Abandon Auto After Accident on La Crosse Street
A 1949 model car rammed a tree on La Crosse near 22nd, abandoned after the crash early Sunday. Police found two injured occupants and the $350 damage on property of J. M. Thomas at 654 North 22nd. They used a resident’s phone about 4 am.
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22Nd Street
J. M. Thomas
North 22Nd Street
Ronnie Slaughter
North Third Street
Third Street
Pear Street
Archie Mattie
French Island
State Street
Leo Rosendahl
Prospect Street
Mattie
Rosendahl
Rose
Gould Streets
Donald Schlicht
Gillette Street
Gould
Keith Melvin
Liberty Street
Lloyd Hefti
Wilbur Douglas
Vine Street
Avon
St. Cloud Streets
Douglas
Hefti
St. Cloud
Benny Collins
Onalaska
South Fourth Street
Adolph Frisch
Mississippi Street
Christ Semsch
R. J. la Crosse
Joseph Guepfer
Zeisler
Farnam
Semsch
Eighth
Allies Push for Speed in Implementing Atlantic Pact
The report notes leaders vow rapid plan translation to maintain peace through strong security measures. Diplomats expect a solution to coaliting troops for an international army despite German objections and lack of full West German representation. Kurt Schumacher warns of nationwide anti rearmament movement if Adenauer accepts allied plans.
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Pace
United States
Britain
Kurt Schumacher
Duesseldorf
Konrad Adenauer
Norway issues 12 ounce cheese ration per person
A new 12 ounce cheese ration per person was issued in Norway with an order dated December 4. The text notes there will be no further cheese ration before Christmas. Russia receives horses and herring from Denmark in barter for lignite briquets.
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Norway
Russia
Denmark
Population shifts reshape future American manpower
Based on National Industrial Conference Board data, New York figures show the 15 19 age group declined 14.4 percent since 1940 while 20 24 stayed level. These cohorts will furnish most of the future armed forces and labor market manpower as the decade progresses.
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National Industrial Conference Board
America
Merry Christmas Beset Beachhead War News Trench Life
Hungnam Korea reports a grim Christmas at the front with ruined Hungnam factories, wrecked streets, and cold sapped soldiers. Soldiers endure frozen huts, soot and smoke, and constant artillery in a bleak port town as holiday wishes fade into war weariness.
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Stan Swinton
Hungnam
Korea
Minnesota Farm Prices Edge Up In Mid November Report
Minnesota farmers saw higher average prices for most crops in mid November with corn and potatoes lagging. Wheat and soybeans led gains while beef cattle veal and lamb prices rose. hogs fell slightly. Egg production reached 278 million in November 1950 and milk output fell 5 percent from 1949.
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Minnesota
Federal Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Noember
Cocke Urges Guard Callup at Legion Breakfast
Erle Cocke Jr the national commander of the American Legion urged immediate activation of six to eight national guard divisions. He warned the U S was slow to rearm and backed universal military training. He called for Soviet Russia removal from the United Nations and pledged survival requires an all-out war footing.
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Charleston
S. C
American Legion
National Guard
Erle Cocke, Jr
Cocke
Russia
United Nations
Korea
Pipe lights up Santa at Stockholm station
A Santa at Stockholm’s central railway station sparked a small blaze when lighting his pipe. His beard caught fire and bystanders doused the flames in a water fountain. He was unharmed beyond embarrassment.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Santa Claus
Santa
Tomah Musiclub Plans Special Meeting and Program
Tomah Wisconsin hosts a special meeting led by President Rae Ellen Mistele. A short talk on MacDowell precedes a string quartet performance of To A Wild Rose by Patricia Downs, Jean Stoltz, Charles Vos, and David Cline.
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Tomah
Wis
Tomah Musiclub
Rae Ellen Mistele
MacDowell
Wild Rose
Patricia Downs
Jean Stoltz
Charles Vos
David Cline
Tremplo Older Youths Gather for Dec 20 Meeting
Whitehall Wisconsin special report notes the Trempealeau county Older Youth group will meet at Whitehall city hall on Wednesday December 20 at 8 30 p m Members are asked to bring six Christmas cookies and a white elephant or a 50 cent gift The date was changed from the third Friday to the third Wednesday per Avis L Hagen public relations chairman
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Whitehall
Wis
Trempealeau County
Whitehall City Hall
Avis L. Hagen
Farm Residence Trade in Spring Grove
Carlton Ellingson traded his Spring Grove farm for the Grant Ellingson residence. The buyers, with his son Jerome, will operate the farm while the Ellingsons move into the residence.
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Spring Grove
Minn
Carlton Ellingson
Grant Ellingson
Jerome
Calcutta Bans Motor Rickshas Over Busy Streets
Calcutta India restricts motor rickshas on congested roads to ease crowds and traffic. Officials cite safety and flow concerns as the city enforces the new prohibition amid urban transit reforms.
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Calcutta
India
Winona Livestock Prices From Swift & Co Report
Swift & Co lists cattle hogs and lambs with bid ranges and weight brackets. Hogs gain up to 60 cents on the day while cattle markets hold steady with varied price tiers for steers heifers cows and calves across multiple weight classes.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
USDA
South ST. Paul
Minn
Chicago Produce Prices and Receipts Report
Butter firm with two day receipts of 364000+ pounds and wholesale prices steady to one half cent higher. Eggs and other receipts 20047 cases with wholesale prices down six cents per dozen to up one cent. Live poultry prices firm with 38 loads of receipts and paying prices unchanged to one cent higher for heavy hens light hens roosters fryers and old roosters listed.
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Chicago
U. S
Chicago Potatoes Market Report Shows Steady Trend
Arrivals comprise 264 cars with on track 191 and total U S shipments 5 Friday 552 Saturday 342 Sunday 23. Supplies and demand moderate with market about steady. Colorado McClures price 2.85 Idaho Russets 2.70 to 2.95 Minnesota North Dakota Red River Valley Pontiacs 1.75 unwashed 2.25 to 2.35 washed.
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USDA
U. 5 S
Colorado
Sabre pilot recounts dogfight and downing enemy plane
Hinton, a 31 year old pilot, details a low altitude trap against a fast enemy in a Sabre. He describes diving in on a target, firing as tracer hits register, and watching the plane burn and fall out of control.
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Page Bh
Hinton
Daily Records County Court Briefs La Crosse area
In La Crosse on December 16 and 17 several defendants forfeited cash bonds for failing to appear on arterial violation and speeding charges. Others pled guilty to no clearance rights with fines or jail terms imposed. Adultery pleas were entered with bond set, and a theft case faced a scheduled trial. a drunken driving case resulted in a $100 fine and license revocation. Fire and emergency calls noted from La Crosse sources for December 16 17 including chair fire and gas leak at local buildings.
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Cameron Avenue
Marlin J. Mades
Mindoro
Robert Ross
Hokah
Minn
Howard Hill
Galesville
Wis
Dayton Pertzsch
Onalaska
Harold P. Branch, Jr
North 11Th Street
Nathaniel O. Wyche
Camp McCoy
Woolworth
Charles Bell
Helen Mae Servais
Liberty Street
Lawrence Fillner
Rivoli
la Crosse Milk Producers Association
Furnace
George Hackner
Sparta Housing Co operative seeks 12 homes in Sparta Wis
N F Shlimovitz filed for a preliminary analysis with the federal housing authority in Milwaukee for a Sparta Housing Co operative on Elm Road inside the city limits on STH 21 toward Camp McCoy. L J Finger of Manston will build the homes with Shlimovitz as organizer.
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Wis
N. F. Shlimovitz
Federal Housing Authority
Milwaukee
Sparta Housing Co-Operative
Elm Road
Camp McCoy
L. J. Finger
Manston
Shlimovitz
Advance Mortgage Co
Richard B. Pullman
Fire at George Melby Farm in 24 Below Zero Temps
Ettrick Wisconsin volunteers battle a blaze on the George Melby farm five miles north on highway 53 as 24 degrees below zero. Harry Melby wakes his parents and alerts Joseph Fosse for help. Firefighter overcome by smoke, treated. Hole burned in a wall, smoke and water damage reported, no damage estimate given.
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Ettrick
Wis
George Melby
Highway 53
Harry Melby
Harry
Joseph Fosse
Truman weighs Symington for defense secretary
A White House source says President Truman considers W. Stuart Symington as next secretary of defense, likely after Gen. George C. Marshall retires. Marshall, 70 this year, has been recalled three times. Symington denies the report and cites no confirmed date for a change.
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White House
Pres. Truman
W. Stuart Symington
Symington
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Taylor Creamery Secretary Resigns
Ellen Waller resigned as bookkeeper and secretary of the Taylor Co-operative creamery. She will move to Oakland California to live with her sister after the holidays and will be employed on the west coast. She also has another sister in Lafayette California.
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Ellen Waller
Taylor Co-operative Creamery
West Coast
Mamie
Oakland
Calif
Ted Webb
Lafayette
Auto price rollback sparks industry protest across firms
The government order cutting prices on 1951 models drew protests from Chrysler Nash Ford and GM executives who called it discriminatory. Walter Reuther CIO UAW warned wage control in contracts could threaten escalator clauses tied to the cost of living and pledged union opposition.
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Nash
Ford
ESA
Walter P. Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
Reuther
Ettrick farmer improves herd through DHIA plan
In Ettrick Wisconsin Clarence Back’s dairy herd, tested under the DHIA program, averaged 11,587 pounds of milk and 397.6 pounds of butterfat from 17.8 grade Holsteins after one year under owner-sampler then standard systems. Four top animals boosted performance with 15,000 pounds milk and 458.2 butterfat from a four-year-old in 355 days, 14,579 pounds milk and 495.6 butterfat in 305 days from an eight-year-old, and two yearlings producing 13,263 and 12,618 pounds in 305 and 295 days respectively with 416.6 and 424.4 butterfat.
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Wis
Clarence Back
Thomas Toraason
DHIA
Back
Toraason
Trempeleau County Holstein Herd Tested and Classified
Trempeleau county hospital herd in Whitehall completed official production tests under the herd improvement registry supervised by the University of Wisconsin. Top producer Tremco War Bond Fayne yielded 589 butterfat and 14 461 milk in two daily milkings over 365 days at age five. the herd totals 506 classified animals with recent body conformation classification.
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Wis
Trempealeau County Hospital
University of Wisconsin
Tremco War Bond Fayne
Tremco Pabst Burke Sophie
Tremco Pabst Burke Janet
Holstein-Friesian Association
Trempele
Timber hits high bids in northern Wisconsin timber sale
The state land commission reported spirited bidding on about 5.97 million feet of virgin timber in Forest and Florence counties, bringing roughly 200000 at Crandon Dec 12. Purchasers include Consolidated Waterpower and Paper Co Wisconsin Rapids and Bonifas Lumber Neenah with thousands of acres and millions of feet sold.
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Wis
Wisconsin
State Land Commission
Forest
Florence
Crandon
Forest County
T. H. Bakken
Commission
Flambeau
Sawyer County
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Jacquet Lumber Co
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Bonifas Lumber Co
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Florence County
Connor Lumber and Land Co
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Consolidated
Sweden and Malik clash over cease fire report delay
Sweden's Richard Sandler proposed delaying all further business until the cease fire body's final report is ready. Malik urged continuing debate on his complaint accusing the United States of aggression against Formosa and said foreign troops must withdraw before hostilities end. He noted Wu was invited to Lake Success in November but denied a chance to present views. Malik said the representative cannot sit and wait indefinitely.
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Sweden
Richard Sandler
Malik
United States
Formosa
Lake Success
North Korean Attacks Succeeding On Right Flank At Hungnam
Reports say riflemen attacked with high pitched shouts in English as UN troops pressed a lull after dawn. By Monday evening, elements of the third division exchanged sporadic fire with Korean Reds on the defense perimeter right flank, marking the first sizable NK presence since retreats toward Hungnam. No contact on the left flank. artillery spotted in the west.
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Third Division
Hungnam
First Prize Fight Filmed For Public Display
The historic Corbett Fitzsimmons bout in Carson City Nevada 1897 became the first prize fight captured by a movie camera for general public viewing.
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Corbett Fitzsimmons
Carson City
Nev
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