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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1952
Page
1
American soldiers testified how 84 Communist internees died in a mass breakout attempt at Pongam Island off Koje, as 300 guards repelled the assault with machine guns and bayonets. Two Americans and three South Koreans plus 118 prisoners were wounded.
British Admiral Earl Mountbatten is appointed commander in chief of all NATO naval forces in the Mediterranean with Carney heading the U S Sixth Fleet for land support in Southern Europe. Mountbatten reports to General Ridgway. the arrangement ends a long service wrangle over top Mediterranean command.
President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower meets with New Zealand Prime Minister Sidney Holland in New York to talk about the Pacific defense alliance. Leslie Munro, New Zealand ambassador, will accompany Holland as Britain’s role in the pact remains a possibility.
In San Diego a 16 year old high school student confessed to fatally stabbing 67 year old portrait painter Ida C. Mackeown after she threatened to tell officers about his marijuana use. Donald S. Crosby was jailed on murder suspicion after leading police to the knife used. Coroner said Mackeown died Saturday from 35 stab wounds.
In Pusan Korea the death toll from Sunday’s mutiny of Communist war prisoners on Pon gam Island rose to 84 with two more deaths from wounds. Army reports 118 prisoners wounded and many killed by Allied guards bayonets. Panmunjom saw a protesting note from Gen Nam II, the Communist delegate, calling the incident barbarous and sanguinary.
Andrew Hedman 64 a South Dakota real estate operator died Monday at his Santa Monica winter home. His widow and son Robert Hedman a Santa Monica stock broker and wartime Flying Tigers flyer were with him. Body to be flown to Webster SD for Saturday funeral services.
The United States rejects any compromise on Korean prisoners and demands no forced repatriation absent agreement. China’s Chou En Lai rejected UN peace plans, labeling Krishna Menon’s proposal illegal and unreasonable. France and Britain regret the Chinese rejection and call for careful consideration of new steps.
Manila hosts the First International Fair of Asia from February 1 to April 30 inviting ten nations to participate in the event.
Off Leghorn Italy the Grommet Reefer crew of 39 is all rescued after four Navy helicopters from Midway and Leyte lifted 13 men from the wreck and transported them to a Leghorn soccer field. Earlier 26 by breeches buoy and boat, last survivor Henry Sauriant left the ship. All crew in good health, treated at U S Army Hospital for checkup.
Police released Wendell Hall and his son Travis after three days of questioning in the Gard Young grocer killing case. Investigators say an anonymous informer tipped police about a robbery plot involving Young. Both men had strong alibis for October 10 near Chester, California.
Fair grounds at Vogel in Mower County report a civet cat inhabiting the poultry house causing delays as officials seek outside help. Superintendent Vogel and secretary Holand clash over approach while trapper Harold Brechtel attempts to capture the nuisance. The site, already easing into a wildlife refuge, has hosted a raccoon and deer previously with pheasants also spotted on the grounds.
State Institutions Director Jarle Leirfallom ordered Stillwater prison warden Leo Utecht and deputy to step aside for several days. He will lead a probe into prisoner conduct and contraband including whisky and saws with help from his staff, the State Crime Bureau, and the Civil Service Department. The announcement followed a news conference and calls from gubernatorial candidate Orville Freeman to fire Utecht.
Fergus Falls and Thief River Falls will receive regular air service starting Jan. 1. North Central Airlines, formerly Wisconsin Central, will place Fergus Falls on the Minneapolis Fargo route and Thief River Falls on the Minneapolis Grand Forks route, with two flights daily per city. Improvements to both airports were completed after being listed in a Civil Aeronautics Board order on June 22.
The Minnesota legislature opens January 6 with 67 senators and 131 representatives facing 2000 to 3000 proposals. If normal, 500 to 600 become law. The process begins as bills are introduced, assigned file numbers, and referred to standing committees after sponsorship is read.
At Moody Air Force Base in Georgia Captain Fred S. Mahlman 37 of Fairmont Minnesota shot himself in his moving car in Lanier County. A coroner’s jury reported the wound was self inflicted and Mahlman died instantly after the bullet entered his head. He served since 1941 with a Pacific theater tour 1943 and joined Moody last March.
Senator Humphrey and Senator Ives plan to reintroduce a civil rights bill in the new Congress. He predicts a Dewey-led wing within the Eisenhower administration will try to retain much of the New Deal Fair Deal approach and seek drastic Taft Hartley modifications along with civil rights and farm commitments.
Charlotte Farrish of Mankato, a lawyer, told a state Bar Association tax conference in Minneapolis that farm records are essential to benefit from tax provisions. She noted she is the first woman to address such a meeting in Minnesota. Other speakers urged business legal advice and long-range planning to curb tax issues.
In Toronto, Steve Suchan and Leonard Jackson were hanged for the murder of Detective Sgt. Edmund Tong. The pair stood handcuffed, with hoods and restraints as they faced the same gallows after their convictions for shooting the detective during a pursuit of the Boyd gang in March.
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