Goodfellows Drive Boosts Christmas Basket Effort
Community push led by the Chamber of Commerce Sparkplugs and Goodfellows volunteers aims to raise 4000 in donations and supplies for hundreds of Christmas baskets. Local groups collected 200 cartons in downtown shops while the American Legion auxiliary and students pack staples for delivery Friday morning. The effort seeks final funds to cover shopping costs and ensure no family is left out.
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Goodfellows
Chamber of Commerce
Little Spark Nick Sonday
Goodfellow A
Cgoodfellows
Council Bluffs
Platt
Pleads Innocent to Campaign Charges in Ohio Case
Rep Brehm of Ohio pleaded innocent to seven counts alleging illegal campaign contributions. Federal Judge Edward A Tamm arraigned him and set March 12 for further proceedings. He was released on a $1000 bond.
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WaAouraguiy
Rep
Brehm
Ohio
Edward A. Tamm
Onta
Senate Approves $20 Billion Defense Money Bill
The Senate sped through a $20 billion defense spending package with $12.6 billion in special defense construction. A $1.6 billion authorization heads to President Truman, while the House had already passed its version. The large appropriation, tied to Korean War needs, returns to the House as differences are expected to be reconciled.
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Senate
Washington
Vaice
Truman
House
Korea
County Opens Bids on Road Machinery
County supervisors Thursday opened 10 bids for about $100,000 in road maintenance equipment. No contracts were set up to noon pending further study. Purchasing Agent Oliver Pierson cited four trucks and graders, three crawler tractors and one scoop. Sheriff elect Gaylord Stuelke met the board to discuss deputies appointment.
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Oliver Pierson
Gaylord Stuelke
Stuelke
Ford Presents Credentials as U S Ambassador to UK
President nom Gifford Ford rode in a coach to Buckingham Palace on Thursday to present his credentials as the new United States ambassador to the court of St. James.
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London
Walters
Gifford
Buckingham Palace
U. S
Court of St. James
Land Sea Air Barrages Roll Back the Reds
Tokyo reports Hungnam beachead quiet as allied land sea air barrages mow down and roll back red attacks on the perimeter. Chinese and white robed Reds lie dead on the snow east flank while US Marines and 10th Corps advance derail enemy efforts to regroup behind the western front. Casualty tallies rise as battles continue with heavy losses on both sides.
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Hungnam
United Nations
Korea
Sea of Japan
U.S. Eighth Army
Yon‘chon
Parallel 3A
McArthur
U. N
Republic of Korea
ROK
Defense Department
Washington
U. S
10Th Corps
Hungnam Beach
Tom Lambert
Stan Swinton
Beachead
Rosenberg Confirmed as Assistant Secretary of Defense
The Senate confirmed Mrs. Anna M. Rosenberg as assistant secretary of defense by voice vote. The Armed Services Committee had twice unanimously recommended the action.
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Washington, Or
Senate
Anna M. Rosenberg
Defense
Senate Armed Services Committee
Christmas Gift Heist Hits Two Schools
Thieves damaged and stole gift packages at Second Avenue and North Eighth Street schools Thursday. Despite breaks and ransacked classrooms, teachers and principals quickly replaced items and Christmas programs continued. Missing candy worth 250 pounds and gifts from the kindergarten tree were taken, with cleanup and emergency purchases arranged by staff and PTA.
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Santa Claus
Second Avenue
North Eighth Street
Second Avenue School
Sarah Sperle
Parent Teachers Association
Homer Roth
Tenth Street
Avenue 6
Ruth Enlow
PTA
Convict composer to Have His Freedom by Christmas
NASHVILLE Tenn Frank M Grandstaff the 70 page Big Spring Cantata composer in prison soon to be free He would be the first pardoned as an habitual criminal in Tennessee Gov Browning said he will sign the pardon papers and Grandstaff may go to Indiana or Texas The cantata inspired by Earl Phillips book followed a life of 200 offenses mostly larceny He plans to kneel at the Catholic cathedral then contact a woman he would marry and reunite with his mother Mrs Mildred McConkey of Fort Wayne who expects to wed him after his release.
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Nashville
Tenn
Frank M. Grandstaff
Tennessee
Gay
Gordon Browning
Browning
Grandstaff
Indiana
Texas
Big Spring
Tex
Earl Phillips
Memphis
J Grandstaff
Mildred McConkey
Fort Wayne
Ind
Fourth Bluffs Man Is Killed in Korea
Pic. Walter L. Birt 21 son of Myrtle B. Montoya of 917 Avenue L Council Bluffs was killed in action with the 1st Marine Division on December 2 in North Korea. A telegram from Gen C B Gates Washington DC dated Friday notified his mother as he served after attending Longfellow school and working in Omaha before enlisting in 1947. Surviving are three brothers Ernest Dallas and Joseph in Council Bluffs and three sisters Goldie Campbell Anna Montoya and Beatrice McBee of Omaha.
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Council Bluffs
Pic
Walter L. Birt
Myrtle B. Montoya
Avenue L
Birt
1St Marine Division
North Korea
C. B Gates
Washington, D. C
Marine Cops
Pfc. Birt
Longfellow School
Omaha
Marine
Orphan Sally Johnson Returns Home to Jennie Edmundson Ward
Fifteen month old Sally Johnson, an orphan, is described as back home in the Jennie Edmundson pediatrics ward. The snippet notes a story and photo on page 28 and references multiple page items including seniors’ outlook after twelve years of schooling and Santa visiting Gold Star children of World War II, with details on various pages.
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Sally Johnson
Jennie Edmundson Pediatrics
Santa
Adenauer to Ask for a Security Treaty
Bonn reports Chancellor Konrad Adenauer met with the allied high commission amid word he will demand the end of occupation controls as the price for German troops joining a western European defense force. He plans a "security treaty" to replace the occupation statute, a move seen as closest to a peace treaty.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Allied
High -Commission
Western Europe
West German
Rail unions sign three year peace pact on pay boosts
Washington AP reports a three year settlement with four rail unions granting 23 cent immediate pay boosts for 120000 yard workers and five cent hikes for 180000 road service workers retroactive to Oct 1 plus future cost of living adjustments. A productivity clause and study of manpower will shape 1952 wage changes with possible government arbitration.
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Washington
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Noa
Truman
Rleyks
Battle Seen Over Hoover Proposals
New York reports a tremendous favorable response to Herbert Hoover’s western hemisphere defense plan. Washington notes a congressional battle looming as Hoover’s calls to shorten defense lines and arm the navy and air force clash with Truman and public opinion. Senators foresee echoes in Congress as Hoover warns against another Korea in Europe and GOP leaders split on the policy.
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Herbert Hoover
Western Hemisphere
Hoover
Washington
America
Atlantic
Pacific
Senate
Wherry
Nebraska
Truman
Congress
Lehman
United Nations-U
Europe
Taft
Ohio
Mild Readings Mark First Day Of Winter Arrives
Winter arrives at 4 14 a m Friday with mild readings expected near 47 degrees a contrast to recent cold snaps. The morning low should dip below freezing while daytime highs reach the upper 40s and Nebraska reports 42 degrees at noon as Sidney records 42 degrees.
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Nebraska
Sidney
Cardinal Von Preysing Dies, Berlin Cardinal Passes
Cardinal von Preysing, 70, bishop of Berlin and leader of the church in east Germany, died Thursday night. A fierce foe of the Nazis and later of the Russians, his death reduces the College of Cardinals to 52 members. He was a frequent target of communist attacks and counterattacked vigorously.
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Cardinal von Preysing
Berlin
Konrad Cardinal von Preysing
East Germany
Sacred College of Cardinals
Cardinal van Preysing
Iowa Traffic Deaths December 21 1949
A brief Iowa record reports traffic fatalities dated December 21 1949. Details are limited in the readable OCR fragment, noting an incident with local authorities and emergency response. Names, places, and exact circumstances are not clearly legible in the source excerpt.
Draft quotas in January for Iowa counties listed
County draft quotas for January were announced by state service headquarters. Des Moines, Omaha, and Sioux Falls will host inductions for 1,350 men, with quotas allocated by induction dates and stations. Southwest Iowa counties show reporting dates in early January to Des Moines and Omaha, detailing counties such as Audubon Adair Monona Carroll Cass Crawford Dickinson Fremont Harrison Montgomery Page Ida Taylor Pottawattamie Shelby in order.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Omaha
Neb
Sioux Falls
D.D
Audubon
Adair
Fan
Union
Adams
Monona
Carroll
Cass
Mills
Crawford
Dickinson
Fremont
Call for College Draft Physicals In Iowa and Beyond
William Keenan chairman of the Pottawattamie county local selective service board said college students will be called soon for pre induction physicals. Exemption lasts until the end of the school year in June 1951. Beginning Jan. 3 Iowa college men will report for exams at the local board nearest their school. From Jan. 15, notices go to college men in schools outside Iowa. The board received the directive from Des Moines headquarters.
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William Keenan
Pottawattamie County
Keenan
Iowa
Des Moines
Estimated 440 Die in Christmas Holiday Traffic Deaths
The National Safety Council forecast the gloomiest Christmas for traffic deaths, estimating 440 fatalities in three days. The count covers immediate deaths in crashes from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday, marking the council’s largest pre holiday estimate to date.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Chuckle Bars Prompt Singalongs and Mischief
The C W Co Bulletin notes that frequent Chuckle Bars lead to singing many tunes and possibly ending up behind some others as a playful consequence. The item hints at light humor and social gag effects rather than a hard news event.
Polk Sheriff Orders Parking Crackdown at Courthouse
Des Manna reports Sheriff Howard C Reppert ordered a crackdown on illegal parking in Polk county courthouse lots. Deputy Max Van Rees tagged every car without a windshield sticker, issuing a total of 20 tickets, including one on the sheriff’s own car.
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Des Manna
Howard C Reppert
Polk County
Reppert
Max van Rees
van Rees
Howard C. Reppert
Senate confirms postmaster nominations noted
The senate on Thursday confirmed postmaster nominations for Elbie R. Petro of Cedar Rapids Iowa and Henry C. Pendergraft of Masyn City Ta, marking approval of two appointments in federal postal service.
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Washington
Senate
Elbie R. Petro
Cedar Rapids
Henry C. Pendergraft
Masyn City
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