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Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1946-10-25
Zpravy o ruskych vojenskych
pohybech vyvraceny.

Moskva. = Sovetske noviny
New Times" oznacuji "a holy
vymysl povesti, re Rusko kona
ma tureckych hranicfch dale
kosahle vojenske pripravy.
V tonic casopise je uvede-
no, re dotycn6 zpravy byly ST.
reny anglickou zpravodajskou
agenturou Reuters a dotycne-
mu zpravodajovi dava casopis
radu, re by Sc mel spfse zaji-
matt o vojenks6 pohyby sve
vlastnf zem6 v ciz1ch statech.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1946-10-25

Professor Josef Michal, Gale
Rruselas 918, Buenos Aires,
Argentina, posle "a znamky z
TT. S. A. znamky z Argentiny.
Ma obalku napiSte: "Canjes fl
lat6licos v billetefilia univer-
SAL"
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1946-10-25
Diamant rGzove barry je
naIezen.

Goiania, Brazil. - Nedale-
ko tohoto mesta u feky Rio dos
Patos, byl nalezen diamant
barry rGzove. Tyto diamanty
.isou velmi vzacne a proto sc O.
cekava vysoka cena v prodeji
ma trhu.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1946-10-25

A weekly paper printed in
Czech language, devoted to
material, educational and poll
tical interests of Czech and
Slovaks in the United States.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1946-10-25
H TELEGRAF

Published every Friday by
Observation-Disclosures Publ. Co.
843 N. WASHINGTON ST.
BALTIMORE 5, MD.
Phone, 1858
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-05-11
JACK BENNY lS
 STAR IN FEATURE
 AT 10TH CENTURY

Combining the rib-tickling antics of funny-man Jack Benny, the blonde loyeliness of Alexis Smith and the production skill of Warner Bros. studio, one of the brightest and gayeSt comedies of the season, The Horn Blows at Midnight . opens tonight at the 20th Century.
 Starring Jack Benny and Alexis Smith and featuring supporting cast that includes such capable per- formers as Allyn Joslyn, Reginald Gardiner, Dolores Moran, Guy Kib- bee, Franklin Panghorn and John Alexander, the farce comedy tells the tale of trumpet blowing angel, Jack Benny, who is sent down from Heaven to herald the doom of the earth on his horn. Caught in a web or mortal scheming, Athan- ael, the angel, becomes involved in a series of situations both hilarious and fantastic.
 'The Horn Blows at Midnight was directed by Raoui C"Objective, BurmaD Walsh and produced by Mark Hellinger. The comedy was photographed by Sid Hickox, A.S.C. and prepared for the screen by Sam Hellman and James V. Kern.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-05-11
CEASE FIRE AGREEMENT,
 GENT. CHINA
Truce Announced by Sino- American Team Return
 ing to Ranking

HAWKING, May 1l.-Communist and Government forces have reach ed cease-fire agreement in Gen. tral China that official sources said opens the way for resumption of discussion of the Manchurian prob lem.
 The truce was announced today by a o-American team upon it's return from Hankow, scene of the signing. Members of the team are Brig. Gen. Henry A. Byroade, Com munist Gen. Chou En-lai, and Ma 1 tionalist Gen. Hsu Yung-chang.
 Attempts of General Marshall s committee to settle the Manchur- {, ian civil war have been stalled pending an investigation of Com munist charges that 100000 govern ment troops have begun campaign of annihilation against 60,000 Com munist soldiers in Central China. 1 Chou said that skirmishing and ] troop movements had teen dis covered, but it was not indicated there had been any large. scale fighting.
 i The truce provided for an end to skirmishing, troop movements and building of blockhouses; for ex- change of liaison officers, exchange of war and political prisoners, evac- uation of 1000 sick Communists and 100 Communist families, and protection for the demobilized Con- munists while they are leaving the area.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-05-11
MAS0MS, 0Es 10 GET
 TOGETHER ON TUESDAY

At 8 o'clock Tuesday evening, perhaps for the first time in his- tory, members of the Eastern Star will have the opportunity of see- ing Masons conduct their meeting. It is expected that the chapter room will be filled as no one will wish to miss this very unusual oc- casion, particularly the Masons themselves.
 All members of the Masonic Lodge and Eastern Star are cordially in- vited to attend
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-05-11

Capt. John Smith, whose adyen- lures in colonial virginia won his niche in history, also wrote aur1-- Der of travel books.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-05-11

Recent figures from the shoe in- dustry show a monthly production of 40,0OO,000 pairs, or slightly more than the prewar rate.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-05-11
BOARD OF DIRECTORS, GIRL SCOUT COUNCIL,
 MEET MONDAY NIGHT

The Beard of Directors of the Girl Scout Council will meet Men day night at 8 o'clock at the Resur- rection Lutheran Church, accord ing to an announcement by Mrs. Scott Murphy. G. s. Commission CT.
 This is an important meeting, and all Board Members are urged to attend.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-05-11

Patterns for ladies dreses were first manufactured in 1863, by Ehenezer Butterick of Massachu- settS.
Evening star., 1946-08-01
The Political Mill
By Gould Lincoln

Congress, faced with the necessity of
maintaining an Army of million or
more men, has increased substantially
the pay of all enlisted personnel, until
the pay, allotments and expenses met
by the Government have made service
in the armed forces desirable from
purely economic standpoint.
Whether Congress has done this as
matter Of justice to the men who wear
the country's uniform, or because of
desire to do away with the draft system
permanently and to avoid a system of
universal military training for the youth
of the country is anybody's guess. Ger
tainly the opponents OF universal train
ing and the draft are setting great store
by the new pay bill. Enlistments in the
Army through July 81 totalled 877,0O9,
the largest number Of voluntary enlist
ments in any army the world has ever
seen.
On July of this year the Army was
1,500 900 strong, and on July 1, 1947,
according to present plans, it is to be
1,000,0 900. There has been draft holi-
day." in the hope that the needs of the
Army may be taken care of by enlist
ments under the new laws. It is clear
however, that unless there Is a tre-
mendous jump in the number of enlist
ments prior to September l, the draft
must be resorted to again, under the
selective service law. After all, there
remain some half million men in the
service who have been drafted in the
past and many others whose terms of
enlistment run out in the near future
X X
The inducements held out to young
men to enlist in the Army are backed UP
with arguments that the Army has now
a career to offer-a permanent employ
Wentworth while. This is getting away
from the Citizens army idea and into
the field of professional army in big
way. Congress has yet to decide on
what shall be the size of more or less
permanent Army. 1t is known that the
War Department and the congressional
committees handling military affairs are
making plans for million-man Army
Provision has been made for $4,000 Reg
ular" Army officers, and in addition sew
eral thousand of the reserve officers are
to be used. The cost OF such an Army
is likely to be staggering.
An analysis of the new pay law shows
that soldiers income, when free serv-
ices and facilities are considered, COM
pares favorably with and sometimes ex-
ceeds civilian pay scales. The Army Re-
cruiting Service, using Labor Depart
ment figures, fixes the average industrial
wage at $4,000 a year, or $191 a month.
Evening star., 1946-08-01

back unto itself. At spring and fall
climaxes of the great tides, If a
northeast storm comedies with the
full of the moon, there is an epochal
assault and the angry waters cut
new patterns in the dunes and
beaches.
Probably in due time the mysteries
of the sea will be solved; the migra-
tions of the fishes, the ancient life
forms at the bottom of the ocean.
Meanwhile the men who 60 down
to the sea for its uncertain harvest,
those who travel on it or above it,
and the many human beings who 60
to its shores for restoration of
strength and recreation know that
a part of the charm of the great
waters is the ages-old sense of
mystery that broods over it's eter-
nally unquiet surface.
Evening star., 1946-08-01
Oceans Mystery

Since the beginning of history
men have acknowledged the mystery
Of the wide waters. No one knows
when the first human being stood
on a beach, headland or mountain
and looked in wide-eyed wonder at
the seemingly limitless expanse.
But long before man began to make
written symbols to record his
thoughts and deeds, men probably
had learned to make RATS and dug
outs and travel along the edge of
the ocean. Because of the mighty
power and aWeSome loneliness of
the vast stretches, men made
legends and evolved superstitions
about the great water.
1t took thousands of years of time
for men to discover the truth about
the oceans and their relationship to
the lands we call continents. Today
great ships plow through the sea;
man-made contraptions 60 beneath
it; and the air-borne ships en-
visioned by Da Vinci travel high
above it. Man has conquered space
but not the ocean. The gargantuan
valleys between continents that make
our seas are law unto themselves.
Twice in each lunar day GA hours
81 minutes) the attraction of the
sun and moon sends legions of water
surging against the land; twice in
each day the sea calls its forces
Evening star., 1946-08-01


The civilian has $500 remaining out
of his monthly pay-while the Army
private has $48.50.
*+ x4
1t will be noted that the enlisted SOL
dier's pay is not subject to the Federal
income tax, and that he gets National
Service Life Insurance at reduced pre-
MUM rates, that he is entitled to free
mailing privileges and special rates on
common carriers for travel while on
fllrlough or pass. Under the existing
law, a soldier can retire on half pay
after 20 years service, or on three
quarters pay after 80 years. An un-
trained young man, enlisting at the age
Of II, can leave the Army at 81 and
If he has attained the noncommissioned
officer grade of master sergeant, he will
receive a monthly check of s10725 for
life. After 80 years of service. this
check would be s185.63 If he never ad-
Vanced from the rank of private, he
would receive monthly retirement
check after 20 years service of S48.75:
after 30 years, $8438.
Under the new law the basic pay of
private is increased from $50 month
to S75; private. first class, from S54 to
$50; corporal, from $66 to $50; a
sergeant from $78 to $10O; a first
sergeant, from $138 to $165. The base
pay is increased per cent for each
three years of service. And every soldier
is entitled to 30-day vacation each
year with full pay. Before the First
World War the base pay of a private
was $40 month.
The CT Bill of Rights also gives an
added incentive to present enlistment
provided the enlistment takes place on
or before October 5, 1896 A soldier
joining for three years can obtain 48
months of free higher education at a
college, trade or business school of his
own choice
Evening star., 1946-08-01
This Changing World
By Constantine Bro,gn

command has substantially diminished
its forces in Bulgaria. At present there
are fewer than 10000 Red soldiers in
Bulgaria, which Moscow considers far
more reliable and less exposed to cap
italist-Fascist" infiltrations than Ro-
mania and Hungary.
The Moscow diplomats had shown
their hand in connection with the main
tenance of large military establish
ment in the Danubian Valley during
the first meeting of the Big Four at
Paris last April. 1t was evident then
that it would not be easy to persuade
the U. S. S. r. to withdraw its armies
from a territory which was not yet 100
per cent sovietized This led Secretary
Of State Byrnes to believe that a peace
treaty with Austria, which had already
been recognized as privileged enemy"
at the Moscow Foreign Ministers Con-
ference in 1943, was essential. When
he returned for the second Paris Con-
terence IN June he had placed peace
with Austria as priority on his agenda
The Secretary was met with q stub
born no from Russian Foreign Minister
Molotov, who made it clear that If the
western powers insisted on this mat
ter he would pack up and return to
Moscow. In order to avoid a complete
failure and thus indefinitely POSTPONE
a dynamlte-laden situation in the Bal
kans, Mr.. Byrnes and British Foreign
Secretary Bevin agreed to leave the
question of a peace treaty with Austria
to some future date
The presence of an indefinite" num-
Der OF Russian troops in Hungary and
Romania for at least another year will
permit the sovietization of these colln-
tries where there is now an unspectacu-
lar though increasing underground re-
sistance.
Mr.. Byrnes is faced in Paris with
twofold problem: theological and prac-
tical. The theological problem is the
formulation Of a just peace for the de-
feated nations and the preservation of
their sovereignty.
The practical problem is the with
drawal at the earliest possible moment
OF the American forces from Italy and
particularly those which are today in
precarious position on the Morgan
Line. The military intelligence reports
which. OF course, are available to Mr.
Byrnes, have convinced him that he
must swallow many things he does not
like in order to permit the early with
draWal OF troops which are too numer-
GUS to keep out of trouble-if trouble
comes-and too weak to give a good
account of themselves,
Evening star., 1946-08-01
Stranger Thon Fiction

India has given the world some
strange tales in its time, but Ger
tainly none more fantastic than
that of the "resurrected" Rajah of
Bhowal. The story, just given the
stamp of authenticity by Britain's
high court, began on the morning of
April 8, 1909, when the body of the
supposedly dead Rajah of Bhowal,
master of a small but extremely
wealthy state in Bengal, was carried
by procession Of mourners to a
funeral pyre in Darjeeling and laid
out for cremation. A torch set fire to
the pyre just as a torrential mon
soon downpour broke up the cere-
monies.
What happened at this point be-
came a matter of dispute which
ended in a historic legal battle be-
tween the Rajah's widow" and a
beggar known as Ramendra Nara
yam Roy, who caused a sensation in
1920 by asserting that he was the
Rajah OF Bhowal and who proceed
ed to offer proof of his claims of
such convincing nature as to COM
mand widening official interest. The
beggar insisted that when he, the
Rajah, was placed on the funeral
pyre, the rains not only extinguished
the fire but revived him from coma
which had been mistaken for death.
He slipped from the pyre, suffering
only from loss Of memory, and was
befriended by band Of mendicants,
with whom he lived until his men,
ory returned eleven years later.
Members of the Rajah's family
identified him, but the Rance, who
had remarked, ridiculed the story
Evening star., 1946-08-01
An Essential Preliminary

From the Baltimore sun:
There can be no real opening Of world
trade until the dollar and the pound
again become freely convertible, so that
Britain's creditors may exchange some
OF their abundant sterling credits for
dollars-which in turn would be freely
convertible into other currencies. The
terms of the agreement are so written
as to bring this about, by series of
steps, within the next few years. Not
until this is done can there be the
slightest hope for the revival of con-
dition of free and unfettered commerce
between nations-with all that this
means in terms of improved living
standards for the peoples of the world
and the elimination of economic aggres-
sion The British loan is not in itself
enough to achieve this result. But 1t
is correct to say that without the Brit
ish loan the objective would have been
beyond reach. The loan eliminates one
great obstacle. Now we must look to
the other obstacles.
Evening star., 1946-08-01

Even casual scrutiny OF the draft
treaties with the former German sat-
elites discloSeS them as intended to place
the entire Danubian area under the
permanent political control of Russia.
The attempts of Great Britain,
vaguely supported by the United States
to interfere with the Soviets economic
monopoly established soon after the
surrender of Romania, Bulgaria and
Hungary are not likely to be success
full. The governments in these three
countries will be compelled to take their
cue from Moscow, and whatever general
concessions regarding future trade
might be included in the final treaties
will remain subject to Interpretation"
"a game which the peoples in Eastern
Europe have mastered.
The draft with Romania provides,
among other things, that while the
Allied control authorities will be with
drawn within 80 days after the treaty
has been ratified, Russia will be allowed
to keep military force on Romanian
territory to maintain the lines of COM
munication with the Red Army in
Austria. The draft does not, however
specify the size of that military force
Austria Is small country and the
Russians are occupying only one of the
four zones controlled by the big powers.
The Russian force in that zone is esti-
mated at about $4,000 men. 1t would
be logical to think that the number of
troops safeguarding the lines of COM
munication with that ointment
through Hungary and Romania need
not be any larger than the force occupy
ing Eastern Austria and a part of
Vienna.
Yet it seems strange to the American
and British observers that in the last
few weeks, soon after the end of the
second conference of the Big Four for
eign ministers, the Russian high COM
mand has found it necessary to increase
its forces in Romania substantially. Ac-
cording to reliable information, there
are again in Romania some % Red
divisions representing strength of
more than 100000 men,
This force is being backed by an
air force comprising some 1900 planes
of all types. Why such a considerable
air force is necessary is not being ex-
planned either in Paris or anywhere else.
Neither is any explanation likely to be
offered, since the foreign ministers of
the western powers and their aides who
are responsible for the draft have not
insisted on limiting the number of the
security troops.
On the other hand, the Russian high
Evening star., 1946-08-01
Merger in Germany
By Perfinas

PARIS, Aug. 1.-The decision reached
by the British government to accept in
principle the proposal of the United
States Secretary Of State. James F.
Byrnes, for merging the American and
British zones Of Western Germany over
shadows here all issues raised thus far
at the peace conference. French Foreign
Minister Georges Bidault and his ad-
visers feel intensely that as far as rela
tions OF England and the United States
with Russia are concerned, we now
stand at the parting Of the road.
Unless British and American diplo-
macy moves cautiously. the Soviet gov
ernment may easily interpret the merg-
ing Of the American and British zones
as move directed against Russia-as
an attempt to build the whole of West
ern Germany into an anti-Soviet bastion.
Bidault may be relied upon to do his
utmost to persuade British Premier
Clement Attlee that he must find a
means of setting at rest any Russian
suspicious on this score.
x X
Rene Massigli, French Ambassador at
London, is here for the conference. He
dIlO TltIIc OCllIlclGcI, uIlucTScCIetdTy OIL
state for foreign affairs and in charge
of all problems relating to the French
zone in Germany, have already started
exchanging views with Oliver Harvey
and Gladwyn Jebb, two British Foreign
ONCE officials who assist Attlee here.
The aim of the French negotiators is
to dissuade the British from trying to
bring about the fusion of the American
and British zones by setting up an ad-
ministrative network stated with Ger
man officials in conformity with clause
relating to this matter inserted last year
in the Potsdam Agreement. IT, in that
respect, the French negotiators fail to
achieve anything, the Paris government
will have set its face against the pattern
Of cooperation in German affairs in
vented or sponsored by Byrnes and
Britain's foreign secretary, Ernest Bevin.
Contrariwise, were the British and
Americans, in difference to French ex-
Evening star., 1946-08-01

hortatlons, content to establish ad-
mlnlStrative services with Allied officials
installed in all important positions and
with the Germans confined to sub
ordlnate functions, some compromise
might be reached with Bidault. This is
enough to indicate the trend of the
F'ranco-British conversations now in
progress.
Let it be added that the treatment
meted out to France in the matter of
coke and coal deliveries from Germany
and the share of control which, under
the new setup, might be given to
France over the Ruhr may also have a
direct influence on the attitude of the
Paris cabinet in these conversations.
x i X
Leading French diplomats, who. in
fulflllment of their duties currently deal
with the German problem have availed
themselves of the interval between the
last session of the Foreign Ministers
Council and the present peace confer
ence here to make an extensive tour of
Germany. They have now returned
with rather peSsimistic impression of
an antagonism fast developing between
America and England on one side and
Russia on the other. These men are
genuinely afraid of tendency dis
cernible in some British and American
agents in Germany to regard Russia as
the sole danger to peace and to turn
to the Germans for eventual help
against the Russians Sir David Valley,
head of the British Treasury, who is of
German descent, IS considered here as
representative of the group of men
ready to rehabilitate Germany in order
to set limits on Russia's power.
For France, there could not be
more sinister threat than a regrouping
of British and German interests which
unavoidably would quickly find its coun-
terpart in the Russian zone of occu-
patton. Whether the Germans should
decide-when the crisis comes-to join
hands with Russia against the western
powers or with the western Allies
against Russia, France would be bound
equally to suffer.
North American Newspaper Alliance.)
Evening star., 1946-08-01
Erudite Scotland Yard

No less puzzling than the crimes
1T is called upon to solve are the
ways of Scotland Yard itself, as
Sherlock Holmes often took occasion
to point out. 1t is hard for Ameri-
cans to understand how SO gentle
manly and phlegmatic police force
as Londons Yard organization could
attain its well-deserved reputation
for efficiency in crime detection and
criminal apprehension. without
sidearms to bolster their authority,
the London policemen somehow
manage to throw fear into the ranks
of the underworld and in the end
to uphold the prestige and dignity
of the law.
Perhaps the underworld is awed
by the erudition of Scotland Yard.
Apparently there is almost nothing
that member of the force is not
required to know. This prerequisite
OF superior knowledge is subject to
no modification by reason of even
such an emergency as the crime
wave which now is testing the Yards
keeneSt intellects and talents. De-
spite an upsurge in serious crimes
since the war and despite a shortage
OF 5000 members, Scotland Yard is
insisting that applicants for the
force be reasonably well versed in
haunted houses, Tasmanian geog-
raphy, ornithology and horticulture.
At least that is one inference
which may be drawn from the
sample questions asked recruits dur
ing a recent examination at the
Yard. The applicants were told to
imagine themselves trying to sleep
IN supposedly ectoplasmic house
full of weird noises. Write an ac-
count OF your nights experiences,
adding creditable conclusions" the
paper said. On top of that the ex-
aminees were required to describe the
climate and chief products of such
places as Tasmania, Ceylon, Sicily
and Vancouver (all of which are out
OF the juridiction of the London
pollce), to distinguish between a
swallow and a swift and to explain
why grease bands are put around
the trunks of apple trees. The
theory behind all this probably is
that any recruit who is not baff1ed
by the admission requirements of
Scotland Yard is not likely to be
baff1ed by anything the underworld
cooks up.