Iranian Parliament backs oil seizure with 91-0 vote
In Tehran on June 21 Premier Mohammed Mossadegh won a unanimous 91 to 0 confidence vote from parliament amid protests against the Anglo Iranian Oil Company. Demonstrators stormed the company's offices tearing down signs as Mossadegh warned of possible violence if lawmakers did not back him.
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Mohammed Mossadegh
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Mossadegh
AIOC
Iran National Oil Company
Majlis
Iran
Truman Plans No Action Now In Pilot Strike
President Truman said he has no plans to intervene in the United Air Lines pilot strike during his weekly press conference. He also stated that inter-American relations are better than ever amid President Galo Plaza of Ecuador’s visit, while offering mostly no comments on major issues.
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Truman
United Air Lines
Galo Plaza
Ecuador
National Mediation Board
Douglas MacArthur
Far Eastern
Senator Wiley Seeks Hiss Testimony On Yalta Role
Washington June 21 AP Senator Wiley Wis asked committees probing MacArthur inquiry to seek testimony from Alger Hiss about the Yalta agreement. Hurley identified Hiss as at Yalta and hinted at witnesses who could speak further. Wiley pressed for subpoena options while Hurley noted self incrimination concerns and Roosevelt's illness at Yalta.
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Wiley
Wis
Senate
MacArthur
Yalta
Alger Hiss
State Department
Hiss
U.S
Patrick J. Hurley
China
Douglas MacArthur
Hurley
Senator Wiley
Roosevelt
Senate panel backs wage price controls bill on floor test
The Senate Banking Committee approved a wage price control bill by 12 to 1, denying President Truman broad new powers and limiting price rollbacks to the average for Jan 25 Feb 24. Maybank will send the bill to the Senate for debate starting Monday. Moody and others vow to fight the rollback curb on the floor. DiSalle warns the move could raise living costs and hurt wage stabilization, while the committee rejected an agency to aid small business in defense contracts. The House Banking Committee previously voted for controls. story continues on page 2.
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Senate Banking Committee
Truman
S. C
Everett Dirksen
Maybank
Senate
Blair Moody
Mich
Paul H. Douglas
Michael V. DiSalle
Moody
DiSalle
FCC Keeps TV Grant Freeze Into 1952
Washington June 21 AP the Federal Communications Commission will continue a blanket ban on processing television applications with little chance of new station grants before 1952 no ending date set. The agency abandons partial relief plans due to legal questions and will hear arguments June 28 and start hearings July 9 on channel allocations.
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Federal Communications Commission
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Federal Communications Bar Association
FCC
Honored Heroes Gained Precious Year for Free World
Gen. Omar Bradley praised 11 Army Medal of Honor recipients from Korea, noting their heroism bought the free nations a precious year to prepare for future threats. Ten are dead or missing. three of 23 Army Medals of Honor from Korea are still alive. The event honored Cpl Collier, Lt Coursen, Capt Desiderio, Lt Col Faith, and Sgt Melvin O. with families present.
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Washington
Omar Bradley
Korea
Free Nations
Joint Chiefs of Staff
38Th Parallel
Republic of Korea
United Nations
San Francisco
Sible
Cpl
John W. Collier
Earl Collier
Worthington
Samuel S. Coursen
Samuel Jr
Morristown
N. J
Reginald B. Desiderio
Patricia Jean Desiderio
el Monte
Calif
Don C. Faith
Barbara W. Faith
Willoughby Ordered to Testify on Soviet Espionage
Maj. Gen. Charles A. Willoughby, chief intelligence officer for Gen. MacArthur in Japan, was summoned to testify before the House American Activities Committee next Thursday about Soviet espionage in the Far East and the Sorge spy ring. A subpoena was served by the McCarran subversives committee, prompting the June 28 appearance. Representative Walde noted Sorge contacts may reach the State Department and possible American Communist agents in the United States.
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Charles A. Willoughby
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
House
American Activities Committee
Willoughby
Far East
Richard Sorge
Wood
Senate
McCarran
Nev
Walde
Till
The
Sorge
State Department
United States
China
Tax Hike Seen as Largest Possible Under U S Defense Needs
Representative Doughton of North Carolina urged the House to approve a 7.2 billion dollar tax increase, calling it the largest in U.S. history to fund defense. He warned further rate hikes would be burdensome and urged cutting federal spending or borrowing instead, noting three wartime tax boosts since Korea.
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Washington
Doughton
N.C
House
North
Coughton
Congress
Russians Fly China Planes Says Paper
The China News Formosa reported that 200 Soviet built jet planes were based at Hangchow Ningpo and Minhow in the East China coast. It said the aircraft were manned by Russian pilots bearing insignia of the Joint Soviet Chinese Communist Air Force.
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Taipeh
Formosa
China News
Hangchow
Ningpo
Minhow
East China
Noted Figures Speak on Korea and Policy Fallout
International News Service reports from Korea and the United States feature Lt Gen James A Van Fleet stating the tactic to defeat the enemy is to shoot him, Patrick Hurley criticizing postwar policy as the root of Korea casualties, and Mickey Cohen admitting tax evasion with mentions of politicians and the Kefauver inquiry.
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James A. van Fleet
U.N
Korea
U.S
Washington
Patrick Hurley
China
Yalta
FBI Hunts 4 Missing U S Reds
FBI agents hunted four missing leaders of the American Communist Party's alternate polit bureau as authorities study cases of about 12 000 other Communists in a crackdown on a plot to overthrow the U S government. Dawn raids in New York and Pittsburgh led to 17 arrests out of 21 indicted officials. four regional figures were not found.
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FBI
American Communist Party
Justice Department
U.S
G-men
Pittsburgh
Samuel H. Kaufman
James E. Jackson
William N. Marron
Sidney Steinberg
Fred Fine
Ari Sy
House Senate Panel Deliberates Over 600 Million Cut
Conferees from the House and Senate prepared to decide whether to trim 600 million or 700 million from Truman's budget request, with the White House facing a reduced allocation. The Senate nixed a Truman increase for the White House and altered housing program targets while both chambers clash on how to cut payrolls across agencies.
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Washington
House
Senate
Truman
White House
Five-year-old decapitated in Dallas plane crash
A crippled single engine plane plowed into a backyard near Skyline Airport, killing five year old Del Odis Parham who was nearby picking peas. The pilot, 24 year old Lester B Lawson of Dallas, suffered critical injuries.
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Skyline Airport
del Odis Parham
Cecil Parham
Lester B. Lawson
Supreme Court Justice Jackson Warns of Red Pressure
U S Supreme Court Justice Robert H Jackson told a Senate labor subcommittee that Communist groups frequently pressure the judiciary. He showed telegrams he called this morning's crap from the Communists about a plea by 11 top Communist Party leaders seeking stays while awaiting a court decision. The 11 leaders face prison around July 1 without a stay.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Robert H. Jackson
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Jackson
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