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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1950
Page
2
Washington report explains parity as a legal standard linking farm prices to a past prosperity period. It details how base prices from 1909–14 set parity, how receipts compare with modern costs, and how a 1954 change alters parity calculations for crops like wheat and cotton.
A digest of notable 1950 events in Mower County and Austin including births, deaths, firings, elections, airport plans, water and power projects, weather and flood impacts, public meetings, and local sports milestones. Notable items involve Alfred Stephani family birth, Mil d Morse as county chair, Decker airport plans, and the Austin Packers baseball season.
Federal wage and hour investigators checked for underage labor in Hollandale. Austin council kept midnight bar closing while Maple View store stayed open till 1 a.m. The Austin Coordinating Council pressed to use 12 500 from tornado ford for public service. City employees got a cost of living raise. Austin tax rate rose seven mills. Arthur Olson of Tappi died in a plane crash near his father’s farm. Seven trainmen injured in a Great Western freight derailment north of Austin amid tampering suspicions.
Washington reports that Red China can field roughly 4 million soldiers for far less per man than the United States. MacArthur notes Peiping’s 1951 war budget may reach about 8 billion yuan, or 4 billion dollars, with a division slice far smaller than in the U.S. system. The Chinese rely on compact rear echelons, minimal overhead, and lean equipment.
The Minnesota Supreme Court on Friday overturned a $7814 award to Fred A. Thomas of Spring Park in a timber sale suit. It granted a new trial to Roy E. Steller of Excelsior, who sued Thomas for $9221 plus an accounting, claiming breach of a written contract. Associate Justice Theodore Christianson cited contract breaches and multiple trial errors.
Deputy Sheriff Al Turner said Frederick G. Stroth admitted stealing and cashing payroll checks totaling over $1000 when arrested at a Minneapolis hotel on a Ramsey County abandonment charge. Checks were found in a hotel room after he first denied the abandonment charge claiming he was not married.
Senator Len Wiley urged aiding underground groups inside Russia and Communist satellites with arms money and support. He called for a worldwide counterrevolutionary movement modeled on the Cominform to provoke upheaval without new legislation.
Crop Improvement day, long a short course, returns as part of the 49th Farm and Home week at the University of Minnesota St Paul campus January 30 to February 2. University staff will present on soil management small grains oil crops rusts and smuts and corn and forage production amid a wide program of agricultural and homemaking subjects.
John Swanson, 78, former state legislator and Minneapolis alderman, died Thursday at Walker Methodist home after a long illness. He was the father of Elwood Swanson, current Minneapolis alderman.
The Austin city year begins with Hormel & Co announcing west coast production alongside Austin plants. M. G. Rolfson wins the mayoral race by 200 votes over Bob Shaw, with Erwin Johnson and Fred Coleman elected to the council. Other April events include a major theater fire, a reorganization of bicycle patrols, railroad facility plans, and the first Builders Show in 15 years.
July reports show commissioners studying courthouse enlargement. Austin school board accepts land from N F Banfield Corp for a Sterling Streverling area school. Draft board issues first calls under the reactivated selective service act. Hormel Girls Caravan played to overflow crowd at the high school. Edward C Brandt drowns in Cedar River at Ramsey while fishing above the dam.
A local August roundup notes the Mower county fair opened with record numbers of exhibits and entries. The same period records an 11 cent per hour wage raise for Austin employees at Geo A Hormel & Co and Hopalong Cassidy’s visit to Aus. The first Korean War casualty associated with the Austin area is Raymond Speer of Rose Creek. Civil defense committees in Austin form under the statewide program. A draft board call for 16 inductees arrives, the first since the war began. Cpl Eugene House listed on Sept 5.
Officials of Mid West Airlines announce halving air service to Austin due to airmail mileage cuts. The National Guard company is called to federal service for January 16, 1951. Police civil service to investigate the Austin department after the new year, per Local 9 CIO chief Frank Schultz.
Dr. Billy Graham and Dr. Ralph Lockman will debate "Do We Need the Old Time Religion" on America's Town Meeting ABC broadcast January 2 at 8 p.m. CST. The session extends to 45 minutes of audience participation with questions and exchanges. Moderated by George W. Denny Jr. with additional clergy as interrogators.
John Foster Dulles urged the nation to build defense on collective security rather than solitary preparedness. Speaking before the American Association for the United Nations, he warned a ring around the Soviet Union would deter aggression and noted not every free state could be shielded from a Soviet attack.
County CROP fund drive across Minnesota shows Mower County farmers contributing 2164.70 toward the 1950 Rural Overseas Program with canvassing incomplete. Officials estimate at least 2500 will be raised, comparing with leading counties and a statewide total of 74050 toward 37 freight cars of food for overseas need.
Watch-night communion services will be held at St Olaf Lutheran church at 11 p m on New Year s Eve with the topic In Him Who Strengthens Me Mrs Willard Hardy to sing solo The church youth will host a watch-night social starting at 7 30 with all church leagues joining A Minneapolis Lakers game film and refreshments are planned in the parish house social ends at 10 50 p m to allow attendance at the service
Willmar city council awarded a $394,000 contract for a new steam generator at the municipal plant. The bid was let to Commonwealth Electric Co. of St Paul.
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