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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1952
Page
10
A historical calendar method is described to determine the day of the week for a given date. It uses the first three digits of the year to locate a key letter in a left table and then follows to a right table for the corresponding month letter to reveal the weekday, here showing July 4 1776 as a Thursday.
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis answers ten frequent questions about polio. Topics cover cause and transmission, immunity, protective steps, beach and playground exposure, rates of crippling outcomes, costs and care infrastructure, vaccines, sanitation impact, research progress, and March of Dimes support for patients and facilities nationwide.
Secretary of the Interior Chapman urged private industry to begin building experimental plants for synthetic liquid fuels, stressing national defense value and quick development. He cited costs from coal hydrogenation and gas-combustion refining, with total investments around 872 million to 1.184 billion for facilities in Colorado and California.
Traders report West Tibet administrator Lara Lampa defies Peiping requests to conscript manpower and free supplies for a Lhasa Gartok road. China floods the region with soldiers while Tibetan officials and local traders contend with tax resistance and language barriers.
Minneapolis and St Paul rank high for motoring safety in their population groups, with 1.7 and 1.0 traffic deaths per 10 000 registered vehicles respectively. The National Safety Council notes the first half toll rose three percent from 1951 but records a new low death rate of 6.7 per 100 million miles, down from 6.9.
The Air Force reports 432 written sightings this year, prompting Maj. Gen. John A. Samford to note saucer questions distract routine intelligence work. Most inquiries come from press and the public, with Coast Guard to release a Salem photo of five round white objects. photo said to be taken last week by a Coast Guardsman.
Secretary of State Acheson and 25 aides depart for Honolulu to attend the inaugural meeting of the U S Australia New Zealand alliance council. The party planned a layover in San Francisco before arriving in Honolulu late tomorrow, with notable members including Philip C. Jessup, Admiral Radford, and assistants George Perkins and John Allison.
Washington reports Austria formally appealed to the United States for help ending its occupation by Russia and the Western powers. Negotiations with Russia have continued five years on terms for Austria independence, with only a few issues still unsettled. American officials doubt Russia will surrender its position before a broader East West settlement.
Washington A P top Republican money expert Rep Daniel Reed of New York says taxes can be cut safely if there is no all-out war and that Democrats will not do it. Reed would chair the Ways and Means Committee if Republicans win the next Congress.
Hong Kong dispatch reports Kao Kang, Maoist ideologue in Manchuria, urging technicians and mechanics to fuse their industrial work with political study. He warns wage hikes breed individualism and warns workers against private ambition, insisting only Communism sustains enthusiasm and morale.
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co said on Wednesday it offered wage increases of 2 to 5 per week to the CIO communications workers union covering 18,000 employees across five states. Union leader L. J. Copley in Minneapolis said the proposal would create new schedules lower than existing pay for similar work, making the 2 to 5 range not entirely accurate. The union is reviewing the offer after requesting 2.50 to 6 per week last week.
Charles A. Brooks, town clerk of a New York upstate town for 38 years, marks his 96th birthday today. He may be the oldest town clerk in the United States.
King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid concluded a Greenland state visit after inspecting Bluie West, a major U. S. air base. The Dannebrog docked as 21 U. S. fliers welcomed the royals. The base, opened to reporters, features a two mile runway, a 4000 bed military hospital, and an estimated 2000 enlisted personnel plus civilians. Queen Ingrid departed for Copenhagen. the King planned to sail home.
A federal jury in Los Angeles deliberates on the fate of 14 Communist party leaders charged with conspiring to advocate overthrow of the government by force. Trial notes show defense contends violence was not guaranteed, with potential penalties up to five years in prison and $10,000 fines per defendant under the Smith Act. Names include William Schneiderman, Philip M. Connelly, Dorothy Healey, and others. Mary Bernadette Doyle has a trial delay due to heart ailment.
Brainerd reports an 18 year old, Gerald Edward Sullivan, drowned while swimming with two companions in South Long Lake. Deputies are dragging for his body. Sullivan is son of Mrs. Ann Sullivan of rural Brainerd.
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