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At A Glance —
Internation 1 News
UNDATED INTERNATIONAL
By The Associated Press
Russia, with great propaganda
fanfare, said yesterday she has
made 100,000 tons of grain avail
able to feed Berlin, including
the blockaded western areas.
The 2,000,000 Germans in the
U.S., British and French zones
must pay for such bread with
Russian-sponsored currency, the
Kremlin ruled in what seemed an
attempt to convince Germans the
new western currency is no good.
Gen. Lucius D. Clay, the U.S.
military governor, expressed skep
ticism, saying “the proof is in the
performance, not in the statement.”
A native Berliner put it this way:
j “So the Russians offer us food
when they have shut it off from
Western Germany. They say it
is Russian grain sent from the
Soviet Union. But what about the
low rations the 16,000,000 Ger
mans in the Russian occupation
zone have endured?
BERLIN
The air lift continued .Russians
with their Yak fighter planes were
buzzing in the British corridor.
About 1,500 tons of food were
flown in. Coal was the crux of the
problem though. Already about
1,000 Berlin plants have been shut
because of its lack. U.S. experts
said 200,000 persons may be job
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JUNEAU SPRUCE
AGAIN OPERATE
^ JUNEAU, — </P) —The Juneau
Spruce Corporation resumed op
erations yesterday after a three
month shutdown as the result of
a CIO jurisdictional dispute over
loading of barges. Ninety-seven
workmen passed through picket
lines unmolested.
LAND BURE AU
DECENTRALIZE
PLAN BEGUN
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WASHINGTON. — (/P) — The
Bureau of Land Management said
today it plans to streamline the
entire administration of the na
tion’s public lands by Dec. 31.
The streamlining or decentral
ization process started July 15,
said Bureau director Marion Claw
son.
Within less than 90 days, he ad
ded, the bureau’s 25 field offices
and six regional ofices will be
handling much of the work hith
erto done in Washington.
First functions ordered trans
ferred are those involving small
' tract leases, reclamation home
steads and other types of settle
ment negotiations.
Next on the decentralization
timetable, Clawson said are those
matters affecting land in Alaska.
They will be administered out of
Anchorage office.
President Issues
Procamation For
Draft Registration
WASHINGTON, — </P) —Pres
; ident Truman yesterday issued
a proclamation calling for the
draft registration to start Aug.
30.
On that date, persons born in
1922 after Aug. 30 will register.
The proclamation also fixes the
following dates for the registra
tion of other youths between the
ages of 18 and 26:
1. Persons born in the year 1923:
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British Protest
Russian Fighters
Over Gatow Airp’t
BERLIN, — (.^P) —British auth
orities sent a “very strong” pro
test to the Soviet military admin
istration of Berlin against the
flight by a formation of Russian
Yak fighters yesterday over Gatow
Airport.
Gatow is the British airport for
Berlin. It is in constant use by
RAF tronsport planes flying food
and supplies into blockaded west
ern Berlin.
An official statement said the
Yaks’ flight was a “direct vio
lation of the air safety regula
tions for the Greater Berlin area.”
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BERLIN CRISIS |
TO l SETTLED
SHORT OF WAR
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By John Hightower and Elton C.
Fay.
WASHINGTON, — (JP) —Sec
retary of State Marshall said to
day the United States will do ev
ery thing possible in the Berlin
crisis “to reach an acceptable sol- i
ution and to avoid the tragedy of
war for the world.”
At a news conference, Marshall
was told that there is presently
a widespread fear of war in the
world over the Berlin crisis be
tween Soviet Russia and the West
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Warne Says To
Settle Indian
Claims Now
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SILVER BAY, N.Y. — (/P) —
William E. Warne, assistant to the
secretary of the interior, urged
last night that the Alaska Native
claims be negotiated now rather
than after the Territory’s develop
ment becomes more complex.
Warne said that in the United
States proper “settlement of In
dian claims may cost the govern
ment many millions of dollars, an
expense which could have been
avoided if the future economy
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U. S. JET PLANES
BOLSTER FORCE
IN GERMANY
LONDON, — (/P) —The Deputj
U.S. Consul in Glasgow said yes
terday the American aircraft car
rier Sicily will land 75 jet pro
pelled Shooting Star fighter planes
in Scotland Aug. 4. to bolster Am
erican fighter strength in Ger
many.
The U.S. Air Force in Wiesbaden
Germany, confirmed this, as die
sources in London who refused
to be quoted by name.
An American official in Ger
many commented: “We are ver^
happy to have them.” He saic
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Fairbanks Women
Carry Drive
Against Vice
FAIRBANKS. — </P) —Sixteei
aroused women carried the driv<
against vice, gambling and pros
titution in Fairbanks directly t(
the people today.
Residents were being presentee
with two petitions. One requests
city and federal officials to rigid
ly enforce existing laws. The sec
ond declares: “We do not feel anj
condition exists requiring actior
other than that heretofore taker
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SUPPLIES BY AIR FOR BLOCADED BERLIN
U.S. Air Force C-47 cargo planes are unloaded at the Templehof air
port in Berlin as supplies for the Soviet-blockaded city are flown in by a
fleet of 120 planes. The U.S. Air Force was running the shuttle between
Frankfurt and Berlin to take care of the most urgent needs of the 2,000,000
persons in the three western zones (AP Wirephoto)
Convention For
“Third Party*’
Begins Today
PHILADELPHIA, — (/P) —With
the CIO and AFL coldly staying
home, Henry Wallace’s Third Par
! ty began hearing suggestions for
a “Peace with Russia” platform
^ today and worked itself up for
a revival-singing convention.
“Everyone wants Wallace.
“Friendly Henry Wallace.
“Friendly Henry Wallace.
“In the White House.”
A group of Wallace’s supporters
was singing that on the sidewalk.
r The “New Party’s” founding con
l vention will sing it—and other
songs—Friday, Saturday, and Sun
day. A convention song-book was
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U.S. Citizen Stoned
To Death In Egypt
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WASHINGTON, — UP) —An
4 American citizen was stoned to
death by an Egyptian mob in
t Cairo Sunday, the State Depart
ment announced late yesterday.
Stephen Haas, 53, a Philadel
phia real-estate man, was set upon,
while visiting the city as a tour
i ist with his wife, press officer
Lincoln White said.
The U.S. Embassy in Cairo said
several Egyptian companions of
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Sec. Treas. Snyder
Visiing Alaska
JUNEAU, — f/P) — Secretary
. of the Treasury John W. Snyder
arrived here by plane yesterday
j to make a personal inspection of
Alaska for President Truman.
In a brief visit with Gov. Ernest
Gruening, the secretary described
the Territory as the “last fron
tier.”
I Snyder, the governor and a num
ber of other high ranking Alaska
officials then left aboard the Const
Guard cutter Wachusett for Gla
cier Bay, planned as the site of
I a large resort.
They will sail tomorrow to Gus
tavus where the secretary will
J continue his tour by air to An
j chorage.
Alaska May Benefit
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From INew Kates
JUNEAU, — f/P) —George Sund
! borg, consultant for the Alaska
' Development Board, said today
| that U.S. railroad officials' be
lieve that Alaska may soon bene
fit through export rates on freight
instead of the present domestic
rates.
Sundborg, just returned from
the States, said the Interstate Com-*
merce Commission has promised
its cooperation in making the rate
adjustment.