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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1956
Page
9
A thief took 3,200 feet of film from Arthur Belle’s car. The reels reportedly covered nervous breakdowns depressive feelings and digestive ailments. The District of Columbia is noted to have 35 miles of railway line.
George W. Ryan reports the Geo. A. Hormel & Co financials for the year ended Oct 27 1956 with stockholders’ investment at 33 307 557 and working capital of 23 460 975. Net sales total 319 280 650. employment averages 9 105 nationwide and 4 711 in Austin. taxes 6 286 327. 2 524 stockholders paid 1 365 474 in dividends, over 1 million to Austin area residents.
Police discovered a gas heater burning full blast in a Glendale apartment where a family of four died of apparent asphyxiation. Temperature was estimated at 150 degrees. the victims include Gayle E. Hinton, his wife Frances, and their two children Ava and Michael.
A million-dollar fire swept a one-story Goldblatt's department store on Chicago's Northwest Side last night. About 400 shoppers and employees fled. five people were treated for bruises and smoke inhalation as fire marshal Albert H. Petersen estimated damage at a million dollars and said the store went up within 10 minutes of discovery.
WW Jack Dashiell recalls the disconcerting moment of waiting for the walk signal only to see a bus roll away. He labels the experience bus-tration as he stands at a Portsmouth, Virginia street corner awaiting the next ride.
The company markets meat products in numerous U S cities including Albany Atlanta Beaumont Birmingham Charlotte Chattanooga Fresno Honolulu Houston Jackson Los Angeles Mobile Montgomery New Orleans San Antonio San Francisco Seattle Shreveport and Winston Salem with canning at Owatonna and Stockton California. SPAM is also produced and sold on royalty in Cork Calgary Winnipeg and Boston. For the year the Austin Herald reports $88,805,990 paid to people and businesses in freight express wages salaries dividends taxes livestock and supplies, with cash deposits of $8,148,292 across 75 banks and $10,085,000 in U S Government securities.
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