Standard Oil Decision Draws Sharp Dissent
The Supreme Court ruled Standard Oil of California violated federal anti trust laws by contracting with independents to buy all fuel. Justice Frankfurter led the five four majority, while Justice Douglas and others dissented warning of dire effects on independents and service-station empires.
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California
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Standard oil
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America
Brannan Launches Farm Vote Bid
Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan urged public backing for Truman farm policies to avert an economic crash. He likened farm productivity to atomic energy and tied support to the Democratic party, speaking at a Midwest conference planning 1950 farm campaign in 16 states.
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Charles F. Brannan
America
Democratic party
Brannan
Truman
Princess Cecilie to wed Texan banker son in Amarillo
LANGEN Germany June 13 UP Princess Cecilie a 31 year old granddaughter of Kaiser Wilhelm will marry Texan Clyde Harris 31 son of banker Bert Harris of Konawa Oklahoma. She will move from a German castle to an Amarillo apartment after the wedding and counts Queen Victoria and German emperors among her ancestors.
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Germany
Prussia
Texas
Cecilie
Kaiser Wilhelm
Amarillo
Clyde Harris
Konawa
Chla
Bert Harris
Victoria
England
Wilhelm
MacArthur Replies to Reds Bristles at Soviet Letter
In Tokyo on June 13, General MacArthur condemned Soviet interference in Japan calling it disorderly and violent. He accused the Soviet mission of duplicity and demagoguery while denying labor suppression and criticizing their human rights claims and treatment of Japanese POWs.
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MacArthur
Russia
Japan
Would-Be German Delayed in Move
Daniel F. McCarthy a Brooklyn born former G I who sought to renounce his American citizenship and become a German was sentenced to eight months in jail to be served in the United States for illegally entering the U S zone of Germany in a U S military government court The 22 year old son of a late Wall Street broker whose mother lives at New Hyde Park New York told reporters he had fallen in love with Germany and preferred the German way of life and that no girl was involved
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Germany
Daniel F. McCarthy
Brooklyn
G. I
United States
Wall Street
U. S
New Hyde Park
L. 1
Printing magnate Frank J. Smith dies at 63
Rochester report says Frank J. Smith 63, president of the John P. Smith Company and a national figure in the printing industry, died yesterday in New York.
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N. Y
Frank J. Smith
John P. Smith company
Senate Resolution Aims at Economy
Senate expenditures committee approved a resolution directing President Truman to cut 5 to 10 percent from funds for executive agencies. The measure, backed by Chairman McClellan, could save $2 to $4 billion in the new fiscal year, aiding a possible balanced budget without new taxes depending on tax receipts. The item comes amid a clash over European recovery funds.
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D-Ark
senate appropriations committee
McKellar
D-Tenn
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economic cooperation administration
Ministers Near Berlin Accord in East West Trade Pact
Paris reports say four foreign ministers near agreement on a Berlin commercial accord and a plan to end the current session with a future meeting in New York next September. A stop gap for Berlin and an Austria independence treaty are also under discussion amid shifting Yugoslav Russian positions.
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New York
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Moscow
Cominform Plans Action Against Tito Reported in Poland
A highly qualified informant says the Cominform meeting in Poland is planning action against Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia. Eastern European communist leaders are drafting a propaganda campaign to undermine Western influence in Europe. The session near Wroclaw is to end soon with official details withheld as a party matter.
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Poland
cominform
Communist international information bureau
Marshal Tito
Yugo Slavia
Europe
Straight 75-Cent Minimum Wage Bill Proposed
Chairman Lesinski of the house labor committee said he will seek approval this week for a straight 75 cent minimum wage bill. The plan aims for a simple, unadorned measure to raise the wage nationwide.
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WASHINGTON
Lesinski
D-Mich
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Condon Demands Hoover Apology For FBI Reports
In Washington Dr Edward A Condon director of the bureau of standards demanded an apology from FBI Director J Edgar Hoover after fresh secret FBI reports surfaced in the espionage trial of Judith Coplon. Hoover declined comment as the Coplon case and related trials unfold with investigations into fifth column activity and Russian espionage. In New York Mrs Whittaker Chambers testified in a cross examination following her husband’s prior appearance at the Alger Hiss trial. A house committee announced preparations for a super report tracing Russian spying from 1922 to date.
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Hoover
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New York
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Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
Baltimore
American activities committee
Selling Drives Market Lower in June Trade
Fresh selling hammered the stock market toward a five year low with Key issues down a few cents to over $2. Trading volume rose as prices fell. The Associated Press average of 60 stocks neared its record low for 1847 and close to a postwar low. Wall Street saw no dramatic weekend news to spark a rally. Market weakness coincided with a planned one week miners walkout that may not affect prices yet. Pessimism, layoffs, unemployment rising, and price cuts dominate the economic mood.
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NEW YORK
Associated Press
Wall street
British Rail Strike Vote Looms In London
Nearly 50 000 London trainmen meet to decide on a walkout that would cripple surface and underground railways. Prime Minister Attlee convenes his cabinet as a petition from 1000 Paddington station railwaymen calls for the firing of the railway executive overseeing the nationalized system.
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UPI
Attlee
Paddington
Georgia Opens Lyncher Hunt in Irwinton Georgia
Georgia launches a stern test of justice as a Wilkinson County grand jury meets Tuesday to probe the lynching murder of Caleb Hill Jr. Two white men, Dennis Purvis and Malcolm Pierce, face murder warrants. Sheriff Hatcher and the FBI assisted. a 23 member all white grand jury convenes in a rural central Georgia county.
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Wilkinson county
Caleb Hill
Dennis Lamar Purvis
Malcolm Vivian Pierce
McIntyre
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H. M. Spurlin
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FBI
George Hatcher
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Spurlin
Student Slaying Suspects Queried
BOULDER COLO June 13 Authorities questioned two suspects today as they awaited a California criminologist to help solve the slaying of 19 year old University of Colorado student Roy F Spore Jr of Denver. Spore was beaten and tagged into a creek Thursday night while defending his door from an unknown assailant. Two carnival workers were held for questioning with one in Boulder and one in Laramie Wyoming. Laramie authorities were to send photos of the man arrested there for Spore date Doris Weaver 18 Twin Falls Idaho to study.
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Berkeley
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Denver
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Laramie
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Lararie
Doris Weaver
Twin Falls
Idaho
Terrorist Hanged in Malaya Prison Process
A Chinese terrorist, Negoh Seng Lek, was executed by hanging today at the Johore Bahru prison in Malaya, according to authorities.
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Negoh Seng Lek
Johore Bahru
Malaya
U. S. Steel UMW Open Pay Talks Amid Coal Walkout
The United Mine Workers union led a 480,000 coal miners walkout ordered by John L Lewis to balance supply and demand. Talks with U S Steel began at the Bellevue Stratford hotel as major labor discussions loom with CIO UE unions planning wage and benefit proposals for General Electric and Westinghouse.
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Stork Born Aboard C-47 Cargo Plane Above LA
A one-day-old boy named C-47 was born in a Navy hospital as his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Barney Fisch, flew 6000 feet above Los Angeles in a C-47 cargo plane. Attendants at the Long Beach naval hospital noted the unusual birth.
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University Asks Oath of Loyalty
The University of California will require faculty members to take a loyalty oath. A Tenney committee proposal for a stronger oath was not considered by the university, a regents spokesman said, and the move was made independently.
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Calif
University of California
Tenney committee
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board of regents
Tenney
Trieste Union Party in Lead in City Council Vote
Christian Democrats topped partial returns in Trieste's municipal election with 13,308 votes counted from 77 sections for the 60 member council. The Astra agency reported the lead after campaigns for Trieste's return to Italy.
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Free Territory
Christian Democrats
Italy
Astra
Isotope Expert Warmly Upheld By Bomb Maker
Washington June 13 AEC scientific advisory committee backs the Atomic Energy Commission as having a sound forward looking program. Dr J Robert Oppenheimer read the unanimous statement to a congressional panel praising past management while urging greater public access to information. He defended exporting certain radioactive isotopes for research and noted no isotopes have been sent to Russia, some have gone to Finland and Norway.
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atoomic energy commission
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AEC
commission
J. Robert Oppenheimer
congressional committee
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army
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Finland
Norway
Union Leader Shot At Home During Strike
Marion police hunted a shotgun attacker after a blast through a hospital window wounded Union Organizer Thomas S. Mitchell, director of a 67 day old strike against Ohio Associated Telephone. Pellets hit his pillow and ceiling. the 30 year old Clevelander is recovering from an appendectomy. The incident echoes earlier attacks on CIO leaders Walter and Victor Reuther.
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UA s+ Police
Thomas S. Mitchell
Mitchell
Ohio Associated Telephone cohere
Marion City hospital
Waller
Victor Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
Walter
Lurid Details Hinted in Trial
New York reports defense counsel signaling lurid potential disclosures in the murder trial of Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck. Attorney Herbert E. Rosenberg warned jurors that testimony may touch on Becks alleged past incest and a prior rape incident, raising concern about prejudice.
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Herbert E. Rosenberg
Raymond Fernandez
Martha Beck
AMA Maps Fight Against Plan
ATLANTIC CITY June 13 The American Medical Association at its 98th annual convention outlined a grass roots crusade to defeat President Truman's health program. Doctors warn compulsory sickness insurance will burden patients and expand state control. The campaign stresses concerns about socialist implications and personal doctor patient autonomy.
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N. J
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