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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Dec 27, 1951

Page

7

Timeline of Korea War Events Through 1949 to 1950

Compiled chronology shows U.S. and U.N. actions in Korea from January to December with mentions of Red China, North and South Korea, and peace talks. Key items include UN indictments, counterattacks, stalemates, truces, and new peace bid efforts amid air battles and troop movements.

Seoul South U.S U.N China Red China U.S. Congress General Marshall South Korea Russia 38Th Parallel Kaesong Panmunjon Korea

Suspected killer William Cook captured after eight deaths

Unclear clipping records multiple items from diverse topics. The most concrete event notes William “Mad Dog” Cook, linked to eight homicides, being captured in Lower California, alongside a scatter of unrelated items on lynchings, legal actions, scientific claims, and social notes.

William Mad Dog) Cook Lower California Ann Rosebush Pontiac

College Bowl Results and Hall of Fame News Review

The roundup lists Rose Bowl Michigan 14 California 6 and Sugar Bowl Kentucky 13 Oklahoma 7. It notes Clemson’s Orange Bowl 15 but Miami 26. Miami later elected to the baseball Hall of Fame along with Mel Ott and Jimmy Foxx. Also mentioned are Robinson regaining middleweight title, various boxing scandals, and notable race and horse events.

Rose Michigan California Sugar Kentucky Oklahoma Cotton Tennessee Texas Orange Clemson Miami Mel Ott Jimmy Foxx Bob Feller New York College Cage W—English Randy Turpin Sugar Ray Robinson Allie Reynolds A. B Chandler Jersey Joe Walcott Ezzard Charles

Weekly top ten 1951 stories selected by publishers

The Publishers' Auxiliary polled weekly newspaper publishers to pick the ten major news items of 1951. Items include MacArthur ouster, Korean cease-fire talks, Churchill's return, Iran oil nationalization, West Point cadet dismissals, Kansas floods, Senate crime committee revelations, Japanese peace treaty signing, two-term presidential limit, and IRS irregularities hearings.

Publishers’ Auxiliary MacArthur Churchill Iran West Point Kansas Senate Crime Committee Internal Revenue Department

Notable Americans And World Figures Listed In Honor Roll

The long roster names Sinclair Lewis Jack Holt Mannerheim Gabby Street Lloyd C Douglas Virgi Chapman Edward Collins Charles Fischetti Ernest Bevin Arthur Vandenberg Charles G Dawes Elmo Watson Warner Baxter John Kee Fanny Brice John Erskine Serge Koussevitzky James Hall Forrest Sherman Henri Philippe Petain Stephen Early William Randolph Hearst Robert Walker Louis Adamic William Kiem Gelett Burgess Leon Errol Mady Christians Mrs Mathilde Freud Sigmund Romberg Kenneth Wherry Edwin Leland James.

World War I Era Headlines From Fragmented OCR

The fragment lists numerous international items: talks among Big Four and German army actions, U N and European tensions, treason cases in Burma and Czechoslovakia, Iran oil and nationalization events, Israel Syria border fighting, and shifts in British and Soviet policies. It presents a chaotic montage of dates, leaders, and political moves across 1914 era events.

U.N West Germany Burma Gordon Seagrave Russia Britain France Germany

World Wide Disaster Toll Surges With Daily Tragedies

Recurring catastrophic events reported include train wrecks in Peru and New Jersey with hundreds dead, major plane crashes across the United States, avalanches in the Alps, volcanic eruptions in New Guinea and Icelandic seismic activity, and massive ship sinkings, with totals reaching into the thousands. Strong events feature 1,000 plus fatalities in New Guinea, 2,000 plus in various naval and air disasters, and numerous regional accidents driving a grim year-end toll. Newswire tallies emphasize aviation, maritime, seismic, and weather-linked calamities worldwide.

Congress and War Tides Stirred by Red Scandals Across 1950s

A dense ledger of postwar events outlines shifts in military policy, political prosecutions, price controls, and leadership changes. Key items include Truman's removal of MacArthur, RFC audits, new draft rules for 18-year-olds, and inflation curbs.

Congress General Marshall Air Force Truman Red Investigation Commission Admir Nimitz MacArthur China House Voice of America Ridgway Red Supreme Court Ieaders U.S

Capehart Amendment Triggers Widespread Price Changes

The Capehart amendment to the controls law takes effect immediately allowing price increases on thousands of items. Manufacturers may use pre Korea prices plus changes through last July 26 to set new ceilings. Some items likely to rise include clothing meat foods milk butter coal gasoline tobacco beer drugs cosmetics wool yarns fabrics soft drinks liquor wine lumber crude oil and many chemicals plastics and insecticides. Price Director Michael V Di Salle warns that prices appear to be rising again and decontrol of major items would be risky.

Capehart Michael V di Salle Congress

March of Dimes Food Prices and Politics in 1952

Reading through a midcentury news roundup, readers see a 1 percent rise in the March of Dimes food price index led by produce and dairy. The report also covers TRACE TALKS on Korea, Truman’s return to Washington amid tax scandal probes, Eleanor Roosevelt’s critique by Archbishop McIntyre, plans to expand the Air Force, and looming tax fixes probes linked to the 1952 campaign.

Truman Eisenhower T. Lamar Caudle Senate Committee Ohio Tax Bureau Christian Science Monitor MacArthur Florida Washington White House J Edgar Hoover FBI House Ways and Means Revenue Department Abraham Teitelbaum Teitelbaum Chicago Capone Bert K. Naster Hollywood Fla Frank Nathan Pittsburgh Naster Nathan Howard McGrath Internal Revenue Bureau Theron Caudle

Grass Roots Medicine Honored Indiana Doctor

Dr. A. C. Yoder of Goshen Indiana aged 84 received the American Medical Association Family Doctor of 1951 award for devoted community service. He previously won Indiana Family Doctor of the Year and expressed humility about the honor. The award was presented at the AMA clinical session in Los Angeles.

A. C. Yoder Goshen Ind American Medical Association Indiana Indiana Medical Association County Medical Society Yoder A.M Los Angeles

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