dark Orders Food,
Clothing. Housing
Price Investigation
WASHINGTON, (A*) — Attorney
General Clark yesterday ordered
an investigation of food, clothing
and housing prices.
He instructed the justice de
partment's anti-trust division to
determine whether “conspiracies’’
exist “to maintain or to increase
present prices in the food, cloth
ing and housing fields.”
Jail sentences, rather than mere
ly fines, will be sought for any
violators, it was announced.
A justice department statement
announcing Clark’s action, said:
“Such conspiracies will be pros
ecuted criminally and in those
cases the justice department wil.
oppose acceptance by the courts of
pleas of nolo contendere <no con
test), and upon conviction of the;
defendants the department will!
recommend jail sentences for the i
individual defendants and maxi- j
mum fines against the corpora
tions.”
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President Gives
His Opinion On
Varied Subj eels
(By D. Harold Oliver)
WASHINGTON, (^—President
Truman expressed his wholeheart
ed support yesterday of the justice
department’s investigation of the
high cost of food, clothing and!
housing.
He said he hopes it will produce
results and he thinks it will.
But he told a news conference,
in reply to a question, that he be
lieves the principal effect will be
to point to those responsible for
high prices rather than to check
the spiral.
Asked whether he believed anti-1
trust violations are responsible fori
the hike in prices, he replied the
results of the inquiry will have to
be awaited on that.
The news conference covered a
wide range of other questions:
V-J Day—Mr. Truman said he
anticipated when he signed the'
proclamation ending hostilities
with Japan two years ago, that j
warring nations would have ar- j
rived at a peaceful settlement by
this time, but he regrets that that;
has not been so.
He added, however, that he was
still hopeful for world peace to
benefit all peoples.
Politics—The President said he
had not approved any site for the
Democratic national convention in
j 1948. adding that is a matter for
the party’s national committee to
decide. He said he will be in favor
of any city the committee selects.
As far a new chairman in event
'Robert E. Hannegan resigns as
head of the committee, the Presi
i dent said that, too, is a matter for
the committee.
He declined to say whether sec-j
retary of agriculture Anderson j
will take Hannegan’s committee1
job, but said he thinks very highly j
of Anderson.
Labor—The President said that
one of the accomplishments of the
last Congress was to tear up the
labor department. A reporter
wanted to know if Mr. Truman j
was considering putting the U. S.
unemployment compensation com
mission under that department
and he replied it was being con
sidered.
Special Session—There is noth
ing at the present time to alter his
opinion that a special session of
Congress will not be necessary.
Senate War Investigating Com
mittee—Asked to comment on
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Ketchikan, Juneau and Seward August 16th.
SS BARANOF Scheduled to sail from Seward for
Juneau, Ketchikan and Seattle August 22nd.
SS ALEUTIAN scheduled to sail from Seattle for Ketchikan.
Juneau and Seward Aug. 23rd.
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SS Aleutian scheduled to sail from Seward for Cordova,
Valdes, Juneau, Ketchikan and Seattle Aug. 28th.
Reservations made through Anchorage, Fairbanks or Nome Agent
Designate Sept. 16
!Vari Guard Day
WASHINGTON, (/P>—President
Truman declared today that na
tional security demands that the
United States have a “fully man
ned, equipped and trained” na
tional guard ready to take the
field “in time of national danger.”
He made this statement in a
proclamation designating Sept. 16
as National Guard Day. Its ob
servance will be part of a recruit
ing drive to strengthen the na
tional guard.
Mr. Truman asked governors to
issue proclamations for the ob
servance of the occasion, marking
the seventh anniversary of the en
trance of the national guard into
the national service prior to World
War II.
what a reporter called “the old
Truman committee,” the President
laughed and said the Truman com
mittee passed out when he left the
Senate and it’s another committee
now.
Forrestal—Navy secretary Fo*
restal will take the oath as secre
tary of defense under the unifica
tion act as soon as he winds up
some naval matters.
The President said he may ar
nounce a new secretary of the
navy at his next news conference.
British Loan Revision—No com
ment.
Budget Review-Revised bud
get estimates for the current fis
cal year will be ready in 10 or 15
days.
MISSING PERSON
Anyone having information con
cerning the following missing per
son is asked to communicate with
the Governor’s Office in Juneau.
JOSEPH P. HARRINGTON—
About 57 years old, brown hair,
blue eyes, 5 feet 8 inches tall. Be
lieved to have been in Juneau,
in 1944.
CALL FOR BIDS
Bids for handling photography
work for the Post Exchange at the
Nome Air Base. Contact the Post
Exchange Officer at Army 25 for
additional information. 98-3tp
Classified Ads
FOR SALE—Boy’s Bike, S20, Good
Condition. Call Main 162. 97-3tp
LOST—Red Billfold with money
and papers between PAA Office
and Nome Beverage Co., on Bel
mont Point. Reward. Call Black
12. 98tf
FOR SALE—50 KW power light
plant with UD-18 International
Diesel Engine. US Army- KS Ra
tions $12.00 per case. See Grant
Nelson. 96-3t
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Part Of Missing
Dr. Banisters Plane
Believe Found
SEWARD, i/P)—Available evi
dence indicates that landing gear
recently found on the beach at
Cain’s Head, nine miles from Sew
ard, is from the plane of Dr. Roy
Banister, long missing Seward
Hospital superintendent, Roll C.
Ingram, head of the chamber of
commerce search committee, said
today.
Dr. Banister and Harold Roth,
Seward school superintendent, dis
appeared last Dec. 26 after taking
off from Seward for Homer.
Ingram said payment of the re
ward offered for location of the
plane will be withheld until an
official finding by the civil aero
nautics board.
Dragging operations, halted by
weather conditions, will be re
sumed as soon as practicable both
near Cain’s Head and at the head
of the bay, Ingram said.
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Vandalism Discovered
On Submarine Beach
It was revealed today that un
known persons have been destroy
ing insulators on the high voltage
power lines on Submarine Beach,
causing a fire in one instance. In
vestigation revealed that the van
dal used a caliber .22 firearm to
break the insulators. This is a fla
grant offense in this area and per
sons shooting here are reminded
that anyone caught in the act of
High Burmese
Leaders Suffer In
Poison Pl<
RANGOON BURMA, (/P)—An
attempt to poison high ranking of
ficers of the People’s Volunteer
organization, militant “private
army” of the anti-Fascist people’s
freedom league, was made last
night during a dinner party, offi
cials said today.
Shortly after the dinner 11 offi
cers collapsed and were rushed to
the hospital, where seven were
detained for further treatment.
The anti-Fascist people’s free
dom league is the dominant politi
cal movement in Burma, currently
drafting its constitution to become
a sovereign republic. U Aung San
and six cabinet members, leaders
of the interim government, were
assassinated last month.
Among those poisoned were Do
Tun Lin, political and private sec
retary to Thakin Nu, who suc
ceeded Aung San as premier.
Hospital attendants said all
those treated were recovering and
were expected to leave their wards
today.
Shortly after midnight, uniden
tified persons in a jeep fired auto
matic weapons at armed Burmese
police guarding the Burma secre
tariat at Jubilee Hall and at the
residence of Aung San. No casual
ty was reported.*
destroying property will be prose
cuted to the fullest extent of the
law.
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