania, Bulgaria, Finland and Hungary which was mild in
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-31
SOVIET CALLS. FOR 2.THIRDS. TREATY VOTES
MoIofov Says USSR Would Always Be Opposed 10
 Simple Majority

PARIS, July 31 = Soviet Foreign Minister " M Molotov, in speech to the Paris Peace Conference to- day, called upon democratic coun- tries of the world to put an end to the Franco regime of Spain.
 Tt is impossible to safeguard peace" said Molotov. unless Fas- cism is destroyed"
 The Soviet Foreign Minister spoke after an appearance before the conference rules committee at which he fought to establish a two- thirds majority voting rule for the conference of 21 nations, because, he said, "If all decisions were by simple majority, the U. s. s. R. would be sure to find itself always in the minority"
 He found qualified support in his fight in U. s. Secretary of State Byrnes, who, an American inform ant said, will propose tomorrow that a two-thirds majority vote be necessary for approval of essen tial and substantive matters.
 Addressing the conference, called to confer on the peace that is to be written in Europe with Italy, Rumania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Finland, Molotov said:
 spain Is Dangerous
 "If we have still to deal with the question of the Fascist regime in Spain, then the time must not be too distant when democratic countries will be able to help the Spanish people who groan under Franco's regime to put an end to this survival bred by Hitler and Mussolini which is dangerous to the cause of peace"
 He expressed fear that adoption of a simple majority rule would play the West against Eastern Europe.
 "The conference should be inter ested in preventing play on votes and should be concerned With aS- suring the authority of the recom- mendations it is going to make, and not in attempting to set off 12 countries against seven or eight countries.
 No Play on Votes
 "It should repudiate any play on votes and see to it that the prestige of the conference and the authority of it's decisions should not be undermined"
 Molotov predicted there was ev- cry possibility the conference could reach each termination with every proposal adopted by a two-thirds rule.
 "Is there any reason to believe that a decision reached by an 11-lC
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-31
XXX PROBE IS STARTED
 BY REQUEST
Justice Department Inves- figdfing Activities of
 Organization

WASHINGTON, July 31 = The Justice Department disclosed today that it is Investigating Ku Klux Klan activities in seven states to determine whether Federal laws are being violated.
 The department said court &C., tion will be instituted against the Klan if such violations are uncov- cred.
 Evidence involving any violations of state laws will be turned over to state authorities, if requested.
 The investigation is being made under the direction of the depart ment's civil rights section in New York, Michigan, Tennessee, Florida, California, Mississippi and Georgia.
 However, complaints are being received from all parts of the coun- try about the resurgent Klan's ac- tivities. The originators include in dividuals. labor unions, civil rights societies and other organizations.
 Some name dates, places and persons involved in alleged Klan acts. All such complaints are turned over to the FBI which makes investigations for the civil rights section.
 The department expects sharp increase in Klan activity as re- suit of Negro voting in Southern primaries, the dislocation of popu- lations resulting from the war, con- gested living conditions and the other aftermaths of war.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-31
SALARIE50F
 FED. JUDGES
 GET UppING
President Signs Measure Benefitting 300 on
 Judicial Benches

WASHINGTON, July 31 - Presi- dent Truman today signed legiSla- ton raising the salaries of the na- tion's 300 federal judges by $5,000 year.
 The raise blankets the federal ju- dietary, from district judges to the Chief Justice of the United States.
 Thus, Chief Justice Vinson will get $25,500 annually and the asso- ciate justices $25,00o. Pay of cir cult court judges goes up to ST. 500, and that of district judges to $15,O00.
 One constitutional effect of the bill is to ban appointment of pres ent members of Congress to the federal judiciary until next Janu- ary, at the earliest.
 In the case of some Senators, they will have to wait as long as four and half years-until their present terms expire-before be- coming eligible for any federal iudgeship.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-31
Imperialist Policy ls
 Charged Against U.5. By Russ Newspaper

MOSCOW, July 31 - A Russian publication has charged the United States with pursuing an imperial istic policy in the Far East with the idea of turning Japan into a colonial possession. The assertion was made in Bolshevik-the journal of the policy making central com- mittee of the Communist party.
 The editorial also declared that American imperialists are trying to fashion what it called system of platforms for economic expansion in Europe.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-31
NEW PALESTINE pR0p0SAL MADE;
 F0UR-WkY SPLIT
Admitted Situation So Be. riOus that Solution
 Brooks No Delay

LONDON, July 3l = The British government announced today that nglo-American experts proposed to split Palestine into four areas and leave to a Jewish province it. self the problem of deciding how many of Europe's homeless Jews might migrate to the Holy Land
 But the implementation of the experts plan as whole depends upon United States cooperation, " said Acting Prime Minister Herbert Morrison and Dominions Secretary Lord Addison in simultaneous an- nouncements in the House of Com mons and Lords.
 We had hoped before the de- bate to receive from President Tru- man his acceptance" they said, but we understand that he has decided to discuss it in detail with the U. $. expert delegation, who are returning to Washington for that purpose"
 Britain accepted the four-area proposal for troubled, bomb-torn Palestine "as basis for negotia- tion," they said.
 If United States assistance in carrying out the plan is not forth coming we shall have to recon slider the position, particularly as regards the economic and financial implications" both declared, add ing pointedly
 "The situation in Palestine will not brook delay"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-31
CLOTHING PRICES TO
 INCREASE
0PA tipping Ceilings on Certain Canned Goods,
 Coffee and Cereals

WASHINGTON, July 31-Cotton clothing prices headed up still fur ther today as OPA agreed to raise textile ceilings an average of about Is percent.
 This increase on tapric, the. mini mum required under the new price control law, is expected to boost cotton garments at least 10 percent, an OPA official told a reporter pri- vately.
 Other OPA officials have esti- mated that clothing increases may range from Is to 20 percent, on top of price hikes for some ap- parel granted earlier this week.
 Also in prospect, according to those who know but who may not be identified, are these other cost of-living increases:
 l. A price boost of one to two cents can in price ceilings on corn, peas and tomatoes.
 2 A possible cent a loaf hike for bread, with proportionate in- creases for other bakery products
 3. A jump of eight to 10 cents a pound for coffee.
 4 Higher ceilings on several kinds of breakfast cereals.
 On coffee and the three canned vegetables, preliminary decisions al- ready have been made against re- storing the subsidies which were suspended July l when price con- trols lapsed
 Without subsidies, OPA is re- quired to grant compensating price increases to producers and sup pliers, who can pass them on to consumers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-31
Moving Mountain
 To Get Ocean View

PARENT, B. O., July 31.-For 25 years a mountain has obstructed Storekeeper William Tasks view of an ocean inlet.
 Kask decided to move the moun- tain, or at least part of it. He hired bulldozer as SIS an hour to cut 30 feet off rise, and if he can buy the whole hill, he plans to whittle off a 30-foot slice 1900 feet long and 200 feet wide.
 "Ill be worth it, he said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-31
BLACK MARKETEERS ARE GIVEN WARNING

ROME, July 3l.-Alfredo Cardin- al Schuster, Archbishop of Milan, has warned black marketeers they will be denied the sacraments Of the Catholic Church.
 The warning, according to Mi Ian dispatch to Rome's I'll Minuti' was contained in a letter to clergy men of the Archdiocese, written by the Cardinal after the Prefect of the city had asked for his CO., operation in the fight against the black market.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-31
The W ashing ion Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON

PARIS-Eighteen years ago this month, I travelled with Frank B. Kellogg, then Secretary of State, to a peace conference in Paris on which-like this conference.-the people of the world placed great hope. At Paris, as Secretary Kel- logg signed his pact to outlaw war, the little people of the world who have to do the fighting and the dying when war comes rejoiced and were exceedingly glad.
 They hoped-many were even sure-that new era of peace on earth and good will had finally come to stay.
 Frank B. Kellogg, of course, was ahead of his time. So was Henry L. Stimson who followed him in the State Department and who did his best to carry out the obliga- tions of the Kellogg Pact. Worth while men always are ahead of their time and progress always has been a matter of the world trying to live up to the goals set by other men ever since the days of Christ.
 However, the fact remains that even while the ink was drying on the Kellogg Pact, Viscount Yasuya Uchida, who signed it for Japan, knew that his war lords were con- spring to seize Manchuria and later all China. And even while
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-31

tone and largely so in demands, ex- cept for separations and upon Italy's empire and border real estate.
 The drafts offered little vital change in the troubled status quo except for withdrawal of Russian occupation troops from the Balkans and British-American forces from Italy.
 Everybody Pays Russia
 Russia alone of the major pow CTS would win reparations-Sl00,- 100000 from Italy, S300,000,000 each from Finland and Rumania, and S200,000000 from Hungary. To the last award, however, the United States has entered some unpublish- ed reservations, represented by a half-page scissored out of the treaty draft. Bulgaria's separations have not been settled and the Italian figure is a partial one. Hungary would be required to pay another $100,000,000 to Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia.
 On the other side of the financial ledger, the Russians objected to clauses granting United Nations citizens full compensation for loss es incurred in defeated countries and proposed instead that com pensation be limited to a third of the losses.
 Reds Object to Otlcr Claims
 The Soviet Union also objected to having assets of defeated na- tions in United Nations countries and Germany subject to seizure to meet U. &, French and British claims, and asked that such assets be restored to the beaten countries.
 Territorial clauses in the five drafts also held advantage for Rus Sia.
 In the case of Italy, five small border slices would go to France, eastern Venezia Giulia would go to Yugoslavia, the Dodecanese Islands to Greece, the African colonies would meet some undecided fate and the port of Trieste would be internationalized under United Na- tions supervision.
 Pre-Munich Borders
 The starting point for the terri torial changes for Italy-as well as for Hungary-was the border line of Jan. l, 1938-before Mun- ich-while for Rumania, Bulgaria and Finland, the changes were bas- ed on the frontiers of Jan. l, l941, while the German Soviet pact was still in force.
 This meant Allied confirmation of Rumania 1940 cession of Bess- arabia to Russia--a cession which was withdrawn after Germany's in- yasion of Russia-as well as of low CT Dobruja to Bulgaria, and F'in- lands sessions to Russia in 1889, 10 which now is added the ice-free Arctic Sea outlet of Petsamo Pro- vince. Hungary is required to recognize the sub-C -Carpathian Ukraine as Soviet territory.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-31
Alaska RaiIroaders
 Can Enier Politics

WASHINGTON, July 31 . Con- gressional action on bill to per- init employees of the Alaska Rail- road to participate in municipal political campaigns was completed today when the House accepted minor Senate amendments. The bill now goes to the President.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-31
U. S. OFFICERS ARE SET FREE
 BY RUSSIANS
Two Are Held 27 Days on Allegation That They
 Were Spies

BERLIN, July 31 = Capt. Har- old Cobin and It. George Wyatt, American officers who were re- leased last night by the Russians, said tcday they had been detained in the Soviet Occupation Zone for 27 days on the allegation that they were spies.
 The two, who vanished almost a month ago on an unauthorized trip into the Soviet Zone, said they had been held for most of the 27 days at Russian headquarters in Pots dam
 Cobin and Wyatt, who related their experiences at a press con- ference in the presence of U. &. Army staff and intelligence off cers, said the Russians had treated them well but had questioned them almost daily and at great length in an attempt to ascertain whether they were secret agents.
 Charged As Spies
 At one time they were officially charged. with being spies, and signed statements denying the charges, they said.
 The officers said they were ar rested July at Oranienburg, 20 miles north of Berlin, where they declared they went to try to visit the former Nazi concentration camp at Sachsenhausen. Both asserted they were unaware of reports that the Russians are now using that camp for political prisoners.
 Black Out Movement
 They said they were moved to Potsdam late the night of their arrest, all their movements while in custody being in completely blacked-out automobiles. Through out their detention they were kept separated and were questioned sep arately by the Russians. Cobin, who was born in Russia, said he was questioned entirely in Russian.
 Both men said they had re- peatedly requested the Russians to notify American authorities of their whereabouts.
 Repeatedly Questioned
 They told us" Cobin added, that they would do so, when your identity has been established"
 Cobin said he was repeatedly questioned about his connection with the Berlin Documents Center, where old Nazi party files and oth- CT records are kept.
 They kept trying to establish a chain of command between It. Col. Hans Helm, my chief in the Docu- ments Center, and Gen. Clay Ct. Gen. Lucius D. Clay) U. s. Deputy Military Governor" Cobin declared.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-31
UNION CHARGE IS DENIED BY LINES AGENT
Penalty Pay Issue Moi Newly Raised by
 Steamship Company

Horace O. Adams, Alaska Steam- ship Company Agent, today flatly contradicted the contention of local longshoremen that it has previous ly been Juneau port practice to penalty meal time rates under the conditions now demanded by the longshoremen.
 Stating that a careful check of company books had been made by himself since the longshoremen re- leased their statement yesterday, Adams declared there is only one instance where the penalty rate was paid under similar conditions and at that time the payment was made under protest
 That instance concerned the steamer Baranof also and occurred on night last February when three men of the crew working the Baranof had previously worked at ship for the Northland Trans portation Company. They demand ed meal time pay beginning at II o'clock that evening and, rather than delay the ship, the penalty time was then paid. Accompany ing the payment, the following protest was sent by Adams to the Delegate of the local union:
 Paid Under Protest
 We are paying the attached pay roll, covering the SS Baranof, WSA-39, northbound, under pro- test, as we are not certain at this time whether Section Two of the Pacific Coast Longshore present agreement applies when working for more than one employer.
 We are asking our Seattle of- flee for a ruling on this matter"
 Date of the protest of payment was February II, l946.
 The ruling at that time received by Adams from the Alaska Steam ship Company's Seattle office de- clared:
 Tt is our position that insofar as working rules are concerned, the Juneau longshore agreement as well as all other longshore con. tracts are predicated and function on the basis of each individual em- ployer's relation with the men em- ployed on each particular job. Therefore, in the case of the Bar anof the longshoremen involved had worked only three hours at Il pm, eliminating any justifica- tion for the payment of a penalty meal hour for work performed between II p.m and midnight un- der the contract or past nractices."
 Referred to Seattle Egg
 In line With that 414-.., by tbe Seattle office, when the prese aC issue was raised concerning a long, shoreman employed on the Aleu- tian and another on the Denali. Adams referred the matter to &c., attle. which replied that all in- creased costs must be approved by the War Shipping Administra- tion and that the Seattle Office had conferred with Steve Glumaz, International Representative for the International Longshoremens and Warehousemen's Union CIO) and had reached agreement with Glu-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-31
Radio Reception Is
 Fa(for in Valuation
 Of Properly, Claim

NEW HAVEN, Conn, July 31.- A Connecticut state referee has rul- ed that favorable conditions for ra- dio and television reception are an element in real estate valuation. The decision was accepted by Superior Court Judge in what lawyers say is the legal recognition of the quality of radio reception as fac- tor in property valuation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-31
Paul 5houp Dies;;
 III Only Eighf Days

LOS ANGELES, July 31 Paul Shoup, 72, who rose from ticket clerk to head the Southern Pa cific Railroad by going through doors,' as he once phrased it, died last night of heart ailment and kidney complications, after eight days illness.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-31
5otiaI5eturify Bill Is Aimed at
 Alaska and Hawaii

WASHINGTON, July 31.-Senator Huffman, D-Ohio) has obtained adoption of an amendment to the Social Security bill which would treat the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii as states for the purpose of determining what percentages they should bear of the cost of grants to aged, blind and to dependent chil- dren. Until reliable statistics on income are received, they will share 505-50 with the Federal government.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-31

Ernest Hemingway's father want ed him to be doctor, his mother wanted him to study the cello.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-31

Oregon is derived from the h. dian word meaning place of plen- ty.
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The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-02-14
$4,000, 1000 NEGROES IN
U. 5. ON latest CENSUS

WASHINGTON, Feb. IA (ANP)
- The Negro population of the
United States in 1915 is estimated
at Ia millions, according to Joseph
r. Houchins of the department of
commerce, specialist in Negro sta
tistics.
There are about 100000 more
women, says Mr.. Houchins, than
there are men among the non-white
populations, but the ratio of
Negroes remains the same 10 per
cent of the total population.
The largest increase among non
whites was in the group under 5
years of age, which showed nearly
100000 more in 1916 than in 1914.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-02-14
BAR ASSOCIATION TO
WATCH LEGISLATION
FROM NEGRO ANGLE

CHICAGO, Feb. IA (ANP) =
The National Bar association, with
a membership of 1000 Negro law
yers, plans to watch legislation
throughout the country from the
standpoint of its effect upon Ne
groes, President Earl B. Dickerson
set up sectional committees last
week and instructed them to estab-
lish proper connection with officials
in Washington so that copies of leg
islation introduced into the senate
and house of representatives will