Israel Moves Toward Cease Fire Talks in Palestine
Israel announced agreement to Egyptian cease fire request and armistice talks but fighting continued in the Negev until Egypt confirms. Egyptian proposal through the U N to halt fighting and negotiate an armistice if Jews cease fire by 2 p m. Israel says cease fire should start within days. Britain cites air force growth with 114 planes from Czechoslovakia.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Palestine
Egypt
United Nations
United Nations Security Council
London
Whitehall
Bgypt
Beersheba
Cairo
Sokesman
Czechoslovakia
Hungarians Flee to West Germany
Twenty of 25 aboard a Maszovlet Dakota secretly fled Hungary and landed at Riem airport in the American zone of Germany. The craft carried 21 passengers and four crew, with ten men among those aboard. five passengers claimed no knowledge of the escape plans and wished to return to Budapest.
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Munich
Germany
Hungary
Riem
Pecs
Budapest
Maszovlet
Autos Collide Here Wednesday Evening
Snow and ice on Washington streets caused a minor wreck at North Fourth Avenue and East Sixth Street Wednesday. Sherwood S. DeForest of Ames and Rodney L. Davisson of route two Wellman collided. DeForest’s car valued at $50 damage and Davisson’s at $100. No injuries were reported.
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Washington
North Fourth Avenue
East Sixth Street
Sherwood 5S
DeForest of
Ames
Rodney L. Davisson
Route Two
Wellman
Davisson
Two Iowans Die In Highway Accidents
In Muscatine a 60 year old tavern operator William Figg died after his 1948 Cadillac skidded on ice and struck a light pole. In Spencer Norman Broadwell from Ruthven was killed when a car went out of control on highway 18 eight miles west of town. another passenger Floyd Smith was hospitalized with injuries.
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Muscatine
William Figg
Iowa
Spencer
Norman Broadwell
Ruthven
Here
Floyd Smith
Citrus Farmers Face Huge Loss in California Freeze
Los Angeles reports a record cold snap causing extensive citrus crop damage. Farmers say the southern California loss could top 60 million dollars, with a potential 200 million dollar crop salvage effort amid rising fruit and vegetable prices.
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Los Angeles
California
Southland
Group seeks new homes abroad amid escape plan
A spokesman said a group consisting of women and two teenage girls planned to leave and seek new homes in the United States Australia or South America. The plan was formed a year ago and was not tied to the arrest of Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty by the Hungarian government.
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United States
Australia
South America
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
Government plans huge storage system for grain stockpiles
Washington reports the Truman administration is rushing a three pronged plan to expand government grain storage. Proposals include loans to expand farmer owned bins, construction of government bins in grain regions, and elevators near coasts to back price support programs. The move aims to counter price depressing surpluses and secure stockpiles for shortages.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Congress
Truman
Republican-Con
Commodity Credit Corp
State of the Union
Will Petition Court for Rehearing on Iowa Tax Credit Law
Dubuque reports a second rehearing request to challenge the Iowa agricultural land tax credit law. Laura Dickinson and the Dubuque district court rulings are central as the Iowa Supreme Court weighs the constitutionality. Febrile refund figures and county allocations follow, with county taxpayers expected to bear a share of the credits.
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Will
Iowa
Dubuque
Iowa Supreme Court
Martin M. Cooner
Laura Dickinson
Cooney
Des Moines
Ray Johnson
Supreme Court
Johnson
Sun Fo Cabinet Seeks Peace Tactics Amid Communist Talks
Chinese premier Sun Fo convened an emergency Nationalist session to press peace terms on the communists. The government rejects the prior broadcast as not official and surveys plans to win the Communists over, with field commanders such as Hankow’s Pai Chiang Shi showing polite insubordination.
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Nanking
Sun Fo
Chiang Kai-Shek
Hankow
Pai Chiang-Shi
Chiang
Draft to take 180 in Iowa this month
Des Moines reports about 180 Iowans will be drafted this month and sent to Fort Leavenworth Kansas for induction. Brig. Gen. Charles Grahl says the national call was cut from 350 to 180, matching the November figure, with calls between January 18 and 28.
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Des Moines
Des Moines Iowa Weather Report Jan 6
Des Moines area fair and slightly warmer tonight and tomorrow with highs around 35 to 40 today and 38 to 42 tomorrow. Tonight's low 22 to 28. Yesterday's high 34 and low not shown in fragment.
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Des Moines
Interim Group In Final Meet
The Iowa legislative interim committee stayed in Des Moines for its final session to draft a bill creating a job classification system for state employes and approved a subcommittee plan for a classification council under the state executive council. It also approved a $10,000 loan to the veterans bonus board and rejected a $40,000 request for the Cold Springs project.
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Des Moines
Jen
Iowa Legislative Interim Committee
Veterans Bonus Board
State Conservation Commission
Cold Springs
Cass County
GOP
Military shift in China reorganizes Chiang's front lines
Reports say Pai with drew troops from Pengpu to Han kow, repositioned units from Hankow south of the Yangtze, and assumed command of armies reassigned from Szechuan Province by Chiang. The moves affect the Pengpu front and overall force distribution.
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Pai
Hankow
Pengpu
Yangtze River
Szechuan
Chiang
Many Iowa Veterans Pay Off VA Loans
In Des Moines 3,056 World War II veterans have repaid $9,476,118 on GI loans for homes farms or businesses. Of these, 1,495 loans were for houses 866 for businesses and 695 for farms. The 10 year limit applies to nonreal estate business loans while home loans run 25 years and farm loans 40 years.
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Des Moines
Jan
Veterans Administration
Walter T. Robinson
Iowa
Robinson
Young Turks In Committee Posts Named To Key GOP Panels
Senate Republicans announced a silent reshuffle placing about one third of appointments on the GOP policy committee and the committee on committees. Eugene D. Millikin said six policy members and all second group members were approved without debate. New policy members include Bridges, Corden, Ives, Hickenlooper, Smith, and Vandenberg. Taft, Wherry, Saltonstall, Young, and Millikin retain roles from prior elections. Ives, Saltonstall, and Young were part of the insurgent bloc that challenged Taft’s leadership last week.
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Washington
Senate
Committee On Committees
Eugene D. Millikin
Colo
Styles Bridges
N. H
Guy Corden
Ore
Irving M. Ives
N. Y
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Margaret Chase Smith
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
Robert A. Taft
Kenneth S. Wherry
Neb
Leverett Saltonstall
Mass
Milton
Teenager Linked to $50,000 Florida Spree
Carroll Temple Jr., 15, remained silent about a Florida spree alleged to drain $50,000 from a family deposit box. His father sues First National Bank of Catawba County to recover the funds, claiming the bank allowed access during a period starting when the boy was 14.
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Newton
N. C
Carroll Temple, Jr
Florida
Young Temple
First National Bank of
Catawba County
Carroll G. Temple, Jr
Congress Leaders Debate Path to New Labor Legislation
Democratic congressional leaders split on how to enact President Truman's labor reform proposals. Senator Elbert D. Thomas urged temporarily restoring the Wagner Act while considering other requests, while Representative John Lesinski favored a single package bill to cover all changes. Both sides supported repealing Taft Hartley and implementing Truman’s recommendations, with Truman backing a Wagner Act reenactment with minor tweaks and improvements to address jurisdictional strikes and essential public-interest industries.
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Washingon
Truman
Elbert D. Thomas
Utah
Senate Labor Committee
Congress
John Lesinski
Mich
House Labor Committee
National Labor Relations Board
Draft Rejection Rate Remains High in November
Washington reports November rejection rate at 7 percent, down from 72 percent in October. State boards passed 74,000 men to induction centers. the Army rejected 52,000 while 22,000 were enlisted for 21 months of active duty.
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Washington
National Selective Service
Army
Urge Approval Of Mercy Killing
379 Protestant and Jewish ministers in New York call for a law legalizing voluntary euthanasia with safeguards. Catholic leaders deride the petition as aiming to legalize murder and a rationalization of the command Thou shalt not kill. The petition was sent to all state legislators.
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New York
Paul Fern Loses Finger in Bakery Mishap
Paul Fern proprietor of Ferns Pastry Shop at 400 South Marion Avenue, Washington, lost the little finger of his right hand in an early morning accident at the bakery. While closing a ventilation hole with rags, his ladder slipped and his finger was severed on a steel brace as he grabbed the fan frame.
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Paul Fern
South
Marion Avenue
Fern
Washington
Mr. Fern
Promise of Warmer Weather Reaches Iowa
Iowa expects fair and warmer weather tonight and tomorrow according to the weather bureau. Low temperatures may drop to 22 with a high near 42. Mild conditions have cleared highways aside from a few icy spots near Sioux City.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Sioux City
Dubuque
Spencer
Ministers petition calls for euthanasia stance shift
About 1,000 New York physicians joined a 1947 petition. The petition sponsored by the Euthanasia Society of America says they no longer believe God wills prolonging physical torture for the benefit of the soul of the sufferer.
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States
New York
The
Euthanasia Society of America
Cement That Feels Lumpy May Still Be Useable
A local home improvement note says cement that has become lumpy need not be discarded. Proper mixing and rehydration can restore workability, saving material and money for DIY projects.
Boost in Truman Pay Proposed by Dingell
Rep. Dingell introduces a bill to raise the president’s salary to 100000 dollars a year and create a 100000 dollar tax free expense fund. The plan also raises the vice president’s and speaker’s salaries by 5000 dollars and provides 25000 dollar expense accounts for each. Action hinged on before Truman’s January 20 inauguration.
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Washington
John D. Dingell
Mich
Dingell
House
Sam Rayburn
Truman
Alben W. Barkley
Rayburn
Plane Crash Kills Two Crew Members Near Brandywine
A cargo plane carrying flowers from the South to northern markets crashed in a wooded area near Brandywine Maryland. The pilot and co pilot were killed. their bodies were removed by a fire engine company from nearby Andrews Air Force Base.
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Brandywine
Andrews Air Force Base
Polio Drive In Iowa Faces Funding Challenge
Basil O'Connor, president of the national foundation for infantile paralysis, met Iowa officials in Council Bluffs as the 1949 March of Dimes campaign prepares January 14 to 31. He noted the foundation spent over $17,000,000 in 1948 to fight outbreaks and stressed reliance on the drive.
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Council Bluffs
Basil O'Connor
National Foundation For
Agricultural College engineers approve device for use
Iowa State College agricultural engineers say the device can be used satisfactorily. The note suggests practical acceptance by the engineering staff and potential implementation details for farming or research use.
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Ing
Iowa State College Agricultural Engineers
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