Iran Seizure of Oil Escalates as Mossadegh Acts
Iran's premier Mossadegh ordered full state control of the Anglo Iranian Oil Company operations after a five hour cabinet meeting, Britain recalling its peace mission and warning it will protect nationals if needed. Iran aims to run Abadan and other fields while negotiations with Britain faltered. Members of Mossadegh's circle had threatened to shut valves.
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Associated Press
Mohammed Mossadegh
Britain
Mossadegh
Hussein Fatimi
Iran
Abadan
Herbert Morrison
Tehran
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
Morrison
U.S
Middle East
Kermanshah
Anglo-Iranian Board of Directors
AIOC
Hussein Maki
Europe
Woman Flees Abductor Near West Liberty
Doris Meyer from Detroit escaped an abductor near West Liberty after he forced her at gunpoint to drive. She identified Lee Irwin, a Detroit man wanted for murder, as the suspect who warned her he had killed two women. An alarm was issued for Irwin and the stolen car as authorities linked him to a Michigan murder and possible flight to California.
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West Liberty
Doris Meyer
Detroit
Irwin
Toledo
Ohio
Durant
Meyer
Shagena
Los Angeles
Michigan
Gas Firm Seeks 41 Mile Pipeline to Iowa City Cedar Rapids
Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric Company Davenport asked the Federal Power Commission to clear a 41 mile pipeline project in Iowa it would cost about 1 million dollars. The line would link with Natural Gas Pipe Line Company of America in Washington county and run north to Cedar Rapids to meet rising city district gas needs.
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Washington
Iowa- Illinois Gas and Electric Company
Davenport
Federal Power Commission
Iowa
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
FPC
Card Game Held Up for $10,000 at Kansas City Club
Four masked bandits armed with a shotgun and pistols robbed 17 card players at Hillcrest Country Club early Wednesday. They forced the men to strip, tied them, and fled with about $10,000 in cash and jewelry, leaving victims in a shower room.
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Kansas City
Hillcrest Country Club
Sheriff’s Office
Levin Dies Former Capone Henchman Hymie Levin
Hymie Loud Mouth Levin a former Capone syndicate figure died after a long illness at age 55. He had served 18 months in prison for income tax evasion with an estimated income over one million dollars a year in 1934.
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Chicago
Levin
Old Capone
Double Deck Dogfight Tops Air War Over Northwest Korea
In the Korean War’s first double deck battle, ten Red aircraft were shot down or damaged, as 98 planes took part. U.N. Mustang fighters overpowered six Russian prop planes, while 32 Sabres clashed with 36 MiG-15s. Both sides reported losses and all Sabre jets returned safely.
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Tokyo
Korea
U.N
Manchurian
Fifth Air Force
Supervisors Weigh Need for County Health Officer in Cedar Rapids Area
The Linn County Board of Supervisors seeks help from University of Iowa professors to tackle growing sanitary waste disposal outside Cedar Rapids. Open ditch near highways 149 and 30 west of Cedar Rapids threatens a school area, while a drainage tile near Cox Avenue NW spurs a lawsuit. Prairieburg fields receive drained wastes. The board may activate a county health officer to enforce controls.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County Board of Supervisors
University of Iowa
Robert F. Ray
M. Dean Zenor
Institute of Public Affairs
A. L. Bennett
Cleveland School
Cox Avenue NW
Prairieburg
Henry J. Hood
Board of Supervisors
County Board of Health
Boat Sold The Day Ad Appeared
John L. Craft received 15 calls from buyers after advertising a boat and trailer at 2474 C St. SW and sold the outfit the same day. The Gazette want ads urge readers to place quick buy and sell notices for boats, motors, fishing gear, and golf clubs to attract cash buyers. Call 2-1121 to place a want ad.
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John L. Craft
C St. SW
Gazette
Hurley Attacks State Dept Surrender Over Yalta Policy
Major General Patrick J. Hurley testified before a Senate inquiry denouncing U S foreign policy as appeasement of communism and imperialism He called the Yalta concessions to Russia a cowardly surrender and faulted Acheson Byrnes Connally and Green for secrecy and misrepresenting the Atlantic Charter He argued the U S should have spoken power to deter Soviet expansion and criticized officials for concealing Yalta terms.
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Washington
Patrick J. Hurley
State Department
Russia
Yalta
China
Hurley
Senate
Gen
MacArthur
U. S
Acheson
Hoover
Roosevelt
Byrnes
Connally
Texas
Green
R. I
Britain
U.S
Marshall
Republic of China
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
MacArthur Says Truman Silenced Witnesses On Dismissal
Gen. MacArthur accused President Truman of ordering witnesses silenced to obscure the facts of his ouster. He declined to testify again, arguing public interest did not require it, while asserting that some documentary evidence was out of context. He contended paraphrased texts hindered full understanding and noted secrecy hindered disclosure of private discussions.
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Washington
MacArthur
Truman
Senate
U.S
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Far East
Bradley
White House
State Acheson
Cohen Convicted Of Tax Dodging
Los Angeles jury finds gambler Mickey Cohen guilty on four counts of evading income taxes for 1946 to 1948 and filing false statements to the treasury. The verdict, returned after a 12 day trial, could bring up to 20 years in prison and $40,000 in fines.
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Los Angeles
LLP
Mickey Cohen
Dapper Cohen
Treasury Department
Yanks Edge Sox For Narrow 2 1 Victory
New York pitchers held Chicago to one run as Hank Bauer delivered the game winning hit in a come from behind win. The win reduced the White Sox lead to two and a half games in the pennant race.
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New York
INS
Hank Bauer
Yankees
Chicago
White Sox
Federal Grand Jury Indicts 21 Communist Party Members
A federal grand jury in New York indicted twenty one members of the Communist party's secondary command for plotting overthrow of the U S government. Seventeen were arrested in an early morning roundup by FBI agents with four still sought. Arrests totaled sixteen in New York and six in Pittsburgh.
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Washington
Communist Party
U. S
New York
FBI
Pittsburgh
Supreme Court
McGrath
J. Edgar Hoover
National Committee
Newhall Left with No Water After Iowa Storm
A fierce Iowa storm swept across east central counties Tuesday night causing one death, massive damage and widespread outages. Newhall and Belle Plaine faced water shortages as pumps failed while towns from McCallsburg to Springville lost power and roads were blocked by fallen trees. Electric service was restored gradually. one farmer, Lester Thede, suffered burns when touching a high voltage line while rescuing his dog.
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Newhall
Belle Plaine
McCallsburg
Nevada
Story County
Springville
Bill Oberthein
Ed Hinkle
Wat
Ely
Fairfax
Walford
Atkins
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Lester Thede
Highway 30
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Thede
Harold Swailes
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