Government Acts to Break Oil Monopoly
Washington moves to break up an international oil cartel led by seven firms including Standard Oil of New Jersey and Shell. A federal grand jury will probe price fixing and restraint of trade under Sherman and Clayton laws, with civil suits in DC courts to prevent future violations. Officials say five American and two foreign companies are involved, amid protests by Senator Hennings about influence in policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justice Department
Atty
James P. McGranery
McGranery
District of Columbia
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
California
Texas Oil Company
Socony-Vacuum
Gulf Oil
U. S
Royal Dutch Shell
Anglo- Iranian Oil Company
Standard Oil of California
San Francisco
United States
London
Eugene Holman
Standard of New Jersey
Holman
Leonard J. Emmerglick
Aluminum Company of America
Grand
Senator Hennings
D-Mo
Middle East
Indonesia
Venezuela
Mother Ordered To Pay 250 Month For Girl's Support
CHICAGO. Superior Judge L I Winn ordered Mrs Lucille Katyll to pay 250 monthly for the support of her 9 year old daughter Annette, now in her father's custody. The divorce of Charles Katyll, 47, fire captain, from Mrs Lucille Katyll, 43, was granted on adultery. Mrs Katyll's cross-bill for desertion was dismissed. The judge noted her substantial income from a 24,000 annual trust. Under Illinois law either spouse may be ordered to support children, though such payments by a mother are rare.
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Chicago
L. I. Winn
Illinois
Katyll
Winn
Weather Reading Shows Warm Day Ahead Across Nation
United States Weather Bureau reports temperatures from 2 p.m. yesterday to 11 a.m. today with a peak near 96 and a low around 61. Precipitation remains trace in 24 hours ending today, while the forecast calls for mainly fair skies with some afternoon cloudiness and little temperature change through Saturday.
Record-Setting Test Pilot Bridgeman Smiles at Home
Test pilot Bill Bridgeman, based in Los Angeles, is shown after official confirmation of breaking Navy D-558-2 speed and altitude records. He reached 79,494 feet on August 7, 1951 and a speed of 1,238 mph on August 15, 1951.
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Bill Bridgeman
Los Angeles
Calif
Navy
Armstrong Wins City Paving Bid for 1952 80-Block Project
Armstrong and Armstrong, Albuquerque contractors, bid 276 825 70 to win the city 1952 80 block paving project. Wylie Paving Co Allison and Haney and G I Martin also submitted bids. Kohlhaas Tank and Equipment Co won a separate bid for a 6000 gallon gasoline storage tank. Completion is about three months, starting in 10 days. City manager notes the engineering estimate was 279 968. Eighty blocks were approved with protests for about 30 more blocks. Project includes curb and gutter grading paving material asphalt and related work.
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Armstrong and Armstrong
Albuquerque
Wylie Paving Co
Allison and Haney
G. I. Martin
Kohlhaas Tank and Equipment Co
Kohlhaas
Armstrong and
Armstrong
C. M. Woodbury
Betty Hutton to Produce Own Films
Hollywood reports Betty Hutton will produce her own films on a partnership with husband Charles O Curran after Paramount releases her from the contract. She has been with Paramount since 1940 and was due to end the deal next January.
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Hollywood
Betty Hutton
Paramount Studio
Charles O’curran
Miss Hutton
Paramount
Court weighs condemnation suits today for school land
District Judge George T. Harris opened two land condemnation cases aimed at public works. The Board of Education seeks 10 acres for a new High School and a separate suit targets land for the Air Base Road. Appraisers were named to value land and assess damages, as contractors await court clearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Harris
Board of Education
Harris
Mansfield Tweedy
Walter Ryan
C. C. Mathews
Charles A. Doty
Doty
Clarence Hinkle
Women's Underwear Collector Admits Hammer Slaying
PARIS Texas Ward Wenger twenty year old collector of ladies underwear admitted the brutal hammer slaying of his foster mother Mrs Marie Wenger forty seven in Astoria Oregon neighbors saw him leave in her car the body was found wrapped in rugs next day Wenger was charged after wrecking a car east of Clarksville police said he had many undergarments and pictures from magazines and later clammed up saying the car was stolen
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Paris
Tex
Ward Wenger
FBI
Curtis Lemon
Clarksville
Marie Wenger
Astoria
Ore
Lemon
Wenger
Armless Woman Typing at Base Headlines Courage Online
In Sacramento a woman born without arms, Mrs. Anthony Ficarelli, now 23, types 40 to 45 words a minute at McClellan Air Force Base using her toes. She bathes her three children and even plays the piano despite her disability.
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Sacramento
Calif
Anthony Ficarelli
McClellan Air Force Base
White House weighs partial steel seizure plan
Washington reports the White House seriously considers seizing part of the strike bound steel industry under the Selective Service Act. Justice Department attorneys were ordered to prepare papers for possible action as a White House meeting led by John R. Steelman discussed the move with Henry Fowler and Arthur Fleming present.
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Washington
White House
Justice Department
Defense
John R. Steelman
Secretary of Defense
Truman
Supreme Court
Philip Perlman
District Court
Steelman
Munitions Board
John Small
National Production Authority
Henry H. Fowler
Arthur Fleming
Quake Kills Nine In Central Japan
A powerful earthquake struck central Japan early today, killing at least nine people and injuring 134 as buildings collapsed and people were trapped. About 350 homes were knocked down, with the tremor felt nationwide, strongest around the Osaka Kyoto area and in Tokyo where it lasted over a minute.
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Tokyo
Japan
Honshu
Osaka-Kyoto
Roswell Body Shop Files Civil Suit for 306 10
Roswell Body Shop filed a civil action in District Court against Curtis Corn seeking 306.10 dollars. The suit announces the claim and parties but provides limited case details in the readable fragment. The matter appears to involve a monetary dispute with Roswell as plaintiff.
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Roswell Body Shop
Curtis Corn
Birds in Himalayan Peaks on Dead Grass and Lichen
In the Himalayan Mountains birds exist on dead grasses blown among the rocks and lichens grow ing on stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Himalayan Mountains
Fanatic Who Shot Bookkeeper Planned to Blow up College
A Boston man Bayard P. Peakes in New York arraigned for murder after admitting a fantasy-fueled plan to kill a bookkeeper at the American Physical Society and later shoot eight others. He claimed an obsession with his self‑published thesis How to Live Forever and confessed at the crime scene at Columbia University.
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Bookkeeper
New York
Bayard P. Peakes
Eileen Fahey
American Physical Society
Peakes
Boston
Columbia University
Society
Miss Fahey
Korea
Petroleum Day in Roswell Draws Oil Hype and Officials
Roswell readies its first Petroleum Day with Governor Mechem and city leaders attending. The program opens at 11 am with remarks by Mayor Warren Cobean, plus talks from Harry James and T. F. Stipp. Exhibits, museum displays, a Roswell Petro Club barbecue, and a large crowd are anticipated at a city eager to celebrate oil prosperity.
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Roswell
Warren Cobean
Edwin Mechem
Cobean
Harry James
Chamber of Commerce
T. F. Stipp
Roswell Petro Club
Country Club
Local Attorney Rumored for Justice Department Post
Roswell attorney Ross L. Malone returned from Washington amid reports that Attorney General James P. McGranery offered him a post as an assistant attorney general. Malone did not confirm the offer but said he met McGranery in Washington on two occasions and may discuss again.
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Ross L. Malone
Roswell
Washington
James P. McGranery
Justice Department
Malone
McGranery
Atwood, Malone & Campbell
American Bar Association
10Th Judicial Circuit
New Mexico
Kansas
Oklahoma
Wyoming
Utah
California
New Mexico Bar Association
Chained convicts plead innocent in guard slaying
Handcuffed convicts Homer Lee Gossett and Donald Maynard pleaded innocent to murder charges in the fatal stabbing of Prison Guard Filemon J. Ortiz on June 11. District Attorney Bertrand Prince advised an innocent plea since neither defendant has counsel, with Justice of the Peace E. C. Cortez presiding. In Springfield, Hal Kamp, a radio official, won a prize at a picnic featuring 12 tons of rocks.
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Santa FE
Homer Lee Gossett
Donald Maynard
Justice of the Peace
E. C. Cortez
Dist
Atty
Bertrand Prince
Prince
Gossett
Maynard
Filemon J. Ortiz
Springfield
Ill
Hal Kamp
American A League Baseball Scoreline Brief
Chicago and New York battled in a low scoring game with Chicago scoring 3 runs and New York 6 runs. Key players included Judson Stobbs and Sheely on Chicago side and Sam Gorgan Silvera Berra for New York. Final line shows three run deficit for Chicago despite late rally attempts.
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Chicago
New York
Stobbs
Judson
Sheely
Lollar
Gorgan
Sam
Silvera
Berra
Roswell to build $1 225 000 high school for 1200 students
Roswell plans a new high school costing 1 225 000 dollars to serve 1100 to 1200 students by 1954 with room for 2000 in expansions. The building will include a gym theater and science labs but no athletic field. It will sit in the southern suburbs and require buses or short trips for students.
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Roswell
Board of Education
Byron B. White
Rotary Club
White
Pecos Valley
Coyotes
DeBremond Stadium
Coyote
Illinois veep pledge signals Barkley gains at convention
Illinois figures show Arvey and Lawrence discussing Barkley strategy to win first ballot support. Barkley faces stiff competition as convention opens with Kefauver Harriman Kerr and Stevenson pursuing their own paths. Russell’s Taft Hartley critique stirs Southern tensions while Truman loyalties mix with shifting endorsements.
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Chicago
Alben W. Barkley
Illinois
Jacob Arvey
Arvey
David L. Lawrence
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Barkley
Lawrence
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Russell
Truman
Robert S., Kerr
Oklahoma
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Averell Harriman
New York
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Truman Camp
Dixie
South
William M. Tuck
Virginia
Roanoke
Harry S. Byrd
Byrd
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Aksel Nielsen
Bacel Tellier
United States Weather Bureau
WAFB
Hammer
Central
Richard Russell
Sen
Harry F. Byrd
Democratic
Veep
Kerr
Quickies
Ken Reynolds
Alvin
Q. R. McKay
Francis Cawley
Robert Shick
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