Eisenhower Names Dulles Wilson McKay to Cabinet Posts
President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower announced three future Cabinet picks. John Foster Dulles of New York would be secretary of state, Charles E. Wilson of Detroit would be secretary of defense, and Gov. Douglas McKay of Oregon would be secretary of the interior after his inauguration.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Charlies E. Wilson
Detroit
Giov
Douglas McKay
Oregon
Eisenhower
Senate
Numinions
Dulles
Wilson
McKay
Interior
New York City
Charles E. Wilson
General Motors Corp
Sal Ore
Intet
Train Hits Bus Injuring Forty Five in Houston Wreck
The Santa Fe Grand Canyon Limited struck a crowded Houston city bus as it pulled into the city from Los Angeles. Forty five of the 75 bus passengers were injured, with the bus dragged 50 feet. No train injuries reported.
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Houston, Tex
Santa Fe Railroad
Houston
Los Angeles
Reds urged to deliver Christmas parcels to prisoners
United Nations pressed the Communists to deliver Christmas gift packages to Allied POWs in Korea, marking the third appeal. Lt Gen William K Harrison, head of the U N truce delegation, told North Korea's Gen Nam Il at a liaison meeting that winter hardships make relief parcels essential for captured personnel on both sides.
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Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations
U.N
William K Harrison
U. N
Nam Il
Warrison
Fairfield Gets Little Six Title
Fairfield high school clinched the Little Six football title as officials agreed on the standings. Mt. Pleasant and Washington will continue their practice of playing only one of the two largest conference schools each season. Burlington was denied a share of the title despite defeating Fairfield, since the league awards the championship by percentage and Burlington played one fewer league game.
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Fairfield High School
Mt. Pleasant
Washington
Burlington
Fairfield
Fairweid
Weather update for Chicago and Iowa region
Mostly fair tonight and Friday with a slight warming trend in the northwest. Friday turns colder in the afternoon or evening with lows 28 to 33 and highs 34 to 88 in the northwest and 40 to 50 in the east and south.
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Iowa
Trucks Drive Growth, Buckingham Says Before Kiwanis
H. H. Buckingham of The Timken Detroit Axle Company told Kiwanis members that motor trucks are a major factor in the U S economy with over nine million trucks in use in 1951, about one per 16 or 17 people. He noted trucks carry 75 percent of national goods tonnage and warned against claims that trucks alone fund highway costs, citing truck owners paid about 1.33 billion dollars for highway use in 1951.
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H. H. Buckingham
Timken-Detroit Axle Company
Kiwanis Club
United States
Buckingham
America
Voice of America Contest for Washington Students
Washington's Junior Chamber sponsors a high school Voice of America contest with a portable radio prize for the best script on I Speak for Democracy. The winner advances to a national round. national winners receive a week in Washington with expenses paid. Dr. R Q Eastland chairs, aided by John Phieger, Carlton Mangold, Phil Dusenbery, Jim Pease, and local sponsors Robert Everetts and Russell Bannister.
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Washington
John Phieger
Carlton Mangold
Phil Dusenbery
Jim Pease
Robert Everetts
Russell Bannister
Iowans Must Report Earnings for State Taxes
Des Moines report states the Iowa Tax Commission requires taxpayers to attach employer statements of annual earnings with next year’s state income tax returns. Chairman Martin Lauterbach says the rule targets delinquent taxpayers and will ensure employers file wage and salary payment lists.
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Des Moines
Iowa Tax Commission
Martin Lauterbach
The
Tax Commission
Brighton Road Opens Soon Boosting Local Trade
Washington merchants welcomed the completion of Brighton Road with the opening planned for the weekend. They say the improved paving will ease travel, attract Brighton residents to Washington for shopping, and should lift local business activity after months of road inconveniences. A Chamber of Commerce member noted customers from Brighton preferred Washington but avoided the area due to road conditions.
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Highway One
Trafic
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Thei Choi
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Start Solicitations Of Gifts For CROP In Iowa
Rev Hugh C C Guy director for CROP publicity in Washington county urges residents to donate gifts through local churches or banks if not contacted by a regular CROP caller. Donated gifts will be sent to Marion George county treasurer for CROP in Washington county. The program offers Lowans a chance to share blessings with less fortunate people in other nations.
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Iowa
Hugh CC. Guy
Washington County
Marion George
CRO
Guy
Red China to Reject Indian Prisoner Plan
London reports say Red China will reject India's UN proposal to settle the Korean War. British sources state China demands all war prisoners be repatriated by force and will not budge unless the plan aligns with Communist terms.
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Red China
London
United Nations
Ching
Joint Meeting of Community Council and Toastmasters Club
The Toastmasters club met in the Community room of the YMCA with President John Gammon presiding. Washington County Community Council members attended and followed with their program. Members gave one minute table topics and five minute talks with evaluations. The Community Council also met with Gammon in charge to discuss projects and plans for a second year. Supervisor Howard Henn discussed county road improvements and a planned county banquet in December with officer elections and a guest speaker. Attendees included Wellman Kalona Ainsworth Crawfordsville Emerton Washington and the county Farm Bureau.
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YMCA
John Gammon
Washington County Community Council
Howard Henn
Wellman
Kalona
Ainsworth
Crawfornsville
Tubio
Emerton
Washington
County Farm Bureau
Cora Hopping Retires After 30 Years of Service
Cora Hopping retires as chief operator at Northwestern ISell Company after 30 years in Washington County. A birthday banquet and reception in her honor will follow her last day, with A A Black to present awards and visitors from Davenport Grinnell and Burlington attending.
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Cora Hopping
Northwestern Isell Company
Mutual Telephone Co
Miss Hopping
Harry Ward
Iowa Continental Telephone Company
Fred Moore
Lloyd Morrison
Charlie Crane
Lawrence Travis
Karl Mohr
Mel Houck
Large Crowd Attends KC Father-Son Turkey Dinner
A capacity crowd of about 2000 attended the Washington Knights of Columbus father and son turkey dinner at St. James social hall. Matt Hart Davenport state KC deputy was principal speaker on communism and KC work in Iowa and the nation.
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St. James Social Hall
Washington Knights of Columbus
Matt Hart
Davenport
Mr. Hart
Knights of Columbus
Iown
Hart
Sabrejet Sets New Speed Record in California
In Thermal California the upgraded Sabrejet F 86D interceptor broke the world speed mark at 699.9 mph piloted by Capt J Slade Nash of Edwards AFB over a measured course near Salton Sea in the Upper Imperial Valley The jet carried a full missile load and weighed nine tons during the record run.
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Thermal
Calif
Korea
Air Force
J. Slade Nash
Edwards Air Force Base
Salton Sea
Imperial Valley
Bandit Arrested After Slug Use in Pay Phone
Los Angeles police call Leonard Calaggiro Moceri a trigger man tied to mobsters known as the Mafia. Moceri, 45, under indictment for two Toledo, Ohio style murders, was jailed after investigators caught him attempting to cheat with a 25 cent slug in a pay telephone while carrying a $1000 in cash. He is wanted by three cities and the federal government and held on a hold order by Detroit homicide squad.
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Los Angeles
Leonard Calaggiro Moceri
Trigger Man
Toledo
Detroit
Former Czech Red Leaders Go on Trial in Prague
Former Czech Foreign Minister Vladimir Clementis and Rudolf Slansky appear in Prague alongside 12 co defendants before a People’s Court charged with forming an anti state Titoist Zionist bourgeois nationalist group to overthrow the communist regime Observers in Vienna say the case may launch the largest purge since the Moscow trials of the 1930s.
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Austria
Vladimir Clementis
Rudolf Slansky
Kremlin
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Red
Clementis
Slansky
Czech Communist Party
Peoples Court
Moscow
Harold Wilson Leases Station to D X Company
Harold E Wilson of Washington leases the D X N filling station in Riverside to Diamond D X company. Edward Duwa, Riverside, will take over the location on Saturday Nov 22. Sojka family plans winter in Cedar Rapids then Casper Wyoming for future home.
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Riverside
Harold E. Wilson
Washington
Lloyd Sojka
Diamond D-X Company
Wilson
Edward Duwn
Mr. Duwa
Sojka
Cedar Rapids
Casper
Wyoming
Truman Calms Nation as Eisenhower Backed on Korea Prisoners
President Truman announced at a news conference that he is pleased Eisenhower approved the administration’s stance against forcible repatriation of Communist prisoners in Korea. He noted the prisoner issue dominated talks and expressed willingness to meet Eisenhower before January 20 to ensure an orderly transition and unified government.
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Washington
Truman
Eisenhower
Korea
White House
Marriage Licenses Issued in District Court
Two marriage licenses issued to Charles Robert Porter of Brighton and Priscilla Mae Goodwin of Washington, and to William Alfred Stoutner Jr. and Ola Belle Connor of Wellman.
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Charles Robert Porter
Brighton
Priscilla Mae Goodwin
Washington
William Alfred Stoutner Jr
Ola Belle Connor
Wellman
Physician moves out of house. family names match
In Starkville Mississippi a physician who moved from a house had children Carolyn Buddy and Johnny. The buyers, also physicians, had a son named Johnny making the family names align with the previous owners in this quiet tag crime style note.
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Starkville
Miss
Carolyn
Buddy
Johnny
Five Red Jets Downed by UN in Korea Air War
American fighter pilots shot down five MiG-15s over North Korea as ground fighting raged at Pinpoint Hill and Rocky Point on Sniper Ridge. U N forces unleashed a massive rocket barrage north of Kumhwa as air duels with Sabres over the Yu River region continued.
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Korea
North Korea
Pinpoint Hill
Rocky Point
Sniper Ridge
U. N
Kumhwa
Thundegijets
Yu River
Car Struck by Train At Wayland Crossing
Wayne Billingsley local telephone company manager was driving a Model A Ford when his car stalled on the depot street crossing in Wayland. A lone M and St L engine struck the vehicle at 6 30 this morning. Billingsley was thrown clear and suffered minor cuts and bruises from shattered glass. He was treated at Dr J J Widmer’s office and admitted.
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Wayne Billingsley
Depot Street
Billingsley
J. J. Widmer
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