Draft Calls To Be Cut Almost Half
Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson announced a plan to slash draft calls by about 50 percent, cutting inductions from 20 000 to 11 000 monthly for February through June. The moves aim to reduce armed forces by 402 000 by July 1 1956, with the First Marine Division withdrawn from Korea and reassigned to the West Coast.
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United Press
Wilson
Charles E. Wilson
Washington
INS
Defense
Korea
U.S
Japan
Defense Department
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
Marines
Reserve
Congress
Iowa Young Democrats clash over Smith resignation demand
Des Moines report details a dispute sparked by Neal E. Smith as Young Democratic Club of America president. Richard L. Pinegar demands Smith resigns amid push to oust Jake More as Iowa Democratic central committee chairman. Smith refuses, citing prior support and campaign work across 30 states. Herring resigns central committee post after reelection.
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Des Moines
Iowa Young Democrats
Neal E. Smith
Young Democratic Club of America
Richard L. Pinegar
Smith
National Post
Jake More
Iowa Democratic Central Committee
More
Iowa
Clyde E. Herring
Central Committee
Herring
Leo A. Hoegh
Pinegar
Young Democrats
Democratic Party
State Central ‘Committee
Neal Smith
James Hilton Dies Creator of Lost Horizon at 54
Long Beach INS reports James Hilton English born novelist 54 died of cancer Monday night. Noted for Lost Horizon and Goodbye Mr Chips he had been in a coma. His marriages included Alice Brown his former secretary and Galina his second wife who divorced him in 1945. Hilton lived in the United States nearly 20 years and was involved in a Broadway stage adaptation of Lost Horizon.
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Long Beach
Ins
James Hilton
Lost Valley
Shangri-la
Chips
Hilton
Alice Brown
London
Galina
Cedar Rapids Stores Keep Christmas Hours to 9 P.M.
Cedar Rapids retailers stay open until 9 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday to aid Christmas shoppers. The extended hours follow guidance from the Retail Merchants bureau of the Chamber of Commerce. City Lines will run 20 minute service on the Grande avenue Mosher addition line and 15 minute service on other lines until 9:20 each night.
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Cedar Rapids
Retail Merchants Bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce
Union Official Gets 15 Years for Racketeering
Evan R. Dale head of AFL laborers in southern Illinois was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison and fined 10,000 dollars for racketeering. James Bateman AFL Pipefitters official of Murphysboro NL received 2,000 dollar fine and five years probation after convictions for conspiracy. Judge Wham called Dale a threat to the community while noting Bateman’s conduct.
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East ST. Louis
Evan R. Dale
AFL
Illinois
James Bateman
Murphysboro
Dale
U. S
Fred L. Wham
Bateman
Joppa, Tl
Wham
Winter Warmup Expected Across Iowa This Week
The Des Moines Weather Bureau predicts a five day warmup starting with winter officially beginning at 3 25 a m Wednesday. Temperatures through Sunday will run four to eight degrees above normal with highs near 27 to 34 and lows from 8 to 15. No snow is expected for a white Christmas. In Cedar Rapids the 2 30 p m reading Tuesday was 29 degrees after an overnight low of 26 and Monday’s high was 31 with a trace of precipitation.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Detective reunites wife with long lost kin this Christmas
Louisville AP detective Carl Parker solves his top case by locating Doris Jean Parker’s sister Nancy Carol Peek in Marion Kentucky. The two sisters, once separated by foster care and orphanages since infancy, meet for the first time at Parker home renewing family ties and planning to search for others.
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Louisville
Carl Parker
Doris Jean Parker
Beulah Stahl
Doris Jean
Nancy
Marion
Mrs. Parker
Carl
St. Louis
Liberty
Fort Campbell
Parker
Andrews Sister Attempts Death By Own Action
Hollywood police said Maxine Andrews of the Andrews Sisters, 37, attempted suicide by swallowing 18 sleeping pills. She was found in a night dress on her kitchen floor by neighbors and taken to a hospital for observation. she had been despondent over family troubles amid a dispute with sister Patti over an estate. Laverne had just returned from a tour of Australia with the group.
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Hollywood
INS
Maxine Andrews
Dogcatcher McKenna Fined for Biting Officer in San Francisco
Hu mane Society dogcatcher John L. McKenna was fined 26 dollars by Municipal Judge Clayton Horn after biting Patrolman Loren D. Clem on the arm when the officer tried to arrest him.
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San Francisco
Humane Society
John L. McKenna
Clayton Horn
Loren D. Clem
Quake Shakes Eureka Calif with Violent Temblor
The city of Eureka was hit by its most violent earthquake in 25 years. Chimneys toppled and bricks blocked streets while windows smashed and telephone service was disrupted.
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Eureka
Calif
Juror Retracts Christmas Cards Left in Car
In Cleveland the wife of Edmond L. Verlinger sent him Christmas cards to mail Friday. He left them on his car seat as the jury was charged and could not return. A court aide found the cards Monday and returned them to Verlinger after a bailiff office consult. The foreman advised keeping them until after verdict.
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Cleveland
Edmond L. Verlinger
Sheppard
Verlinger
Heck
German Charmer Sentenced Five Years as Spy
Irmgard Margarethe Schmidt a 24 year old East Zone student pleaded guilty to transmitting details of allied defense and the West Berlin network to Russians for money. She cried as Judge Ambrose Fuller sentenced her to five years in prison.
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Berlin
Pled
U.S
U. S
Irmgard Margarethe Schmidt
Air Force
East Zone
U. S. High Commission
Ambrose Fuller
West Berlin
Miss Schmidt
Santa Claus Fan Has No Illusions
In Frankfurt a reader’s letter to Santa requests a train a jeep and a talking dog. The child offers to pay from his father’s pocket saying his dad is a captain and loaded.
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Santa Claus
Frankfurt
Army
P.S
Deliberation On Sheppard Fate Continues In Cleveland
The Sheppard murder trial jury resumes its fifth day of deliberations in Cleveland after lunch with no word on verdict. Judge Blythin indicates no set deadline for a hung jury as lawyers and reporters observe the tense panel weighing guilt or innocence.
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Cleveland
INS
Sheppard
Bob Considine
Edward Blythin
Dr. Sam Sheppard
Sam
Howard Barrish
Republic Steel
Beatrice Orenstein
Elizabeth Burke
John J. Mahon
Saul Danaceau
Thomas Parrino
William J. Corrigan
Fred, Garmone
Arthur Petersilge
William J. Corrigan, Jr
Corrigan
Tvj
Anamosa Man Jerry Rushford Dies at 103
Jones County’s oldest resident Jerry Rushford of Anamosa died Monday at age 103 at his daughter Helen’s home. Born in New York state, he moved to Iowa at 20 and spent 83 years near Stone City. He survived by daughter, two grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, and received tributes from Eisenhower and Beardsley. Services Wednesday at Stone City Catholic Church with burial at Holy Cross Cemetery Anamosa.
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the Gazette
Anamosa
Jerry Rushford
Jones County
Helen
New York State
Mr. Rushford
Iowa
Stone City
Sen
B. B. Hickenlooper
Henry O. Talle
Eisenhower
Beardsley
Hubert Gray
Monticello
Jack Rushford
Chicago
Robert
Jerry
Jimmy
Edward
Theola
Pauline
Karen Gray
Holy Cross
McNamara Funeral Home
Iowa panel urges study, call for early 1956 tax session
The Iowa interim legislature committee urged formation of a special study committee to review the tax structure and to seek a 1956 special session. The plan would empower investigators and subpoenas to deliver a full finances study with a report by December 1, and possibly trigger a call for a special session.
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Otto Weber
Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Budget and Financial Control Committee
56Th General Assembly
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