Gi Regiment Breaks Red Main Defense East of Front
On the east-central front the U S seventh division regiment breached the main Korean Red line while five counterattacks were repelled by the U S second division. Col. William R. Quinn said troops pressed into rugged unsettled terrain as supplies moved on backs over steep ridges. Marine units on the central front engaged near Hoengsong and Hongchon, with a Chinese demolition team blowing a bridge at Ammul creek.
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Tokyo
Col
William R. Quinn
Pangnim
Wonju
Tom Stone
Quinn
United Nations
U.S
Hoengsong
U. S. First Marine
U.S. Army
Nate Polowetzky
Changjin
Hungnam
Korea
Hongchon
Scout Leaders Gather In Cedar Valley Tonight
Cedar Valley district Boy Scout leaders meet at 8 p m in the Congregational church to discuss scouting plans for the coming months.
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Cedar Valley
Congregational Church
Farm Labor Shortage Cited by Minnesota Officials
Alexandria delegates at a Minnesota Farmer Union midwinter conference hear that farm labor supply is at under 10 percent of last year’s level. State Employment Service reports 73 registered farm hands vs 795 in 1950, with a postcard survey of 160,000 operators to gauge needs. Col Lloyd Lilygren says farm youth deferments will stay tight while every fit youth will be inducted to meet quotas.
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Alexandria
Minnesota
Victor Christgau
State
Lloyd Lilygren
Selective Service
Lilygren
Drop Seen in Meat Prices Decline Expected Soon
Washington officials say retail prices for beef and veal may fall by five to ten cents a pound by weekend as consumer resistance and Lent reduce demand. Department reports show weaker movement of dressed meats and slower trading in wholesalers and hotel supply houses, with distributors likely to cut prices to move stock.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Mrs Brandt Identifies Son in AP Prisoner Photo
Mrs Brandt of Austin identified her missing son Lt Col Arnold Brandt in an AP photo showing U S prisoners held by Chinese Communists. The image, received via AP Chicago, followed her son being listed as missing in action since November 27.
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Claus Brandt
Austin
Arnold Brandt
Associated Press
U. S
Austin Daily Herald Today
AP Chicago
China Photo Service
Peiping
Chinese Communist Service
Toto
Chinese People’s Volunteers
Brandt
7Th Division
Minor Crash Mars Accident Report
A minor auto mishap occurred Monday as vehicles driven by Richard E. Bowman of 1606 Park and Lloyd Howe of 1700 Oak collided on West Winona Street. Bowman's car sustained $30 in damage. Howe's car was undamaged.
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Richard E. Bowman
Park
Lloyd Howe
Oak
W. Winona
Bowman
Howe
Cap on Presidential Term Limit
Nevada completes action joining Utah in approving the 22nd Amendment now limiting presidents to two elected terms. Truman exempted. ratification proceeds as Minnesota and Maryland near votes. The amendment requires three fourths of states and is slated to formalize in law once final state documents and federal proclamation conclude.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Nevada
Utah
General Services
Jess Larson
Congress
U. S
Link Lawyer to Mink Coat in RFC Probe
Senate investigators heard that an $8540 mink coat charged to a Washington lawyer who handled RFC loan applications was delivered to Mrs. FE. Merl Young last fall. Louis O. Wheeler testified that the coat was first charged to Young around Sept 15, 1950, then shifted to Joseph J. Rosenbaum, a man with influence over RFC loans. Rosenbaum, representing Gunther Jenckel, aided an RFC loan application later blocked by New York lawyers for the RFC. Sen. Fulbright opened the public hearing to hear Wheeler's testimony.
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Merl Young
Washington
RFC
Louis O. Wheeler
New York
Young
Joseph J. Rosenbaum
Rosenbaum
Wheeler
Senate Banking Subcommittee
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Sutton
D-Tenn
House
Nevada Becomes Key State in 22nd Amendment Hike
The Utah legislature backed the ten year term limit amendment and Nevada followed, passing the measure in the senate 15 to 1 minutes after Utah acted. Democratic Sen. Harry Wiley dissented on principal amid joint push by Nevada Republicans and Democrats.
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Carson City
New
Utah
Nevada
Assembly
Senate
Harry Wiley
Goldpoint
Minnesota Senate confirms Clark as state agriculture commissioner
The Minnesota Senate confirmed Gov. Youngdahl's appointment of Myron W. Clark of Stewartville as state commissioner of agriculture for a term ending January 9, 1955. Clark succeeds the late R. A. Trovatten.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota Senate Today
Youngdahl
Myron W. Clark
Stewartville
Clark
R. A. Trovatten
Seventy Flee Fires In Mill City Minneapolis
Seventy residents flee two apartment fires in Mill City Minneapolis on Monday. The Elliot Ave brick veneer building at 180 Elliott Ave suffered 30000 dollars in damage. The Clinton Ave fire at 1718 Clinton Ave started in rubbish in the basement.
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Mill City
Minneapolis
Eliott Ave
Clinton Ave
Elliott Ave
Extension of Auto Freeze Is Planned
Washington officials of the Office of Price Stabilization said they plan to extend the auto price freeze beyond March 1. Carmakers’ prices are frozen at December 1 levels, with a mid-December order the first OPS control. The extension to April 1 would allow time to draft new rules permitting some price increases to offset higher production costs.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Ex Leaders Arrested by Czech Reds
Five former Czechoslovak leaders and Dr Vlado Clementis were arrested on charges of plotting to align Czechoslovakia with the west. The group, exposed at a central committee meeting in Prague, faced removal from the party and parliament amid claims of plans to assassinate Gottwald and seize state power.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Vlado Clementis
Yugoslavia
Klement Gottwald
Secy
Rudolf Slansky
Antonin Zapotocky
Sling
Svermova
Kopecky
Wherry Attacks Dewey and Stassen over Europe Troop Plan
Senate Republican Wherry of Nebraska blasted Gov. Dewey and Harold Stassen for opposing his Europe troop resolution. He accused Dewey of smearing the plan and criticized Stassen’s interpretation of the North Atlantic treaty. Wherry released an 8500 word statement as committees consider the measure.
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Washington
Senate
Wherry
Nebraska
Thomas E. Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
Europe
Congress
Dewey
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Truman
Stassen
Foreign Relations and
Armed Services Committees
Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations
Russell
D-Ga
Armed Services
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Basement addition planned for Courthouse Annex
Mower county board votes to add a basement and stronger footings for a future third story. The $30,000 basement aims to keep total cost under $250,000 and will eventually house county records storage vaults plus future office and court space as plans evolve. The one story section will become a public restroom, with other offices and rooms allocated across wings and floors. Atty-Gen. Burnquist ruled the county may provide municipal court space in the courthouse with or without charge.
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Mower
Jack Liebenberg
Liebenberg and Kaplan
Minneapolis
Office of the Register of Deeds
Veterans Affairs
Atty-Gen
J. A. A. Burnquist
Mower County Board
Wallace C. Sieh
Priority Ratings on Repair Jobs Set by NPA
The National Production Authority issues DO-97 priority for maintenance repair and operating supplies to keep businesses and institutions in operation for defense needs. The order applies nationwide to government and private entities, but excludes production materials and major capital items, with caps on minor capital additions and rubber usage limits.
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Washington
National Production Authority
Manly Fleischmann
NPA
United States
60 000 Ton Carrier Gets Congress OK
Congress sent to the White House legislation authorizing construction of a 60 000 ton aircraft carrier capable of launching long range planes carrying atomic bombs. The measure approves 2 358 000 000 in navy construction and passed by voice vote. Senator Byrd cited a 212 000 000 cost and noted unanimous backing from the joint chiefs of staff.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Senate
House
Byrd
D-Va
Joint Chiefs of Staff
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