Five U S Oil Firms Invited to Answer Monopoly Charges
Senate Small Business Committee chair Senator Sparkman asks five major United States oil groups Standard Oil of New Jersey Standard Oil of California The Texas Company Socony Vacuum and Gulf Oil to formally respond to charges of joining with Anglo Iranian Oil and Royal Dutch Shell in an international cartel.
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Washington
John Sparkman
Alabama
Senate
Small Business Committee
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Truman
Global Oil Cartel
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
California
the Texas Co
Socony-Vacuum
Gulf Oil
Anglo-Iranian Oil Co
Royal Dutch Shell
Gulf
The
Texas Co
Middle East
Venezuela
United States
Sparkman
Justice Department
Anti Semitic Leader Faces Jail
Kiel Germany Wolfgang Hedler a deputy in West Germany’s parliament is sentenced to nine months in jail for slander against political leaders and incitement of class hatred. Parliament grants permission to serve sentence locally. He is expelled from the German Reich party but remains on federal payroll. court costs amount to 14 000 marks.
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Kiel
Germany
Wolfgang Hedler
Hedler
Schleswig-Holstein
German Reich Party
How To Ruin Wife's Careful Budget
A $300 telephone call from Tokyo to Chaseburg Wisconsin was made by Second Lt. Grant W. Hume while on rest leave in Japan. He said his wife urged them to hang up but they did not.
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Korea
Tokyo
Chaseburg
Wis
Grant W. Hume
Hilda
Japan
Hume
Fires Rage in San Bernardino Foothills
Three brush fires started in the San Bernardino foothills, all likely incendiary. The Mt McKinley fire covered over 1000 acres and was out of control, with 200 firefighters trying to contain it. A 600 acre city edge blaze destroyed a six room house. No injuries. Officials detained three youths for questioning as crews worked to contain the Mt McKinley fire by morning.
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San Bernardino
Calif
San Bernardino Foothills
Mt. McKinley
RAF Pilots Believed Killed In Hong Kong Collision
Two Royal Air Force pilots were believed killed when their patrol planes collided off Hong Kong island and crashed into the sea. A freighter picked up one pilot who died hours later. a search for the second pilot was begun. Names not released.
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Hong Kong
Royal Air Force
Police Fire On Dock Strikers In Basra Clash
Basra dock workers protesting for pay rises tried to torch port installations when police opened fire. Several workers were injured as laborers quit amid a government wage boost for other officials in the run up to the Baieam celebration marking the Mecca pilgrimage.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Basra
Mecca
Saudi Arabia
Coroner rules 600 foot plunge an accident
Edward Wright a 59 year old from La Verkin Utah died from injuries after his car plunged over a 600 foot embankment near Secret Pass in the Ruby mountains. The body was found in a creek about 22 miles southeast of ELRO Nevada and the wreckage lay 75 feet away. Coroner George Boucher estimated he had been dead from 10 days to three weeks.
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ELRO
Nev
Edward Wright
la Verkin
Utah
Paul Svedin
Wright
Secret Pass
Ruby Mountains
Here
George Boucher
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