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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1952
Page
4
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek denounces Western powers for clinging to economic interests and warns they risk losing friendly peoples to Soviet Russia. He urges more decisive actions to counter Moscow influence.
The Milwaukee Road cuts back service on the Chicago Calmar Austin line citing more stops and slower speeds. Passengers endure long crawls from Chicago to Ridgeway and Calmar with poor connections while competing routes improve. A Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse Commission hearing in Austin on January 21 will decide whether the last passenger train on the Calmar Twin Cities line is cancelled.
Gen Ike returns from Korea stating there is no trick movement for peace. He urges patience and foresight in pursuing peace, arguing any peace worthy of mention must be tested in a crucible of fire to prove its strength. He notes a rekindling of the spirit.
The piece recalls Amity and confidence between Eisenhower and MacArthur eroded by President Truman's taunts and criticisms. It suggests Truman may have misread Korea and the troops, turning cynical and harsh. Reports from Eisenhower headquarters imply the venture's risks are outweighed by the potential for lasting peace requiring patience and foresight.
Walter Reuther new president of the CIO is described as young and energetic yet immature and prone to grand statements. He criticized labor rivals as Union Leaguers in plush clubs while addressing a convention amid internal tensions with Allan Haywood and a warning that times have changed from 1937.
The New York Herald Tribune notes the Truman family faces a complex move after seven years in the White House. Moving entails packing books pianos and personal items and even the chance the outgoing president takes his chair at cabinet meetings at a cost of 104 to replace it. The article estimates two railroad freight cars will be needed to transport their belongings and reflects on the difficulty of leaving the presidency.
Mankato Free Press notes Japan welcomes the choice and respects Dulles, recalling his role in Japan becoming a free power. The piece suggests the appointment signals allied confidence and a strategic push to consolidate defense in the Asiatic region amid a forthcoming Korean trip.
George E Sokolski argues that jazz faces official condemnation in the Soviet Union while freedoms in the United States allow diverse musical tastes. He quotes Sokolski explaining Soviet music policy and condemning saxophones trombones trumpets and percussion as disruptive to folklore and national culture.
The writer rails against blending American music with jazz band, arguing jazz is political and commercial. He cites Maxim Gorky critiquing jazz as chaotic and dehumanizing, then contrasts it with Shostakovich and Gershwin, saying jazz embodies politics and propaganda in the United States.
Austin citizens rarely attend meetings yet council business affects about 25 000 people. The recorder reads minutes, bids are opened, taxi licenses issued, and passions flare over nuisances, sewers, and delays. After staff reports, councilmen share remarks, deadlines slip past midnight, and parking remains the enduring, eternal issue for cities.
Harvard physicist Dr. Donald Menzel proposes the aurora arises when solar ejecta bend the earths magnetic bumper inward creating a funnel for charged particles to strike atmospheric oxygen. The view aligns with hydrogen cloud discoveries and earlier work by English and Australian researchers. A second Harvard scientist Dr. Fred Whipple reports a new meteor trail method to track high altitude winds around fifty miles up.
A set of concise historical and scientific Q A items covers figures such as Edwin Stanton and Thomas Davenport, places like British Guiana and Llivia, and facts on Tenure of Office Act, Australasia, Randolph Field, aluminum tubes, and a milk snake myth.
A compact crossword clue list covering horizontal and vertical entries such as spinning toys for 1 across and the word for ocean for 23 across. Includes various small objects, common terms, and a final weather data line denoting iv rr.
A compact note hints at a puzzle result with twenty listens and a reference to a twenty four Italian term. The cryptic line suggests wordplay or language clues, possibly a rebus, with emphasis on numbers and foreign phrasing.
A list of short clues suggests a themed crossword style with entries such as 25 Runs, 26 Intertwining, 28 Strong string, 30 Antitoxins, 31 Poker stake, 33 Sew loosely, 35 Leg parts, 40 Assented, 43 Rye disea, 45 Irish assemb, 46 Clan, 47 Pen name of Charles Lamb, 48 Sea eagle, 50 Chair, 51 Hireling, 52 Asterisk, $5 Donkey.
A blaze gutted a garage in Illinois, destroying twelve automobiles. Fire officials say every effort was made to save lives though details on any injuries or rescues remain unclear.
A doctor denounces waste at Veterans Administration centers, charging thousands of parasitic claims and lavish hospital bills. He cites pension abuses by supposed disabled veterans, the cost to taxpayers, and political corruption, with reform suggestions on aid, accountability, and honesty in funding.
The timetable lists arrivals and departures for Braniff Airways Twin Cities and St. Louis routes, Great Western rail lines through St. Paul Minneapolis Mason City and Omaha, Milwaukee Road service to Madison and Calmar, plus multiple bus schedules for Rochester Austin Des Moines Kansas City Albert Lea.
Poet Edgar A. Guest praises Western Union Telegrammar a gift book providing ready made lines for births weddings and holidays. He jokes about using it to craft perfect messages including a December request and a fifty dollar check as an example. The note highlights the book's usefulness and costs per word.
Roman roads were described as enduring through thick construction, often three feet or more in depth. The note highlights ancient engineering practices and the durability of transportation networks in antiquity.
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