Christmas Verse from Korea Marine Troop Poem
Iowa City AP report notes Don Canney 22 of North Liberty received a wartime poem from Marines of the First Marine Division in Korea. The verse depicts a Christmas Eve tent scene with vivid images of cold, danger, and a hilltop battery, ending with a Christmas wish from Sergeant Kelly.
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North Liberty
Korea
Don
Yancey
Clancy
Connors
Watson
Miller
Baker
Dobson
Kelly
Salvation Army Benefit Show Aims to Raise Christmas Funds
KCRG and KCRK host the fourth annual Salvation Army Benefit Show tonight at 8 05 PM with a long list of local talents including high school barbershop quartets, Ken ny Hofer and Ray Long orchestras, SPEBSQSA chorus members, and city officials. Call 44194 to request radio entertainment and donate as the program unfolds. The MGM Musical Theater adaptation Seven Days Ago airs at 7 00 PM featuring Jeffrey Lynn Arlene Dahl Phyllis Kirk and Bob Haymes.
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Carl Kane
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Jack Sedlacek
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Nina Miller
Milo Sedlacek
Bob Brooks
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Arlene Dahl
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Bob Haymes
President Orders Plan of Security
Attorney General McGranery announced that President Truman has ordered the civil service and the departments of state and justice to draw up a plan to guarantee a maximum of security. The move reflects a push to tighten protective measures across federal offices and agencies.
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Truman
Civil Service
Departments of State and Justice
Sporadic TV Schedule Fragments Include News and Music Segments
A fragmented schedule lists various programs across days with irregular timings. Entries mention MGM Musical News Murrow Guy Lombardo and Guiding Light with late night talk and tests patterns.
U.S. Action on UN Employees After Jurist Panel Advice
Attorney General McGranery outlined a plan to study dismissing United Nations staff suspected of subversive activities after a jurist panel advised Secretary General Trygve Lie on UN authority. He spoke by phone with Senator Wiley who supported the joint agency study. A Justice Department spokesman said representatives from the civil service, State, and Justice had met once and would not disclose conclusions.
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Justice Department
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Department of Justice
Iowa Leads U.S. in Revenue From Livestock Meats and Dairy
The Gazette notes Iowa again tops the nation in cash receipts from livestock and livestock products for January to October 1952 at 1.558 billion dollars, down from 1951. Meat animal receipts fell nine percent as prices weakened, while poultry eggs and crops also show declines or gains per the Bureau of Agricultural Economics figures.
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Washington
Iowa
Henry O. Talle
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Quad-Cities Printers Strike Shifts to Tabloid Editions
Four Quad-Cities papers continued publishing during AFL International Typographical Union walkout. The union issued first tabloid editions with enlarged papers from The Moline Dispatch Rock Island Argus Davenport Times while promising daily issues and local ads. Front pages carried union statements on the strike.
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Pner
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W. Va
Christmas Speeding Fine Sparks Rochester Court Action
In Rochester a city court judge fined 28 year old Raymond Christmas $25 for speeding. Separately news from Florida reports the ivory billed woodpecker remains extant and a conservation reserve is being established to protect the species.
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Florida
Quarry Draining Fails To Find Missing Children Bodies
In Naperville Illinois a seven day effort drained a large quarry of more than 80 million gallons but the bodies of two missing children Jean Petersen age 1 and Edward Rosenstiel age 3 were not found amid the muck and debris. Despite seven men in hip boots probing the mud with iron rods authorities saw little chance of uncovering the missing tots. The operation shifted to a smaller quarry nearby as pumps continued to drain the final pool.
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Ill
Jean Petersen
Edward Rosenstiel
Marshall Erb
Eric
DiSalle Named As Stabilizer
President Truman named Michael V. DiSalle to succeed Roger L. Putnam as Economic Stabilizer. Henry H. Fowler will remain as Defense Mobilizer for the remainder of the Truman administration. Putnam, former Springfield mayor, resigns effective Tuesday after 13 months in office.
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Price
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White House
Defense
Henry H. Fowler
Putnam
Springfield
Mass
Maybe It Wasn't Real Yule Spirit
Quincy traffic officer Pete Sherman, who repairs parking meters, jokes about his worn gloves. A stranger mocked his threadbare appearance and tossed a nickel saying to sew the gloves. The humorous exchange highlights small-town holiday spirit.
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Quincy
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Pete Sherman
Sherman
Reuther Operated On For Gall Bladder Trouble
Walter P. Reuther newly elected CIO president underwent gall bladder surgery at Harper Hospital in Detroit on Tuesday. The 46 year old was reported resting well after the operation with a long standing gall bladder condition and recurring attacks for more than a year.
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Detroit
Walter P. Reuther
The
CIO
Harper Hospital
Reuther
Notice of Administratrix Appointment in Linn County Iowa
On December 1952 Anchel Biece was appointed and qualified as Administratrix of the estate of Richard W. Rieck of Linn County Iowa. Creditors were directed to settle debts with the undersigned, and claimants were to file their claims in the Linn County District Court office with attorney Carl Hendricksen.
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Linn County
Richard W. Rieck
Iowe
Towa
Anchel
Biece Administratriz
Carl Hendricksen
Eisenhower Aide Says Senate Leader Choice Will Be Taft Or Bridges
Senator Carlson said the President elect will not influence the selection of the Senate floor leader. He indicated Taft or Bridges are possible choices and would back Taft if chosen, though he has no preference. A decision is not expected until after the holidays.
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Carlson R-yan
Eisenhower
Senate
Carlson
Taft
Rohio
Bridges
R-N. H
Qhican
Flo
Bad Example Set by Ex Driving Instructor
Walter E. McKiernan a former driving instructor is jailed 80 days after pleading guilty to a drunk driving offense and four traffic warrants in Los Angeles He admitted left turns improper signaling unsafe lane changes and illegal parking later resigning from teaching to work at a plane plant.
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Los Angeles
Walter E. McKiernan
McKiernan
J. C. Kepple
Second of Huge Carriers Begun
The navy marked the beginning of its second 60,000 ton carrier as Secretary Kimball urged Congress to allow more builds. The keel laying of the Saratoga at the Brooklyn yard followed July’s Forrestal, with a goal of at least one carrier per year until ten. Meantime US ship production moves forward and agriculture reports 447 million pounds of meat produced under federal inspection, up from last week and last year.
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Forrestal
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Sara- Washington
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AFL Leaders Meet Taft in Cooperative Talks on Taft Hartley
Washington sources say AFL leaders met privately with Senator Taft to discuss changes to the Taft Hartley law. Taft plans amendments when Congress convenes and spoke with AFL President George Meany AFL Counsel J Albert Woll and Richard J Gray head of the AFL Building Trades Council. Informants report no detailed talks and a focus on arranging future meetings.
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Congress
George Meany
J. Albert Woll
Richard J. Gray
AFL Building Trades Council
Dr Bowman Ashe, First UM President, Dies in Coral Gables
Dr Bowman F Ashe 67 longtime president of the University of Miami died Tuesday at Doctor hospital in Coral Gables after suffering a stroke.
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