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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1950
Page
3
The 1951 Midwest Fat Steer show will judge feedlot cattle with equal emphasis on hoof and carcass stages. The fifth annual event runs Aug 12 with the 69th Mower county fair, limited to 100 entries, closing May 15. Prizes total 400 for top ten in both live and carcass judging. entry fee is 10 per head.
James Marlow explains how household and farm workers can become covered under social security. Domestics meet a 24 days per quarter and 50 dollars in cash rule and pay 3 percent tax with half borne by the employer. Farm workers must complete a preliminary quarter, then 60 days in the following quarter and earn 50 dollars in that quarter to qualify, with similar tax rules.
Senator Kefauver says federal law should pressure illegal operators by tightening income tax rules. He proposes requiring full financial statements and mandatory bookkeeping for gamblers and racketeers, comparing them to corporations. He spoke at an American Political Science Association event.
Roseville resident Mrs. Joseph D Zimmerman aged 42 appeared to suffocate when a house fire trapped her in the bathroom. Firemen found her in the tub and she died in an ambulance en route to a hospital.
The 1951 outlook for live stock producers appears optimistic given rising meat demand as wages grow and durable goods are constrained. A cattle supply has lagged population growth, boosting profits if price ceilings do not roll back beef prices. However, ceilings may force price reductions, possibly around $1.50 per cwt, while feed costs stay below ceilings.
John Larson of Kenmare was charged with first degree manslaughter after a collision involving his car left one dead and nine injured in Bismarck. The incident prompted charges as authorities investigated the fatal crash and its victims.
William L. Ryan reports in 1950 the Russian press lists 28 high ranking officials among those who died, mostly under 65, amid purges and a renewed use of the death penalty for crimes against the state. The piece notes Ukraine links and hints at selective reporting by Moscow.
Missionary work in India Ceylon and British Honduras discussed by Mr and Mrs Walter Clifford at a Wednesday 8 p m service at the Assembly of God church in Austin They served as missionaries to British Honduras and previously worked in India and Ceylon for 30 years under the Assemblies of God foreign missions department headquartered in Springfield Mo Clifford first went to India in 1919 after leaving the British Army and edited Miracles of Healing for nine years
A 32-year-old Louisville man, James Irvin Robinson, was held after fingerprints led to his arrest on a federal warrant connected to the slaying of 3-year-old Joyce Joan Shouse who vanished July 7 after being seen in a tavern with a man who bought her candy. He faced arraignment before a United States commissioner on a fugitive warrant charging murder. The FBI indicated the arrest followed a six month hunt.
A historical note traces bowling back to a religious rite among early Christians in Germany, suggesting the game grew from ceremonial practice before becoming a popular pastime.
Four changes in federal meat grade names took effect Friday as H L Freeberg of Geo A Hormel Co. explained. Prime now includes choice and prime beef, good is renamed from the former good grade, and the new good comes from younger, leaner, tender meat tagged as commercial.
President Truman declared a national emergency six years into airforce mobilization planning. The plan had envisioned a phased expansion with aircraft firms first reoccupying war plants, then auto manufacturers converting to airplane builders. The shift, issued abruptly, gave auto firms a sizable share of aircraft production, angering the industry.
Airforce officials say speedup came from President Truman’s December emergency declaration which redirected strategic materials from civilian goods to defense contracts. The plan to expand aircraft production by aviation firms was halted and other plants may reduce output to reallocate work. Secretary Marshall urged spreading contracts across industry to prevent unemployment as materials shortages tighten.
Austin civic music members will hear Eugene Conley sing Don Ottavio in Mozart Don Giovanni on a Metropolitan Opera broadcast over ABC at 1 p.m. next Saturday January 6. Conley previously sang in Austin in a joint recital with his wife Winnifred Heidt.
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