Britain and US propose Iran oil dispute settlement
In London and Washington informed sources say Britain and the United States submitted broad proposals to Iran to settle the Anglo Iranian oil row and avert a possible Communist coup. The plan includes emergency US aid and British concessions to Mossadegh, with talks aiming to ease Iran’s economic distress and reset compensation for the nationalized oil industry.
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London
Britain
United States
Iran
George Middleton
U.S
Roy Henderson
Mossadegh
Henderson
Middleton
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Elle
AIOC
Washington
Escalating Koje Island POW Camp Mutiny Returns Fatalities
The U N Army reports four prisoners killed and 64 wounded in July August disturbances across Koje island and mainland camps as POWs and internees challenge guards. Incidents include a mass singing demonstration halted by an allied infantry assault and multiple fatalities in escape attempts.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
United States
Eighth Army
U.N
Koje Island
South Korea
Koje
U.S
Nam II
Panmunjom
P.O.W
Weer
Stockades
Pusan
Taber Postmaster Jailed One Year On Theft Charge
John Rae 46 postmaster of Taber Alberta pled guilty to theft of cash and stamps valued at 13 585 from the post office. He was sentenced to one year in jail. Rae has served as postmaster for about a year and worked 27 years with the postal service. The post office safe was found open Aug 18 and Rae was arrested Aug 21. Police court testimony said money vanished from March to August this year.
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Lethbridge
John Rae
Alberta
Taber
T. O’b. Gore-Hickman
Rae
Post Office Department
Plan for Calgary Second St Subway Moves Ahead
City approves in principle a subway under Second Street to remove the level crossing with C P R. Mayor Riley forms a committee to study the proposal with Aldermen Scholten Smith and Cocks. Detailed plans and funding must await engineers' review and federal approvals before a bylaw vote.
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J. G. Kidd
Wilson Riley
Ald
Dirk. Scholten
Public Works
E. W. Smith
Jack Cocks
Council
Technical ‘Planning Board
Officials Confer on Continuing Squaring Corner
City officials say work will resume on squaring Division Ave and Third and Fourth streets intersection. Crews halted after threats of an injunction from Karl Kraemer, owner of a nearby service station, as city engineer Jim Carswell and city solicitor J. G. Kidd plan afternoon talks with Mayor Wilson Riley. Traffic will be directed along Third Street to the Leth bridge highway. Third Street route backed by the Medicine Hat Safety Council and city council.
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Ald. R. C. Gardner
Haddon, Davis and Brown
Calgary
Medicine Hat
Federal Transport. Board
Alberta
G. M. Blackstock
Board ‘of Public Utility Commissioners
Kidd
Riley
Parker Kent
Safety Council
Rotary Club
Ught
First St
Third St
C.P.R
Division Ave
Third
Fourth Sts
Karl Kraemer
Fourth Street
Wilson Riley
Jim Carswell
Carswell
J. G. Kidd
Lethbridge Highway
Third St. S.E
Fourth St. S.W
Medicine Hat Safety Council
Imperial refinery back in operation after fire damage
The Imperial oil refinery on Edmonton's eastern outskirts resumed full operation after a fire damaged its thermal cracking unit on August 18. Superintendent H. H. Moor said the plant was shut for seven days and repairs are now estimated near 60 000 dollars, up from an initial 25 000.
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Edmonton
Imperial Oil
H. H. Moor
Weather Outlook Mixed Skies and Frost in Banff Area
Frost occurred at Banff with an overnight low of 32 while Vermilion touched 2 degrees above freezing. Elsewhere 40s and near 70s expected as variable cloud cover reduces. Sunny in most regions today and Thursday with a few showers forecast in southern Saskatchewan and near mountains. Medicine Hat reports sunny conditions with few clouds and scattered light showers this afternoon. temperatures near 75 tomorrow.
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Banff
Vermilion
Saskatchewan
Medicine Hat
Manyberries Child Killed in accident
Six month old Kirk R. Hink was found dead beside his bed at the Manyberries Experimental Station in southeastern Alberta. Coroner E. G. F. Skinner said there would be no inquest. authorities believe death may have been caused by a broken neck or strangulation after the child fell from bed.
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Manyberries
Alta
Kirk R. Hink
Arthur E. Hink
Alberta
E. G. F. Skinner
Queen Sells Racehorse Windsor Forest at Newmarket
The Queen sold the racehorse Windsor Forest yesterday at Newmarket for £1000. The horse was purchased at the annual bloodstock sales by Scottish trainer P. T. Dodd.
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Newmarket
England
Reuters
Windsor Forest
P. T. Dodd
Stalin Hierarchy Cracks Down Russian Reds
New York dispatch reports the Stalinist leadership tightening control across the Soviet Union. Pravda announces a broad discussion on party statutes ahead of the All Union Congress. Khrushchev's report blisters communists for faults, urging full criticism from factories to central committee under Malenkov.
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New York
Soviet Union
Soviet Communist Party
Pravda
Communist Party
Khrushchev
Moscow
Stalin
George M. Malenkov
Pay Hike Ends Strike Threat at Bethlehem Shipyards
New two year contract for CIO shipbuilding workers in east coast ports raises pay by 20 cents an hour retroactive to April 14, bringing average hourly wage to $2. The deal, running to June 23, 1954, includes six paid holidays improved vacation schedules and new union security. The package totals about 25.12 cents per hour.
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NEW York
Bethlehem. Steel Shipyards
CIO
Smilestones Women Abandon Cart After Parking
A brief note reports women abandoning shopping carts after parking, citing a spontaneous action observed in a local lot. No individuals or organizations are named. the report focuses on behavior rather than context or motive.
Subtle Red Propaganda Said to Run On US Airwaves
A Senate subcommittee report charges pro communist scriptwriters weave subtle anti capitalist messaging into radio and TV in the United States. It cites Ruth Adams Knight and Welbourne Kelley describing guild influence and calls for confirmation of testimony records.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Internal Security Subcommittee
Ruth Adams Knight
United Nations Radio Section
Guild
New York
Radio Writers’ Guild
Authors’ League of America
Kelley
Pat ‘McCarran
Dem
Nev
Richard Arens
Boy Scouts
Alexander Trachtenberg
Malan Wins Way As New High Court Okays Voting Law
Pretoria South Africa the new high court of parliament overruled an appeal court finding that the separate representation of voters act is invalid The high court claims final authority over constitutional legislation and protects parliamentary sovereignty Critics call it a political maneuver while opposition lawmakers boycott secret sittings of the court composed of both houses of parliament
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Pretoria
South Africa
Reuters
High Court of Parliament
Appeal Court
Daniel Malan
High ‘Court
High Court
Gloster Javelin Described Best Yet in RAF Launch
The Gloster Javelin is declared faster than sound and the world’s most effective fighter by RAF officials. Percy Grabbe of Gloster confirms its delta wing, twin engines, and radar gear enable all weather, day or night operation.
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London
Britain
RAF
Percy Grabbe
Gloster Co
Grabbe
Confiscation of Communist Newspapers in Hamburg
Police seized copies of two Communist newspapers the Hamburger Volkezeitung and the Kiel Norddeutsche Echo for articles deemed offensive to the West German government.
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Hamburg
Germany
Reuters
Hamburger Volkezeitung
Kiel
Norddeutsche Echos
Egypt Looks for Major Political Moves Amid Reform Talks
Cairo reports a national press forecast rapid political shifts within 24 hours. Gen Mohammed Naguib met Premier Aly Maher about the army land reform plan. A purge of corrupt elements could lead to party reorganizations and possible elections before February. French Communist journalist Roger Vailland was released after police said he attended only as an observer.
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Cairo
Reuters
al Misri
Mohammed Naguib
Aly Maher
Naguib
Maher
Farouk
Roger Vailland
Dulles Sees US Policy in Personal Crisis and Soviet Disintegration
In a prepared address to the American Political Science Association, John Foster Dulles called US foreign policy in personal crisis and urged abandoning containment. He proposed disintegrating the empire of Soviet Communism from within via passive resistance and non-cooperation, while stressing Asia Africa and South America.
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Buffalo
N.Y
John Foster Dulles
United States
American’ Political Science? Association
U.S
Asia
Africa
South America
Dulles
West
China
Canadian Army reports 130th casualty in Korea action
The Ottawa dispatch notes Canada’s 130th casualty in Korean action, bringing total to 961 casualties including 173 dead, 67 wounded, nine missing or captured among Canadian troops.
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Ottawa
Army
Copper and Aluminum Leave Critical List
The Defense Production Administration forecasts a better supply of steel, copper and aluminum in early 1953. Officials say the removal from the critical list may permit a boost in military and civilian production next year.
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Washington
Athe
United ‘States
Defence
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Canada
Reds
Imperial. Refinery
A. T. Legge
Popeye
By William L. Ryan
Malan
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Besqig Saan Woo
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