Aerial Defense tests engage 210000 spotters nationwide
Eight thousand observation posts across the United States were manned by over 210,000 volunteer spotters in a massive aerial defense exercise. U S and Canadian military aircraft followed predetermined routes to train spotters in reporting aircraft movements. Reports go to filter centers and regional commands including Ent AFB and Newburgh, with Lt General Ennis C Whitehead noting radar gaps at low altitudes. Night training marked the first since September 1949 for the Volunteer Ground Observers Corps.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
United States
Canada
Newburgh
N. Y
Kansas City
Hamilton Field
Calif
International Court Intervenes In Anglo Iranian Oil Dispute
The International Court of Justice at The Hague agreed to hear Britain and Iran over the Anglo Iranian oil expropriation. Britain sought court involvement after Mosaddegh's government nationalized Persian oil, pushing British control out and prompting Tehran to regulate exports and enforce government receipts.
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International Court
International Court of Justice
Hague
United Nations
Britain
World Court
Mohammed Mossadegh
Middle East
OTL
Abadan
Iran
Iranian National Oil Company
Tehran
Afesh
Hossein Fatimi
Mossadegh
Britain to Use Force if Necessary Over Suez Crisis Reports
Egyptian newspapers today report that Britain is sending reinforcements to the Suez Canal Zone and to bases in Iraq in preparation for possible action in Iran. British officers in Cairo call the reports nonsense, while Britain has indicated readiness to act if required.
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Britain
Suez Canal Zone
Iraq
Iran
Cairo
Truman Seeks Stronger U.S. Controls in Inflation Fight
President Truman urged Congress to tighten economic controls, criticizing current committee actions as easy but dangerous. He endorsed a National Advisory Board report on mobilization policy, warned against defense production bills that relax controls, and called for strengthened measures to defend the nation without harming living standards or the dollar.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Barkley
House
Rayburn
National Advisory Board
Senate
Banking and Currency Committees
Korea
Iron Triangle Hill Changes Hands Five Times
Allied troops and Chinese Reds fought for control of the Iron Triangle in North Korea with bayonets and grenades as high ground changed hands five times. By nightfall the Allies held the hill after repeated assaults and counterattacks. Reds regrouped below.
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Iron Triangle
Tokyo
North Korea
U.N
Pyongyang
Triangle
Hamhung
Wonsan
Seoul
Truman Urges United Pilots To End Strike
President Truman urged United Air Lines pilots to return to work for national defense. He sent a telegram to Airline Pilots Association president David L. Behncke calling for an immediate back-to-work movement to enable the national mediation board to pursue a railway labor act settlement. The president appealed personally to the pilots to comply.
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Washington
Truman
United Air Lines
David L. Behncke
Airline Pilots Association
Chicago
National Mediation Board
Arizona Legislature to tackle budget and highway aid
The Arizona Legislature convenes at 10 a.m. Monday to adopt a revised state budget and amend a contractors act to avoid loss of federal highway funds. Gov. Pyle outlines the session at 11 a.m. amid doubts it will last a week. The U.S. Bureau of Public Roads threatens conformity issues over a 90 day contractor residence rule and a 60 day license review window.
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Bill Turnbow
Arizona
Howard Pyle
Senate
House
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
R. C
Cy) Perkins
Water Hauled By Railroad To Williams
Water shipments of 100000 gallons daily from Del Rio Springs south of Ash Fork begin for Williams amid drought. Largest Williams reservoir dry. Dogtown Reservoir holds 53 million of 365 million cubic feet, with 30 million reserved for fire use. No runoff last winter. Santa Fe Railroad supplies water at 12.50 per 10000 gallons.
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Williams
del Rio Springs
Ash Fork
Dogtown
The
Santa Fe Railroad
Truman asks $600000 for jet testing in commercial program
President Truman asked Congress to provide 600000 dollars for tests to determine how jet powered planes can be integrated into the commercial transport system. The funds would go to the Civil Aeronautics Administration for the fiscal year beginning July 1.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Patrol Car Ride Teaches Teen Traffic Realities
Wendy McDonald 17 rode with Officer John Perica Jr. as part of a new juvenile traffic school program in Phoenix. The ride aimed to show how enforcement and investigation work, with Judge Bernstein promoting direct exposure to officers and traffic issues. Wendy, initially skeptical, found value in learning driving rules and the challenges officers face, and may ride again tonight if available.
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Wendy McDonald
State Highway Patrol
John Perrca Jr
Phoenix Union High School
Wendyl
Naomi McDonald
N. 20Th St
Fred Kallof
Bernstein
Harvey Cowan
State Patrol
Wendyl McDonald
John Perica Jr
Missing Pan Am Constellation Reported Spotted
Reports from Monrovia Liberia say a Pan American World Airways Constellation with 40 aboard, missing for over 24 hours, was spotted at Totota about four hours from Monrovia. No word on casualties. doctors and ambulances from a Lutheran mission 13 miles away head toward the crash area.
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Monrovia
Liberia
Pan American World Airways
Totota
Dewey Plans July 1 Flight to Korean Front
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey announced a July 1 departure for a month long tour of the Pacific front, including Korea, as part of a 25,000 mile trip to key areas. He said the trip will be personal expense and not represent U S government policy, stressing the importance of Pacific and Southeast Asia security to the free world.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Pacific
Dewey
Southeast Asia
Free World
Japan
Philippines
Australia
New Zealand
United States
Mother Killed In Auto Upset
Mrs. Maria Rivas of El Paso, 28, was killed when a car driven by her husband Francisco Rivas left the road and overturned three times 17 miles east of Yuma. Two other occupants, four minor children, suffered minor injuries.
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Yuma
Maria Rivas
el Paso
Here
Myo
George Francisco Rivas
Cadets Get Wings To Sell Freedom At Air Base Graduation
American and Dutch aviation cadets received their wings at Williams Air Force Base in a ceremony led by Col. James D. Mayden. Phoenix Mayor Nicholas Udall urged the new lieutenants to be salesmen of freedom as well as defenders, while Dutch officials and families watched Jos Bergsteyn, high man in his class, receive fighter pilot wings. Some cadets will train at Luke AFB, others return to the Netherlands. U.S. cadet numbers were not released for security reasons.
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Williams Air Force Base
Freedom
Nicholas Udall
Phoenix
Damien Niedhammer
Andrianus Bergsteyn
Utrecht
Holland
Jos
James D. Mayden
Lowell A. Kock
Washington
Netherlands
J. G. de Beus
C. Vreede
Col. H. F. C. Holtz
Joseph W. Scott
State Department
Benelux
Luther Reid
Tom Elliston
International Press News Division
Luke Air Force Base
Noted Figures Comment on Medical Costs and Clash in Congress
International News Service reports President Truman linking rising medical costs to a growing indigent class. In Washington, Representatives Clarence Cannon and John Phillips fought. Phillips says he lost control, Cannon claims self defense and denied being the aggressor.
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International News Service
Washington
Truman
Clarence Cannon
John Phillips
Phillips
Cyclist Killed in Crash With Wagon in Phoenix
A 17 year old cyclist Marrion Clements died after his motorcycle struck the rear of a horse drawn wagon driven by 68 year old H K Fladger at 4700 East Thomas in Phoenix. The accident caused the wagon horses to bolt while Fladger escaped injury. Sherwood Singletary rode with Fladger and helped control the horses after the crash.
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E. Thomas
Marrion Clements
Theresa Clements
N. 34Th
Good Samaritan Hospital
Clements
The
Arizona Republic
John Perrca Jr
H. K. Fladger
E. Lafayette
Fladger
Sherwood Singletary
Perica
Singletary
United States Superliner Seen as Peace Symbol at Newport News
Sen. Tom Connally says the SS United States counters Communist warmongering while highlighting peacetime aims. John M. Franklin notes the ship was designed as naval transport and troop carrier if needed, though privately operated for civilian use. The 51,500-ton liner, third largest globally, reaches trans Atlantic service next year with 2000 passengers and 1000 crew at speed near 30 knots.
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Newport News
Tom Connally
Tex
United States
Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States of America
Missouri
Ameri
John M. Franklin
United States Lines
Britain
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Associated Press
Arizona State Hospital Board of Control
Wes Townsend
Casa Grande
al Floyd
Tucson
United
Pyle
Bulletin
Sky Harbor
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