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MONDAY, AUG. 25, 1952

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

U. S. Brands 7 Firms As ‘Octopus’

Says Report Fixes Prices And Output,

By Unité Press WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 A long-secret government report said today five American and two British-Dutch firms control more than half the world’s oil and co-operate to limit production and fix prices. The 189,000-word report, written two years ago by the Federal Trade Commission staff, is entitled “The International Petroleum Cartel.” But it does not actually charge the five American firms are still formally *associated in a world oil trust. It does say, however, that com-petition-curbing international agreements made before World .War II—though publicly repudi-

J Politics Tops Legion Meet

Both Eisenhower anc Stevenson to Speak

By United Press NEW YORK, Aug. 25 — The American Legion—gray veterans of the Argonne, paunch-sprouting men of Guadalcanal and Normandy, and a sprinkling of batfle-tough kids from the bald hills of Korea — began today a four-day convention topped by political speeches. The 34th national Legion con vention will pack 17,000 persons into Madison Square Garden today for an address by a former boss of many of the delegates Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Republican candidate for President | On Wednesday, Legionnaires will hear a speech by Gen. Eisen‘hower’'s Democratic opponent, |Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson.

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By United Press PANMUNJION, Korea, Aug. 25 A flash flood rolling down the Sachon River toward the Yellow Sea. swamped the most advanced United Nations camp inside the ’anmunjon neutral zone today, orcing United Nations personnel ‘no move to higher ground. Officers and enlisted men evactated the sandy stretch of river yank where their tents were

» pitched and moved to a new

spot near the group of tents used for the recessed truce talks. Maj. Riley V. Jdckson of Sumter, 8, C,, who directed the evacuation, said all personnel and equipment were saved except one bag of flour and 25 pounds of sugar. The flood was the only activity

| It was the first time that both SEEKING TITLE—In New York City-today to compete for the National American Legion Color (4! the truce village today. The major candidates have addressed Guard championship is the unit. from Bloomington Post 18, winner of 1952 state honors in Ft. Wayne. truce talks resume Wednesday ithe Legion in an election year. In They were runnersup in state meets in 1950 and 1951. jafter a week’s recess. {addition, there were moves afoot - ¥ . ie ——— to bring the Vice Presidential] Superforts Blast

d M. Nixon, here t hin |g : Pl 8th the big Legion parade Tuesday. Indiana aces ' -Japan-based Superforts blasted

ated by the American companies —continue to be the “custom of the trade.”

And it adds that international “basing point” formulas still operate to keep oil prices—particularly prices for Middle Eastern oil—higher generally than production and transportation

costs warrant.

The seven oil companies named include . these American firms: ‘Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey), Standard Oil Co. of California,

Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., Inc, Gulf Indiana Bell Telephone Co. employees, lower a cable pulley to John Hutzler on a $75,000 West Side construction job. The company

Oik Corp., and the Texas Co.

All Are Members

Ca All four candidates are Legion

Tey members. Gen. Eisenhower, a

UNDERGROUND WORK—Don Baker (left) and Bob Nelson, member of the Abilene, Kas., post,

will lead the Kansas delegation in the parade. An estimated 75,000 Legion-

cable by early next year. naires—plus 50,000 family mem-

The British-Dutch. concerns are plans to string 3956 miles of new the “Anglo-Irantan Oil .Co., Ltd. ——— Ei :

the firm kicked out of Iran, and oot .

the Royal Dutch-Shell group.. Follows Suit The FTC report was made pub-

lic three days after the U..S. : J government filed a suit against At Farouk S

four major Americar companies to recover $67 million in alleged By United Press overcharges paid for Middle East, CAIRO, Egypt, Aug. 25 — The oil by the United States under its public got an intimate glimpse of foreign aid programs. ex-King Farouk's private life toThe document is expected to day as newspaperg printed sexy play a major role in this suit photographs taken frdm avast and in a federal grand jury in- pornographic collection in three vestigation, starting Sept. 3, of of his palaces. 21 oil companies; six individuals, The army threw open the doors and the National Petroleum of the Abdin and Kubbeh Palaces Council. in Cairo and Montazah Palace in A federal court will be asked Alexandria to local newspaperto determine whether U. S. anti- men yesterday. trust laws have been infringed, The reporters emerged with picby the alleged world oil “car- tures of sexy statues and painttel.” ings. In the bedroom newsmen The report was kept secret found many colored and blackfrom the public until today on and-white sexy photographs and grounds that its release might a list of addresses for 56 women. upset international relations. Farouk’s office contained a cupIt was released by the Senate hoard stacked with bronze and Small Business subcommittee on marble statues of nudes in normal monopoly after President Truman and abnormal poses. agreed to remove the secrecy tag.! In his bedroom cabinet were The seven “dominant” firms, full sets of lipstick, nylon stockgiants all, are charged with exer- ings and perfumes. cising control of most of the free. The two sitting rooms «conworld’s oil in a “co-operative at- tainec gambling objects, sets of mosphere” fostered in the past diamond-encrusted clocks and, through interlocking ownerships watches, golden necktie pins, cuffand restrictive agreements. links and buttons. The bathroom Their domination, it was was still stocked with medicines charged, covers every phase of and toothpaste. | the multibillion-dollar oil indus-! a try—from exploration to prices.| Give the Details ] The seven companies, the report| The Egyptian reporters gave insaid, “limit production, divide up timate details of the playboy’s markets,” set prices, and curb massage apparatus. They discompetition. closed that he left 1500 neckties. The pattern of control, accord- Huge stocks ‘of alcoholic beving to the report, was established by four international oil agree-|

bers aid friends-—were in town |for New York's third Legion con~|vention. Only World War’l veterans were here to whoop it up in the 1937 conclave. ® : | In 1947, World War II veterans Pinups had been added, and it was a {soberer, quieter conclave. This , year, with Korean veterans also erages were found in Farouk's

: : present, the word was out from private suite although he had Lora raisi always declared that as a de- Legion bigwigs that hell-raising

was taboo. your Mottem. he never touched; Most of the merrymaking was

Comparisons with the tales of confined to the hi-jinks of the the Arabian “nights were fro. Legion’s merrymakers, the Forty ent. Bathrooms were ornately 208 Eight. They held their annual fied "most of the furniture was Madcap parade yesterday-—10,000 antique. ~ marchers, 53 bands, and the Farouk's four-room personal replicas of the French locomotives i c a. and 40-men-8-horse boxcars which suite at - Kubbeh Palace was transported the ACO hbo vs Ip served by five elevators. He kept nsp g y.s

“ ve : World War 1. a neat row of private keys to the FHth Avenue was lined with kitchen doors.

600,000 watchers. Used Trap Door :

In the dressing room adjoining

rete Farouk's bedroom at Kubbeh,| there were hundreds of field glas-

Its Eyes

ses, binoculars, sun glasses, daggers, swords and walking sticks. é ’ some containing hidden weapons. A concealed trap door led to Po S Thu the “secret museum.’ The mahogany-walled museum

wes lined with hundreds of glass cabinets displaying ancient Egyp-

tian antiquities. So | The bandit went away bleeding _ There were also life-size paint-in io rusely after he robbed a liquor ings, China statues of nudegiora at 2461 Hillside Ave. of women, a set of China plates $24 Saturday night. decorated with scenes of Na-| g j,e] Baker 42 poleon’s Austerlitz battle, samples pried a pop bottle at the departof all medicines known to ancient jno thyg It shattered on the back and modern science, golden ,¢ his head. statues fitted with antique clocks| The angered bandit then fired -some dating back to 1766—sets two shots at Payton Wells, 19, of of Turkish rosaries and a collec- 3126 Station St. tion of cigaret holders.

A stickup man was among five persons injured “in local crime over the week end.

who was stand[ing nearby. Both shots missed. | Misses $500 in Cash | Besides getting a sore head, the

ments negotiated between 1928] bandit missed $500. * Mr. Baker and 1934, with New Jersey Stand-| aces U r er arge {had taken it from the cash regis-

ard Oil calling signals for the] American participants.

‘$10 Debt’ I Standard of New Jersey says i i it served notice of withdrawal in] n e a in

1938 and with the outbreak of] war in September, 1939, ended all participation in the agreement.

Britsh, Dutch Continue

An ex-convict will face preliminary charges of murder in court tonight after he told sheriff's deputies he shot and killed an-

But the report said British- other ex-convict who “owed me

Dutch relations were not af- $10. > fected and added that “more than, Killed by the blast from a 12-

ive effort to gauge shotgun was Willie Brown, served a sentence for petit 10 years of cumulative 0 larceny.

operate and extend controls. un- 35, of 434'; W, Wabash St. der the various international Chester Carter, 36, of 3130 §. agreements” apparently made Lyon Ave, Mars Hill, is charged such practices “a custom of the with Brown's death. trade.” | - Brown was slain as he stood in In any case, the report said, the the street in front of Carter's “basing point” pricing system home, according to a neighbor. | operated in the post-war period pyot report of the shooting to eliminate “price differences early yesterday came when Caramong sellers to any, gIVeN tar called Sheriff's Deputy Richbuyer” regardless of transporta- ,.4 mgnew and said, "I just shot tion costs. a man in front of my house. He's

lincluding “one conviction for ve‘hicle taking.

iter and hidden it in a back room {just before thé holdup. | Two men beat, kicked and robbed Edward Losh, 50, Marion, of $125 in an alley off Fountain Square, he reported to police. He was treated at Methodist Hospital. Four youths slugged F¥Hison King, 52, of 2456 Ethel St., and robbed him of $24 at Indiana Ave. and N. Blackford St., he reported. When he chased them, one of the youths turned and struck him in the face.

hearing in Beech’ Grove Magistrate’s Court at 7:30 p. m. today. He is being held without bond. Brown had a record of 31 arrests in the past 21 years. He had been released from jail less than two weeks ago, where he had

According to police records, Carter has been arrested 12 times, Slugged and Robbed David Stafford, 334 Harlan St. [told police a ‘man slugged him {with a blackjack and robbed him of $5 on 8. Illinois St. near W

2 Women Battlers

Prefer Church to Jail South St. PORTSMOUTH, -O.. Aug. 25 James C. Holman, 34. of 2008 (UP) — Two Portsmouth women N. “Delaware St. was found decided today to attend church knocked unconscious in the 200

This system was based on U. 8. jwed me $10 for two weeks. We fOr a year rather than spend 30 block E. 20th St. He had not

gulf prices, which in turn were ont in an argument and I shot 42¥S in the Scioto County jail.

determined by costs higher than pjmy » ; Shot in Stomach vas Deputy Coroner Harrison Green : rived at the scene. Brown had By ocore Bo although it been: shot once in the stomach. e 3 ; t § ; nec Iff's office said Carter was waitternational oil trust, does! ; A See violation of U. S. anti- ing for him when he arrived, and ; (gun over to him. At the jail, Carter told Sgt. i 's Plea : Children s back door of the house, got his Brings Mom Home shotgun. then went out to the OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 25 (UP)— his dump truck to see who was An Indiana mother today re- outside. four children ‘that she return Brown attacked him as he stood home. by the truck and the gun was discame here from Cambridge City, Tells of Argument Ind, was shown a letter wriften children, whose ages range from 29, of 3122 8S. Lyon Ave. told Sgt. 3 to 7. It said ‘please help us Owen he saw the two men standof friends in your city.” said they argued, then one of the She telephoned her estranged men shouted “Don’t shoot me.” | wanted to return to the children. blast, then one of the men went She said she probably will obtain into Carter's house. :

those prevailing elsewhere, parof the government's complaint; in said Brown was dead when he arasserts at least past existence of Sgt. William Owen of the shertrust laws. turned the blood-splattered shot|Owen he heard someone at the street and turned on the lights of sponded to published pleas of her Sgt. Owen said Carter told him Mrs. Beatrice Lambert, 31, who charged in the fracas. to an Omaha newspaper by her A neighbor, Earl D. Hadaway, find our mommy . .. she has lots ing in the lights of the truck. He husband, Burt, and said she This was followed by the gun an Indiana divorce. Carter has been slated for a

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been robbed. Mr. Holman’'s. conJudge Kenneth Cranston ruled dition in General Hospital today yesterday that Louise Jearns, 19,| was reported good. and Plura Stiltner, 29, could! An ice cream vendor, Frank escape the jail term by spending Robinson, 61, of 921', Chadwick the next 52 Sundays in the church St., reported his change purse of their choice. They had been con- containing $15 snatched by two victed of assault and battery on boys in 900 block E. Washington each other. ! | St.

| the owner,

In Turnout of Voters

Indiana had the eighth best Rep. W. O. Hughes, Ft. Wayne Wedding anniversary today turnout of voters for the 1948 will lead the discussions. -

presidential election among the

Me.) disclosed today in Wgash-| ington. .

kids to read outa poll books”

{The only states with ‘better per-| centages were Utah, Illinois, Delaware, Colorado, Kansas, Massachusetts and New Hamshire, Sen. Brewster's election statistics on Indiana were part of a congressional report he had pre-| pared to help political and civill leaders “in the fight against the] apathy and indifference which have been developing among the electorate.” If the low voting {trend continues, only half of America's 100 million eligible voters will take (the trouble to cast ballots in No{vember, the Maine Republican said. | Sen. Brewster, who failed in {his bid for renomination this ‘summer, noted that 74 per cent] of the nation’s eligible voters cast | ballots in 1900. In 1948, only 48 per cent, |

GOP Labor Group

Three AFI, labor leaders and two CIO officials are serving as the executive committee of the [Republican Party's Labor Di-| vision in Indiana. | On the committee are these AFL, members J. Otto Lee,! Indianapolis; Charles H. Hartley, Anderson and Mrs. Mgbel Lowe, ! Morgantown. The CIO members are Charles Decker, Evansville

and Robert Rice, Ft. Wayne. Frank S. Pryor, Frankfort at torney and labor realtions consultant, heads the committee, Political Notes . . . First real sign of harmony In GOP ranks was Robert Grant's acceptance of job to assist Re.! publican State Chairman Cale J. Holder, . . . Mr. Grant is. top Fisenhoweér leader in state while Mr. Holder was one of the most ardent Taft supporters, Democrat Jack Mankin, Terre Haute, who opposes Mrs. Cecil

Hardin for Congress in the Sixth District, ig in Plainfield today for a Hendricks County rally. He issued a statement saying: “If Fisenhower is in favor of giving

ithe military less money, he is the

first high ranking Army brass who ever felt that way.” Indiana Republicans have another political school coming up Thursday. This time the GOP leaders want to teach the political ABC's to the candidates for the legislature. State Sen. John Van Ness, Valparaiso and State

’ Margaret's In Oslo OSLO, Norway, Aug. 25-—-Mar-garet Truman, here on a two-day

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the comment was: Knows the 64 per cent of eligible voters. went make any real to the polls. ders.” Indiana tied with Connecticut. - -

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Thomas, and his wife

PLEASANT, Ind., Aug. 25 (UP) a “ripe” Communist supply area Mr. and Mrs. Francis L. Miller Near Anju deep in northwest Koquietly observed thelr diamond '¢ !ast night and early today in

a five-hour assault that cost the

in the Reds another huge supply base. farm home where four. genera- Twelve B-29s littered a 40-acre Democrats at French Lick out- tions of the family reside. | states, Sen. Owen Brewster (R.ling frankly admitted Ohio's Sen-| Robert A. Taft would. hay > a stronger foe in Indiana than|gon In Hoosierland,~ where politl- Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Typl-lolyserve their cians like to boast “We teach our cal

area with 500-pound. bombs.

} Miller, 100.. and his wife, 96,/ It was the first raid on the ¢ made were married 75 yéars ago. Their SUPPIY area, located near Anju wilrjon the Chongchon River just

52d wedding anni- hortheast of Sinanju. Crews re. ‘He versary this year. issues and wouldn't! The two families

{ported “excellent” results from

the thelr runs over the target. campaign blun-jlarge farm home with Thomas’ Weather hampered ground war{son, Gerald, and his family,

fare.

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it goes back to the masculine character

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Clothes and its obsession for VALUE!

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