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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1952
Page
2
Sen. Humphrey leads a bid to scrap Rule 22 to speed civil rights legislation. He outlines a plan to adopt new Senate rules at session start, seeking majority votes to override vice president rulings and halt filibusters. The tactic risks a Southern backlash over civil rights blocks.
President Truman reaffirmed his earlier position that Dwight D. Eisenhower must proceed with his trip to Korea. He said at a news conference he has nothing to add or retract from his previous remark calling the campaign announcement demagoguery. He had no comment on Ike's meeting with General Douglas MacArthur.
Rudolf Bing receives a three year extension as general manager of the Metropolitan Opera. George A. Sloan, chair of the Met Association board, announced the contract renewal and praised Bing's artistic successes at the Met.
After composing his only hit ballad “I ll Take You Home Again Kathleen” the American composer Thomas P Westendorf devoted himself to teaching and supervising reform schools.
Minnesota's House Appropriations and Senate Finance committees drive the budget process. They review six major funds and all other measures needing money, meeting daily after the governor's budget, with final decisions often made near session end.
The Eisenhowers have chosen the National Presbyterian Church on Connecticut Avenue in Washington for worship. Rev. Dr. Edward L. R. Elson, the church's current minister, helped Gen. Eisenhower in Europe during World War II. Dr. Elson will travel to New York to finalize details for a private family service on January 20. Presidents who worshipped there include Jackson, Pierce, Polk, Cleveland, Buchanan, Grant, and Harrison. The church has long housed a President's Pew.
Fay D Kohler wife of a State Department policy planner appealed her drunken driving conviction in Arlington County Court. The judge suspended all but three hours of a 30 day sentence, with Kohler facing a future hearing on appeal.
Mr and Mrs J J Wilson aged 80 and 76 in Calgary have been gifted a perpetual pass to Mountview Community Club Square Dancing Association dances. The elderly pair rarely misses a dance and are long time participants in local events.
Washington reports the new Republican House plans early hearings on Taft-Hartley reform or a possible new labor law. Rep. McConnell aims to simplify the statute and review labor management relations, with Sen. Taft favoring retention and possible amendments. Eisenhower endorsed two Taft changes including non Communist oaths and lifting bans on former strikers voting in representation elections.
Federally owned land near the 26 locks and dams on the Upper Mississippi River will be opened for hunting and wildlife propagation. Col Delbert B Freeman St Louis division engineer announced after a conference with the Corps of Engineers Fish and Wildlife Service the Army and the states Minnesota Iowa Missouri Illinois and Wisconsin. About 50 000 to 75 000 acres may be available next season with rules to be set by the Wildlife Service.
Albert E. Smith, 77, a Vitagraph founder, retired from movie making in 1925 and has since enjoyed ranching and hobbies. He sold Vitagraph to Warner Brothers after 80 offices worldwide and later settled in Hollywood. He credits retirement with a long, active life and notes optimism for new film tech like Cinerama.
The speaker notes that the film business cycles through slumps and renewals. He recalls 1898 when public interest waned, vaudeville dropped films, and later a shift to Cuba for the Spanish American War films reignited audience turnout at the cinemas.
United Nations General Assembly moves toward majority approval of resolutions urging an independence treaty for Austria and self rule talks for Morocco. Soviet bloc boycott limits debate as France blocks Morocco discussion. Assembly to reconvene by February 24 for further voting and a Palestine direct talks outcome remains uncertain.
The 10,000 ton Maplecove, a Canadian Pacific freighter, loses its rudder in heavy North Pacific winds about 1260 miles off the British Columbia coast. Tug Island Sovereign expected to take four days to reach. Captain R A Leicester reports no immediate danger though control is lost. A Canadian weather ship and several other vessels nearby stand ready to assist as conditions worsen.
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