British Oil Pumps Shut Off as Cyrus Exodus Nears
British owned Anglo Iranian Oil Company halts pumps at Ghajari and calls 700 British technicians to Abadan as Operation Exodus looms. Mossadegh cabinet weighs foreign help and Italy’s AGIP inquiries. Evacuation could remove 2,800 British workers within 72 hours amid a British naval safeguard deployment. CK
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Kadan
Mohammed Mossadegh
Lea 6
Aclie
Iranian National Oil Company
Mossadeh
AIDS
Rome
Italy
Ettore Caraffa
Andria
Iran
Ources
Mossadeghi'sovernment
AGIP
Reign Oil
JOC
London
Tran
Abadan
AIOC
Eric Drake
Basra
Iraq
Alex Anson
Mauritius
Lippi Named President of UMW District 1
August J. Lippi, 51, a mine veteran, was appointed president of United Mine Workers District 1. The role takes effect July 1, succeeding Michael J. Kosik of DuPont who resigned to become secretary of the anthracite board of conciliation.
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UMW Dist
Scranton
August J. Lippi
United Mine Workers’ District 1
Michael J. Kosik
DuPont
Anthracite Board of Conciliation
Chrysler to furlough 20 000 workers nationwide
Detroit dispatch reports Chrysler Corporation will trim 20 000 employees from its payroll to meet government restrictions on materials. The action aims to reduce output and align with wartime production controls.
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Chrysler
Detroit
Chrysler Corporation Today
Acheson Seeks Stopgap Oil Accord With Iran
Secretary of State Acheson urged Iran to accept a stopgap oil arrangement with Britain to avoid a broader crisis. Britain blocked pumps at Aghajari and prepared evacuation as Iran Nationalizes its oil industry. The plan would keep British technicians in place to maintain supply for Western Europe.
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Attlee
Winston Churchil
Churchil
House of Commons
Britain
Iraq
Iran
Acheson
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Washington
United States
Nehru
India
Mossadegh
New Delhi
AIOC
Edward E. Bomar
Persian Gulf
Anglo-Iranian Oils Company
Aghajari
Europe
Russia
Lorain Youth Held for Rail Express Wreck Attempt
Bert Crawford a 19 year old from Lorain Ohio is held on a charge of trying to wreck a Pennsylvania Railroad express train near Carnegie Sunday. A steel bar on the west bound tracks nearly damaged the Pittsburgh to St Louis express as it dragged the bar 500 feet before stopping. PRR police Sergeant J R Evans arrested Crawford who had lingered at the scene. He declined to speak at a hearing before Alderman Frank R Bruno. Evans said Crawford recently escaped from a state school near Columbus.
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Herbert Crawford
Lorain
Carnegie
J. R. Evans
PRR
Crawford
Frank R. Bruno
Evans
Columbus
RFC Profit From B and O Loan Exceeds 20 Million
Jesse H. Jones, former RFC chairman, testified to the Senate banking committee that the agency earned a profit of more than 20 million dollars from its Baltimore and Ohio railroad loan. He noted B and O's current indebtedness is secured by securities worth nearly triple the loan.
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Jesse H. Jones
RFC
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Federal
Secretary of Commerce
Senate Banking Committee
Jones
Congress
Army Map Service to Open 300-Staff Office in Providence
The Army Map Service announced it will open an office employing 300 people in drafting and data gathering at Providence Rhode Island next week as part of a plan to expand essential maps production.
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Washington
UNS
Army Map Service
Providence
R. I
Barkley to Speak at Lewistown Elks Jubilee
Vice President Alben W. Barkley is set to address the July 28 golden jubilee celebration of Elks Lodge 663 in Lewistown. The event marks a milestone for the lodge with community attendance expected.
Bronze Star Awarded To Cpl. Barnett
Cpl. Robert W. Barnett 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Barnett of West Garrett Street, received a Bronze Star in May for heroic action near Hagaru-ri Korea last November 28. He was rear guard in the 31st Infantry Regiment 7th Division, evacuated wounded under heavy fire, promoted from Pvt. to Cpl after the action. Barnett enlisted June 20 1949 after Somerset high school, trained at Fort Dix Fort Devens and Camp Edwards, served in Japan and Korea, then fought near the Yalu and Changjin reservoir before moving toward the Hungnam port. He previously worked at a turnpike restaurant.
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R. D. Barnett
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Hagaru-ri
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Army
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Camp Edwards
Mass
Japan
Hwachan Reservoir
Third Larceny Charge Lodged Against Hutzell
Theodore Hutzell 23 Jerome is jailed in Somerset with two companions on a third larceny charge. He pleaded guilty to stealing two storage batteries and an automobile coil from Baker brothers sawmill Jenner township. Louis Packler and Kenneth Glenn reported the case. Hutzell took the items last Friday.
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Jerome
Somerset
Baker Brothers
Jenner Township
Squire H. S. Whipperman
Louis Packler
Kenneth Glenn
Hutzell
Joe Walls
Earl Hutzell
Powell Brothers Coal Company
Shade Township
Lester Lohr
Boswell R. D
Pittsburgh
Theodore
Earl
REA Grants Loans to Mor-Gran-Lou Electric and Sullivan County Tel
The Rural Electrification Administration approved a 373000 dollar loan to Mor-Gran-Lou Electric Cooperative of Flasher North Carolina and a 122000 dollar telephone construction loan to Sullivan County Telephone Co of Forksville Pennsylvania on June 27.
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Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Mor-Gran-Lou Electric Cooperative
Flasher
N. C
Sullivan County Telephone Co
Forksville
Dry Petition Turned Down on Technicality in Lower Turkeyfoot
Judge Thomas F. Lansberry refused a petition by Lower Turkeyfoot township residents seeking a July referendum on liquor and beer licenses. Rev. George H. Kaufman, a non elector, filed the petition. signatures were not in dispute but residency validity blocked the request. Middle Creek township and Shanksville will still vote locally in July.
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Lower Turkey Toot Township
Thomas F. Lansberry
Steve Kubis, Jr
Lower Turkeyfoot Township
George H. Kaufman
Kaufman
Ursina
Turkeyfoot Township
Lansberry
Middlecreek Township
Shanksville
Senators clash over quoted remark on income tax
Sen Dent accuses Gov Fine of saying the income tax is intellectually dishonest. Sen Wood denies the quote and says the governor described the levy as potentially temporary and not to be sold as a permanent measure. Dent cites a Wilkes-Barre clipping as his source.
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Harrisburg
John S. Fine
John H. Dent
Dent
Fine
Wilkes-Barre
T. Newell Wood
Luzerne
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Wood
Walker
Wilkes- Barre Independent
Casualty Toll in Korea Rises to 76,749
Washington reports 3,145 more U S casualties in Korea this week, lifting the war total to 76,749 since hostilities began.
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Washington
INS
Defense Department
U. S
Korea
Postpone Milk Price Raise
Harrisburg reports the state milk control commission postponed a planned July 1 price increase for Pittsburgh Erie and Johnstown Altoona areas until July 16. The action affects dairy buyers and producers in those regions as officials reassess pricing adjustments.
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Harrisburg
Pittsburgh, Erie
Johnstown
Altoona
State Milk Control Commission
Bill Would Let Amish Withdraw From School Local Control
Harrisburg report says a House committee approved a bill to shift withdrawal permit authority from the state to local school officials for Amish children after eighth grade. Rep. Harry W. Price Jr. said local boards would be more sympathetic, aiding Amish religious practice. The measure aims to permit work only on family farms for those granted permits.
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House
Department of Public Instruction
Harry W. Price, Jr
R-Mifflin
Price
Pennsylvania
Full Crew Act Seeks Mandatory Locomotive Staffing in Harrisburg
The Senate advanced a bill requiring industrial locomotives to be manned by a certified crew including at least one engineer one fireman one yard conductor or foreman and two yard brakemen or helpers. Violations would incur a 100 dollar fine plus costs. Additional measures propose lapsing unexpended balances from 1949 and prior sessions and creating separate specs for state public building work over 1000.
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Senate
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William J. Lane
Washington
Samuel G. Neff
Lawrence
General Assembly
Joseph J. Yosko
Northampton
Charles R. Mallery
Blair
Pennsylvania Teachers Retirement Age Could Rise to 65
Legislation sponsored by Rep. Michael J. Needham seeks to raise the teachers retirement age in Pennsylvania from 62 to 65 with local option for boards to raise age. Other measures include boosting monthly state retirement pay from 50 to 75 dollars and creating a mining institute board to oversee vocational training statewide.
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Pennsylvania
Michael J. Needham
Clackawanna
Pennsylvania State Education Association
Needham
Robert G. Wargo
T. Luke Tooney
R-Perry
George A. Penglase
D- Phila
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Ambridge
Albert EB. Beech
Rallegheny
Russia Counts Itself Out Of Moves Toward Truce In Korean War
Reports from TOKIVU and WASHINGTON say Russia urged that any cease fire talks be conducted by North Korean and United Nations field commanders, excluding Chinese Communists. Allied forces reported heavy fighting on central Korea fronts with probing attacks and counterattacks all through the night.
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William C. Barnard Tokivu
Central Korea
United Nations
Associated Press
Nate Polowetzky
Eighth Army
Douglas MacArthur
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington
Fifth Air Force
Wonsan
Yangdok
Singanju
Korea
Pyongyang
Jim Becker
Kumhwa
U. N
United States
Red China
Moscow
U. S
Alan G. Kirk
Andrei Gromyko
Kirk
State Department
Jacob Malik
New York
Malik
Kirk-Gromyko
State Acheson
Dispersal of Industry Voted Down in Senate
The Senate defeated the O Mahoney amendment to the price wage controls bill by a 56 to 25 vote. The measure sought presidential approval for locating new defense plants away from urban centers citing defense and housing concerns. Duff urged against dispersal arguing it would harm production and Pennsylvania steel leadership.
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O'Mahoney
D-Wy0
Brewster
R-Me
Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate Budget Blow Thwarts Truman Price Controls
The Senate rejected a provision limiting rollback power on price controls, keeping prices from dropping below late Jan Feb 1951 levels. Economic Stabilizer Eric Johnston warned of a $10 to $12 billion impact to consumers. The chamber also backed a halt on future livestock slaughter quotas, while House leaders seek a July stopgap to extend control laws.
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Senate
Truman
Eric Johnston
House
Maybank
Senate Ranking Committee
Office of Price Stabilization
Butler
R-Neb
Ops
Michael V. di Salle
Weather Outlook For West and Central Appalachia
West Virginia and western Pennsylvania expect thundershowers Thursday and Thursday night. Friday brings cooler, drier conditions with less humidity. Eastern Pennsylvania and Maryland see partly cloudy skies with afternoon and evening thundershowers Thursday, followed by fairer, cooler conditions Friday.
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West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Somerset Weather Report From David Grove
Daily weather summary shows 24 hour period from 5 30 p m Tuesday to 5 30 p m Wednesday with a maximum of 18 and a minimum not listed and precipitation at 38. A year ago the maximum was 63.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
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