Goodfellows aim to distribute Christmas baskets Friday
Four days before Christmas the Goodfellows plan city wide food and toy baskets starting at 1:00 a.m. Friday. Chief Gus Platt says $576.87 more is needed to reach $1,000 for all on the list, with donations urged to The Nonpareil in Council Bluffs. Volunteers from Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln high schools will help pack and load, aided by American Legion auxiliary and local businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodfellows
Goodfellow
Prete
Platt
Council Bluffs
Moose Auditorium
Pale
American Legion Auxiliary
Boys City
Thomas Jefferson High School
Abraham Lincoln High School
New Power Franchise Approved at Creston
Creston voters approved a new 25 year franchise for Iowa Southern Utilities. The franchise allows property owners to petition for an election on termination at 10 13 and 20 year ends. The company would install street lighting in the business district and on arterial streets if approved. A prior proposal was defeated last April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creston
Iowa Southern Utilities Company
Training Dates Set for Iowa-Nebraska Guard Camp
Brig. Gen. Fred C. Tandy announced the 34th division Iowa Nebraska National Guard summer field training will run August 12 to 25 at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. The event gathers units for annual drills and tactical exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Fred ¢. ‘Tandy
Iowa-Nebraska National Guard
Ft Leonard Wood
Cholera Death Toll Reported in New Delens India
More than a thousand persons die in a cholera epidemic in New Delen India as pilgrims to Orissa seek a miracle cure. The outbreak, spread by sufferers, highlights a severe health crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delen
India
Orissa
Defense money bill advances to Senate with $26B boost
A defense appropriation bill carrying more than 26 billion dollars to speed mobilization was sent to the Senate by the Appropriations Committee. The panel added over 2 billion dollars to House totals after appeals by President Truman and defense leaders for stronger armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Appropriations Committee
House
Truman
Hutchins and Davis Take Ford Foundation Posts
Ford Foundation president Paul Hoffman announced the appointment of Robert Maynard Hutchins of the University of Chicago and Chester C. Davis, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, as associate directors. The posts pay $70,000 annually, with salaries not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
Ford Foundation
Paul G. Hoffman
Robert Maynard Hutchins
The
University of Chicago
Chester C. Davis
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Hoffman
ECA
Foundation
Hutchins
Davis
Indict Congressman on Seven Charges
A federal grand jury indicted Rep. Brehm of Ohio on seven counts accusing him of improperly obtaining money from two of his office employees Clara Soliday and Emma Craven for use in his re election campaign. Brehm, 38 from Logan, has served in the House since 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rep
Brehm
Ohio
Clara Soliday
Emma
Craven
Logan
Decorated Meters in Independence Spark Free Christmas Parking
Independence parking meters are decorated for Christmas with paper hoods reading Merry Christmas this week to allow shoppers free parking. The festive display adds seasonal charm to downtown commerce during the holiday period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Beachhead Defenders Hold Reds at Hungnam
U S 10th corps and allied forces defend a shrinking beachhead at Hungnam in northeast Korea as withdrawal proceeds under heavy artillery and naval gunfire. Maj Gen Edward M Almond praises the battle effort while Marine and Navy pilots claim 1300 enemy casualties. North Korean reinforcements surge toward the position, and wounded are evacuated by sea to a naval hospital ship. In the west, Eighth Army clashes occur around Chunchon, 45 miles northeast of Seoul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
10Th Corps
Hungnam Port
Korea
Hungnam Harbor
Edward M. Almond
20Th Corps
Navy
Yonpo
Korean
U.S. Eighth Army
Chunchon
Seoul
Ask Investigation of Liquor Affairs in Iowa
The Iowa legislature may be asked in 1951 to mount a full scale liquor investigation. Democratic lawmakers urged after a report on five days of hearings criticized the state liquor control commission and Clyde Spry. They want action by the 1951 legislature or the interim committee. The committee proposed limiting sales, improving cooperation, and immediate revocation of a permit for a Salt base anti freeeze product until standards are met. Princess Mary of Greece fractured her thigh in a fall and is hospitalized in Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Legislative Interim Committee
State Liquor Control Commission
Secretary of Agriculture
Clyde Spry
A. F E. Augustine
D.-Oskaloosa
Gene Poston
D.-Corydon
Augustine
Liquor Commission
Spry
Soviet Navy Running Far in Excess of Needs Says Jane's Yearbook
Jane's fighting ships reports Russia is building a navy far beyond normal defense needs. For 1950 51, Russian naval spending is estimated at 15.4 billion rubles about 3.85 billion dollars, with a Soviet navy ministry created last February. It notes reports of two battleships of 35 37 thousand tons with missile towers and a third under construction, plus 350 370 submarines already in service and 120 more in the works, along with heavy cruisers of the Kirov type and two ex German Poltava class cruisers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Jane’s
Russia
U. S
Jane's
Poltava
Far East
Baltic
Black Seas
Sweden
Finland
West Germans Press for Stronger Role in Western Army
West Germans told the Big Three that they demand more than offered for joining an international force to defend the western world. Adenauer’s chancellor team to hear results of the Atlantic council bid as German terms likely spark long negotiations. CDU leaders criticize Schumacher for politicizing a life and death matter amid possible German staff representation but no separate foreign or defense ministries yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Belgium
Reurn
Atlantic Council
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
West German
Dwight D. Eistenhower
Adenauer
The
Christian Democrats
Kurt Schumacher
Gen. Eisenhower
Foreign Ministry
Defense Ministry
Maj Gen Everest Makes Brief Visit to Council Bluffs
Maj Gen Frank F Everest assistant deputy chief of air staff for operations arrived in Council Bluffs on official business. He flew from Washington to Offutt Field and dined at the Elks club with friends before returning to Washington later Wednesday. He is listed as the son of Mrs Frank F Everest Jr of 125 Third Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank F. Everest
Washington, D. C
Vues Haid
Council Bluffs
The
Elks Club
Everest
Power
Washington
Offutt Field
Strategic Air Command of the Air Forces
Gen. Everest
Frank F. Everest, Jr
Third Street
Deere & Co Plans to Reopen Five Plants
John Deere officials prepared for the return of striking UAW-CIO members Thursday at most of the seven Iowa and Illinois plants affected by the walkout that began on September 1. Schedules for resumption of full-scale operations were posted at plants in Moline and Waterloo Des Moines Dubuque and Ottumwa Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline
Ill
John Deere & Co
Uaw-Cio
Iowa
Illinois
Waterloo
Des Moines
Dubuque
Ottumwa
Censorship Tightens on Korean War News
Tokyo Gen. MacArthur imposes censorship on all Korean military operation news and photos. Dispatched material must undergo security screening by military authorities before release. The move ends the voluntary honor system used since June 25 and draws rapid newsroom response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Warmth Ahead After Cold Snap Thins In Midwest
A cold spell grips Iowa and Nebraska with sub-zero readings across several cities. Mason City records 12 below, Spencer 11 below, Iowa City 7 below and Ames 5 below, while a warming trend is forecast with near 40 degrees expected Thursday and morning lows near 20 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Mason City
Spencer
Iowa City
Ames
Nebraska
Acheson to Report on Brussels Session
Secretary of State Acheson returns from Brussels to a Congress split along party lines. Democrats back him while many Republicans press for his removal. He is set to report to both houses on Atlantic pact nations plans for a 1,000,000 man Western Europe defense by 1953 end, with President Truman backing him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Acheson
Brussels
Europe
Truman
Heis
Hoover Opposes Sending Troops Now to Europe
Former President Herbert Hoover rejected sending more American land forces to Europe until the American people and Congress review the question. He announced a major radio television address titled Our National Policies in This Crisis, urging careful policy hammering before commitment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Herbert Hoover
Europe
Congress
Hoover
United States
Brussels
Truman
Dwight D.J. Eisenhower
Mutual Broadcasting Company
National Broadcasting Company
Korean War Veteran Named Rose Parade Grand Marshal
A Korean War veteran will replace Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower as grand marshal of Pasadena's Rose Parade on New Year’s Day. Eisenhower, newly named supreme commander of West Europe forces, told tournament officials the national emergency prevents him from participating and urged honoring all service members by choosing a veteran instead. The committee accepted the suggestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Supreme Commander of
West Europe
To Confirm Rosenberg
The FBI located the other Rosenberg who attended left wing meetings, and the senate is ready to confirm Anna M. Rosenberg as assistant secretary of defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
FBI
Anna Rosenberg
Senate
Anna M. Rosenberg
Defense
Truman nominates Leo J. Miller for Denison postmaster
President Truman has sent to the senate the postmaster nomination of Leo J. Miller of Denison Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Senate
Leo J. Miller
Denison
Orphans F reach Island Sanctuary in Kiddie Car airlift
Seoul reports Operation Kiddie Car saw nearly a thousand Korean war orphans aged six months to 11 years evacuated by 15 American transport planes to a sanctuary island near Kimpo. Chaplain Lt Col R L Blaisdell led the effort. 80 women guards and evacuation nurses accompanied the children, many malnourished and ill with diseases, as they were moved to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
Seoul
South Korea
Kimpo
R. L. Blaisdell
Hyfield
Blaisdell
Grace Chicken
Buffalo
Union Labor Demands Pay Increases to Match Costs
Union labor leaders urged President Truman to allow wage adjustments tying pay to living costs within a voluntary price control framework. They pressed for final wage board decisions, no civilian manpower compulsion, and active labor participation in mobilization agencies while seeking broader price and rent controls and protections for overtime and existing collective bargaining agreements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Labor Policy Committee
AFL
William Green
CIO
Philip Murray
Truman
Economic Stabilization Agency
Wage Stabilization Board
Alan Valentine
Valentine
Walter P. Reuther
Cfio-United Auto Workers
White House
ESA
Pay Hike Granted by Water Works
The water works board approved an eight percent wage rise for city water workers with no further negotiations for a year. The raise adds about $11 monthly take-home per employee, effective January 1, and boosts payroll by $11,847 annually, costing the board $14,631 with taxes and pensions. Local 89, AFSCME, pushed for 15 percent but settled for the compromise after recalling a prior seven percent raise. The board also granted holiday double time but rejected a two extra vacation days after five years, and began steps toward a sliding wage scale tied to the new Missouri river Narrows plant project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trustees
Don Bragg
Water Works
Bragg
Water Board
Local 89
American Federation of State
Walter Jenkins
Thomas E. Anthony
Franklin B. Jensen
H. C. Harrison
Narrows
Missouri River
Jensen
Jury Acquits Man in 31-Year-Old Murder Case
DES MOINES A 56-year-old man acquitted of the murder charge tied to the 31 year old slaying of an Ankeny housewife. The defendant told the district court jury this was his best Christmas present as he walked free Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Charles Walker
Think to Cure Ulcers Stirs English Doctor Debate
In a humorous quip from The Armour Star a doctor in England suggests thinking causes ulcers, presenting a paradox where one must choose between thinking and suffering ulcers or not thinking and facing starvation. The joke lampoons medical theories and human folly.
Mysterious Philadelphia shooting wounds man on street
Richard C. Lavery, 54, was wounded by a bullet while walking with friends on a south Philadelphia street. His condition is critical. He is the eighth target in an unexplained series of shootings in recent weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Richard C. Lavery
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. N. Moorehead
Sones Roebuck Company
A. H
Gus” Pfaff
Robert Beno
A E
Goodfellows To
Marie Olsen
Ee Larsen and Sons Woodring Metal Home
DA. YY
Broadway Methodist
Walnut
Oscar W. Tiarks
Ruth
Oakland
First Congregational Church
Abert Weiss Iidith Mo
Tom Biche
Eugene. Rice
BR. L. Dean Miriam Ginid
Our Saviors Lutheran Church
William C. Strohbehn
Corwin Sperry E. Freeman
William Wood Wart B. Ander- Marie
Dees Ye Tlugh
Ball
Earl Knickman
Walter
New Power
CT de
Beachhead
Reds
Athens
Mary
Greece
Prince George
Red Cross Hospital
Maj. Gen
Elder Statesman
Rosenberg
Fowan
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!