Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 June 1951 — Page 1

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Tehran Rushes Troops to Abdadan

By United Press TEHRAN, Iran, June 27— Iran is speeding troops to the oil center of Abadan as the result of Britain's dispatch of a cruiser to the area, it was made known today.

The troops, reinforcements for . the already sizable garrison in

(In London, an Admiralty

the British Cruiser Mauritius had

Iran after steaming about 40 i miles up the Shatt-el-Arab River from the Persian Gulf.) Reports circulated here that 8000 British troops were concentrated near the Iraq border, across the Tigris River from the oil fields. Iranian general staff reports said, however, that the reports were “several times” ex-

American Ambassador Henry F. Grady said at a news conference that the crisis “looks more dangerous every day” and that “nobody can exaggerate | the

Korea and Iran . . . An editorial . . . Page 14.

dangers to cofne” if the oil refineries are closed. He urged another attempt at British-Iranian hegotiations. (London also announced that Prime Minister Clement Attlee and Conservative Party Leader Winston Churchill decided late today to confer secretly on the Iranian crisis). In Tehran the cabinet was called into emergency session. British Ambassador Sir Francis Shepherd, in an angry statement, confirmed that British oil technicians had closed the Agha Jari field, largest in southern Iran Storage Tanks Full The Agha Jari fields are 90 miles east-northeast of Abadan. From there, oil is sent by a vipe line to Bandar Mashur, 55 mises east of Abadan. Mr. Shepherd, said the field was elosed on the ground that storage tanks in Bandar Mashur were full. The British envoy said also that the supply of Iranian aviation gasoline to Basra, Iraq, across the Tigris River from Iran, had been stopped—or possibly prevented by the Iranians. '

This oil supplies a British Royal

Air Force base in the Basra area.

By United Press LONDON, June 27 — Britain sompleted plans today to pull more than 2500 oil technicians out of Iran's oil fields on a moment’s notice and alerted army and navy units to rush in if Iran tries to interfere. All British women and children except nurses already have been moved out. Informed

sources said

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Reports from Cairo said British|or put on your lipstick in the troops in the Suez Canal zone morning.

72 hours,

had been alerted to fly to Basra,

Iraq, 40 miles west of Abadan. A|PAL.

special paratroop unit was stand-

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Cruiser Drops Hook Off Iran Oil Port

FORECAST: Scattered showe s and thundershowers tonight and tomor row, turning cooler tomorrow, Low tonight 68. High tomorrow 82.

City Hard Hit | By Electrical Storm, Winds

Bright Way for Kids

|were called out early today

. {west causing heavy damage.

. |Winds not particularly strong at): i 15:06 a. m. grew to 45 mph velocity

- Damage Is Heavy; Firemen Kept Busy About three-fourths of 350 Indianapolis firemen on duty

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into the city from the north-

There were no reports of injuries here although o an was badly hurt in Franklin. Paul Wilson, a lineman for the Public Service Co., was taken to John.

son County Memorial Hospital after he fell from a tree while removing broken power lines,

By TOM HICKS A father of three children, who went out of his mind kel power lines. when his wife threatened to Ominous leave him, fatally wounded win ot Ey pang one policeman and critically AAR wounded another in a bloody

shooting spree on the near North Side last night. John Hoard, 37, was blasted to death by police guns in his home at 227 W. 14th

At least one Hoosier is dead from this morning’s violent electrical storm. Arthur Cox, 39, near Richmond, was killed by a lightning bolt as he rode a farm tractor to drive his cows to a barn for

St. ’ ullking. His dog also was . Patrolman 3 Clarence GG. Snorden, 29, of

315 W. 31st St.

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vin Osborn takes to roller skates

A poorly dressed old man walked up fo the PAL’s Club circus booth yesterday at Illinois and Washington Sts. and bought a ticket to the circus. He's not going. He was “Being a PAL.” Looking at Sgt. Cecil London with eyes that still had a sparkle, the old man said: “I'm not working but I want to buy a ticket to the circus to make some kid happy. I can’t go myself but I want to go away feel-

ing good.” He handed Sgt. London the money in nickles, dimes and

pennies, dropped the ticket in The

walked away. It’s simple to Be a PAL. cost you 60 cents to know you've] made an underprivileged kid as happy as you were when the cir-| cus used to come to town. | The Times has placed a box at the booth and asks you to buy an extra ticket when you buy your ticket to the circus which will run July 6,7 and 8 at Victory Field. Drop the extra ticket in the “Be la PAL” box and some under{privileged kid will get to see the icircus free. Probably the kid won't get to

WRONG WAY START, RIGHT FINISH—If there's anything a policeman will work harder at than selling tickets to the police. man's ball, its selling tickets to the PAL circus. Here Officer Mel-

tickets on a wrong’ way street. Miss Riggs, who w as Miss Red Top of 1951, doesn't mind at all lending herself to remind you to get your tickets to the PAL circus.

You Get Your Money's Worth—

Old Man's Dimes Bring Gleam of Spangles to Child

candy cotton at the circus, you get yout money's worth at The

a fireworks display . . . what kid— big or little—won't like that.

underprivileged kids. “Be a PAL.”

Judd Questions ‘Acheson on 38th

Secretary of State Dean Acheson said today that this governTimes’ “Be a PAL” box and ment hopes to get “some further (light” within the next few hours It'lljon Russia's proposal for a cease-

within two minutes with gusts to 60 mph. Rain beginning at 4:02 a. m. was measured at 1.29 inches by the Weather Bureau when the downpour stopped at 6:10 a. m. Rolling thunder lasted from 3:55 to 5:40 a. m. Cloud-to-cloud and cloud-to-ground lightning lit the Marion County sky frequently, with early reports listing damage to the following places:

Fight Blaze an Hour Linwood Apartments, 4421 E. Washington St, where firemen

battled a blaze for an hour, Three lines used there necessitated the

Times photo by Lloyd B. Walton.

to nab Phyllis Riggs with some in publicity

been made. feldt, 6100 Block on Rd. 20. Fire

of city firemen Firemen from two Perry Twp.

lan hour at a fire at 805 W. Troy (Ave, the home of Charles Bogeman. Home of Jacob Crash, 830 Union St., where lightning hit the roof; home of Mr. and Mrs. Al-

how, Fifty acts, a menagerie and

You want to go . . . and so do

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Ave. roof hit; home of Harry Clark, 269 Addison St. curtains and inside of house; home of Elvert Farris, 607 E. 19th St. The transmitter was struck by lightning at Radio Station WISH, forcing postponement of the station's broadcast from 6 a. m. until repairs were finished at 10:45 a. m.

WASHINGTON, June 27 (UP)

use of crossovers for trolleys to keep early morning trafic moving. No damage estimate has’

The home of Walter Schmal-|i was extinguished before arrivallf

bert Hurley, 1135 Groff Ave. a|X bed and curtains struck; home of Mollie Mitchner, 1438 Blaine |

{His | child.

Snorden was shot.

Served in War Mrs: Snorden and his mother, Mrs. Maggie 8

norden, collapsed when they heard the news. The young patrolman who was in the Army for 2% years during World War II, leaves a 2-year-old son.

Sgt. Auter

wife is expecting another

fire in Korea.

Mr. Acheson, in answer to questions by Rep. Walter H. Judd, (R. Minn.), said that if the fighting is stopped at the 38th Parallel the “greatest guarantee” against the Communists resuming the war would be in the “withdrawal of Chinese troops” from Korea. He said this might involve a “phase” or gradual withdrawal of all foreign troops from Korea.

Streets Flooded

Streets and sidewalks

able to the storm included:

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were flooded in the 700 block W. 13th St. and several other locations. Other damage possibly attribut-

Short in wiring in home of William Oakes, 746 N. Concord St.; a small blaze in a streetcar at 34th and ;Meridian St.; a refrigerator blaze at 1452 N. Alabama

Hoard's three children — two daughters 5 and 8 years old, and a son who is 4—apparently slept through -the entire shooting in which more than a dozen shots were exchanged. Twenty carloads of police — about 50 men in all—hustled to Hoard’s home afier the two patrolmen were shot. Police Chief Rouls and Mayor Bayt were there. A crowd estimated at 5000 persons quickly gathered.

Mr. Acheson said, there also

Wires were reported down at

They lined up 10 and 15 deep

would have to be a conviction on the part of the Chinese that they could not succeed in driving United Nations troops out of

You'll know you've been a real Korea.

And as sure as there will be

ing by in Cyprus. Two frigates, were on patrol in the Persian! Gulf. Tehran dispatches said 61 tank-/ ers were in and around Abadan.| Iranian authorities have refused to let them leave unless ‘their skippers acknowledge that the oil they loaded is the property of Iran rather than of the Britishowned Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. With the tanker fleet immobiflized, the Agha Jari oil field east of Abadan ceased pumping supplies. Britain’s emergency .plans do not envision moving in troops to try to keep the Iranians from taking over the Anglo - Iranian Co.'s installations. The sofe British concern -is the safety of British subjects.

Chrysler Plans To Lay Off 20,000

PETROIT, June 27 (UP) — Chrysler Corp. said today that new government restrictions on civilian material use July 1 will force it to lay off 20,000 of its 127,000 production workers. A company spokesman said about 2500 workers “already have gone off the payroll and 15,000 more will be affected at the end of this week.” As of June 1, the company said, it employed 127,000 persons in plants across the country.

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

6a m..60 ‘10a m.. 76 Ta. m.. 66 11a m.. 80 8a m.. 7 12 (Noon) 82 Pa m.. 7 1p m.. 8

Noon hamidity seenssas 1%

On the Inside

Front-line officers in Korea

37,000 calls daily ... that’s the

Henry Butler rates “Song of

Pessimism Defeated Our Asia

Country's pros open play today

Other Features:

Of The Times

predict a new Red offensive within two weeks. . Argentina court attaches main building of “La Prensa’ for alleged nonpayment of taxes by the’ newspaper's owners. . . . World Report. .

record maintained by Ayres’ time service . .. a “timely” feature by Joe Allison. ... Norway” the best Starlight Musical to date.

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Policy . . . another installment in the provocative series by Rep. Walter Judd. 13 at Oakmont, Pa., for coveted PGA golf championship . . Ben Hogan, UU, 8. Open king, passing up event for

exhibition gold. ........... 16

Amusements ........ Henry Butler........covue Editorials ......... TOMBE ovooisinesnnernta Harold H. Hartley..consErskine Johnson... .seess MOVIOR .......connsseess Frederick C. Othman.... PAOD vovvvsusecsvanes 11 Teen Problems .......... 11 Radio and Television....3-15

Having a battalion chief and a retired lieutenant of the Fire Department as neighbors didn’t help one family whose home was struck by lightning at 4:30

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Robert Ruark ........... 13 | & m. today. SOCIEEY oonevnrsiiavnsose 10 However, three engines and Sports ..........0004.416-17 | & District 4 truck using five Earl Wilson......vsse0ss 13 | lines extinguished a blaze at Women's ............... 11 | 1438 Blaine Ave, after an hour

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several locations, including one in" Speedway City, but.repairmen were busy re-stringing them.

in a tight half-circle around the house—so tight that it took

police and ambulance officials Ten of the city’s outgoing eir-

FIRE—Lightning strikes home at 1438 Blaine Ave.

Blaine Ave,

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Photo by Mervin McNew.

damage occurred to the rear of the house, including the attic, kitchen, dining room and bathroom. Neighbors of the owner, Nallie Mitchner, 42, are Battalion Chief Lawrence Mueller, 1441 Elaine Ave. and retired Fire Lt. Nicholas L. Werner, 1434

mother, Mrs. Emma Steiner, who is ill, was taken to a neighbor’s house after the fire started. She said she thought lightning had struck the electric meter, setting fire to the house. An identical strike several years ago had merely burned out the meter, she said.

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Outside Indianapolis—,

Puts Paris Art ‘On Pan’ With Aid of Guide Book

By ED SOVOLA

Mr. Inside Indianapolis

PARIS, June 27—The first thing to do here, once you're located and have the laundry hanging in the room and balcony, is to look around. The second thing is to buy a guide book. Most essential. After zll, you might as well have help getting fouled up. I bought one called “On Foot in Paris.” It

cost—well, I don't know what it cost,.At this stage

of the game, francs are still confusing. In the first paragraph, the author said: “Paris is a vast subject but hi the author of this book is modest and

point of interest to attract me. On the side I saw a lot of statues in niches. Don't ever be famous enough to have anyone erect a statue in your memory on a building. Unless, of course, pigeons are exterminated in cities.

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the pages side, which, incidentally, you whic h follow can’t operate very well, you are designed | plod on towards a place calléd solely to be of | Jardin des Tuileries. It's a service to the m garden with grass and trees and traveler with + lamp posts and a lot of things. little time at In the distance I saw the his 4 Place de la Conicorde where piv appeal, : heads. used to roll during the through the y French Revolution. That re-

minded me that somewhere in the Palais du Louvre a visitor

could see Venus de Milo and Palais du Lotivre, supposed » to be one .of the finest build Mona Lisa. A man can’t be in

city during his : first brief visit.” Let's go?

PSC Probes Files. 0f Truck Firms

By TED KNAP More than 100 truck line opera~ tors today submitted their records under subpena to state officials investigating charges of “deals” ers. within , Indianapolis. at The Public Service Commission’ ad the Indiana Altomer Gene eral's office are inv ting the fees and operations of Indianap~ olis cartage companies, which haul goods from local plants to truck line docks.

monopoly, state officials charged. . Case Adjourned > Deputy Attorney General Clifford Hardy + repre sentatives of the I oom diana firms, to appear today and submit records. ! After a brief but before the PSC, the journed for 60 days.

ney general. and the study the records

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