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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1951
Page
5
Three prisoners held a Utah state prison guard hostage with a knife Tuesday night then hid in a new multi million dollar structure for two hours. The guard escaped unharmed and the trio was hunted and returned to their cells. No riot occurred Tuesday though a recent four hour disturbance saw over 200 inmates seize parts of the facility.
Twelve St Ignatius parish children received their first Holy Communion at a 7 am Mass celebrated by Rev T E Duane in Spring Valley. The class included Richard Capelle Thomas Healy Le Roy Leibold Lloyd Liebfried Stephen Sheets Diane Boucsein Janet Connelly Grace Mussell Audrey Freiheit Kathleen Larson Catherine Lindsay Judy Schwinefus. Afterward a breakfast was served by the Healy Capelle Connelly families with altar boys present.
Thomas A. Letnes of Nielsville named three appointive posts for the Minnesota Veterans of Foreign Wars. He appointed Robert T. Buss of St. Paul as department adjutant, Isadore Rosen of St. Paul as inspector, and Robert Hansen of South St. Paul as chief of staff. Letnes was elected commander at the Moorhead encampment Saturday.
Stuart Rothman state housing director told Hibbing city council the Greenhaven plan is a hoax. He said Hibbing costs exceed St Paul and that St Paul has 832 houses and a $5 million slum clearance project underway. He questioned legality and financing for Hibbing open area proposal.
Windom officials report 1950 city finances show utilities providing the bulk of income. Electric net income was 55471, water 3982, heat a loss of 7342, totaling payroll of 6702 for the year.
The United States ordered the recall of millions of overseas scrip from American troops and dependents in Europe and Africa to counter counterfeiters and black market traders. A new issue replaces the old currency, with about 50 million dollars in scrip affected across Germany Britain Austria France Trieste and North Africa. Over 250 thousand Americans were told to surrender scrip within six hours, while thousands of Europeans faced losses if they cannot quickly exchange it through American contacts.
Harry Hanson state labor conciliator urged an early settlement of the month-long strike that has idled 335 drivers for Superior Transit Co. A new proposal from company officials was to be considered by the AFL Transit Workers union at a 10 a.m. session after day-long talks Tuesday in Mayor George W. Johnsons office with Duluth and Superior city councils observing.
After years of hesitation a Texas gas dealer announces renaming to AMACO Austin Maytag Appliance Company. The firm promises the same service, drivers, insurance, and personnel, while resisting control by a larger oil company.
Toledo Blade editor Michael Bradshaw flew to Korea to deliver a picture album of Sgt. Joe Finch’s wife Mrs. Finch and their newborn son Paul Michael. Finch, in Toledo, said the baby resembles him as he viewed a photo. A $50 war bond was sent to Mrs. Finch, and Bradshaw arranged photographers to assemble the album before flying overseas.
Sailing ships carried grain on a 15,000 mile Australia to England route as late as 1949, but the last windjammers have been replaced by engine propelled ships.
A U S Army Sherman tank accidentally fired on Greek infantrymen in Korea, wounding three including a critically injured Greek and a leg wound to another. Lt. Edwin Watkins said miscommunication caused the incident during a joint patrol atop a hill overlooking Chinese territory. The Greeks carried casualties by stretcher and jeep to a medical aid station, and bitterness lingered toward tanks, not the Americans.
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