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Iranian Senate
Forces Further
Oil Negotiations
Mossadegh Yields
To Pressure to Talk
Again With Bankers
By the Associated Press
TEHERAN, Iran, Feb. 16.—
After declaring “no way is left for
agreement.” Premier Mohammed
Mossadegh yielded to the de
mands of alarmed Iranian Sena
tors today in agreeing to try for
a last-ditch effort to negotiate an
oil settlement with the Interna
tional Bank.
Mr. Mossadegh had told Sen
ators negotiations with a bank
delegation which arrived here this
week had broken down. The dele
gation, headed by Bank Vice Pres
ident Robert L. Garner, came to
try to get Iran's oil flowing once
again as a first step toward
settling this country’s dispute with
Britain, from whom the Mossa
degh government seized the in
dustry last spring.
The 'Iranian Parliament inter
vened for the first time since the
delegation arrived. After urging
another try \t negotiations. Par
liament named a five-man com
mittee to attend a meeting with
the delegation at Mr. Mossadegh’s
' residence this afternoon.
Alarmed Outcries Heard.
When news of the breakdown
reached the Senate, informed
sources said there were alarmed
outcries and some attacks against
the Premier for what the Sen
ators called his failure to consult
Parliament.
The Senators then appointed a
six-man committee to go to Mr.
Mossadegh and demand he try
again to reach some accord with
the bank delegates before they
departed. The committee urged
Mr. Garner to keep his delegation
in Ira^o try to resume the talks.
The mission this week offered
Mr. Mossadegh a face-saving plan
to start the 1 &-billion-dollar in
dustry pouring forth its oil prod
ucts again—a plan to let the bank
run it until Iran and Britain
agreed on a settlement.
it had been believed that Mr.
Mossadegh, whose hard-up gov
ernment could well use revenue
from the oil, was ready to talk
business, although he had refused
a month previously to negotiate
unless the bank would guarantee
Iranian domination of the indus
try formerly rim by the British
owned Anglo-Iranian Oil Co.
Senate President Hassan Tag
hizadeh told newsmen Mr. Mos
sadegh had informed the Senate
committee this morning that “no
way is left for agreement—the
bank delegation will leave.”
Delegate? Still Willing.
The committee demanded Mr.
Mossadegh try again so “the chain
will not be broken” and the Pre
mier sent the Senators to persuade
the delegation to stay past their
scheduled time for departure to
morrow.
Hector Prudhomme, a bank
delegate, said the bank repre
sentatives agreed to put off their
departure until Tuesday and
would meet Mr. Mossadegh again
today.
“From our point of view, we are
still trying to reach a settlement,
despite a number of disagree
ments,” Mr. Prudhomme said.
Another in a long list of violent
attacks on government leaders
6ame yesterday at a ceremony
near Teheran when a fanatical
Moslem youth shot and wounded
Hossein Fatemi, former Deputy
Premier and one of the most fiery
supporters of Mr. Mossadegh’s
campaign to take over the oil in
dustry from British control. Doc
tors said the chest wound would
not be fatal.
Lieutenant Governor Posts
Bond After Fist Fight
By th« Associated Press
MONROE, La., Feb. 16.—Lt.
Gov. William Dodd and two com
panions were under a $250 bond
today as result of a fist fight with
Representative Otto Passman.
Democrat, of Louisiana, growing
out of Louisiana’s race for the
governorship.
Mr. Passman is backing Carlos
Spaht, the administration choice
for governor in Tuesday’s Demo
cratic runoff primary. Mr. Dodd
was eliminated as a candidate in
the first primary on January 15
and is actively supporting Appeal
Judge Robert Kennon, who ran
second to Mr. Spaht.
Those involved in the brief
fight, which hurt no one, were
Mr. Dodd; his two companions,
Jack Dyer, former Louisiana State
University boxer, and W. H. Whit
ting; and Mr. Passman and Fred
Hancock, manager of the Pass
man Equipment Co.
Rumors That Churchill
Is Sick or Dead Denied
•y tho Associated Press
LONDON, Feb. 16.—For the
second time in two days, Prime
Minister Winston Churchill's
household insisted today the 77
year-old statesman is in good
health.
The statements were in re
sponse to persistent rumors in
London Mr. Churchill was seri
ously ill. Some ol these reports,
which swept through the capital,
even said he had died during the
night.
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Warsaw Radio Warns Kennan
To Avoid'Spying' in Moscow
Russian Expert Nominated as New Envoy
Is Given Notice He Will Be Closely Watched
By Edward E. Bomar
Associated Press Staff Writer
Career Diplomat George P.
Kennan has received a pointed
Communist warning that he had
better be careful when he goes to
Moscow as the new American Am
bassador.
Mr. Kennan, an authority on
Soviet affairs, was nominated
early last week by President Tru
man.
Officials reported today the
Warsaw radio, which takes its cue
from Moscow, has now given no
tice that the envoy will be under
close observation to prevent “spy
ing.”
A broadcast by an official Polish
commentator, Alicja Zawadzka,
recorded by American monitors,
said:
“American specialists in the af
fairs of other countries, who think
up ‘listening posts,’ should bear
in mind that the peoples of the
Soviet Union and of the people’s
democracies have a very careful
eye on the activities of the so
called American diplomats who
exploit diplomatic privileges for
disguising their espionage activi
ties."
The commentator said Mr. Ken
nan was chosen because of his
long record as an enemy of Soviet
Russia and because of the Ameri
can desire to obtain all informa
tion possible from behind the Iron
Curtain.
AS translated, the broadcast
misquoted the State Department
as saying:
“We do not intend to break off
diplomatic relations with the So
viet Union and the people’s de
mocracies because American dip
lomatic posts in these countries
provide us with valuable opportu
nities for eavesdropping.”
“It must be admitted that the
aims of the so-called American
diplomatic service have been
frankly admitted.” Polish listeners
were told.
Reviewing Mr. Kennan’s career,
the Polish commentator said the
diplomat has “devoted himself
entirely to preparing a new world
war” since VE Day when in Mos
cow he was credited with com
menting that the struggle between
the United States and Russia “is
only beginning.”
Unified Europe Army
Hinges on Paris Vote
Of Confidence Today
Policy on Incorporating
German Forces Will Be
Decided by Assembly
By the Associated Press
PARIS, Feb. 16.—The United
States policy of putting German
soldiers into a unified army to
defend Europe lies at the uncer
tain mercy of the French Parlia
ment today.
A vote of confidence, expected
sometime after 8 p.m. (2 p.m,
EST), will decide the issue.
Parliament’s decision is in the
hands of the French Socialists,
Chancellor Adenauer Asked to Join Allied
Talks on Germany's Future. Page A-5
who want the whole question put
off. They are anti-Communist,
but they want special guarantees
for their country and they want
German rearmament delayed utitll
they get them.
Their votes—or neutrality—in
the National Assembly will decide
whether final talks on the Euro
pean army can continue. This is
the force designed to contribute
43 divisions, eventually, to Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower’s supreme
headquarters. It would include
forces from France, Italy, Belgium,
Luxembourg and the Netherlands,
plus German units for which re
cruiting has not yet started.
The balloting also decides
whether Premier Edgar Paure
keeps his job.
Mr. Faure asked the vote of
confidence—his second in less
than a month of office—from a
balky and much-divided set of
legislators.
Against him from the start were
the two strongest parties in tl.e
Assembly, the Communists sod
the group that wants a strong
government under Gen Charles
de Gaulle. The control over a
third of the deputies. Failure to
build a majority from the re
maining two-thirds would mean
neither he nor Foreign Minister
Robert Schuman could go to the
Atlantic Council meeting at Lis
bon and speak authoritatively for
France.
Plane, Snow Plows Drive
To Rescue 57 Snowbound
By tK# Atiociated Pr««»
MILLINOCKET, Me., Feb. 16.—
A North Woods bush pilot and
heavy-duty snow plow crews com
bined today for rescue of 57 per
sons snowbound in a remote log
ging camp where food is getting
low.
Roger Holt, owner of the New
port Flying Service,' planned to
ferry out six women cooks by ski
pl&ne.
Plows were marshaled to break
open a 15-mile road from Shin
Pond to the Diamond Match Co.
camp at Second Mtatagammon
Lake.
The last shipment of food
reached the camp nearly a week
ago. The road was snowed four
feet under, with drifts rising to
20 feet, in Wednesday’s storm.
Japanese Takes Fight
For Passport to Court
By th« Associated Press
TOKYO, Feb. 16.—A Japanese
economist, refused a passport to
attend the World Economic Con
ference in Moscow in April, will
ask the courts to compel the for
eign office to grant him one.
Kei Hoashl, left wing Socialist
and former Conservative member
of the House of Councillors (upper
house of Parliament), together
with eight other Japanese eco
nomic and business leaders were
invited to the Moscow conference.
Hoashl called at the foreign of
fice more than 60 times but failed
to obtain the passport, Sangyo
Keizai, an economic paper, report
ed.
Dr. Ikuo Oyama, winner of the
Stalin prize, also wants to go to
Moscow to receive the prize. He
has not been granted a passport,
either.
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Allies Veto Russia
For Role in Policing
Korean Armistice
Soviet Satellite States
Poland, Czechoslovakia
Are Accepted by U. N.
By th« Assocleltd Press
MUNSAN, Korea, Feb. 16.—The
United Nations command today
vetoed Communist nomination of
Soviet Russia as a neutral nation
to help police a Korean armistice.
The U. N. accepted two Soviet
satellites—Poland and Czechoslo
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Attack. Page A-2
vakia—as the other Red represent
atives on neutral behind-the-lines
inspection teams.
An Allied staff offleier said the
reason for rejection of Russia
should be obvious.
He did not elaborate. But the
Russians have supplied Communist,
armies in Korea with fighter
planes, tanks and other war ma
terials, and Russian officers trained
the North Korean army before the
outbreak of war.
Could Cover Other Subjects.
The action came in a staff offi
cer meeting after a full dress ses
sion by top negotiators in which
the Reds offered a revised proposal
for a top-level Korean peace con
ference.
The Red draft made no mention
of non-Korean problems —but it
was worded in such a way that
almost anything could be included.
The Allies turned down part of
the original Red plan which called
for settlement of sweeping Asian
problems. '
The new Red proposal said only
that a “higher level’’ political con
ference should be held within
three months after a truce is
signed to discuss withdrawal of
foreign troops and “the peaceful
settlement of the Korean prob
lem, etc.”
Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy,
senior Allied negotiator, said “etc.
could mean a lot of things. . . .
I will not interpret anything until
I have had a chance to study it.”
North Korean Gen.*Nam H, in
submitting the new draft, said it
did not commit the later confer
ence to anything not mutually
agreeable, i
Proposal to Be Studied.
Admiral* Joy asked for an ad
journment until 10 am. Sunday (8
pm. ES£, Saturday) to study the
new proposal.
Col. Don Darrow, a U. N. staff
officer, said the Reds made it clear
they would accept the Allied nomi
nations of Switzerland, Norway
and Sweden to help police a truce
if the U. N. command would accept
the three Red nominations.
An official U. N. command
broadcast beamed to Korea from
Tokyo declared today that the
Reds will quit stalling at Panmun
Jom “when Moscow feels it can
gain nothing further by prolong
ing the Korean talks.”
“When the Reds want progress,
they give a little. And when
they want to stall the talks, they
merely insist on talking," the
voice of the U. N. command broad
cast declared. “It is their tendency
to do the latter that has kept
the talks—and the war—going for
so long.”
Decision Up to Moscow.
“When the decision is made in
Moscow, the armistice will be
resolved without much delay, one
way or another,” the broadcast
continued.
The staff officers continued
their fruitless debate on the num
ber of ports of entry that should
be thrown open for inspection.
The Reds say three, the Allies
seven.
x In an adjoining tent other staff
officers argued for more than
three hours on exchange of pris
oners of war. Col. George W.
Hickman summed it up with “we
didn’t get very far.”
In Tokyo. Gen. Matthew B.
Ridgway yesterday turned down a
request that the full transcript
of daily armistice talks be made
available to newsmen on the
ground it might damage the U. N.
position.
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FBI Arrests 10
Ex-Klansmen in
Kidnap Flogging
| Former Police Chief
Among Accused in
North Carolina
The Federal Bureau of Investi
gation today arrested 10 former
Klansmen in North Carolina and
charged them with kidnaping and
flogging a man and a woman last
October 6.
Among those arrested were Earl
L. Brooks, 40, former police chief
of Fair Bluff, N. C., and Horace
Strickland, 38, Columbus County
(N. C.) deputy sheriff.
Brooks was identified as the for
mer exalted cyclops of the Fair
Bluff klavern of the Ku Klux
Klan. He was listed as a light
ning rod salesman and a consta
ble in Fair Bluff.
FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover
said the arrests climaxed an ex
tensive ^investigation into Klan
operations in the Fair Bluff area,
and particularly the abduction
and flogging of Dorothy Martin
and Ben Grainger of Fair Bluff.
Both are white.
Aroused From Sleep.
The FBI said the two victims
were aroused from their sleep by
hooded and robed armed Klans
men. They were blindfolded and
driven across the State line into
Horry County, South Carolina,
where both were flogged.
Mr. Hoover said the fioggers
were in full Klan regalia, includ
ing white robes with a red cross
over the heart and red tasseled
white hoods.
He said the two were driven to
a remote area, removed from the
automobile and heavily flogged
with a wide leather strap. Later,
Mr. Hoover added, the woman was
pulled from the car again and
flogged “when she made a remark
not relished by the raiders.’’
8 Others Arrested.
Others arrested and charged
were Bobby Brooks, 19, son of Earl
Brooks and identified as klakard
(lecturer) of the Klavern; Ross
Enzor, 43, identified as klaliff
(vice president); L. C. Worley, 25,
identified as kligrapp (secretary);
Bob Hayes, 38; Pittman Foy
Strickland, 29; George Miller, 19,
and his brother, Sherwood Miller,
26, and Steve Edmond, 26, all list
ed as farmers.
Mr. Hoover said that during the
investigation, FBI agents learned
that a colored man of Chadbourne,'
N. C., was abducted and flogged1
by armed and robed men.
On November 14. he said, a
colored woman of Chadbourne was '
aroused from her bed and taken
to an isolated area where robed
abductors cut a cross in her hair
and threatened to flog her.
He said that “a number of sim
ilar happenings were reported to
the FBI during its investigation.”
Organized in 1951.
The FBI reported that the Fair
Bluff Klavern of the Klan was
organized in September, 1951,
through the efforts of Brooks.
Shortly after its founding, Mr.
Hoover said, the Klavern adopted
the name of Southlands Sports
Club of Fair Bluff and was dis
banded last month.
Mr. Hoover said the method of
operation in the raids was for
local Klansmen to bring in raiders
from other areas, who would be
unknown to the victims. These
raiders would enter the homes,
he added, and pull the victims
outside. The hooded local Klans
men then would take over and
drive the victims to remote spots
for flogging.
French Block Tunisians
In Plan for U.N. Mission
By *h» Associated Press
PARIS, Feb. 16.—Apparently to
block a Tunisian mission to the
United Nations, France has taken
away the diplomatic passports of
a two-man delegation from their
restive North African protec
torate.
The move came as new violence
was reported from Tunis, where
police and Nationalists fought yes
terday in front of the French
Resident General's palace.
The two Nationalist leaders,
Justice Minister Salah ben Youssef
and Social Affairs Minister Mo
hammed Badra sought permission
to plead the case for more Tuni
sian self-rule at the next session
of the U. N. Security Council in
the United States. The independ
ence issue is on the council’s
agenda, but France claims it is
a domestic problem outside U. N.
jurisdiction.
The American Embassy was un
able to grant Untied States visas
after . the French, who control
Tunisian foreign affairs under a
protectorate treaty, revoked the
two ministers’ passports.
Fifty persons were reported ar
rested after the latest outbreak in
Tunis.
Navy Radio to Reach
U. S. Fleet Anywhere
By tho Associated Prtsi
The Navy says it Is building the
most powerful radio station in the
world to enable the high command
to keep in touch with the fleet
anywhere around the globe.
The million-watt station, clas
sified secret until yesterday, is be
ing erected near Snohomish,
Wash. It includes three 200-foot
towers built on hilltops flanking
a canyon. Antennae are 7,200
feet long.
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I DON'T KNOW
WHETHER WUOU6HT
TO HAVE THESE OR
NOT./ TOO MISHT
HURT SOMEBODY/
Young Queen Turns
To Duties of State
Following Funeral
Coronation and Rank
For Husband Among
Her First Problems
By tht Associated Press
LONDON, Feb. 16. — Young
Queen Elizabeth n hid lingering
grief for her father behind her
home’s secluding walls today be
fore grappling with a host of du
ties and taking the long rest her
advisers are urging on her.
Within Clarenoe House she
rested with her husband, the Duke
of Edinburgh, and her two chil
dren, 3-year-old Crown Prince
Charles and his year-old sister.
Princess Anne.
Before she takes a holiday to
recover from the strains imposed
on her by the death of her father,
Kin* George VI, and her sudden
accession of the British throne,
she must make the decisions that
only a sovereign can make.
One of these decisions comes
only to a Queen, and never to a
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NBC Television Plans
To Show Films of
King's Rites Tonight
Movies of the funeral of
King George VI will be shown
from 7 to 7:30 o’clock this
evening on NBC television
(channel 4—WNBW) and at
9:30 on WTOP-TV (channel
9). Films of yesterday’s serv
ices in London and Windsor
Castle are being flown across
the Atlantic and haye been
scheduled on the neWprlf. . ,
Local stations of other TV
networks said they-have'not
yet received word, from New
York as to whether the' fu
neral pictures will be avail
able to them.
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King—the choice of rank and title
for her husband.
Palace sources believe he will
receive the title of Prince Consort
and be raised in precedence to
r^pk ahead of all in the kingdom
except the sovereign. Queen Vic
toria, the great-great-grandmother
of both Elizabeth and the Duke
set the precedent by conferring
this title and rank to her husband,
Albert.
The Duke now is outranked by
his son, who, as eldest son of the
sovereign, became Duke of Corn
wall the moment the King died.
Edinburgh also probably will be
promoted to senior rank in all the
services—the Royal Navy, in which
he has been an active lieutenant
commander, the Army and the
Royal Air Force.
May Be Crowned This. Summer.
Elizabeth must also consider
plans for her coronation. A likely
time for it is early summer, inas
much as she decreed mourning
only until June 1, in place of the
customary nine months to a year.
She now has to select more than
20 senior members of the staff to
run the royal household, and ar
range to move into Buckingham
Palace, London seat of the mon
arch, from her present residence
nearby in Clarence House.
Duty will keep her in Tendon
for several weeks. Then she id
expected to go to one of the royal
estates—perhaps to the Sandring
ham estate where her father was
bom and died—to rest from, the
heavy demands thrust on * her
when a Mood clot claimed her
father’s life'10 days ago.
Elizabeth and her husband
drove back together in yesterday’s
dusk from Windsor immediately
after the burial of the King in
St. George’s chapel.
Her grieving mother and her
younger sister, Princess Margaret,
returned to Buckingham Palace,
and there today they rested.
The Duke of Windsor, who
marched behind his brother's cof
fin in yesterday’s historic pag
eantry of death, will return to New
York early next week,
j Some of the royal visitors who
(See ELIZABETH. Page A-3.)
British Clerk Fined $2.80
For Breaking King's Silence
By th« Auociat.d Pr.u
LONDON, Feb. 16.—Anthony
George, a 26-year-old clerk, paid
a $2.80 fine today for defiantly
slapping his feet on Fleet street
yesterday during 2 minutes of si
lence for King George VI. The
specific charge was “using insult
ing behavior.”
Crowds of angry Britons mobbed
him after the incident and
shouted “throw him under a bus,”
but he fled to the safety of a
policeman’s arms. The judge told
him today:
"Other people are just is en
titled to their freedom in the Way
they want to express themselves
as you are. If you try to upset
them by emphasising your own
point of vie*, whether right or
wrong, yop ait liable to cause a
breach of the peace."
George said he had no political
motives—just wanted to protest
against “commercialism.”
Cab Holdup Suspects
Caught In 35 Minutes
Two men suspected, of beating
and robbing a District taxicab
driver and taking his eab today
near Neeisville, Md., were caught
by Montgomery County police
within 35 minutes after a lookout
was broadcast.
*A cruiser from the 8ilver Spring
station forced the stolen taxicab
into a ditch and arrested the
occupants on Route 182 near Lay
hill, about 10 miles from the hold
up scene.
The taxicab driver, Horace Wil
liams, 43, colored, of 1453 Morris
road S.E., was slugged on Route
240 near Briggs’ 8ervice Station.
A lookout for the pair was broad
cast at 11:40 a.m.
The police lookout said one of
the suspects was dressed in a
sailor uniform and the other in
an orange Jacket.
No information was available
On what was taken, police said.
Guests Make Up Beds
In Waikiki Hotel Strike
By th» Aiteciated Pmt
HONOLULU, Feb. lO.—fcfany a
bejeweled hand made the beds
today at three Waikiki Beach ho
tels, where a three-day-old strike
of 800 employes hampered services
for 1,530 tourist guests.
The employes, ranging from
bellboys to pastry chefs, walked
out in a huff Thursday over a
breakdown in efforts to negotiate
a new contract for the AFL Hotel,
Restaurant and Bartenders’
Union.
The island’s worst hotel strike
closed dining rooms at the Royal
Hawaiian, Mo&na and Surfrider
Hotels, causing guests to line up
at nearby restaurants for their
meals. Indications pointed to a
lengthy strike.
The strikers, whose present pay
ranges in scale from 75 cents an
hour for bellboys to $2.10 an hour
for pastry chefs, are demanding
a unoin shop, 40-hour week and
hourly wage raises of 25 cents.
Bach side has accused the other
of bad fpith.
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RomuloY Credentials
Accepted by Truman
President Truman and new
Philippine Ambassador Carlos P.
Romulo Mwaiho United States
-and the Islands *Te dependent on
one,loathe riot military, political
M^fWMjrtjMilrength.
' That was the crux of statements
the two made yesterday when the
President accepted Mr. Romulo’s
credentials.
The Philippine Ambassador said
dose ties between his country and
the United States are "a baste re
quirement" la "buttressing the
security of the free world (against
Communism) through the co
operative efforts of peoples of like
mind interest.'*
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Former Tax Chief
Expected to Face
Probe by Congress
Whether Nunan Acted for
Concern That Received
Refund Is Big Question
By George Beveridge
Prospects of a congressional in
vestigation of Joseph D. Nunan,
jr., heightened today, as the name
of the former internal revenue
commissioner was linked to addi
tional firms having tax difficul
ties.
Mr. Nunan was thrown into the
spotlight two days ago, when Sen
ator Williams, Republican, of Del
aware, charged the former com
missioner was given special per
mission to represent a Midwest
brewery which got a $35,000 tax
refund after settling a $036,000
Federal tax debt for $4,500.
.Tfae bl* question growing out
of the Senators disclosures seemed
to be whirther Mr. Nunan actually
represented the firm, the Indian
apolis Brewing Co., in its success
ful dealihgs with the tax bureau.
Can’t Recall Seeking Waivers.
Mr. Nunan has denied he ever
represented the firm or got fees
from it, and said he had no recol
lection of ever seeking Treasury
Department waivers to take the
brewery as a client. Federal law
bars Government officials from
pressing claims against the United
8tates for two years after they
leave office, but allows special
waivers.
The Internal Revenue Bureau
said Mr. Nunan, who resigned as
commissioner hi June, 1947, was
given waivers to represent the
now-defunct brewery and two of
tts officers, Alvin and Lawrence
Bardin, but it did not known if
the waivers were used.
In other developments:
1. The revenue bureau said Mr.
Nunan got permission within the
two-year period to represent n<n«>
firms, Including the brewery.
2.. Senator George, Democrat, of
Georgia, told reporters the rev
enue bureau had advised the Sen
ate Finance Committee that all
nine of the cases were referred
to the Justice Department for pos
sible action.
Sworn Statement Demanded.
3. Senator Williams said he will
insist that Mr. Nunan repeat un
der oath his denials concerning
the brewery case, and Represent
ative King, Democrat, of Califor
nia, whose tax-investigating sub
committee is holding hearings in
San Francisco, said his group
probably will call Mr. Nunan.
Meanwhile, Chairman Frank
MpKinney of the Democratic Na
tional Committee declared his
bank once held a $120,000 mort
gage on the Indianapolis Brewing
Co., but denied reports that the
bank, the Fidelity Trust Co., of
Indianapolis, helped finance pur
chase of the firm.
Aivm Bardin, who headed the
brewery, said his group borrowed
$180,000 from Fidelity after buy
ing the brewery in 1945 from a
group of which Frank McHale, a
political sponsor of Mr. McKinney,
was a member.
In Indianapolis, Chester L. Rob
inson. vice president of Fidelity,
said Mr. Bardin “must be talking
through his hat—the deal was not
financed here.”
Says Mortgage Was Paid.
Mr. McKinney also issued the
following statement:
“Out-of-state Interests bought
the Indianapolis Brewery from
local owners some time in 1945.
The Fidelity Trust Co. did not
finance the purchase in any man
ner or form.
"At the time of the purchase,
(here was an existing mortgage on
the real estate of the brewery for
$130,000 which was held by the
Fidelity Trust Co.
“The new owners liquidated the
mortgage in full cm May 0, 1946,
md the bank baa had no business
ral|tions with the brewery since
thqt time.”
The brewery went out of exist
mce in 1949.
Meanwhile, Acting Assistant At
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Four Are Killed
And 111njured
On Highways
Two Sailors, Salesman
And Pedestrian, 70,
Die in Auto Mishaps
Pour persons were killed and II
others were injured in accident*
on Maryland and Virginia high
ways today and yesterday.
The dead:
Paul McClain. 27, of Altoona.
Pa., and William Snopko, 19, of
Trafford, Pa- both sailors, killed
early today in an accident on
ntf te 50 near Berryville, Va.
J Charles Melvin Sharts, 38, of
7 JO Allison street. Mount Rainier,
Id., who was killed yesterday on
(J. S. route 1 in Stafford County,
va.
Daniel C. Hartley, 70, of 1220 E
street S.E., who was struck and
killed last night while walking
along route 5 in Prince Georges
County.
Auto Crashes Into Tree.
Virginia State police said a car
occupied by Mr. McClain, Mr.
Snopko and four other sailors ran
off the highway and crashed into
a tree at 2:40 a.m.
Mr. McClain, who police said
was driving, was stationed aboard
a ship at Portsmouth, Va., and
Mr. Snopko was stationed at the
Norfolk Naval Base.
The four other sailors, treated
at Winchester Hospital for minor
injuries, were listed by the Asso
ciated Press as Gus Abraham In
man, 26; Earl D. Payne, 21, both
stationed at Portsmouth: Th<*nas
Tommelleo, 21, and Gregory Ro
mette, 22, both stationed at Nor
folk. Their ranks were not given.
Special Policeman W. R. Robey
of Stafford County said Mr. Sharts
was thrown against the wind
shield of his car after it ran into
a ditch. The broken windshield
slashed his throat.
Mr. KoDey said the Sharts car
had just passed a bus, and failed
to straighten out.
Companion Injured.
John Dyer of Hyatteville, Md..
who was with Mr. Sharts, suffered
cuts and bruises but was not se
riously hurt, according to Mr.
Robey. The accident occurred
shortly before 4 pm. about 1
south of Stafford Courthouse.
Mr. Sharts was a salesman for
the General Electric Supply Corp.
A resident of the Washington area
for 12 years, he was a member of
Dftwson Masonic Lodge, No. 16,
and of Elks Lodge, No. 15.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Margaret Sharts, of the Mount
Rainier address; a son, Truman
Sharts, and his mother, Mrs. Lot
tie Sharts of Kansas City.
Prince Georges County polio*
said Mr. Hartley was struck about
8 pm. near Camp Springs.
Polioe identified the driver as
Maj. Ormond P. Fochtman, 36, of
Andrews Air Force Base. He was
charged with reckless driving and
manslaughter and released in
$1,000 bond pending a hearing
February 25 at Upper Marlboro.
Two Soldiers Hyrt.
Two Fort Belvoir soldiers were
injured about 4 am. today when
their automobile collided head-on
with another car and overturned
on Mount Vernon boulevard at
the Sailing Marina near Alex
andria.
Corpl. Joseph A. Farrell, 22,
Abendale, Ohio, and Pfc. Duane
Ekmon, 22, St. Paul, Minn., were
admitted to the Fort Belvoir sta
tion hospital with multiple cuts
and bruises and possible intemr.1
injuries.
Park police said the driver of
the other car, Arthur W. Cham
blee, 32, of 1321 R street N.W,
was uninjured.
Two-Car Collision.
Four persons were injured, two
of them seriously, in a two-car
collision on Revell highway lead
ing to the Sandy Point ferry in
Anne Arundel County. The in
jured were listed by State police
as:
Alonzo H. Jacobs, 41, colored, of
Route 2. Centerville, Md., crushed
chest and head injuries: Robert
Allen Webber, 21, of Annapolis,
fractured leg; Charles Frank, An
napolis, fractured leg and head
injuries, and Donald Taylor.
Annapolis, fractured leg and jaw
and possible fractured skull.
Mr. Jacobs and Mr. Taylor were
reported in serious condition at
Anne Arundel County Hospital,
Annapolis.
Police said a car driven by Mr.
Taylor drove onto the highway in
front of Mr. Jacobs’ car and was
struck broadside. '
Gl Given Life Sentence
In Slaying of Korean
•y the Associated Press
An American soldier, sentenced*
to death in the slaying of a Ko
rean, will serve life imprisonment
at hard labor Instead.
The Army’s Judge Advocate
General, Maj. Gen. E. M. Bran
non, announced yesterday the re
duction of sentence for Corp!.
John A. Bigger of Woburn, Mass.
A court-martial in Korea last
August 11 convicted Bigger of the
premeditated murder of a Korean
farmer. The Judge Advocate Gen
eral said a review board examined
the trial record and found evi
dence did not support a verdict
of premediated murder.
Tefi Die in Bus Crash
VERACRUZ, Mexico. Peb. 16
<&).—Brief reports from Altotonga
said 10 persons were burned to
death in an overcrowded second
class bus which ran off the road,
overturned and caught lire last
night. The reports said IS mare
persons were injured.
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