Iran nationalizes oil assets as Mossadegh acts
Premier Mossadegh orders full government control of Anglo-Iranian oil operations after a five hour cabinet meeting. Britain recalls its peace mission while Iran vows to keep oil flowing from nationalized installations. Deputy Premier Fatimi says extreme Nationalists will not shut the Abadan refinery. Foreign Secretary Morrison consults military leaders to protect nationals in Iran.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Britain
Mossadegh
Hussein Fatimi
Abadan
Herbert Morrison
Acheson Urges Iran to Reconsider AIOC Offer
Secretary of State Acheson urged Iran to rethink rejecting the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company offer of 28 million dollars as an advance toward settlement of the nationalization dispute. He called the situation critical, said negotiations collapsed, and expressed hope for a friendly settlement despite disappointment.
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Washington
Acheson
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
AIOC
Iran
British Iran oil talks collapse after cabinet move
British and Iranian negotiators failed to reach a settlement on Anglo Iranian oil. Iran’s cabinet considered taking control of oil fields gradually with new Iranian officials named for key sites at Kermanshah. The talks ended with a vague communique and no immediate oil flow actions. Fatima had threatened to cut oil, but the latest statement rejected such plans.
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House of Commons
Winston Churchill
Morrison
United States
Iran
Mossadegh
Kermanshah
AIOC
Fatima
Abadin
First annual Ohio Funeral Directors meet opens in Columbus
A fragmented report from Columbus describes the opening of the first annual convention of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association. The text notes high costs and references mortality, with garbled lines indicating discussions on funeral industry issues and expenses.
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Columbus
Ohio Funeral Presoers Association
Administration Pushes Record Tax Bill Through House
The administration launches a campaign to push a 7.2 billion tax increase through the House by tomorrow night. The package includes a 124 percent rise in individual income taxes, higher corporate and excise taxes, with debate limited and amendments allowed only from the Ways and Means Committee. The bill would take effect late this year for excises and September 1 for income taxes, with corporation tax retroactive to January 1. Two thirds of the House must waive calendar Wednesday rules to bring it up. Rankin seeks faster consideration while leadership predicts passage amid Republican concessions.
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Washington
Ways and Means
Rankin
Veterans Committee
House
Repub
Seaman Strike Talks Include 44 Hour Seascale Plan
East Coast ship operators offer CIO seamen a 44 hour week at sea and 40 hours in port aimed at breaking a five day tieup across Atlantic and Gulf ports. Separate conferences began ahead of a five day standstill and a joint session. Eight ships carrying defense cargoes were cleared for sailing from New York to England and Northern Ireland by the National Shipping Authority. Federal mediators convened a joint meeting after shippers offered concessions in the contract dispute.
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NEW York
CIO
Atlantic
Gulf
Gulf Coast
England
Northern Ireland
National Shipping Authority
Maritime Administration
Harvester to Build Defense Plant in Paris Kentucky
Detroit Harvester Company disclosed that it will break ground this week for a new defense plant at Paris Kentucky. President J Thomas Smith said the facility will supplement existing plants in Detroit Ypsilanti Toledo and Zanesville Ohio. The firm now employs about 2500 people in farm implement and automotive parts manufacture. The Paris plant will focus on defense work mainly airplane part production.
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Detroit
Detroit Harvester Company
Paris
J. Thomas Smith
Ypsilanti
Toledo
Zanesville
Food wholesale costs rise 18 percent from year ago
New York AP reports wholesale food prices this week average 18.6 percent higher than the year-ago week before the Korean War began. The Dun & Bradstreet index stands at 7.07, unchanged from a week prior, versus 5.96 a year ago for a basket of 31 commonly used foods. Hams cheese sugar eggs potatoes raisins and hogs led gains while flour wheat corn rye oats barley lard butter coffee cottonseed oil steers and lambs declined.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Pilots Ignore Board Order at United Air Lines
AFL Air Line Pilots Association asserts the U S Mediation Board’s edict to end the illegal walkout is ridiculous as 900 UAL pilots and co pilots strike halting 132 transport planes and affecting 68 cities including Honolulu. The two sides have clashed for 22 months over wages and working conditions amid faster planes.
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Chicago
AFL
United Air Lines
U. S. Mediation Board
AFL Air Line Pilots Association, International
UAL
Honolulu
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Senator David A. Liggitt Honored for Long Service
In Columbus the Senate honored Senator David A. Liggitt of Logan for his long legislative career set to end next year. Liggitt announced his health prevents a reelection bid. He is in his ninth two year Senate term and previously served two terms in the House from 1915 to 1918.
Hurley Attacks State Department in Oyster Probe
Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley former ambassador to China testified before Senate committees investigating Gen. MacArthur recall charging the State Department with surrendering World War II principles to communism and Russia He called for an end to appeasement and a return to a foreign policy based on individual liberty and self government He criticized the handling of MacArthur’s testimony and the release of documents as misleading and lacking accuracy.
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Washington
Patrick J. Hurley
China
State Department
Yalta
U. S
Russia
MacArthur
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
Truman
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
State Acheson
White House
Hurley
Acheson
Big Defense Fund Asked By Marshall
Secretary of Defense Marshall urged Congress to approve a $6.56 billion military building program driven by international tension. The plan includes an initial $4.5 billion request to begin within the current fiscal year starting July 1, with completion aimed in about two years. Marshall sent letters to House Speaker Rayburn and Senators Russell and Vinson, who lead the Armed Services Committees, and Vinson said hearings will begin Monday.
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Washington
Marshall
Congress
Defense Department
House
Rayburn
Russell
D-Ga
Vinson
Senate
House Armed Services Committees
Ohio gets big share in 107 million defense plan
The Defense Department asks Congress for 6.56 billion dollars for military construction in the United States and abroad. In Ohio the package totals 107.58 million, funding sites including Columbus general depot, Ravenna arsenal, Lockbourne AFB, Wright Patterson AFB, Youngstown airport, Dayton and Shelby depots, and several ordnance depots.
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Washington
Defense Department
Congress
Army
Navy
Air Force
United States
Continental
Ohio
Army—Columbus
Erie
Lima
Marion Engineer
Ravenna Arsenal
Rossford
Air Force—Lockbourne
Youngstown
Dayton
Shelby
Wright - Patterson
Truman May Enter Fight To Save Price Control
A Democratic senator reported President Truman may seek a special message to Congress to defend key economic controls. Senate and House Banking Committees edged toward bills replacing the Defense Production Act, with actions limiting price cuts on beef, easing some credit rules for autos and appliances, and raising rents under control ceilings up to 20 percent above 1942. The measures face final committee votes and then Congress approval before reaching the President.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate
House
House Committee
Senate Committee
Senate Crime Committee Presses Florida Governor
Washington AP The Senate Crime Committee again urged Gov Fuller Warren of Florida to appear in Miami for hearings on crime and narcotics. The panel threatened further action if he does not accept or provide a satisfactory response by noon Thursday June 21. The committee plans to hold hearings in Miami tomorrow and Friday.
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Washington
Senate Crime Committee
Fuller Warren
Florida
Miami
O’conor
Warren
Tallahassee
Fla
O'Conor
Slayer Sentenced to Life for Newark Slaying
Robert L. Jamison, 26, was given life in an Ohio penitentiary for the strangulation death of Newark housewife Mrs. Loewendick. Convicted of second degree murder, he faces 24 hours in solitary each anniversary for 25 years. He showed no emotion, claimed he did not know what he was doing.
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Newark
Robert L. Jamison
Ohio
Richard Loewendick
Jamison
Common Pleas
Charles B. Holtsberry
Holtsberry
Dick, Jr
Carole
Fire Proves Fatal At Mount Vernon Farm Home
Mrs. George Craft, 60, died in a fire at her farm home ten miles northwest of Mount Vernon. Police say she was burned and overcome by smoke. She was the mother of Robert W. Levering, twice defeated Democratic candidate for Congress in the 17th District.
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Mount Vernon, O
George Craft
Mount Vernon
Robert W. Levering
Sixteen Rounded Up In New York One In Pittsburgh
Washington AP reports twenty one members of the Communist Party's secondary command were indicted for plotting violent overthrow. Seventeen were seized in New York, four were being sought, with arrests in New York and Pittsburgh. The round up follows the Supreme Court upholding the party's 11 top leaders verdict. All charged under the 1940 Smith Act.
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New York
Pittsburgh
Supreme Court
Washington
Communist Party
United States
FBI
U.S
Hoover
USA
New York State
McGrath
Justice Department
Criminal Division
Air Battles Stepped Up By Koreans
Tokyo AP reports the Korean war’s first doubledeck dog fight as ten Red planes were shot down or damaged on the fourth straight day of air war over northwest Korea. Ground forces abandoned Punchbowl Valley while UN guns dominate the eastern front. Mustang fighters and Sabres clashed with MIGs in high and mid altitude fights. The four days of fighting yield 28 Red planes destroyed or damaged with UN losses uncertain.
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Tokyo
Korea
Punchbowl
United Nations
Kansong
Yanggu
Fifth Air Force
Reds
Navy
Marine Corps
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Ui Jongbu
Seoul
Dyer Promoted to Commander of Task Force 95
Rear Adm. George C. Dyer today succeeded Rear Adm. Allan E. Smith as commander of Task Force 95, United Nations Blockade and Escort Force. Smith becomes common. coms. 13th Naval District, Seattle.
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Tokyo
George C. Dyer
Allan E. Smith
United Nations
Smith
13Th Naval District
Seattle
Mickey Cohen Charged With Tax Evasion
Gambler Mickey Cohen was convicted today of four counts of federal income tax evasion. The verdict followed his testimony before the Kefauver Senate Crime Investigating Committee about living on borrowed income. He denied evasion. maximum penalty is 20 years and $40,000 in fines.
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Los Angeles
Mickey Cohen
Cohen
Kefauver Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Corre
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Defense
George C. Marshall
Anna M. Rosenberg
Hariey
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Ddmiral
MacArthur Investigating Committee
Oscar C. Badger
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J. Edgar Hoover
Justice Jackson
Jackson
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