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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1952
Page
4
The piece discusses how winter storms raise fears of traffic accidents and delays as travelers seek road conditions. It notes that pre Thanksgiving snow in Iowa and Minnesota heightened worry but warned that conditions can vary rapidly making winter driving a gamble for motorists.
George Meany, head of the AFL, said in Washington that efforts to repeal Taft Hartley are largely halted by the election. The AFL now seeks amendments to remove inequalities. A settlement may come via Eisenhower and Labor Secretary Durkin with anti Taft Hartley leaders. William Green had opposed the act and called for its repeal. Meany argues the law isn’t wholly harmful and that fair proposals to improve its operation will be considered by Congress.
Decorah Calmar Cresco and other area officials pressed the Iowa State Commerce Commission to halt rail cutbacks and seek through schedules from Chicago to Calmar. The commission approved two passenger train discontinuations between Calmar and Chester while urging improved long distance connections to protect regional growth.
The article argues President Truman appointed Walter J. Cummings Jr a 36 year old lawyer with limited fame as solicitor general, a post typically held by eminent attorneys. It notes Cummings secured the job after appeals by his father, a former Democratic treasurer, and suggests the appointment was a political favor for a short seven week term before Republicans take over.
George Sokolsky discusses the tension between press partisanship and journalistic duty in the 1952 campaign. He cites M. R. Werner on Stevenson and Eisenhower coverage, notes editors and columnists shape views, and argues a free press should pursue truth over popularity.
The Austin area features scattered presidential street names with no orderly sequence. Washington stands in the north, followed by Jefferson, then La Follette, with other presidents across the city. A McKinley street is isolated in the east part of town.
Washington based column reviews the long running dispute over loyalty checks for American UN staff. Since 1946 US policy avoided interfering with UN staffing while Article 100 limits external instructions. By 1949 concerns grew over US loyalty, with 40 officials implicated, 14 fired, as State Department efforts clash with UN autonomy amid Cold War tensions. The piece notes the challenge of vetting Americans while avoiding blanket pre approval for foreign travel and protecting sensitive information.
A puzzle found in a Missouri clipping lists actor on screen and television Cummings among entries. The page blends film terms with a long vocabulary, including several clues about clothing, dinner courses, and nautical items.
Westbrook Pegler attacks Gen. Eisenhower's selection of Martin Durkin, a plumber and AF of L leader, as labor secretary. He links Durkin to criminal figures in Clark County and attacks union influence and political bias while labeling Durkin’s appointment a GOP affront.
A 1952 King Features Syndicate column targets Durkin Alsup and union leaders. Alsup serves time for shooting a painter in the painters union office, while conspiracies with business figures draw anti trust charges. The piece mocks labor secretary Perkins Tobin and Eisenhower, labeling officials as ineffectual wind-jammers.
Poem notes President elect Eisenhower’s golf score of eighty six as his best since election. The verse warns that golf, like politics and war, punishes errors with strokes and fame offers no favors to public figures.
New York report says Scottish peat once seen as uneconomical fuel may power industry via a British gas turbine. An open cycle turbine of 750 kilowatts works with a press to remove two thirds of peat water from about 90 percent moisture, using exhaust heat to finish drying.
Morristown Minnesota State Bank continued operations after a Sunday fire wrecked the interior. Fire destroyed office equipment and furniture. A telephone operator on the switchboard, alerted by the ringing, saw smoke from the bank across the alley.
Timetables list arrivals and departures for Braniff Airways Great Western Milwaukee Road buses and trains serving St Paul Minneapolis Mason City Omaha LaCrosse Chicago Madison Rochester Charles City Waterlouw Minneapolis Austin Des Moines Kansas City Albert Lea and other connections with multiple daily times.
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