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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-07-29
NO GAME TONIGHT

The scheduled game between the Legion and Elks tonight has been called off, according to 3 p. m. advices. There will be no game on Sunday because of the salmon derby and the next scheduled game is Tuesday night, August 2, the Moose vs.. Legion.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-07-29

is a merchant in the Interior city.
 Annie .Houts, nursemaid, and Frank Y. Atluk of the U. s. Army also have applied for a license to be wed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-07-29
U. ]. CONSULATE SHANGHAI, TAKEN
 OVER BY CHINESE

WASHINGTON, July 29--tH-- More than 100 Chinese have seized control of the American Consulate General office at Shanghai to en- force back pay demands against the US. Navy.
 This is the brief report made by the State Department.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-07-29
APPLICATIONS FCR
 MARRIAGE LICENSES

Ruth Ann Cilk and Warren L. Hager, both of Fairbanks, have ap- piled to the U. s. Commissioner for a marriage license Haze
Evening star., 1949-09-18

oCedu, WllpIe d fCeQ SQdQOW is
being cast in an alarming way.
They also deal with war possibili-
ties in Europe
In the last few weeks the alarm
ing reports of Soviet concen-
trations in Southeastern Europe
have subsidized. Paradoxically,
however, American and British in
telligence services are more alert
when Russia's saber-rattling sub
sides than when it sounds loudly.
1t appears that while Mr.. Bevin
Officially is, very optimistic about
the chances of Strengthening out
everything without an armed
clash, in private conversations
with American officials he has
shown more pessimism.
Tito Big Factor
He is said to have pointed out to
our top officials that Russia looks
longingly to the day when the
Western bloc of nations collapses
under the weight of its economic
strain. The dollar crisis, a pos
sible economic depression in the
United States and similar phe-
nomena in France and Italy are
factors which the Kremlin eco
nomic observers are watching
anXiously.
If economic conditions really
deteriorate in the free enterprise
countries, there will be no need
on the part of the U. S. S. r. to
use force to achieve it's aims for
world domination.
Hence, Mr.. Bevin is said to
have expressed himself to the ef-
feet that as long as the economic
situation remains shaky in the
West we may not have to face an
immediate outbreak of armed hos
tilities and that the estimates
made two years ago by British in
telligence, that we may have five
years of cold war, will be fully
justified.
Something has happened re-
Gently, however. which may COM
pei the military soothsayers to
Evening star., 1949-09-18

nique the bolstering of dropping
confidence in sterling through psy-
chology more than of substance?
It must be unpleasant for the La
Dor government to contemplate
facing the electorate after devol-
uation of sterling. It must be much
preferable, if devaluation cannot
be accepted, that it come after
reimbursement of the Attlee re-
gime by the voters. To this OBJ
server of the Washington talks it
seemed clear throughout that the
British government wanted ever
so much, to have it become known
that from now on Washington and
London are as one on the problem
Of Britain's international deficit.
It is stressed by cripps that the
main problem is a long-run one.
cDon't look for substance now, it
will Gomez Hence, also. the an
nouncement that the uncom-
pleted discussion of economic mat
tiers will 60 on. The future talks,
essentially bilateral with Canada
friendly third participant, in
volve no new formal organization.
There are already too many in
ternational organizations set up,
supposedly to handle such ques-
tions. To form a new one would
be public confession that the ex-
isting ones are not working. But
formal or informal. we seem to
have swung around to the key
currency" approach vainly advo-
Gated by DR.. John H. Williams
of the New York Federal Reserve
Bank when the Breton Woods
program was awaiting congress
Sional action.
It the Anglo American Ca
madam economic and monetary
talks were no scintillating success
in their announced field, the COM
munique not even mentioning the
value of the pound sterling, were
they politically fruitful? We may
all hope so. In their public and
private statements about the
Washington talks the British par
Elephants have so greatly stressed
the friendly tone of the meetings
one almost gathers that they were
surprised to be treated civilly. Mr..
Bevin, for instance, said after the
meeting: 1T will bring harmony,
or at least remove a thing that
might have produced diShar-
Evening star., 1949-09-18
Stubborn Opponent of Hitler Succeeds Him

LONDON.-Perhaps DR.. Konrad
Adenauer would not today be the
first Chancellor of the new West
German Federal Republic had not
the British military governor Of
Cologne, in October, 1945. uncere-
moniously dismissed him from his
post of Lord Mayor for failing
to display sufficient energy and
initiative"
A native Of Cologne, Herr Ade-
nauer had been Lord Mayor of
that city from the First World
War to the advent of Hitler. and
he had been a great Lord Mayor.
He gave the cityaits wide green
belt, its university (Which made
him fourfold honorary doctor of
each Of its faculties), its annual
trade fair, the first German Auto
bahn." a great new bridge across
the Rhine. He organized the in
ternational press exhibition of
1928 in Cologne, rebuilt and ex-
Ienoeo Cne Guys river port, pro-
vided model workers settlements
and generally made Cologne, with
which his name was identified for
close on 20 years. the first city Of
Western Germany. Adenauer Gre
ated modern Cologne as Joseph
Chamberlain created Birmingham.
Aloof From Nazis
Dismissed from his post as soon
as Hitler took power, he was REIN
stated almost as a matter Of course
in May, 1945. by the Americans,
who had conquered Cologne. He
was then In his 10th year. and it
is doubtful whether he had any
further ambitions. Only when, fve
months later, the British, who had,
the meantime. taken over Co
logne, sacked him like an unsatis-
Evening star., 1949-09-18

press conference also was told
that no figures were yet available
as to the dollar measures of the
steps announced in the communi-
que. How. then. can we be sure
that the drain has been plugged?
According to private British
calculations after deliberation or
the fruits Of the Washington
talks, the measures announced by
the United States administration
may 60 halfway in meeting the
short-run deficit in Britain's
trade with this hemisphere. The
benefits from ECA's decision to
allow Britain to spend ECA dollars
in Canada for wheat and in United
States ports for ship repairs and
supplies. together with expected
setup in stockpiling of strategic
imported materials and improve
ment in the permitted consump-
ton of natural rubber in the
United States are reckoned as
worth perhaps $300,000,000 to
Britain, as compared with the
$500. 900 900 needed In the short
run. From its cuts in imports,
Britain it is estimated ultimately
will save another $400, 100000 OF
hard currency.
And, the more optimistic Brit
ishers say. a restoration Of con-
fidence in sterling should result in
the return home of perhaps $780,
100000 of capital which has
managed to flee the country or
for one reason or another has been
withheld abroad. From ECA this
fiscal year Britain gets more than
5000, 100000. But all these items
added together still fall consider
ably short of the dollar gap
placed by Sir Stafford Cripps at
81, 400, ,000, 900 last July.
Many people have been sur
prised to read in dispatches from
London that the cuts in British
purchases in the United States
decided upon in July, were ap-
parently a tongue-in-cheek aus
terity measure. The reports from
London say British Government
leaders had hoped that they
might be able to modify the Is
per cent slash in Britain's pur-
chases here before the time came
to put it in effect, or even to
withdraw the slash entirely as a
result of the Washington talks.
All this is very confusing, in
Evening star., 1949-09-18

istrator responsible solely to the
U. N. trusteeship council.
Indonesia: A round-table con-
ference on settlement of the In
donesian question is going on in
Holland so the problem will not
generate much heat here unless
that fails.
Balkans: Some influential dele
gates regard the Balkan case as
ripe for a solution and they are
trying to arrange it as a credit
for the U. N. The U. NJ, special
committee on the Balkans re-
ported to the assembly that Bull
garia and Albania continue to
aid Greek guerrillas, but aid from
Yugoslavia has diminished and
may have ceased Yugoslavia
sealed her border with Greece
when the Yugoslavia -Cominform
row grew hot. The committee
reafirmed its previous report to
the assembly that continuance of
the present situation constitutes
a threat to the political inde-
pendence of Greece and peace in
the Balkans.
Korea: The U. N. Commission
on Korea reported failure of its
efforts to unity North and South
Korea. 1t expressed fears of a
"barbarous civil war" as a result
of the hardening" relations be-
tween North and South Korea.
Atomic energy: The United
States, Russia, Canada, China,
France. Britain are holding secret
talks in an effort to reach some
agreement to the long deadlock
between East and West. Atomic
delegates expect hard words on
both sides in the assembly but
predict the assembly will not act
while the talks are in progress.
Conventional ornaments: The
commission for conventional arm
aments approved, over Soviet OBJ
jections, plan for a world CEN
sure of arms and armed forces.
Evening star., 1949-09-18

IL Luc SLIO1lScSt
German party.
AS West Ger
man Chancellor.
DR.. Ad e n a u e r
will certainly not
"fail to display
energy and initi-
ative." He will
assuredly put his
personal stamp
on the first gov
ernment Of the
new state, and
will, for good or
evil, pursue GER
tain definite pre-
dictable policies.
He dislikes So
cialisrn and dis
trusts Socialists
as an unsafe bull
wark q 6 a in S t
communism, so
he will do his
utmost. tn keen
Evening star., 1949-09-18

highly successful committee
chairman and a natural parlia-
mentarian. He is good at resolv-
ing deadlocks and at blandly by
passing awkward questions Of
principle. Without this gift, he
would never have kept that un-
wieldly agglomeration Of opposites,
the Christian Democratic Union,
together for three years and made
Evening star., 1949-09-18

probably be content to pay lip
service to the ideal of German
unity. without pressing too hard
for it. Though he is Nationalist
he favors federalism against CEN
tralization. In his inmost heart he
probably feels quite comfortable in
the confines of the present West
German state and is in no hurry
to resume the family ties with a
lot of Socialist Prussians.
He will certainly make periodic
gestures to keep his
more extreme followers happy.
especially if it can be done at
the expense of Britain. But he
will genuinely and sincerely try
to fit Western Germany into
Western Europe, and especially to
establish confidence between the
new State and France. And In do
ing so he may achieve some last
ing good for Europe as a whole.
represents Old Germany
It would be wrong to look on
DR.. Adenauer's heavy-lidded and
slightly sardonic face for the fea-
lures of the new Germany. He
represents not the coming. still
enigmatic Germany of the post
Hitler generation. but very def
nitely the old Germany OF pre-
Hitler days, its surviving virtues
and limitations. In all he does,
whether it please or displeases us.
it will be well to keep in mind
that he will lead an interim state.
and that he presides over transi-
ton period. A man OF 73, he
will not shape the future Ger
many. But he may set the con-
ditions in which it shapAs itself.
(copyright, London Observer Foreign
NeW2 EerVice.l
Evening star., 1949-09-18

enemies h q v e
| pronounced SIR.
repro achable. 3"
He remained in
the strictest re-
| tir e m e n t, he
never made the
slightest gesture
|of reconciliation
with the Nazis-
lw h o at som e
Iperiod would
gladly have used
his prestige and
experience and
he never conceal
ed his stern and
absolute disap-
lproval. Thre e
times he was ar
rested and i'm
prisoned for some
weeks, not for
any particular
action but simply
| h aeanSa hic
Evening star., 1949-09-18

them out Of power. At the same
time he will give reviving German
big business free rein. In order
to do SO and get a parliamentary
majority, he may well have to take
some highly dubious allies into his
government. 4
In his German policy, he will
Evening star., 1949-09-18

factory employe, he turned his
energies-energies which IL years
Of retirement had surprisingly
preserved and refreshed - from
local to national politics.
His greatest claim to respect
apart from his performance as
Lord Mayor of Cologne, will al
ways be his record under Hitler,
which even his bitterest political
Evening star., 1949-09-18

known opinions made him a nat
ural political suspect.
DR.. Adenauer is today probably
the best tactician on the German
political scene. He has two gifts
that are rare among German poll
ticians: A sense Of compromise md
q sense Of humor. Both make him
Evening star., 1949-09-18
Fall Perks Up
Retail Trade
By Roder Winoet


NEW YORK.-Retailers are
smiling and business is better
because you have started
to buy. -
It's about time. too. Mer-
chants. looking back on the
summer, will tell you it has
been rough going. Nothing
like depression days. of course.
but rough enough to cause con-
cern. Department store sales
are running consistently below
last year, when a lot of record
high volumes were being set.
But at the moment things are
a lot better than they were a
few months ago.
Retailers aren't alone in
listening to the ring of the cash
register. Manufacturers and
distributors also are hopeful
that this start in fall buying
will carry through. If it does,
it's a good sign that the Ma
tion's economy is healthy. II
it doesn't, it will serve as a
warning signal to all that the
country's conversion from war
to peace still has some distance
to travel.
The present dither over what
is going to happen to retail
trade started back in the early
part of this year. when it ap-
peared that all was not well
with business in general.
Many important indices
turned down. Steel production
started sliding from its terrific
operating pace of more than
100 per cent of rated capacity.
The stock market inched lower
in a continuation of it's jittery
mood heightened by the sur
prise of President Truman's
election.
Prices Had to Drop
Retail trade dropped into the
the doldrums, too. Easter trade
was a big disappointment
to department stores.
Things didn't get any better,
and that caused plenty of belt
Tightening. The sequence Of
events went like this-you
didn't buy from the retailer, he
didn't buy from the distributor,
and he in turn didn't buy from
the manufacturer. And that
caused the manufacturer to put
the heat on the producer Of his
raw materials.
The result was reduced in
ventories all the way along the
line. The retailer bought only
slightly ahead of his require
ments and only what he saw a
ready market for.
Well. what happened? A
great many prices had to come
down and alot of selling had to
be done before customers re-
sumed their buying at retail.
Along with lower prices,
merchants busted of their pre-
war selling methods. Liberal
installment selling, no down
payments, lay-aways, tie-ins,
trade-ins, slightly concealed
discounts, special promotions of
low-priced leaders-all Of those
tried-and-true sales boosters
we're used.
That ate into inventories so
much that right now there is
a buying campaign to stock the
stores for fall. Some manu-
facturers are warning that re-
tailers better hurry with their
orders.
Retailers aren't worried.
Their own inventories are what
they call comfortable, a little
under q year ago in lot of
lines. They are buying a little
further ahead than bt tore.
Distributed by the Associayed Press.)
Evening star., 1949-09-18
|UnityEvasive
For Trinidad
By J. HoIcro Ferguson

PORT AU SPAIN.-Trinidad
is a complex island. humanity
and racially an island of COM
plexes. Geographically. it is
almost a part of Venezuela, and
politically and socially it is as
tense as the often turbulent
neighboring republic. Poten-
TALLY the wealthiest Of Britain's
West Indian islands, producing
oil, asphalt, sugar, rice, cocoa
and citrus fruits, it has an ex-
tremely low general standard of
living.
From Port of Spain to San
Fernando and beyond. one is
struck by the primitive dwell
ings of the Negro and East In
dian laborers on the sugar
estates. Many Trinidadians
claim it is impossible to improve
these conditions because Brit
ain does not pay enough for
sugar. Others say it is the
fault Of absentee ownership.
Trinidad, in the past. was
alternately raided or occupied
by Spain, Holland and Britain,
and the French, though they
never owned it, have left con-
siderable mark. The biggest
single ethnic unit is the East
Indian. a loose description for
all descendants of the indented
laborers who came from India
and Pakistan.
Every One Has a Label
They have largely kept the
customs and religious beliefs of
their former lands, so that in
a short drive one can see Prot
estant and Catholic churches,
Moslem mosques, Hindu tenn
Piles and Buddhist shrines.
Every one has a label, and
almost every group, to some ex-
tent, despises, dislikes, resents
or merely misunderstands the
others, q situation which
scarcely makes for unity or
progress. An East Indian
journalist suggested that. the
poorer people of all racial
types would get on perfectly
well together if it were not for
ambitious leaders who made
political capital out Of their
differences.
While their leaders disagree,
poverty and lack of education
remain the lot of the average
Trinidadian. One leads to the
other. A Negro schoolmistress
to whom I spoke pointed out
that families working on the
eanef1elds could not afford to
allow their children to at
tend school with any regu-
larity because they needed
their labor. =
It Is in this atmosphere that
politically minded Trinidadians
are arguing for or against
new and more liberal Constitu-
ton, for or against federation
with the rest of the British
West Indies, and whether to
federate first and carry out
local reforms later, or vice
versa. Most are in favor of
both reform and federation at
an earlier or later date.
Though federation would
eventually bring them q fuller
and easier life, they cannot be
expected to understand what
1t is all about If they can
scarcely read, nor even to give
it much serious thought when
they have only time to work,
eat, sleep and beget more chill
dren to increase the already
overcrowded population Of this
little island.
scopyriEht Observer Foreign News
Evening star., 1949-09-18
Old Political Problems
Awaiting U.N. Assembly
Hold.Over Economic Issues Bolstered by
Additional Details Also on Agenda;
Sessions to Last Until December
By Froncis w. Corpenter

NEW YORK-Foueen old poitcar problems inherited
Assemblies
in detail will the fourth United Nations Assembly
1t convenes here Tuesday
With
will be plenty probably plenty subjects
surprising explosive
Evening star., 1949-09-18
Unrest Among Satellites
Serious Matter for Reds
Poses Threat to Russia's Empire While the
kremlin Waits for Western World to
Fold Under Financial Strain
By Constantine Brown

Behind the screen of dollar discussion British Foreign
tay BeVm has had the opportunity talk informally
ranking American officials sensitive interna-
tlonal questions which involve whole
These problems mainly a
the matter of assuming greater
Evening star., 1949-09-18

deed, and naturally leads to spe-
culation. In Europe the question
lis being asked. whether the
Washington talks resulted in an
as yet unrevealed decision, such
as a decision to "devalue" the
pound. Others wonder whether
this has been just another case
of statesmen using words as ar
instrument for shaping or at
tempting to shape public opinion
here and in Britain. When Mr.
Bevin says, THE problem becomes
our joint problem" is it a wish
or a fact?
Let us for a moment put on 8
pair Of British glasses-Supplieo
free by the Ministry of Health
and take another look at the COM
munique. The Labor government
must face the electorate before
next summer ends. From its torr
pockets the "irreducible" reserves
of the sterling area are fast run
ming out. The ERP has failed to
solve Europe's dollar needs and
wants. Congress shows great
doubts about a post-ERP program
Britain must earn more dollars il
it is not to cut its living standards
drastically in the end. To earn
more dollars, it must offer more
goods than ever in this market
and more cheaply that ever.
Possible Objectives
OF the two methods Of getting
it's selling prices dowp-the eco
nomic and the monetary methods
the simplest from the stand
point of mechanics is to cheaper
the price of the British pound
sterling by "devaluation." At least
a large number of people all over
the world and even in Britain re-
gard such a step as likely. This
widespread lack of confidence in
the pound, feeding on itself and
this week intensified by the report
of the International Monetary
Fund and the speech of President
Black Of the World Bank, has as.
sumed the proportions of a storm
Could it be, then, that the tri.
partite Washington talks had a.
principal object a psychological
boost to British morale through
the hope that, somehow, the Amer.
leans will be there before the bot.
tom of the till is reached? Wa.
the British purpose of the commu.
Evening star., 1949-09-18

(See CARPENTER, Page CO.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-10
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hum.an.rulaslona problem" according to
snfln.lassie do-gooders. the enemies OF
dewnrraey are going TO end our nauonai
taitg ard destroy Us.
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- democracy are out TO destroy democ-
faeI 8hsruNer 4 exists. regardless Of now
eel ~ how poorly. Il settles the social
81 homaa relations problem.
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