Blocked Broadway crossings near solution with CNW officials
Mayor Mulqueen pressed Chicago and North Western Railroad leaders to limit Broadway Eleventh Street blockages to ten minutes after a Chicago meeting. Police reported no long blocks for a second day. City officials said CNW expects cooperation to resolve crossstreet blocks tied to Twelfth Street access to the depot.
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James F. Mulqueen
Chicago and North Western Railroad
Chicago
Eleventh Street
Broadway
City Corporation
Don Jackson
Mulqueen
David E. Stuart
Jackson
Twelfth Street
Second Avenue
CNW
State Highway Commission
Whchh
B. R. Meyers
Pp. E. Feucht
J. E. Goodwin
C. C. Shannon
Goodwin
Shannon
Omaha
Earl E. Miller
Iowana Busy Bees Club Donates $10 to Goodfellows
The Iowana Busy Bees Club hosted a dinner and presented a ten dollar donation to Goodfellows, supporting hospitality for those in need. The event emphasized the club’s commitment to aiding neighbors less fortunate.
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Goodfellow
Helen Peters
Joan Filis
Elma Sales
Lois Strong
Iowana
Busy Bees Club
Phato
Goodfellows
The
Unfor
Christ
Goodfellows Drive Aims To Bring Christmas Cheer
Southwest Iowa residents, led by Goodfellows, plan a Christmas fund drive to aid the needy. The drive follows five years of contributions, with a current balance of $722.97 and recent gifts totaling around $741.47. Weather forecasts predict milder days but more rain and snow, while road works on Broadway loom with CNW meetings to resolve crossings.
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Iowa
Iowana School
Oil Bluffs
Goodfellows
Parell
Council Bluffs
Weatherman
Mercury
W. B. Negethon
Wm. J. Darnell
Goodielows
Fesaenna
Towana School
Seseeeesee
I 'S Hi
Joan Ellis
Lee Johnson
E. E. Biles
Lee
Christmas Goodfellows appeal for turkey baskets and aid
The Goodfellows seek 2,750 to fund 250 food baskets for needy families here this Christmas. Donors are urged to give large or small amounts as more than 1,000 contributions remain to be received. Readers are reminded of stories from families facing illness, job loss, and rising bills, hoping for support to ensure a holiday dinner.
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Mig Guauemuw
Elma Sales
Herbert Sales
Coit Road
Lois Strong
Lowell
Strong
Goodfellows
Death of Clarion railroad roadmaster J H Reiter
J H Reiter 56 roadmaster of the Clarion division of the Chicago Great Western Railroad died of a heart attack at the railroad yards in Clarion on Thursday. He came to Clarion six years ago from New Hampton. His widow survives.
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Clarion
J. H Reiter
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Reiter
New Hampton
One Sweet Young Thing to An Other Chuckle
A playful quip about a sprung romance ends with a jab at deception and a joke about being asked to row. The speaker notes the other person lied about yacht size and made them do the rowing, framing the episode as a lighthearted critique of vanity.
Clancy the Collie Returns Home to Michigan City
Clancy the Collie, six months old, traveled from Buffalo to Michigan City after being given to a neighbor and running away. He appeared at the Eugene Moses family home this week, tired but safe, having spent months wandering a road he had never traveled before.
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Michigan City
Ind
Clancy the Collie
Clancy
Eugene Moses
Buffalo
N.Y
Moses J
Girl, 123-year-old? Fires five churches in Oklahoma
A teenager, who could pass for 18, admitted starting fires and vandalism at five churches in Pond Creek and Tonkawa Oklahoma. She said she resented church attendance and set the blazes because her parents made her go to church and she did not like being corrected.
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Pond Creek
Okla
Tonkawa
Iowa Democrats Weigh Friley as 1954 Governor Hope
Iowa Democrats sound out Charles E Friley president of Iowa State College as a potential candidate for governor in 1954. Friley who turns 64 will retire next July and be succeeded by James Hilton. He has been in Des Moines amid budget hearings and may enter politics after teaching and TV work. The piece notes Loveless’s strong statewide showing and Eisenhower’s statewide victory.
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Des Moines
Charles E. Friley
Iowa State College
Iowa Democrats
Friley
Iowa State
James Hilton
Finley
Iowa Noy
Herschel Loveless
Dwight Eisenhower
Mother Drives Car in Front of Train in Sunnyvale
A California mother under treatment for a nervous condition drove her car into a speeding train, killing herself and her three children. State highway police and sheriffs deputies found notes indicating the act was self-inflicted.
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Sunnyvale
Calif
Ledora Wilson
Tunisian Leader Shot to Death Near Tunis
Tunisian trade union official and nationalist leader Hached was found shot near his bullet-riddled car south of Tunis. French authorities imposed an 8 pm to 6 am curfew as Tunisia's independence push loomed at the United Nations.
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Tunis
Farhat Hadi Ed
Nghway
Tunisia
United Nations
New York
France
U.N
Hached
Federation of Free Trade Unions
Lincoln
ICFTU
Ign Ninth Avenue
Wakefield
Eisenhower Studies Korea War Outlook During Trip
President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower toured front areas in Korea for three days and departed Seoul for the United States. He said no panaceas exist and would study all learned here to back U.S. policy supporting freedom in the world. He noted training South Koreans to take on more combat, while officials say progress in building the ROK forces continues.
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Don Whitehead
Seoul
U. S
Dwight D. Eisenshower
United States
Red China
Eisenhower
Republic of Korea
ROK
Des Moines
Louis J. Kehoe
Washington
Earmark Funds for U. S. Purchase of Foreign Aircraft
The United States plans a record defense purchase abroad, earmarking about a quarter of a large fund for foreign aircraft. Initial orders, around 90 million dollars, will cover Britain’s cer turion tank for NATO allies. Defense directives authorize more buying in ten Western European countries, with contracts to be issued in France Italy Belgium Denmark Luxembourg West Germany Greece Norway the Netherlands and Switzerland. Eisenhower’s Korea trip boosted morale as soldiers praise his potential peacemaking, while he traveled secretly from New York to Korea aboard a Constellation plane with top officials.
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Wasnunlion
United States
Britain
Korea
NATO
Defense Department
France
Italy
Belgium
Denmark
Luxembourg
West Germany
Greece
Norway
Netherlands
Switzerland
Eisenhower
Mitchell Field Air Base
Long Island
Charles E. Wilson
Detroit
Defense
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Herbert Brownell
New York
Eisenhower Meets Rhee in Seoul Before Returning Home
President Eisenhower and South Korean leader Syngman Rhee conferred in private sessions at Eighth Army HQ and the presidential mansion during a three day visit. A seven point unification proposal was reportedly prepared by the ROK cabinet seeking Korea’s unification, stronger forces, and economic aid.
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Seoul
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Syngman
Rhee
Eisenhower
U.S
Eighth Army
Mark Clark
James A. van Fleet
Ai Eisenhower
ROK
Hisenhower
Korea
Yalu
Lie Fires Nine U N Employees Over Communist Affiliations
United Nations sources report Secretary General Trygve Lie dismissed nine American employees on Friday for refusing to answer McCarran Committee questions about Communist ties and subversive connections. This raises 1952 dismissals to 18. Lie warned 3,000 staff they face the same fate if they similarly refuse. Letters with the notices were said to be issued and announced later Friday. Lie cited a three man panel of international jurists who advised the firings.
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United Nations
N.Y
P—U. N
Trygve Lie
McCarran Committee
Lie
U.N
Secretariat
Threeman
Condemnation Sought for 300 Acres for Shelby County Lake
DES MOINES Iowa Conservation Commission will request authority from the Iowa Executive Council to start condemnation on about 300 acres of farm land needed for the Prairie Rose State Lake project in Shelby County. Six farms would be affected, with other 300 acres options expiring Jan. 8. The commission has 371000 available for land acquisition and plans to move quickly. The project site sits about seven miles southeast of Harlan and the fourth annual free movie program will be held for Council Bluffs youngsters at Recreation Hall, 141 W. Broadway, replacing prior venues.
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Des Moines
State Conservation Commission
Iowa Executive Council
Prairie Rose State Lake
Shelby County
Council Bluffs
Forrest
Harlan
W. Wakefield
Recreation Hall
W. Broadway
Community Hall
Accident claims two teens in separate Iowa crashes
Accidents near Winthrop and Des Moines claim Millie Marie Crouse, 16, in a two car collision on icy Highway 26 two miles east of Winthrop. Bruce Hubbard, 19, of Casey, dies in Des Moines hospital from injuries after being struck by a log at a sawmill near West Des Moines.
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Winthrop
Millie Marie Crouse
Winthrop Farm
Here
Des Moines
Bruce Hubbard
Casey
West Des Moines
Rule the roost USDA agency symbolizes New Deal farm policies
Washington reports that the PMA within the Agriculture Department could see a reduced role under a new Eisenhower regime. Critics argue PMA has supplanted others with a production and marketing emphasis while maintaining New Deal era control. Experts foresee a shakeup as departments realign to focus on expanding markets and price support changes.
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USDA
PMA
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Eisenhower Administratlight
Regu
Eisenhower Administration
Farm “Regiment
Ad Department
Roose Iby
AAA
Hencused
Wallace
Roosevelt
American Farm Bureau Federal
Truman
Ies
Ezra T. Benson
PMA Department
Truman's Mother-in-law Dies at White House
Mrs. David Wallace, 90, mother-in-law of President Truman, died at the White House on Friday from infirmities of old age. Her death comes six weeks before Truman's planned departure from the White House as he and his family prepare to move to Independence, Missouri, on January 20 when Dwight Eisenhower becomes president. Mrs. Wallace was the eldest of her four children, with three sons surviving.
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Washington
David Wallace
President Truman
White House
Truman
Independence
Dwight Eisenhower
United States
Services Set for James Norris Sr. 73
Funeral services will be held Saturday for James Norris Sr. 73 internationally known grain broker and a sports man who died of a heart attack Thursday.
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Chicago
James Norris Sr
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