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Evening star., 1949-04-03
Icebreaker Cruise Adds
Much to Our Arctic
knowledge
By Thomos R. Henry

For the first time man is sailing
ships through the solid ice Of the
Arctic winter, across which planes
are blazing the shortest route
between the New and Old Worlds.
The Navy's new 6.000-ton ice
breakers are slashing their way
into frozen seas hitherto closed to
navigation for at least six months
Of the year. Hitherto. wintering
parties have allowed themselves to
be frozen in the pack and re-
mained essentially cut off from the
world during the winter night.
But men now sail in relative COM
fort over areas where the early
explorers trekked and starved.
Last winter the Navy tested the
possibilities of icebreakers on both
the west and east coasts of Green
land. The object was to go as far
north as possible on both sides Of
the great Arctic island, the north
ern and eastern outpost Of North
America, whose strategic impor-
tance for the future hardly can be
exaggerated. Unforeseen circum-
stances prevented the complete
realization Of the objective, but
new chapters were written in the
history of ice navigation. hitherto
inexperienced natural phenomena
encountered and unpredictable
difficulties and dangers met. Full
reports have been filed with the
Navy Department. but at this
stage 1t is difficult to arrive at
conclusions.
The U. S. S. Edisto. one of the
two or three toughest ships in
existence, was used for the survey.
1t is essentially uncrushable. 1t
demonstrated the feasibility of
proceeding at any time of the year
well above the Arctic Circle. along
both coasts. 1t also demonstrated
that far more remains to be
learned, and that q whole new
field Of navigation must be mas
tered before the worlds last from
tier can be crossed with impunity
throughout the year.
/ Starting from Boston, the
Edisto proceeded northward
through Davis Strait UP the West
Greenland coast to several degrees
north Of the Arctic Circle.
No Open Water
This is the route most frequent
ly Travelled by Arctic explorers of
the past. All along the way are
scenes famous In the journals Of
Kane. Hall and Peary. The way
lies through relatively narrow
water channels with high land on
both sides. Thus 1t is compare
lively sheltered. There are per-
manent settlements on Green
lands west coast beyond the
northernmost limits OF any ship.
But In winter. over most Of the
way. there Is no open water ex-
cept, In mild years. a strip treach-
erously close to the mountain
edged coast. A little north of the
Arctic Circle the channels are
plugged with ice up to 80 feet
thick, through which 1t is incon-
ceivable that any ship could make
its way.
This Is hard ice. Frozen water
varies In hardness almost as much
as do different kinds Of rock. It
is relatively easy. for example, for
an icebreaker Of the Edisto's type
to slash tts way for hundreds Of
Evening star., 1949-04-03
U.N., 4 Years Old, Facing
Its Toughest Time Now
Backers Maintain Progress Is Slow, but Point
to Truces and Peaceful Settlement
of Disputes as Worth While
D. Frescn W. Caspesssr

LAKE SUGGESTIVE after Grave And hos~f4 saAs
United Nations hardest time bat u - sSa4 u
AnryAn Government are ee I'D
Mr planned 70 tao~ Iris support
eonnc-sae As.nG fo- tne rx-rAtel
Evening star., 1949-04-03
jap Cabinet Man Runs Store
By WiIliom Jorden

|and this got him elected three
times to the Tokyo City Assembly.
In 1s4l he entered national
politics and did something that
was considered almost impossible
won election to the Diet without
support of the late Premier Hideki
Tojo's Imperial Rule Assistance
Association. He has been q house
member ever since.
Nagasaki Likes Him
When American bombers hit his
political stronghold. Honda went
back to his old home In Nagasaki
prefecture. He quickly picked up
q new following there. He has
been elected from Nagasad three
times. On the basis Of this record.
he Is regarded as one Of the
smoothest operators In japanese
politics.
In attempting to streamline the
governments bureaucratic struc-
ture and save money. he Is ex-
pected to have to take the respon-
sibility for putting several thou
sand people out Of their jobs.
Honda doesn't seem to mind the
burden. In the early morning and
late afternoon he still tends store,
sitting out In front. reading the
papers and talking TO passersby.
Now and then he gets up to sell q
peanut bar or q paper airplane TO
one of the children who pass his
door on the way TO school.
Oastrnuss1 ~ shs Assssaassd Prs2l
Evening star., 1949-04-03

The Russian nsws agency Taks
later reported they quit because
too many Americans and BEstOps<
are CO the WHO payroll.
The Trustaest1ip Council IL
quietly working away AZ pTos'sg -
Of nnnsef -goTeYTasEsg people ~ .
world
The organization has gFo%B N
lis short career 70 aspToxfsn =
J 900 seeresAEiAt wogkers at IS
main ossce. On December 81.
1913, there wrre ! 500 Asnertc&ns
and - Russians.
From q financial standpoint.
the u. n. In solvent fta ASSESS
unsnts are almost 100 per e~as
paid.
Dsssrsessss ~ % Aafsssss*d vss~l
Evening star., 1949-06-16
Homer 6uck, Hearst
Publisher, Dies al II
D. SO 5Assessmss.a sssss

NORWAY. Asaea. t4ne ia
Homer 0aek. II. sornes Heart
newspaper executive ard one saEss
publisher and president et tssr c4c
ChRAgo HssAaa-Ex&sxssoeE. eeSa d
q hrart attack At . fsesns.ai isesx
YESTERDAY
Mr., Goek wAx ssTsekra stalk
arsy!ng with his wafe. Beatrice
and another ccsssaae srcsn tsael'
ChEase harae 10 the.r summer
horne as Eagle HaresCs. M9h.
Nj Duck ssarte. his aewxAp p~s
career In 1900 - reporter CO stas
old Chicago Journal. Tso wears
later he joined the xtAf al tie
Hoashson tMleh Mining uasxts<
and served sssecessivess as report !
eE, managing editcs. vice fsseaasssDE
and editor He lxfs the oaMetie ~
1890 TO become assistant 10 tast
president Of the D~igpat Lie lnN
sarance Co, and later Vas vact
president OF The union Trust CD
AZ Detroit.
Mr.. Guek Joined the HeAFsl
newspapers IN 1877 ~ aSssss All |
business manager Of the Nsw Scg
Evening Journal Later he heik
executive posts with the San FrasI
cisco Examiner. tte Detroit Time
and Chicago Herald -Examines
He was born at L'Anxe. Mich,
Evening star., 1949-06-16
500 Berlin Laws Dropped
By Allies 10 Aid Sell. f.RuIe
By ths Associated Press

BERLIN, June 16.-The Western
Allies yesterday Cancelled 500 direc-
tives. of the past four years in
Berlin to give'the city government
more self-rule.
~The American, British and French
commandants wiped of the book
orders once used to rule their
sectors.
Western Berlin is now operating
on new basic law. that gives the
Socialist controlled government
much leeway in running its affairs.
J In general the Allied retained
their powers only on international
questions and security.
The list of Cancelled orders in
clude such directives as imposition
of curfew restrictions. instructions
for repairs for schools and hos
pitfalls, creation of labor courts and
orders on food distribution.
Evening star., 1949-06-16

The unW1ttlng assistance OF
Washington National Airport en-
ployes in the attempted theft Of
an airplane three years ago. cost
the Government $54, ,980.25 in
Alexandria District Court yester-
day.
Federal Judge Albert v. Bryan
ordered the Government to pay
that amount to insurers of the
plane, which was wrecked by q
16-year-old boy attempting to
steal it.
Leroy s. Bendheim. attorney for
the plaintiff, the Insurance Co.
of North America. said the plane
was parked at the airport July
Is, 1946. by a pilot for the owner.
John A. Victor, jr., Of Rochester,
N. Y.
The next day. Mr.. Bendheim
said, a 16-year-old boy TAXED the
plane onto the field and started
to take off. He was tagged down
and told he could not proceed un-
til he paid storage fees on the
plane, it was testified.
After telling airport authorities
the plane belonged to his father
Evening star., 1949-06-16
Arlington Rites Tomorrow
For Miss Ann O'Beirne

Services for Miss Ann O'Beirne
Is. District Junior AAU low board
diving champion in 1947, who died
last Thursday in Neuchatel
Switzerland. will be held at 8 pm
tomorrow at Arlington Cemetery
Miss O'Beirne suffered a spine
injury June 8 when she dived into
shallow water in q lake near the
Swiss town. She became par
alyzed and died the next day.
The swimming and diving star
was graduated from Washington
and Lee High School. Arlington,
last year and was attending school
at Neuchatel at the time of the
accident.
Miss OBeirne also won the an
nual Army Navy County Club
meet in Arlington in 1947 and was
member Of the Ambassador
Swimming Club for four years.
Her father, Capt. Frank
O'Beirne, arrived here yesterday
fro mLondon, where he Is Ameri-
can assistant naval air attache
The family lived at 2343 South
Meade street. Arlington, before
going to London last year.
Besides her parents she is sur
vived by a sister. Karen Gail. and
brother. Frank, jr.
Evening star., 1949-06-16
|. B. Sheppard, Shoe
Official, Dies in Crash
BY ths Assoeiofed Press

VILLANOVA, Pa. June 16.-A
young executive of the Hanover
Shoe Co. was killed yesterday in
the flaming crash OF his plane on
q Main Line estate is miles west
of Philadelphia.
! The victim was Lawrence B.
Sheppard, 26, assistant general
manager of the firm. His father,
Lawrence ,. Sheppard. ST.. Is gen.
!. eral manager. and his grand
father, H. D, Sheppard, Is one OF
sthe founders of the firm and pres
sident of the Hanover Evening Sun
newspaper.
S,s.All three have been active in
the Hanover Shoe Farms, breed
ers Of trotting and pacing horses.
Lawrence Sheppard, ST.. is a direc-
tor of the Laurel (Md.) Raceway.
The crash occurred as young
Sheppard took off from a corn
field where he had made an emer-
gency landing a few hours earlier,
Mr.. Sheppard was a fighter
pilot with the Air Force in Europe
during World War II. The owner
of several harness horses, he drove
as an amateur IN races last Sat-
urday at Rosecroft track, near
Washington. D. c.
Surviving are his parents and
his grandfather and, three sisters.
Mrs. w. Todd De Van Of Wash
tngton and Mrs. Robert Knipper
and Patricia Sheppard. both Of
hanover. s.-Irt-t - sa.y,.
Evening star., 1949-06-16
Unwilling Aidof Employees Costs
III. S. $54,08O in Plane Theft

and paying the storage fee. the
boy was told what runway to use
In his takeod and given clear
ance by the airport tower. Mr..
Bendheim said.
The plane was only 10 feet Of
the ground when it nosed over
and crashed. Also in the plane
was q 19-year-old Montgomery
(Ala.) youth. Neither was injured.
After the crash. the youths were
taken to the operations Office at
the airport, Judge Bryan was told.
The younger boy asked permission
ia call his father and the two were
allowed to leave. Mr.. Bendheim
said. They were arrested the fol-
lowing day In Baltimore.
Mr.. Bendheim and Abner II.
Ferguson. who also represented the
insurance company, argued that
the airport was paid to take care
of the plane, but failed to do so.
Government attorneys con-
tended that the action Of airport
employees in permitting the take
of was not directly responsible
for the crash.
Evening star., 1949-06-16
CONTINUED From First Page J

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preached for the job. but had not
given his answer.
In Bluefield, w. Va, new con.
tract talks between the UNIV ano
the Southern Coal Producers AS.
ISOLATION were continuing with
little or no apparent progress.
The UNIV yesterday challenged
the Southerners' so-called must
proposals for any new contract
But there has been no indication
that the union has yet made any
proposals Of its own.
Secrecy was the rule after yes.
terday's three-hour bargaining
session. President Joseph E
Moody Of the Southern producer.
and UNIV Secretary-Treasurel
John Owens. the respective spokes.
men. refused to talk about what
took place.
The union repeatedly insisted
however. that all of the operators
demands should be open to nego.
tiation and challenged their right
to tag any Of them as "musts."
Evening star., 1949-06-16
.HiekenIooper Seeks
To Learn il Real U-D5
Bottle Was Recovered
By ]. A. oleor

Senator HlckenloopeT. RepQo-
lican. OF Iowa today Questioned
whether investigators actually
have found the bottle which con-
tanned the ounce Of urAntum-2s5
that disappeared at the Argonns
National Laboratory In Chicago
last September.
Although the Joint Congress
sional Atomic Energy Commit
tee. hearing charges Of mixraan-
agement against the Atomic
Energy Commission. met today IN
the hope of clearing up the mys-
tery OF the missing uranium. Sen
ator Hickenlooper only added tc
the mystery. for the time being
at least.
| He said the bottle. which
Chairman Mcmahon announced
two weeks ago had been found
was an ordinary clear fruit Jar
and Senator Hickenlooper insisted
the committee had been led tc
believe up TO that time that the
missing uranium was in a brown
chemical laboratory bottle.
Feels Jar Is Right One.
However, DR.. Walter II. Zinn.
director Of the Argonne Labora-
tory. told Senator Hickenlooper
from the witness stand that he
was completely and absolutely
convinced that the jar dug up
two weeks ago Is the right one"
The fruit jar was dug up from
a special burial vault" kept at
the Argonne laboratory. near the
University Of Chicago. for the safe
disposal Of waste materials left
over from laboratory experiments.
Before 1t was found the Atomic
Energy Commission was convinced
1t had found nearly all Of the lost
uranium by searching through
and retaining waste material
from the Argonne laboratory. The
search for the empty bottle went
on only because its absence left
one angle of the investigation in
complete.
Senator Hickenlooper told the
committee today that at closed
session several weeks ago, before
the fruit jar was dug up, the COM
mittee was shown dark brown
bottle as a sample Of the kind the
uranium had been in. The Iowa
Senator also quoted from one OF
the reports Of investigators a
statement that a majority OF wit
Inesses questioned about the loss
at Chicago had thought the bot
tie was a brown one.
| Tells About Loss.
DR.. Zinn unfolded in open ses-
sion today a detailed account OF
how he believes the missing U-235
accidentally was dumped into q
receptacle Of ordinary uranium.
He explained that the labora-
tory where the loss occurred nor
mally works only with unenriched
uranium. but required a small
quantity of the more valuable
mixture last fall for q particular
experiment. After such an oper-
Evening star., 1949-06-16
Chilean Cabinet Meets
On Fall Of Copper Price
Nv tbs A,soe;o,sd Press

SANTIAGO, Chile. June 49,
The Chilean cabinet held two
emergency sessions yesterday to
discuss the critical situation
caused by q fall in the price Of
copper-the backbone Of this
country's economy.
President Gabriel Gonzalez
videla summoned American Am
bassador Claude Bowers to the
presidential palace to discuss the
problem.
The government ministers re-
portedly considered special laws
aimed at softening the blow to the
national economy and relieving
unemployment. Two of Chile's
three big copper mines announced
they would cut operations by 80
per cent.
Evening star., 1949-06-16

atscn. he S2sa. there ID always
some material left oser. Ard t.se
bottle Of enriched uranium whlrn
has caused al liz furos consisted
a. machine chips"
The bottle. and ether part
caes o. precious material left over
from the experiment. we're pre-
SalmeG to have aeen Transferred
under careful procedures 20 a
central storage vault
Left I'm LaAeTaters.
Dr.. Z.nn said. however. II IL
fairy certain ncw that the yoang
man handing the transfer thought
he had packed and moved al a II.
but that apparently this bottle
VAS left in The laboratory. Or
Zsnn said the bookkeeping for
keeping track of enriched material
is complicated ard he expressed
his belief that the man who did
the packing was not informed
enough 10 know" that some had
been left out. DF. ZIan indicated
that since then new steps have
been taken for auditing the trans
fer Of shipments,
The next step. Dr. zlnn said
was 10 see If the missing u 33s
had been accidentally mixed with
the ordinary. unerriche<i urar istn.
in that laboratory. He sad no
bottle carrying the right label
was found al the time. but one
man recalled that there ssd been
IL large metal caps. like garbage
cans. OF ordinary waste materials
in that laboratory that we're
slated 10 be sent 10 q metal re-
covery station IN Philadelphia
He said a tedious sampllng
process revealed that the uranium,
in one OF these cans waS much
richer than IL should have been
That can Immediately was sent
70 the atomic energy plant. al
Oak Ridge, Tenn. where the com
mission later announced 1t had
recovered all but one-eighth O!
the precious lost material.
A possible indication that SEN
ator Hickenlooper may be near
ing the end OF his inquiry was
seen today In his announce
ment that he hopes TO let fhe two
experts who have been helping
him return TO their regular jobs
in q few days.
They are Fred Rhodes and Da-
vid Teeple. Mr.. Rhodes was stan
director of the Joint committee
and Mr.. Teeple was his assistant
when Senator Hickenlooper was
committee chairman during the
Republican controlled soth Con-
gress. When the Democrats re-
gained control. Senator Mcmahon
appointed a new stafi.
Mr.. Rhodes is on loan from
the Central Intelligence Agency
and Mr.. Teeple from the Ali
Force. Senator Hickenlooper's re-
quest for their assistance was Ap-
proved by the committee at the
start OF the inquiry.
Since the Investigation began
Senator Hickenlooper's offices In
the Senate Once Building have
been under special guard by Capt.
tol police, because OF the secret
documents made available 70 him
Evening star., 1949-06-16
White Navy Veteran
Tells Of FIoggiing by
Gang in Birmingham
lY the Asseeiatsd Rrsss

BIRMINGHAM. Ala. June 49,
"I'm getting a gun and I know
how to use one"
That was the answer today of a
31-year-old white Navy veteran
who was fogged by q white-robed
gang Tuesday night.
Billy Guyton Stovall told re-
|: porters last night how six or eight
robed men dragged hiu from his
home, drove him TO q side road,
and lashed him 20 times with q
leather belt.
Mr.. Stovall, said in an inter-
view:
THE only reason they gave me
is that left. my children at home
. alone" He said that wasn't true.
Mr.. Stovall is employed in q
pipe plant. Neighbors described
him as a good husband and
father.
He said he was at home with
his two children, Jimmy, 10. and
Elaine. 8, when a robed man
! knocked on the door.
. Mr.. Stovall said he was driven
to a lonely area and forced to
! lie on the ground.
"One man sat on my legs and
another one sat on my shoulders. !"
he said. 'Then some one began
beating me with wide leather
!. belt. It hurt like hell"
Mr.. Stovall's back was covered
with welts.
/ The flogging was the third in
cident involving robed gangs in
this area within a week. A A.
: year-old woman was manhandled
land a restaurant owner was forced
to watch cross burning Friday
night Roth are white
Evening star., 1949-06-16
Socialist Mayor Stump
Of Reodino. Po.. Dies
D. tAs Asses ssse-s srsss

READING. Pa. June i6-J
Henry Stump. 60. three times
Socialist mayor Of Reading. d!e<t
yesterday al his home.
Mr.. Stump. hrst elected MAYER
in 1927 and renamed In 1895 and
l9%3. returned home yesterday
from the Reading hospital. which
he entered several weeks ago with
q throat ailment,
He was q member of the So
cialist Party for more than SO
years and held numerous Offices
in the organization.
Evening star., 1949-06-16
So Many Tributes
Roosevelt, T., Stops
Counting at 1000
Ry ths Assoeiated Prass


Representative Franklin D.
Roosevelt. jr.. Democrat. Of
New York has received more
than 1000 cables, kilograms
or letters of congratulation
since taking his oath as q
member of Congress.
Mr.. Roosevelt, son and
namesake of the late Presi-
dent, also has received nu-
merous floral tributes since
being seated two days ago.
We've received so many"
one aide said, that we
stopped counting when the
number got past 1000"
Evening star., 1949-06-16
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Evening star., 1949-06-16

War ]. He is q member Of the
American Camping Association,
and is a past president of the
American Boys Club Associates
and of the Executive Committee
Of the Community Chest.
He and Mrs. Fyfe and their
family live at 6149 Utah avenue
NV.
Evening star., 1949-06-16

Of directors OF
the Boys Clubs
Of America at
a meeting Of
the Boys Clubs
Executives As
Lsocia ton In
New York.
7oMr. Fyfe,
who has held
the position as
executive di-
rector Of the
club here since
1890. first came
to Washington
during w orld
Evening star., 1949-06-16
IFyfe Reflected Director
I0f Bows Club Of America

Charles M. -Fyfe. executive di-
rector of the Boys Club Of Wash
|ington. today was reelected to his
third term on the national board
Evening star., 1949-06-16

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Evening star., 1949-06-16
Where Rodios Are Rare

SINGAPORE (R.-Malaya has
one radio to every GOT persons.
Singapore's ratio is one set to every
125 persons. The ratios are the
highest of any area In Southeast
Asia.
Evening star., 1949-06-16

Production of canned meat to-
tailed / ,099 ,000, 900 pounds in 1947,
most of it being pork products.
Evening star., 1949-10-19
Win, Lose, or Draw
By FRANCIS STANN
The Practically Perfect Bone

It was whoppng indictment of the Pacific Coast League
when Buky his signature threeyear contract
morning the Senators again. The obvious con-
cuson the managerial job in the majors