Eagles and Auxiliary Open State Sessions in Austin
Hundreds of Eagles and Auxiliary members gathered in Austin for the Minnesota State aerie convention with near 500 official delegates registered and close to 2000 visitors. Activities included pre-convention meetings, a dance, sightseeing, a KC hall ritual contest with a $525 prize, and war services planning linked to the national defense program.
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Austin
Minnesota
Albert W. Schmitt
Worthy
W. Otto Miller
Fox Hotel
Foe Hall
Marcusen Park
Keys
Eagles
M. G. Rolfson
Albert Reinartz
Mower County
Ray Locher
John Tobar
Hormel
KC Hall
Rochester
N. Y
VFW
Richard Rahilly
Eagles State War Services Board
Schmitt
Rahilly
Charles L. Hall
Minneapolis
E. S. Birk
St. Cloud
Henning Borg
Duluth
Frank Clinton
Thief River Falls
National Eagle
National Defense
War Services Board
Ten Parade Trophies to be Won Saturday in Local Parade
Ten trophies will be awarded for winners in band and drum corps, floats and related units, plus a first prize for oldest jalopy. Judges include HC Chamber officials and local business leaders. The parade starts at Eighth and Oakland, with units joining along the route to Kenwood, ending at the Terp after about ninety minutes.
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Oakland
Eighth
Kenwood
Kenneth Arens
Parade
Hh. B. Lidstone
Chamber of Commerce
P. J. Holand
Guy Wold
Frank Schultz
Main Street
Main
Terp
Margaret to Visit Stratford-on-Avon
Margaret Truman leaves London social life for a day trip to Stratford-on-Avon in England’s Shakespeare country. She plans to tour Stratford streets and visit Shakespeare’s birthplace and Anne Hathaway’s cottage.
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London
Margaret Truman
England
U. S
Walter Gifford
Stratford-on-Avon
Shakespeare
Anne Hathaway
Eleven Whales Caught Shocking Alaska Feast
In Fairbanks Alaska Eskimos celebrate a record haul of 11 whales as whale meat sells for a dollar per pound signaling prosperity and abundance in the region.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Urge Cut in Flood Budget
Washington lawmakers call for a 20 percent reduction in the army engineers flood control and river and harbors program for the coming fiscal year cutting the president’s request from 640.6 million to 514.4 million. Officials cite defense needs and no new projects or planning funds.
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Washington
Army Engineers
House Appropriations Committee
House
Bear in Chicago Area Prowl Tracked in Forest Preserve
A 250 pound black bear was seen roaming a forest preserve near LaGrange in the Chicago area. Police said forest rangers would hunt through the mile square wooded area to trap or kill the animal today.
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Chicago
LaGrange
Watch Sale Sparks Price War In New York Rights
Nationally known brands were offered at half price at S Klein's in union square with 500 customers waiting at opening. Klein's had begun selling Gruen Elgin Benrus Bulova Longines and Longines Wittnauer watches after a Supreme Court ruling loosening fixed price agreements. Bulova and Benrus obtained a temporary restraining order which was vacated as case argued before a state supreme court justice. Meanwhile a legislative committee held hearings on unfair trade practices targeting Macy's amid broad price slashing.
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New York
Union Square
S. Klein’s
Klein’s
Gruen
Elgin
Benrus
Bulova
Longines
Longines-Wittnauer
Supreme Court
Macy’s
Marshall to Meet Ridgway in Tokyo Flight
U S Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall is due to arrive in Tokyo tonight with General Matthew Ridgway. High level talks are expected to focus on new directives from Washington to the UN commander for Korea, though specifics are not disclosed.
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Tokyo
U. S
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Washington
Matthew B. Ridgway
United Nations
Korea
Gen. Ridgway
Woman 91 Hurt After Fall At Austin Post Office
Mrs Mathilda Appel 91 of Austin Route 1 sustained a scalp wound and ear cut in a fall on the steps at the Bridge street side of the Austin post office. She was described as fair condition at St Olaf hospital after being taken by city ambulance shortly after 10 am.
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Mathilda Appel
Austin
St. Olaf Hospital
Bridge Street
U S Official Charged at Hearing
The hearing into MacArthur’s dismissal widens as Senator Bridges cites a Muccio claim about Korea. Secretary of State Acheson defends Muccio, calling him a fine man but says any disloyal or unfair remarks could cost him his job. The committee weighs scheduling as hearings press on.
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Washington
U. S
John Muccio
United Nations
Korea
Senate
MacArthur
State Acheson
Muccio
Acheson
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations
Douglas MacArthur
Scott
Russell
D-Ga
Sen
Cain
R-Wash
Six Trainmen Die in Head On Crash Near Clarksville
In a rain storm near Clarksville Tennessee two Louisville and Nashville trains collided head on. Six trainmen were killed and thirteen passengers injured, one critically, as Pan American from Memphis met local No. 103 from Bowling Green Kentucky.
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Clarksville, Tenn
Louisville and Nashville
Here
Pan American
Memphis
Bowling Green
New Trial Won in $110,000 Injury Suit
The Minnesota Supreme Court granted a new trial to Raymond R. Lovel of Hyde Lake Corner in a $110,000 damage suit over injuries to his 15 month old daughter.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota Supreme Court Today
Raymond R. Lovel
Hyde Lake Corner
Minn
OPS Agents Probe St Paul Livestock Sale
Minnesota investigators from the OPS price stabilization unit are examining South St. Paul livestock market transactions after a 10 percent beef price rollback. Processors from out of state reportedly buying all available cattle at higher than allowed prices. Neville and agents will continue reviewing three days of sales with confidentiality observed.
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Minneapolis
Phillip Neville
South St. Paul
Minnesota
Neville
OPS Enforcement
St. Paul
Hormel
Hormel’s
Hormel Company
Sioux City
Omaha
Marshall in Korea Visit
Defense Secretary George C. Marshall made a surprise front visit in Korea as UN and American leaders sought more troops. He declared the war progressing as a military classic and said peace moves must come from Red China. Allied forces reported gains near Chorwon despite Chinese resistance.
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Clen Clements
Tokyo
U. S
George C. Marshall
Chorwon
Marshall
Red China
United Nations
Matthew Besway
Ridgway
James A. van Vleet
Iron Triangle
Korea
Eighth Army
Kumhwa
Communist infiltration charged in California schools report
Senate Investigating Committee on Un American Activities released a 291 page report detailing alleged Communist influence in California universities colleges and high schools. It warns UC officials to act against meetings and cites loyalty oath debates while citing deaths and an alleged student slaying linked to secrecy.
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Sacramento
Calif
Communist Party
California
Senate Committee On UN- American Activities
University of California
Edward Tolman
Assembly
Kilpatrick
UCLA
R. E. Combs
Visalia
Los Angeles
Everitt Hudson
Hudson
Beef shortages and price controls hit beef markets hard
U S government price limits squeeze Hormel and other packers while retailers report sharply reduced beef supplies. Cattle auctions show buyers shifting to pork and poultry as strange buyers bid above the ceiling. Farmers face tighter markets and potential black market pressure amid rising demand for other meats.
Missing British Diplomats Held In Mystery
The Foreign Office said telegrams bearing the names of Donald MacLean and Guy Burgess, two missing British diplomats, offer no clues to their present whereabouts. Paris papers suggested they may be in Warsaw, with French intelligence weighing the theory. Officials emphasize no sign of foul play, while fears persist they may have carried top level defense secrets abroad.
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London
Foreign Office
Faris
William Ridsdale
Foreign Office News Department
Paris
France Soir
Donald Duart MacLean
American Department of Foreign Office
Guy Burgess
Washington
Warsaw
France
Ridsdale
Hayward Mother Flying to Germany for Son in Critical Condition
Mrs. Peter Van Ryswyk of near Hayward flies to Germany by Air Force plane after her son S/Sgt. Arno Van Ryswyk is reported in critical condition from a hunting accident Sunday. He was shot through the chest.
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Albert Sea
Peter van Ryswyk
Hayward
Germany
Arno van Ryswyk
DiSalle Warns Beef Control Must Continue
Price Director DiSalle told Congress that without beef price controls the ceilings on all foods would fail and the stabiliza tion program collapse. He urged extending defense production act powers and indicated two more rollbacks would proceed.
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Washington
DiSalle
Congress
House
Senate Banking Committees
di Salle
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Margaret
U.S
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Hugh D. Scott Jr
Rpa
Brewster
R-Me
Sen. Hunt
D-Wye
Vernon Kilpatrick
Geo. A. Hormel & Co
Iowa
Sioux Falls
Fai
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