Contributions Slow Spark Tugs Aid Goodfellows Drive
The Spark Tugs of the Chamber of Commerce spearhead a local drive to fund 200 canisters for the Goodfellows, aided by Morris Drug Co and Toward Manufacturing. Letters requesting Christmas baskets arrived but few donations came in, though the fund totals $1,242.50 with Memorials and small gifts listed.
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Chamber of Cormimeree
Little Spark Nick Sondag
Morris Drug Company
Pais
Goodfellows Tun
Aineforth Tuting
Toward Manufacturing Company
Stirs
Roy
Goodfellows
The
Council Bluffs
Richie Paul Quimby
Civil Defense Plan Prompts House Hearing
A civil defense funding and administration plan was introduced in the House by Rep Durham. It was referred to the committee on armed services and discussed as the administration weighs federal role amid rising national security concerns.
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Lee Blemen
Thurtdlas
Durham CP
NCH
Arte Services Committee
Veere Oseere
Senate House
Durkum
Resignation and replacement in state com mission heads
Washington reports Friday that Beit PL Wisdent has resigned as assistant counsel for the state commission. Bade 1 Smith, director of the state Loy commission, will succeed him. A Friday meeting of North Atlantic military leaders is planned to seek agreement on a combined defense force in Western Europe.
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DES Roines
Resige
Beit PL
Bade
Smith
Loy
Washington
Ameeting
Combined Defense
Europe
Santa and Snow Parade Arrives Saturday in City
Santa will appear in a holiday parade at 11 a.m. Saturday, sponsored by the Retail Merchants Association. He rides a steam car or float through downtown, followed by a free Bayliss Park circus with clowns and trained animals. Snow is forecast for Saturday afternoon with winds up to 25 mph and temperatures near 40.
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Ita Claus
Retail Merchants Association
Broadway Rom
Math Streets
Mainto
First Avenue
First’ Avenue
Pearl Street
Broadway
Seventh Street
Bayliss Park
Santa
Mercury
Nebraska
Iowa
E. F. Stapowich
Wage-price Controls Seen As Likely After DiSalle Nominat
President Truman named Mayor Michael V. DiSalle of Toledo as price administrator prompting congress to predict wage-price controls. Senators and leaders cautioned timing varied, with calls that controls could come soon to support Korea war demands and a $50 billion annual defense bill.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Michael V. DiSalle
Toledo
W. Stuart Symington
National Security Resources Board
Senate
Wherry
Nebraska
di Salle
Maybank
D-Sc
Senate Banking Committee
Korea
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Senate-House Economic Committee
Ives
DiSalle
Flanders
R-Vi
Congresswoman and Representative Talle Wed in Washington
In Washington on Friday Rep Henry Talle age 57 of Iowa second district and Mrs Gladyce Rubel Carey of Washington were named here. Talle, 12 year veteran and reelected Nov 7, lives in Decorah where he taught economics at Luther College before politics. Carey, 43, came from Beverly Hills in 1988, an Australian, and has handled administrative tasks locally.
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Washington
Henry Talle
R.-Ja
Gladyce Rubel Carey
Talle
Iowa
Decorah
Luther College
Carey
Beverly Hills
Calif
Inside Polio Victim Seeks Transfer Home to Tennessee
An 18 year old polio victim at Mercy Hospital awaits transfer back to his home state of Tennessee. The feature includes a portrait and notes the boy’s homesick longing as he contemplates returning south.
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South
Tennessee
Swenson Named County City Special Education Supervisor
W. T. Ted Swenson of Des Moines a former Council Bluffs resident is named to lead the county and city special education program. City school board approval is needed at its Dec 14 meeting before he starts mid January. He will oversee three city classes and county services with support from Henry K. Peterson’s crippled children society. The state will pay a 3400 dollar annual salary, with the board advancing funds for reimbursement.
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W. T
Ted” Swenson
Des Moines
Council Bluffs
Russel Mourer
Mourer
Swenson
Washington School
Bloomer
Pottawattamie County
State Department of Special Education
Veterans Administration
State
Henry K. Peterson
County Crippled Children’s Society
Peterson
Son of Notorious Draft Evader Held on the Same Charge
New York German born 20 year old Alfred Bergdoll, son of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, arrested for failing to report for induction. FBI says Bergdoll advised his draft board by letter on August 18 that he would refuse to be inducted into the U S armed services.
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New York
Alfred Bergdoll
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Edward Scheidt
FBI
Young Bergdoll
Selective Service Board
Armed Services of the
United States
Truman Seeks 16.8 Billion Defense Boost for 1951
President Truman told congressional leaders he seeks 16.8 billion dollars more for armed forces and 1.2 billion for atomic energy amid a tense world situation. The plan, part of a larger proposed 50 billion dollar outlay this year, aims to raise U S forces to about 2.7 million in 1951 and may quicken draft inductions. Republicans pledged quick action but noted no mobilization changes were discussed beyond year’s start.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Congress
United States
U.S
U. S
Gurney
R.S. D
Representative Short
Missouri
House Armed Services Committee
Air Force
Short
Halleck
R.— Ind
Christmas Display Fire Claims Ten Lives in Halifax
A gaily lit Christmas display ignited a department store window in Halifax Ontario province Halifax NS causing a fast spreading blaze. Police Chief Verdun Mitchell said the death toll could not be fixed until Friday. One section of the burning building was unsafe to search and damage likely exceeds $500000 with adjoining stores hit by smoke.
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Halifax
N.S
Verdun Mitchell
Lenox names World War II veteran Robert Reynolds postmaster
Lenox selects Robert Reynolds, a World War II veteran who served four months in the Korean conflict, as Lenox postmaster.
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Lenox
Robert Reynolds
Korean Case Reaches U N General Assembly Debate
At New York the U N General Assembly prepared to take up the Korean case after the Security Council failed to act. Iranian President Entezam urged action while warning against hatred and fear as diplomats juggled moves to remove Chinese forces from Korea without triggering a broader war. Jacob Malik opposed the six power plan, alleging American imperialism, while Wu Hsiu chuan defended China’s stance and accused the U S of aggression. only Russia supported the resolution.
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New York
Nasrallah Entezam
U. N. General Assembly
Security Council
Korea
Entezam
Truman
Attlee
Jacob A. Malik
Malik
Wu Hsiu-chuan
China
U. S
Russia
Pursuit Restrictions Labeled Great Handicap by MacArthur
General Douglas MacArthur says UN limits on pursuing Chinese forces and raids on Manchurian bases are an enormous handicap with no precedent in military operations. He notes the Korea situation is serious but not hopeless unless allied resources are ignored. He declines to discuss atom bomb use. President Truman contemplates A bomb option though not authorized. He sees no sign of Soviet mobilization on the Siberian frontier.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Korea
United Nations
Ecommunists
MacArthur
U.S. News and World Report
Keeshington
Tokyo
Ko-rean
Truman
Siberian
Episcopal Bishop Heads National Council of Churches
The Rt Rev Henry Knox Sherrill of Greenwich Conn was elected first president of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States. The 60 year old presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church has led the nation's Episcopal congregations since 1947 and served on the president's civil rights commission. The council's general board voted secrecy on Sherrill and other officers until Friday. Dr O Frederick Nolde, longtime UN observer on American Protestant views, rejected atom bomb use on communist China in a speech to the general assembly.
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Cleveland
Henry Knox Sherrill
Greenwich
Conn
Memees
Protestant Episcopal Church
Natonal Council of Churches of Christ
United States
Sherrill
Council
General Board
O. Frederick Nolde
United Nations
China
Philadelphia
General Assembly
National Council
50 000 man Draft Call for February
Washington reports a February draft call for 50,000 men, bringing total army draft requests to 300,000 since September. The sequence started with 50,000 in September and October, rose to 70,000 in November, then fell to 40,000 in December and January. Based on prior calls, Iowa would likely supply about 1,000 draftees.
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Washington
Army
Iowa
Attlee Prepares for Truman Talk
London reports Prime Minister Attlee planned last minute travel to Washington to meet President Truman for talks on the Korea crisis and Far Eastern issues. A French Premier Pleven may join, with aims to align U.S. and U.K. approaches, address atom-bomb policy, and seek a defense-line withdrawal in Korea before engaging with red China.
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London
Attlee
Washington
Truman
Paris
Foreign Office
Rene Pleven
Tru- China
Korea
United Nations
Red China
U.N
Iowa Traffic Deaths Report from December 1950
An Iowa traffic death tally compiled by the Associated Press lists fatalities for December 1950, noting the number of victims and regional distribution. The report records total deaths and related figures, reflecting year-end road danger trends statewide.
UN says Korea line stabilizing with no desperate war plan
In Tokyo Gen MacArthur's adviser said the UN position in Korea is stabilizing in the northwest despite strong Chinese pressure. US forces retreat to a shorter line near Pyongyang, with air strikes hitting Chinese buildup south of Changjin reservoir as talks of atomic options surface.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
United Nations
Korea
U. S. Eighth Army
Yellow Sea
Eighth Army
Changchon River
U.S. Fifth Air Force
Changjin
Charles A. Willoughby
North Korea
Willoughby
Truman
U.N
Pyongyang
Lin Piao
38Th Parallel
10Th Corps
Seventh Infantry Division
Changjin Reservoir
U.S. First Marine Division
Hagaru
Tom Stones
Seventh Division
Don Huth
Chongchon
Kum
Syngman
Rhee
Seoul
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Japan
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Snow
Congressman Talle
Far East
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Richard Hyde
Malvern
N. Jesperson
Indian Creek
Third Avenue
Longfellow
W. T. Swenson Oe
OSS
Ken
Mkorea
E Vom
7Th Infantry Division
8Th Army
U.N. General Assembly
Associated Press
Oy Chrishnas
Niewepa
Drhiye
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