Oil Staff Exodus Looms as Iran Nationalizes Fields
Iran's Mossadegh government presses ahead with oil nationalization. Anglo Iranian Oil Company shifts to evacuation, planning to pull 2,800 British workers from AIOC within 72 hours as Italian AGIP eyes ties. Abadan refinery becomes transfer hub while staff pack up and families depart.
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Tehran
Iran
Anglofranian Oil Company
Aghajari
Abadan
Mohammed Mossadegh
Tranian National Oil Company
Mossadegh
Fram E
Italy
Ettore Caraffa d
Andria
AGIP
AIOC
London
Eric Drake
Basra
Iraq
Bluefield Typhoid Case Prompts Immunization Call
A confirmed typhoid case in Bluefield Virginia leads health officer Dr Charles M Wylie to urge immunization for residents. People in Rollins Street area may receive free shots this Friday from 1 to 3 pm at the office above the town hall, with emphasis on children who played with the sick child.
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Bluefield
Charles M. Wylie
Buchanan-Tazewell
Acheson Presses Iran Oil Stop gap Plan
Secretary of State Acheson urged Iran to accept a temporary oil arrangement with Britain to keep oil flowing and defend Europe from Russia. He warned Iran’s nationalization drive could shut the fields, causing economic distress and potential unrest with global ramifications.
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Washington
Acheson
Iran
Europe
Russia
Witnesses Refuse To Name Dope Sources On Threat Of Death
Washington June 27 A federal agent called Charles Lucky Luciano the kingpin of a worldwide dope trade. Testimony before the Senate crime committee described Luciano’s enforcement by gunmen and his international network. Witnesses admitted fear of naming suppliers while investigators said they faced death threats.
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Luciano
Washington
Charles “Lucky” Luciano
Viceczor
Italy
Senate Crime
Charles Siragusa
O’conor
Baltimore
Wiley
R-Wis
New York
Siragusa
Mafia
International Messenger
MacArthur Paying 14.90 Daily Rate for Waldorf Astoria Suite
The New York Post reports General Douglas MacArthur now pays 14.90 dollars per day for his 10 room Waldorf Astoria presidential suite. The hotel declined comment. Previously in April it was announced he would pay 130 dollars daily for the suite.
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New York
New York Post
Douglas MacArthur
Waldorf - Astoria Hotel
Far East
Court test eyed on osteopaths surgery rights
West Virginia osteopaths press for a test case after Attorney General Marland hints at changes to a 1951 law that could limit osteopaths to defined medical roles. Health director Dyer says the law prompts reevaluation of licensing for Osteopathic hospitals while defending that no one is harmed.
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Charleston
W. Va
W. C. Marland
Marland
The
West Virginia Osteopathic Society, Inc
T. D
Kauffelt
N. H. Dyer
Dyer
Jones Says B&O Loan Profitable
Former RFC chairman Jesse H. Jones testified before the Senate banking committee that the RFC earned a profit of over 20 million dollars from its Baltimore & Ohio railroad loans. He noted B&O’s debt to the RFC is secured by securities worth about three times the loan and described extended maturities and ongoing payments totaling more than 50 million in interest.
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Houston
Jesse H. Jones
RFC
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Secretary of Commerce
Senate Banking Committee
Jones
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Division 4
Washington
Tobey
R-Nh
Theing
B. and O
B. and
Iself
Miners Plan No Memorial Hall
United Mine Workers official said no memorial holiday extension of the annual 10 day vacation for coal diggers beginning Saturday. President William Blizzard of UMW district 17 said the union will comply with its contract. Vacation runs until July 9 with each digger receiving 100 dollars plus prior two weeks’ wages.
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Charleston
W. Va
United Mine Workers
William Blizzard
UMW District 17
Blizzard
Auto industry jobs cut as shortages bite across firms
Detroit June 27 AP factories slash payrolls amid material shortages and tight credit. Chrysler cuts 15 000 workers plus 2 500 in Q3. GM plans closures July 28 to Aug 6. Ford Canada shuts 9 000 of 11 000. Nash Kelvinator to close seven plants for two weeks. Union calls for government policy to speed defense shift.
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Detroit
General Motors
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Norman Matthews
UAW
Chrysler
Chrysler Corp
Ford Motor Co. of Canada, Ltd
Michigan
Nash-Kelvinator Corp
Wisconsin
California
Kaiser-Frazer Corp
Willow Run
Packard Motor Co
Hudson Motor Car Co
President's Daughter To Meet Pope In Rome
Margaret Lum an will hold a private audience with Pope Pius as she visits Rome. She will wear a long black gown and veil, and the Vatican museum including the Sistine Chapel was opened for her to tour unaccompanied by a crowd.
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Rome
Margaret ‘Luman
Pope Pius
Vatican Museum
Sistine Chapel
Michael Angelo
Senate Upholds Beef Price Decision Jeopardizes Controls
Washington reports the Senate voted 61 to 26 against striking a provision banning rollbacks on live beef prices and other commodities, risking the broader Price Control Program. The move complicates efforts to replace the Defense Production Act as current controls face a Saturday expiration. House leaders plan a stopgap extension through July, while the Senate considers emergency measures and a wave of 57 amendments.
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Senate
Eric Johnston
House
McFarland
Arizona
Rayburn
Congress
Actor David Warfield Dies In New York
New York June 27 David Warfield an 84 year old actor died tonight in his Manhattan apartment He retired in 1924 after a Broadway career that made him a top star early in the century David Belasco mentored him after Warfield kept performing in saloons to survive He remained a remembered name among theater goers who never saw him on stage.
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New York
David Warfield
Manhattan
Broadway
David Belasco
Warfield
Dewey and Duff Back Eisenhower Draft for 1952 Nomination
Newsweek reports Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and Sen. James H. Duff assured support for an Eisenhower draft. They planned to align New York and Pennsylvania delegations, boosting a potential start to the 1952 Republican campaign. Milton Eisenhower and Harold S. Siassen also signal backing.
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New York
Newsweek
Thomas E. Dewey
James H. Duff
Pennsylvania
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republian
Duff
Dewey
Philadelphia
Herbert Brownell
Eisenhower
Harold Siassen
Minnesota
University of Pennsylvania
Milton Eisenhower
Pennsylvania State College
Europe
Storm Briefly Knocks WHIS Off Air and Hits Transformer
Lightning struck a transformer of Appalachian Electric Power near Montcalm damaging equipment and causing WHIS in Bluefield to go off air for 18 minutes. Crews worked overnight to repair. The storm dropped 1.04 inches of rain with hail and a 87 degree high before the downpour.
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Storm
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Montcalm
WHIS
Bluefield
AEP
Pat Flanagan
Augusta St
Red Cross Condemns Communists At 26th Convention
The American Red Cross in New York reaffirmed fundraising independence from outside groups and adopted a resolution condemning North Korean and Chinese Communists. Delegates, numbering 6032, backed the move to stop joint drives with other chapters and ordered Detroit Philadelphia and Bristol chapters to cease such practices.
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New York
American Red Cross
International Committee of the Red Cross
Korea
United Nation
Community Chest
Detroit
Philadelphia
Bristol
Tenn.Va
Pulaski murder trial opens for two youths in dentist death
In Pulaski Virginia Judge John S Draper begins the trial of E Buford Owen and Charley Simmons both 18 or 20 charged with murder in the death of Dr M A Santa Cruz a prominent local dentist. Only 14 jurors chosen with 10 more to be selected to complete a 24 member panel. The previous trial ended in a mistrial after a juror was ruled infeasible.
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Pulaski
Pulaski County
E. Buford Owen
Charley Simmons
M. A. Santa Cruz
John S. Draper
Roanoke
Dr. Santa Cruz
Aged West Virginian Missing Three Weeks
Spencer West Virginia June 27 State Police Sgt H R Shields said Orville Lee 83 has been missing since June 7. He left Clark Wrights Reedy home June 7 a letter to Lee later reached Wrights home and neighbors learned he had not been seen since June 5. He left money his watch glasses and toilet articles at the Wright home.
Boissevain Woman Held In Shooting
Boissevain Va June 27 Agnes Mattox wife of Andy Mattox was charged with malicious wounding after a man identified as Thomas Walker about 35 colored was wounded in both legs at the Mattox home. Walker was taken to Bluefield Sanitarium and is reported not seriously hurt. Bond for Mrs Mattox set at 3000 by Justice B T Brown.
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Boissevaine
Thomas Walker
Andy Mattox
Tipple Hollow
Ed McGlothlin
Agnes Mattox
Andy
Walker
Bluefield Sanitarium
Bluefield
Acheson Says Reds Should Leave Korea
Washington reports that Russia urged cease fire talks to be military negotiations between North Korean and United Nations field commanders. U S Ambassador Kirk and Soviet officials discussed possible terms while UN diplomats signaled readiness to end the war under a genuine peace framework.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Korea
United Nations
Douglas MacArthur
Red
Red China
Moscow
U. S
Alan G. Kirk
Andrei
Kirk
State Department
U.N
Jacob Malik
New York
Malik
Kirk-Gromyko
Acheson
le Department
Capitol Hill
China
Manchura
Citizens Go Underground To Gather Crime Evidence
In Lake Charles Louisiana a secret five member commission directed by attorney James Dewey O'Brien organized more than 200 citizens to investigate gambling. They visited 30 establishments collecting 100 charges while maintaining strict anonymity to avoid leaks amid threats and pressure.
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Lake Charles
Louisiana
James Dewey O'Brien
O’brien
Kenneth L. Dixon
O'Brien
Commission
Dixon
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