Funds Short for Goodfellows Christmas Aid
Four days before Christmas the Goodfellows begin packing and distributing food baskets and toys for about 600 children. Only 3423.13 remains in the fund of 4000 needed, with donations encouraged via The Nonpareil. Packing starts Thursday at Moose auditorium with help from American Legion auxiliary and local high school students. deliveries planned Friday at 10 am, weathering a shortfall of 576.87.
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Goodfellows
Goodfellow
A. H
Gus” Peatt
Pfaff
American Legion Auxiliary
Boys City
Thomas Jefferson High School
Abraham Lincoln High School
New Power Franchise Approved at Creston
Creston voters approved a 25 year franchise for Iowa Southern Utilities. Property owners may petition for election on termination at 10 15 and 20 years. The company offered a street lighting system in the business district and arterial areas. A previous franchise proposal was defeated last April.
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Creston
Iowa Southern Utilities Company
Training Dates Set by General for National Guard Drill
Brig. Gen. Fred Tandy announced that the annual 34th division Iowa Nebraska National Guard training will continue at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri with sessions from December thirteen to twenty five. The dates and location are confirmed for the midwinter exercise.
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Des Moines
Fred . Tandy
Ft. Leonard Wood
Cholera Epidemic Claims Over 1000 in Delut India
More than 1,000 people have died in a cholera outbreak in Delut India. Officials report the epidemic spread may be linked to pilgrims seeking a miracle cure. Strong entities include Orlaan state and the city of Delut.
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New Delut
India
Orlaan
$20 Billion Defense Bill Moves to Senate
A defense appropriations measure carrying more than 20.008 billion dollars was sent to the Senate by the Appropriations Committee. The panel added over 2 billion to the House tally after appeals by President Truman and defense leaders for stronger armed forces.
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Washington
Senate
Appropriations Committee
House
Truman
Hutchins Davis Take Ford Foundation Jobs
Hoffman, new Ford Foundation head, announced Hutchins and Davis as associate directors in Pasadena California after the new year. Maynard Hutchins of the University of Chicago and Chester C. Davis, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, join with a post paying 70000 dollars annually. Salaries not disclosed.
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Pasadena
Calif
Ford Foundation
Paul G. Stoffman
Robert Maynard Hutchins
The
University of Chicago
Chester C. Davis
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Hoffman
ECA
Foundation
Hutchins
Davis
Indictment Against Rep Brehm On Seven Charges
A federal grand jury indicted Rep. Brehm of Ohio on seven counts for improperly accepting money from two of his office employees for use in his reelection campaign. The two named aides are Clara Soliday and Emma Craven. Brehm, 38, has served in the House since 1942.
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Washington
Rep
Brehm
Ohio
Clara Soliday
Emma
Craven
Logan
House
Christmas Meters Decorate Independence for Free Parking
Parking meters in Independence are decorated for Christmas with paper hoods reading Merry Christmas this week allowing free parking for shoppers. Local merchants display festive decorations as holiday shopping begins.
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Independence
Beachhead Defenders Hold Reds Near Hungnam Harbor
In Korea the U S 10th corps clung to a narrow beachhead around Hungnam as artillery and naval gunfire protected a planned withdrawal. Marine and navy air units struck enemy concentrations while thousands of North Koreans and Chinese forces pressed the Allies. Maj Gen Edward M Almond praised his troops as wounded were evacuated by boat to ships offshore. In the west, Eighth Army reported minor clashes within a 30 mile arc around Chuncheon.
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Tokyo
U. S
10Th Corps
Hungnam Port
Korea
Hungnam Harbor
Edward M. Almond
Yonpo
U.S. Eighth Army
Chunchon
Ghunchong
Seoul
Ask Investigation of Liquor Affairs
Des Moines reports indicate the 1951 Iowa Legislature may be asked to launch a full scale liquor investigation. Democratic minority members of the interim committee urged action after hearings into the state liquor control commission and Clyde Spry. The committee’s Republican majority backed several recommendations to curb sales and improve cooperation among commissioners.
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Des Moines
Legislative Interim Committee
State Liquor Control Commission
Secretary of Agriculture
Clyde Spry
A. E. Augustine
D.-Oskaloosa
Gene Poston
D.-Corydon
Augustine
Liquor Commission
Spry
Princess Mary of Greece Injured in Fall
Princess Mary wife of Prince George suffered a fractured thigh bone after a Tuesday fall. She is being treated at Red Cross hospital.
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Athens
Mary
Greece
Prince George
Red Cross Hospital
Soviet Navy described as built beyond defense needs
Jane's fighting ships says Russia is expanding a navy far in excess of normal defense needs. 1950 51 estimates total 15.4 billion rubles about 3.35 billion dollars, vs US 4.168 billion. Reports say a navy ministry was created, two battleships may have launched, and a third under construction. 350-370 submarines in service with 120 more planned. 14 heavy cruisers of the Kirov type and two Poltava class ex-German cruisers. Conspicuous growth of destroyer sized ships in multiple seas noted.
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London
Jane's Fighting Ships
Russia
U. S
Jane's
Jane’s
Far East
North
Baltic
Black Seas
West Germans push for bigger role in Western alliance
West Germany told the Big Three they want more participation in an international military force. Bonn dispatches say Adenauer will be briefed on decisions from Brussels as talks on Germany’s role in Eisenhower’s army extend. CDU leaders expect long negotiations while Schumacher accuses opposition of playing politics. Reported offers include German representation on Eisenhower’s staff but no separate foreign or defense ministries for now.
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Brussels
Belgium
Reurn
Atlantic Council
Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
West German
Dwight D. Eistenhower
Adenauer
The
Christian Democrats
Kurt Schumacher
Gen. Eisenhower
Foreign Ministry
Defense Ministry
Major General Everest Makes Brief Washington Visit
Major General Frank F. Everest assistant deputy chief of air staff for operations arrived in Council Bluffs for a brief stop, dining with Elks Club members and declining to comment on world events. He flew from Washington to Offutt Field on official business and was to return to D C later Wednesday. Everest is listed as the son of Frank F. Everest, of 125 Third Street.
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Frank F. Everest
Washington, D. C
Council Bluffs
The
Elks Club
Everest
Power
Washington
Offutt Field
Strategic Air Command of the Air Forces
Gen. Everest
Ae Frank F. Everest
St. 125
Third Street
Deere and Co Moves to Reopen Five Plants
Maline Illinois Wednesday for the return of striking UAW CIO members Thursday at most of the seven Iowa and Illinois plants affected by the stoppage that began September 1. Schedules for full-scale operation resume were posted at plants in Moline Waterloo Des Moines Dubuque and Ottumwa Iowa.
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Maline
John Deere & Co
Uaw-Cio
Iowa
Illinois
Moline
Waterloo
Des Moines
Dubuque
Ottumwa
Censorship Imposed on War News by MacArthur Aide
Tokyo officials say Gen. MacArthur’s staff imposes censorship over Korean War news with immediate effect. News dispatches and photos must be submitted in Korea or Japan for security screening before release. The memo notes no penalties for violation and cites prior voluntary safeguards by reporters since June 25.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Col
M. P. Echols
Korea
Japan
Temperature swing forecast for near 40 on Thursday
The forecast shows a morning low near 20 with a high near 40 expected Thursday. Wednesday ranged from 7 degrees to the mid 20s, while Tuesday hit 31. Subzero readings were reported in several Iowa cities, Mason City at 12 below and Spencer 11 below.
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Iowa
Mason City
Spencer
Iowa City
Ames
Nebraska
Acheson Reports From Brussels Session
Secretary of State Acheson returns from the Brussels conference to a Capitol split. Democrats back him, many Republicans seek his ouster, yet he is slated to brief both houses on Atlantic pact talks to build a 1,000,000-man Western European defense by end of 1953, with President Truman’s pledge to retain him.
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Washington
Acheson
Brussels
Europe
Truman
Hoover Opposes Sending Troops in Crisis Address
Former President Herbert Hoover urged no further American troop deployments to Europe until Congress and the public review the crisis. He planned a radio television address titled Our National Policies in This Crisis, to outline future policy on Western Europe and communism, contrasting with President Truman. His remarks were supported for broadcast by Mutual at 7 p.m. CST and rebroadcast by NBC at 9:30 p.m. CST.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Europe
Congress
Hoover
Brussels
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Mutual Broadcasting Company
National Broadcasting Company
Korean War Veteran Named Rose Parade Grand Marshal
A Korean combat veteran from the Korean War will replace Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower as grand marshal of the Pasadena Rose Parade on New Year’s Day. Eisenhower, serving as supreme commander of a west Europe army, told tournament officials the national emergency declaration prevents him from participating and suggested honoring all servicemen and servicewomen by selecting a Korean veteran. The tournament committee approved the suggestion.
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Pasadena
Canf
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
West Europe
Rosenberg Nomination to Assistant Secretary of Defense
The FBI located the other Anna Rosenberg who attended left wing meetings enabling the Senate to proceed with confirming Anna M. Rosenberg for the post of assistant secretary of defense.
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Washington
FBI
Anna Rosenberg
Senate
Anna M. Rosenberg
Defense
Denison Postmaster Nomination Sent to Senate
President Truman has sent to the senate the postmaster nomination of Leo J. Miller of Denison Iowa.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Leo J. Miller
Denison
Orphans Rescued in Kiddie Car Airlift to Island Sanctuary
Nearly a thousand Korean War orphans were airlifted by 15 American planes to an island sanctuary near Seoul. The children aged six months to 11 years were saved from the streets by American troops and taken to a welfare center run by Lt Col R L Blaisdell. Many were malnourished and ill with diseases, and evacuation nurses accompanied the flight to provide care after boarding.
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Hel Boyle
Seoul
South Korea
Kimpo
R. L. Blaisdell
Hyfield
Blaisdell
Grace Chicken
Buffalo
Union Labor demands pay rises to match cost of living
Union leaders urged that any government wage controls allow adjustments to offset living cost increases, protect collective bargaining contracts covering 85 industries, and keep overtime protections. They pressed for final wage board decisions, active labor participation, and reject compulsory civilian labor, while ESA eyed voluntary price rollbacks and potential mandatory controls if compliance falters.
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Washington
United Labor Policy Committee
AFL
William Green
CIO
Philip Murray
Truman
Economic Stabilization Agency
Alan Valentine
Valentine
Walter P. Reuther
Cio-United Auto Workers
Economic Stabilization Agency For
ESA
Pay Hike Granted by Water Works
The Water Works board granted an 8 percent wage increase for city water workers with no further negotiations for a year. The raise averages about $11 more take home pay monthly per employee and takes effect January 1, increasing payrolls by $11,847 annually though total cost rises to $14,632 with taxes and pensions. Union representatives had sought 15 percent, but settled after recalling a 7 percent raise last June. The board also approved double time for legal holidays and rejected a vacation-time demand, keeping maximum vacation at 15 days. A sliding wage scale to replace automatic promotions was set to take effect with the new Narrows plant completion, allowing promotions only if vacancies occur.
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Board of Trustees
Don Bragg
Water Works
Bragg
Water Board
American Federation of State
Walter Jenkins
Thomas E. Anthony
Franklin B. Jensen
H. C. Harrison
Narrows
Missouri River
Jensen
Man Acquitted of Murder Charge After 31 Years
DES MOINES Iowa. A 56-year-old man named Charles Walker was freed by a district court jury Tuesday night after being acquitted of the murder of an Ankeny housewife. He called the ruling his best Christmas present. The case had kept him jailed for 31 years.
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Des Moines
Charles Walker
Think and Starve or Ulcers, Doctor Says
A joke noting an English doctor’s playful claim that thinking causes ulcers. It presents a humorous choice for a man: think and risk ulcers or stop thinking and starve, attributed to The Armour Star.
Another Philadelphian Mysteriously Wounded
A man walking with friends on a south Philadelphia street early Wednesday was mysteriously wounded by a bullet his companions did not hear fired. Richard C. Lavery, 54, was admitted to a hospital in critical condition. He was the eighth target of an unexplained shooting there in recent weeks.
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Philadelphia
Richard C. Lavery
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