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WEATHER Map, Pag. 56 and Vicinity Partly cloudy this morning," clearing this afternoon. Cooler, today, with west and northwest wind 25-35 m.p.h. beginning this afternoon. High today 55-60; low tonight ASSOCIATED FRESSii.YYIREFH0T0..WIDE DAILY MEWS F0REI8I SERVICE VOL CLVIII 20 SUNDAY CCCCG OAKLAND CALIFORNIA SUNDAY, MARCH 1953 0 DAILY NO.

60 '5 'A' (rv'' v.v hmm Mossade mm Ml 1 I I IN gh Flees Mob; Parliament Hides in P. K- Shah, Premier at Showdown In Grim Tussle for Power; Religious Faction Backs Ruler RED DEFEAT, SAYS SHAH'S SISTER IN A. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23. -The mob action reported in Iran apparently bent on keep- i TEHRAN.

Iran. Feb. 28. (IP) "Mobs supporting the 1 young Shah and Iran's powerful old Moslem religious leader crashed down the gates of Premier Mohammed Mossadegh's i homr today with a jeep and flee to Parliament. The Shah.

Mohammed Reza Pahleyi, who bears the title of Emperor of canceled plans to leave Iran. The premier's escape was made under cover 5 A Van Fleet Will Report on War To Ike, Chiefs By MARVIN lARROWSMITH AUGUSTA, Feb. 23. President Eisenhower-will get a 4 4 -i- 5yf 0 ing the Shah in power indicates his popularity as a monarch and is a blow to communism, his sister and brother-in-law said here today. Vincent Hilly er and his wife, the former Princess Fatemah of Iran, now have a home in Los Angeles.

"The communists would like very much to see his Iran," Hillyer "When he gave his land to the peasants who farmed it, it ruined communist propaganda there." Both Hillyer and the prin- cess said today's reports are healthy signs the communists are losing their grip in Iran." British Weigh Prisoner Trade Offer of Reds By TOM OCHILTREE LONDON, Feb. 28. Britain weighed gravely tonight a communist offer to trade a British businessman serving a 13- year prison term in Hungary for a Chinese glamor girl guerrilla first hand report on the Korean! in rapid order: war at a Washington conference' Mossadegh held an emergency Tuesday with Gen. James A. Van canet meeting during his flight.

Parliament met in extraordi- Fleet, just returned to the United nary gessin with Mossadegh States from command of the present in pajamas. Eighth Army in Korea. The Shah broadcast to all The President and Van Fleet banians his determination to will meet at the White House I After Mossadegh reached the 12:30 p.m., talk privately for a sanctuary of parliament, it was half hour, then lunch at the man-j reported late tonight he ordered sion with Gen. George C. Mar- his bed and food brought in.

This shall, a group of Pentagon of-j usually indicates an extended Trlhn phU by Fl Gbhrt witnessed the fire and police reinforcements were forced Mountain Boulevard and 35th Avenue. names that razed1 the old Maaee mansion, an East Oakland hill landmark ere shown at the height of the three-alarm blaze late yesterday. Thou- forced the aged premier, to ing gunlire ot nis residence guardsmen. Some demonstrators were wounded but their leader, driving the jeep through the garden gates as, a battering ram, entered the front door of the house as Mossadeh, clad in pajamas, fled from the rear Mossadegh took refuge first in the adjoining offices of the U.S. Government's Point Four Pro- gram and then in the usually; inviolate Parliament Building.

EVENTS PILE UP The attack on his house was considered a threat to his Iranian public figures under threat traditionally can camp in parliament until the situation co0 on. TENSION STEPPED UP The Shah and Mossarfpeh have differed in the past over the jbhah post-war campaign for abrupt manner of Mossadegh's expulsion of the British in his national oil devel- became more tense than ever this week At the palace, the demonstra tors persuaded the 33-year-old Shah not to leave for Europe! today. He had announced he planned to go away for reasons of health. Today's mob action disrupted the Shah's travel plans which 'apparently resulted from meet- ings in the iast few days between the ruler and Mossadegh Fire Levels Famed a I arid Land ma rk Total-War Against Reds Attacking Chinese Marshall was Army Chief of! Staff during World War II and served during the Truman ad-1 'ministration as Secretary of State; 1 and later as Secretary of DAY ON GOLF COURSE Eisenhower's press secretary, Waffprtv. announced and luncheon as the President I leader standing in the shadow of the gallows in The; Foreign Office said no devV cision had as yet been reached.

It was a grim chess move by world communism through Hun-' Hit U.N. Stone Wallplans for the Tuesday conference; spent another day on the golfjland redistribution, including course at the Augusta National! royal family holdings, and the Club He plans to fly back to! Washington tomorrow afternoon. Van Fleet returned to the SEOUL (Sunday) March 1, (-Chinese infantrymen banged into the U.N. lines all across the; Korean Peninsula in the chill pre-dawn darkness today but dug-in Allied troops stood their in relays to put down more ihan a mile of hose over a narrow, bumpy, dirt road to bring tjsree water lines to bear on the flajnes. The two-story frame mansion, which had a large veranda 'and big columns embellished with 19th century filigree, was si the home of the late Mr.

and klrs. William A. Magee, society leaders in vears oast. i Magee, a wealthy real estate dealer, and his wife, spent their winters in San Francisco One of East Oakland's most famous landmarks was burned to the ground late yesterday by threeralarm fire, visible for at least six miles. Thousands of persons saw the 30-foot tongues of flames that razed the old Magee mansion, a rambling 14-room edifice, once a gathering place for Bay area Firemen were handicapped by winds and the great distance of the stately old place from the United States this week.

He is.opment project. The differences ground. iton Tuesday, shortly before the The heaviest attack was a 150-'meeting with Eisenhower, man Chinese red force that hit' In an interview with Associ-the main Allied line near Capitol ated Press correspondent John "7';" Stabilization field otfices over then 33 Alder arms' After fanthe country' can be in liquidation scheduled to arrive in Washing- Randolph in Seoul February 10, Gen. Van Fleet said a general offensive in Korea at that time would be a certain success. He did not elaborate.

Hagerty said inclus ion of Mar shall among the luncheon guests had no special significance, and he indicated the affair would be mainly social. OTHERS INVITED nearest fireplug on 35th Avenue near Redwood Road. The blaze was seen in dowrf-town Oakland throughout East Oakland and in Alameda. Police Reinforcements were sent to handle trafTre-jDn Mountain Boule vard and 35thAvenue as motor- Another Picture, Page 14 Franrisrn's IQflfi firp ihpv mnHf their nermanent rrddpncf hPrP The mansion had been like refrigerators, or, Homoffori Vntt TS and ranges: laundry and Mossadegh complained then ofthe British have been waging a. 1 3r" All Controls May End This By STERLING F.

GREEN WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. If the Eisenhower Administration continues its rapid decontrol timetable, most or all of the few remaining price ceilings on food and consumer goods will vanish next week. More prices will rise. Within tWo weeks, officials expect to Have virtually closed out the consumer end of price controls so I that Office of Price by the middle of March.

The next batch of decontrols, it was renorted mav include LLTcnSS bread, coffee and beer; major ap ported considerable pressure on several home-laundry and electrical Kitchen appliance items. Automobiles, therirst things controlled more than twoyears I ago, are scheduled to be amon by sales competition in what bids fair to be the industry second biggest production year in history. Steel also has been on the OPS last-to-go" list. However, last week's decontrol of copper and aluminum, which brought immediate price boosts of 12 to 17 per cent for copper; may compel earlier decontrol for steel. Pius 71Tomorrow; as Pope VATICAN CITY, 28.

UP Pope Pius XII, still convalescing from his first serious ailment since he became the 261st head of the Roman Catholic Church, celebrates his 77th birthday Monday. The will mark the 14th anniversary of his election to St Peter's throne March 2, 1939. j- White and golden Vatican flags are to be unfurled from church buildings here and in Rome, but otherwise there will, be no observance, j. The Vatican newspaper L'Os-servatore Romano said today the Pope is now taking on an increasing part of his heavy burden of work. "He has not yet resumed any audiences other than those necessary for administration of church matters.

Week sands of persons to block off Others invited to lunch arelthe Shah aRreed to leave the lsts jammed their cars bumper vandals sjnce Mr Magee's cleaning services; and hundreds to bumper to see what was burn, in thfi homC( januar 4 of hardware-store items. ing. 1950Ii was largely in a staff of. Possibly sharp increases in the First alarm on the fire hbor'hd resj(ntsicost of laundry, cleaning, linen turned in at 5:32 p.m. and liat- Laid Fire depaTtment officials I and diaper services are antici-tahon Chief Stephen Dayjput the blaze Some of the durable goods turned in the second and third because of the building'scondi- also may rise- Officials have re- Secretary of Defense Charles until the premier agreed Secretary of tne Army iai t'An soprorarw rrxa rmu Vi jcu ofjgh pronmed no uff against, Hill on the East Central The I reds were hurled back in a 45-minute scrap.

A1if.rnfu Pr0DmS Iores JaDDCa Alhed posltions on the Eastern and I Western fronts, but these, Small, probing forces jabbed too, i were repulsed. Thirteen B-29 Superforts struck at three North Korean targets It's Sabres 25-2 In Feb. TOKYO, Sunday March '1. -(-Allied warplanes ran up built communist MIGs during February, Far East Air Forces announced today. FEAF said U.S.

F-86 Sabre Jets shot down 25 MIGs for a loss of only two Sabres in air combat by brilliant moonlight before midnight Saturday, the Far, East Air Forces said. Then' the weather closed down and B-26 invader, bombers, the Super fort's fly-by-night partners, were' unable to get off the ground. The Navy said its ships anJ i 's 1 The structure was at least 75 years old, Harry Hush Magee of 201 Crocker Avenue, Piedmont, son of the Magees, said. He said that the city had been studying acquisition of the house and land Chiang Asks Mobilization 'Men, Materials Are Needed Now' TAIPEH, Feb. 28.

Generalissimo Chiang Kai- shek today called for mobiliza tion of all Free China's manpower and material. Chiang spoke to the people on the eve of the third anniversary of his resumption of the presidency of the Republic of China his first public message since President Eisenhower removed the Seventh Fleet from its guardian role in the Formosa strait. "The situation, both internal and external is' evr.chan2ing I i 51 ever cnang attack is drawing nearer and nearer," he said. "The current year is the most important insofar as the making of anti-communist and anti-Russian preparations is concerned." Chiang said Formosa has changed from a shaky, insecure nation to a stable and progressive country, with a good system of military training for university graduates. Chiang has ordered that there will be no special celebrations commemorating the anniversary.

Chiang was elected China's irst president under a new con- stitutloiKat Nanking April 19, 1948, by tHeNational Assembly. He stepped down from the presidency January 211949, under pressure by some Nationalists who hoped to reach agreement with the communists. His successor Vice President Li Tsung-jen. left China for the U.S. late in 1949.

Chiang came to Formosa and announced his reas-sumption of the presidency in March, 1950. Li denounced Chiang's action as illegal, but Chiang was supported by the government. Mexico City Bus Crashes; IB Killed MEXICO CITY, Feb. 28. 0P- Thirteen persons were killed to day when a speeding bus went out oi control, nurtiea over a sharp ravine and burst into flames on the outskirts of the city.

Seventeen were injured. The accident occurred just one week after two interurban trolleys crashed headon here and killed 60 persons. 2500 More Flee Reds BERLIN, Feb. 28. -r Another 2500 refugees fleeing communist rule in East Germany reached shelter in West Berlin today.

Their arrival swelled later as he drove toward the mansion. Nine engines and trucks and three battalion chiefs, as well as City Fire Chief James H. Burke, responded! to the alarms. The nearest hydrant on 35th Avenue was some 2000 feet from the blaze. Fire enginescarrying only 1250 feet of 'hose, were used court intrigues against the gov crnrnent, informants said, and he could return.

In return Mossa vvvti wui u. ah iv.iuiii 3RD POWER MOVES IN But meanwhile a third political power moved into the picture. Iran's powerful Moslem religious leader, rrim old Mullah (high Priest) Kashani, called a closed session of the Majlis (lower house) of which he is sDeaker. A short time later a Majlis delegation took a letter from Hashani to the Shah asking the ruler to stay home Then the action began. Kashani-influenced bazaars closed down and Kashani gangs began demonstrating for the ruler to remain.

A notorious Kashani follower lrnnurn a "The Rminlete flno" smashed down Mossadegh's front; for park use. the last decontrolled. Price in- More than three hours after 'creases may be curbed, however, gary's i red government with these human beings as pawns: Edgar Sanders, 48, bespectacled cousin of film star George Sanders, "who has served three years of the 13-year sentence on.espic--nage charges in a case that orig-'-inally involved Robert A. Vog-eler, a New York businessman. Lee Meng, alias Lee Ten Tal, 25, a pretty and sullen rebel campaigner in Malaya, regarded by the British as more dangerous than a tiger when they placed a price of $40,000 on her head." A Malayan court'eonvicted Lee last summer of carrying arms, specifically a hand grenade.

The offense, carries a mandatory death penalty in Malaya, where jungle war for five years against communist led guerrillas. The girl was accused of responsibility, for the death of nine Britons. The sensational barter offer cieariy ut tne tsntisn liovern- ment Communists figure the Kremlin will reap a propaganda advantage, regard-' less of what decision Prime Min--ister Churchill's cabinet takes. Sanders' wife, Winifred, be gan bombarding British officials with pleas to make the She said she would go to the Foreign Office Wednesday or Thursday to present her case. The surprise communist move came as Gen.

Sir Gerald Tern-pier's hard hitting campaign against the Malayan guerrillas was making good headway. High SAC Officer, 2 Die in Air Crash OMAHA, Feb. 28. WvAn Poted by CoL James nere- crasnea lomgm kui ing all three occupants. Other victims were Lt Col.

George R. Groves, of Dallas, an Army-officer attached torCoL Luper's office; and TSgt. James R. Arm-t strong of Omaha, flight engineer. The plane was making its approach with the aid of the ground controlled approach system, when it crashed.

UNTIL 9 a Tribu ne Ind planes Saturday continued the attending will include Sen. Sal-relentless attack on Wonsan tonstall chairman of the longest U.S. Naval siege in the Senate armed services corn-history, imittee; Sen. Russell The Hteaw cruiser Los An geles mdved brazenly inside ReP- Shrt (R- armed harbor of the East Coast port gates in a charging jeep andiR- Luf7 38' dePuty inspector, crashed into the front door for security aStrategic the premier's residence. Air Command (SAC) headquar- ine iNavy rvoueri vnaerson, deputy Secretary of Defense Roger M.

Kyes, Gen. Omar N. Bradley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Gen. J. Lawton Collins, Army Chief of Staff; Gen.

Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Air Force Chief of Staff; Adm. William M. Fechteler, Chief of Naval Operations; Gen. John E.

Hull, secretary to the Joint Chiefs; Lieut. Gen. Manton Eddy, who has been serving in Europe, and Lieut- Gen- Gerald C. Thomas of the Marine Corps. The congressional delegation ranking minority member of that chairman of the House home is in Florida.

Eisenhower will be back at his White House desk bright and early Monday morning after his brief vacation here in Augusta, jwhere he arrived Thursday after- 'noon. 1 Northwest winds were ex pected to reach a velocity of from 30 to 45 miles per hour, iRobert T. Stevens, Secretary i and fired away with its big guns. services committee; ana nep. (Vinson ranking minor- TOKYO (Sunday), March 1.

member of the House com-LP Air Force Secretary Harold rnittee. E. Talbott landed at Tokyo In-1 'Also invited are the two Demo-ternational Airport today en cratic senators from Florida, Hol-route to Korea for an inspection land and Smathers. Van Fleet's the blaze, firemen were still busy wetting down embers. SPORTS SECTION Sports News Fraternal News, 56-A i Calendar, 56-A What's Up, 56-A Vital Statistics, 56-A Weather Map, Summary, 56-A Church News, 58-A i KNAVE SECTION The Knave "Books and Authors Art and Music Scouting and Teens Play and Recreation Hobbies Crossword Puzzle Colby's Words Editorials Walter Lippmann SOCIETY SECTION 1 Society and Clubs P-TA News Fashions Geraldine Hie Shepherd Close to Home Confident Living Parents' Corner Pattern Hollywood Beauty Mixing Bowl Tonieht's Mailig session held under tight secrecy, but in formants said Mossadegh entered the session fighting mad still in pajamas and demanded a vote of confidence.

A pro-Mossadegh nationalist faction issued a communique during the night blaming "foreign elements" and "their stooges" for the troubles. of air units and installations. 2 U.S. Ships Fight Storm in Rescue Try YOKOSUKA, Sunday, comic 16 Pages in Color PARADE Local-National Magazine MAIN NEWS SECTION General News World News Front, 2 A Victor Rlesel, A-ll Norman Thomas, A-13 Dr. Alvarez, A-17 Fat Boy, A-17 SECOND NEWS SECTION Additional News THIRD NEWS SECTION Additional News Classified Advertising SPRING FASHION SECTION 16 Pages MAGAZINE SECTION This Is Your Town Letter from Home Theaters, Wood Soanes Radio-Television Travel Page Aunt Elsie Pages Along Auto Row Home and Garden Build It Yourself Contract Bridge Earle Ennis Sketches Sprinq Fashions Time March 1.

(in The aircraft Oriskany andrf -a- II-. merchant ship Liberty Warnings Up, Stif Winds War men i from a life raft tossing in Weather Bureau yester-heavy seas 100 miles south of this posted storm warn-east coast naval ings from Point Arena to Point The Japanese Martime Safety Sur, including the San Francisco Board said thevmav be from and Suisun Bays. The special Sprinq Fashions Section in today's Tribune features stories and photographs of the latest creations. Read it to help you plan your new sprinq wardrobe. the ji 44-ton fishing boat Azuma1 ary 22 with 47 crewmen February's total to a newMaru which disappeared Febru monthly record of 41,200.

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