UN council orders cease fire and troop withdrawal in Palestine
The United Nations Security Council urged an immediate cease fire in Palestine and a pullback to old Negev truce lines. It called for armistice negotiations and wide-ranging directives on Palestine while noting Britain reported Israeli incursions into Egypt.
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Israel
Paris
United Nations Security Council
Qv Er
Egypt
Palestine
Negev
United States
Russia
Ukraine
Washington
Harold Beeley
Beeley
Cairo
el Arish
Britain
Israelis Report Capture of Auja Center in Negev Drive
Tel Aviv reports say Israeli forces seized the Auja communications hub on the Egyptian frontier and brought warships to Gaza as the Negev campaign intensified. They said Gaza remained surrounded and fighting continued near Rafah with raids and shelling ongoing.
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Tel Aviv
Auja
Negev
Gaza
Egyptan
Palestine
United Nations
Rafa
Pastor Koch Announces Special Trinity Lutheran Service
Rev. George A. Koch, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, announced a special service today. The event aims to unite the congregation and invite community members to participate in a brief worship and fellowship.
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George A. Koch
Trinity Lutheran Church
Crowds Witness Hokrashy Rites in Cairo Funeral
More than 70 000 Egyptians packed Cairo streets to honor assassinated Premier Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha. Government under Ibrahim Abdel Hadi Pasha vows crackdown on underground terrorists as Nokrashy's body rests in a mausoleum at Abbassia. Fuad University closed indefinitely to curb student agitation.
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Cairo
Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha
Ibrahim Abdel Hadi Pasha
Nokrashy
Abbassia
Vairo
Des Moines Weather: Clearing, Colder Night Then Warmer Tomorrow
Iowa forecast shows clearing skies and much colder night. Tomorrow becomes fair with rising temperatures in the north and west. Lows tonight from zero to five above in the northwest and ten to fifteen in the southeast. Highs tomorrow around 28 to 30 degrees.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Fetters Case Awaiting Washington County Decision
Des Moines December 29 UP Attorney General Robert Larson said a decision on whether Oscar Fetters should be tried for the 1914 killing rests with Washington County authorities. Fetters, released from Anamosa reformatory prison as sane, is held in the county jail awaiting ruling.
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Des Moines
Upatty
Robert Larson
Oscar Fetters
Washington
Larson
Washington County
Fetters
Anamosa Reformatory
Hugh Dougall
State Board of Psychiatrists
John C. Owen
Paul V. Shearer
Dougall
Missionaries to Stay in Peiping
Roman Catholic missionaries in Peiping will remain at their posts even if communists overrun the city. Father Harold W. Rigney said evidence from the past months shows a shift from brutality to a policy of non-interference toward missionaries, as the city lies in a no-man's-land fringe with communist forces outside.
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Peiping
China
No-Man's-Land
Harold W. Rigney
Fa Jed Catholic University
Society of the Divine Word
North China
Communion Service Set for Dec 30 at Church
The church holds a communion service on Thursday evening December 30 with Rev. Koch speaking on The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree An Earnest Call to Repentance. A communion announcement is planned at the parsonage Thursday afternoon between three and seven o'clock.
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Koch
Tax and Budget Battles for Truman 1949 Starts
Truman returns from Christmas to face a new Congress with big money questions. Tax increases and higher federal outlays loom as the 44 billion plus budget for the next year shapes up amid Hoover commission reforms and a party shift in control. Farmers and labor push for gains as Democrats take charge next week.
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Capitol
Congress
Treasury
80Th Congress
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Hoover Commission
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Democratic Congress
Missions Reports From Tsiwan and Yenchow Safe So Far
Rigny an Irishman from Chicago and former South Africa missionary relays that reports from Tsiwan and Yenchow indicate Catholic and Protestant missions have not yet been molested.
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Ference
Rigny
Chicago
South Africa
Tsiwan
Yenchow
Marine Corps League to Meet in Washington Hall
Members of the Marine Corps league in Washington will gather in city hall on Thursday evening for the December meeting. The session will include discussion of preliminary plans for the group's annual Golden Gloves tournament.
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Marine Corps League
Washington
City
Mrs. C. D. Nash Dies in Florida Missionary Widow
Mrs. C. D. Nash died November 29 in Lake Worth Florida. Burial was in Shell Rock Iowa. Survived by two daughters Marjorie and Irene, with spouses in Africa and Arizona. Rev. C. D. Nash served as pastor in West Chester from 1920, later in Oskaloosa. last visited in West Chester in August.
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C. D. Nash
Lake Worth
Fla
Shell
Truman Leaves For Washington to Organize Congress
President Truman departs Independence Mo for Washington to aid organization of the new democratic congress. He will meet with vice president elect Barkley and speaker designate Rayburn to plan the congress convening Monday and finalize the state of the union message.
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Kansas City
Truman
Washington
Independence
Fairfax
Alben W. Barkley
House
Sam Rayburn
Congress
Soviet Union
White House
Nine year old Tommy Morrison seeks return of lost billfold
Still hoping Tommy Morrison, nine, son of Mr and Mrs F D Morrison Jr, will find his black billfold lost while shopping with Christmas money from his grandfather. He believes an honest person will return it due to his Y card and identification inside.
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Tommy Morrison
F. D. Morrison, Jr
Tommy
Bilfold
Merle Simpson Speaker for Y’s Men in Houston
Merle Simpson former Y member and president of the newly formed Houston Y’s Men’s club spoke on organizing the Texas group. Keith Vetter represented the Washington club at charter ceremonies and brief remarks followed. Robert Day reminded of the open house and newcomers party at the YMCA on New Year’s Day.
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Washington Y's Men’s Club
Merle Simpson
Houston, Texas
Texas City
Keith Vetter
Washington Club
Houston
Y.M.C.A
Kalona Boy Dies In Farm Tractor Accident
Marvin Gingerich ten year old son of Mr and Mrs Paul B Gingerich died in a farmyard tractor accident near Kalona two miles east of town. He started the tractor and was thrown against a scraper blade sustaining fatal chest wounds. Funeral at Fairview Mennonite church and burial in Gingerich cemetery. Survivors include parents a twin brother Marlin Ray four brothers and four sisters.
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Kalona
Marvin Gingerich
Paul B. Gingerich
Fairview Mennonite
Marlin Ray
Dan J. Gingerich
Oba Miller
Gingerich
Cardinal Mindzenty Arrest Sparks U S Protest
Acting Secretary of State Lovett condemned the arrest of Joseph Cardinal Mindzenty as part of a prolonged series of oppressive Hungarian actions against religious and personal freedoms. He called the charges patently false and warned the move would shape free nations' views of Hungary.
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Washington
Robert A. Lovett
Joseph Cardinal Mindzenty
Lovett
Hungary
North Central states hit by heavy snowstorm and travel peril
A severe blizzard drove 50 mph winds across Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas. Eight to 15 inches fell near Rochester Minnesota, halting flights as roads became impassable. Nebraska dispatched 350 repair crews to fix 300 telephone breaks leaving 46 towns without service. The system, traced from California, headed toward Chicago then the St. Lawrence valley with Lake warnings issued. Salt Lake City recorded a record 15 inches on the ground.
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Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Kan
Rochester
Minn
U. S
North Pacific
California
Rocky Mountains
Plains
Chicago
St. Lawrence Valley
Plan to Welcome Rescued Fliers
Washington reports the air force will stage a hero’s welcome in New York City for 12 fliers rescued from a Greenland ice cap. They will receive at least 24 hours rest in Greenland before potential return to the United States. seven were stranded since December 9 on a 7700 foot plateau, five more joined later, and a C-47 with skis and rockets finally rescued them.
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Washington
Air Force
New York City
Greenland
United States
New York Housing Outbreak Spurs Rickettsialpox Naming
The United States Public Health Service isolates a new rickettsial disease from a New York City housing development and assigns it the provisional name rickettsialpox.
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New York City
United States Public Health Service
Cardinal’s Arrest Cited as Step in Hungary Crisis
The cardinal’s arrest is described as part of an unhappy chain of events that began with the Communist seizure of power in Hungary, turning peace into an aspiration rather than a reality and marking another setback in world peace efforts.
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Hungary
Snowplows Clear Blocked Roads Across Northwest Iowa
Des Moines dispatch reports heavy snow and wind closing roads in northwest Iowa with six inch falls. Highways near Red Oak and Toledo are nearly impassable or hazardous while districts elsewhere show snow packed and ice on protected stretches. Bus schedules shifted as some Minneapolis to Des Moines trips were delayed at Mason City.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Red Oak
Union
Minneapolis
Mason City
State Highway Patrol
Cedar Rapids
Toledo
West Liberty
Fire Destroys Cafe at Kalona
Fire destroyed Ken's Place, a Kalona cafe on Highway 1 West, at 5 30 this morning. Kalona fire department saved Trusler's service station next door. loss estimated at $8 000. Building 24 by 36 feet, frame and cement block construction. Cause of the fire is under investigation.
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Kalona
Ken
Trusler
Snowfall Here Is Four Inches
Four inches of snow in Washington, atop .60 inches of rain from Tuesday, left city streets packed and slippery at noon. Most roads were passable despite strong morning winds, above freezing temperatures aided highway crews, and the predicted temperature drop had not yet arrived.
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Washington
Break-in Reported At Humble Produce Plant
Sheriff Putnam and city police investigate a break in at the Humble Produce building 106 West Seconds. Night watchman Jack Creech found a torn wire screen. thieves likely scared off by the dogs barking. No loot reported. a separate car break in on Washington Street yielded nothing stolen.
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Putnam
Humble Produce
106 West Seconds
Jack Creech
Humble
Marion Nickerson
Washington Street
Boy fires rifle. squirrel dies and injures bystander
In Burlington Vermont a 13 year old boy Maurice Brown fired at a squirrel. The shot killed the animal and pierced the wall of Ewin Bowley's home. It injured Dana Warby who was repairing a wall plug, and the bullet dropped to the kitchen floor.
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Burlington, Vt
Maurice Brown
Ewin Bowley
Dana Warby
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