Attlee Arrives for Talks With Truman in Washington
British Prime Minister Attlee arrives for top level talks with President Truman to align policies amid the global crisis. Attlee arrives on the Cathay at National airport, discussed Communist bloc tensions, Korea burden sharing, and the aim to uphold democratic living standards.
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Washington
Truman
Attlee
Cathay
National
Acheson
Defense
Marshall
W. Averell Harriman
Oliver Franks
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
Great Britain
United States
Cominform
United Nations
Korea
U. S
Infant Killed In Auto Accident Near Hudson Wis
Infant son of Mr and Mrs Eugene Hughes Sr of St Paul was killed when the Hughes car skidded on an icy highway and struck an underpass abutment near Hudson Sunday night.
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Hudson, Wis
Eugene Hughes
St. Paul
Hughes
Hudson
Nations Ask Urgent Action on Red China
The United States and five other countries formally urged the United Nations to take up as an urgent matter the Chinese Communist intervention in Korea. A telegram to UN Secretary General Trygve Lie signed by six ambassadors signals possible action by the UN steering committee amid behind the scenes diplomacy and secret talks in Washington and in Beijing.
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New York
United States
United Nations Assembly
Korea
Trygve Lie
Assembly
U. S
Britain
France
Norway
Cuba
Ecuador
Security Council
Peiping
Washington
Attlee
Truman
India
Sir Benegal N. Rau
China
Wu Hsiu-Chuan
Sir Benegal
Rau
Bemidji and International Falls Hit Minus Twenty
January type temperatures chilled Minnesota as Bemidji and International Falls posted the coldest readings of the winter at 20 below zero. Grantsburg Wisconsin followed with 19 below. Other stations ranged from 20 above to eight below with no precipitation reported in the past 24 hours.
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Associated Press
Bemidji and
International Falls
Minnesota
Grantsburg
Wis
Duluth
Redwood Falls
Alexandria
Couple Held in Childs Death in Michigan
In Muskegon Michigan a mother Crystal Smith 25 and her husband Ted Smith 27 were jailed for murder after admitting they secretly buried their 4 year old daughter Carol Ann Thompson in a back yard grave on November 20. They said they beat the child for being unmanageable and planned to flee to Lansing area as investigators closed in. The couple were arrested with two other daughters at a relative's home near Lansing.
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Muskegon, Mich
Ted Smith
Crystal
Carol Ann Thompson
Lansing
Smiths
Carol Ann
Floods Strain Far West As Ohio Cold Wave Hits
Flood waters surge through western Nevada and north central California while Ohio cold air halts thaw. In Illinois a tornado damaged 90 to 100 homes near Greenville and Mt Olive killing two women and injuring about a dozen others. Floods force 5000 from homes in California and Nevada as rivers threaten levees.
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Nevada
California
Ohio
Illinois
Greenville
Mt. Olive
Esta McFarland
Mary Ward
Linda- Hammonton
Sacramento
Fresno
Ukian
Reno
Truckee
National
Legion Auxiliary Conclave Hears Dr. Thomas Heart Research Leader
Mrs. A G Patterson of Austin introduced Dr Lewis Thomas at the Minnesota American Legion Auxiliary fall conference in Minneapolis. Thomas has been named head of the heart research program at the University of Minnesota, funded by state Legion chapter drives. Other attendees included Mrs Albert Skaran and several officers.
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A. G. Patterson
Austin
Lewis Thomas
American Legion Memorial
American Legion Auxiliary
Minneapolis
Thomas
University of Minnesota
American Legion
Patterson
Albert Skaran
Ira MacDonald
J. M. Pierce
Jacob Becker
Lars Bondhus
Army officer breakfast with convoy crew in Austin
Lt. Harry J. Schow of Detachment O 3903rd Radar Bomb Scoring unit had breakfast at home for the first time in two years as icy roads and a truck breakdown slowed a SAC convoy of 15 detachments en route from Omaha to Minneapolis. The unit tracks bomber streams for practice, with Capt. Ralph A. Woodcock commanding. Schow survived a 1944 B-24 crash and German prison camp, now serving as deputy. The convoy reached Austin late, then pressed toward Minneapolis after repairs.
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Harry J. Schow
Harry W. Schow
Omaha
Fort Snelling
Minneapolis
Strategic Air Command
RBS
SAC
United States
Ralph A. Woodcock
Garret
Ind
Schow
Austin
Berlin
Germany
Sixth
Oakland
U S Doubles Blood Quota for Red Cross
Washington The defense department orders the American Red Cross to double December blood collections to supply plasma for military use. Current output exceeds 90,000 pints monthly, with a near 100 percent December increase to stockpile plasma and serum albumin for 2100 civilian hospitals and the armed forces. Blood will be shipped daily from 35 regional centers to labs in Philadelphia San Francisco and Los Angeles.
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Washington, D. C
Defense Department
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Trailer Stove Blaze Causes Minor Truck Fire
Firemen answered a late night call to a charcoal stove in a semi trailer on Main street. The overheated stove ignited the trailer wall and caused slight damage to the truck securing the scene with no injuries reported.
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Main Street
Farmer Hunted in Iowa Killing
Des Moines police press search for Joseph Rogers 32 farmer accused of killing a Duluth set Mary Grace O'Dell 35 in a Des Moines hotel lobby after she refused his marriage proposal. The boy Jimmie 7 witnessed the shooting and was moved to a juvenile home.
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Des Moines
Marri
Mary Grace O'Dell
Jimmie
Joseph Rogers
Collins
Iowa
Lew Hardenbrook
O’dell
Rogers Farm
Rogers
Hardenbrook
Duluth
Minn
Navy to Call 15,000 Trained Reserves
The navy announced that 15,000 trained naval reserve enlisted men will be called to active duty during April May and June.
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Navy
Washington
Naval Reserve
U S Sees Need for Waterway Canadians Told
In Toronto Stanley Woodward United States ambassador to Canada said Washington recognizes urgency of the St Lawrence waterway project and will press for its adoption by Congress in 1951 He spoke after discussing it with President Truman noting the new urgency amid possible war and describing the project as a cheap power source for Ontario and New York and a secure route for iron ore shipments from Labrador
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Stanley Woodward
United States
Canada
St. Lawrence Waterway
Congress
Empire Clubs
Truman
Washington
Woodward
Free Nations
St. Lawrence
Ontario
New York State
Labrador
Minnesota Jet Ace Rescued Off Korea
Ensign William F. Rau of Elmore Minnesota crash landed his Pant jet in the Japan sea off the Korean coast during a combat patrol. He was rescued uninjured by a helicopter within about two minutes. Rau has flown 24 combat missions including two dog fights with MiG 15s and has been recommended for the Air Medal.
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United States
Leyte
Korea
William F. Rau
Elmore
Minn
Japan Sea
Helicopt
Rau
North Korea
Cedric Adams Loses Weight Contest to Banker Haakenson
Cedric Adams acknowledged defeat in a weight reducing contest with A. H. Hankenson of Austin State Bank. Haakenson lost 18 pounds and Adams plans to visit Austin soon to assume bank duties for one day.
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Cedric Adams
A. H. Hankenson
Austin State Bank
Ben Lageson
American Legion
Minneapolis
Adams
WCCO
Haakenson
Austin
Minneapolis Star
Cedric
Escape From Trap Believed Walker's Aim
U N forces formed a rear guard north of Pyongyang as Lt Gen Walton Walker directed a strategic retreat southward. Chinese forces reportedly massed up to 150,000 troops near the Chongchon river while pushing toward Hamhung Hungnam and Inchon Seoul as the UN force reeled under multiple fronts.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Pyongyang
Walton H. Walker
United States
Eighth Army
Chongchon River
MacArthur
Korea
Manchuria
China
U. S
Hamhung
Hungnam
10Th Corps
Changjin
Tom Stone
Leif Erickson
Republic
Seoul
Inchon
Erickson
Walker
North Korea
South Korea
Red High Command
Wonsan
Sea of Japan
Yalu River
Red Manchuria
Two Accidents Leave Fillmore Men Critical at Rochester
Two Fillmore county men injured in separate crashes December 1 remained in critical condition at St. Marys Hospital Rochester. Dr Francis Kelly 29 Spring Valley had a fractured skull after his car went off a county road near Wykoff. Norman Betsinger 24 Canton sustained head injuries and leg fractures when his car hit a semi trailer on Highway 52 near Harmony. Both were semi conscious.
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St. Mary’s Hospital
Rochester
Francis Kelly
Spring Valley
Wykoff
Norman Betsinger
Canton
Highway 52
Harmony
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