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Imra't Doily Ntwtpoptr UteJfat MASON CITY GLOBE-GAZETTE I I A A A I A I A I 10 It HOME EDITION UnJVH Full Ccnta MASON CITY, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, JUNK 20, 1931 Paper ol Two Sit British Oil Mission to Iran Ordered Home Tehran Takes Over Secretary Morrison to Appeal 'London, W--Foreign Secretary Herbert Morrison Wednesday ordered the British mission to Tehran to return home. Morrison told'a crowded, silent house of commons Britain again would appeal to the international court of justice at the Hague for advice on what "provisional methods" it can adopt to protect its rich Iranian oil interests. An official said later Britain would ask the court within the next two days to issue an injunction restraining both Iran and Britain from taking any action which would aggravate the dispute. Iran has said previously she does not recognize authority of the court to intervene. Morrison's announcement came after the Anglo-Iranian Oil company's negotiators in Tehran had Acheson Requests Reconsideration of British Offer Wwhlnrton, (JP)--Secretary State Acheson urred Wednesday that the Iranian tovern- ment reconsider rejection of British financial offer in the Anclo-Iranian oil dispute.

He described the situation as critical. Acheson told a news conference the American government had hoped that the offer by the Anglo-Iranian Oil company- to pay $28,000,000 to Iran as an advance toward eventual settlement would provide a basis for negotiations which 'would lead to a solution of the nationalization dispute. But the offer was turned down verr abruptly, Acheson continued, and negotiations have collapsed for the time being. asked that an airplane be sent to return them home. The negotiating team includes one government representative.

The foreign secretary indicated that Britain is not abandoning the oil fields and the oil refinery Storms Hit Minnesota, Mid-Iowa By THE Tornadoes and heavy rain hit wide areas over the midwest Tuesday night, causing heavy damage. One woman was killed and 5 persons injured in a tornado that struck over eastern Minnesota. Fifty homes were damaged and hundreds of tree toppled as the twister swept over Hutchinson, about 45 miles west of Unofficial damage was estimated at around The weather bureau also reported a tornado in southwestern Kansas. Heavy rain fell in some midwest areas, with South Bend, reporting 2.46 inches in 6 hours. Crops Peppered Terrific twisting winds slashed a swathe through central I a Tuesday night, peppering crops and town property with rain and hail ranging up to the size of baseballs.

The storm, 'coming just as the earth was turning green with young corn, soybeans and oats, battered hundreds of a of growing things into the ground. The wind uprooted, mighty trees, wrought havoc with power and telephone lines a joined with the hail in smashing thousands of windows. One woman was injured--not seriously--by a flying limb. The wind hurled huge trees and farm buildings onto U. S.

63 and 218. At McCallsburg The blast first struck at Mc- Callsburg, a town of 300 in Story county north of Nevada. From there it rushed eastward as far as Cedar Rapids. You could count 387 panes of from the windows of McCallsburg i a school. And there wasn't a business establishment on the south side of the main street that had ts windows all intact when the storm was over.

Forty-one panes in the new of the Anglo-Iranian Oil company Bethany Lutheran church in Mc- in southern "Iran. Difficult Job But he warned that Britons in Iran may have a difficult job keeping "the installations operating. Riots, abuses, misrepresentations and the uncertainty of the future have made conditions difficult for them," he said. He added this warning: "The British government is not prepared to stand by idly if the lives of British nationals are in jeopardy." Morrison went on: "It is the responsibility of the Persian government to see to it that law and order are maintained. Hints Protection "If, however, that responsibility were not met it would equally be the right and duty of the British government to extend protection to their own nationals." Britain's sea, land and air forces in the middle east already are on the alert, a qualified government source said, in the event they are needed to protect some 7,000 Britons working in the Iranian oil fields.

Callsburg smashed. The church, still under construction, tiad not yet opened. McCallsburg's roofs had holes in them, punched by hail the size of golf balls. In through the holes came drenching rain. But the worst of the hail did not strike McCallsburg.

That fell about 15 miles to the east, at St. Anthony and Clemens in Marshall county. Hail the size of oranges hammered those two towns, leaving holes in the roofs you could pitch baseballs through. -All About The WEATHER Mason City: Fair Wednesday night becoming partly cloudy Thursday. Low Wednesday night 52.

High Thursday 76. Iowa: Partly cloudy Wednesday night and Thursday with scattered thundershowers west portion Wednesday night and west and central portions Thursday. Not much change in temperature. Low Wednesday night 5460. High Thursday 75-80.

Winds diminishing Wednesday night. Minnesota: Partly cloudy and cool Wednesday night with scattered Ihundershowers spreading into extreme west. Thursday partly cloudy with scattered thundcr- west and south. Low Wednesday night 50-55. High Thursday 70-75.

Globe-Gazette weather data up to 8 a. m. Maximum Minimum At 8 a. m. Precipitation fEAR AGO: Maximum Minimum 74 56 61 .02 77 53 Mac Claims Witnesses Silenced Washington, Douglas MacArthur declared Wednesday that President Truman's orders "silencing pertinent witnesses" have denied a senate inquiry the "full facts" on his dismissal.

But MacArthur said he doesn't care to testify again himself. MacArthur rapped at the president in rejecting by letter an invitation to appear again before the senate armed services and foreign relations committees investigating his ouster. He contended, too, that some of the documentary evidence submitted to the senators had been lifted out of context so that it was "misleading," and said there was "lack of accuracy" in paraphrasing. Many of the documents given to the senators in connection with the inquiry have been is submitted in a rewritten, summary form rather than as the original documents. The reason is that the original documents were transmitted by radio in code.

Release of the actual texts might help a potential enemy to decipher the S. codes. MacArthur testified for 3 days when the inquiry began last May 3. The committees had invited him to reply, if he wished, to the testimony received then, most of it from Truman administration officials. The general wrote Chairman Russell (D-Ga.) that because "my known personal views" already are in the record in great detail, I do not believe it in the public interest to testify again." Promises to Keep Oil Flowing Tehran, Iran, Mohammed Mossadegh Wednesday ordered his government officials to take "full authority" over the billion dollar Anglo-Iranian Oil company.

He promised to'keep oil flowing from company installations. Mossadegh's orders were issued at the end of a 5 hour cabinet meeting. Deputy Premier Hussein Fatimi announced that Iran would not carry out threats of extreme nationalists -to "shut the valves" of A. O. I.

refinery at world's largest. The cabinet a been summoned emergency session, the ministers had before them an appeal from the United States to reconsider a British offer whose rejection brought to an end negotiations to resolve the oil crisis. A vaguely worded communique indicated the Mossadegh govern- ment'planned to try to take over the administration of the vast oil fields gradually. It announced that Iranian officials had been named to take over "Anglo-Iranian's northernmost oil field at Kermanshah. The cabinet meeting, whose length indicated that Iranian officials realize the enormity of the task before them, came after British Iranian talks on a possible settlement broke down Tuesday night.

The communique said that any orders of the Anglo-Iranian board of directors and its general manager would not be carried out unless countersigned by the temporary board of directors of Iran's National Oil company. Mickey Cohen Is Convicted Los Aiiftles, a Mickey Cohen was convicted Wednesday of 4 counts of federal income tax evasion. The investigation was sparked by Cohen's tqgtunony before the Kefauver senate crime investgia- ting committee that he had been living largely on borrowed income for several years. The verdict bore out Cohen's own prediction. He told a reporter during the trial: "The word is out to 'get Mickey He denied any evasion, however.

The maximum penalty would be 20 years in a federal penitentiary and totaling $40,000. Each count carries a maximum of 5 years and $10,000. He was charged with defrauding the government of more than $156,000 over a 3-y a period 1946-48, inclusive. Cohen reddened as he heard the verdict, and rocked slightly in AP Wircpholo ONE OF THE LAST HOLDOUTS-- Junji Inoue (center, right), 43-year-old Japanese navy petty officer, still wearing parachute cloth clothes and hand made underwater fighting glasses, is questioned immediately after being rescued from Anatahan, Marianas Islands by a U. S.

navy expedition: His 19 cohorts, still on the volcanic island, believe the war between Japan and the U. S. is still in progress. Henry Pangelinan (center, left), Saipan native interpreter, questions Inoue. 21 Reds Indicted on Charge of Plotting Overthrow of U.

S. President May Try to Quell Controls Revolt By FRANK O'BRIEN Washington, W)-- A democratic senator had a report Wednesday President Truman may try to put clown a revolt against important' elements of his economic controls program with a special message to congress. At the white however, Press Secretary Joseph Short told newsmen he knew of no such message being planned. Senate and house banking committees nearly finished with new bills to replace the defense production act expiring June 30 gave the'president plenty to write about with these 10 Red Planes Downed in Biggest Dog Fight By OLEN CLEMENTS (IP)--Ten red planes were shot down or damaged Wednesday in the Korean war's first double-deck dog fight. Both jet and propeller driven planes--98 of them--took part in the 4th consecutive day of air war over northwest Korea.

On the ground North Koreans suddenly abandoned punchbowl valley, which they had fought for so viciously. United Nations guns now dominate the former rec buildup area on the eastern front Sharp battles flared Wednesday on both sides of the valley--one near Kansong on the east coast and the other in mountains.north of Yanggu. Above 13,000 Feet The double air battle broke out simultaneously between low flying propeller planes and jets swirling above at 13,000 feet. When it was over the reds had lost 3 planes destroyed, one probably destroyed and 6 damaged. Twenty-f a fighters overpowered a flight of 6 Russian-built propeller planes.

All the reds were hit. A Yak fighter and two Stormovik attack- bombers were shot down. Another Stormovik was probably destroyed and two were damaged. Thirty-two American Sabre jets battled 36 Russian-type Mig-15 jets in the top level of the battle. The jet fight began at 13,000 feet and swept down to 6,000.

Four red-nosed Migs were damaged. All the Migs then streaked back across the Manchurian border, 15 miles from where the action started. The 5th air force said all Sabre jets returned safely. (Field dispatches did not report jlows Tuesday to the admin- ministration's plea for tougher controls: 1. The senate group got in line i house committee action which would forbid a further 9 per cent cut in the price of live aeef.

It went further, virtually canning any future price roll- jacks. 2. Both nouse and senate com- Tiittees voted to relax credit restrictions on automobile buying The house committee extended its credit relaxation to television anc radios, washing machines and other household appliances and house whether any UN Mustangs were lost). 28 Destroyed The 4 days of air war cost the reds 28 planes destroyed or damaged. The 5th air force listed shot down, one probably knocked out and 18 damaged.

There have been no figures of UN losses if any in these air battles. Sharp ground fighting was reported for control of 3 roads--a secondary route near Kansong on the east coast, the highway running north from Yanggu the east central and the Kumhwa-Kumsong a in the center linking the fallen red triangle with a new Chinese buildup area. Federal Court Takes Depositions in Suit Against Oliver Corp. Charles City Federal Judge Henry N. Graven 'began taking depositions at the courthouse here Tuesday in the matter of the Dliver corporation which is suing local UE union for some $122,000 for work stoppages in the recent strike.

It was expected that it will take at least another day to finish iak- ng depositions, as only 3 witnesses were before the court Tuesday. PROFESSOR. HAS POLIO Iowa City, (IP)--Allan D. Vestal, University of Iowa law professor, las been admitted to University hospitals here as a polio patient. repairs.

Higher Rents 3. The senators approved rises where rents a under control ceilings, up to 20 per cent above 1942 levels. 4. The house committee refused to incorporate in its new bill authority for the government to li cense a means cracking down on control viola tors. The decisions are all subject to final committee approval a must before being sent'to the president The senate cqmmittee may take final action Thursday.

Stabilization directors reactec with cries of alarm. Senators predicted one of, the most vigorous fights of the session when the controls bill comes Before their chamber, probably early next week. The democratic senator who re- ayed report that President Truman may enter the fight with a special message to congress asked not to be named. He is an administrative supporter. He spoke to a reporter after the senate banking committee took the action which apparently cut the administration deepest.

This was trie sally against fu- ure price rollbacks. It would jrevent Price Director Michael V. DiSalle from pruning prices below the average market level of Jan. 24-Feb. 24 this year, un- ess the market had of its own iccord isunk below that level.

In hat case, DiSalJe could not set Drices lower than the average NEW HYDROGEN BOMB PLANT Two buildings shaped like the spokes of wheels appear on a cleared tract at the atomic energy commission's new Savannah river hydrogen bomb project at Ellenton, S. Car. This air view was made by a. Washington Times-Herald staff photogra- AP Wirephoto pher with approval of AEC field officials. The negative was submitted to the AEC headquarters in Washington for final clearance.

At first the newspaper was told it could not print the picture, but the AEC gave an okay Tuesday for if iw. prevailing when he issued a new order. "Stimulating" Senator Maybank (D-S. chairman of the senate banking committee, and author of the rollback limitation said it would stimulate production, thus helping to fight inflation. It would encourage production, he said, because both agriculture and industry would "know where they stand." DiSalle has already rolled back price of live beef 10 per cent.

Maybank said the committee's plan would only leave DiSalle room to. reduce beef prices another two per cent. DiSalle had announced plans to lower live beef prices another 9 per cent-per cent Aug. 1 and 4i per cent Oct. 1.

Economic Stabilizer 'Eric Johnston said the senate committee plan would be "bad news for every American housewife." DiSalle 'said the January-February basement on prices would 'kill rollbacks," disappointing hopes for officially lowered prices of clothing and shoes. Hunt Escapee in Iowa After Abduction Ponliac, (ffi)--A 27-year- old Detroit ex-convict abducted a Detroit housewife and fled to Iowa a few hours before a murder warrant was issued against him Wednesday. Police states and several midwestern FBI agents joined "orces in a manhunt for Warren Lee Irwin, who was named in the warrant in the June 8 slaying of Vtrs. Adeline Shagena of Pontiac. Police said his identification as the abductor has been established positively.

The housewife, Mrs. Lois Myers, 42, was robbed of $200 and forced 'rom her auto at West Liberty, "owa, Wednesday afternoon after i hectic all night ride with the 'ugilive. She said Irwin went to the Myers household Tuesday night and pleaded for a ride to an airport on the ruse that he wanted hurry to the bedside of his sick mother. He told Mrs. Myers that her mother and his mother were riends.

Mrs. Myers agreed to drive him to the airport, but instead said she found herself in an auto with convict. a gun-brandishing The distraught housewife told West Liberty police and FBI agents that Irwin boasted during he night-long ride that he had slain two people. Members the Myers family Irwin's i in newspapers and alerted police vhen the housewife failed to re- urn. The manhunt swung into ligh gear after she made her way West Liberty police headquar- ers and told her story.

Mrs. Shagena. a 37-year-old! louscwife, was shot to death in a wooded area near here. Author- ties Wednesday charged Irwin, Caught in Early Morn FBI Net Believe Violence Was Planned Washington, Twenty members of the communist party's secondary command were indicted Wednesday on charges of plotting violent overthrow of the United States government. Seventeen of those indicted by a federal grand jury in New York were seized in an early morning roundup by FBI agents.

The .4 others were being sought. New York Arrests Sixteen of the arrests were in New York, the other in Pittsburgh. The government moved against ihe lesser lights in the wake of month's supreme court decision upholding the conviction of the party's 11 top leaders. Attorney General McGrath and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover said in a statement: "Some of the individuals arrested are members of the alternate national committee, recently formed by the comunist party to serve as the top policy making body in the absence of'the present national committee members, now convicted." The 11 leaders were convicted in New York in 1949' of conspiring to teach and advocate the violent overthrow of the U.

S. ernment Although the supreme courtjip- neld the conviction 7 weeR'f ago, a legal battle for a rehearing is still on. All Active Each of those seized Wednesday was described by Hoover as "a Drominent, active functionary of communist party, U. S. All of those taken into custody were charged under the 1940 Smith act.

The supreme court up- icld the constitutionality of this law, providing punishment for violent plotting, when it affirmed the convictions of the top 11. That group received prison sentences ranging up to 5 years and each was fined $10,000. Attorney General McGrath, in, a statement Wednesday, saluted Ms aides in the FBI and the justice department's criminal division for their ability to act "promptly" against the party's alternate leadership. He said: "In view of the recent ruling of. the supreme court upholding the constitutionality of the Smith act, I hope that the country, by this action today, will realize the department will continue vigorously to pursue and bring to account those leaders who would attempt to overthrow the insitiutions of freedom in this country by force and violence." Carefully Planned The carefully planned roundup was carried out with precision over a period of just a few hours.

tn most cases, the federal agents waited near the homes of those slated for arrest and made their pickups on the street. Some officials have said the number of prosecutions could run as high as 12,000. However, most ndications are that the government will not try to move on such a broad basis now. Included among those arrested ivere: Israel Amter, 70. of New York 2iiy, organizer of the "Friends of Soviet Russia in the United States." Marion Maxwell Abt Bachrach, 52.

of New York City, public re- ations director and secretary of defense commission of the communist Isidore Begun. 47. of the Bronx, New York, party writer and speaker. Begun, a former teacher in York City public schools, was born in Russia and became a a state prison "parolee, with the citizen in 1925 laying. He had served sentences 'or auto theft and breaking and entering.

SAME DATE--1950--229 Black Ilafi means traffic death In lost 24 hours; Alexander Bittelman, 61, of Croton-on-Hudson, New York, described by the department as "one of the foremost theoreticians and dialecticians of the party." A native of Russia, still unnaturalized, he has served as a staff member of the Daily Worker, the communist newspaper. Deportation proceedings against him are pending. George Blake Charney, 46, of New York City, trade union secretary of the New York state communist party. A native of Russia, he claims American citizenship through the naturalization of his father when he was a child. Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, 60, of New York city, member of the.