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Newspaper

Austin Daily Herald

Location

Austin, Minnesota, United States of America

Date

Dec 23, 1950

Page

3

4 H Club to Honor 3 Leaders at Achievement Day

At Austin High School auditorium 1 15 p m Wednesday the 4 H Achievement day will honor three adult leaders with 10 years of service with gold pins. The event distributes more than 60 awards to members and others including club records, charter seals, dress pins, and first year member ribbons. Norman Mindrum will represent the state office as Brownsdale Livewires present a skit and Vincent Fruth reports on a National 4 H club congress trip.

Austin High School Norman Mindrum Brownsdale Livewires Vincent Fruth Grand Meadow Jolly Youth Club Chicago Minnesota Audrey Madson Adams Club Brownsdale Club London Club Pleasant View Club

Doctor calls for combat training for medical service men

Captain Peter Scoles, twice wounded, urged that medical personnel receive basic combat training. He spoke at the Pentagon after returning from Korea where he served with the Seventh Regiment of the First Cavalry Division. He described medics fighting like infantry to protect wounded and themselves, noting the Geneva convention allows armed medics in combat.

Washington Peter S. Scoles Oceanport N. J Korea First Cavalry Scoles Pentagon Daily

Parrot Accused of Attacking Sheep in New Zealand

A kea, a large New Zealand parrot, is accused of stabbing live sheep with its beak, tearing out kidneys, and leaving the animals to die, according to local reports.

New Zealand

Joseph Arthur Rank A Film Magnate And Devout Benefactor

Joseph Arthur Rank born December 23 1881 in Hull England becomes a leading film magnate serving as chairman of Gaumont British Picture Corp and Odeon Theatres Ltd He is son of a wealthy benefactor who gave to Methodist church causes and he remains a devout churchgoer with a zeal for spreading the gospel through films into cinema.

Joseph Arthur Rank Hull Yorkshire England Gaumont British Picture Corp Odeon Theatres Ltd Rank

Airforce speeds couple to sick son at Aberdeen

A New York couple, Mr and Mrs Irwin Hilsenrath of Jamaica, were flown by the airforce to their son Eugene Hilsenrath's bedside at Aberdeen Proving Grounds after failed attempts to get commercial travel. The 22 year old soldier is seriously ill with pneumonia but improving, and the airforce described the action as a humane response to the Christmas travel bottleneck.

Aberdeen Proving Grounds New York Airforce Mitchell Field Irwin Hilsenrath Jamaica N. Y Eugene Hilsenrath

Santa Claus Visits Dexter Children This Afternoon

Old St Nick was due to visit Dexter this afternoon as children from the area gathered in the village. The annual visit is sponsored by the Dexter Commercial Club.

Santa Claus Dexter Old St. Nick Dexter Commercial Club Milwaukee Women’s Club K. C. Hall Steven Defor Mary Mark Kiemele Cheryl Roberts Sharon Brown Delores Lutz George Hautine R. R. Brown J. T. de Young Ed Carroll John Lutz

Truman Seeks Peace as He Returns Home at Christmas

President Truman, back in Independence for Christmas, expressed hope for a peaceful world and said the nation is in excellent shape to meet the challenge of world communism. He spoke to a Kansas City audience of Masons and charity workers, urging patience and time to win global security.

Independence Truman Washington Mr. Truman White House Kansas City Roy Roberts The Kansas City Star Roberts Roy

Sabre Jets Down Six MIGs in Korean War Sky Battle

Eight U S Sabre jet fighters engaged 15 to 25 Russian MIG-15s 20 miles southeast of Sinuiju in the Korean War’s fiercest air clash. Six MIG-15s were shot down with no Sabre losses, a seventh damaged, many reports of confirmed enemy losses. Pilots Maj. John C. Meyer and Lt. Col. Glenn T. Eagleston credited among those downed. clash described as busiest aerial day to date.

Tokyo Sinuiju Korea Alhambra Calif

U S Halts Butter Sales To Check Stock Levels

The government stopped sales from its butter stocks to assess remaining supplies. Agriculture officials cited heavy buying as production falls short of demand. Nationwide storage topped 200 million pounds late summer, dwindling to under 75 million pounds by late last week, sold around 63 cents per pound.

Washington Agriculture Department

First winged insect lineage traced by cockroach fossils

Fossil study places cockroaches among the earliest winged insects, suggesting ancient origins for wing development in this group and shedding light on insect evolution.

Thursday Credited With Likely Destruction of Enemy Jet

A Thursday report credits an unidentified force with likely destroying an enemy jet. Details on the aircraft, location, or confirming sources are not provided in the fragment.

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