Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 June 1951 — Page 2

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Faces Embezzlement Charge in Shortage

a Lester B. Hiser, the Blackford County Treasurer whose Janishing act had been a Hoosier mystery classic, today was in Hartford City jail on embezzlement charges. & Hiser was nabbed here yesterday by state police as He attempted to get a factory job under an assumed name. © A shortage of $9713.61 was discovered in his accounts after he vanished Oct. 10 last

“Blackford County Prosecutor William Ervin said there d be no immediate action on case as the court of Judge mes Emshweiler now is on

tion. + .*Hiser took his own sweet time in back,” the prosecutor explained, “so now he can take his own sweet time behind bars until the judge gets ready.” «The official is under indictment for 14 counts of embezzling pub-} Me funds. Conviction carries sentence of two to 21 years and’ fines up to a maximum of doubl the amount embezzled. ¥ . Returned Home

~ Higer admitted to state police he twice had returned to his Hartford City home without being cdaught by police, “He said he returned home two weeks ago from Milwaukee where he had been working and spent all but two days hiding out there. The disappearance of the popular, young official rocked Hartford City during the heat of the political campaign in which Hiser was a candidate for re-election.

Shortage Revealed

Proof of his popularity was his re-election—while still missing. But the county commissioners Filed Pini he had “abandoned” office and named Dennis H.|claimed that he was kidnaped by Guy to fill it. two men in a car, shortly after Audit of his books by the state he drove out of. Hartford City in board of accounts revealed the his truck which was found burnshortage in funds—tax collections ing and abandoned. received but never recorded. “I meant to surrender as soon as I got a few dollars ahead.” Hiser told arresting officers. The young Democrat -official said he started siphoning off the taxpayers’ money within a year after he took office Jan. 1, 1949. He said the money was used

LESTER HISER—Fugitive jailed.

to meet living expenses. His method was to pocket payments of personal property taxes --particularly from out-of-state firms-—and then listing them as uncollectible. His deception was uncovered when the county attorney “dunned” a firm that had moved to California. y Hiser gave state police a weird tale about the circumstances surrounding his disappearance. He

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Heads IU Trustees

BLOOMINGTON, June 28 (UP) —Fenwick T. Reed, a Terre Haute native, will succeed Thomas A. Cookson as secretary to the Indiana University board of trustees July 1, it was announced today.

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Closing of Struck City Plant Draws U.S. Investigation

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Mr. Volger said. However, he| i

(said, there have been instances when plants re-opened at a new {location and were ordered by the NLRB to re-offer employees their

|jobs, pay cost of moving and pay;

lost-time wages. | Mr, Volger said this is the first ‘time his office has investigated ‘such a case in Marion County | The NLRB chief termed the] he was investigating to determine, (if the closing was a ‘mere coin-

| Mr. Volger sald such action Law's purpose of encouraging collective bargaining and protecting employees. - He explained that it {was not necessarily illegal to] close a plant during a strike unless the purpose was to dodge collective bargaining.

Given Release Slips

The workers were given release {slips the day they walked out, land the company has advertised lits machinery for sale. Company | president H. K. York could not be

|situation “very unusual.” He said| >

|cfdence” to the start of ‘he strike. |

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reached for comment. Rockwood had been in opera{tion about 16 years and had no, previous strikes, Mr. Volger sald. | County Treasurer Rainer against the company was the ninth which he has filed to date. Of the previous eight six paid {when the suits wers filed and lcharges were dropped. ye Those Wha Settled The six who have settled their tax bill with the county are: The American Plywood and Millwork Co., $227.39. : Charles Cantrell Co., $205.29. | Central Tool & Die Co., $634.75. C. F. Geer & Co., $150.60. i Lincoln Mills, $579.07, Thomas & Barrick

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PRESENTED WATCH-—Senior officers of the police depart ment today presented former Chief Rouls with a wrist watch. Shown making the presentation (left) is Deputy Ipspector Richard Jacob. , |

pointed President I'rederick Law-| {son Hovde of Purdue University WASHINGTON, June 28 (UP) to be a member of the Board of

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workers that it would be “moral sabotage” if they left without!

anytime they “But it is moral sabotage if they leave without notice. They will be responsible for cutting off the oil.

“They can go

The appeal to Mr. Truman was followed by a formal Iranian protest to neighboring Iraq against alleged British efforts to convert that country into “a military

Iran asked Iraq to take action

cruiser Mauritius in Iraq waters| off the Iranian oil port of Adaban.!| The appeal to President Truman was handed to U. 8. Ambassador Henry F. Grady. He was summoned to the foreign office by Foreign Minister Bagher Kazemli as Britain began pulling key

Mr. Mossadegh's appeal said Iran had proceeded cautiously

oil industry. He said Britain alcne would be responsible for a shut-

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Truman Likely to Seize

Offer to Act as Umpire

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{ WASHINGTON, June 28 (UP)! —President Truman was virtually| lcertain to seize the opportunity | British lives in case of riots. |presented by Premier Mossadegh

ready has written letters to Mr, Mosgadegh and British Prime Miister Clement Attlee urging that both settle the dispute, The letters themselves created a slightly embarrassing incident in that the one sent to Mr. Attlee was delivered to Mr. Mossadegh while Attlee received Mr. Mossadegh’s, but they were nearly iden~ tical in tone.

130 Oil Technicians - Ordered Out by Britain

ABADAN, Iran, June 28 (UP) —Britain ordered 130 key technicians to leave the Iranian oil fields today, but told other Britons to stay on the job for the time being. ad The order marked the start of| phase No. 2 in emergency evacua-| tion plans for all British person-| nel from Iran. Officials for the British-owned| Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. said they

{could keep the oil fields in opera-

tion for only another three or| four weeks unless a last-minute] compromise was reached with Iran. | { All British ships in harbor, except those loaded with oil were!

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Arab River toward the Persian] Gulf and await fresh instructions. It was not immediately clear) whether the order applied to the 8000-ton cruiser: Mauritius, sent up the river yesterday to protect!

Unemployment Rises | In Iran's Oil Field

TEHRAN, Iran, June 28 (CDN) |

|—A rising wave of unemployment | | President Truman, himself, al-'hit the Iranian oilfields today.|Sunday.

Blackford County Treasurer

Seize British Offices as Tankers Pull Out

About one-eighth of the 60,000 Iranian oil workers have already

been laid off. Iran depends on oil for fuel, light and transport. Mr, Mossadegh was evidently hardest hit by the mass announcement of Abadan British workers that they refuse Iran’s offer of full employment and will resign in a body. By making a second plea that the British remain, Mr. Mossadegh is taking out {insurance against revulsion when the Bri. tish walkout results in total shutdown. But the present Iranian mood is so bitterly anti-British that it is likely most Iranians would prefer a shutdown to losing this chance to squeeze the British out,

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WASHINGTON, June 28 ° (UP)—You spent more to do your drinking last year

than in 1949, the Commerce Department said | today. The report didn’t give

volume sales but it showed Americans spent $8,760,000,000 for liquor, wine and beer in 1950, or $210 million above 1949. Three billions of the 1950 money went for federal, state apd local taxes. In 1947 Americans spent an all-time high of $9,640,000,000 for alcoholic drinks.

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