Truman Intervenes With Iran on Oil Crisis
President Truman personally appeals to Premier Mossadegh and Prime Minister Attlee urging moderation in the Anglo Iranian oil dispute. The White House seeks negotiated settlement with Britain while maintaining neutrality and avoiding further Iran nationalization moves. Public reaction in Tehran ranges from skepticism to cautious expectation. France and Britain signal unity with the United States on seeking a settlement to the AMC oil holdings dispute.
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Tehran
Iran
Truman
Mohammed Mossadegh
Attlee
U. S
London
United States
Britain
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Mossadegh
France
Paris
Mossadeh
AMC
State Department
Arxeanaconties
Chinese Move Fresh Toops Up Defense Near 38th Parallel
Fresh Chinese Communist troops moved into defense positions guarding their supply base area in North Korea. Allied progress above the 38th parallel slowed as Red China drew more reserves to blunt spring offensives. Casualties in the early offensives were high, with allied and enemy losses mounting toward mid May.
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Tokyo
North Korea
Red China
Defense Department
Thorwon - Kumhwa - Pyongyang
Korea
Yanggu
Hwachon Reservoir
United Nations
Far Easteen
Lad Unhurt In Fall From Third Floor
New York June 1 reports a Brooklyn child named Harry Dancziger fell three and a half stories from a window while seeking breakfast. He landed on a concrete courtyard and, aside from being hungry, doctors found nothing seriously wrong.
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New York
Swoppes
Harry Dancziger
Brooklyn
Western Big Four Conference proposal eyed in Moscow reaction
Soviet newspapers today covered the West's suggestion for a Big Four foreign ministers conference and Washington talks, with Moscow hinting at conditions. Diplomats doubt Russia will approve a meeting unless the Atlantic pact and U S bases are included, risking a Paris agenda standstill and wider East West tension.
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Moscow
Washington
Britain
France
United States
Andrei Gromyko
Russia
Paris
U. S
Europe
Philip Jessup
Andrei Vishinsky
Owever
West
Plier Style Dentist Pulls Teeth at Home
Elza Gobel of Edwight Raleigh County pulled 13 teeth with pliers at home each spring after claiming springtime illness. He was admitted to a Charleston hospital in weakened condition from blood loss after the self inflicted dental extractions.
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Charleston
W. Va
Raleigh County
Elza Gobel
Edwight
Applications For Auto License To Be Mailed
Motor Vehicles Commissioner Don McClausherty announced that about 400000 motorists statewide will receive license applications this week. Truck forms will be released later this month under the new motor vehicle law, and new licenses take effect July 1.
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Charleston
W. Va
Don McClausherty
Johnston proposes cost of living wage formula change
Washington June 1 stabilization chief Eric Johnston proposes a wage formula linking ceilings to living costs and productivity gains. The plan, pending extension of the mobilization act, would raise wages up to 122 percent above January 1950 levels, replacing the current 10 percent ceiling with quarterly or semiannual adjustments.
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Washington
Eric Johnston
Johnston
Wage Stabilization Board
Bureau of Labor Statistics Index
Auto Insurance Rates Approved in Richmond
The state corporation commission approved new auto insurance rates effective July 1 for private passenger cars and most commercial vehicles. Bodily injury and property damage coverages rise 3.5 and 6.8 percent for private cars, with commercial rates up 6.2 percent for property damage and a 6.2 percent cut for bodily injury. A merit plan to tie rates to individual driving records was ordered within six months, while higher charges for drivers under 25 were rejected as excessive and unfair.
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Richmond
State Corporation Commission
National Bureau of Casualty Underwriters
Mutual Insurance Rating Bureau
SCC
Railroads in West Virginia Receive Freight Rate Increases
The public service commission in Charleston on June 1 approved basic freight rate increases for 11 railroads operating in West Virginia. Intrastate rates were raised to align with a recent interstate increase, with limestone for agricultural use exempt from new charges. Railroads named include the B&O, C&O, New York Central, Norfolk and Western, Pennsylvania, Virginian, Kanawha Central, Kelley’s Creek and Northwestern, Middle Creek, Monongahela, and Western Maryland, effective after five days’ notice and publication.
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Charleston
W. Va
Public Service Commission
West Virginia
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Baltimore and Ohio
Chesapeake and Ohio
New York Central
Norfolk and Western
Pennsylvania
Virginian
Kanawha Central
Kelley's Creek
Northwestern
Middle Creek
Monongahela
Maryland
Commission
Arch Foes Meet On Elevator Shake Hands In Chance Meeting
In Washington on June 1 Secretary of State Dean Acheson and Senator Joseph McCarthy met by chance in a senate office building elevator. McCarthy introduced himself saying I am Joe McCarthy while Acheson replied I am Dean Acheson. They exchanged brief greetings and McCarthy noted neither gavethe other the back.
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Washington
Acheson
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
Joe McCarthy
Dean Acheson
Complacency Threatens US Liberty Says Byrd at High School
State Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr. warned in Winchester that liberty could be lost through internal complacency rather than external aggression. He addressed about 900 at James Wood High School during exercises for Frederick County Consolidated High School’s first graduating class.
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Winchester
Harry F. Byrd
United States
Russia
Byrd
James Wood High School
Excercises
Frederick County Consolidated High School
Two Strikers Charged With Murder Rise in Wise County
In Wise Virginia two miners, Charlie Tate and John Cantrell Jr., are charged with attempted murder after a confrontation with Mrs. Frampton Jessee wife of a nonunion operator. Police reinforced patrol the area as 125 United Mine Workers pickets protest and 36 injunctions are issued amid ongoing county coalfield tensions.
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John R. Morris Wise
Wise County
Charlie Tate
John Cantrell, Jr
Near Norton
Frampton Jessee
United Mine Workers
Cantrell
I. Ratliff
Area 23
Norton
UMW
C. P. Fugate
Wise
Cc. E. Minton
Coplon Conviction Upheld. Wiretap Question Sent Back
The U S court of appeals unanimously upheld Judith Coplon’s Washington spying conviction but ordered a new trial if wiretaps on her conversations with counsel are proven. The case, tied to FBI arrest legality and a New York seizure, returns to district court for wiretap findings.
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Washington
Judith Coplon
Justice Department
Russia
U.S. Court of Appeals
FBI
Court of Appeals
U. S. District Court
Cyprin
Miss Coplin
Valentin A. Gubitchev
New York
Wilbur K. Miller
U. S. Court of Appeals For
Second Circuit
Learned Hand
Hand
Supreme Court
Gubitchev
Mock Court Condemns Reds For Slavery In Work Camps
A Brussels mock court, lacking legal status, found the Soviet Union guilty of maintaining concentration camps and slave labor. Judges, including former Nazi camp inmates, condemned Soviet police power, detentions, and forced labor while noting mass hunger and inhumane conditions.
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Brussels
Belgium
Soviet Union
International Committee Against Concentration Camps
A. S. Balachowskky
Russia
Hitler
Parents doubt soldier death was self inflicted in Grundy
Pfc. Dewey E. Fletcher 20 died from a bullet wound in Grundy Virginia while on leave from Camp Pickett. His parents and sweetheart dispute self inflicted death theory and say he feared overseas service. Sheriff Lambert reports no evidence of suicide. investigation continues. Funeral services set for 1 p.m. tomorrow with multiple ministers and family burial in the local cemetery.
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Grundy
Pfc
Dewey E. Fletcher
Fletcher
Commonwealth
I. M. Lambert
Frances Hess
Ishmael Fletcher
Pfc. Fletcher
Camp Pickett
Miss Hess
Gildie Griffith
Ernie Hicks
M. F. Fletcher
Slate Creek
Edith Elswick
Richlands
Alden
Bernard
Bie Rock
Norman
U. S. Army
Camp Pickens
Rene Singleton
Hadley Edwards
Garman Sutherland
Grundy Funeral Home
Leaders Mourn Death of Cardinal Dougherty
Leaders across society mourn the death of Dennis Cardinal Dougherty archbishop of Philadelphia on June 1 Philadelphia clerics and civic figures join in tribute to the late church leader.
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Cardinal Dougherty
Philadelphia
Dennis Carolinel Dougherty
Ford Local 600 set to mark 10th anniversary with Lewis speech
Detroit June 1 The Ford Local 600 CIO United Auto Workers marks its 10th anniversary with an invitation to John L. Lewis to speak at the June 23 ceremony. Lewis has accepted after an internal squabble over the invitation initiated by Carl Stellato, president of Local 600.
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Detroit
John L. Lewis
Ford
CIO
United Auto Workers
Lewis
Carl Stellato
Formosa Memorandum Reveals 1949 Weighing of Policy
Senators opened a secret 1949 State Department memo stating Formosa had no special military significance and its loss to Red China was expected. The document, sent to consular officers, aimed to protect U S prestige if Formosa fell, while Acheson defended current policy as diplomatic and not military.
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Washington
State Department
Formosa
Red China
Senate
MacArthur Inquiry Committee
Acheson
Russia
Douglas MacArthur
United States
China
U. S
Acheson Sala
Defense Department
Department
Far East
Kremlin
Peiping
Truman
Knowland
Knowland Long
Russell
D-Ga
George
Wiley
R-Wis
Smith
R-Nj
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Lodge
R-Mass
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Lad
R. H. Macy
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Red Capital
Coal Op
Bowling Green
Clarence Marsh
James Bridenstine, Jr
Rosner Sowee
Serora ER Eutra Oee
Marsh
Perrysburg
Bridenstine
Judy Coplon
Ford Workers
Vital Island
Acneson
MacArthur
U. N
Duke
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