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UNITED PRESS i NEWS I ; BRIEFS Ousted Premier Mossadegh Jailed TEHRAN, Iran, Aug. 24. Ousted Premier Mohammed Mossadegh was spirited away to an undisclosed jail, Monday while Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi sought desperately to get "money "from any country thaVis willing to give it." Premier Fazol-lah Zehedi, leader of the Royalist coup that overthrew crafty old Mossadegh, announced that he had been taken from his detention quarters.in the plush officers club. Zahedi refused to say just where Mossadegh is being held. Fervid followers of the Shah might try to lynch him, Zahedi explained. New McCarthy Probe LA JOLLA, Calif., Aug. 24. Sen. Joseph McCarthy R.-Wis.f vacationing on the shores of the Pacific, indicated Monday his committee may soon investigate the stockpiling of strategic materials in the midwest. .McCarthy did not say when he would leave La Jolla or where he would hold his next hearings. Strikers Defy Leaders PARIS, France, Aug. 24. Non-Communist strikes defied their leaders on Monday and kept the country in a semi-paralysis that threatened the. government of Premier Joseph Laniel. Hundreds of thousands of workers in the mines and public utilities remained idle three days after their leaders had agreed to settle the walkouts that have crippled France for three weeks. British Electricians Strike LONDON, England, Aug. 24. The Communist-led Electrical Trades Union called a strike Monday at the top secret new British atomic weapons research station at Aldermaston. Leaders set a noon deadline for the walkout of 200 electricians in the plant aspart of the unions "guerrilla" tactics to win pay increases for 40,000 electricians throughout Britain. To Wipe Out Segregation WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 24. The Defense Department plans to wipe out segregation in state-operated schools on military posts in two years. If the states fail to take this action by the fall of 1955, there is a strong possibility the Federal Government will take over the schools and operate them on a non-racial basis, officials said. Mrs. Mesta Tells Off Reds LONDON, England, Aug. 24. Mrs. Perle Mesta said Monday that her political discussions with the Russians during an extensive tour of the Soviet Union ended in what might be termed a standoff. "I told them quite frankly," she said, "that I didnt like their system. They told me they didnt like ours either." First American POWs in East NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 24. The first of three planeloads of Americans returned to the United States from Communist prison camps aboard the transport Gen. Nelson S. Walker arrived in New York on Monday. The men looked tan and fit as they stepped from the plane which brought them, from the West Coast. Seeks Vote of Confidence ROME, Italy, Aug. 24. Premier Giuseppe Pella sought a vote of confidence on his new governments strongly pro-Western program from the Italian Chamber of Deputies. The 51-year-old finance expert was given Senate support Saturday and voting in the chamber was expected to follow the same pattern. Seeks to Set Up FEPC WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 24. Sen. Irving M. Ives R.-N.Y.J said Monday he will seek action at the next session of Congress on legislation to set up a Fair Employment Practices Commissioner. But he acknowledged that the threat of a Southern filibuster may keep the bill from reaching the floor for action.
