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No. 35290

Established 1845

TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1952.

COMMENT American To Try

No Longer A

Pipe Dream To Revive Iran

FTIKE announcement that

Government intends to have AL football stadium. equipped to accommodate 30,000 peuple ready for the 1954-55 season will cause general satisfaction. Five years have passed since the proposition was mooted and during that period the undeniable necessity for an adequate stadium has been emphasised by the visits of leading English and Con- tinental amateur football teams which have attracted; and stimulated interest in the game on a scale never before

in known

the Colony. Hongkong today Is No football-conscious that; the more important games easily attract crowds of more than 20,000 which means,] with the present resources] for accommodation, thou-of

Oil Industry

Seeks

New Atlantic

Record

DOUBLE FLIGHT IN ONE DAY

London, Aug. 26. The first double crossing the Atlantic by any

MOSSADEGH'S NEW MOVE

Teheran, Aug. 25.

Mr W. Alton Jones, Chairman of the Ameri- can Cities Service Oil Company, has arrived here and according to a government spokesman will see if he can put Iran's rich oil industry back into pro- duction.

Reliable informants said Jones already has They talked with Prime Minister Mossadegh. said he intended to go to Abadan for an inspection on Tuesday.

The world's biggest been shut down over since October following Iranian perties of the Anglo-Iranian

of

refinery at Abadan has the British pulled out last nationalisation of the pro- Oil Company.

of

sands of would-be specta- craft in a single day will be tors cannot gain admission. attempted today (Tuesday) Provision of a sultable by a Canberra jet bomber, stadium has long been a the English Electric Com- top priority subject, and pury Limited announced. that it is now to pass from the blue print stage into The plane will leave the practical reality will please Royal Air Force station Alder everybody in Hongkong grove, Northern Ireland, for As a result, Persia has been after an attempt on his life who has any interest what Gander, Newfoundland, where it brought close to bankruptcy for earlier this year in Teheran, is

moking the lack of revenues which the oll planning to go ever in football. Moreover, will refuel before

to the United had poured into the Iranian States in the near future. it is assumed (although not return crossing.

Treasury: Many previous efforts He concluded it was cerloin directly mentioned in to-

The Canberra left

Barton, to get the nationalised oll in-that German Industry would day's official announcement) near Lytham, Lancashire, yester-dustry into operation have receive large: orders from the that the stadium will offer day for Aldergrove, where it will falled.

Iranian Government immediately facilities for sports other take off for the East-West cross- Abbas Parkhideh, President after the resumption than football; for example, ing shortly before 0 aan. today of the Sales Commission of the exports.-France-Presse. n track for athletics, and (Hongkong summer time 3 p.m.). National Oil Company, told re-

SALE CONTRACTS porters: possibly conversion of some

Hambu&, Aug. 25. The captain of the Canberra

"Mr Alton Jones, President of the

area beneath

Persia has contracted to gell the was Wing-Commander Roland

Citic Service Ou Com- her ou to Italian slands for badminton courts, Beaumont, holder of the present pany, who is one of the out- States organizations at 20 per and United STILL to be worked out is East to West record, and with standing

personalities in cent below current world mar- the question of administra-him was his navigator on the Arnerican Industry..

try,, has arrived ket prices, Senator Hussein tion; whether Government, record-breaking trip last sm-in Teheran to discover what Maldei, head of the nationalised. DA. assistance can be made to put Persian Oll Industry, mild here made which

itself mer, Squadron - Leader has

Iranian nationalised oil today. responsible for its construc. Watan, and the second pilot, ho

Flight-deutenant P. Hillwood, Industry into operation.

The prospects for an early tion out of public funds,

"He also is here to advise resumption of full productions should also hold exclusively On August 31 last year a Can-Iranians how to continue work-at the Abadan refinery are control over the stadium, berra, piloted by Wing-Coming and administering the oil extraordinarily good." he added, or whether its maintenance mander Beaumont and navigated industry. and administration be by Squadron-Leader Watson set

"He came to Iran at the In- official record when up new handed over to an approved mate on East to West cross-vitation of the Prime Minister with a number of high calibre organisation, In due course the stadium should pay for ing of the Atlantic between

experts two days ago. These Aldergrove and Gander in itself. Careful and sound hours, 18 minutes, 24.4 seconds gentlemen will go to Abadan to tion.

and the ofl administration, however, at an average speed of 483.91 visit the reinery

Acid areas. will be required if the miles an hour-Reuter.

The

newspaper

Etelaat said stadium is to full its

Dr Mossadegh invited Jones to principal functions and at

come here when he was in the the same time be made a financial asset. If Govern-| ment decides to

hand administrative control to a private body, there should be no difficulty in finding

Air Pilot Sights Survivors

Bonavista, Newfoundland,

from

an

Aug. 25.

no

A Pun-American Airways one already in existence pilot reported today that capable of acting AB sighted a small boat carrying a trustees, or to create an group of men proceeding toward organisation specifically the north side of Bonavista Bay unidentified empowered to carry out away. such duties. The chief point burning ship. of Interest at the moment, however, is that a stadium, the Air Force officials here. fitting for the needs Of was believed that the boat might Hongkong, is no longer a contain members of pipe dream.

freighter's crew.-United Press.

The NEW

The report was transmitted to

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Abadan is now refining about 1,000,000 tons of oil per year, Senator Makki told reporters here today. Persia needed this, ewn consump- he cald, for her

(The annual output of refined oll from Abadan in the days of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company was 20,000,000 tons). -

Senator Makki, who came to United States last year. Jones Germany on August 12 from exact whereabouts were Teheran, will afterwards travel mystery but “the” local papers to the United States for talks on the story with gusto. with officials of the World Bank One printed a picture of a and the State Department. He heavy, middle-aged man and is accompanied by two members identifled it as Jones, Another of the Majlis, All Parsa and had a pen and ink drawing of a All Mulotja.-Reuter, bald-headed man supposed to be Jones.

AS MEDIATOR In New York, a spokesman for

the Cities Service Co, the parent

company of which Jones is pre- sident, said his mission in Iran was to mediate, and that the company had no terest in

in the

Jones, Bal in-

I native of West City, Mo., who has been president of the Cities Service Co., since 1940 when he was elected to succeed the late Henry L. Doherty, founder, was active. in negotiations that followed Mexico's expropriation of for- eign oll boldings.

The Citles Service spokcéman said:

"Jones naturally has a desire to be helpful, it he can work out an agreement satisfactory to all. But he wouldn't touch this matter. on a celish basig, and would only work with a statesmanlike approach."

He said Clics Servico has no

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Jury Indicts American

A now und charming picture of Princess Arine, taken specially for her second birthday on August 15.. The Princess is holding the same crystal watch which was held by her mother H.M. Queen Elizabeth when she was photographed at the same age, → London Express,

Radar Rocket Shoots

Down US Plane

Disastrous End To Trial Test By Sabre Jet

•

Playboy

INNOCENCE

PLEA

New York, Aug. 25. After two weeks of sen sational headlines about ex- pensive New York vice, Minot “Mickey” Jelke, heir to a margarine fortune, two other men and a red-haired model

were today com. mitted for trial by a grand jury.

The indictment accused Jelke of inducing women to commit prostitution end Uving off their camings.

The playboy does not come Into his inheritance for another three years--when he is 25,

Ray Russell Davioni, 34-year- old former press agent, was in- dicted on the same charges.

The jury also haired Erika

accused red-

Steel, 23, of pos

cigarettes, and

sessing receiving |

Richard

money from a prostitute.

Witnesses before the grand fury said. Wallace was paid $300 a week by a tall blonde "call giri" for "giving her love and affection."

Explosions

At Refineries.

Swamen, Attr, 25. Three workmen and 24 wirl typist were injured when about #

explosions and a fire occurred at the Nations! Oll Refineries near Swan- sea today.

Scores of men and latrics were evacuated for safety reas(15. Tho fre quickly brou-bt under control.

WIE

The refinery, near Neath, Glamorganshire, covers. 200 SCTCE. Refined oll first produced there 80 years ago.—Reuter,

Ex-President Hoover's Escape

the

Bishop, Calif., Aug. 25. Former President Her- bert Hoover escaped un- harmed last night when the "LOVE FOR SALE”

mountain cabin where he All four, were central figures was staying in the High in a complex investigation of Sierras caught fire and an alleged "love for sale" ring burned to the ground in in which girls were paid up to $500 nightly.

minutes. Police had pulled Jelke from Mr Hoover and other guests- bed in his apartment lined with escaped from the farming one-

of nude women and storey cabin, which was him with compulsory residence of Nate Minor,

They

alleged he wealthy Importer and former of the California. had been living pf the carnings president of beautiful models.

State Fish and Game. Commis- 9104 Jelke, if convicted

on..all

The incident occurred la the could receive a possible total of from 10 to 134 years in Bigus 80 miles north of hern guel and

at Silver Lake and fines totalling $31,500 Jelko

Milnor home in flames from his 21 spolted the charges of compulsory prosiliu- tion and his ball was continues family's vacation home nearby. at $50,000 pending trial, for He dashed to the Milnor hono

and quickly which no date was sel

awakened Mr other guests, Davloni pleaded not guilty. He has been held in gaol in default of $45,000.

Wallace picaded guilty 10 by the time Jenney receiving prostitution carnings warning was by the lake. Duck- and was remanded to prisoning out of the fames, they 'dash- ponding Investigation and sen-ed to the boats and escaped by tence on Sept. 9.

| moving 'out onto the lake. Erika Steel pleaded not guilty Mr Hoover arrived last Friday to possessing marijuana cigar with Bert Mattie, president of a company in San Francisco, for

Bill Jenney, pleaded not guilty to the

Elgin, Florida, Aug. 25. A new model Sabre jet, testing all-weather rocket firing equipment, accidentally caught a B-17ettes. Her ball of $1,000 was director plane with eight men aboard in its sights and sent it crashing into the sea in fiery fragments.

raft."

continued-Reuter,

Uprisings Report Is Denied

Hoover and the who were sleeping.

The only means of escape left gave the

a few days' bunting and fishing. -United Press.

MAN PLUNGES TO HIS DEATH

Four parachutes were seen to open around the falling wreckage, the Air Force announced. One survivor was

Nairobi Aug. 25. rescued by crash boats after a rescue plane dropped a

A Kenya Government spokes-

Now York, Aug. 25. man today categorically denied A man plunged to his death a London Sunday newspaper from the 70th floor of the Em- The rescue operations were report that the authorities had pire State Building, the world's. proceeding in squally weather in information of plans for large-fallest, todayce said the area where Choctawhatchee scale uprisings throughout the Bay enters the Gulf of Mexico colony at a given moment. about 50 miles west of Panama The report said the attackers ed" from a window and landed City, Florida and 50 miles east of would concentrate in particular 49 floors below on the building's Pensacola.

сп thinly spread European west parapet at the 21st floor. The F-800 Sabre jet, newest settlements-Acuter. model of the famed fighter to go Into

McNeill-Dalkeith

Wedding

Fixed For Next January

:

London. Aug. 25.

Miss Jane McNeill, 21-year-old bionde English society girl, tonight announced that she would wed the Earl of Dalkeith. 28-year-old red-haired heir to a Scottish Duke- dom, in Scotland carly nexé. January,

Miss McNeill said the wedding would take place at St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh.

She has returned to London after visiting her future mother-in-law, the Duchess of Buccleuch, to discuss details about her wedding dress. It is being designed by one of the dressmakers to Queen Elizabeth the Second,"

"I am keeping the description of the dress a top secret until the wedding," she said.

Miss MoNeill is staying at, her mother's home in London. Her father is stili in Hongkong.—Heuter.

investment at all in the Middle) Poison That Manila Floods

East, its interests being con- fined to the Western hemisphere.

#We

ато

small company,"

and we have no uxe to grind anywhere. Therefore, Jones may appear to be a

sultable vehicle for both the British and

in a peace

neutral "umpire move."--Associated Press,

GERMANS TO HELP

Hamburg, Aug..25.

Was Harmless

The chemical, tests.

Cause 1 Death

produellen, was piloted by Coloriel Arthur Debolt, Debolt was putting the ship through operation suitability tests before it was to go to on operational unit,

"His target was a B-17 "drone" plane without crew, which was being controlled by radio from the director B-17. But instead of the drone

the manned planc B-17 caught the burst of the jol's "mighty mouse

2.75-inch

rockets fired by "radar brain."

The Air Force, which origin- elly

announced the accident trom Washington, had no explanation for how Debolt's plane happened to fire on the wrong B-17. The drones were suitably marked to distinguish them from manned piancs.

Col. Debolt was described as "too upset" to give an irimediato account of the accident. He was put under doctor's care. United Press.

B-29 CRASHES

Manila, Aug. 25. One person. was killed and 11 Injured so far after torrential Tunis, Aug. 25. results of exhaustive Bins fooded the whole metro-

Shriveport, Iranian governments, to use as at that an attempt was made at storm, the heaviest in recent revealed today politan area here. The tropical

Louisiana, Aug. 25. An Air Force years, sent muddy waters swirl- summer to poison: the Bey of ing chest high in several dis-of

with one its four

dead, Tunla -- "with" bicarbonate of

tricts of the city.

crashed and

killing soda.

All internal and international while trying to make an emer- seven of its crew members The Boy opened a formal in- The head of the Nationalisa-vestigation when a mysterious plane flights were cancelled, as tion Department of the Imalan character was caught, dumping the storm, located 36 miles east tency landing here today.

An Air Force spokesman sald oll industry, Hussein Makki, to- white powder into a cooking pot northwest at 38 miles an hour,

of Manila, moved toward the

only, one of the piano's eight- day announced that Iran was in the royal kitchen. A Tuni planning to resume work in the

An Army lieutenant was dili man crew survived the crash. Abadan refineries with the help the powder

sian chemist called in to identifyed when he was electrocuted by He said, the man was "severely

tasted a bit of it

allye cable which had been burned"-United Press... and fainted.

blown down in the storm whilst an interview with

Ond of the

Denios Facilitios Bey's Agence France-Presso

sons 11 people were Injured as a re- ponderit, Makes said that 300 gathered the powder into a salt of road accidents caused by technicians would he needed to bottle and turned it over to the the floods, ensure the functioning of the Police a few days later. It was refinery

He added that ap sent to Paris for a complete proximately 400 German tech chemical analysis. nicians had already offered their: The Attorney-General's office services.

Announced the resulta Maki who has been

blcarbonate Cop- valescing in Western Germany Press.

of German technicians.

COITES.

New Delhi, Aug. 25. Ope plane from Singapore was Britain and Nepal have been said to have been diverted to told by India that alle no longer Clark Air Base, farther north in wishes to provide facilities on Manila, whilst the Tokyo plane her soll for the recruitment of today scheduled to leave today was Gurkha soldiers for the British soda-United grounded until · Tuesday, --| Army, It was: authoritatively

France-PressIO,

stated here today. Router,

The

the man, Harry Letker, 45, "fell or jump-

----United Press,

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