U S Court Action Aims at Chicago Rail Strike
The United States will pursue contempt proceedings in Chicago and likely Cleveland against rails yard workers defying court orders. The move follows restraining orders and a growing wildcat strike that has delayed mail and wartime shipments across Chicago Washington St Louis and Alexandria Virginia.
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Chicago
Cleveland
Atty
Gen
McGrath
White House
Wildcat
Brotherhood of Railroad
Truman
St. Louis
Alexandria
Twin Cities
Minnesota Transfer Railway Co
Minneapolis
St. Paul
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Railway Express
Air Express
Potomac Yards
Seaboard
Truman to Address Nation at 9 30 p m
President Truman plans a 9 30 p m national radio speech to urge united sacrifices behind building free world military strength. Officials disclosed a $590 million atomic energy site near Paducah Kentucky and that the military budget may need far more than the present request as war in Korea and wider threats escalate.
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Washington
Truman
Free World
Congress
Paducah
Korea
Establishment of Minnesota Family Courts Endorsed
The interim commission on domestic relations led by Judge Paul Carroll recommended creating family courts in Minnesota with jurisdiction over cases threatening family stability. They presented bill drafts and urged enactment to place Minnesota at the forefront of addressing this social issue. Governor Youngdahl praised the report and planned to give the recommendation top priority in the 1951 legislative message.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Youngdahl
Interim
Commission On Domestic Relations
Paul Carroll
Minneapolis
Carroll
Restrictions Placed on Mail Outgoing From Austin PO
The Austin post office imposed an embargo on outgoing mail to 15 states due to railroad strikes. Second class mail excluding daily papers and all third and fourth class mail are restricted, along with first class mail over eight ounces, with exceptions for medicines and surgical supplies. The ban targets deliveries to Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois. Local, airmail, and intercity mails remain exempt where transportation is uninterrupted.
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Austin Post Office
Postal Department
J. M. Pierce
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New York
Connecticut
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Illinois
Austin
Mississippi
Air Parcel Post
House GOP Calls for Acheson Ouster in Truman Era Row
House Republicans adopt a resolution demanding the removal of Secretary of State Dean Acheson and urge personnel and policy changes at the State Department. The measure goes to President Truman as Senate Republicans weigh a no confidence vote.
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House Gop
Acheson
Washington
House
Dean Acheson
House Party
GOP
Truman
State Department
Senate
Auto damage totals rise from icy streets after snowfall
Five auto accidents were reported to police due to Thursday snowfall and icy Austin streets. No injuries occurred. repairs exceed $1300 for several cars, including Eastburn’s $200 damage and bus damage of $300.
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Austin
Clifford M Hartson
Hope
Eastburn
Elwin Lanning
Mason City
Alvin Matter
Austin Rt. 5
Sixth
College
Delores M. Huseby
William A. Vanda
Clayton
Wis
N. Sixth
Oakland
Marvin Bates
North Street
Benno G. Bissen
S. St. Paul
Evelyn Bracken
E. Water
Lynn Ulven
Nicholson
Maple
Greenwich
Bracken
Ulven
Faribault Plans Toll Board To Track Traffic Accidents
Faribault police announced a campaign with the Rice County Safety Council to erect an accident toll board downtown. The board will show live totals of city accidents, with damages estimated at 44 927 dollars for the year so far.
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Faribault
Rice County Safety Council
City Tax Rate In Austin Rises By 13 Mills
Austin taxpayers face higher real estate and personal property taxes as the 51 mill Rite increases to 167.25 mills for non homestead property and 162.85 mills for homestead. County Auditor C. M. Hubbard cited city county and school district levies as the cause of the jump. The non homestead total rises from 154.00 to 167.25 mills while the state levy differs between non homestead and homestead properties.
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Austin
C. M. Hubbard
Shaw Gym
UN Cease Fire Parley Opens in New York
The three member United Nations cease fire committee opened its Korean peace mission by inviting US delegate Ernest A. Gross to a private luncheon. Gross will represent the United States in negotiations. The panel plans to meet the Chinese envoy Gen Wu Hsiu chuan and may send a representative to Peiping if needed.
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New York
United Nations
United States
Ernest A. Gross
Gross
U. S
Wu Hsiu-chuan
Peiping
Chinese Red Horde Attacks ANE Beachhead Near Hamhung
Chinese forces swarm across the Hamhung Hungnam coast in a major assault aimed at breaking the northeast Korea beachhead. Reports describe 2500 Reds leaping American tanks and clashing with doughboy units as larger offensives loom.
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Changijin Reservoir
Hamhung
Kato
Hamhung-Hungnam
Tokyo
Korea
United States
10Th Corps
Sea of Japan
United Nations
Hungnam
Eighth Army
Seoul
Hungnam Port
Chunchon
Central Korea
Namsi
Report Shows Off Balance in Legislature
A Minnesota subcommittee finds more than a third of the 87 counties are over represented in the state legislature. The study, aiming to aid reappointment, notes districts have not been redrawn since 1913, and no recommendations may be made. It cites wide disparities with Hennepin and Ramsey counties far above the ideal district population.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Legislative Research Committee
Hennepin, Ramsey
St. Louis
Claude G. Baughman
Waseca
Senate
Hennepin
Ramsey
Stearns
Hennepin County
Ramsey County
Fire destroys Lavern Dickerson home in Grand Meadow
Early today a fire in Grand Meadow gutted the converted railway car home of Lavern Dickerson family. Flames spread behind the stove. the family escaped in night clothes through a window. Dickerson broke a cafe window nearby to call the fire department, but the residence and furnishings were a total loss.
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Norma Calkins
Grand Meadow
Lavern Dickerson
Standard Oil
Dickerson
Schultz Renominated for a Sixth Union Term
Frank Schultz was renominated without opposition for a sixth term as president of Local 9 packinghouse workers union at the nominations meeting Thursday night. The group set dates for the annual election January 5 and 6 and noted February induction of new officers.
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Frank Schultz
Local 9 Packinghouse Workers Union
Schultz
Lyman Halligan
Rollo Sissell
Helen McDermott
Sissell
Howard McDermott
Leo Schwamm
Spurgeon Peterson
Lloyd Seiver
John A. Wink
Two Die in Fire Near Hibbing
In Lavina suburban area near Hibbing two men died in a Thursday night house fire. Victims were John Frederickson 74 and Vilas B Tyler 42. Frederickson son John Jr and Arvid Nordstrom escaped to summon help but Hibbing volunteers arrived too late as the home burned to ruins. Firemen said oil had been poured on hot heater coals.
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Hibbing
Lavina
John Frederickson
Vilas B. Tyler
Frederickson
John, Jr
Arvid Nordstrom
Tyler
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