Britain Seizes Two New Poland Tankers
Britain seized two new oil tankers built for Poland after U S protests over delivery to a Soviet allied state. The foreign office said the admiralty requisitioned the ships under defense regulations, marking the first wartime power use since World War I. Britain promised Poland would be reimbursed.
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London
Britain
United States
Poland
United
Iron Curtain
Jerzy Michalowski
Foreign Office
Fate of 10,000 GIs Undecided
Washington reports defense officials declining to estimate the fate of more than 10,000 missing American troops in Korea. Some are prisoners, some likely dead, but exact numbers await confirmation amid propaganda claims. Reds have violated Geneva Convention rules by not sharing prisoner homes or allowing Red Cross visits. Only 158 Americans are confirmed prisoners.
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Washington
Korea
Reds
U. S
Red Cross
Rejection of U S Sales Tax Plan Faces Senate Action
Washington July 14 Senate finance Committee likely to reject proposals for a national sales tax to fund defense. Chairman George says he dislikes the House approved 7.2 billion dollar tax hike, favors higher individual taxes by 1.24 percent, and will seek an alternate formula. Committee hearings continue on defense revenue and the administration’s request for a 10 billion dollar increase. The House plan would lift corporate taxes and excise taxes, with extra revenue from miscellaneous changes. Business groups push for a national sales tax as the main funding source. George notes sentiment in his committee is split and that the sales tax idea appears "out the window" for now.
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Washington
George
D.-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Georgia
House
National Association of Manufacturers
New British Weapon Demonstration Shows Minefield Breach
Salisbury England July 14 Britain revealed new armor including a secret weapon that makes a path through a minefield for military attaches from 27 nations The display featured infantry breaching a minefield under live ammunition wire and barricades being blown by torpedoes and Churchill tanks breaching an anti tank ditch
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Salisbury
England
Britain
Break in Iran Oil Crisis Seen
AP reports in Tehran and London that U S Ambassador Grady and Averell Harriman discuss a possible break in the Iran oil dispute over Anglo Iranian Oil Co nationalization. Grady urges give and take amid tempers. Eden warns of risks to the free world if Iran destabilizes. Truman considers Grady retirement as oil talks stall.
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Tehran
Iran
U.S
Henry F. Grady
Averell Harriman
Harriman
Truman
Paris
Britain
London
Anthony Eden
Free World
Korea
Grady
AngloTranian Oil Co
Mohammed Mossadegh
ATOC
State Department
Lou Henderson
U. S
India
State Department presses Moscow for Soviet receipt of friendship resolution
Washington reports the State Department will continue radio korespondring in Russian programs for several days after President Truman sent a congressional resolution expressing American friendship for the Soviet people to Nikolai Shvernik on July 7. The Voice of America noted the resolution has not appeared in Soviet newspapers or been broadcast and no Stalin Prize winner has presented it to Soviet audiences.
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Washington
State Department
Moscow
Truman
Nikolai Mikhailovich Shvernik
Presidium of
The
Supreme Soviet
Soviet Union
Voice of America
Voice
Italian Boys Town Structure Inaugurated in Santa Marinella
In Santa Marinella Italy American and Italian officials inaugurated the Dorothy Bellanca Memorial Auditorium built for the Italian Boys Republic by Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Mrs Bellanca Latvian born founder of the union served on its executive board until her 1946 death. The auditorium aids homeless street boys seeking a new life in the boys towns. The Republic was founded in 1945.
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Santa Marinella
Italy
Dorothy Bellanca
Boys Republic
Clothing Workers of America
Senator O'Conor Warns of Communist Propaganda Mail
Senator O Conor of Maryland today warned that Soviet and Iron Curtain regions are flooding the United States with Communist propaganda via mail. He said he is consulting postal, customs, and justice officials as part of an internal security subcommittee task force and urged action to stop taxpaying citizens from bearing mailing costs. He cited bulletins newspapers and magazines aimed at citizens with ancestral ties to Communist controlled countries as a threat to loyalty among first and second generation Americans.
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Washington
Jay
Russia
United States
Sen
O'Conor
O’conor
Reds Exploit U N Sincerity Gesture
United States officials in Washington reassess Korean truce talks amid North Korean and Red Chinese use of strong-arm tactics at Kaesong. U.N. negotiators resist Red control, while Ridgway shifts from polite to firm, aiming for equal terms and secrecy as needed for a negotiated peace.
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Washington
United States
Charles Turner Joy
U. N
Free World
Kaesong
Matthew GB
Ridgway
Pyongyang
Reds
Korea
U.N
North Korea
U. S
Wonsan
Kaei Song
Une
Truman Calls Rights Probe On Federal Employment
President Truman ordered an inquiry into whether anti security risk standards in federal hiring infringe individuals rights. He urged uniform procedures and central review within the Government Employee Loyalty Program. Republican lawmakers pressed for a full State Department probe into possible Communist activity.
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Washington
Truman
James 8. Lay Jn
National Security Council
Security Council
House un-American Activities Committee
State Department
Rep. Velde
R-Ii
Raph Kearney
R-N.y
Reorters
Lam
Flames Sear Packed Train Near Huntingdon
A fast express train from London to Leeds halted near Huntingdon after a wall of flames swept through four crowded coaches injuring 20 passengers. Nine were kept in Huntingdon Hospital, two in serious condition, with cause undetermined.
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Huntington
Eng
Huntingdon Station
London
Huntingdon Hospital
Glasgow
Beattock
Scotland
Leeds
Britain
Polish Defense Head Shot In Moscow Treatment Report
Copenhagen dispatch reports Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky Polish defense minister and army chief was seriously wounded by gunshots two to three weeks ago and has been taken to Moscow for treatment.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Pt Berlingske Tidende
Copenrhagen
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Moscow
U S Air Components Arrive in Morocco
Six American jet planes and 18 heavy bombers landed today at Nouaceur Air Base during the opening ceremonies for the first U S Air Force field in Morocco. Two other bases are under construction, two more planned, with the Fifth Air Division to establish headquarters at Rabat. The U S Navy operates a large base at Port Lyautey.
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Casablanca
Nouaceur Air Base
U. S. Air Force
Morocco
Fifth Air Division
Rabat
U. S Navy
Port Lyautey
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