Dissatisfied With 3-year Railroad Pact
Cleveland reports the head of a major railroad union voiced dissatisfaction with a three year peace pact reached with American railroads. James P. Shields said chairmen will decide if the deal is accepted, with meetings set for January. The agreement raises wages for about 300000 engineers and conductors, with retroactive increases and cost of living adjustments, while some groups seek further raises.
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Cleveland
Washington
Union
James P. Shields
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Shields
Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen
Firemen’s Union
Cedar Rapids
Order of Railway Conductors
Names four to recreation commission in city reshuffle
Mayor Einer P. Joel Wednesday announced four appointments to the city recreation commission restoring full strength of the Q-man group. New members are Charles R. Hannan and Mrs. Lloyd Sumford with re appointments of Carl Benson and G W Kir. Hannan fills the post created by the death of Fred R Shaw Jr and Mrs Mumford succeeds Mrs Charles Clawson who did not wish re appointment. All terms are for three years.
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Einer P. Joel
City Recreation Commission
Q-man
Charles R. Hannan
Kenmore Avenue
Lloyd Sumford
Fifth Avenue
Carl Benson
G. W. Kir
Hannan
Fred R. Shaw
Joel Said
Shaw
Mumford
Charles Clawson
Polk County Officials Jail Overnight Over Parking Fines
Four Polk county employees spent the night in jail rather than pay 2.50 for illegal parking in the courthouse lot. The group cited principle, while twelve others including County Treasurer J. F. Balitre paid fines during Sheriff Howard Reppert's crackdown ordered by the county board. The board was upset by many cars lacking special stickers occupying the lot.
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Des Moines
Polk County
J. F. Balttlre
Howard Revpert
County Board of Supervisors
Communists Open Biennial Convention in New York
The American Communist Party opens its 15th biennial national convention amid chronic membership and financial woes with public rallies planned in Manhattan Bronx and Brooklyn, though a Brooklyn venue cancellation shifts plans. The event shifts from a Madison Square Garden public gathering to private, closed door sessions to decide the party’s future.
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New York
American Communist Party
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
Madison Square Garden
Communist High Command
Charge of Political Intrigue at RFC Unfolds in Senate Probe
Senate investigators press a probe into political manipulation at the Reconstruction Finance Corp. as resignations and firings tied to political views surface from Dallas and Boston offices. The Fulbright committee scrutinizes RFC leadership and potential White House influence on director nominations and personnel changes across Houston, Denver, Detroit, and Boston.
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Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corp
RFC
L. B. Glidden
Dallas, Tex
Glidden
Truman
White House
Tom
Fulbright
D-Ark
John J. Hagerty
Lean Hagerty
Boston
Waltham Watch Co
Hagerty
Waltham
RIC
Subcommittee
Tin Glidden
Houston
Tex
Denver
Detroit
Wholesale Reduction in Alexandria Taxes
Alexandria city council voted to repeal several taxes as part of a $4.83 million operating budget for 1951, the first wholesale tax reduction in its 201 year history. They repealed the six month old 2 cent per package cigarette tax and the license tax on radio broadcasting stations, amid a budget $696,572 over 1950.
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Alexandria
Fireman Trapped In Debris As Buildings Burn In Rochelle
A fire swept through three buildings in Rochelle on Wednesday trapping a firefighter under debris. About twenty residents fled sleep in subzero weather as flames raged and the blaze spread. one apartment’s occupants raised alarm and wounded the scene to evacuation.
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Rochelle
Marines Speak On Korea War Costs And Tax Plans
Two Iowa Marines wounded at Changjin reservoir recount brutal fighting and condemn calls to pull out. Corporal Jack Nielsen and Private Clarence Smith Jr praise Marine units that held Seoul while noting fatalities, including Corporal Gerald Connolly. A White House aide says a January tax request is unlikely despite Truman defense needs.
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U. S
Korea
Pfc
Clarence A. Smith, Jr
Clarence A. Smith
1009
Fifth Avenue
Cpl
Jack G. Nielsen
Marinus Nielsen
Madison Avenue
18Th Marine Infantry Battalion
Fort Crook
Omaha
Changjin Reservoir
North Korea
Nielsen
1St Marine Division
Council Bluffs
Gerald J
Jerry” Connolly
Timothy A. Connolly
McPherson Avenue
Jerry
Smith
Pacific
Changjin
Great Lakes Navy Hospital
Seoul
1St Marines
More Than Half of Seoul Population Evacuated South
Seoul officials estimate more than half the city’s civilians moved southward. From a prewar 1.5 million, about 1 million remain in the south, with 5,000 refugees per day by train and 50,000 by trucks ships and planes. President Rhee says the government stays until ordered to leave by the Eighth Army.
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Seoul
Clarence Ryee
United Nations
Ryee
Rhee
Eighth Army
100-Foot Slice Off Hill at Sioux City
A 100 foot slice from Prospect Hill overlook near Gordon Drive slid at about 4 am Wednesday, dumping hundreds of cubic yards of earth into a vacant lot below. The slide opposite the Missouri River bridge increases fears among hill residents who have watched slides for over a year.
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Sioux City
Prospect Hill
Gordon Drive
Missouri River
Mercury to Rise Near 34 Thursday In Iowa Weather Surge
A high pressure systemfroze much of the Midwest with subzero Iowa readings from Decorah to Waterloo. Thursday forecasts promise a warming trend with highs near 34 in the region and clear Nebraska skies. Winds up to 20 mph accompany the thaw as morning lows dip toward 13.
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Iowa
Sibley
Council Bluffs
Atlantic
Hudson Bay
Canada
Missouri River
Ilinois
Decorah
Elkader
Saratoga
Howard County
Waterloo
Mason City
Charles City
Dubuque
Washta
Cherokee County
Nebraska
Rocky Mountains
Rochester
Minn
Minneapolis
Madison
Wis
Sault St. Marie
Mich
Albia Man Killed In Highway 14 Crash Near Knoxville
Russell Peterson a World War II veteran and Albia salesman died when his car left the highway 14 near Knoxville Tuesday night. Police reported the fatal crash causing investigations by local authorities. The deceased was a member of an Albia sales company and lived in Albia.
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Knoxville
Russell Peterson
Albia
Highway 14
Story City business buildings destroyed by fire
Early Wednesday a fire destroyed two Story City business buildings including the Jacobson feed and seed store and the Story City locker plant. Firemen from Story City Ames and Nevada battled sub zero temperatures to control the blaze. The neighboring Baldus hatchery was saved. Story City lies about 12 miles north of Ames.
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Story City
Ames
Nevada
Jacobson Feed
Griffis Named American Ambassador to Spain
President Truman selected Stan ton Griffis, 63, to be ambassador to Spain ending a five year Franco snub. Griffis, a Boston native, has served as ambassador to Poland, Egypt, and Argentina and chairs Paramount Pictures board as well as Madison Square Garden and Brentano's. His Madrid appointment goes to the Senate for confirmation next week.
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Washington
Truman
Stanton Griffis
Spain
Generalissimo
Franco
Griffis
Boston
Poland
Egypt
Argentina
Madrid
America
United Nations General Assembly
Senate
Paramount Pictures
Madison Square Garden
Brentano's
Milk carton foils would be robber in Detroit incident
A would be robber tried to mug Dorothy Kozol as she returned from a grocery. She struck him with a half gallon milk carton, breaking it and freezing milk on his face in the zero degree night. He fled empty handed.
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Detroit
Dorothy Kozol
Dynamite Stolen From Des Moines Tile Yard
Des Moines police investigated the theft of 25 sticks of dynamite and a box of dynamite caps from the Goodwin Tile & Brick Co. yard after a shed break over the weekend. Police seek information on the break in and missing explosives.
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BS Molnes
bDes Moines
Goodwin Tile & Brick Co
Chinese Build Up Vast War Force
Hong Kong report estimates Communist China could field a fighting force of 12 million by end of 1951. Regular army sits at 5 million, with about 5 million irregulars. Mobilization aims to add 2 million next year as Peiping calls workers and students into military training amid anti American rhetoric.
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Hong Kong
China
Red China
Peiping
America
McCarthy Daughter Elopes With Son of Shoe Cobbler
Glenna Lee McCarthy 17, daughter of oilman Glenn McCarthy, eloped on December 2 with Rice Institute football player George Pontikes. They wed by Justice of Peace Oliver Nash after the Baylor Rice game. The incident follows Mary Margaret McCarthy’s upcoming society wedding.
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Houston
Glenna Lee McCarthy
Glenn McCarthy
George Pontikes
Rice Institute
Justice of Peace
Oliver Nash
Swace
Baylor-Rice
McCarthy
Mary Margaret McCarthy
Pontikes
Mary Margaret
Glenna Lee
Ten Room Farm House Burns at Mt. Ayr
A 10 room farm house at Mt. Ayr burned to the ground early Wednesday. Firemen, battling in sub zero temperatures, prevented spread to nearby buildings. Occupants Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Hammond and their one year old baby were inside. The Hammonds had moved from Des Moines a year ago.
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MT. Ayr
A. R.hammond
Hammonds
Des Moines
Why Not Bomb Power Dams Near Manchuria and Korea
Washington asks why U S bombers do not hit the hydroelectric dams on the Manchurian North Korea border. A senator elect and army veteran notes desertion by Chinese forces and argues the dams’ destruction could help end the conflict. Pentagon officials cite risks of inviting wider war, while some pilots see no tactical barrier to such strikes. A policy decision remains unresolved at high levels.
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Elton C. Fay
Washington
U. S
Manchuria
North Korea
Alfred Sieminski
D.-N.j
Korea
Sieminski
New York
Pentagon
Russia
Yalu River
Far East
Gen. MacArthur
Tokyo
Reds poised for major assault across Korea, MacArthur says
General MacArthur reports over 1.35 million red troops ready to strike UN forces in Korea with 444,406 deployed along the front south of 38th parallel. About 277,173 are Chinese, the rest North Koreans, with nearly a million more en route or in reserve in Manchuria.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
United Nations
Korea
South Korea
Manchuria
Matthew B. Ridgway
Syngman Rhee
U. S. 10Th Corps
8Th Army
Republic
Bill Shinn
Chongong
38Th
Seoul
Plains
Shinn
North Korea
General MacArthur
Temperatures Inside Store Climb to 150
Kansas City reports a downtown art and stationery store suffered severe heat damage after a two day Christmas shutdown. An accidental thermostat switch left steam heat at 150 degrees, melting hundreds of candles warping leather items and wilting tropical plants valued at 700 dollars. The sprinkler system would have flooded the store had temperatures risen just 15 degrees higher.
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Kansas City
Hall Brothers
Side Payments in VA Home Sales Urged Illegal
VA warns that side payments in sales of homes to veterans with GI loans can trigger federal prosecution. Des Moines VA chief attorney A. H. Christiansen says such payments evade appraised values and violate the law, risking loss of veteran rights and criminal liability for all parties.
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Des Moines
Veterans Administration
A. H. Christiansen
Christiansen
Subversives Board Hearing Probable
Washington The administration faces trouble with the new Congress over the five members named by President Truman to the Subversives Activities Control Board. Senator McCarran said hearings are likely as the judiciary committee plans to review the appointments after the new session opens. The five appointees include Seth W. Richardson as chairman, Peter Campbell Brown, Charles M. LaFollette, David J. Coddaire, and Kathryn McHale.
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Washington
Congress
Tru Man
Subversives Activities Control Board
McCarran
Senate Judiciary Committee
Truman
Seth W. Richardson
Peter Campbell Brown
New York
Charles M. LaFollette
Virginia
David J. Coddaire
Massachusetts
Kathryn McHale
Indiana
Food Prices Rise Sharply in New York Wholesale Index
Dun and Bradstreet wholesale food price index jumped 10 cents this week in New York, reaching its highest level since September 14, 1948, marking one of the year’s sharpest increases.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Atlantic Upholstery Shop Burns in Rear of Paul Home
Special to The Nonpareil Atlantic Frenchie s upholstery shop operated by Adolph Paul of Atlantic was destroyed by fire early Wednesday. The 14 by 20 foot metal covered building stood in the rear of the Paul home. No estimate of damage was made.
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Atlantic—Frenchie
Adolph Paul
Atlantic
Paul
Former SUI Grid Star Jerry Niles Killed in Crash
Jerry Niles, 31, ex Iowa football player and former SUI grid star, died in a hospital from injuries after an auto crash near Sumter South Carolina. Mrs. A C Rawlinson, 65, of Manning, also died. Two others injured. Niles had been living in Florence, South Carolina.
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SUI Grid
Jerry Niles
Iowa Traffic D Highlights From December Dual Meet
The Iowa traffic docket item reports December results with mentions of key figures and a recap of the event. Names, places, and times appear in fragmented form, but the core outcome reflects ongoing local reporting on traffic related matters.
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