Austin Guardsmen Head for Camp Rucker After Delay
Austin Co. H, National Guard, left Milwaukee for Camp Rucker Alabama one day late after four changes in departure time. About 500 friends gathered at the armory and depot to bid farewell amid embraces and instructions as Capt. Sidney Russell turned over the keys. Community groups had feted the troops with dances and a dinner, with two $100 gifts from the VFW and Henry Nemitz.
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Austin
Co. H
National Guard
Milwaukee
Camp Rucker
Ala
Armory
VFW
American Legion
Chamber of Commerce
Henry Nemitz
Firemen Battle Le Roy Blaze on Main Street
Le Roy firemen fought a blaze in a two story Main Street building that began around 11 45 a m. Residents Miss Lucille Vantries and Neil Vantries aged six escaped from a second floor apartment. Martz Furniture used part of the building for storage and A V Morrow stored potatoes in the basement. Parts of the furniture had been removed but the structure suffered extensive damage. Firefighters expected to gain control unless wind worsened conditions.
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LE Roy
Main Street
Lucille Vantries
Neil Vantries
Meyers Paint
Martz Furniture
A. V. Morrow
Grand Meadow consolidation hinges on Feb. 5 vote
Grand Meadow school consolidation likely to be approved at the next regular meeting. Twelve area districts voted to consolidate with Grand Meadow in a Saturday election. Bond approval for a building program to relieve overcrowding would follow the board’s final consolidation. Turner indicated a Feb. 5 meeting to act, with a potential earlier special session.
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Grand Meadow
Ralph Turner
Turner
Upstate Man Killed While Crossing Street
John Skochenski a 76 year old resident of Harding was killed when struck by a car while crossing a street in Harding. He was taken to a Pierz doctor but died en route. His skull was fractured. Harding lies 25 miles northeast of Little Falls.
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Little Falls
John Skochenski
Harding
Skochenski
Pierz
Tavern owner killed near Mauston Wisconsin
Ervin Toll a 35 year old tavern owner from Wonewoe Wisconsin died Wednesday when his car skidded from the highway near Mauston Wisconsin. He had recently purchased the tavern there.
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Mauston
Wis
Ervin Toll
Wonewoe
Here
New Potatoes Show Promise In Minnesota Trials
Results of potato variety tests in the Red River Valley St Louis county and Hollandale show several candidates with resistance to blight and scab. Seed stock is limited but available. Varieties include B61 3 A white midseason Kennebec Improved Red Waseca Pungo Yampa White Cloud Progress and others with varying yields storage quality and cooking quality assessments.
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Red River Valley
St. Louis County
Hollandale
F. L. Liebenstein
University of Minnesota
Minnesota
Red-Hunting Patrol Back in Hoengsong
UN patrols reentered Hoengsong on the central Korean front with no Red forces found amid mounting speculation that Chinese Reds withdrew to the north. minor clashes near Yaju and tangential activity north of Kumyangjang and Ichon. air power hit North Korea including Chunchon.
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Tokyo
Hoengsong
United Nations
Tom Stone
Wonju
No-Man’s Land
North Korea
Chunchon
Mosquito Study Links Female Taste to Blood Type
State College scientists Drs. Hubert W. Frings and Charles L. Hamrum report that female mosquitoes select victims based on the victim's blood taste. The study suggests the insect tests taste on the nose and legs before feeding, indicating blood type influences bite preference.
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State College
Pennsylvania State College
Hubert W. Frings
Charles L. Hamrum
Brother of First Korea Victim Puts on Weight and Fast
Roy Shadrick, 26, of Skin Fork Hollow West Virginia weighed 101 pounds when he enlisted but returned Wednesday at 105 pounds to join the army. He credits bananas milk and water as the quick gain. His brother Pvt Kenneth Shadrick was the first American soldier killed in Korea.
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First Korea
Cincinnati
West
Korea
Roy Shadrick
Fort Knox
Pvt
Kenneth Shadrick
Law to bar public employee strikes urged in Minnesota
Rep. George French led a push before the house education committee for a law banning public employee strikes. The measure would probation any striker for two years and bar tenure. Television and radio stations aired or offered classwork to 65,000 Minneapolis pupils disrupted by the strike.
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ST. Paul
George French
Minneapolis
House Education Committee
French
Wtcn-Tv
Eccles Asks for Broad Pay Freeze Amid Inflation Fears
Senator and former Federal Reserve chair Eccles urged a 44 hour work week without overtime pay a general wage freeze and limited price controls to curb inflation. ESA and ESA's wage board discussed imminent general wage and price freeze orders while cost of living reached new peaks.
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Washington (P
Marriner S. Eccles
Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Truman
Senate-House Economic Committee
Capitol
Economic Stabilization Agency
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Sen. Flanders
R.-Vt
Cyrus S Ching
ESA
Wage Stabilization Board
Flanders
Ching
Germans Open Consulate Office in Chicago
A West German consulate office opened in Chicago to serve 12 midwestern states including Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Iowa Wisconsin and Montana east of the Continental Divide. K Henry Knappstein former journalist and freelance writer from Frankfurt is consul general.
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Chicago
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Montana
K. Henry Knappstein
Frankfurt
799000 to Be Called for Reappraisal
Assistant Secretary of Defense Anna Rosenberg told the House Armed Services Committee the draft could reappraise 799000 men rejected for mental and physical reasons and a plan to admit about 150000 limited service personnel under lowered standards. A proposal to lower draft age to 18 and extend service to 27 months was discussed. delay ideas and manpower pools were debated.
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Washington (P
Anna Rosenberg
Defense Department
House Armed Services Committee
Vinson
D.-Ga
Elston
Ohio
UN to Consider New 12 Nation Resolution
The 12 nation Arab Asian group seeks a seven nation conference with Communist China and Russia to discuss the Korean war and Far Eastern issues. Warren Austin counters and reiterates US aim to label China a Korean aggressor, urging collective UN action while Nehru urges China’s UN membership.
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United States
China
Korea
Peiping
U.S
Warren Austin
Russia
Red China
Nehru
India
New Delhi
United Nations
Austin
Meat industry leaders unite against control plans
H. H. Corey of Hormel states farm, ranch, and meat processors oppose government controls on meat. He cites unity with 20 organizations, warns of hoarding if controls imposed, and argues a free market will ensure ample future supplies and reasonable prices.
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United
Meat Processors’ Organization
H. H. Corey
Geo. A. Hormel & Co
American Meat Institute
Corey
Chicago
Washington
Mr. Corey
America
American Farm Bureau Federation
American Cattlemen’s Association
Eisenhower Stops Over in Iceland
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower arrived at Reykjavik's snow covered airport during a tour of Atlantic capitals. He said he was greatly encouraged by western Europeans' resolve to defend their way of life as they consider a united international armed front against communism. Icelandic officials greeted him on arrival from Paris.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Atlantic Alliance
Eisenhower
Paris
Atlantic Army
Minister Postpones Segregation Battle
Rep. Powell of New York says he will delay his campaign to end racial segregation in the armed forces to focus on the war. A Negro minister, he told the House that he will resume the fight when peace returns despite the NAACP urging a segregation ban in new military manpower legislation.
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Washington
Powell
D.-N.y
House
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Senate Armed Services Committee
Miss Nordholm to Speak in Two Cities
Harriet Nordholm elementary music supervisor for Austin public schools leads a one day workshop in Hammond Wisconsin for St. Croix county teachers. She then speaks Tuesday at the State Association of County Superintendents in St Paul Minnesota.
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Harriet Nordholm
Austin Public Schools
Hammond
Wis
St. Croix
MacArthur Says There’ll Be No Turning Back
General Douglas MacArthur, on the eve of his 71st birthday, declares there can be no turning back in the battle against communism in Asia. He says American arms will be used to defend moral principles and the die is cast, with victory the goal despite a long, difficult road.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Asia
Korea
Ohioan 23 Bound Over on Grand Larceny Charge
Bobby D. Weller, 23, of Ohio, bound over to district court on grand larceny for a $189 burglary at the Willmar Bowl adrome last Monday. Rodney Iverson of Glenwood was arrested with Weller at Red Wing and sent to Stearns county authorities, sought in a Dokken Motor Co. burglary at Brooten Sunday.
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Willmar
Bobby D. Weller
Ohio
Rodney Iverson
Glenwood
Weller
Red Wing
Stearns County
Iverson
Dokken Motor Co
Brooten
Legion elects head in Springfield election
Orville Hanson of Springfield was elected president of the Brown Watonwan County council of the American Legion, succeeding Ike Black. The new president was announced Wednesday during the council meeting.
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Legion
Springfield
Orville Hanson
Country Wednesday
Brown- Watonwan County
The
American Legion
Ike Black
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