Austin Daily Herald Mission and Heritage Note
The Austin Daily Herald, established November 9, 1891, emphasizes its role as a fair community newspaper serving Austin and surrounding areas. Editor H. E. Rasmussen and Business Manager Geraldine Rasmussen are noted, with a pledge to support agriculture, labor, and industry without favoritism or demagoguery.
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H. E. Rasmussen
Geraldine Rasmussen
Bus. Mgr
The
Herald
Austin
Housing Program Controversy Faces Democratic Housing Bill
The housing fight moved closer to resolution after a Tuesday defeat of the public housing program in favor of a Democratic substitute. The plan aims to build at least 200000 and up to 540000 public housing units over four years, addressing a need far beyond the Esenhower proposal. It also highlights highways as a major administration challenge.
Atom barrel opens new path in nuclear exploration
Minnesota physicists describe a powerful straight line atom smasher nicknamed linac nearing completion on Mississippi River rock ledge. The accelerator covers 40 to 68 million eV, under a 1949 AEC contract worth over 1.8 million dollars, part of broader university research driven by President Morrill.
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Minnesota
Mississippi River
John H. Williams
Atomic Energy Commission
Schoolroom Shortage Highlights U S Classroom Deficit
Bruce Bioss reports the United States faces a shortfall of about 370000 elementary and secondary classrooms needing roughly 11 million dollars to address. Many school buildings are outdated, makeshift, overcrowded, or hazardous to health and safety.
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United States
U. S
Nation warns of school building crunch by 1965 targets
The National Citizens Commission for the Public Schools warns 12 million more students by 1965 would need 450000 new classrooms at a cost of 32 billion dollars. Annual outlays would rise from 9 to 35 plus 10 more for improvements, prompting urgent action. President Eisenhower backs a wide public program and White House conference scheduled for November 28 to shape national recommendations.
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America
National Citizens Commission For the Public Schools
Junior
Eisenhower
White House
Rotary at Fifty Years Its Growth and Global Reach
The Rotary organization started in Chicago by a lawyer, a tailor, a mining engineer and a coal dealer has expanded from four to 400 000 members in over 1 400 clubs across eighty nine countries. It became international with Winnipeg in 1910 and spread to Ireland in 1911, South America by 1918, and six continents by 1921. It faces past criticism but has built schools clinics and camps, aided disaster victims, and sponsored fellowships. Leaders like Eisenhower and Churchill have noted its potential to foster international understanding and peace.
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New-York Herald Tribune
Rotary Organization
Chicago
Winnipeg
Atlantic
Ireland
South America
Rotary Movement
Sinclair Lewis
Babbitt
Bernard Shaw
H. L. Mencken
Eisenhower
Winston Churchill
Rotary
Tax Trends Across States Prompt Call for Local Economy
The West Bend Wisconsin paper notes this is a legislative year for 46 states with only Kentucky and Virginia exceptions. Governors in 12 states sought new taxes and in 29 asked for boosts to existing taxes. Tax increases hit property, corporate, income, and gasoline taxes nationwide as the current and next fiscal years project rising revenue. The piece urges economy at local levels alongside federal reductions. Wisconsin is highlighted as not exempt.
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West Bend
Wisc
Kentucky
Virginia
Tax Foundation
Washington, D. C
Wisconsin
George Sokolsky on Deporting Chinese Students from U S
George Sokolsky argues Krishna Menon advocates deporting Chinese students in the United States as education refugees. He notes about 2300 current students and 2500 graduates stranded, with 300 overt communists deported at the Korean War onset, and recalls early ties with China including Yung Wing and notable graduates from Yale and Columbia.
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Krishna Menon
United States
Red China
China
Yung Wing
Hartford
Connecticut
New England
T. T. Wang
Yale
Columbia University
Tong Shao-yi
Republic of China
Tientsin
Wellington Koo
Columbia
Chinese Students and Deportation Debate in U S
An essay questions U S policy toward Chinese students after the Boxer Indemnity era. It argues that deporting educated Chinese to a no-man's land between Hong Kong and Red China would be inhumane and cites officials denying such plans while criticizing foreign policy and figures like Krishna Menon.
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United States
China
Foreign Service of China
C. T. Wang
Foreign Office
St. John’s University
Shanghai
Peking Union Medical School
Rockefeller Foundation
Asia
Tsing Hua
Yale
Hong Kong
Red China
Krishna Menon
Nehru
Mao Tze-tung
State Department
Immigration Service
Chou En-lai
King Features Inc
Frayed pockets seen as sign of generosity, not neglect
The author argues trousers fray at pockets not from poor tailoring but from heavy use. Frayed pockets symbolize prosperity as people dig into their pockets more often than previous generations.
Packers Fight To Climb From Bottom In Local League
The Austin Packers struggle at the cellar of their league with little wins so far but fans hold hope they can rise. Analysts note that even with poor results the team has a chance to avoid finishing last and rekindle community support as the season progresses.
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Austin Packers
Corporations push benefits to overshadow hourly pay
Corporations increasingly offer pension plans health insurance trust funds guaranteed annual wage and shorter work weeks making hourly pay a minor factor in overall remuneration.
Age terminology shifts in reporting about事故 victims
Newspapers increasingly avoid labeling a 65 year old killed in a traffic accident as aged. The shift reflects a broader change in attitude tied to social security and retirement norms, reducing the use of ageist terms in headlines and stories.
Waste Not Want Not Leftovers Go in Trash Today
A blunt reflection on discarding spoiled food urges disposing of today’s leftovers rather than letting them linger. The line frames waste as undesirable now and later, linking tastiness to timely disposal.
Charity Begins At Home Revisited In Debt Talks
The piece argues that aid to Britain to reduce its debt may worsen our own financial burden, recalling the old saying charity begins at home. It critiques current spending and urges reevaluation of how funds are allocated amid rising national debt.
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Britain
Albert Lea and Minnesota’s early exploration to capital fate
The piece recounts frontier figures and events shaping Minnesota. It highlights Albert Miller Lea as a key topographer, his Lakes mapped near Freeborn County, and Nicollet renaming Fox Lake to Albert Lea. It notes St Paul becoming capital, Stillwater prison plans, early prison history, and Joe Rolette and Norman Kittson influencing territorial politics, including the St Peter capitol dispute.
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Minnesota
Pike, Long, Cass
Schoolcraft
Mississippi
Kearney
Albert Miller Lea
Stephen W. Kearney
Albert Lea
Minnesota Historical Society
Blue Earth
Freeborn County
Fox
Joseph Nicollet
Mississippi Valley
St. Paul
St. Anthony
Minneapolis
Stillwater
Francis R. Delano
Red River
Norman Kittson
Joe Rolette
Joe
Kittson
Rolette
North Dakota
St. Peter
Pembina
Big switch in airline propulsion signals future jet era
Washington reports a move from piston to jet propulsion in commercial flight. Capital Airlines begins regular service with Vickers Viscount turbo prop planes and the FAA approves GM Allison T-56 turbo prop engines for regular commercial use.
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Fulton Lewis, JR
Washington
Capital Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Allison
General Motors
American Airlines
Douglas
Lockheed
Eastern
Boeing
Air Force
Generous George F. Baker’s lifelong giving defined a legacy
Noted New York financier George F. Baker who died at 91 left a path of philanthropy. His gifts included million-dollar donations to the American Red Cross and major benefactions to Dartmouth College and Columbia University. His happiness lay in giving, a philosophy echoed in his praise of Radio City and the Rockefeller generosity. The column links his life to a broader tale of corporate and public benevolence.
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George F. Baker
New York
Baker
American Red Cross
Baker Library
Dartmouth
Baker Field
New York City
Columbia University
Radio City
Rockefellers
John D. Rockefeller
George Matthew Adams
Crop blessings and popular Brits features in midwest report
A broad midwest crop report notes a unusually good season with early spring and July knee high corn in Iowa. Despite a dry May, moisture in June supported favorable conditions across 20 states. Churchill enjoys top popularity among Americans while Danny Kaye Billy Graham and Johnny Ray lead British regard. Reader's Digest sells 108 ad pages at $31 000 a page. If one man perfects a mouse trap another will copy it.
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Midwest
Iowa
Churchill
Danny Kaye
Billy Graham
Johnny Ray
Invention Road to Market Costs Shown by Am run Foundry
The American Machinery and Foundry Company outlines the path from idea to production. It says the average invention takes 55 months from conception to production. The cost to reach commercial production averages about 500000 dollars.
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American Machinery & Foundry Company
Islanders Still Wear Traditional Attire in Pacific
While modern influences grow, Yap Islanders of the western Pacific persist in wearing loincloths and grass skirts as their ancestors did. Separately noted, William Cullen Bryant was 17 when he wrote Thanatopsis, regarded as America's first major poetic work.
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William Cullen Bryant
America
Song Writer John Howard Birthday Anniversary
The note marks the birthday anniversary of songwriter John Howard who penned Home Home. The brief lists a feminine appellation, the term nullify, and references to Pigpens and Fortification with page-like clues.
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John Howard
Notions to Expunge and Wave Tops in Puzzle Answers
A list of crossword style clues including entries for 11 12 Expunge 13 Wave tops 14-were his forte 16 Race course circuit 17 Number 19 Greek letter 20 Pewter coin of Thailand 21 Weight of India 22 Fiber knots 23 Birds homes 26 Structures 29 River Sp 31 Correlative of neither 32 European mountain 33 Portuguese 34 Moved furtively 38 Trap 42 Male cat 43 Fish eggs 45 Diminutive of Roland 46 South American wood sorrel 47 Tardier 49 Mountains ab 50 Talking bird 52 Having lobes 1 Freeboot 2 Experts 3 Affirmat reply 4 Burmese sprites Worms 6 Dividing Song bin 8 Organ of hearing 9 Hebrew ascetic 10 Seesaw 13 Social gro 15 Enervates 18 Veteran coll 24 Prefix var 25 Fine fabric 27 Cows calls 28 Mythical king of Britain 30 Runs 34 Cease 35 Union 36 Turkish hospice 37 Period 39 Fleet 40 Decayed 41 Otherwise 44 Fisherman 47 Solitary 48 Part ina play 51 King Fr 53 Offer
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India
Roland
Britain
Community Notes From Hollandale Church Meeting and Local Events
The St Paul Social Circle of the Lutheran Church elected officers with Mrs Lloyd Weseman as president and Mrs Dick Slegh as vice president. Mrs Herbert Schulz became secretary and Mrs Wayne Hansen was re elected treasurer. The Rev Sidney Miersma will lead a June 12 service in Parkerburg Iowa while the Miersma family plans a few days at Sand Lake. Mr and Mrs Carl Hoffman hosted a graduation party for daughter Marsha Hoffman and sister Janice Coleman with guests from Tama Chelsea Grand Rapids Stul and Windom among others. Gary Molenaar has entered military service and is stationed at Fort Leonard Wood with address Pvt Gerrit Moienaar US 55513788 Co A 6th QM Br 6th Army Div.
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St. Paul
Lutheran Church
Lloyd Weseman
Dick Slegh
Herbert Schulz
Wayne Hansen
Herbert Schultz
Sidney P. Miersma
Sand Lake
Miersma
Parkersburg
Iowa
Carl Hoffman
Marsha Hoffman
Hoffman
Janice Coleman
Austin High School
Coleman
Tama
Wrence Hayek
Chelsea
Donnaeman
Grand Rapids
Mich
Roy Schmidt
Armed Services
Ft. Leonard Wood
Pvt
Gerrit Moienaar
Co. A
Q. M. Br
Armid. Div
Mail Zone Rates and Terms for Austin Area
Postoffice delivery zones list rates: Zone 2 within 150 miles of Austin paid in advance per week and various durations. Mail all other zones: delivery over 150 miles from Austin with advance payment per week, yearly and other term options.
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Austin
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