Williams Blasts Tax Compromise At Bargain Rate
Sen. Williams of Delaware denounces a $38 million tax claim settled for about three cents on the dollar. He names William R. Davis as the oil man involved and calls for a re examination of the case and roles of former officials including William M. Boyle Jr and Daniel J. Hanlon. The compromise was approved in 1948 by Internal Revenue Bureau leaders Joseph Nunan Daniel Bolich and Charles Oliphant.
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WASHINGTON
Sen. Williams
R-Del
Treasury Department
New York
Davis
Delaware
Senate
Treasury
Internal Revenue Bureau
William M. Boyle, Jr
Daniel J. Hanlon
Williams
Joseph D. Nunan, Jr
Daniel A. Bolich
Charles Oliphant
House committee
Boyle
Hanson
Acheson and Eden Map Asia Policy Steps
U S Secretary of State Dean Acheson and British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden reportedly outlined a plan to keep Britain closely informed on United Nations Korea operations. The meeting, their third this week, covered Korea Southeast Asia liaison and potential armistice as Britain seeks a top military planner for U N command in Korea.
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LONDON
U. S
Dean Acheson
Anthony Eden
Britain
United Nations
Korea
Foreign Office
Eden
Acheson
southeast Asia
MacArthur Ouster Claim Disputed
The White House stated no foreign government influenced President Truman’s decision to remove General Douglas MacArthur from his Far Eastern command. British defense minister Emanuel Shinwell claimed in Parliament that Labor pressure caused the 1951 recall.
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WASHINGTON
White House
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Far Eastern
Emanuel Shinwell
house of commons
MacArthur
Allied Infantry Win Korean Hill
Allied infantrymen with armor support cleared a western Korean hill of Chinese troops after a 54 hour battle. Red losses were not estimated. US and UN air and naval strikes targeted rail yards, supply facilities, bunkers, and ammunition dumps across central and eastern Korea.
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SEOUL
Korea
pene
U. N
eighth army
Yonchon
fifth air force
North Korea
Truman Urges End to Farm Worker Recruiting
President Truman criticized armed services for recruiting farm workers deferred from the draft amid farm labor shortages. He signed an executive order to grant temporary deferments for essential industrial work and directed services to stop soliciting deferred farm workers, while permitting apprentices in skilled trades to receive deferments.
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WASHINGTON
Truman
armed services
Selective service
Prisoners Rioting at Kentucky State Prison
Prisoners rioted at the state prison in Eddyville Kentucky, and state policemen moved in to quell the uprising. Two guards were taken as hostages and later released. Guard Henry Darnell was slightly injured while guard Ellis Morris was injured lightly.
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EDDYVILLE
Kentucky
Henry Darnell
Ellis Morris
Senate panel drops military spending ceiling in new year
The Senate Appropriations Committee eliminated the House 46 billion ceiling on defense spending for the coming year and set new military appropriations at 45.8 billion dollars. The panel’s action, amid plans for spending over 50 billion, shifts the bill to the Senate for action and potential House-Senate compromise. Senators Saltonstall and Ferguson indicated further reductions may be possible, especially in procurement items, prompting surprise from the defense department.
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WASHINGTON
Senate Appropriations committee
house
defense department
senate
Truman
Saltonstall
R-Mass
Ferguson
R-Mich
Immigration Veto Vote Scheduled in House
The House set a roll call on overriding President Truman's veto of the McCarran Walter immigration bill as soon as the controls bill clears. The measure passed 208 to 68 on a standing vote, with heightened stakes over racial and nationalistic questions and potential Senate action.
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WASHINGTON
Truman
congress
house
senate
Sen. McCarran
D-Nev
Vote On Tidelands Veto Delayed Amid Convention Window
Washington notes that a Senate vote to overrule the president’s veto on tidelands oil rich coast lands may be postponed until after national political conventions. Senator O Mahoney of the interior committee said no voting time agreement was reached with urging senators for state ownership.
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WASHINGTONN
senate
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
senate interior committee
Le Clerc Honored as Marshal of France
The French national assembly approved posthumous elevation of resistance leader General Jacques Le Clerc to marshal of France.
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PARIS
French national assembly
Jacques Le Clerc
France
Eisenhower Campaign Run By Dewey Taft Charges
Taft charged that Dewey's political organization is running Eisenhower's campaign. Lodge said Eisenhower will move headquarters to Chicago and secure more delegate support. Taft dismissed Gallup polls and predicted Dewey and Wilkie would have won, urging the GOP to stand by principles.
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Eisenhower
Dewey
Taft
WASHINGTON
Robert A. Taft
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ohio
George Gallup
Galup
DENVER
Henry Cabot Lodge
R-Mass
Chicago
Lodge
Massachusetts
Buffalo Evening News
Irving M. Ives
Ives
Gallup
Wendell Wilkie
GOP
Republican party
new stockyards coliseum
Steel Strike Slows Arms Output Across Major Firms
The army announced the steel strike halts delivery of some equipment and paused production of several item lines within days. GM halted 2 12 ton trucks on June 20, Chrysler 4 ton trucks on June 23, Willys jeeps today, Studebaker 2 1/2 ton trucks tomorrow, Cadillac T-41 tanks by June 30, and Federal Motor Trucks 10 ton trucks by July 1. Reo will run 2 4 ton trucks until July 10. DPA said warplane production for the air force reached 100 percent of scheduled goals.
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WASHINGTON
army
General Motors
Chrysler
Willys Overland
Studebaker
Cadillac
Federal Motor Trucks company
Allison
Reo Motors
defense production administration
DPA
air force
defense department
Nehru condemns Yalu bombing in parliament
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru told India's parliament he believed all members disliked the Yalu river bombing by the U S force and were aghast that such an act occurred while peaceful methods were being explored.
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NEW DELHI
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Yalu river
U. S
Polio Increase Noted in Week
The Public Health Service reports 421 infantile paralysis cases nationwide in the past week, a 43 percent rise from 295 the prior week. The figure more than doubles the 211 cases for the same week in 1951 and far exceeds the 1947–51 five year median of 309. Texas led with 146 cases, California 53, Ohio 18, New York 15, Iowa 16, with increases from the prior week in each state.
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WASHINGTON
Public Health Service
Texas
California
Ohio
New York
Iowa
Yoshida Says Air Strike Won’t Endanger Korea Talks
Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida told Tokyo’s foreign affairs committee that he does not expect the Allied mass air strike on the Suiho hydro-electric system to disrupt the Korean truce talks or ignite wider hostilities. He added Japan was not informed in advance of the bombing.
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TOKYO
Shigeru Yoshida
Yoshida
foreign affairs committee
house of councillors
Harrison blames Red captives stand in Korea talks
MUNSAN Korea June 26 Pi Maj. Gen. William K. Harrison Jr accused the Communists of wavering with Russia over the deadlocked Korean armistice talks after their reply to his charge that forced repatriation of prisoners conflicts with wartime Russia policy. UN spokesman Brig Gen William Nuckols called their defense emotional and confused.
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MUNSAN
Korea
William K. Harrison, Jr
Russia
United Nations
U.N
William Nuckols
U. N
Mining Safe in Washington Health Check Till Now
The Public Health Service said examinations of over 1,100 uranium mine and mill workers found no evidence of health damage from radioactivity.
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WASHINGTON
The
Public Health Service
House Moves to End Price Controls and Rent Rules
The House approved the Talle amendment to lift price controls after next Monday on non rationed goods by a 210 to 182 vote. Rent controls were set to end Sept 30 except in critical defense areas or upon municipal request, with further roll calls on amendments and a possible final passage.
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WASHINGTON
house
Tighe Woods
Wheeler
D-Ga
Accused Briton Faces Spy Trial
William Martin Marshall, 24, a radio operator for the British foreign office, is committed for trial on charges of passing official secrets to a Russian diplomat. The magistrate’s court held a closed hearing. Marshall could be tried at the Central Criminal Court Old Bailey within a week. Klaus Fuchs was convicted there for atomic secrets.
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LONDON
William Martin Marshall
British foreign office
Marshall
Kremlin
Central criminal court
Old Bailey
Klaus Fuchs
Fuchs
Ban on Vatican Envoy Dropped
The Senate voted to strike a house approved provision that would bar sending an ambassador to the Vatican without prior Senate approval. The action came as the chamber moved to approve a over one billion dollar measure for State Commerce and Justice funding for the new fiscal year starting July 1. Earlier, the Senate cut about 444 million dollars from State Department foreign service personnel funds.
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WASHINGTON
senate
Vatican
state, commerce and justice departments
state department
Relief Brings Little Ease From Heat Wave Across Nation
The U S. faced a broad heat blanket with 11 deaths in two days as records fell in many cities. Baltimore and New York saw near 100 degree heat while Chicago anticipated a break as a cool front moved southward.
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U. S
Truman
Washington
Baltimore
New York City
mercury
East German Communists Forecast Major War Moves
East German leaders hinted at significant new actions in Korea and Indochina and in Germany. The Soviet press said a world peace council meeting on July 1 will decide on measures of great significance. A Taegliche Rundschau front page quoted Heinz Willmann calling for an immediate end to the Korea and Indochina fighting with possible use of force.
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BERLIN
Germany
world peace council
Neues Deutschland
Yalu river
Korea
Indochina
Heinz Willmann
German peace committee
Taegliche Rundschau
Willmann
British Jet Auto Breaks Speed Record in Bruges Trial
In Bruges Belgium June 26 a British designed jet engine automobile reached 152.691 mph in officially timed trials. The experimental car burned kerosene at a rate of one gallon every six miles during the run.
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BRUGES
Belgium
UPI
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