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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1952
Page
1
Anti Communist POWs from Korea flee UN camp during an evacuation. Troops search for 309 missing prisoners who broke away from 4,800 marching Reds amid reports they were reportedly hauled before Communist kangaroo courts before today’s transfer.
Washington battle report from a chaotic POW camp scene with 39 deaths and 16 bodies recovered, as evacuation of compounds 76 77 95 proceeds under Brig. Gen. Boatner amid Red leadership clashes and U S Army supervision. House committee votes against seizing steel mills while wage price controls law looms.
Dr. George B. Strayer headmaster at Pillsbury Academy since 1939 resigns as soon as a successor is named. He joined the staff in 1921 as history and Bible teacher. Trustees accept the resignation with regret.
In Washington a white collar coalition of union and management officials with government chiefs pursue reopening a limited number of strike bound steel mills to produce weapons for U.S. troops in Korea. A 17 member group including eight government officials met with John R. Steelman to work out details of the plan. Senate moves seek to empower President Truman to seize the steel industry again but lawmakers rejected seizure powers, urging use of Taft Hartley act injunctions. The Defense Production Act extension decision looms as the act tied to wage, price and rent controls expires June 30.
In New York General Dwight D. Eisenhower said he opposed dividing Germany into separate zones and opposed isolating Berlin. He noted he did not participate in Yalta or Potsdam and his advice was not accepted. A Maine governor predicted Eisenhower could dominate the convention and election, citing delegate support figures.
Nancy Jo Russell four year old suffered minor bruises in an auto pedestrian accident on West Grove. She was taken to St Olaf Hospital for examination and released. Driver was Mrs James R Wilson of 1306 Lyndale. Nancy Jo is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Sidney Russell of 1402 W Grove.
The Senate approved extending wage price and rent controls to February 28 next year, with a one year continuation of credit controls and power to ration materials. The measure, 58 to 18, now moves to the House as Truman had pressed for a two year extension.
In Rome the chamber debated a bill to ban Fascism with final approval deferred after amendments. The government pressed for passage and appeared assured of victory as five neo-fascist deputies and Monarchist allies slowed the chamber. the measure already has Senate approval.
Gov C Elmer Anderson filed as a Republican candidate for governor seeking a full term with no factional control. He highlighted eight months of leadership, pledging to govern free of special interests while touting reforms in the penal system mental health public institutions and business development in Minnesota.
William E. Scripps, 70, publisher of the Detroit News and chief executive of the Evening News Association, died at his Lake Orion estate. His wife Nina and his Detroit family were at his bedside. If he had lived until June 26, he would have marked 56 years of service since the paper’s founding in 1873.
The Soviet Zone Government extended shoot to kill security measures to the Berlin border and the frontier with West Germany. An Ulbricht signed order directed state security police to extend the measures to hinder entrance of diversions, spies, and terrorists. The penalties include at least two years in prison for violators unless punishable under other rules.
An out of court settlement was reached today in a suit over the death of Martin W. Michie from an auto collision at a highway intersection north of Rose Creek February 2. The total amount was not disclosed under a secrecy stipulation. The case named Robert Lichty and the Dairy Transport Company as defendants, with insurance settlements also involved. The jury had begun selection when the court recessed to view the crash site. the maximum award under Minnesota law cited was 17 500 dollars. Civil trial expected to resume this afternoon.
Henry Kurtzman 49 of Anoka Minnesota and Albert Johnston a local guide drowned in Irene Lake 20 miles south of Ignance Ontario on Monday. Glen Lambert also of Anoka clung to the overturned boat until it beached on an island and was rescued by another fishing party.
An escaped convict, Donald Snyder, 25, killed 9-year-old Betty Lou Arnold during a failed attempt to seize a getaway car in Carmel New York. School bus driver Alex Williams, 45, urged negotiation then shot Snyder as he stabbed the girl. Snyder survived, hospitalized, and faces murder charges to be presented by Putnam County DA Fred A. Dickinson.
Sen. Robert A. Taft challenged a reported Eisenhower proposal to cut federal taxes by 40 billion dollars over two to three years. He warned that federal expenditures may not drop below 55 billion in the near term, citing 72 billion this year and 85 billion next year with arms and foreign aid at 35 billion and domestic services at 20 billion. Taft, seeking the Republican nomination, said he would aim for 60 then 55 billion in spending if elected, and noted NJ delegates favored Eisenhower over him by a wide margin. He also indicated nine delegates backed him and suggested there might be no second ballot at Chicago.
Three prisoners housed on the second floor attempted a ruse to flee in Saint Paul. They overfilled a toilet to distract jail staff, grabbed the jailer’s keys, and pinned him. a police-matron’s cries triggered swift response, leading to their surrender without a struggle. The suspects were identified as Joseph F. Kralle, Wilbur L. Chaney, and James E. Campbell.
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