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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1950
Page
1
Nineteen fifty one ushers in a two day New Year celebration in Austin. Sunday closes 1950 with private club parties while liquor stores stay shut. Cold weather with possible snow affects travel as clubs plan lunches after midnight and churches schedule midnight services and youth programs. Monday is a holiday with stores closed and varied football game broadcasts.
No Herald on Monday as Austin stores will be closed and the Herald will not publish. Weather updates hint colder conditions may be delayed with light snow likely tonight and Sunday and a modest temperature rise later.
Police warn no let up during the holiday as many workers remain at open business venues. Night clubs, ballrooms, and the Paramount theater plan New Year events with dances, hats, and noisemakers. Also scheduled are club dances by the Austin Country Club, Elks, Alcoholics Anonymous oyster supper, Eagles dances, and Veterans of Foreign Wars celebrations.
Men of Co. H National Guard will be honored at a farewell banquet at Austin high school Tuesday evening. Serving starts 6 30 p m in the cafeteria with each guardsman paired with a business or professional guest. Speakers include Jay C Hormel with several veterans groups attending.
A government airline passenger plane crashed near the Mar Del Plata resort in Argentina. Seventeen people perished, including five crew members, with an eight year old girl the sole survivor. The aircraft fell about twenty miles from the resort after takeoff for Buenos Aires, burning on impact.
President Truman and parts of his 1951 state of the union message cruised the Potomac aboard the yacht Williamsburg Friday afternoon. He boarded with a small party and planned a weekend cruise to finish the message for delivery to the 82nd Congress. White House security kept exact return details undisclosed.
Sheriff Koerner examined the two month old case to confirm if the victim is Mrs. Esther Kopp, 58, of St Petersburg, formerly Minnesota. Idaho Falls residents Mrs. Ed Moran and Otto Kitzman identified the body after viewing photos and effects in Denver, noting the woman had traveled the country since 1944. The victim’s sister in Idaho Falls and a Fort Collins couple assisted, with the investigation seeking more conclusive linkage.
American F-86 Sabres fought a large air battle near the Manchurian border against Soviet-built MIG-15s. Two MIGs were damaged, all U.S. planes returned safely. Ground fighting intensified with UN forces in eastern South Korea and Seoul described as a ghost town.
The first Mower county baby born after midnight Dec 31 1950 will receive gifts from 29 Austin merchants. Parents must be Herald subscribers and residents of Mower county, send name and arrival time with doctor’s report by Jan 4 1951. Theresa Marie Stephani was last year’s winner born Jan 2 at 3 12 a m.
Asian Arab group seeks to lure Communist China into a peace settlement by addressing Far Eastern issues, including UN membership and troop withdrawals. India’s Sir Benegal Rau calls 11 nations to New York to craft a mutually acceptable formula, while the three-man cease-fire commission proceeds with its UN report amid fading hope for a breakthrough.
Milwaukee Road passengers will see trains 315 and 316 cease operation after Monday. The services between Sioux Falls through Madison to Bristol will be abandoned due to lack of patrons.
Americans greet 1951 with varied observances as churches organize prayers and night services while cities prepare for New Year celebrations. Reports note liquor laws and Sunday sales differing by city, with Times Square and major venues expected crowded and police on extra duty.
A 14 year old, Thomas Stephenson, was injured when a Minneapolis Star and Tribune Co truck rolled over his legs in the company driveway off South Jay. He was taken to St Olaf hospital in good condition. Two other youths, David E. Goslee 19 and Charles W Furney, sustained minor injuries in separate Friday crashes. Furney was fined 25 dollars with 20 suspended for driving without a license after admitting he had never had a license. Several other minor car mishaps were reported with damages ranging from 15 to 200 dollars.
The Co. H national guard unit announced two promotions from 2nd Lt. to 1st Lt. Clyde Sievers and Wesley Igon appeared before an examining board at Mankato on Friday. Sgt. David F. Reinartz and Sgt. Duane A. Bartholmey were placed on active duty and will handle clerical duties at the Austin armory. Five enlisted men and one officer are on active duty preparing for the unit's return to federal service January 16.
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