Troops Break Out of Pinned Positions Near Kotori
Fifteen thousand encircl ing marines and infantrymen broke from Hagara and pressed south toward Kotori as 5,000 more men held the village seven miles south. A British commando and U S troops joined the 1st Marine Division racing along a snowbound road south of Chosin Reservoir. The Eighth Army north of the 38th parallel halted and counterattacked Chinese forces moving south from Pyongyang while Seoul refugees fled toward Pusan.
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Tokyo
Hagara
7Th Infantry Division
1St Marine Division
Chosin Reservoir
Kotori
Hagaru
U.S. 8Th Army
38Th Parallel
Pyongyang
Eighth Army
Sut
Seoul
Sath
Pusan
Y's Men Hear World Slides Program By Mrs Sheldon
Mrs Richard Sheldon presented a program at the Y s Men regular meeting showing color slides and movies from various parts of the world. Dunham Morrison YMCA president praised the club for painting the hallway and community room and plans were announced for painting the downstairs lobbies soon.
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Richard Sheldon
YMCA
Dunham Morrison
Club
Four Steele brothers tied to hunting accident injures
Injured Lee Steele of Gladbrook brought down four with one shot on a hunting trip. While loading game into a truck his shotgun dropped and sprayed Francis Frank Harry and Gene Steele. Francis was the most seriously hurt and was taken to the hospital.
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Lee Steele
Gladbrook
Lee
Francis
Frank
Harry
Gene Steele
Baptist Men’s Group Hears Harold Cumming
The Baptist Church Men’s Brotherhood held its monthly meeting in the church dining room. President Robert Nicola introduced guest speaker Harold Cumming of McCleery Cumming Calendar Co who discussed his trip through European countries. An informal discussion followed and the social committee served refreshments. Special prayers were offered for Rev. J. A. Cochran hospitalized and for all men serving in the military.
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Men's Brotherhood of the Baptist Church
Robert Nicola
Harold Cumming
McCleery Cumming Calendar Company
A. J. Votruba
Richard Weeks
Woodrow Crone
The
Brotherhood
J. A. Cochran
University Hospital
Defendant Favored By District Court Ruling
The district court denied the plaintiff William S Eldridge relief in the case against Schuyler W Livingston trustee of the David McLaughlin Trust. The petition was dismissed and the plaintiff enjoined from interfering with the Canada real estate and ordered to remove a caveat from land records. An appeal was filed by the plaintiff.
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William S. Eldridge
Schuyler W. Livingston
District Court
S. W. Livingston
David McLaughlin Trust
Jail Trust
Canada
Land Records of
High School Band Delights Crowd In Concert Night
A large crowd gathered at the Washington high school auditorium for a concert by the instrumental department led by Melvin Hit. The program featured a trombone trio and guest Kelona high school members, with Andy Hayter assisting as conductor for one piece while Merrill Brown could not attend. the event kicked off a five concert series by local students. Nepal is described as a buffer state between India and Tibet and about 500 miles long and 100 miles wide.
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Washington High School
Melvin
Kelona High School
Merrill Brown
Sigourney
Andy Hayter
Nepal
India
Tibet
Des Moines Blastlevelled Green Colonial Furnace Co Building
An explosion and fire wrecked the Green Colonial Furnace Co storage building and showroom in downtown Des Moines. The blast, likely caused by gas in the basement, cleared the first floor and collapsed upper floors as typewriters, chairs, desks, and files were hurled into the street. the fire burned about four hours with traffic rerouted nearby.
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Des Moines
Green Colonial Furnace Co
Women Physician Free On $40,000 Bond
Dr Nancy Campbell an obstetrician is free on 40000 bond after pleading innocent to kidnapping a nine year old girl. She was captured as she reached for ransom near the Allen Stamm estate and later confessed she kidnapped Linda Stamm for money. Linda was found bound and drugged in the car and has recovered.
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Santa
Nancy Campbell
Campbell
Allen
Dr. Campbell
Foresee Steel Rationing Soon
Washington reports civilians face cuts in steel supplies as defense needs drive rationing plans. A closed door meeting between top steel executives and the national production authority outlined conservation measures and a big impact on civilian goods. Details on timing and scale remain unsettled as NPR plans to assemble steel experts to aid planning. Cuts already hit aluminum copper nickel and zinc to support the arms program.
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Washington
Defense
National Production Authority
NPR
Des Moines Firm Buys Ottumwa Water Bonds
Des Moines based Carlton D. Beh Co won a $405000 Ottumwa water works improvement bond issue in competitive bidding. The bid paid 2 percent interest plus a $2151 premium. The firm also represented White Phillips Co and Vieth Duncan and Wood of Davenport in the transaction.
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Ottumwa
Carleton D. Beh Co
Des Moines
Ottumwa Waterworks Board
White-Phillips Co
Vieth, Duncan and Wood
Davenport
Dr L L Dunnington To Speak At High School
Pastor Dr L L Dunnington of the First Methodist Church in Iowa City will address the high school Thursday night. He opens a four part Community Forum series planned for this winter.
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L. L. Dunnington
First Methodist Church
Iowa City
Dr. Dunnington
China may halt troops at the 38th parallel in Korea
A diplomatic official said Sir Benegal Rau’s appeal to Red China to stop at the old boundary suggests Peiping may accept. Optimism rose as Truman and Attlee planned meetings while Nehru urged a cease fire and a demilitarized zone. UN forces face heavy Chinese pressure in a critical crisis.
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China
38Th
Washington
Korea
Benegal Rau
United Nations
Red China
North
South Korea
Peiping
Attlee
Truman
Jawarharlal Nehru
New Delhi
Nehru
United States
Britain
Russia
Vishinsky
Moscow
Peking
India
Snow Removal Crews Begin Work Thursday in City Square
City Street Commissioner Bart Little announced snow removal crews will start Thursday morning if snow stops. Merchants and shoppers are asked to refrain from parking on or near the square sidewalks Thursday morning, though park-adjacent and center parking zones won’t interfere with the operation.
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City Street
Bart Little
Alfred T Erickson of Washington Dies at 65
Alfred T. Erickson 65 of 67 South Ninth Avenue died Tuesday morning at a Burlington hospital after two years of poor health. He had lived in Washington since 1932 and owned the Washington Portable Mill until retirement two years ago. Funeral and burial will be in New London. Survived by wife two sons two sisters four brothers and a granddaughter.
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Alfred T. Erickson
South Ninth Avenue
Burlington Hospital
Mr. Erickson
New London
Erickson
Washington
Funeral Rites Held for Mattie Shoemaker
Funeral services were conducted at 2 PM Tuesday at Sherman funeral home with Rev. T. C. Polk presiding. Pallbearers named were Manton Hebner Charles Anderson J. J. McCreedy and Palmer Schilling.
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Mattie Shoemaker
Sherman Funeral Home
Rev
T. C. Polk
Manton Hebner
Charles Anderson
J. J. McCreedy
Palmer Schilling
Emmetsburg Girl Six Is Accidentally Shot
Six year old De lores Pugsley of Emmetsburg was in critical condition in a local hospital after shotgun wounds at a Cylinder farm home. Authorities said the gun discharged while her cousin Charles Gagen, 17, was cleaning it. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Claude Pugsley.
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Emmetsburg
Delores Pugsley
Cylinder
Charles Gagen
Claude Pugsley
Vishinsky Attacks MacArthur at UN on Korea Aid
Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky accused supporters of halting at the 38th parallel of backing MacArthur and the war in Korea. He cited the 13 Asian and Arab nations calling for restraint as a sign of potential Moscow Beijing rift. Also noted: snowfalls in the area and funeral rites for David Donald McLaughlin in Sherman.
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Lake
Andrei V. Vishinski
United Nations
China
MacArthur
North Korea
General Assembly
Douglas MacArthur
David
Goliath
Four-Degree Low Recorded In Washington Weather
Following a midwest trend the temperature fell to four degrees above zero in Washington last night according to official records.
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Midwest
Washington
Methodists to Attend Mass Meeting Sunday
Iowa Methodists plan a statewide mass meeting Sunday December 10 at 3 30 p m in local churches. Rev Claude Cooper of Muscatine will preside and Dr Claude Temple of Peoria Illinois will be the guest speaker. A choir of 200 to 300 voices will sing as Bishop Charles Brashares speaks by radio telephone to all groups.
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Claude Cooper
First Methodist Church
Muscatine
Claude Temple
Peoria
Ill
Charles Brashares
Methodist Churches of
Iowa
God
Snowfall for Des Moines Up Areas Likely Through Thursday
Weather bulletin notes continued snow in eastern and central Iowa with heavy accumulations likely in central and east portions tonight and Thursday. Flurries along extreme west. cold and windy with drifting snow. temperatures -5 to 10 rises to 15 to 25 across regions. outlook partly cloudy and warmer Friday morning around 10 above. Northwesterly winds 15-25 mph this afternoon, diminishing by Thursday.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Old Man Winter Dumps Snow Across Midwest and Plains
Snowstorms blanketed nearly half a million square miles from the Great Lakes to Arkansas and from Iowa to Ohio. Temperatures plunged to 27 below zero in Colorado and 24 below in North Dakota as trains and flights slowed and power failures hit Minnesota. Forecasters warned of more snow with up to seven inches in the Midwest and Ohio Valley, while floods displaced hundreds in the Ohio Valley.
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United Press
Fraser
Colo
Jamestown
N. C
Amarillo
Texas Panhandle
Rockies
Great Plains
Ohio
Canada
Arkansas
Ilinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wiseconsin
Ohio-Pennsylvania- West Virginia
Land o'Lakes
Wis
Minneapolis
Rio Grande Valley
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
World Outlook Darkening On Eve of December 7
Memorable date recalled as Pearl Harbor anniversary. article weighs risks in Korea and Asia and MacArthur’s role in past triumphs and future caution. References U.S. wartime heroics and strategic shifts from Bataan to Inchon and Pyongyang.
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United Press
Pearl Harbor
Korea
Tokyo
Manila
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
United States
Mrs Charles Leonard Delivers Octuplets by Caesarean
Boston reports Mrs Charles Leonard has eight healthy children born by Caesarean section. The mother and all babies are stated to be in good condition. The remarkable multiple birth draws attention to the family's medical history and hospital care.
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Boston
Charles Leonard
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