Record Cold Grips Minnesota As Thermometers Dive
An Associated Press roundup details Minnesota’s severe cold with Austin and Decorah posting record lows. Austin city readings ranged from minus 34 outside to minus 19 inside, while Bemidji and Rochester registered extreme subzero levels. A fatal fire near Minneapolis displaced two families amid the deep freeze.
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Bemidji
Associated Press
Austin and
Decorah
Austin
Austin Herald
Rochester
Minnesota
Faribault
Redwood Falls
St. Cloud
Albert Lea
Twin Cities
Alexandria
Duluth
Chicago
S -10
Gulf States
Dakotas
Brooklyn Township
Minneapolis
Norman Rogness
James Hippie
Seed Salesman Guilty Of Fraud In Municipal Court
Chris Rodenkirken a Minneapolis seed salesman was found guilty Tuesday of obtaining money from Mower county farmers by false pretenses. He was fined 50 dollars including costs. Rodenkirken sales manager for Senneff Brokerage Co sold Nemaha seed oats claiming the seed was approved by the Minnesota Crop Improvement association and certified in Minnesota. Ken Hender of Minneapolis who worked with Rodenkirken pleaded guilty to similar charges December 20 and paid 25 dollars plus costs.
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Chris Rodenkirken
Minneapolis
Mower County
Rodenkirken
Senneff Brokerage Co
Minnesota Crop Improvement Association
Minnesota
Ken Hender
Civil Defense Units Planned in Pakistan
Karachi report states a nationwide civil defense organization will be established with S. N. Bakar of the interior ministry in charge. Bakar trained in England will lead volunteers who currently aid internal security, to be incorporated into the new civil defense structure.
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Pakistan
Karachi
S. N. Bakar
Ministry of Interior
Bakar
England
State urged to consolidate law, tax, and welfare offices
Minnesota Little Hoover commission urges a Department of Law to assume investigatory and liquor control duties, plus a Department of Revenue, Welfare, and Education restructures. Proposes moving treasury duties, pre-auditing, inspections, and various commissions into consolidated departments to cut overlap and save money. The report was due to the 1950 legislature.
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ST. Paul
Department of Law
Minnesota
Little Hoover Commission
Efficiency In Government Commission
Law Department
Department of Business Research and Development
Social Welfare
Youth Conservation Commission
Soldiers Home Board
Board of Parole and Relief
Department of Veterans Affairs
Treasury
Department of Administration
Department of Post
Department of Revenue
Secretary of State
Insurance Commissioner
Aeronautics Commissioner
State Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Department of Commerce
Banking, Insurance, and Securities
Business Research Department
Great Lakes
Highway Patrol
Drivers’ License Division
Highway Department
State Board of Education
Department of Education
Teachers College Board
Department of Labor and Industry
Industrial Commission
Division of Employment and Security
Division of Social Welfare
Department of Agriculture
Control for Steel Sighted Control for Steel Sighted
New York analysis in Iron Age predicts government control of steel by March or April with mandatory price controls to replace voluntary ones. Industry leaders say full control is needed, with reviews of cost plus and escalator contracts and many firms as hardship cases.
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New York
Iron Age
Metalworking Trade Weekly
Economic Stabilization Agency
One Steel Company
Passion Play Head to Visit Germany
Joseph Meier, director of the Black Hills Passion Play in Spearfish, will depart Jan 2 for an extended Europe tour to scout talent, stage effects, and costumes. He plans to visit Luenen, Westphalia, and relatives, returning by May 15.
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Spearfish, S. D
Joseph Meier
Black Hills
Europe
Luenen
Westphalia
Germany
Meier
United States
Passion Play
Spearfish
Christus
Broader Tax Program to Be Presented
The White House indicated President Truman will propose a broadened tax program to fund defense costs. Officials said no January tax request is likely, though further increases are seen as necessary to cover calendar year 1951 and beyond. Two major tax bills, including a large income tax rise and an excess profits tax, have already passed or near completion.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Congress
Joseph H. Short
Treasury
Short
Mr. Truman
Blair House
State Acheson
Defense Marshall
the Treasury
Snyder
House
Senate
Griffis Appointed Ambassador to Spain
President Truman selects Stanton Griffis to serve as American ambassador to Spain ending a five year snub of Franco's regime. Griffis 63 of Boston has previously served as ambassador to Poland Egypt and Argentina. Appointment to Madrid had been foreshadowed after signs that the U S would resume full diplomatic ties with Spain.
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Washington
Truman
Stanton Griffis
Spain
Army Dips Into Guard Reserves for 7500 Officer Call
The army will order 7500 junior officers from national guard and organized reserve units to duty in March for up to 21 months. The navy plans to release reservists next summer but has since abandoned that schedule. The call includes 100 women army corps lieutenants and captains and 890 medical officers plus 850 dental officers and 415 medical service corps officers.
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Washington
Army
National Guard
Navy
Army Corps
Naval Reserve
Organized Reserve
ROTC
Germany Suffers Heaviest Snow in 61 Years Across West
The southern two thirds of western Germany faced the heaviest snowfall in 61 years. Beginning on Christmas night, snow depths ranged from 13 inches near Frankfurt to 68 inches in the Alps and continued to fall slowly at noon. Weather records show no match since 1889.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Alps
Court Reverses Waltham Clerk and Trustee Wins
Judge Martin A. Nelson voids initial village results and names Marvin E. Buck clerk with 47 votes to Wayne Fuller 39 while Milton J. Ruhter gains trustee with 48 votes to B. G. Eggert 37 after examining ballots and disputed sticker ballots. Original Dec 5 tallies showed Fuller 38 Buck 35 and Eggert 37 Ruhter 35.
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Martin A. Nelson
Waltham Village
Marvin E. Buck
Milton J. Ruhter
Nelson
Buck
Wayne Fuller
Ruhter
B. G. Eggert
Fuller
Eggert
William Baudler
Bandler
Luther Bang
Judge Nelson
James Buringe
Milton Ruhter
James Burns
Harvey Nelson
Marvin Buck
Girl in Austin High Seeks Mail From Korea Marine
A Minneapolis serviceman photo spurred a Austin High School girl to write his parents. She asked them to publish his address in the Austin Herald. Wayne C. Witt HM3 USN Co C 1st Med Bn 1st Marine Div FMF c o FPO San Francisco Calif confirms his address for letters from home.
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Austin
Minneapolis
Korea
Wayne
Austin Herald
the Herald
Wayne C. Witt
HM3
Usn
Suspect Held Over Weekend Breakins At Eagles and Rosies
Police hold a former Austin man for investigation of breakins at the Eagles clubrooms on East Oakland and Rosies on East Oakland. A cut hand and several watches found on the man. Blood at the Eagles scene and two watches missing. Break‑ins involved broken windows, smashed cash boxes, and a small cash theft. The suspect to be charged or released today.
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Austin
Eagles
Oakland
Rosie's
Rosie
Civilians Flee Seoul as Evacuation Accelerates
Korean government officials estimate more than half of Seoul's population has evacuated southward from a city of about 1.5 million. Spokesman Clarence Rhee says the number now nears 1 million after combat forces drove out Reds in September. He predicts a quieter city in three days and trains less crowded, with 5,000 refugees daily by rail and 50,000 more by truck ship and plane. President Rhee and government will stay until ordered to leave by the Eighth Army. A UN official notes the issue is primarily military and governmental.
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Hungnam
NEA Acme
Ed Hoffman
NEA
Seoul
Clarence Ryee
United Nations
Ryee
Rhee
Eighth Army
UN Commission On the Unification and Rehabilitation of
Korea
Unions Skeptical Of Three Year Rail Peace Pact
In Cleveland the head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers said union chairmen will decide whether to accept a three year wage accord reached in Washington. The deal raises pay retroactively from Oct 1 for about 300000 engineers and conductors, but unions seek better raises and oppose the moratorium on new wage moves. Meetings are set for January 4 to 7 in Cedar Rapids and St. Louis to decide acceptance.
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Cleveland
Washington
Union
James P. Shields
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Shields
Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Firemen’s Union
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Order of Railway Conductors
St. Louis
150 Mile Line Probed for Soft Spots
Gen. MacArthur reports over 1.35 million Reds poised to strike Korea with 277 173 Chinese and rest North Koreans deployed along the 150 mile front south of Parallel 38. A revamped Red Korean army of 23 divisions and three brigades probes Allied positions as Ridgway vows to stay and US units redeploy along the frontier.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
United Nations
Korea
South Korea
Manchuria
Matthew B. Ridgway
Syngman Rhee
10Th Corps
U. S. Eighth Army
Republic
Bill Shinn
Chongchon
38Th
Seoul
Plains
Shinn
North Korea
U. S
Eighth Army
Eligible Draftees May Enlist in Guard
Draftees who completed pre induction physicals may enlist in Co H National Guard before induction notices arrive. The Mower County draft board approves cooperation. Co H will be activated January 16 and depart Austin soon after for training at Camp Rucker Alabama.
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Co. H
National Guard
Oowder
Mower County
Austin
Camp Rucker
Ala
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Fair Trades
Passion
Griffis
Volunteer Reserve
American Bar Association
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Marshall
Waltham
Pyongyang
REDS
Chunchon
Taedong
Chorwon
Kumhwa
Masan
1St Marine Division
Breakins
Unions
Rap Rail Accord
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