Security Council backs anti China action to brand Red China aggressor
The Security Council voted unanimously to remove Korea from its agenda and back the plan to brand the Chinese Reds as aggressors. Britain scheduled a General Assembly meeting to clear the way for action, with Russia joining in support. The move follows weeks of committee debate after Mao Tze-Tung’s regime actions in Korea.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Security Council
United Nations
China
Korea
Russia
General Assembly
Mao Tze-Tung
Douglas MacArthur
Britain
Accused Murderer In Fair Condition
Greenfield AP Adair county sheriff Don Foster said Harold Roberts 35 admitted strangling his wife and will be charged with murder but denied hunger strike reports. He is in fair condition at a Greenfield hospital under treatment for personal safety related arm slashes. Roberts has admitted the act but not signed a confession. no date set for filing. He has begun nourishment after being too ill to eat.
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Greenfield
Adair
Don Foster
Harold Roberts
Roberts
Foster
Greenfield Hospital
Betty
Oster
Clare Williamson
Wolfer Shows Europe Pictures for Y's Men Program
Stephen Wolfer, a Washington county farmer, presented motion pictures from his European tour at the YMCA as the Y's Men club program. He visited France Italy and other nations. A brief business session followed and the group invited players to the weekly Plicate bridge tournament next Monday at 8 o'clock.
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Stephen Wolfer
Washington County
Europe
YMCA
Wolfer
France
Italy
Des Moines Weather Summary: Light Snow and Frigid Temps
Mostly cloudy with light snow this afternoon and tonight. High near 10 above. low tonight 5 to 10 below northwest to 5 above southeast. Thursday highs 5 above to 13 above with continued clouds and 10 to 20 mph north winds. Lows Thursday night 0 to 5 below. Friday partly cloudy and well below normal.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Mustang pilot sets ocean crossing record from New York to London
Charles K. Blair Jr., 41, a veteran American commercial pilot, flew nonstop from Idlewild to London in seven hours and 48 minutes in a souped-up single-engine Mustang. He broke the prior trans Atlantic mark by a four engine airliner. Blair took off at 3 50 a m and landed at 5 38 p m local time. The Journeys End finished the flight after an anticipated post dark landing, with official timing at 5 38 p m.
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London
Charles K. Blair, Jr
New York
Blair
Idlewild
Pan-American Airways
House Passes Bill On Drunken Drivers
Iowa House approves a measure setting a chemical test threshold for drunken driving and instructing juries to presume intoxication at a blood alcohol level of 0.15 percent. The bill, backed by the administration and the National Safety Council, sails through 68 to 32 despite objections over presuming guilt.
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Des Moinhs
Iowa
Senate
House
National Safety Council
Wendell Pendleton
Storm Lake
Fred Sehwengel
Jack Schroeder
Davenport
Artist Evangelist At Christian Tabernacle
Fred Paalanen, artist evangelist, will conduct special services each evening at 7:30 at the Christian Tabernacle. Rev. W. J. Stevens, pastor, says Paalanen will draw pictures to illustrate his remarks at each service through Sunday, with Saturday excluded.
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Fred Paalanen
The
Christian Tabernacle
W. J. Stevens
Ainsworth U P Church Plans Family Supper
Ainsworth United Presbyterian church hosts a congregational potluck supper Thursday night at 6 30 in the church parlors. The presbytery budget team will share information and a film This is my Church will be shown. W J H McKnight endorses its value. The Life of Paul Years of Apprenticeship film airs Sunday Feb 4 at 7 30 with travel film Over Britain also shown.
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Ainsworth
Paul
Britain
Switchmen Strike Spreads Disrupting Rail Freight and Service
United Press reports federal action against striking railroad switchmen as wildcat walkouts spread to major hubs. Contempt proceedings target Chicago area BRT locals for defying a back to work injunction. The strike halts shipments, delays trains, and disrupts U S mail across centers including Detroit Knoxville Milwaukee and Philadelphia.
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United Press
Detroit
Oak Ridge
Chicago
U.S
John P. Lulinski
Michael L. Igoe
BRT
U. S
Southern Railway
Knoxville
Tenn
Cold Wave 181 Dead as Arctic Plunge Sweeps Nation
A severe cold wave kills 181 nationwide with 91 traffic deaths and 56 fires. Sub zero temperatures sweep from Utah to Maine with a new Arctic push anticipated. Fires, accidents, and exposure claim lives while citrus and crop damage in the Rio Grande valley runs into millions.
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United Press
Mount St. Vincent College
Rockingham
N. S
Mercury
Butte
Mont
Caribou
International Falls
Monn
Bemidji
John Porter
Chicago
Canadian Plains
U.S
Rockies
Rio Grande Valley
Cost to raise a Detroit child to age eighteen cited
Detroit based survey by the U S Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates the average cost to raise a child from birth to age eighteen at about 11 000 dollars. The report highlights expenses across housing food clothing and health care as major factors in family budgets.
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Detroit
U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Iowa’s Fall 1950 Pig Harvest Sets New Record
Iowa farms produced an estimated 6,173,000 pigs in fall 1950, marking an all time record for the state’s pork industry.
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Iowa
Truman to Seek Ten Billion Dollar Tax Hike in Message
President Truman plans to ask Congress for about 10 billion dollars in higher taxes in his Friday message and to propose an additional 6 billion later. The plan includes roughly 4 billion more in individual income taxes, a 55 percent corporate tax rate up from 47 percent, about 2 billion in excise increases, and closing loopholes to raise around 1 billion.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Aged Woman Frostbitten in Unheated Des Moines Cottage
Mrs. Mary J. Houghtaling. 82, was found bedfast in an unheated cottage southeast of Des Moines after neighbors reported she had not been seen for three days. Deputies said she lay under burlap bags and was barely alive, unable to rise or speak, in a Des Moines hospital in critical condition from frostbite.
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Des Moines
Mary J. Houghtaling
Houghtaling
Max van Rees
van Rees
Blairsburg Boy, Eight Fatally Hurt in Gym
Blairsburg Iowa eight year old fourth grade pupil was injured fatally yesterday in the Blairsburg school gym during recess. He fell against a bleacher bench and suffered a sharp throat blow that caused laryngeal swelling leading to asphyxiation per coroner Dr G A Paschal.
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Blairsburg
Roland Timm
G. A. Paschal
Hamilton County
Paschal
Junior Chamber Dance Set at Legion Hall Tonight
Officials of the Junior Chamber of Commerce said the Legion hall dance would proceed as planned for tonight. The open event has no admission charge but a collection will be taken to fund prizes for contestants in intermission events.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Legion Hall
Snowfall Today Brings More Winter to City
Residents grateful for warmer weather had hoped for relief but snow continued steadily through the day. By mid afternoon over two inches lay on the ground as winter's grip remained firm in Washington.
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Washington
Old Man Winter
Meter takes in $5 gold coin at McLebanon
A Pittsburgh report says a suburban McLebanon parking meter received a $5 gold piece when a motorist accidentally dropped the coin into the meter to pay for an hour of parking.
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Pittsburgh
Mc Lebanon
Street Commissioner Urges Clean Walks After Snow
Street Commissioner Marl Little asked Washington residents to keep sidewalks clear of snow. He noted city ordinances require property owners and tenants to shovel walks, or city workers may do the job and bill the owners.
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Marl Little
Washington
U.S. and France Warn Russia in Major Policy Edict
Presidents Truman and Pleven issued a 1500 word communique warning Moscow and its satellites that the United States and France will not bow to aggression. They pledged to intensify military, economic and political actions to bolster free world defenses in the Far East and Europe, and to oppose Red aggression in Korea and Indo China pending East West negotiations.
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Washington
Russia
United States
France
Moscow
Far East
Europe
Parents Deny They Tried to Sell Girl
Shirley Ann O'Brien’s parents deny offering to sell the 11 year old for ten dollars. Cecil Glover, a Sun Valley gas station operator, turned the girl over to juvenile officers in Los Angeles this week. Mrs. O’Brien says the family was poor and signed adoption papers at the station. she claims she did what was best for Shirley.
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San Francisco
Shirley Ann O'Brien
Todany
Los Angeles
Ae Ward
Cecil Glover
Sun Valley
Calif
Shirley Ann
William J. O'Brien
Shirley
Fifth Iowa Youth Sentenced for Series of Burglaries
Marshalltown youths form a five member gang admitting 34 break ins across six central Iowa counties. Robert Warren age 20 received a 15 year term at Allamosa reformatory after pleading guilty to possessing burglary tools. The other four youths from Marshalltown had been sentenced earlier.
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Marshalltow
Iowa
Robert Warren
Marshalltown
Allamosa Reformatory
Warren
Southeast Iowa Welfare Leaders Meet at Court House
Welfare directors from the southeast district of Iowa met at the county courthouse to discuss legislative proposals and legal settlements. Twenty five counties are in the district but attendance was reduced due to bad weather.
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Southeast District
Iowa
Court House
Rural Youth to Meet February 1 at Farm Bureau Building
The Washington County Rural Youth organization will hold its February meeting tomorrow night February 1 in the Farm Bureau building. All members are urged to attend.
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Washington County Rural Youth Organization
Farm Bureau
Fire Inspectors Check Washington Buildings For Hazards
Fire Prevention Association inspectors visited Washington to survey all mercantile shops schools and churches aided by Boy Scout troops. Thirty-four officers and volunteers reviewed hazards and distributed postcards to owners and tenants for hazard removal follow ups.
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Washington Business District
Town State Fire Prevention Association
Washington
Houston Fire Damage Tops Two Million
A sub-freezing morning fire in downtown Houston destroyed or heavily damaged nine stores as 350 firefighters fought the blaze. Early damage estimates ranged up to $2 million, with stock losses over $1 million. By 10:30 a.m. the fire was under control, though some flames persisted in upper structures.
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Houston
Tex
C. A. Middle- Kauf
Iowa Temperatures Dip Below Zero Again Tonight
Des Moines reports temperatures will fall below zero tonight with lows from five to 10 degrees below zero in northwest Iowa and zero to five below in the southeast. Tomorrow's highs range from five above in the northwest to 13 above in the southeast as a long cold spell continues.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Sponsors End State Spelling Contest Sponsorship
Lester G. Krabill reports the Register and Tribune will discontinue sponsorship of the state spelling contest. The event has been an annual feature for years and county winners have advanced to the Des Moines meet.
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Lester G. Krabill
Register & Tribune
Des Moines
Funeral services for Mrs Pearl Anderson held Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs Pearl Anderson were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the Jones funeral home with Dr. William J. Grossheim in charge. Pallbearers were Randolph Kelsey, Henry Wagenknecht, Howard and Glen Anderson, Daryl Dunbar and Mil burn McKay. Burial was in Elm Grove cemetery.
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Pearl Anderson
Jones Funeral Home
William J. Grossheim
Randolph Kelsey
Henry Wagenknecht
Howard
Glen Anderson
Daryl Dunbar
Milburn McKay
Elm Grove Cemetery
More Intoxicated Drivers Caught In Iowa
Des Moines reports show 1,878 drunken driving arrests in 1950, up from 1,292 in 1949. Fines totaled 518,357 dollars, with 105,416 days in jail. patrols aided 19,568 motorists, issued 16,841 warnings, and handled 231 hit and run cases.
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Iowa
Highway Patrol
Des Moines
S. N. Jespersen
Pearl W. McMurry
Jespersen
Fresh Troops Enter Battle Near Seoul Amid North Korean Push
The UN and Communist forces expanded positions around Seoul with the US 9th Corps advancing in the Wonju Ichon sector. British and New Zealand artillery supported troops as Chinese reserves mass east of Seoul and the Missouri led an armada against Kosong near the east coast.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Seoul
U.S. 9Th Corps
Wonju-Ichon
Kumyangjang
Man River
Suwon
Korea
Missouri
Kansong
Kosong
Manchuria
Han River
Hone Norywee
Suwen
Bridge Collapse Kills Four Men in Three Rivers
A 2,300-foot steel concrete bridge over the St. Maurice River collapsed early today in Three Rivers Quebec. Four automobiles were on the span when it gave way, dumping cars and passengers into icy river waters. The crash broke the ice in several spots, submerging vehicles and victims.
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Three Rivers
St. Maurice
Police arrest 85 Chinese aliens in New York raids
Attorney General J. Howard McGrath reported 85 Chinese aliens, many deserting seamen, arrested in three New York raids. The Kang Jai association, with Brooklyn offices, is cited as their group. Officers found substantial communist literature at its Brooklyn headquarters, mostly in the president Poon Gee Dattan’s office.
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Washington
J. Howard
McGrath
New York
Brooklyn
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Association
Poon Gee Dattan
Government Approves Coal Wage Increase Patch
The government lifts part of the wage freeze allowing a 1.60 daily rise for 370000 soft coal miners and other unions who negotiated before the freeze. An anthracite increase for 75000 miners awaits automatic approval from the wage stabilization board.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Wage Stabilization Board
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