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UP News Briefs | Supreme Court Adjourns WASHINGTON, D. C, June 5.— The Supreme Court began its vacation today, leaving the Dollar Line ownership dispute for the fall — an action one justice called "not wholesome." Plan Compromise in Iran LONDON, England, June 5.— The cabinet decided today to accept in principle Irans nationalization "of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company on the condition that Britain has a say in the processing and distribution of oil supplies, it was learned. Plan Talk With Ife WASHINGTON, D. C, June 5.— Sixteen House members will confer with Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower in Paris next week about President Trumans request for ,-500,000,000 in foreign aid. Reds Beaten in Sicily ROME, Italy, June 5. — Premier Alcide de Gasperis Christian Democrats edged the Communist bloc in Sicilys regional assembly elections, final unofficial results disclosed today. However, the balance of power in the local legislature will be held by the Neo-Fascist Msi Party. Get Pay Raises ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 5. — Communication Workers CIO won maximum 10 per cent pay raises today after a brief strike, which slowed telephone service for periods of up to two hours over a six-state area. Confabs in Formosa TAIPEH, Formosa, June 5. — Scores of Chinese Nationalist guerrilla leaders have come here from the mainland in the last few months for conferences on future military operations against the Communists. Air Chiefs to Meet WASHINGTON, D. C, June 5.— The air chiefs of staff of the United States, Britain, France and Canada will meet in Paris Thursday to resume conferences on strengthening Western Europes air defenses. Czech Economy Desperate PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, June 5. — Communist Czechoslovakias economic situation has become desperate, according to a high party official. "The situation, instead of getting better, is getting worse," Josef Frank, deputy secretary general of the Czechoslovak Communist party, said today. Rebukes Republicans NEW YORK, N. Y., June 5.— Steelmaker Ernest T. Weir, speaking here as a lifelong Republican, today rebuked RepubU-. cans for playing "politics of an entire improper order" in the MacArthur incident. Weir said Democrats were equally to blame. Reds Fall Back TOKYO, Japan, t June* The Chinese Communists suddenly abandoned the outer bastions of their Chorwon line in central Kprea today before a relentless attack by mud-caked allied infantrymen. The Reds fell back nearly two miles to a stronger line as Allied troops made gains of 3,000 yards -ormore. - ■ - - - - - - -
