New Iowa Storm Brings Snow and Ice Across State
A new Iowa storm spread snow and freezing rain across the state, disrupting holiday travel. The Weather Bureau forecast 3–6 inches in the northwest and up to 3 inches to the southeast with drifting possible in western Iowa. Conditions varied from ice coated highways to fog reducing visibility, and the center was expected to move away by Tuesday with clearing skies.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Lamoni
Rites For Jack Roe To Be Held Here Tomorrow
Funeral services for Jack Roe 83 of Des Moines will be held Tuesday at 2 p m at Roland funeral home with Rev A D Steffenson officiating. Interment will be in Willia cemetery. Roe a retired street car motorman, died Saturday at Broadlawns hospital after a period of illness. He was born December 12 1869 in Franklin township and married Myr tle Bell in Anita in 1893. He was a member of Des Moines First Evangelical church and Modern Woodmen of America. Surviving are a sister and a brother. He was preceded in death by two daughters, two brothers and two sisters.
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Jack cv. Roe
Dew Moines
Viota
Broadlawns Hospital
Des Moines
Roland Funeral Home
A. D. Steffenson
Willia
Roe
Silas
Nancy Swinn Roe
Franklin Township
Wirt
Myrtle Bell
Anita
Des Moines First Evangelical Church
Modern Woodmen of America
C. S. Brown
Omaha
R. P. Roe
Atlantic
Cecil
Beryle Roe
Roy Roe
Mayme Bennett
Lillian Lowe
AFL Chief Signals Possible AFL-CIO Labor Law Amendments
George Meany, president of the AFL, said in a radio interview that the party’s position on the Walt-Hartley Act has shifted toward seeking satisfactory amendments rather than outright repeal. He cited the Nov 4 election results as having halted the drive for repeal.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
AFL
George Meany
Temperatures Lacrings and Snow Forecast
Snow expected north and west this afternoon and tonight with 3 to 6 inches of new snow. Snow and ice extreme southeast this afternoon changing to snow tonight. Tuesday partly cloudy with little temperature change. Low tonight 18 to 25 northwest 25 to 32 southeast. High Tuesday 28 to 35. Somewhat colder Tuesday night. Partly cloudy Wednesday.
Call for International Court action over Katyn killings
A congressional committee urged Soviet Russia be arraigned at the International Court for murdering about 15,400 Poles in the Katyn Forest massacre. The report links Katyn to recent atrocities in Korea and calls for immediate U.S. congressional investigation of Korean War abuses.
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Washington
Soviet Russia
International Court
Katyn Forest
House
Russia
Congress
United Nations
Korea
Nazi Germany
Smolensky
Katyn
Brodie Twins Cling To Life After Separation
The Brodie Siamese twins, joined at the heads, survived a 12 hour 40 minute separation operation at a Chicago hospital. Roger remains comatose and precarious while Redney shows no change. the hospital notes they have reached the 169th hour since surgery and call the situation a medical milestone.
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Chicago
Royt Brodie
Moline
Roger
Redney
Rover
Stevedore Boss Arrest Highlights Waterfront Probe
A waterfront graft case unfolds as AFL Longshoremen leader Michael Clemente and associate Alexander Cosmos are arrested on extortion, coercion, and conspiracy charges. Dist. Atty. Hogan cites Crime Commission testimony amid a broader probe of New York docks and a hiring boss control scheme.
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New York
AFL
Lower Manhattan
Frank S. Hogan
New York State Crime Commission
Fielp
Hogan
Michael Clemente
AFL International Longshoremen's Association
Manhattan
Clemente
Alexander Cosmos
Rutherford
N. J
State Crime Commission
New York County
East River
Hudson River
John W. McGrath
Speeding Freight Car Rampage Kills Woman in California Town
A runaway freight car tore through South Pasadena at up to 75 mph, killing Carrie Andrews 39 and critically injuring her husband Owen as the car slammed into their auto near a crossing after a two mile chase by a locomotive through dense residential areas. The car ended amid other freight cars in the Los Angeles Yards.
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Pasadena
Calif
Los Angeles
Polite
Duke and Duchess of Windsor Return to United States
New York reports the Duke and Duchess of Windsor have returned to the United States on a Sunday after months in Europe.
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New York
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
United States
Europe
Wreckage Sought To Determine Cause Of Moses Lake Crash
Military investigators combed wreckage and identified victims after the Moses Lake disaster that killed 86 on a U S military airlift flight. Officials called for investigations and safety checks, as Sen. Richard Russell urged a full inquiry and grounding of planes. Captain George Demas survived and described the moments before lift off and the plane’s struggle to gain power.
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Moses Lake
Wash
U. S
Richard Russell
D—Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Larson Air Force Base
Air Force
George Demas
Cleveland
Charleston
S. C
Orson Afb
Demas
William O'Connell
Portland
John KuntzFormer Atlantic Resident Dies in Denver
John R. Kuntz 53 a Denver steel salesman and World War I veteran formerly of Atlantic died Friday in a Denver hospital after an operation. Survived by widow Gladys Woolsey daughter Norma Jean Fitz Riverside California brother Charles Kuntz Pueblo Colorado and granddaughter Funeral services and burial were held in Denver today.
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John R. Kuntz
Denver
Atlantic
Mr. Kuntz
Gladys Woolsey
Norma Jean Fitz
Riverside
Calif
Charles Kuntz
Pueblo
Colo
Patrick Cunningham
Vern Woolsey
Jack Woolsey
Hear Arguments on Shelby Lake Land in Des Moines
The Iowa Executive Council heard vigorous arguments from two attorneys against the state condemning Shelby County land for a new lake. A hearing was set for next Monday with the attorneys and State Conservation Commission officials to attend after failed calls to Director Bruce F. Stiles.
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Des Moines
Iowa Executive Council
Shelby County
Bruce F. Stiles
State Conservation Commission
Government Urges Private Use of Atomic Power
The National Security Resources Board urged expanding private sector participation in developing and using atomic energy for power. The 100 page report to President Truman recommends policy changes, offshore oil land management, St Lawrence Seaway cooperation, tariff relief on deficient materials, and enhanced mineral resource aid to underdeveloped regions. It accompanies updates on the Naperville missing children case and a Vatican Christmas peace broadcast plan.
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Washington
National Security Resources Board
Truman
Department of the Interior
United States
Canada
St. Lawrence Seaway
White House
President
Materials Policy Commission
William (. Paley
Columbia Broadcasting System Board
The
Resources Board
Commission
Germans And Americans To Exchange Yule Friendship
Thousands of Germans and American GIs will share Christmas dinner in a gesture of postwar friendship. German families invite soldiers to dine in homes on Christmas Day while the Army supports GI hosted meals in mess halls. Funds from Wiebaden base fund a party for 350 German children and food baskets for needy families. Bremerhaven committee plans 3000 gifts for deprived children and Wuerzburg events will feature Santa and coal or cheer for the poor.
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Frankfurt
Germas Oh
Army
Tts Seut
Wiebaden
Bremerhaven
Wuerzburg
Santa Claus
House probes deem military camps too plush
House investigators warn many U S bases use Korean War emergency funding for unnecessary lavish construction. After reviewing 15 major bases Limestone Maine McClellan California and Kelly Texas the expenditures subcommittee cites waste and extravagant frills and questions urgency of replacing temporary structures.
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Washington
House
Congress
U. S
Limestone Air Force Base
Maine
McClellan Afb
Calif
Kelly Afb
Tex
Hardy
D-Va
Air Force
French liner Champollion runs aground off Beirut
The 12,546 ton passenger ship Champollion with 469 aboard departed Marseille a week earlier. It grounded three miles south of Beirut in a storm listing severely with a vertical crack. A spokesman said 219 passengers remained with a crew of Zou. debarkation at Alexandria unclear. Haifa harbor master offered assistance.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Chiampollion
Marseille
France
Champollian
Alexandria
Egypt
Haifa
Colleges See Smaller Fall Enrollment Drop
In a Sunday report Dr. Raymond Walters notes fall enrollment at 830 colleges and universities fell to 1,205,524 full-time students a decline of 1.5 percent from 1951 and 462,848 part-time students down 2.8 percent. He says the full-time drop is modest compared with 1951’s 11.4 percent fall from 1950.
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Cincinnati &Y
Raymond Walters
University of Cincinnati
Walters
United Nations votes down Soviet push on Korea Pon gam mass deaths
The United Nations Assembly rejected a Soviet bid to condemn the United States over alleged mass killings on Pongam Island, Korea. The 45 to 5 vote came as delegates adjourned before Eisenhower’s inauguration, with U. S. and allied speakers denouncing the motion as propaganda and stressing unity for peace in Korea.
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United Nations
N. Y
United Nations Assembly
United States
Pongam Island
Korea
U. S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Assembly
Iran
Lebanon
Thailand
Ernest A. Gross
Gross
Andrei A. Gromyko
Kremlin
General Assembly
China
Selwyn Lloyd
Henri Hoppenot
France
Selim Sarper
Turkey
Alexis Kyrou
Greece
David Johnson
Canada
Leslie K. Munro
New Zealand
Lloyd
U. N
U N Reviews U S Request to Bar Czech Reporter
The United Nations said it seeks facts before acting on a State Department request to revoke Marcelle Hitschmanova of the Pakistan Times as a U N correspondent for security risk concerns. No evidence accompanied the request. The UN legal department said it must study the charges after receiving reasons.
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United Nations
N. Y
State Department
U. N
Marcelle Hitschmanova
Pakistan Times
International Organization
U. S
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