Iran and Britain outline path to resume oil talks
Tehran reports a cabinet member says a formula to reopen negotiations with Britain over the oil nationalization dispute has been found. Minister Karim Sanjabi announced a memorandum to be given to Harriman, signaling progress after six hours of talks with Mossadegh and the oil board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehran
Iran
Karim Sanjabi
Mohammed Mossadegh
Iranian Oil Nationalization Board
Truman
W. Averell Harriman
Kazem Hassibi
Oil Board
Oi Board
Harriman
Sanjabi
Abadan
Persian Gulf
Search Planes Find No Trace Of Lost DC-4
Anchorage Alaska July 23 search planes skimmed Mount Elias area and scouted for a Korean airlift DC-4 missing with 38 aboard. Despite a wide 31,000 square mile search zone the Canadian Pacific Airlines craft left no trace as it vanished en route from Vancouver to Anchorage on the first leg of its journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anchorage
Alaska
Mount Elias
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Vancouver
B. C
List of Missing Air Force Men on Page 10
Aboard were 26 service men, three civilians attached to the U N Army, two Canadian Navy men and a crew of seven. The search was under way by sea for a possible ocean crash. The area has prior disappearances, including a November 1948 DC-3 Alaska Air Express flight from Anchorage to Seattle with 17 aboard. No trace was found. The plane left Vancouver Friday night with fuel to 9:30 a.m. Saturday and a single on schedule report was the last word heard. A faint radio signal was received but its distress nature was unclear before fading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
U. N. Army
Alaska Air Express
Seattle
Anchorage
Vancouver
Cape Spencer
Joy Ridgway and Meeting On Truce Talk
Allied negotiators met in Tokyo and Kaesong with final U.N. instructions for resuming Korean War cease-fire talks. Vice Adm. Joy led a five member U.N. delegation after conferences with Gen. Ridgway. Debates over foreign troop withdrawal loom as key obstacle. Air and naval action continued around Wonsan with ground clashes along the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. N
Korea
U.N
Kaesong
C. Turner Joy
United Nations
Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
L. C. Craigie
Arleigh Burke
Wonsan
North Korea
Plane To Bear Body Of Sherman To U.S. For Hero's Burial
Navy Skymaster to fly Adm Forrest Sherman body from Naples to Washington for a hero's burial. He suffered multiple heart attacks and died at the Excelsior Hotel. Mount Olympus hosted his body and Franco sent condolences as Spain and U S defense talks continue. Truman praised Sherman for lifting navy morale amid postwar planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
U.S
Naples
Italy
Navy
Forrest P. Sherman
U. S
Washington
RSD
Mount Olympus
Adm
Robert B. Carney
Europe
Excelsior
Francisco Franco
Spain
Franco
Madrid
Truman
Congressmen Light Suitable Controls Bill
President Truman's congressional leaders expressed confidence a workable economic controls bill would pass before the July 31 deadline. House Speaker Rayburn said a workable bill would be achieved in conference, with Senate Democratic Leader McFarland concurring. The meeting focused on military actions in Korea and plans to expedite appropriations bills and tax hearings. The president appeared despondent over Admiral Sherman’s loss but outlined his service record to the leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
House
Rayburn
Texas
Barkley
McCormick
Korea
Congress
McFarland
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Sherman
Navy
Truman Hints U S Military Goals May Rise
President Truman told Congress that strengthening the armed forces beyond 3,500,000 may be necessary despite peace prospects in Korea. He urged full speed ahead on rearmament, predicting a $30 billion rise in annual military spending and up to two million more workers. He warned against inflationary opponents and said strategic reviews could raise goals even without a Korea armistice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Korea
Council of Economic Advisers
Pentagon
White House
Taft
Ohio
Oregon Workers Join Phone Strike
Oregon CIO telephone workers joined a strike against Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company affecting about 4,700 in the state. They aligned with 9,000 Northern California and Nevada operators in a broad walkout led by the Communications Workers of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
CIO
Oregon
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
Communication Workers of America
California
Nevada
PTET
OPS Okays Higher Prices On Clothing
Washington July 23 The government authorized a new pricing system for over 200000 manufacturers allowing higher selling prices for clothing and wool products. It covers clothing shoes cotton textiles wool yarns fabrics and related machinery. The action follows a price freeze and ban on rollbacks and enables garment makers to raise ceilings for higher costs while keeping earlier freezes in place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
Congress
OPS
Tonto Forest Fire Brought Under Control
A brush and grass fire in Tonto National Forest covering 1000 to 1200 acres was subdued early this morning by backfiring and controlled burning inside the line. Guardsmen from Globe and Safford were released. 230 Indians from Holbrook and Winslow assisted overnight with a mop-up crew on duty. The fire, sparked by lightning, had burned five days in the Buck Basin area near Denton Ridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payson
Tonto National Forest
Ben Nelson
Forest Range Examiner
Buck Basin
Here
Denton Ridge
National
Globe and Safford
Holbrook and
Winslow
Dewey Extends Visit in Hong Kong to Hear Southeast Asia Report
Gov Thomas E Dewey of New York lengthened his Hong Kong stay by two days to receive a current briefing from Malcolm MacDonald British Commissioner General for Southeast Asia on Communist activities in Malaya Burma and Thailand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Malaya
Burma
Thailand
Southeast Asia
Malcolm MacDonald
Czechs Refuse Oatis Release Despite U S Demand
The Czechoslovak cabinet rejected the United States demand to free AP correspondent William N. Oatis from a ten year spy sentence. Washington sent a stern note. the Czech reply was labeled unsatisfactory and offered no immediate concession. Congress debates retaliatory options while aiming for firm but noninsulting action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Associated Press
William N. Oatis
Czechoslovakia
Oatis
Wiliam Siroky
U. S
Ellis
Briggs
Hunt continues for missing Wright girl in Peoria district
About 35 locals search for 22 year old Betty Jean Wright who vanished from her sister’s home on Lateral 20 near Grand Ave. Authorities believe she fell into a canal while playing outside the sister’s house. Canal banks and nearby fields are being patrolled and combed as drains are examined for signs of the body under vegetation or debris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Jean Wright
Peoria
Frances Yancey
Grand Ave
Two Die In Japan Floods
Two persons died in rain caused floods at the northern tip of Honshu Island, Kyodo News Agency said today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Honshu Island
Kyodo
Contino Faces Evasion Trial
SAN FRANCISCO July 23 AP Dick Contino a $4 000 a week accordionist who fled an army camp on the eve of induction faces a federal judge today charged with draft evasion potential five years in prison and a 10 000 fine Contino reported to Fort Ord California for a physical last April but ran away the night before duty He said I just couldn't stand to be in an enclosure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Dick Contino
Contino
Fort Ord
Calif
New Mass Of Moist Air Arrives In Arizona
A moist air mass moves into Arizona bringing cloudiness and scattered thundershowers to northern and eastern mountains today through tomorrow. Little change in temperature, with increasing humidity and variable clouds in the Valley. City highs and lows ranged from 83 to 106 in the state as rain traces were observed in several towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis R. Jurwitz
Phoenix Weatherman
Arizona
Jurwitz
Phoenix
Sky Harbor
Douglas
Flagstaff
Payson
Prescott
Winslow
Grand Canyon
Tucson
Yuma
Sentencing Set At Tucson For Former Pima Sheriff
Tucson July 23 AP A former sheriff of Pima County was to be sentenced on charges of conspiracy to violate Arizona gambling laws. Jerome P. Martin pleaded guilty to the indictment from the county grand jury and appeared before Superior Judge Lee Garrett. He faced a bribe count. action on that charge was held in abeyance after his plea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Pima County
Jerome P. Martin
Lee Garrett
What Noted People Are Saying What Noted People Are Saying
International News Service reports caution from Gen Ridgway on truce talks. Molotov accuses North Atlantic Union states of pursuing an unrestrained arms drive with more American bases in Europe. Sen Ives warns against complacency during calm periods, stressing peace is not assured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
State Department
Tokyo
Matthew Ridgway
Moscow
V. M. Molotov
North Atlantic Union
Europe
Hamilton
N. Y
Irving M. Ives
Petain Dies Disgraced Once Hero of Verdun at Sea Isle
Former Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, famed Verdun hero and Vichy collaborator, died on Ile d yeu at 95 after six years as a prisoner. Burial planned on the island with a Catholic service and his medal of Military Medal to be worn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petain
Verdun
Laval
Ile D’yeu
France
Henri Philippe Petain
Vichy
Atlantic
Christian Lobut
Vendee
D’yeu
Germany
Also Mentioned on This Page
Amusements Dé Ze Financial
Inez Robb
Dorothy Dix
Turnbow
Saheb Gharanieh Palace
AIOC
Mossadezh
Jorice Skoglund
Silver Lake
Minneapolis
South Dakota
Minnesota
Air Force
Joy
Ridgway
Reds
Ariz
Seema
Tonto
Dewey
Deane
Hunt
Wright Girl
L. W. Wright
Japan
Notre Dame
Walled Island
Marshal Petain
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!