Iran Seizure Board Arrives to Take Over Anglo-Iranian Oil
Tehran reports large crowds greet Mossadegh's Khuzistan delegation as it moves to nationalize the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. The board aims to dominate administration and boost production, while British counterparts are not yet ready to depart. Redirection toward Abadan planned with potential anti-British demonstrations and refinery stoppage risk.
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Tehran
Iran
Khuzistan
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Abadan
Ahwaz
Ali Abadi
Anglo-Iranian
Ql Co
Mossadegh
Hussein Maki
Maki
Cohen Profits and Spending Revealed in Cohen Trial
Los Angeles reports government lawyers, aided by 25 witnesses including plumbers and decorators, show Mickey Cohen spent about $100,000 more than he admitted. The case charges Cohen and Lavonne Cohen with evading $156,123 in 1946, 1947, and 1948 income tax. A former partner testified about a Burbank club that netted roughly $16,404 for Cohen and his gang.
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Los Angeles
Mickey Cohen
Cohen
Lavonne
U. S
John Paul Wilds
Air Force renews Ice Isle base plan in Arctic
Anchorage Alaska June AP the Air Force will renew efforts to set up a semi permanent base on a floating ice island in the Arctic Ocean one weather and science research station to be operated by Maj Gen William D Cid Alaska Air Command. The plan follows years of study and earlier flights to the North Pole that reported possible ice islands and safe camp platforms with supplies flown in by air or submarine ice islands measured 80 to 200 feet thick far thicker than polar packs.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Air Force
Arctic Ocean
Arctic
Willam D. Cid
Alaskan Air Command
Polar
Joseph C. Fletcher
58Th j.Reconnaissance
Eielson Air Base
North Pole
Fletcher
Defense Department Research and Development Board
Cohen and Cohen Profit Split and Bank Accounts Reveal
A banker described Cohen’s finances including a 150 to 50 split of profits. Harald Vieber testified the gambler held multiple accounts at a Hollywood bank and a safety deposit box under the name Donald Duitz with a savings account under Meyer Cohen. Contents of the box were not disclosed.
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Cohen
Hollywood
Harald Vieber
Donald Duitz
Meyer Cohen
Train Orders Ignored In Fatal Louisville Line Crash
Six trainmen died after two Louisville and Nashville passenger trains collided head-on near Hematite Tennessee in rain. The Pan American from Memphis and local No 193 from Bowling Green ran without obeying written stop orders. Engineer W. J. Miller of Paris Tennessee perished. conductor C. P. Vester survived. Thirteen passengers were hurt, one critically, as engines and cars wrecked on single track without block signals.
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Clarksville
Tenn
Louisville and Nashville
Here
Pan American
Memphis
Bowling Green
R. C. Parsons
Louisville
Hematite
Naval Airman Attacks Strategic Bombing Policy
Rear Adm. R. A. Ofstie argues in the June issue of the United States Naval Institute Proceedings that strategic bombing should not be the Navy's main weapon. He calls for more tactical warplanes and fighter bombers, with only a small need for long-range bombers. The article notes no official Navy endorsement and cites clearance instructions for public statements.
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Washington
Adm
R. A. Ofstie
Offiie
United States Naval Institute Proceedings
Ofstie
Navy Department
Naval Service
Navy
Francis P. Matthews
Adm. Sherman
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Betty Jane Barton
Miss Barton
Ed Miller
Alta Maxey
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Ray Restions
Newark
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Ted Webber
Tulsa
Drake
Restions
Webber
Associated Press
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