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Evening star., 1946-08-19
Stolen Plane
Continued From First Page.

Commissioner John r. Reeves in Be-
thesda, ordered held in $500 bond.
He was accused OF violating the Ma
tional Motor Theft Act.
Hopkins also faced a charge of
HOUSEKEEPING and larceny filed by
Prince Georges County police, who
said the youth broke into the air.
port Office to obtain parachute and
% caliber rife for his flight.
The novice flyer admitted to a
newsman today he was plenty
frightened" when the plane left
the ground. But he hastily appended,
Il still want to be a flyer some day.
That is the only thing I like"
Il guess I didn't know what
was doing. But I guess I did know
I was doing something wrong. May
be thought I would just fly around
while and then come back to the
airport-yes, I know it was dark
and I don't know how I could have
gotten back"
He said he did not know how he
crashed.
L went down to see where ! was
and 1t happened. that's all"
Young Hopkins mother, Mrs.
Katherine Hopkins. 2630 Adams Mill
road NV, recalled today how
Johnny" pleaded with her early
last month for permission to take
fight lessons.
He wanted to fly so badly, to
take just one solo fight" she said.
He talked so earnestly and pleaded
so long l almost gave in. In fact, I
saw nothing wrong with his taking
a few lessons, but didn't want him
to solo yet"
Mrs. Hopkins talked quietly about
her faith in her boy, who always
had been fine, lovely child" and
never had been in trouble before.
4 With the compassion only a
, mother can convey, she told how he
, had directed his every movement
, toward the day when he would fly
built tiny model planes, devoured
every bit of aviation literature he
could borrow or buy.
Crammed Technical knowledge.
Mrs. Hopkins thumbed through q
thick book entitled Through the
!, Overcast" technical story of avia
tion
He bought this with money he
; earned as an usher at the Ambas-
sador Theater," she said. Then she
noted book called "Vultee Aircraft
Engineering and Development,
which she said she must return tc
the library.
I He crammed himself on technical
knowledge, and that day last month
when he begged his mother for
lessons he said he knew he could
fly plane right then, just from
: self-instruction.
Il differed with him about that
Mrs. Hopkins said. II told him
how 1t was necessary for Army
pilots to have six weeks ground in
struction alone. But he said that
} was In the Army, and that he could
, fly q plane right now
= Earlier that day, the FBi said
Evening star., 1946-08-19
Many of 81 Retiring Members
OfConqress to Draw Pensions

to apply for a future pension If hi
desires it. Members who are return.
ing to Congress can qualify for latel
pensions by applying within six
months after the act became Law
August 2.
BY paying in the minimum de.
posit of $2,674 Senator La Toilette
could obtain a pension of arounc
$4,250 yearly when he becomes So
If he should return to Congress
later. before he starts receiving 6
pension, his additional service ther
would increase that amount. If he
returned after he was receiving 8
pension the payments would stor
and pick up again, at an increased
rate, after he retired.
Representative Reece, Republican
National Committee chairman, who
is quitting Congress yoluntaril,
after serving II terms, would be
eligible for a sizable pension if HI
applies, but couldn't begin drawing
any annuities for four years be-
cause he is only So.
Some Out In Cold.
Pensions won't be available fol
some who are quitting Congress
Representative Luce, Republican, OF
Connecticut can't draw one because
she hasn't served the required six
years. A small annuity of about
81 $50 will be available when she is
81 to Representative Sumner, Re-
publican, OF Illinois, who is quitting
the House after four terms.
Representative Curley, Democrat
OF Massachusetts,, quitting after
four terms, could start drawing q
pension as soon as he makes neces-
sary arrangements and pays his
deposit. Representative Carlson
Republican nominee for Governor
OF Kansas, can also have one at 81
II he wants it..
But Representatives Murphy
Democrat, Of Pennsylvania and Lu
ther A. johnson, Democrat, O
Texas. who quit to go on the Fed
eral bench, aren't eligible for con
gressional pensions as long as the,
receive Federal pay.
Willis Can Get Small Sums.
With one term in the Senate be-
hind him, retiring Senator Will.
Republican, of Indiana Is eligible a
II for a small pension, about $1.50
yearly, If he pays the $2,674 deposit
Representative Sparkman, Demo
crat. of Alabama, transferring owe
to the Senate, will carry over hi
f1ve House terms to add to his Sen
ate service when and If he decide
at retirement to apply to a pension
To get on the pension list, thos,
who have served previously in Con
gress must pay per cent of all tn,
salary they received after July ]
1912; 31a per cent of any pay the,
got between that date and July /
1926. and ~ per cent of any salar,
paid between July 81, 1920, and Jul,
1, 1925.
New members OF Congress cal
start out by having 6 per cent O
their pay deducted yearly. Pension
payments average ~ per cent o
the annual pay, multiplied by th
number of years of service sine
July 81, 1920. with top of three
fourths Of the average salary tn
lawmaker has received.
Evening star., 1946-08-19
CunneryWorkers to Vote
On Bargaining Agent
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

by hs AssoeIofed FFe83
The National Labor Relations
Board today directed an election
during the week ending August 81 to
determine q collective bargaining
agent for 10000 California cannery
workers.
The election will follow the peak
season in the California canning in
dustry as determined by the regional
NLRB director.
AFL and CIO unions involved
have engaged in a bitter jurisdic-
tional row for more than a year to
win the bargaining rights for these
employees.
Evening star., 1946-08-19
Prices
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the building or to telephone until
the announcement has been made.
Price Administrator Paul Porter
told a reporter over the week end
that OPA and the Agriculture De-
partment have decided-if re-estab-
lishment of price controls is author
lied and II the board revives previ-
Gus subsidy payments-to restore
June 80 ceilings on most meats.
AS for milk, preliminary plans call
for ceilings l cent a quart higher
than those of June 80, Mr.. Porter
said.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics
has said that milk prices generally
have climbed 2 to cents a quart
since controls lapsed July /. Govern
ment officials estimate that to 3
cents of this increase has been due
to elimination of subsidies.
Evening star., 1946-08-19
BY the Associoied Press

AT least 81 members of Congress!
won't be back next January, bu1
many of them can stay on the Fed.
eral payroll by qualifying for pen.
sions.
Twenty-o -one lawmakers have beer
defeated and So are quitting volun.
tarily. Beginning next year, those
who have served long enough ane
pay the minimum assessment viii
start drawing retirement pay as de
other former Federal employees. Il
will range from 81 500 to upward Of
81 500 year.
Retiring members of Congress WHIT
have reached the age Of 81 and hav.
met the other qualifications can star
getting the checks with the start oi
1947. Younger men must wait unit
they are g..
Pension provisions Of the new Con.
gressional Reorganization Act show
that some of the national figure.
who have gone down to defeat ir
this years primaries can have old.
age security If they meet require
ments.
Must Serve Six Years.
Briefly, these requirements are
that they have served six years and
that they deposit with the retire
ment fund a minimum back pay
ment Of $2,674 to cover the last
five years. If they wish to make
larger back payments, they can
obtain pensions up to three -fourths
OF their total average pay while in
Congress.
Under the new law 71-year -old
Representative Summers, Democrat
Of Texas, chairman of the House
Judiciary Committee who is re-
firing after II terms, appears eligi-
BILE for the largest pension If he
wants it. BY paying in $2,674 Mr.
Summers can receive approximately
Sc, 800 yearly. II he raised the ante
on back payments, he can increase
that amount only slightly, because
members OF Congress received only
$500 yearly pay during a large
part of his tenure.
|, With a similar $2,674 payment
Senator Wheeler, defeated for
Democratic denomination in the
Montana primary, can draw about
81, 900 yearly. A like amount is
available for Senator Shipstead, Re-
publican, of Minnesota, also de-
feated. 49,
Senators Wheeler and Shipstead
game into the Senate on March 4
1923, and in order to draw maximum
pensions they would have to deposit
S., 1888 in back payments, which
would bring their pensions up close
to the maximum three -fourths OF
average pay.
La Toilette Must Wait.
Both Senators Wheeler and Ship
stead are above the minimum age
of 81 at which pension payment.
start. but Senator La Toilette, Pro-
Igressive-Republican, OF Wisconsin
who sponsored the reorganization
bill in the Senate, will have to wait
IL years for his annuities II he elects
to take advantage of the system.
Senator La Toilette, defeated al
81 for denomination, as in the case
of all other retiring legislators, ha.
until the end Of his term in January
Evening star., 1946-08-19
U. S. Flyer Killed in Ecuudo,

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Aug. 1s
P).-Capt. Herman Betcher, men,
ber of the United States Naval Air
Mission in Ecuador, was killed near
here Friday when plane he was
plotting crashed in wooded area
during heavy fog.
Evening star., 1946-08-19
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-24
POLAND LOSES
 FIGHT. BREAK WITH FRANCO
Security Council Turns Down Resolution by
 Vote, Seven -Four

NEW YORK, June 24.-Poland today lost a hard-fought battle for an immediate and complete United Nations break with Franco Spain.
 The vote was ' to 4 against Po- lands resolution.
 Only Poland, Russia and Mexico supported the resolution calling for a diplomatic break when vote was taken shortly after the Security Council met. The seven others held up their hands against the move.
 Poland's charges against Gener- alisSimo Francisco Franco as mem ace to peace were made in April, and France, Russia and Mexico then lined up with Poland for a break with Madrid.
 The charges were turned over to a subcommittee and the work of that group was washed out last week by a Russian veto of com promise resolution.
 pr. Lange today called upon the Security Council to reconsider Po- lands proposal for an immediate break.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-24
JURY FOR REDIN ESPIONAGE IRsAI
 EMpANELED TO-DAY
Russian Consul General from San Francisco in
 Seattle for Case

SEATTLE, June 24-Michael s. Vavilov, Russian Consul General, was here today from San Francisco to report to the Russian govern ment on the espionage trial of Russian Navy Lieutenant Nicolai G. Redin, 38, for whom a jury panel was to be drawn in Federal Dis- trict Court today.
 Vaviloy conferred with Redin and Defense Attorneys Tracy F. Grif- fin, Seattle. and Irwin Goodfan, Portland. The Soviet Purchasing Commission posted the lisutenant's bail and continuing his pay, and is footing trial costs. The consul said the Russian Navy loaned Red in to the Purchasing Commission.
 The U s. Government charges that Redin, while on duty here. in- duced and attempted to induce Herbert Kennedy. shipyard work CT, named as principal government witness in Realms indictment, to obtain the plans of the destroyer tender, the U.S.S. Yellowstone.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-24
CLOSE PRIMARY RACES SETTLED
 IN FOURTH DIV.

Final Fourth Division primary election returns, listing 1881 Demo- crat and 826 Republican votes cast in the April 30 election, have now been certified by Clerk of Court John B. Hall and received here by the Auditor of Alaska. The off cial count settles close races for Territorial House nominations in both parties.
 In doubt until the last precincts were in, the line-ups for the fall election for the Fourth Divisions five seats in the House of Repre- sentatives are as follows, with total votes after each name:
 Democrats-Victor Johnson 803 Essie R. Dale 789, Robert Hoopes 751, Robert McCombe TAO, George Moore 701
 Republicans-L. F. Joy 474, A. F. (Joe) Coble 446, Maurice T. John son AS, Patrick Savage 367, Lawr- ence w. Meath 346.
 The "also rans" were: Demo- crats, Frank Angerman 695, Everett w. Patton 678. Republicans, Albert F. Dorsh 331, Walter s. Calhoun 3l3, Sylvia Ringstad 285, Irving Reed 265, George E. King 240, Henry P. Karstens PIP
 Other final totals on the Fourth Division Democrat ballot were E L. Bartlett for delegate 1269; Oscar G. Olson for treasurer 1067; K. C. Johnson 652, and Walter Sharpe 499 for labor commissioner; Jesse D. Lander 944, Warren A. Taylor 785, and Alaska s. Linck 595 for the two senate nominations.
 On the Republican ballot were George G. Grigsby 402, and Almef J. Peterson 273 for delegate; Cash Cole 507 and Leonard Soholt I'll for treasurer; Henry A. Benson 56S for labor commissioner; Andrew Nerland 694 and E. B. Collins GIG for the two senate nominations.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-24
u.s.pR0pOSAL
 GIVEN KNOCK BY RUSSIANS
Soviet Will Never Sur render Veto Power in
 Atomic Control Plan

MOSCOW, June 24.-Pravda de- clared today that Soviet Russia nev- CT will surrender the veto power in an atomic control plan, and said the United States proposal for. con- trol of the weapon reflects evident striving for world rule"
 Tn our times, such striving can not succeed" Pravda said in Its lengthy international review de- nouncing the proposal of Bernard M. Baruch to the United Nations Security Council as the pro- duct of atomic diplomacy"
 The official Communist news paper said that there is not and cannot be a surrender of this right" of veto in atomic matters, such as the Barauch plan envisages if the United States is to share it's secret of atomic fission in an eff fort to outlaw and control this $2, 2,OOo. 100000 weapon.
 .Souiet Proposal
 The newspaper praised the Rus sian counter proposal placed before the Security Council by Andrei Grcmyko calling for prohibition of production and use of atomic bombs - that in a few words is the essence of the Soviet proposal" :"
 The Soviet plan reflects un-' changing Soviet politics of peace and defense and universal security Pravda said, terming Gromyka's suggestion humane, clear and workable"
 The Russian proposal has been published conspicuously and textu- ally in Russia. Baruchs Ameri- can plan never has been publish ed as filters or in it's complete text in the Soviet press.
 Reps U. s.
 Pravda said the United States government counted on naming the period, under it's own judgment, during which it will permit an in- ternational agency 'by successive stages to peep into the secrets of it's atomic kitchen"
 The American plan amounts, as a matter of fact, to clinching the monopoly position of the United States in the production of atomic weapons for an indefinite period" :" Pravda continued During this per- iod, which will be conditioned by the development or work of an International control organ, the United States intends to produce and store atomic Lombs.'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-24
BIkINI TEST
 REHEARSAL
 '0N TARGET
Praefite Bomb Is Dropped Through Cloud Cover
 Good" Results

ABOARD A B-29 CIRCLING BI- KIM, June 24.-TEe B-29 crew scheduled to drcp the atomic bomb in a few days outguessed the weather today and scored good" results with a practice bomb II after their planes propeller killed an Army Air Forces captain just before the take-off. -s
 Maj. Gen. Roger Ramey of Ien- ten, Tex, who rode the B-29 that dropped the practice bomb today, said:
 ''The Queens Day mission from an air operations point of view was apparently satisfactory Final judgment depends on photographs and reports"
 tFrom the U.S.S Mo Mckinley, Associated Press Correspondent El- ton C. Fay quoted the atomic bomb task force commander, Vice Adm. w. H. R. Blandy, as saying that the experiment was swell. hope the real show is as good as the rehearsal
 Clouds obliterated the target ships in Bilkini Lagoon when the B-29 piloted by Maj. Woodrow Swancutt of Wisconsin Rapids. Wis, made it's first run. But by the tirne the big plane came around again, the bombardier, Harold H. Wood, ot Bor6 @ntown, N J., was able to take advantaee.of shifting clouds to drop his practice bomb within thirteen seccncs of the scheduled time.
 VFay, aboard the Mt. Mckinley, said the bomb went off Hike ball or orange flame bursting close to the target ships" in the Bikini fleet that is to te used on or about July l when the worlds fourth atomic bomb is dropped. The Mt. Mckinley was 10 miles away, but Fay said the bomb apparently went off at an altitude of 1000 to l,5OO feet between the old battle ships USS Nevada and the light carrier, .Independence)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-24
BRIGHTER 0DUNA
 HAS HEFTY CARGO
 FOR ALA5kA ROAD

SEATTLE, June 24-Carrying a hefty deckload, including a 30-ton caboose and a 57-ton roadbed "spreader' for the Alaska Railroad, the Alaska Steamship Company freighter has sailed for Seward
 Other cargo items were a Acton power shovel, for the United States Army Engineers: a nine-ton fire truck, and Is tons of railroad track, also for the Alaska Railroad
 Too heavy to be loaded by the ships gear, the caboose and the spreader were taken aboard by a giant floating crane owned by the army. The crane, capable of lifting mere than 100 tons, easily plucked the railroad equipment from the pier to the Oduna's deck.
 In her holds, the Oduna carried full load of general cargo for Seward and Alaska interior points.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-24
ANCHORAGE AIR BOOSTERS HAVE
 TRUMAN INVITE
Group Will Guarantee King Salmon on Alaska
 Summer Visit
BY MORRIS J. HARRIS ZAP NEWS ANALYSTJ J

Dangling the attraction of catch ing king salmon, finest in the world" a group of Alaska boosters today or tomorrow plan to invite President Truman to visit their frontier Territory this summer, to "see what goes on' up there.
 The visitors to Washington say the President fished in Puget Sound last summer and didn't get bite and guarantee" that if he will go to Alaska he will find the fishing good.
 Twenty-Five Alaska businessmen and one woman have flown from the great peninsula to urge an American air line to the Far East via Alaska.
 The visit of this flying Alaskan delegation to the U. s. is a climax of campaign to get the Civil Aeronautics Board in Washington to authorize a Far East route via Alaska.
 One delegate said political pres sure from Seattle, San Francisco and other West Coast areas with the votes are seeking to have the trans-Pacific flights go and come through those areas.
 The expedition came down over
  the route of the Alcan Highway, flying an Alaska Airlines plane, and pulled up, via Edmonton, Canada, in the U. S. middle west. They found the going good and enthu- siasm high in ]. the Twin Cities, Chicago and whereabouts, and de- cided to take their case personally to Washington.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-24
EISENHOWER MASIN DARK
 ON RED PLAN
StaIin Refused to Reveal Strategy UntiI 4 Months
 Before VIE Day

WASHINGTON, June "A. - Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower recorded in his final report today as Supreme Commander in Europe that he was kept in the dark about Russlas grand strategy until four months before VIE day.
 Then, however, Marshall Stalin came through with full plans for the Red Armys final offensive, which became one jaw of a wise that crushed the German war ma chine ito a degree never. before experienced in the history of mo- dern armies"
 Detailed Report
 Eisenhower's belatedly published 123-page detailed report to the combined Chiefs of Staff covered the Hateful months from D-Day in Normandy to the German surren- der. It was released by the War Department, which said only minor details were deleted for security reasons.
 In it, the present Army Chief of Staff recorded briefly his difficult ties of coordination with the Red Army while lauding the teamwork of the Western Allies. The United States and Great Britain, he said, fought as "one nation"
 Aside from teamwork, Eisenhower concluded that the victory was due to Allied might and inyincibility of spirit" and to miscalculations by Hitler and Field Marshal von Rundstedt, the Nazi Commander in the west.
 Three Decisive Battles
 In Eisenhower's judgment, three battles were decisive in liberating Europe:
 1. The battle of the Normandy beaches, where the foe was revealed as a stubborn fighter but beset by difficulties of supply and commun- ications resulting largely from the Allied hammering from the air. "Completely misled" by Allied di- versionary operations, von Rund- stedt held the bulk of his forces in the Pas-de- Calais opposite Eng land, waiting for second assault which never came.
 ?. The battle of the Falaise pock- ct, where the enemy showed that fatal tendency to stand and fight when all the logic of war demanded q strategic withdrawal"
 3. Battles west of the Rhine dur ing February and March, l945, where the armies which had been intended to defend Germany were shattered beyond recovery
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-24
The W ashington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON


 WASHINGTON--If Justice Jack son really goes through with his determination to press for an in vestigation of Supreme Court Jus tices' previous law connections, it should open up some extremely in- teresting facts which the public hitherto has never heard about.
 If Justice Jackson or someone else had opened this up IS years before, it would have saved the taxpayers a lot of money. For there are some glaring examples where Supreme Court Justices did not Gisqualify themselves when old law connections appeared before the Supreme Court Why Jackson pick ed on Hugo Black-aside from per- sonal pique-is a mystery. Here are some of the other cases he could also have cited.
 Cose No. 1--Justice Owen Roberts was formerly a director of the Bell Telephone Company, also of Amerl- can Telephone and Telegraph, and handled legal work for those com- panies Yet when the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, subsidiary of these two companies which Roberts once represented. came before the Supreme Court. he did not step aside. On the contrary, he wrote the majority opinion.
 That opinion oyer-ruled the Maryland Public Service Commis- sion which wanted to reduce tele- phone rates. However, the former director and attorney for the par
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-24
BUILDINGS AND BARS BEFORE
 CITY COUNCIL

At this evenings special meet ing, called. bys Mayor Waino Hen drickson to dispose of matters left on hand when last Fridays regu- lar session went by the boards for want of quorum, the Juneau City Council will come face to face with the 80-page new building code which is up for first reading.
 The other matter before the Council will be final action on the ordinance extending liquor store and bar hours. which becomes ef- fective July l if finally passed to- night This evenings meeting is called at the City Hall for 8 o'clock.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-24
SHOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, June 24.-Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 8h. Alleghany Cor poration 6%. American Can l04. Anaconda 46ss. Commonwealth and Southern 5as. Curtiss- Wright 7s, International Harvester 95. Kenne- cott 56h. New York Central 26. Northern Pacific 3las, United Cor poration 5ss. U. s. Steel 86a. Pound $403is.
 Sales today were 980.000 shares.
 Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: industrials 2o3.56, rails 66.33, utilities 4l82.