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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-18
Volcano
Like Father, Like Son?

e'NS AIii~'y LINZ S0IIs
In 1888 Krakatau, a lonely island
volcano in the Sundra Straits be-
tween Java and rSumatra, blew itself
apart in history's greatest eruption.
Thirty thousand I~ndonesians were
killed. Tidal waves swept three times
around the world. Volcanic dust set
tied as far away as the United States.
The original volcanic peak disap-
peared entirely in the explosion,
which gained tremendous new vio-
lence when sea water poured into the
red-hot gap as the island split apart.
The blast devastated south Sumatra
and the Bantam region of west Java.
In 1928, As years later, Anak Kra-
katau - the child of Krakatau was
born. 1t has led an active. uneasy life
since. 1t disappeared back into the sea
in 1929. re-emerged in 1880 and
promptly erupted on a small scale.
Even during the war biologists kept
a wary eye on Anak. Dutch naval
forces which r%endevouzed there
against the japanese found the water
was acid and that it ate away all ma
rine vegetation on their hulls.
Recently biologists made their first
postwar visit to the son Of Krakatau.
They found explosive signs that Anak
might be on the verge of repeating
the mighty blast of its father.
Steam geysered up from the lagoon.
Within one hour there were two
mighty submarine explosions. New
measurements bowed Krakatau's
crater was $40 feet above sea level
As feet higher than when last checked
in 1910.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-18
Palestine
& the U.N.

DISPATCHES from the Holy
II Land continued to tell of
martial law, street battles and
dynamite raids last week as dele
gates of the infant United Nations
became embroiled deeper in the
age-old problem of Palestine.
Perhaps no predominantly arid
patch of ground, about the size of
Vermont, has occupied continuously
so prominent or controversial a place
in history. For centuries, it has been
bathed in blood as Arab, Christian
n Jew sought to make it theirs.
The United Nations is aSsaying the
difficult role of a modern Solomon in
attempting to settle the present three
cornered dispute among Arabs, Jews
and Britain, the holder of a League of
Nations mandate over Palestine.
The problem is complex not only
because OF the religious and national
issues involved but because of such
things as fabulous oil reserves. the
Suez Canal and military strategy af-
fecting the interests of other major
powers.
Last week the U.N. political conA
mlttee turned down a demand by the
Arabs, backed by Russia, that the S.
nation general assembly consider in
dependence for Palestine. The Arab
League with six delegates in the gen.
eral assembly threatened to walk out
OF the sessions in Flushing Meadow
after their demands were voted down.
Another controversy was over the
makeup of the commission of inquiry.
The United States favored a commits
sion of small neutral" states, exclud-
ing the big powers and the Arab
League. Russia argued vainly for in
clusion of major nations.
Countries on the ll-nation commits
sion are Canada, Czechoslovakia, Iran,
the Netherlands, Peru, Sweden, Uru-
quay, Guatemala, Yugoslavia, India
and Australia.
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creases Eat the Renault automobile
plant) Ramadier bluntly dismissed
Maurice Thorez, Communist minister
and vice-premier, and four other
Communist cabinet ministers.
Ramadier's Socialist Party, which a
year ago refused to join any coalition
government unless Communists were
included, backed their premier up by
a narrow margin after a debate which
lasted almost to dawn.
Paris had its fist breadless Sunday
last week as city bakeries closed in
compliance with orders to conserve
dwindling wheat supplies. Agricul-
tural sources said France must get an
additional 100000 tons of wheat in or
der to escape a further cut in the
present bread ration of nine ounces
per person daily.
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World Armament Race

Great Britain 100000; India 1,00O,-
600, Turkey 675,000 and United States
$4,000.
The United States, however, has so
tremendous a lead in sea power that
not even Great Britain is a close Sec
ond, the story adds. Shipyards of the
world are turning out relatively few
naval vessels.
World military statistics are shroud-
ed in much deeper secrecy than before
the war. reported Hanson W. Baldwin,
The Times military analyst. He found
a parallel between the present anna
ments race and the post World Val |
era of 1919-1922. At that time the en-
phasis was on naval construction; to-
day he said it is on research and de-
velopment of atomic weapons, bacteri-
illogical warfare, guided missiles, jet
planess
The article added that virtually no
facts were available from Moscow Of
fetal sources.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-18

Propaganda Plus

Russian audiences at the New Soviet
film Battle of Stalingrad" will see
Premier Stain accusing his wartime
Allies of delaying the second front SO
that Russia could be "bled white" and
Britain and the United States might
dictate the peace.
Excerpts from the script depict
Winston Churchill as the principal OPP
ponent of the second front. President
Roosevelt is pictured as opposing him
but poWerless to overcome Church
ills set mind.
Il am too old to drag Churchill
across the channel in chains. "Roose-
welt is revealed as saying at one point.
At another point in the film, Roose-
welt complains about British inertia.
1T is like hitting a punching bag of
wet manure" he says, you only soil
your hands"
Another Gene shows the Stain
Churchill conference in 1912 when
Churchill says the promised 1912 in
vasion of Europe is impossible but
pledges that France will be invaded in
1913. Ut occurred in 1944.)
"What guarantee" asks Stalin,"
have we that this solemn promise,
too, will not be broken?"
Churchill lights a fresh cigar, but
says nothing.
"Mr, Prime Minister" says Stain,
"the Soviet Union and its army will
stem the German offensive. But the
blood of tens of thousands of new VIC
TINS in Europe will be upon the heads
of those who break their solemn
promise"
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and German sources agree that min
ers are taking days off to scrounge the
countryside for food, to plant their
own gardens, or to barter schnapps
and cigarettes for black market pota-
toes.
In the American zone. Gen. Lucius
D. Clay threatened to send troops to
confscate farm stocks. He said that
farmers have been boarding grain and
livestock, rather than sending it to
market in exchange for rapidly de-
preciating currency.
In China, still torn by civil war, the
food situation already bordering on
famine for Millions els bound to get
worse. Rice riots were raging in
Shanghai and many other coastal
cities despite imposition of death pen
alties for marauders.
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Regional authorities have arrested
farmers for feeding wheat to cattle
and throughout France gendarmes
were sent out to confiscate all unde-
clared stocks of wheat.
In Germany the food situation is
acute, particularly in the British &C.
cupation zone. The prescribed ration
in the British and American zones is
1850 calories a day but the actual ra-
ton is much less. In Essen, the mayor
and the city council told residents
they could expect no more than 740
calories a day-the equivalent of
about seven pieces of bread-for the
next two weeks.
Famine in Ruhr
Because of the food shortage, the
Ruhr coal output fell 100000 tons
short of its April quota, Both British
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-18
Education
Urqe Broader Curriculum

A program of decentralization Of
the American school curriculum in
keeping with the zone world" concept
is advocated by Christian Gauss, dean
emeritus of Princeton University.
Addressing a secondary schools con-
ference, Dean Gauss said that edu-
Gators are stressing American his
tory to such an extent that the gen.
eral picture of the nations tradition
and civilization, which he said ex-
tends back to Europe, is being OBJ
scured.
Commenting on world opportunities
for education, Dean Gauss said the
Soviet Union showed greater denoc-
racy in this field than the us.
Much as we dislike to admit it,
there is much less equality in our ed
ucation in America than in the Soviet
Union," he declared. I'VE must meet
this criticism which Russians. make
of our democracy far more frankly
and effectively than we have"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-18
Japan
Hidden Loot

An Allied delegation, which COM
pleted a 6,000-mile tour of inquiry in
Japan, is almost unanimously con-
WINGED the Japanese still are hiding
most of their rich war plumber. The
commission indicated it would ask
Gen. Douglas Macarthur to put
teeth" into his directive that the Japa-
nese return all stolen property.
Loot which the japanese thus far
have handed back and which dele
gates saw in storage at Kyoto, Hainu-
zuka, Osaka, Nara and Nagoya, is only
a fraction of what is known to have
been taken. It includes such items as
Buffalo horns, a mounted flying fox
and Army mess gear.
The commission declared these arti-
cles were "ludricrous," citing long
lists Of valuables taken by Japanese
m~ilitarists.
Shipping is another sore point. Of
some 1900 vessels confiscated by the
japanese. about 70 have been recov-
cred; mostly damaged. Delegates are
not convinced all the remainder have
been destroyed. They suspect the Nip
ponese are hiding them in isolated
coves and have proposed another tour
to find out.
British and French officials advo-
cate quick disposal of German assets
found stored at Osaka and are second
ing an earlier proposal that it be auc-
toned off for US. dollars.
The delegation of so includes rep
resentatives of the United States
Britain, Australia, Canada, France, the
Netherlands, the Philippines and
China. Russia declined at the last min
ute to send anyone.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-18
Housing
Record Mortgage Load

The nations houses are carrying the
biggest mortgage debt in history. The
Federal Home Loan Bank Adminlstra-
ton places it at $24, 800, 000, 900 - Is
percent greater than the previous
peak in 1880.
The housing shortage, which often
resulted in forced purchases, and re-
vival of large scale home building
after wartime restrictions contributed
to the rise, the agency said. 1t added:
Inflated prices for old and newly
built homes, plus CT loans at full
value of the property as permitted by
law, are also causes of the rapid ex-
pansion both in current lending totals
and the outstanding balance of debt"
The 1916 increase in mortgage debt
was 4 1900, 600, 1000, nine times the rise
in 1945 and much larger than the in
crease in the entire preceding decade.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-18
Vets
The 500 Club

The 52-2O Club
War veterans claiming unemploy-
ment allowances fell to 872, 900 during
the week ending April 26, a low for
the year.
The Veterans Administration in
Washington reports that some 10000
veterans went off the rolls in March
because they had exhausted their
maximum benefits - $40 a week for
So weeks. The agency said 227 900 vet
Grams already have used up that allot-
ment.
Claims for unemployment benefits
have averaged 100000 a week for
more than six months, but have de-
clined steadily from a mid-January
peak of 100000.
The government also pays benefits
up to $500 a month, for a maximum
of 10 and two-ffth months, to self
employed veterans-mostly farmers
who make less than $500 a month.
Their number increased from $4,000
last November to $4,000 in March.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-18
Hot Shots

10 end suicides from the observa-
on tower of the Empire State Build
p worlds tallest) in New York
nv, an additional steel barrier will
constructed around the present
FeaSt-hlgh parapet. Since the build
was completed 16 years ago, nine
FlsOnS have jumped from the tower
10 SIX from Offices on lower floors.
Mothers Day, which Japanese mil
asts banned as a foreign importa-
n' was observed last Sunday in
.ky,' reaching even the Imperial
ppsehold.
IN Ban francisco, pretty Kay Daily,
10 mad been advertising with a full
LEA billboard for an apartment,
aaa living quarters On Mob Hill
means of the billboard, but indi-
WY a friend of hers in Milwaukee
newspaper photo Of Kay's bill
'au and wrote his uncle in San
alesco, who found her an apart
sAs Inc uncle had seen the bill
su' out thought it a publicity gag.
NJ, ~ Keep its twice-widowed "um-
a1S olfd' happy at the Bronx Zoo,
s, NEW York Geological Society sent
nleclor to Costa RIGA to search for
r nv" male specimen. The agent
~ U last week he was returning
n a Gagged bridegroom.
%rl1tsourgh, household movers of
IN. MnL-General Transfers Union
breakfast on the boss" on jobs
. sailag earlier than the regular
,,, s..s hour. Their new contract de-
o nsS seek "one dollar breakfast
Tor early morning getaways.
IN Philadelphia, a singing teacher,
sr via a husky baritone hopeful.
al addition that he would be
i, Wasting his time, was knocked
Ebsv,a aee1 When the applicant landed
T b.'' le on his jaw.
Nav ~e ~. Wadderson, Eng, fire COM
lqnro Was so efficient at keeping it's
h,n t IN order the chief decided
y oil hands a drink. While the
br "as standing treat at a local pub
sovsd Ae out IN the station and de-
" all the equipment.
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Bases
Twin Air Guardians

The Army is bolstering its northern
defenses with construction OF an 3d.
$4,000 heavy bomber base in Alaska
just two hours flight from the Boring
Strait boundary between the United
States and Russia.
A similar heavy bomber field is be-
ing installed in Maine - on the OPP
posite flank of the northern defense
line.
The Alaskan base will be at Mile rs,
southeast of Fairbanks, where an
alternate landing field was construct
ed during the war for fighter aircraft
caught in bad weather.
The Mile 26 base is a link in the
Alaska defensive network undergoing
extensive Improvement. 1t will be
used by the Strategic Air Command,
which operates BIOS and eventually
will be equipped with superbombers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-18
Emphasis on Research

The nations of the world, says the
New York Times, have almost 19,00O,-
900 men under arms and are spending
perhaps 10 billion dollars more on
ornaments than they did on the w
of war in 1888.
Russian armed forces are the larg-
est in the world, reported The Times,
except for the anonymous half-armed
Nationalist and Communist armies in
China. The United States was ranked
sixth in armed strength.
The survey placed national armies
as follows: China $4,000 (National-
list and Communist), Russia $500, 900,
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Quotes

Vannevar Bush, chairman of
the Army-Navy Joint Research
and Development Board: we
have been prodigally wasteful.
We have looked to Europe in the
past for most of our basic re-
search. Through misguided war
time manpower policies we have
neglected the training of young
minds to enable us in the future
to do our full share in funda-
mental research"
Henry A. Wallace, former us.
Vice President: THE time has
come to nationaliZe the coal IN
dustry under some type of coal
authority"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-18

rbs Senate pdSeeo
lH - a. to "a, more than enough
PIE il law if the President re-
n,'s 10 sign, but that lineup might
Y, hold if the Senate version were
lt tbe much more sweeping House
e. u The House had passed its bill
ln,r~also by more than the two
.5s required to cancel a veto.
n~ Robert A. Taft of Ohio, chair
Ss n the Senate's Republican pol
pan ,,nnittee and the labor commit
estimated it would take 10 days
weeks to iron out differences
.hs Senate and House bills.
Drastic Curbs
NJ, fine Senate and House bills
tbe closed shop, make unions Ii
y. for unfair labor practices, outlaw
.s.sictional strikes and secondary
!arsatts, and permit the government
look lniunctions in key walkouts
LII would hamstring national
{conomy.
Tho House but not the Senate's bill
,a,,Id outlaw industrywide bargain
and prohibit mass picketlng.
Union leaders, both Clio and ALL,
b,;m that either the Senate or House
hi would increase, rather than lessen,
Ehor strife and would create dissen-
I'm for Communism to feed on.
Earlier the Senate had turned down
decisive margin a substitute pro-
5osal by Sen. James E. Murray
b.Mont) which embodied what Muir
n believed was the maximum the
Srasident would support in the way
labor restriction.
legislative leaders or both sides be-
eved the version which finally will
merge from the compromise sessions
kl be nearer the tougher House bill
ham the Senate measure.
Abuse of Privilege
The main argument for the legisla-
lon centers on the contention that
present law labor unions have
6d all the advantages and have been
their rights to the detriment
/ the country.
In the final furry of a 13-day de-
kte, Sen. Alben Barley of Kentucky,
enate Democratic leader, accused
fouse Speaker Joseph w. Martin (R-
tass) of engaging in a form of intim-
)ation aimed at forcing President
tuman to sign the labor and tax
Igisation the Republicans are franz
&
Martin declared earlier that if Mr..
human should veto the labor and tax
Measures - and they couldn't be en-
fted over his veto-then the issues
ould be dropped for this session.
Democrats see that as a strategy
med to put MIR. Truman on the spot.
Republicans, they say, by refusing
} give the President "milder" bills,
e maneuvering for a position where
Pey could say to the country: We
hssed labor and tax bills but the
resident killed them.
Noting that the GOP-sponsored la
pr measure goes far beyond the Pres
entS recommendations, Barley de-
jared he had no idea whether Mr..
Truman would veto it or not.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-18
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CRISIS: Europe Faces Postwar Hardships

kOnOTE T., SCdTClng us tnlrd year
IL of peace, still faces hunger for
millions, economic snarls border
ing on national chaos and a maze
of physical and psychological rub
BILE left over from history's great
est war. There are dire hardships
ahead for victor and vanquished
alike.
Food shortages, combined with in
dustrial dislocation, create a vicious
circle. Men on short rations cannot
perform a full days work. in heavy
industry. Lowered production Gin a
key industry such as coal mining)
hampers any return to normal of ma
tional economy and this in turn spurs
imitation.
Britain, in particular, has been hard
hit by the severest winter in half a
century and spring floods which
ruined many crops. The British, who
additionally pride themselves on
their ability to take it," are digging
in for as critical a food crisis as any
they faced during the war.
The English dilemma was pointed
up by a London nutritionist who de-
clared recently the nation was dying
slowly of starvation. He said pro-
longed chronic malnutrition was pre-
venting Britons from either growing
more food themselves Or producing
enough exports to pay for food i'm
%portations.
Million DoIIar Carnnaipn
Britain's. Labor government, m
barking on a program of Matchmaking
industry, has launched a million-dol-
lar-a-year advertising and publicity
campaign to bring home to workers
reasons for the simultaneous belt
Tightening and all : out production
drives.
Newspaper advertising and posters,
particularly in industrial plants, are
hammering home the chief slogans
Were up against it," 1--WE work or
want" and "A challenge to British
grit"
The campaign is more than a mere
"egging-on," stressed Sir Stafford
Grips, president of the Board of
Trade. Along with the exhortations
will be graphs showing needs of "un-
dermanned" industries and industrial
goals, such as saving II, 000,0 1000 tons of
coal this summer so that Britain's
factories, instead of working at two
thirds capacity, can work full blast
King George vi has proclaimed
Sunday, July 6, as a national day of
nraver and dedication
French Economic Crisis
In France, Premier Paul Ramadier
ousted Communists from his cabinet
in a crisis stemming directly from the
economic situation. The Communists
earlier had agreed with Ramadier's
coalition cabinet that wages should be
frozen until national economy was on
an w keel, but when they cham
pioned workers strikes for pay in
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Drastic TIC Union Curbs
|Heudf0r WhiteH House

-ovcRFSS put the final touches on its drastic labor legislation
Nv week. seeking in joint conference to merge varying provi-
y !d of House and Senate bills. That the compromise would pass
POM nh ouees in the Republican-controlled legislature was a foregone
Fh L m The only question appeared whether it would obtain the
n cbirJs vote necessary to override a possible Presidential veto.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-18

Dates
Monday, May 10
Clean Up Week, in many cities.
Tuesday, May 20
Eclipse of sun in South Amer
lea.
Wednesday, May Fl
Anniversary (66th), American
Red Cross. .
Thursday, May %
National Maritime Day.
Saturday, May "a
Empire Day in Canada.
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Reserued. APP Nevsfeatures)
The Nome nugget., 1947-05-23
Truman Asks For Continued Power

WASHINGTON, Rp-President Truman today asked Congress 10 extend for a year beyond June 30 his authority to control domestic use and export of a few materials ito prevent harm to our own econ- ony and give concrete support to our foreign policy"
 He said in a message ii is essen- tiaI to maintain domestic control, by priority and allocation, over tin. fibers and cordage, antimony, circhona bark, and quinine.
 MT. Truman also asked Q-im- rort control authority over few foo6s-fats and oils and rice and rice products: (2)-import con- trols and export priorities on ni- trogen fertilizer; and (3)-export D~iorit;es on key industrial prod ucts needed for foreign recon struction and rehabilitation.
 Tn asking import contro: over fats, oils and rice, MT. Truman said that the food situation abroad continues to desperate" Ii IS necessary, he added, that the American people do not ada to the hunger of other people by inn porting more than our agreed share of scarce foods"
 While fertilizer production has risen "spectacularly" since the wars end, he said, the supply available for foreign countries has fallen. Only in special cases'' certified by the secretary of state, he added, will export priorities on machinery and other "key indus trial items," be issued
The Nome nugget., 1947-05-23
MagnusOn Asks
 Rate Suspension

0Ap, Special Washington Service)
 WASHINGTON, lPD - Senator aIagnuson D.-WashJ urged the maritime commission yesterday to hold hearings on proposed steam n.o rate increases to Alaska within the nex. few weeks"
 lie told lhe commission he had ..-.. infs.med i. has declined to
 speni the rates as asked by A a pending a hearing, and said the present action without earrings, seems unwiSe, especially n view of he benefits conferred through the subsidy provision re- gently enacted by Congress"
 These provisions permit char .ering vessels to the private com panies at nominal rates and the government recapturing 75 per cent of profits above 10 per cent.
 Magnuson continued in a let ter:
 "As perhaps you know, the cost of living in Alaska is now so high that it is a serious deterrent to permanent settlement there. Yet the development of Alaska is an essential national policy. Also, the President has publicly. stated his desire to keep price levels down and even to reduce them.
 'In the circumstances, I would like to request, since you did not see fit to accede to the request of the Alaska officials to suspend the rate increases until after a hear ing could be held, that this hear ing be held within the next few weeks"
The Nome nugget., 1947-05-23
AIRLINES
WIEN ALASKA AIRLINES

Pilot Peterson made a trip to Kotzebue bringing back Father Anable who went there earlier in the week.
 A trip was made to North Fork yesterday taking Mrs. Pete Read CT and children.
 The following passengers ar rived from Fairbanks:
 J. ". Thompson, Afro Martin enroute to Selawik; Olivia Pal mer and Ann Anaganon from White Mountain enroute to Kot- zebue; w. Randolph enroute to Hughes.
 Three trips were made yester- day to Casa de Paga with freight and Mir. and Mrs. Einar Ulrich- son as passengers.