Rebellion In Congress Facing the
Washington AP reports Taft attacks Eisenhower over his labor secretary pick Durkin signaling potential clashes between Taft forces and the incoming administration. Conservatives fear a broader showdown akin to Truman era friction while some see a Taft majority leadership bid as pivotal to any conflict.
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Washington
Taft
Eisenhower
Congress
Truman
Chioan
Martin P. Durkin
G.O.P
Executions Reported for 11 Czech Red Leaders
Prague radio announced the hanging of Vladimir Clementis Rudolf Slansky and nine other leading Czech Communists. They were executed for treason espionage and murder a week after a near eight day trial at Pankrac prison. Several others received life terms.
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Vienna
Vladimir] Kolementis
Rudolf Slansky
Czech Communist Party
Red
Prague Radio
Grim Pankrac
Prague
Justice Ministry
Slansky
Clementis
Bedrich Geminder
Josef Frank
Rudolf Margolius
Otto Sling
Brno
Otto Svab
Bedrich J Reicia
Andre Simone
Rude Fravo
Ludovik Frejxa
Clement Gottwald
Otto Fiss
East Germany
Vavro Majda
Arthur London
Evzen Loebel
Bank Robber Convicted in Des Moines Bank Heist
Federal jury in Des Moines convicts 62 year old Michael J. Walsh of the May 26 15 000 bank robbery at Central National Bank and Trust Company. Witnesses tied the handwriting on the ransom note to Walsh and to a blotter in a hotel room he occupied.
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DES
Des Moines
Paul Marvin
Marvin
Walsh
Ahotel
Three Districts To Cast Ballots On Consolidation
Cedar Haunds News reports three school districts will vote on consolidation this month. Alburnett polls open 12 noon to 8 pm next Monday in the school. Central City votes on December 16 at Amvets hall. Springville on December 17 at the town hall.
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Cedar Haunds News
Schook
Albur Inett
Central City
Springville
Walter A. Shupp
Alburnett
Aliburnett
Center Point
Maine
Amvets Hall
Paris
Melrose
Waubeek
Enxhaal Trvemchin
DML Gury
Maine Township
Rose Hill
Bowdish
Linn Township
Reporter Indicted for Second Time in Government Testimony Case
WASHINGTON AP Ray Brennan Chicago Sun Times reporter was indicted again on charges he posed as a government official to obtain secret testimony for Senate crime investigators. A prior indictment had been dismissed amid defense attacks claiming it was defective.
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Washington
Ray Brennan
Chicago Sun-Times
Senate
Half Million Loot Found Abandoned in Worcester Yard
In Worcester Massachusetts a thief who seized a half million dollars in checks from a railway express truck abandoned the haul last Tuesday, apparently unable to cash the checks. Beverly Nadeau age 16 and sister Geraldine age 9 discovered the three canvas bags containing the checks while playing in a backyard. The theft occurred Monday while the truck driver stopped for coffee in a diner.
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Worcester
Mass
Beverly Nadeau
Geraldine
U S Casualties Rise to 127 383 in Korea War
Defense Department reports 127 383 American battle casualties in Korea as of last Friday an increase of 386 from the prior week. The totals include 22 321 deaths 2 256 wounded 11 405 missing and 1 391 previously missing but returned to service.
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Washington
Korea
Defense Department
Truman Tells of Murray Kinship at CIO Convention
President Truman sent a message to the CIO convention in Atlantic City praising the late Philip Murray. He called Murray gentle, religious, firm in his convictions, and fierce in his love for the form of government he found in the United States. He said he will miss him.
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Atlantic City
Truman
CIO Convention
Philip Murray
Murray
U.S
I Shell
No Idle Warning Given by Pilot Ensign Cohn
Ensign Marvin Cohn of Portland cited for speeding November 4 while awaiting shipment to Korea. He warned Justice of the Peace Georgia Crowley that his ship had sailed and cautioned rapid payment of claims. A letter returned marked addressee deceased with note that Cohn was killed in a jet crash on November 18 in the Philippine Sea during training maneuvers.
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Fairfield
Calif
API
Marvin & Cohn
Portland
Korea
Georgia Crowley
Cohn
Crowley
Philippine Sea
Stevenson urges CIO leaders to view election as opportunity not disaster
Exiled Democratic candidate Adlai Stevenson told the CIO annual convention that the Republican win should not be seen as a labor disaster. He praised Philip Murray and urged labor to focus on national duties, warning against violence and urging steady progress in wages and working conditions. Stevenson urged unity and cautioned leaders to avoid gambling with hard‑won gains.
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Atlantic Cipy
Adlai Stevenson
CIO
Nas
Labor Organization
Philip Murray
Stevenson
Murray
Didate
Labor
Eames
Abe
Phil Murray
Missing Air Force Plane Sought in Snowbound San Bernardino
Reinforced air and ground search parties comb the snow bound San Bernardino mountains for a Air Force transport plane carrying 13 aboard that vanished Monday night during a thunderstorm. No trace has been found. The plane, tied to the First Weather Group at Offutt Field, Omaha, had flown to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Tucson Monday with a crew of three and one passenger aboard. It picked up nine more airmen before leaving Arizona for March Air Force Base.
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San Bernardino Mountains
Air Force
Offutt Field
Omaha
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Tucson
Arizona
March Air Force Base
Truman Invokes Taft-Hartley Act to End Steel Strike
President Truman invoked the Taft-Hartley Act to end the CIO United Steel Workers strike at the American Locomotive Dunkirk plant in New York. He ordered an emergency board to report by December 10 and warned that continuation could imperil national safety.
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Washington
Truman
CIO
United Steel
Dunkirk
N. Y
American Locomotive Company
Ieek
Woman Dies Retrieving Purse From Fire
Claudine Cassidy, 67, died Tuesday night while dashing into a burning rooming house to retrieve her purse. Firemen found the purse undamaged after extinguishing the flames.
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Falls Church
Claudine Cassidy
State College TV Station Faces Cigarette Ad Criticism
Officials in Ames Iowa promised to study a letter of criticism over cigarette advertisements on WOI TV shown to college students. Carl Parks Polk County juvenile probation officer said the ads violate Iowa law by showing tobacco to minors. Richard Hull of the college stations expects the letter soon and will forward it to the advertiser.
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AMES
INS
Town State College
WOKTV
Carl Parks
Polk County
Richard B. Hull
Hull
Perks
Woi-Tv
Iowa
Foggy England Fire Crew Searched Blazing House
Thick fog blanketed central and southwest England as firefighters spent an hour searching for a blazing house. No further details available.
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London
England
Escapees Hold Family Five Days In Pennsylvania
Five escaped Western State penitentiary inmates held a Pennsylvania family for two worry filled days. They calmed the household played with two children and watched television before leaving likely toward West Virginia. one was later captured.
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Washington, Pa
Pennsylvania
Western State Penitentiary
Emile Lerby
John
Marlene
Toney
Gun Victim Found In Field After Five Days
Jacksonville police report B. E. Raines, 33, wounded in the spine, found in a field five days after Thanksgiving. He said suspect George Turpin, 28, shot him during a car showing and forced release of a $1,850 price. Turpin faces assault with intent to murder and armed robbery charges.
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Jacksonville
Fla
B. E. Raines
Raines
George Turpin
William A. Hallowes
Turpin
Gene Griffin
Iowa Plagued by Freezing Drizzle Tows News
Light snow and freezing drizzle covered most of Iowa on Wednesday as a low pressure system approached. Forecasters warned of general light rain with warming temperatures, then ending as a cold front moves in. Fog reduced visibility in spots with Cedar Rapids at 29 degrees by mid afternoon after an overnight low of 20.
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Tows News
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Bail Bond Forged For Jail Escape
An ex safecracker, Hugh Mannion, escaped Laughton jail by forging a bail bond. He copied another inmate’s bond and used his name, leaving the jail calmly and unnoticed for 50 hours before discovery. Mannion was awaiting trial on a safe stealing charge.
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Edinburgh
Laughton
Hugh Mannion
Mennion
Cashier Services Prove Expensive
The St Moritz hotel sought a new cashier after a candidate demanded 3455 for a day’s work. An applicant started Monday, but both the cashier and cash box vanished by Tuesday. Detectives traced a Harold Reisdorf to the Governor Clinton hotel, but he was not the suspect.
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New York
St. Moritz
Harold Reisdorf
Governor Clinton
Harold
Wholesale Food Prices Decline Amid War-Time Index Drop
New York AP reports wholesale food prices eased slightly this week. The Dun and Bradstreet index fell to its lowest since July 4 1950, at 6.22, off 1 cent from last week and 6.9 percent below the year-ago level. The year’s high reached 6.70 in late August and early September.
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New York
Adenauer Says Rejection of Pact Aids Stalin
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer warned the rebellious parliament that voting against the peace contract and the European army pact would amount to a vote for Stalin.
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Bonn
Konrad Adenauer
Stalin
Dulles pledge shields loyal diplomats in transition
Secretary of State designate Dulles vowed to protect all members of the U S diplomatic service except those guilty of disloyalty or proven incompetence. He spoke after a 30 minute conferral with Acheson on the transfer of state department control as a new administration nears inauguration.
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Washington
INS
Dulles
U.S
Acheson
State Department
U. S
Foreign Service
Defense
Lovett
Pentagon
Varied Jobs Keep Villager Jumping
Alfred N APJ reports John Gorton a village board member and assistant fire chief handled multiple duties in one night. He drove a pumper to a shed fire assisted as ambulance driver at an auto crash and returned to the meeting before going home.
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Alfred
APJ
John
Gorton
Investigators Subpoena Former U S Attorney Diamond
House judiciary subcommittee subpoenas Tobias E Diamond former U S district attorney for Northern Iowa to testify in a December week about alleged misuse of official power. Diamond resigned under fire over threats to prosecute Miami residents to press a private client settlement in a civil claim by Richard Swalve.
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Washington
House
Tobias E. Miamond
U.S
Iowa
Diamond
Frank L. Chelf
D-Ky
Richard Swalve
Man Surrenders for 30 Days in Warm Cell
Milwaukee police report 37 year old Fred Graff asked to be jailed for 30 days describing the weather as a blanket of snow. He requested the stay in a warm cell as his 11th incarceration.
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Milwaukee
Fred Graff
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