Five Blazing Air Raids With Reds
Seoul reports Red jets pushed near the 38th parallel in five battles with American Sabre jets. Four Mig-15s were shot down and a fifth damaged. One Mig downed by Col. Gabreski. The action covered a 75 mile area and included the most southerly jet engagement to date near Kumchon. Ground fronts quiet. naval shelling near Kasong. Truce talks adjourned with demands for explanations on airfield policy.
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Panmunjom
Yalu River
Mig Alley
Sariwon
Yalu
America
Francis $. Gabreski
Oil City
Kumchon
William Waltman
Air Force
U. S. Fifth Air Force
United Nations
Rochester
Collett
de Haven
Kasong
800 Unknown Soldiers Identified So Far
Tokyo reports 1800 American unknowns from Korean battlefields now housed in Army mausoleums on Kyushu. Daily identifications arise from birthmarks, tattoos, fingerprints, dental work, and old fractures. Camp Kokura uses modern science for positive identifications before repatriation. 800 unknowns have been identified. Graves registration teams in Korea continue the painstaking search, sometimes near the front lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Kyushu
Defense Department
Robert J. Beauchamp
Far East Command Quartermaster
Camp Kokura
Korea
United States
Kokura
Beauchamp
Xokura
Une
March draft call reduces February totals in wartime push
The War Department announced a March draft call for 28,600 men with 20,000 to the Army and 8,600 to the Marine Corps. It also notes changes in strengthening and revised counting plans, prompting a February reduction of 2,500 from 33,000. The revised February total stands at 41,000 for the Army and 11,500 for the Marines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nefimse Department
Army
Marine Corps
Seven Planes Search North Pacific for Abandoned Freighter Crew
Seven planes from the United States Canada and Japan joined ships of three nations in a wide North Pacific day long search for the abandoned freighter Pennsylvania and its 45 or 46 crew members. They scanned hundreds of square miles of storm tossed seas and found no trace. The scene lay about 465 miles northwest of Vancouver Island and 750 miles from ScattIn with five more planes scheduled to join. A criss cross search pattern was used by air and sea units.
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Seaule
North Pacific
Pennsylvania
United States
Canada
Vancouver Island
ScattIn
De Lattre de Tassigny Dies in Paris Hospital
Paris January 11 General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, long a symbol of France in Indochina, died at 61 after prostate cancer surgery. Once high commissioner and commander in chief in the Far East, he led French forces against Communist rebels and later faced the loss of his son in Vietnam. His death ends a wartime career noted as the French MacArthur.
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Paris
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
France
Indochina
Far
Southeast Asia
de Lattre
MacArthur
de Tattre
Marne
de Latte
Indo-china
Bernard de Lattrette
Flying Enterprise Sinks After Heroic Rescue Bid
Captain Kurt Carlsen recalls his two week battle against the Atlantic near Falmouth as the Flying Enterprise sinks in 250 feet of water. He regrets not bringing Enterprise back, calling the last gale the ship's death blow while the 37 year old skipper reflects on the ordeal.
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Falmouth
Eng
Kurt Carlsen
Atlantica
Enterprise
Carlsen
Crimmins Named Indiana Head Football Coach
Bernie Crimmins, Notre Dame assistant coach, was named head football coach at Indiana University. The appointment was announced by athletic director Paul Harrel at the NCAA. Crimmins succeeds Clyde Smith, who resigned mid season but completed the campaign.
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Cincinnati
Bernie Srimmi
University of Notre Dame
Indiana University
Paul Harrel
Indiana Universy
NCAA
Crimmins
Clyde Smith
Weather and tax assessor conference in Topeka
Kansas faces a cold wave with temperatures dropping to the 10 to 15 degree range by Sunday morning and mild conditions tonight. Forecaster Tom Arnold notes limited precipitation and near normal to slightly above normal readings through Wednesday. Also, the fifth Kansas assessors conference will convene January 13 and 14 in Representative Hall to discuss tax assessment and equalization issues.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Tom Arnold
Arnold
Claike
Leavenworth
Goodland
Representative Hall
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Ina
Chicago
Denver
Mater
Mort Worth
Havre
Mon
Jka Hom City
Washington
Smtwtfs
Racers
Siow Iti
Qa Vis
Father Refuses Medal For Dead Sons In Korea
Washington father Halsey McGovern rejected the Medal of Honor awarded to his son 1st Lt. Robert M. McGovern and the Silver Star awarded to his brother 2d Lt. Jerome F. McGovern. He said President Truman is not worthy to confer such honors and refused any presentations. Both brothers died in Korea within days of each other and are buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Washington
Korea
Truman
Halsey McGovern
Paul
Reconstruction Finance Corp
White House
Robert M. McGovern
1St Cavalry Division
Jerome
Senate to Reopen Inquiry on Ships and Witnesses
Senate investigators said they will hear late this month or in February about profits from a $100,000 investment in war surplus tankers linked to Washington lawyer Joseph E. Casey and Adm. William Halsey. Witnesses may include Halsey and Casey as the panel probes the deal and related government loan matters.
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Senate
Washington
Joseph E. Casey
Hoey
D-Nc
Casey
House
Massachusetts
Adm
Wiliam
Bull) Halsey
Halsey
Edward Stettinius
Stettinius
Justice Department
Rey-' Kin D-Alat
Reconstruction Finance Crp
REC
Stuffs Lumber Co
Mobile Paper Mill Co
Alabama
Fie! Bratten
Barkley
Charles E. Shaver
RFC
Agriculture Department
Jack J. Cowart
Senate Banking Subcommittee
Guzik Cleared of Charge by Federal Judge Ruling
Washington reports that Jacob Guzik known as Greasy Thumb was acquitted by Judge Edward A. Tamm of charges tied to his refusal to answer the Senate Crime Investigating Committee. The Senate and grand jury had recommended contempt. the judge emphasized government of laws, not men, and allowed refusal if testimony may tend to incriminate.
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Greasy Thumb
Chicago
Edward A. Tamm
Senate
Guzik
Committee
Congress
Tamm
FBI
OPS Jumps Onto Cudahy For Paying High Prices
Wichita Kansas January 41 1p The Cudahy Packing Co Wichita was charged in federal court with paying above ceiling prices for live cattle Charles C Browning Jr Wichita a district enforcement official for OPS Kansas said OPS contends the Wichita Cudahy plant paid about 40000 more for live cattle than allowed under Regulation 23 The government agency contends the violations occurred during summer and fall 1951 after Regulation 23 took effect Browning said the complaint seeks an injunction to force price compliance and that Cudahy showed no intention to comply Officials had no comment on the action Also Iola Kan January 11 R Mr and Mrs Elmer T Bake found dead from monoxide poisoning in their farm home two miles north of Iola The Bakers aged 65 and 62 were dead since December 2 Coroner Gerald Peel said evidence indicated the couple were dead for weeks The bodies were found by a neighbor Open evenings and Sundays Cole s Food Center 2nd Line
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Wichita
Kan
Cudlahy Packing Co
Charles C. Browning Jr
Office of Price Stabilization
Kansas
OPS
Wichita Cudahy
Browning
Cudahy
Tno
Iola
Elmer T. Bake
Baker
Gerald B. Peel
M47 Tank Fails Inspection Delays Army Production
Detroit report says eight months after starting production the M47 medium tank has not passed inspection due to a turret control bug. Col. Glenn C. Wilhide notes security limits on numbers produced and says 25 tanks will soon be tested in California as the issue is addressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Glenn C. Wilhide
Detroit Arsenal
Withide
Wilhide
Kansas Highway Director Seeks Fair Steel Allocations
Kansas City dispatch reports Kansas Highway Director Gale Moss urged federal officials to recheck steel allocations for highway construction. He warned defense needs are draining supplies and that Kansas faces $30 million in road work in 1952 but may receive only 5,400 tons of steel. Gov. Arn urged continuation of the fifth cent gasoline tax for roads.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Gale Moss
Moss
Washington
Bureau of Public Roads
Kansas Contractors Association
Edward F. Arn
Keeling
State
W Ten
Korea
Mass
Calls Action a Stab in Back to U N Delegation
Senator Sparkman denounces a Republican move to overrule Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup as a backstabbing attack on the U N delegation. A Senate resolution with 38 GOP votes urged Truman not to rely on Jessup, effectively calling for his recall during the Paris session. Jessup, seated by recess appointment after October, faced a three to five confirmation setback in hearings.
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Washington
Sen
Sparkman D
Philip C. Jessup
U. S
Paris
GOP
Senate
Truman
Jessup
Sen. Bridges
Feneral Assembly
Congress
New Ceiling Price Endorsed for Wet Corn Milling Byproducts
Washington, Jan 11. The government authorized higher ceiling prices for feed byproducts of the wet corn milling industry. OPS said this may raise poultry cattle and hog fees where byproducts are used. Ceilings run 61 dollars a ton for carload gluten feed to 81 dollars for corn gluten meal. Corn oil meal cake and flakes cap at 64 dollars a ton, applying at basing points in St Louis Chicago and Kansas City.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
Louis
Chicago
Kansas City
Stock Market Ends Higher in Early 1920s Tape
New York January 11 closing averages show the industrial list up as the market ends a session with the average of 60 stocks at 100.2, up five points. Investors watched gains in rails and utilities amid cautious trading in the major issues.
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New York
Lawrence Guard seeks new enlistments in recruitment drive
Company H of the Lawrence National Guard launches a widespread campaign to restore its strength, with personnel shortages cutting into its quota. Lt. Karl Reber notes active efforts, club talks, and three public display windows at local merchants to recruit local youths for billets in radio, reconnaissance, mechanics, drivers, cooks, and gunners.
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Company H. Lawrence National Guard
Kansas Guard
Karl H. Reber
Putefit
Lawrence
Malott's ‘Hardware
Mass. St
New York
Gard
Newsweek spotlight on Hall weasels and Comanche exhibit
Newsweek featured Dr E Raymond Hall director of the University of Kansas Museum of Natural History and his seven year study of weasels alongside Comanche the museum’s famed stuffed cavalry horse. The piece notes a humidifier in Comanche’s case and links the project to Hall’s recent 466 page weasel study presented at the AAAS meeting in Philadelphia. The report also mentions Newton Kansas reporting the year’s first traffic death with Mrs Shirley Vaughan dies from injuries after a car collision.
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E. Raymond Hall
University of Kansas Museum of Natural History
Newsweek Magazine
Dr. Hall
Leonard da Vinci
Dr Hall
Newton
Kan
Shirley B. Vaughan
Pioneer
Flood Control Association Formed in Lawrence Area
FLOOD GROUP HERE the No. 13 of the Missouri Basins Flood Control Association was organized in Lawrence at the Chamber of Commerce last night under Noel Twort of Kansas City. The district covers the Delaware Kaw and Wakarusa valleys from Shawnee County to DeSoto. Officers include Emil Heck president Omar Browning vice president and E R Zouk secretary treasurer. The group seeks federal funds for dams water and soil conservation and agricultural levees in the Missouri Valley.
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Missouri. S Basins
Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
Noel Twort
Kansas City
Missouri Valley
Emil Heck
Route 3
Vicw
Omar Browning
Linewood
E. R. Zouk
Lawrence Chamber of Commerece
Fel Quinlan
Perry
Hélen Trent
Pol Charles
Mosker
Linwood
Gee Shirley
Grant ‘Ville
Gideon Neis
Weaver Bottoms
Eudora
Fred Morse
de' Splo-Cedar Valley
Albert Brune
Lakeview
Homer Schellack
Fall Leaf
Arthur Heck
North Lawrence
Steven Stomb
Robert Schellack
West Eudoramion
Lew Ponner
Johnson County
Pete Oliver
Art Gabriel
Fadora
Midwest
Delaware
Kaw
Wakarusa
Shawnee
Bloodmobile tops quota at KU donation drive
The Red Cross Bloodmobile finished its four day drive at the University of Kansas with over 750 pints donated by ROTC units and Lawrence citizens. Donations flew from Kansas City to Korea for U S fighting forces. Notable donors included aPolio victim in a wheelchair and a soldier recently returned from Korea.
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Red Cross Bloodmobile
University of Kansas
University
Lawrence
Kansas City
Korea
United States
Bloodmobil
Uniy
Military Science
Family dies in fire in Salem New Jersey
A house fire killed a young couple and their two young daughters in a frame cottage in Salem New Jersey. The parents William Councellor aged 24 and Mabel Councellor aged 26 died later in hospital. The two daughters Elizabeth 5 and Carol Ann 12 months perished at the scene.
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Salem
N. J
Elizabeth Councellor
Carol Ann
William Councellor
Mabel
Births Rise and Deaths Fall in County 1951 Figures
Year end records show 85 births and 278 deaths in Douglas County with Lawrence city figures covering most of the county. Palmyra and Willow Springs townships report to Baldwin. 210 marriages were licensed in 1931, down from 425 in 1950, with 1946 the peak year for marriage licenses due to returning servicemen.
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Journal-World Today
Douglas County
Lawrence City
Harold Fisher
Palmyra
Whlow Springs
Clark
Fisher
Lawrence
Lorene Hollingsworth
Douglas County Probate Court
Frank R. Gray
Secret Atomic Gun Shown to Senate House Committee
Washington January 11 the military displayed to the Senate House Atomic Committee a model of an artillery gun designed for atomic shells. The model was hidden in a wooden box and carried into a closed session. Chairman McMahon declined comment on whether the model was an actual existing weapon or based on a blueprint for future construction. He noted the model was brought by an ordnance officer and that it was the first time such a model had been shown to the committee.
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Washington
Senate House Atomic Committee
McMahon
D-Conn
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Greasy Thumb) Guzik
Cole's Food Center
2Nd & Line
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John Palmer Usher
Laurence
Lincoln
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Missouri- Arkansas Association
Bloodmobile
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