Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 169, Decatur, Adams County, 20 July 1955 — Page 8

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Rich Oil Magnate Is Taken By Death One Os Richest Men Dies This Morning LISBON (INS) — Sabulous oil magnate Calouste Sarkis Gplben Xian the original "Mr. five per-, cent" who became one of the world's richest men, died today in Litjbon. He was 80. Hfs fortune was estimated at anywhere from $250,000,t>00 to a billion dollars. Gulbenkian. who had been ill for years, died at the Hotel Avia where he had hoped to live in seclusion to at least the age of IOC. He had claimed his father was 105 when he died. Heir to the huge Gulbenkian fortune is tall, dark, elegant bearded Nubar Gulbenkian. son of the financial wizard. The son is known in Britain as the only rider to wear a monocle and orchid at a hunt. It is reputed (hat Nubar when a child was smuggled out of Turkey by his father in a carpet bag 1 during a massacre of Armenians. One of the world s greatest financial wizards, the elder Gulbenklan’s business affairs reportedly brought him over $350 an hour around the clock. He was born in Constantinople (Intanbul) in 1869 of Armenian parents and first became interest-* ed in oil when his father and uncle began dabbling in the business. He went to London, became a naturalized Briton in 1902. and soon became a master of complicated international oil deals that made him a legendary figure. It was in March, 1914. that he brought off the financial coup which forever earned him the tag "Mr. five per-cent." * He persuaded the Turkish goveAment to give to British. German. and Dutch interests an oil concession for all of Iraq, which was then part of the Ottoman empire. The shrewd man refused a lump sum for his trouble and came outof the deal with a lift long . five percent share in what later became the Iraq Petroleum company, That deal alone was estimated -to have given him $6,(M10 a day in recent years. Increased Income Reported By Pennsy ’ NEW YORK (INS) --Pennsylvania railroad reported net Interne for the six months ended June 30 of $20,884,608, equal to $1.59 a common share. This compared with $2,319,315. or 18 cents a common share, in the same period last year. Gross revenues amounted to $446,780,309 as against $423,788,240 in the initial half of 1954. A spokesman said that July carloadings continue to show surprising strength, with the total of 1'16,451 for the week ended July 16 the second highest weekly figure for the year. Trade tn a Good Town — Decatur

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r —’2 R te'L/w fRIAL IS UNDERWAY in Brattleboro, Vt., for Mrs. Lucille Mil- . ler (above) on charges of at* tempting to influence young men against the draft Mra Miller, 45, and her husband held off federal marshals and state police for 12 hours with a rifle in their barricaded home in Bethel, Vt, last May 3, until they were subdued by a tear gas onslaught (International) Six Guardsmen Are Burned At Grayling Three Os Six Are Seriously Injured CAMP GRAYLING. Mich. (INS) —Six Indiana national guardsmen were burned in a mess hall fire at Camp Grayling. Mich., in another of a series of mishaps which have plagued the encampment. Three of the six were seriously hurt and were flown to the Great Lakes, 111., naval hospital Tuesday afternoon. The fire began when gasoline used in army stoves was ignited, spewing flame through the kitchen end of the frame mess hall. Despite their injuries, the six were able to escape the burning building. All six are members of the 151st infantry regiment 38th division. Indiana national guard, and live in Indianapolis. Those burned seriously and transferred to Great Lakes hospital were Capt. Frank M. Coleman. 38. Pvt. Thomas Hale, 18, and Pvt. Donald E. Kramer ,18. In the Camp Grayling dispensary, reported in satisfactory condition are Pvt. Kenneth C. Martz. 18. Pvt. Paul E. Jared. 19, and Pte. James R. Bunch. 20. SEC -CHAIRMAN (Continued from Page One) lar Dixon-Yates deal toward the White House after hearing New York bankers Adolphe H. Wenzell and George D. Woods. Kefauver said that from the record "it is quite apparent” there is “a substantial conflict" between the testimony of Wenzell and Edgar H. Dixon, president of Middle South Utilities, Inc., and partner in the Dixon-Yates combine. Kefauver. also accused Wenzell, a former vice president of the First Boston Corp., of violating the law forbidding government officials from dealing with companies in which they have an interest. The charge was promptly denied by Wenzell, who served as an unpaid budget bureau consultant while he w’orked for First Boston, the financial agent for DixonYates. Woods, First Boston’s board chairman, denied that during his meetings with former budget bu-

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Justice Dept. Studying Lev Case Action May Call Jury To Probe Testimony In Alleged Graft WASHINGTON (INS) — Harry “The Hat” Lev. who claims senate investigators havei "ruined" him, returned to Chicago today to uwait word on whether federal prosecutors want the "ruins.” The justice department is studying the possibility of calling a federal grand jury to look into testimony concerning Lev and others involved in military clothing procurement. The 51-year-old immigrant from Poland, who amassed a fortune making caps for the armed forces, announced Tuesday that he is "no more a millionaire." He made a brief return appearance before the senate investigations subcommittee and denied a former employe’s deathbed charge that Lev's gains from the government had been ill-gotten. The accusation was made by Hyman Roskin. of St. Louis, three days before he died of cancer on June 29. Roskin told the subcommittee Lev had bribed government officials, but on the stand Tuesday. Lev called Roskin a gambler who had “double crossed” him. Lev repeated all his past denials of bribing military procurement personnel. .He scoffed at a charge by Michael Weintraub, a former quartermaster inspector who preceded him on the stand, that Lev had offered him bribes. But in carrying out a promise to account for some $200,000 in cash he passed around in 1952 and 1953. Lev could only recall where $154,000 of it went. A month ago. he couldn’t account for a penny. Almost SIOO,OOO was spent on gifts, Lev said, and most of the remaining $54,000 on loans. He said the gifts went to his wife, his family, his friends, his “loyal” employes and his mother-in-law. The loans, he said, went mainly to help some of his workers buy homes and automobiles. - f Subcommittee chairman John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) a skeptical sort, reminded Lev that ■ the justice department and internal revenue service are looking into the case.

Muncie Woman Dies Os Auto Injuries MUNCIE. Ind. (TNIS) —lnjuries suffered by Mrs. Elizabeth Fogle, 81, when two vehicles collided while trying to avoid striking her. have claimed the elderly Muncie resident's life. Mrs. Fogle was crossing heavily traveled Madison street in Muncie a week ago when the crash occurred. A car, driven by Donald D. Carr, 18, of Hartford City, and a truck driven by Everett Smith, 54, of Selma, both swerved to avoid her, and collided. One of the tvyo vehicles careened into the woman, but eyewitnesses were uncertain which it was. reau director Joseph Dodge he was attempting to “scare up business for First Boston or the financial community.”

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Nixon Given Daily Briefing On Parley Passes Information To Senate Leaders WASHINGTON (INS) — Vice President Richard M. Nixon stops by the state department on his way to work these days to rind out what’s going on at the Big Four conference in Geneva. Nixon gets- a full briefing at about 8:30 each morning from acting secretary of state Herbert Hoover Jr., and then heads for Capitol Hill, where he spends a large part of the day passing the information along to senate leaders. Assistant secretary of state Thruston B. Morton receives the the talks between President Eissame kind of briefing so he can keep house leaders up to date on enhower and the premiers of Russia. Britain and France.

• -.v ; 1 _ , ■ , , v - — 1 I —— We Salute You GENERAL ELECTRIC OF DECATUR ** ■ . ■ *** “ .... on the 35th Anniversary of the completion of the First Motor manufactured in the Decatur General Electric Plant. Decatur citizens know of the inestimable value of this thriving industry, there are few who have not experienced its benefits directly or indirectly. * . • ’ ■- . 0 During these 35 years, millions and millions of dollars in payrolls have poured into this community .... money which went into the pockets * of wage earners arid was spent in turn by them for the necessities and luxuries of living. * WCT9, The contributions of time and effort spent by these same employes in religious and civic asj'" fairs, which cannot be measured in dollars and — — —— cents, have all helped make Decatur A Better Place In Which To Live. » ' I|II, *WWSI. The Decatur Chamber of Commerce congratu- " lates and thanks the management and employees > vn of the General Electric upon their 35th Anniversary. • ■ ’ ■ -.-Jf- — — ? - ■ r • <7 '' . ' , ■ ’ , A ■- — *~ T — DECATUR CHAMBER of COMMERCE

The President promised to give congressional leaders day by day roports on the “summit" meeHng and Nixon and Morton are the two men assigned to the job of carrying out that promise. • Actually, the job begins in Geneva. Long messages detailing both formal and informal talks are written there by such officials as state department counselor Douglas MacArthur 2nd, assistant secretary Livingston T. Merchant and ambassador to Russia Charles E. (iohlen. Secretary of state John Foster Dulles also writes reports or interpretations of statements an I proposals made by the Soviets. All of these are sent to code clerks to be translated from plain English into the secret diplomatic code ol the U. S. government. The coded words are transmitted to a restricted room in the state department, where another group of experts translates the messages back into plain English. The bulk of this work is done at night and in the early morning hours, since that's when most of

the material from Geneva arrives. Then, the policy report branch studies the messages, summarizes them for quick and easy reading and decides which officials should receive the summaries and which should get the full copies. Evansville District Threatened By Fire EVAiNSVILMt Ind. (INS) —A fire raged out of control and threatened the entire heart of the Evansville business district before being brought under control today. One building was destroyed and six others were damaged by the flames. Damage was reported to be in excess of several hundred thousand dollars. AIV available fire fighting equipment was rushed to the sceae and the fire was contained but not before it destroyed the A. Bromm & Co., wholesale grocery building. If you have something to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It brings results.

Perle Mesla Unhurt By Saigon Rioters Hotel Turned Into Shambles By Riots • SAIGON (INS)—Famer American hostess and former U. S. minister Perle Mesta narrowly escaped serious injury or possible death today when antl-Communist Vietnam demonstrators rioted |n Saigon. Mrs. Mesta. on a world tour, was staying at the Majestic hotel which was attacked, ransacked and turned, into a shambles by the rioters. ’ ' The popular. 4-year-old American woman, close friend of former President Truman who appointed her minister to Luxembourg, showed* remarkable courago that may have saved her life when she confronted the invaders and called out:

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"We are American* — y° ur friends. Why attack us?" "We are American* — y° Mr friend*. Why attack us?" Other American* in the hotel, including emba**y official*, helped her oufrjjflth the aid of marine , gaard. Later in Singapore, where she arrived dishevelled and dirt stained, Mrs. Mesta described the incident a* " the arrest ihcu .« P cident as “the wor*t in my life."

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