Iran votes to nationalize British oil industry
TEHRAN Iran 106 deputies voted unanimously to seize the Angio-Iranian Oil Company’s assets and nationalize Iran’s British owned oil. The measure, backed by pro Soviet factions, defies a British protest note and follows Premier Ali Razmara’s assassination. Police did not interfere as crowds celebrated in the capital.
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National Front
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Missing Tucson Teens Sought In Catalina Mountains By Rescue Patrol
Pima County Rescue Patrol and two sheriff planes scour the rugged Catalina Mountains for two 13 year old boys missing since yesterday morning. John Link of Madison Wisconsin and Joe Kranhold of Tucson vanished after leaving a guest ranch to ride into Sabino Canyon. The Link boy is son of biochemist Dr Carl Link of the University of Wisconsin. Rescuers searched roads into the canyon and its mouth through the night and into daybreak with volunteers and sheriff officials coordinating efforts.
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Pima County Rescue Patrol
Sheriff's Office
Catalina Mountains
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Madison, Wis
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University of Wisconsin
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Pima Rescue Patrol
Policeman Stalks Suspected Killer In Triple Homicide
Fifty state police search a wooded area near Ashley Pennsylvania for Edward Rovinski a 22 year old Korean War veteran suspected of killing his wife 22 year old Margaret her father 55 Andrew Stuka and her brother in law 33 George Tomko after he opened fire on their car wounding driver 44 Anthony Kulyeski.
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Navy
Charles A. Connolly
Edward Rovinski
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Connolly
Margaret
Andrew Stuka
George Tomko
Anthony Kulyeski
Winter Still Hanas Over Eastern U.S.
The Associated Press notes the winter season nears its end in the eastern half of the United States. Snow largely ended in the Midwest after five days with light snowfall around the Ohio Valley and the lower Great Lakes, while rain affected the North Atlantic states and parts of Washington and Oregon. The coldest reading was 3 degrees above zero at Bismarck, North Dakota.
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Ohio Valley
Great Lakes
North Atlantic States
Washington
Oregon
Bismarck
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China Reds Quit Tibet
A high level Chinese source says the Chinese Communists quit their six month Tibet campaign due to heavy losses inflicted by United Nations forces in Korea.
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Tibet
United Nations
Korea
Noted figures comment on postwar issues across U S
International News Service gathers remarks from President Truman in Key West Raleigh Governor Byrnes and Senator McCarthy. Truman cites five years of labor thwarted by one great power. Byrnes warns of limits to simultaneous actions with rearmament. McCarthy accuses government traitors of phony planning against communism.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Raleigh
N. C
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Washington
McCarthy
Wis
Europe
Asia
Arizona Democrats oppose plan to dissolve RFC
Arizona congressmen John R. Murdock and Harold A. Patten voted against a resolution to kill President Truman's RFC reorganization plan. The measure failed, keeping the proposal alive in Washington.
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Arizona
John R. Murdock
Harold A. Patten
Truman
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Train wreck kills three in Detroit suburb
In Trenton Michigan the New York Central Ohio Special derailed while passing through early today, killing three people and wounding 35. Five cars overturned trapping about 50 passengers. Firemen freed victims with torches as many were flung into mud. The deceased were Mrs. Horace Shepherd, 58, of St. Petersburg Florida, Mrs. Grace Allen, 25, of East Lansing Michigan, and her daughter Janet, 1. Allen's wife and child survived, the other child Linda, 3, unharmed. The cause of the crash was not yet determined.
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New York Central
Detroit
Horace Shepherd
St. Petersburg
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Grace Allen
East Lansing
Janet
Two Seriously Hurt As Auto Strikes Bus
A car crashed into the rear of a stopped bus at a railroad crossing on Highway 60 at El Mirage at about 5 am. Four people were injured, Keith Gorham and his son Michael Paul Gorham were seriously hurt and admitted to Humanity Memorial Hospital.
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Keith Gorham
Corpus Christi
Tex
Michael Paul Gorham
Humanity Memorial Hospital
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Edna
Barbara Ann
Burlington-American
Phoenix
Santa Fe
Kreisler Charged With Perjury By Pima Grand Jury
Freddie H. Kreisler, a Tucson cigar store owner, indicted for perjury by the Pima County grand jury. The panel says he lied about betting activities while operating a horse racing book in Tucson and the county. Kreisler appeared before the jury twice and is free on a $5,000 bond.
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Freddie H. Kreisler
Pima County
Kreisler
Spy Probers Indict Scientist
A jet propulsion scientist, William Perl, 32, a Columbia University physics instructor, is indicted for perjury in the atom bomb spy case now in federal court. Perl allegedly lied about knowing Rosenberg Sobell and others, and about associations with case figures. FBI traced his ties to the Rosenbergs and Sobell, with the broader espionage probe tied to the Los Alamos project and Greenglass testimony corroboration.
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New York
William Perl
Columbia University
Perl
United States
Irving Saypol
Russia
Julius Rosenberg
Ethel
Morton Sobell
Rosenberg
Sobell
Washington
Rosenbergs
Sobelli
Princess Margaret Trapped In Lift At Olympia
London March 15 AP Princess Margaret was locked inside a lift for five minutes at Olympia while moving from the second to the ground floor during an ideal home exhibit. The elevator doors would not budge prompting calls for engineers as onlookers gathered. Doors finally opened after nearby workers pulled at the car.
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London
Margaret
Olympia
Smuggling Increase Linked to Probers Hearings
New York March 15 AP Narcotics smuggling into the United States rose a year after Charles Lucky Luciano was deported to Italy officials said during senate crime hearings Samuel Levine of the U S Bureau of Narcotics testified the flow of illegal drugs from Italy began increasing in 1947 He noted Luciano a long‑time underworld figure had been identified as a key intermediary between a Chicago crime syndicate and a New York New Orleans axis led by Frank Costello Levine traced narcotics operations to 1936 with a mob headed by Thomas Luchese controlling distribution in New York Harbor with supply links in Mexico and California Mass arrests in 1941 disrupted the operation but Luchese escaped punishment Costello who faced possible perjury charges over wiretaps was to be called later.
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United States
Charles “Lucky” Luciano
King
Italy
Senate
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U. S. Bureau of Narcotics
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Chicago
Mexico
California
Arizona
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Narcotics Bureau
Flight From Red Hell Captures Hungarian Star’s Escape
Katalin Karady, a beloved Hungarian stage radio and screen star, recounts life behind the Iron Curtain in a six part daily drama starting Monday. The vivid escape story offers a personal, intimate view of Communist rule and pursuit.
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Hungary
Iron Curtain
Airfield Renewal Tied to Air Force Contract Bid
Tucson March 15 AP Chances for reactivating Ryan Airfield hinge on negotiations between a West Coast instructor and the air force. If James T Most wins the contract, $1,800,000 must be spent on airport improvements including extended runways and new cadet facilities. No contract yet. plans depend on bid acceptance.
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Ryan Airfield
Air Force
Ryan Field
Pacific Finance Company of California
James T. Most
Los Angeles
Waggoner
Most
Industrialist and Daughter Die in Lakefront House Fire
Benton Harbor Michigan March 15 AP David Ross industrialist aged 54 and his 7 year old daughter Ruthe Anne were killed in a blaze at the lakeshore home. The father perished in a vain attempt to save the child. Two daughters a son and the house keeper escaped. The fire destroyed the home.
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Mich
David Ross
Ruthe Anne
Ross
Senate Debates Resolution On Four Extra Divisions For Europe
The senate moves to floor debate on a resolution backing sending four additional divisions to Western Europe, with a parallel measure requiring both houses to approve any troop deployment. Chairman Connally plans to open discussion while Senate leader Wherry opposes sending land troops abroad.
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Senate
Europe
Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
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Joint Committee
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Western
Tom Connally
Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
Kenneth Wherry
Nebraska
Vandenberg Grows Weaker, Semi Conscious At Times
Grand Rapids March 15 Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg weakened further today and regained only semi conscious moments, according to his physician Dr. A. B. Smith.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Arthur H. Vandenberg
A. B. Smith
Yanks Seize Hongchong in Korea Offensive
United Nations troops captured Hongchong 21 miles south of the 38th Parallel in Central Korea. U S First Cavalry and Marines, with South Korean forces, cut the Hongchong Chunchon road as divisions moved north toward the parallel. MacArthur said positional warfare along the line is not planned.
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Truman Urges Soviet Weapon Control Pact
President Truman urged the Soviet Union to agree to foolproof control of atomic and other weapons to pave the way for world peace while warning that the United States must rapidly rearm to deter war if pressed. He outlined the defense buildup in a Little White House letter to Senator Flanders and a bipartisan group, and planned a news conference in Key West.
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