Oil Cartel Report Sparks White House Debate
President Truman orders release of a long secret FTC oil report amid new charges of price fixing and monopoly practices. Sen. Sparkman announces a Senate subcommittee review and a federal grand jury probing seven U. S. and foreign oil firms including Standard Oil units, Gulf Oil, Socony Vacuum, and Royal Dutch Shell.
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Washington
Truman
U.S
Sparkman
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
John Sparkman
Alabama
Senate
Alabaman
State Department
Iran
Justice Department
U. S
Sen. Hennings
D-Mo
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
California
The
Texas Company
Socony-Vacuum
Gulf Oil
Royal Dutch Shell
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Grocers to Post Ceilings on Foods Nationwide
The government plans to post price ceilings on about 300 major food items in more than half of the nation s 500000 grocery stores by October 1. The Office of Price Stabilization will issue pricing charts to 54 district offices, returning to a World War II style uniform pricing system.
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Washington
Office of Price Statilization
Ellis Arnall
OPS
Congress
View Parley as Begging Expedition
Washington observers call the Moscow talks a begging expedition by China to secure more aid from Russia. They say Beijing seeks bigger loan supplements, faster military shipments for Korea, and the return of Port Arthur rail control, while experts doubt any shift toward peace in the Far East.
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Washington
Moscow
Russia
Korea
Port Arthur
Red China
Changchhhum
Far East
Indict Abductor of Sabula Mayor
Jackson county grand jury indicted Gunmbher Storebeck 27 of Water town Wisconsin on a charge of assault with intent to commit robbery in the kidnapping of Sabula Mayor George Ulmer 70. Judge W L Keck set bond at 5000. Storebeck had been jailed since his Thursday capture after he stopped the mayor for speeding. County Attorney Ralph Kauffman said no kidnapping charge would be pressed.
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Maquoketa
Jackson County
Grand Jury
Gunmbher Storebeck
Watertown
Wis
W. L. Keck
Storebeck
George Ulmer
Sabula
Ralph Kauffman
Cornerstone Dedication for St Pauls Lutheran Chapel
The cornerstone of the St Pauls Lutheran chapel in Wapello was laid Sunday at 11 15 pm under Pastor Rev Alton Koch. About 50 communicants attended as a metal container with church history, lists of communicants and baptisms, and newspaper church publications was placed near the cornerstone. Chapel on South Second Street near the 100 year old Louisa county courthouse is to be completed by October.
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Wapello
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Alton Koch
Koch
South Second Street
Louisa County
Moline Man Killed in Highway 30 Truck Collision
Joseph Harter 23 of Moline was killed when his stock truck collided head on with a semi driven by Floyd Eddy 31 of Crystal Vista Ill on Highway 30 nine miles east of here. Eddy escaped injury but his helper George Reese of Elyria Ohio suffered facial cuts. Seventeen sheep and five calves in Harter s truck were killed.
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Cutter Rapids
Joseph Harter
Moline
Here
Harter
Floyd Eddy
Crystal Vista
Ill
Eddy
George Reese
Elyria
Ohio
West Liberty Fair Opens With Steady Attendance
The 90th West Liberty fair opened amid favorable weather as patrons entered at a steady pace. Judging began in all departments, with extensive exhibits, a busy midway, and a full slate of attractions including harness racing, specialty acts, and Muscatine day events scheduled for Wednesday.
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West Liberty Fair
West Liberty
Curtiss Candy Company
Illinois City Mounted
Nichols
Legions
Minesweeper fires on tug in Hungnam search
A U S Navy minesweeper and salvage tug arrived in Japan for a formal investigation into the incident off Korea where the minesweeper Chief fired twice on the Grapple, injuring nine. The Navy board will determine responsibility and measures to prevent recurrence.
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Tokyo
U. S. Navy
Japan
Korea
Navy
Washington
Hungnam
Jet Strike Ends at Allis-Chalmers Plant in Terra Haute
The CIO United Auto Workers accept a wage contract ending a 14 week strike at Allis-Chalmers jet engine parts plant in Terra Haute Indiana. After a July 22 picket clash injuring eight, production is set to resume with the $10 million facility awaiting final approval by top UAW officials.
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Terra Haute
Ind
CIO
United Auto Workers
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
UAW
AFL
OPS grants increase in steel ceiling prices
The Office of Price Stabilization boosted ceiling prices for steel products on Monday. The order raises carbon steel ceilings by about $5.20 per ton, marking the final step in the steel wage-price dispute.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Quadruple Amputee Corporal Weds Maryland Bride
Bert L. Smith, 22, of Middleboro Pennsylvania, married Barbara Borm, 17, of Takoma Park Maryland, in a Ft. Lincoln chapel. The ex corporal lost both hands and both legs in Korea and met his bride at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. A trust fund and VA payments support him, while canaries sang during the ceremony.
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Washington
Americok
Bert L. Smith
Middleso Pa
Ft. Lincoln Cemetery
Barbara Borm
Taikama Park
Bob
Edgar W. Beckett
First Methodist Church
Hyattsville
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Barbara
Veterans Administration
Five Day Forecast Warmth and scattered showers ahead
The forecast predicts temperatures two to five degrees above normal with normal highs in the mid eighties and lows around sixty. Rainfall totals will average between a quarter and half an inch in showers tonight and Wednesday with cooler conditions in the western portion Wednesday and Thursday and warmer conditions Friday into the weekend.
U N Truce Chief Sees Possible Armistice Amid Talks Freeze
Gen William Harrison said an armistice is possible though timing uncertain after a tense Panmunjom session. Negotiators traded sharp words over prisoner exchanges and announced a fourth week long recess. Nam II, Red lead, set next talks for August 27. Harrison doubted compelled repatriation, noting Reds might accept without agreeing with U N on the principle.
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Munsan
Korea
William Harrison
U. N. Command
U. N
Panmunjom
Nam II
Harrison
Gifted $600 to furnish room at Muscatine hospital
A $600 contribution from Mr. and Mrs. Fred O. Block of Bettendorf, formerly of Muscatine, will furnish a room at the new Muscatine county hospital. Roy G. Tipton, county treasurer, announced the gift and praised the Block's generosity. Block was active in Muscatine business circles before moving about 30 years ago.
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Fred O. Block
Bettendorf
Muscatine
Muscatine County Hospital
Roy G. Tipton
Muscatine County
Tipton
Board of Supervisors
Block
Two Women Questioned in Widening New York Vice Probe
Two more women, identities withheld, were questioned by the district attorney in the New York vice investigation that already includes Minot Jelke, 22, heir to a margarine fortune, and Samuel Chapman, 56, a dress maker and ex-husband of Ceil Chapman. A self styled actor, Richard Short, 39, was arrested for living off the earnings of a prostitute named Pat Thompson, 23, held on $10,000 bail as a material witness. The grand jury is examining the cases, and officials warn more arrests and bigger names may follow.
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New York
Vice
District Attorney’s Office
Anthony J Liebler
Minot F. Jelke
Samuel Chapman
Cei
Pat Thompson
Iowa to Get More TV Stations in 1952
FCC chairman Paul A. Walker says Iowa will gain several new television outlets before year end. He notes the commission is screening hundreds of applications after a three year freeze and plans to authorize stations in 38 Iowa cities and towns as part of the 59 channels opened statewide.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Paul A. Walker
Federal Communications Commissions
FCC
Walker
Commission
Iowa State College
Readying for Winter: Iowa Patrol Contracts Winter Shirts
The Iowa Highway Patrol prepares for winter as the State Executive Council awards a contract for 69 dozen shirts at 35.72 dollars per dozen to John Bloom Stores of Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Iowa Highway Patrol
State Executive Council
John Bloom
Eisenhower Wins Invitation Battle for Plowing Match Speech
Eisenhower wins the right to speak on Sept 6 at Kasson Minnesota while Stevenson is asked to move to Sept 5 but declines due to prior commitments. The event aims to sway farmers and the farm vote as both candidates court attention. Mississippi Democrats seek Eisenhower electors. Sparkman conducts a four day tour in Alabama.
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Kasson
Eisenhower
Jevenson
Stevenson
Robert Hurrie
Roy E. Priest
Utah
National
GOP
Denver
Minocqua
Wis
Mississippi
John Sparkman
Alabama
Auto dealers to set own ceiling on new car prices
Washington reports that starting Saturday dealers may calculate their own top retail prices for new automobiles. The Office of Price Stabilization, in abandoning fixed dollar and cent ceilings, estimates a about one percent price rise. Dealers may base their calculations on the prewar month or the January 26 to February 24, 1951 period.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
Superforts Attack Red Grenade Plant Near Manchuria
Fourteen U S Superforts bombed a large Communist grenade factory at Nakwon in northwest Korea near the Manchurian border. The plant employed about 2 000 workers and lay three miles south of the border. Bombs totaled 140 tons as anti aircraft fire and a Red night fighter engagement were reported. No raid results were announced.
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Seoul
Korea
Far East
Tokyo
U. N. Command
Nakwon
Sinuiji
Namsidong
Hoffman Defends Marshall Against McCarthy Charges
Washington describes McCarthy's attack on Gen. George C. Marshall and the Marshall Plan as fantastically false. Paul G. Hoffman, former head of the Marshall Plan, testified under oath as Benton Benton’s defense witness in a libel suit against McCarthy.
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Washington
Paul G. Hoffman
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
George C. Marshall
Hoffman
Marshall Plan
Benton D-Conn
Benton
Senate
Marshall
Army
United States
Statler
West to Stage Drills Near Russia
Copenhagen reports the North Atlantic allies plan Operation Mainbrace the largest joint exercises ever staged by NATO nations. Hundreds of ships planes and thousands of troops will simulate battle from the Baltic to the Norwegian frontier amid Soviet warnings of provocation and potential East West tensions.
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Copenhagen
Free World
Baltic Sea
Soviet Union
Red Press
Baltic
September Draft Notices Go Out From Local Selective Service
Announcement from the Muscatine Selective Service office says notices have been mailed to county men who will form the September draft quota. The group will depart Muscatine on September 17 for induction into the armed forces in Des Moines.
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Selective Service
Muscatine County
Muscatine
Des Moines
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