Americas Fastest Jet Downs MIG-15 in Korea Combat
In a northwest Korea dogfight near Sinuiju, four U S F-86 Sabres defeated four Soviet MIG-15s. Lt Col Bruce Hinton of Stockton California downed a MIG-15 in the first Sabre combat, praised by Col John Meyer as a superb aircraft.
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United States
Korea
America
Sinuiju
Bruce H. Hinton
Stockton
Calif
John C. Meyer
Newcastle
Del
Forest Hills
N. Y
U. S
Airforce
Muroc
California
Hinton
Be It Price Clamp Seen in Fight Against Inflation
Government weighing voluntary price and wage freezes as a next move in inflation control. Alan Valentine leads talks with business and unions to hold Dec 1 levels or similar, with potential compulsory ceilings on meat prices and broader controls under wartime mobilization. Charles E. Wilson to lead the new defense mobilization office after resigning from GE. President Truman declares national emergency.
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Washington
Alan Valentine
The
Economic Stabilization Authority
Valentine
ESA
Wilson
Charles E. Wilson
General Electric Co
Truman
Office of Defense Mobilization
Adoption Fight Over Custody Of Adopted Child In Minnesota
Attorneys submitted briefs in district court over the custody of a two year old girl adopted by an Austin couple. The natural Gibson parents seek to set aside the adoption decree and be heard. The child has lived with her foster parents since March 1949 after consent by the Lutheran Welfare Society and state welfare director. The adoption decree was entered March 6 1950.
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Austin
Minnesota
Walter J. Gibson
Kandiyohi County
Gibsons
Martin A. Nelson
L. J. Lauerman
R. G. Johnson
Olivia
Luther Bang
Nelson
Lutheran Welfare Society
Kandiyohi Welfare Secretary
Lutheran Society
Kandiyohi
Division of Welfare
Col. Stanley Washburn Cremated After Funeral at Lakewood Home
The body of Col. Stanley Washburn, noted author, soldier, and war correspondent, was cremated after funeral services at his Lakewood home on Saturday. A Minneapolis native, Washburn began newspaper work with the Minneapolis Journal in 1901 and died Thursday at age 72.
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Lakewood
N. J
Stanley Washburn
Minneapolis
Washburn
Minneapolis Journal
GM Halts Sale of 51 Models Across Chevrolet Pontiac Cadillac
General Motors orders Chevrolet, Pontiac, and Cadillac dealers to stop selling 1951 model cars received from today or later. The halt ties to the government price rollback set to Dec. 1 levels and the Economic Stabilization Agency order. GM says unsold cars remain GM property on consign ment until released and notes possible wage effects.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
Chevrolet
Pontiac
Cadillac
Economic Stabilization Agency
Chrysler
Ford
Nash
County Draft Board Initiates 8th Call for Local Men
The Mower County draft board announced 27 county men will be sworn into the army on January 26 in the eighth call from the area since the Korean War. Inductees are classified 1-A and will report to Minneapolis for final physicals and induction. Notices will mail within two weeks. first call from Mower County since December 5.
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Mower County
Army
Minneapolis
Cease-Fire Committee Requests Talks With Peiping
UN cease-fire group disclosed it called on Chinese Foreign Minister Chou En-Lai to set time and place for Korean peace talks, willing to meet Peiping representatives anywhere convenient. Pearson said a cable was sent after consulting with Wu Hsiu-chuan and that no authority to negotiate peace was found. The group awaits Peiping's reply and framed the meeting as imminent.
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Pearson
Red China
Wu Hsiu-chuan
Peiping
Jacob A. Malik
Sweden
Richard Sandler
Malik
United States
Formosa
Allies Warn U S on Readiness for Western Europe Defense
United States Army Secretary Frank Pace told Atlantic defense and foreign ministers that allies are far from ready to withstand a Communist attack. He urged faster plans for a unified European army and emphasized U S support only if partners fully assist themselves. Pace noted real progress but warned urgency remains. He did not single out West Germany on troops, though sources expect tough measures if needed.
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Brussels
Belgium
United States Army
Frank Pace
North Atlantic
Europe
Pace
U. S
Defense Secy
George C. Marshall
Atlantic Alliance
Britain
Ilse Koch Trial Witness Describes Poles in Cage
Ilse Koch trial heard a witness state 24 Polish prisoners were confined in a wire cage at Buchenwald for a month without food or water during winter 1939. The witness claimed Mrs Koch laughed at the dying inmates as guards whipped prisoners and corpses lay on the ground.
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Augsburg
Germany
Ilse Koch
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
Hanslackner
Salzburg
Austria
Buchenwalde
Koch
Dr. Lackner
Lackner
Buchenwald
Bergdoll Pleads Guilty to Draft Dodging Charges
Alfred Bergdoll 23 year old son of the famed World War I draft evader pleaded guilty before Federal Judge Sylvester J. Ryan to two counts of draft dodging. He admitted failure to report for a physical examination on August 21 and to report for induction on November 9. Facing up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
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New York
Alfred Bergdoll
Bergdoll
Sylvester J. Ryan
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Woman Loses $40 Purse in International Falls
Mrs Hjalmer Skoglund of Ericsburg came to International Falls Saturday with forty dollars saved for Christmas gifts. Before shopping, she misplaced her purse in the business district with the money inside.
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International Falls
Hjalmer Skoglund
Ericsburg
Too Cold for Quibbling Over City Temperature
The Austin area recorded extreme cold with 23 degrees below zero at night, possibly a December record. Officials note the period’s 8 am to 8 am average of 7 degrees below zero, making it the second coldest December day in Mel Sween’s long-running records since 1887.
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Mometer
Austin
Water and Light Plant
Mel Sween
Grand Meadow
Mercury
Wong Murder Trial Opens in Federal Court
The John Wong murder trial opens in federal district court in St. Paul. He faces first degree murder for the slaying of federal narcotics agent A M Banks on Sept 24 in Wong’s apartment at 513% Wabasha St. Banks and others were wounded during a raid. Wong and three companions were arrested. If convicted, a death sentence is mandatory unless the jury opts for no capital punishment. Wong also faces an assault indictment from the same incident.
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ST. Paul
John Wong
A. M. Banks
Wong
Wabasha St
Winberg
Two Rochester Children Drown in Zumbro River
Two Rochester children died after venturing onto a thin icy edge of the Zumbro River on Sunday. The victims were Warren Gilman 17 and Richard Van Blethen 4, among Minnesota weekend deaths that included a Hibbing motorist Roy Werman and four others in crashes, a train death in St Paul, and a Minneapolis car collision victim John Bates.
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Minnesota
St. Paul
Warren Gilman
Clifford Gilman
Richard van Blethen
James van Blethen
Rochester
Zumbro River
Roy Werman
Hibbing
Minneapolis
Rudolph A. Becker
Minnesota Transfer Railway Co
St. Anthony Park
Duluth
Arthur Kinney
Werman
Eugene Hendrickson
Grand Rapids
Martin Torkelson
Arlene
Northome
Ships Heavy Guns Hold Off Assault at Hungnam Beachhead
Warships and field artillery pounded Chinese forces around Hungnam in northeast Korea as the US Navy ship Missouri joined the bombardment. Maj. Gen. Edward M. Almond reported that concentrated firepower was breaking up attempts to penetrate the beachhead defended by the 10th Corps.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Hungnam
Korea
United States
Missouri
U. S
10Th Corps
Edward M. Almond
Hungnam Port
Reds
Hamhung
Hyngnam
White Hills
Inchon
Samchok
Norfolk
MacArthur
U. S. Third Infantry Division
Marine
Navy
St. Paul
Rochester
Nomellini to Face O Connor in Nagurski Bout Here
Bronko Nagurski will miss the main event at the armory tonight due to a seriously ill child. Promoter Tony Stecher plans Leo Nomellini to replace Nagurski against Pat O Connor of New Zealand in Austin. Nagurski may also cancel his Minneapolis appearance this week.
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Bronko Nagurski
Austin
Armory
Queen of Angels
Tony Stecher
Leo Nomellini
Nagurski
Pat O’connor
New Zealand
Minneapolis
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