Army draft calls 80 000 for March amid Korea War build up
The Army announced an 80 000 man draft for March, bringing total draftees since the Korean war to 450 000. Navy Air Force and Marines will not call in March, and the plan aims to build a combat force toward 24 divisions by next July. An armored division is expected in late spring, with existing units including 11 regular divisions and multiple guard formations.
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Washington
Army
Defense Department
Navy
Airforce
Marines
Germany
National Guard
Camp Hood
Tex
Central Area Gets Relief From Cold
Winter weather eases across the midwest as south and southwest winds lift temperatures. Readings rose from subzero in the north to near freezing in parts of the Great Lakes and Midwest, with some remaining subzero pockets in Ohio and New England regions.
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Midwest
Missouri Valley
Great Lakes
Wisconsin
Grantsburg
Minneapolis
Ohio
New England
Plains States
North Central Region
South
Gulf
South Atlantic States
Florida
Fire destroys barn and silo at Louie Klein farm near Hollandale
A early morning blaze destroyed a potato onion barn 36 by 70 feet and two silos on Louie Klein’s farm one mile west and 1.4 miles south of Hollandale. Firefighters arrived as walls began to collapse, with a stove heating the barn cited as a probable cause. The fire caused partial insurance coverage on the barn and contents. the farm had been operated by James Paulson.
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Hollandale
Louie Klein
Klein
Earl Engbritson
James Paulson
Smyth Urges Science Corps For War Mobilization
Atomic Energy Commissioner Henry D. Smyth called for a scientific service corps and a student science corps to mobilize U S scientific manpower for a projected 20 year period of tension. He warned survival is at stake and urged using all resources wisely.
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Cleveland
Atomic Energy
Henry D. Smyth
United States
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Dance Cancelled After Smoke Damages St Augustine Gym
The annual winter formal at St. Augustine High School is canceled due to extensive smoke damage to the gym. Damage occurred Tuesday evening when the heating plant, switched from gas to oil, caused the walls to suffer heavy smoke damage.
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St. Augustine High School
Anti Hoarding Order Bans 55 Essential Materials
Washington reports the national production authority banned hoarding of 55 essential defense and civilian materials. The decree prohibits accumulation beyond reasonable demand and resale above market prices to curb black market activity. Penalties include up to $10,000 fine and one year in jail.
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Washington
NPA
Two Break-in Suspects Released by Police
Police released two suspects they had questioned in connection with burglaries at the Eagles clubrooms last weekend. One suspect underwent a lie detector test at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
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Oakland
Rosie
Eagles
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis
Cold Nips Attendance at Achievement Event
Mower county 4-H Achievement day held in the Austin high school auditorium drew 125 attendees, about a quarter of expectations, due to record cold and snowbound farms. Despite poor turnout, 4-H members collected medals checks and merchandise as leader Magnuson spoke.
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Mower County
Austin High School
4-H
Magnuson
Osgood Magnuson
Defense Line Braces for Massed Red Blow
An investigation identifies C. Russell Stehley of Cresco Iowa as the truck driver in a Christmas Eve crash that fatally injures Brownsdale youth DelMar F Tanner 19. Ed Lamping reports Stehley admits involvement but offers conflicting accounts. Tanner reportedly flagged the truck license to authorities before being killed by Gene L Buland 17 Brownsdale as snow fell.
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C. Russell Stehley
Cresco
Iowa
DelMar F. Tanner
Brownsdale
Ed Lamping
Stehley
Highway 56
Tanner
F. O. Tanner
Lamping
Gene L. Buland
Lee
Austin
Arthur Lee
W. Maple
Goodrich Poultry and Egg Company
Hayfield
Casualties in Korean War reach 38325 total
United States casualties in the Korean War rose to 38,325 through midnight December 22, an increase of 1,904 from the previous week. The figure covers next of kin notifications only and includes 6,432 deaths with 5,742 killed in action and 27,012 wounded. Remaining counts show 5,571 missing, including 4,753 still listed as missing, plus 705 returned to U.S. control and 107 known prisoners of war. Army total 32,066. Navy 429. Air Force 306. Marine Corps 5,524.
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Washington
United States
Department of Defense
U. S
Navy
Airforce
Marine Corps
Mrs Berdan Dies After Mondovi Car Crash Injuries
Mrs Maude A Berdan of Minneapolis dies in St Barnabas Hospital from injuries suffered in an automobile accident at Mondovi Wisconsin on September 12. She had multiple fractures from the crash.
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Minneapolis
Maude A. Berdan
Mondovi
Wis
St. Farnabas Hospital
State collects tax irregularities despite decline in revenue
Taxpayers who failed to file returns or were suspected of fraud paid the state 2 299 712 92 during the year ended June 30. Additional taxes assessed by orders 1 415 868 85 delinquent and amended returns 510 538 80 and penalties and interest 373 350 37. The special investigation unit issued deficiency reports totaling 142 498 89. Income tax revenue fell to 45 126 230 from 49 340 446 a year earlier. Bank excise tax yielded 1 305 819 up from 1 185 518. Veterans adjusted compensation paid reached 53 553 556.
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ST. Paul
G. Howard Spaeth
A_ special investigation unit
Special Investigation Unit
MIGs Routed in Jet Battle Over Korea
American F 80 Shooting Stars fought three air battles with MIG 15s over Sinŭiju North Korea. Maj Gen Earle Partridge said 12 MIGs attacked a flight of F 80s at low altitude. Lt Alfred Lang Jr scored hits on one enemy, while Lt Alfred Breitkreutz fired into another, the MIG diving and vanishing in haze. A third attack yielded no damage after 10 minutes of combat.
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North Korea
Earle E. Partridge
Airforce
Sinuiju
Korea
Alfred Lang, Jr
Kansas City
Kas
Alfred Breitkreutz
Groton
S. D
Shooting Stars
Holdup Man Slays Tailor In Minneapolis Shop
A 65 year old tailor Simon H Labovitz was slugged by a holdup man in his shop late Wednesday and died near the Minne sotan hotel after crying for help. Inspector Charles Wetherill called the attack a skid row brass knuckle job. Police questioned two transients after the shooting with the loot believed small.
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Minneapolis
Simon H. Labovitz
Charles Wetherille
Labovitz
Riskin Recovers After Brain Surgery in Hollywood
Robert Riskin 53, Oscar winning screenwriter, is reported in good condition after brain surgery to remove a blood clot. He was hospitalized Wednesday with wife Fay Wray at his side. Born in New York, Riskin won the 1934 Oscar for It Happened One Night and wrote films like Lost Horizon Mr Deeds Goes to Town and You Cant Take It With You.
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Hollywood
Robert Riskin
Riskin
Exactress
Fay Wray
New York
Clark Gable
Claudette Colbert
Mr. Deeds
Faribault Mill Rate Up In 1950 Tax Levy Rise
County Auditor Clem McCarthy reports Faribault’s 1950 mill tax rate payable in 1951 is 78 mills, up 5.7 mills from 1949. The levy totals 1,945,533 compared with 1,762,100 for 1949.
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Faribault
Clem McCarthy
Amputee's Mother Leaves for Capital
Mrs. Clara Smith of Middleburg Pa leaves for Washington to visit her quadruple amputee son Pfc. Robert L. Smith 20 at Walter Reed hospital aboard a chartered plane from Harrisburg. She told reporters she expected the injury and noted another son Cpl. Howard Smith 22 was wounded earlier in Korea but has returned to duty.
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Middleburg
Clara Smith
Washington
Robert L. Smith
Walter Reed Hospital
Harrisburg
National Capital
Robert
Cpl
Howard Smith
Blue Earth Leads CROP Drive With Record Funds
Blue Earth County tops Minnesota CROP efforts with 8200 dollars raised and two carloads of lard sent. Dr J O Christianson notes a renewed canvass in 60 counties after January 1950 to boost the 1950 appeal. Other strong counties include Chisago Kandiyohi Dakota Murray Norman Pipestone Redwood Sibley and Steele with several thousand dollars each.
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Minneapolis
Christian Rural Overseas Program
Minnesota
J. O. Christianson
Blue Earth County
Chisago
Kandiyohi
Dakota
Murray
Norman
Pipestone
Redwood
Sibley
Steele
Busswitz Named to Police Commission in Austin
Harold Busswitz is appointed by Mayor M. G. Rolfson to the Austin police commission, filling the vacancy left by Harland Sorenson. Busswitz resigns from the rent control board and is sworn in for the Richard Kelly hearing. Kelly was dropped from the force for intoxication during duty, sparking a petition for reinstatement.
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Harold Busswitz
Austin Police Commission
Richard Kelly
M. G. Rolfson
Busswitz
Sorenson Busswitz
Harland Sorenson
Raymond Justice
Justice
Rent Control Board
Kelly
Police Commission
Studebaker to Cut Production 20 Percent in January
Studebaker Corp will reduce passenger car and truck output by 20 percent in January after a record year. The passenger car plant shifts to a four day week while the truck plant runs five days with 20 percent fewer workers. Most idle truck workers will shift to a military truck contract. Output this year nears 334,000 vehicles.
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South Bend
Ind
Studebaker Corp
Harold S. Vance
Studebaker
York Stater Admits Strangling Showgirl
An upstate New York apple picker, Birger Nordkvist, admitted to strangling former Ziegfeld follies showgirl Evelyn Hughes in a Manhattan hotel room after she resisted his advances. Police quoted him describing binding her with a handkerchief and scarf before her body was found in the Ashland hotel.
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New York
Evelyn
Yvonne) Hughes
Birger Nordkvist
Manhattan
Ashland
Auto Crash Reports Include Minor Injuries and Fines
William Friedrich, passenger in Roger Saman’s car, received first aid at St Olaf hospital for nose and knee injuries after a two car collision at Collins and Highway 16 east. Jensen fined $4 for failing to stop at a stop sign. Lester Kittleson and Laurence Maite collided at Clark and Elm causing minor damages. Pederson’s parked car was hit on E Mill with $100 damage and Anderson’s car $5 in damage.
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William Friedrich
Johnson
St. Olaf Hospital
Collins
Highway 16
Friedrich
Roger L. Saman
Padden
Frederick L. Jensen
Saman
Jensen
Lester E. Kittleson
Austin Rt. 5
Laurence H. Maite
S. Franklin
Clark and
Elm
Kittleson
Maite
Andrew Pederson
Waukegan
Ill
Gerald A. Anderson
W. Allegheny
Pederson
E. Mill
Anderson
Jet Planes Guard Industrial East
Lightning-fast F 94 interceptors guard New York and the industrial east on the round the clock alert. Designed for day or night defense they feature radar and extra power for combat and fly above 45000 feet at speeds over 600 mph. Bases include McGuire Fort Dix and other eastern defense command locations.
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Mitchel Field
N. Y
New York
Lockheed
McGuire Airforce Base
Fort Dix
N. J
Eastern Aid Defense Command
Limited UN Action Amid Massive Chinese War Buildup
United Nations forces on a 150 mile Korean front brace for a massed Chinese push. Gen. MacArthur warned of up to 190,000 Chinese troops in the next two weeks and noted China has mobilized its war effort on a national scale. He cited an $8 billion 1951 budget and a 1.35 million-strong Communist force edging toward Seoul, with the vanguard 35 miles north of the capital.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Korea
MacArthur
China
Fourth
Peiping
Taipei
U. S
Seoul
Bobby Soxers cheer not for Ike at Union Station
Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower and his party arrived in civilian clothes to Union Station in St. Louis. A crowd of Bobby Soxers shouted for Red Skelton, not for the general, as he arrived on the same train.
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ST. Louis
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Union Station
European Army
Denver
Washington
Red
Red Skelton
Autos Hit Head-on in Blooming Prairie
Two cars were damaged in a head-on collision at a turn on Highway 30 at Blooming Prairie's east end at 9 30 this morning. Drivers William E Knutsen of Austin and Athen R Throndsen of Hayfield escaped injury. Blooming Prairie marshal Neil Johnson cited an ice coated corner.
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Blooming Prairie
William E. Knutsen
Austin
Athen R. Throndsen
Hayfield
Neil Johnson
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