Marion Trucker Killed In Pistol Shotgun Duel
A 36-year-old truck driver Paul Rametta was killed in a shotgun duel with ex convict Luther Fry following a tavern dispute and cafe pursuit in Marion. Fry and Rametta exchanged shots at about 50 feet, Rametta dying en route to Herrin hospital. Fry and Alex McCluskey held in Williamson county jail. Rametta leaves a wife Violet and two children. Funeral services set for Sunday at Frick funeral home Marion.
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Marion
Paul Rametta
Luther Fry
Williamson County Sheriff's Office
Oro Kirby
Alex McCluskey
Fry
McCluskey
Rametta
Herrin
Castellano
North Court Street
Charles Denham
Denham
Wilkins
Spillertown
Williamson County
Frick Funeral
Rose Hill
Violet
Paul, Jr
Dorothy Adeline
Chicago
Bessie Viverito
Andrew
Josephine Harper
Peoria
Rose Lee Stubblefield
U S Plans No Wage Price Freeze Yet
Washington reports that price stabilizers plan ceilings on prices but will not impose a general freeze now. DiSalle, Valentine, and Ching say a staff shortage blocks immediate action, while selective controls and a rollback policy loom as possibilities. O Mahoney urges swift action to combat inflation and defend free enterprise.
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Washington
Michael V. DiSalle
DiSalle
Toledo
Economic Stabilization Agency
Alan Valentine
Wage - Stabilization Board
Cyrus S. Ching
Valentine
E.S.A
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Truman
Valentine’s
General Motors
Ford
G. M
O’ Mahoney
Senate House Economic Committee
Stalin
Ike Warns Draft of All Our Young Men At Camp Pickett
General Eisenhower told about 20 000 troops in training at Camp Pickett that the United States may soon need to recall all capable young men for service. He spoke in uniform amid a stopover with General Mark W. Clark saying there is no peace.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Eisenhower
Mark W. Clark
Army Field Forces
Sit-Down Strike Halts Engine Plant for Centurion Tank
In Birmingham on December 8, a sit down strike by 2,000 workers stopped production at a factory building engines for Britain's new 50 ton Centurion tank.
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Birmingham
Eng
Britain
Marion Girl Critical After Gas Poisoning in Car
A 13 year old Marion girl Wanda Butts Short remained in critical condition after carbon monoxide poisoning in a parked car with 17 year old David Lee Sneed who was found dead in the Marion service station driveway. Coroner’s jury ruled Sneed’s death accidental from carbon monoxide poisoning. Station operator C V Ridgley testified he discovered the pair about 6 20 a m and tapped Sneed awake through a three inch window opening.
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Marion
Herrin Hospital
Wanda Butts Short
David Lee Sneed
Sneed
C. V. Ridgley
Ridgley
Kenneth Edwards
Edwards
John Dungey
Texas
Arkansas
Korea
Drifts Strand Upstate Autos By the Score
Snowdrifts up to 10 feet stranded hundreds of motorists across northern Illinois. State police and snow crews battled to free motorists in Will, Cook, Grundy, LaSalle, Kankakee, Kendall and Livingston counties as five inches fell with winds to 35 mph.
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Chicago
Illinois
Highway Department
Will
Cook
Grundy
LaSalle
Kankakee
Kendall
Livingston
Chiang Kai-shek urges invasion to alter Korean situation
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek advocates an invasion of mainland China by anti Communist troops from Formosa. He said coordinated action with United Nations naval and air forces would trigger a concerted reaction from 1,500,000 Chinese guerrillas.
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New York
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Formosa
Robert Montgomery
United Nations
Threat of Red Sabotage Prompts U S Industry Guard Push
Officials warn nationwide defense plants face lax security with several glaring gaps. A cross region survey in the past 10 days found unguarded windows and fences, vulnerable conduits, storm sewers, and open river access. Details withheld for security.
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Midwest
Ice Testing Boys Drown in Pond With Their Dog
Two brothers Alfred and Arthur Mandeville aged 20 and 17 died after venturing onto a small pond in St. Louis county to test the ice for a skating party. Their bodies, found under the ice about 50 feet from a jagged hole, were entangled with their dog. The 14 foot deep pond broke around the hole as they tried to escape.
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St. Louis
St. Louis County
Army Cancels Christmas furlough for trainees
The Army cancelled a general 10 day Christmas furlough for soldiers in training camps. Training will continue through the holiday season at all camps in the United States except Christmas and New Year’s Day. Commanders may grant leave to men who can be spared to go home.
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Washington
United States
Army
Pipeline Job Shut Down in Illinois Section
Midwestern Constructors halted work on the 30 inch Texas to Chicago gas line for winter. About 100 workers sent home until March while equipment is stored at Du Quin and a standby office remains. Roughly 27 miles laid since work began near Grand Tower on the Illinois leg worth 20 million dollars.
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Illinois
Chicago
Midwestern Constructors, Inc
du Quin
John Work
Grand Tower
du Quoin
Weather Summary for Crab Orchard La Area
Cloudy with warmer trend into night and Saturday. Night low 15 to 20, Saturday high 30 to 40. Thru today morning 8 a.m. to 7 a.m. yesterday rainfall 0 inches. Wind averaged 2.7 mph over 24 hours. Crab Orchard Lake 10 inches below spillway, Little Grassy Lake 13 feet below spillway yesterday.
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Crab Orchard la
Little Grassy Lake
Manpower Shortage Warned By State Draft Director
Col. Paul Armstrong warned that manpower is critical with only about 1.5 million of 9 to 25 year olds available to boost the armed forces from 1.7 million toward a 3 million goal. He spoke at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and Marion courthouse as draft boards target 22 year olds and consider adjusting age limits and universal service for 18 year olds. General Eisenhower and Harvard President James Conant support strong action including no deferments for college students.
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Paul Armstong
Armstrong
Pickett
Armed Services
James Bryant Conent
Harvard University
Conant
Col. Armstrong
Marion and
Carbondale
Selective Service
Peter F
Martin
R. F. Turnbull
W. E. Jones
Pravda Calls Punishment for Truman MacArthur Harriman
Pravda charges capitalist nations spread feverish war propaganda and names President Truman General MacArthur and W Averell Harriman as central figures in promoting the crime. The Moscow based paper urges punishment for those responsible for the propaganda campaign.
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Moscow
Pravda
United States
Communist Party
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
W. Averell Harriman
Area Roads Still Open In Snow Storm
Snow and ice packed Southern Illinois roads remained open but slippery. State police at DuQuoin warned motorists to stay off unless trips are urgent. In the northeast, many roads were impassable with one way traffic in spots. several U S highways and state routes were listed as blocked or restricted from Morris to the Indiana line.
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William Morris
District 5
Morris
Joliet
Aurora
Decatur
Illinois
du Quin
State Highway Division
U. S
Chenoa
Forrest
Fairbury
Gardner
Midwest Snow Storms Batter East and Midwest Cities
A massive midwest snowstorm dumped up to 44 inches in northern Michigan and 32 inches in Duluth while Minneapolis and St Paul reported piling snow. Gale winds swept across Pennsylvania New York West Virginia Maryland and into New England causing power outages and downed trees. Ohio faced an icing coating and river flood threats eased as colder air moved in.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Duluth
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Pennsylvania
New York
West Virginia
Virginia
Maryland
New England
Michigan
Erie
Lake Ontario
Ohio
Cincinnati
State
Ohio River
Franklin County Bans Slot Machines at Clubs
Franklin county bars all slot machines in social and fraternal clubs starting Sunday. County officials Ben ton State's Attorney Joseph Hickman and Sheriff Willard Day announce confiscation and prosecution for violations as several new clubs seek charters and rumors link fronts to syndicates.
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Franklin County
Benton
Joseph Hickman
Willard Day
Hickman and Day
Hiskman
Day
Ban on Trade With Red Orbit Targets Communist China and Soviet Europe
The Commerce Department barred American ships and planes from carrying strategic materials to Communist China and to the Soviet bloc in Europe. The ban, effective immediately, covers weapons, fissionable and other strategic goods between any two points outside the United States and extends to shipments via Hong Kong and Macao to block diversion into China. China shipments now require licenses, which are not granted. non strategic goods to the Soviet bloc remain unaffected. Senator Burnet Maybank announced the move after consulting with Secretary Sawyer.
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Washington
Commerce Department
China
Soviet
Europe
United States
Hong Kong
Macao
Sen. Burnet R. Maybank
D-S.c
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Knetzer Divorce Granted to Dolores in Edwardsville
Court records release shows Dolores Knetzer was granted a divorce from bankrupt auto dealer Robert L. Knetzer in Edwardsville last Friday.
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Edwardsville
Dolores Knetzer
Robert L. Knetzer
Last iFriday
Seek to Break Through Red Chinese Traps
Amid the Korean War, thousands of American and Allied troops fight to breach Chinese traps south of the Chengjin reservoir and reach Hungnam on the Sea of Japan. Chinese forces press near Koto airstrip threatening to cut off escape routes as naval officers confer offshore.
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Tokyo
Japan
Koto
Sea of Japan
Hungnam
Korea
Eighth Army
U. S
U.S
Chengjin Reservoir
Hamhung
Changjin
U. S. Seventh Division
17Th
Yalu
Red Manchuria
Collins says troops in Korea can handle themselves without further losses
Army chief of staff General J. Lawton Collins, returning from Korea, told reporters the forces there can take care of themselves with no further serious losses. He cited his inspections and talks with General Douglas MacArthur and other commanders. He noted the situation was worsened by Chinese Communist intervention but would brief the joint chiefs of staff.
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Washington
Army
Korea
J. Lawton Collins
Douglas MacArthur
Collins
Far East
Seoul
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Marion First Baptist Church
T. W. Nelson
Coal Bank
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