Allied Army Opens New Year in Korea With Counterattack
Allied forces began 1951 with renewed counterattacks against Communist positions on the western front in Korea. US and UN units pressed from dawn as battles for the height in no man’s land near Korangpo continued, with casualties reported as relatively light for the day. Temperatures remained frigid and fighting centered on hill positions near Panmunjo and the contested heights northwest of Seoul.
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Allied Army
Korea
United Nations
No Man's Land
Korangpo
Seoul
Des Moines Man Held on Wife Murder Charge
DES MOINES DES MOINES Walker 49 held in Polk County Jail without bond to await grand jury action on a murder charge in the shooting of his estranged wife Beatries at her mother in law's home in Oralabor. He waived a preliminary hearing and was bound over. The shooting followed a quarrel over her waitress work. Mrs Walker died en route to Broadlawns hospital.
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Des Moines
Lane
Walker
Roy Burman
Mamie Firth
Broadlawns General Hospital
Legion Post to Hold Regular Meeting Tuesday
Members of the Leon Beaty American Legion post will meet Tuesday evening in the action rooms at City Hall. All members are urged to attend.
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Leon Beaty American Legion Post
Tecion
City Hall
Watch Night Communion Service Planned at Local Methodist Church
The Methodist church will hold its annual watch night communion tonight at 11:15 p.m. in the church sanctuary. The service will be candlelit and open to the public.
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Methodist Church
YMCA League Tonight Canceled. Games Set for Wednesday
No games tonight in the YMCA independent basketball league. Wednesday schedule features YMCA vs West Chester, Snack Shack vs Ainsworth, and Troop vs Independents with three matchups listed.
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Ymca Independent Basketball League
YMCA
West Chester
Snack Shack
Ainsworth
Troop
Independents
Closet hanger with washable quilted pocket panels
A hanger designed with washable plastic quilted pockets on both sides. It stores shoes handbags slippers and other small items, freeing closet space and organizing accessories efficiently.
No Progress On Truce In Korea
United Nations and Communist negotiators met on New Year’s Day 1951 in Panmunjom and remained deadlocked over prisoner issues and armistice enforcement. The talks opened with subcommittee sessions at 4 p.m. local time as U N officials pressed for information on about 10 000 Allied captives and demanded a ban on constructing new air fields as a condition for any armistice.
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Panmunaionm
Korea
Thesday
United Nations
Ruthven KE. Libby
U.N. Command
U.N
Dan Murphy to Speak at Farm Bureau Dinner
Dan Murphy publicity director for the Iowa Farm Bureau will be the principal speaker at the Washington County Farm Bureau membership kickoff dinner. The event is Monday January 7 at 7 pm at the YMCA, with 175 of 180 volunteers expected to attend as kick off for a drive toward 1,426 member families, a county high. Captains including Leslie Bell and J F Litwiller will divide duties that evening. Washington County aims to surpass 1951 totals and help reach the 1952 county and state goals.
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Dan Murphy
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Washington County Farm Bureau
YMCA
Walter Gardner
Earl Booth
Woo
Leslie Bell
J. F. Litwiller
Allen Snyder
Paul Beard
Melo Janecek
Willard Palmer
Harvey Holden
Bill Crayne
Raymond Sojka
Wayne Knupp
Keith Stewart
Robert Darbyshire
Lavina Schantz Injured When Car Leaves Highway 92
Lavina Schantz was taken to Washington county hospital Saturday night for treatment of injuries after the car she rode in left the road at the West Chester corner on highway 92. She was released from the hospital Sunday.
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Lavina Schantz
Washington County Hospital
West Chester
Highway 92
Hat Lover Buys Tickets for Extra Seat at Game
A Bellaire fan buys two tickets for the Bellaire Moundsville high school game saying the extra seat is for his hat. The remark highlights quirky fan devotion amid the gridiron event.
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Bellaire
bellaire-Moundsville
Services for Cpl Wayne Neiewanner Held Wednesday
Funeral services for Cpl Wayne Neiewanner will be held Wednesday at the Fairbanks funeral home in Muscatine with burial at Andalusia Illinois. The VFW will have charge of grave side services. He is the son of Dan Neiewanner of Columbus Junction and was killed in action in North Korea on September 13. He went overseas in January 1951 after training at Camp Atterbury Indiana. The body arrived in San Francisco December 15. Survivors include his father two brothers Pvt Tra Neiewanner of Camp Carson Arthur Neiewanner and four sisters Mabel Sophia Mrs Charles Harris and Mrs Walter Hargrave.
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Coast Guard
Cleveland
Lake Erie
Joseph Mull, Jr
John
Florence K. Mull
Joseph
Stephen
Columbus Junction
Wayne Neiewanner
Fairbanks
Muscatine
Andalusia
Illinois
VEFW
Cpl
Neiewanner
Dan Nelewanner
North Korea
Camp Atterbury
Ind
San Francisco
Pvttra Neiewanner
Camp Carson, Colo
Arthur Neiewanner
Mabel
Sophia Neiewanner
Charles Harris
Walter Hargrave
Packinghouse Union Considers National Strike Action
The Clo united packinghouse workers union calls a national conference in Chicago with about 250 members from the executive board and 150 locals to discuss wage disputes and possible strike dates against packers. Ralph Helstein may set the strike date if needed.
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Chicago
Clo United Packinghouse Workers Union
UPW
Ralph Helstein
AFL Meat Cutters
Swift and Co
Helstein
Weather May Raise Holiday Traffic Toll Across Nation
A mass of cold snowy weather spreads from Canada into Montana and the Dakotas and moves eastward, threatening slippery travel as homeward trips begin. Forecasters warn the four day New Year holiday could see up to 350 traffic deaths.
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Pam
Pennsylvania
Arizona
Texas
Canada
Montana
Dakotas
Wyoming
Nebraska
Midwest
National Safety Council
Death of Virgil C. Rosenbaum in Denver Colorado
Relatives report Virgil C. Rosenbaum died Sunday December 30 in Denver Colorado from a heart attack. He was at home with his wife Mildred Brock Rosenbaum surviving. home address listed as 27525 West 24th Ave Denver Colorado 11.
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Virgil C. Rosenbaum
Denver
Colorado
Rosenbaum
Mildred Brock
West 24Th Ave
Denver 11
Funeral services for Samuel Israel held at Jones Funeral Home
Funeral services for Samuel Israel were held Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home with Dr. C. R. Reed presiding. The Wellman Americana Legion oversaw grave side rites at Elm Grove Cemetery. Pallbearers included Palmer Babcock Earnest Ferguson Boyd Emde Merle Enfield A. J. Kehoe Charles Durian and Ned Wahl.
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Samuel
Israel
Jones Funeral Home
C. R. Reed
Wellman Americana Legion
Elm Grove
Palmer Babcock
Earnest Ferguson
Boyd Emde
Merle Enfield
A. J. Kehoe
Charles Durian
Ned Wahl
Four Planes Missing With 76 Passengers Still Unfound
Mrs.Howard Caldwell catalogs a 2000 plus Christmas card collection built in 24 years of marriage. Cards dated from 1912 to present include from World Wars and Korea, with notes from relatives like Rev.Walter Scranton and Will Scranton. The exhibit traces global greetings and memories from friends across decades.
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Howard Caldwell
Mrs. Caldwell
Caldwells
Search Continues for Crashes Involving 76 on Four Planes
United Press reports search planes over the Allegheny range, Arizona, and California for four missing aircraft with 76 aboard. One C-47 carrying 27 people went down in Arizona, including 19 West Point cadets. A second C-46 vanished from Pittsburgh to Buffalo, and a third craft unreported since Wednesday flew Spokane to Fairfield. Weather cleared after days of rain and 100 planes joined the hunt. An F-51 single seater is also missing between Phoenix and El Paso. A Florida beach sighting of a large two engine plane offshore could not be substantiated.
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Allegheny Mountains
Arizona Desert
California
Arizona
Hamilton Air Force Base
West Point
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
Canada
Spokane
Wash
Fairfield
Calif
Phoenix
el Paso
Tex
Florida
Wabasso Beach
Fla
Coast Guard
Artezona
Williams Air Force Base
March
Leonard Kerr
Bronze Age Spears Found Near Minos Palace Site
Bronze age battle spears still sharp after 35 500 years were found near Knossos Crete by bulldozers clearing a site for a sanctuary being built by Cretan Americans. The tombs of Minoan warriors yielded spear heads swords daggers bronze helmets and pottery after an entrance collapse revealed the trove.
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Knossos
Crete
Palace
Minos
Sant Corium
Two Iowa men face OUI charges after Sunday arrest
Melvin D. Cox of Ainsworth and Thomas W. Kelly of Washington were arrested Sunday by the Iowa highway patrol and are to be arraigned on charges of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.
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Melvin D. Cox
Ainsworth
Thomas W. Kelly
Washington
Iowa Highway ,Patrol
Ready To Collect County 1952 Taxes
County treasurer WwW Kk Howell says 1952 personal and property taxes will be accepted starting Wednesday morning. County auditor Fred Bourgeois reports total 1 631957.46 in taxes of all kinds to be collected in 1952. Des Moines notes Iowa will see a record tax intake with 1851 special taxes at 174514 and 9 204757 above 1950. Seven special taxes set new records including gasoline tax motor vehicle fees and income tax.
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Kk. Howell
Washington County
Fred Bourgeois
Aud Tor
Des Moines
Iowa
J. KE. Baillie
York County
M.L. Abrahamson
Penny Post Card Era Ends With Two Cent Cards
Washington reports that at midnight the penny postcard becomes a two cent card under new federal law. The price hike affects delivery rules, volume discounts, and related rates for special delivery, registration, insurance, and collect-on-delivery services.
Most Stores to Close On New Year’s Day
Washington shoppers will see most stores closed on New Year’s Day with few remaining open for limited hours. The Evening Journal publishes at noon Tuesday as in past years.
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Evening Journal
Eight More Iowans Die In Accidents
Weekend traffic toll in Iowa rose to 618 for 1951, the highest annual total on record. Four family members died when their car was struck by a Rock Island freight train near Palo, as authorities push the state drive right campaign with a deadline at midnight tomorrow.
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United Press
Iowa
Rock Island
Palo
Cedar Rapids
Robert Kennedy
Urbana Farm
Charlene
Bobby 4
Shirley
Linn County
Robert Brosh
Omer Wagner Leases Local Service Station
Omer Wagner has leased the Skipton Standard Service at 1421 East Washington and renames it Wagner's Standard Service. Wagner takes possession now while Mr Skipton runs the Snack Bar at the Melo dy Lane Bowling Alleys.
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Omer Wagner
East
Washington
Wagner
Skipton
Melody Lane
Mills Nash
Fenn
Roy Wihson
Duncan Fined $300 for Driving While Impaired
Gene C. Duncan appeared before Judge R G Yoder today on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and was fined 300 dollars plus costs.
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Gene C. Duncan
R. G. Yoder
Acheson Warns Korea Duty Not Yet Done
Secretary of State Dean Acheson told the Jewish war veterans the Korea job is far from finished and prisoners must be released. He warned against any settlement rewarding aggression and said US strength remains central to world peace as he received the 1961 gold medal of merit.
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Korea
Acheson New
York
Dean Acheson
United Nations
Acheson
Republic of Korea
U. S
United States
Weather for Des Moines Iowa Snow and Colder Ahead
Des Moines IA weather update shows snow spreading from the west to the east with drizzle or fog in the northeast this afternoon. Moderate snow west and heavy snow northeast with mixed precipitation southeast tonight, forecasts of 2-3 inches northwest and up to 8 inches northeast, colder tonight and diminishing snow Tuesday with much colder temperatures and daytime highs around 15 to 35.
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Des Moines
Iowa
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Villace
Panmunjo
Legion Meeting
Howard Turner
Turner
Reds
Chang Chun San Promptiny
PCON
Farm Bureau
Denver, Colo
DMVE
Franklin
Jefferson
Jay Brown
Congress
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