Thoughts of a Fisherman and Other Items
A collage-like page includes poetry by Edgar A. Guest thoughts on storms and fate, a posthumous Distinguished Service Cross award for Sgt. David W. Wentzel in Austin, plus local notes on corn knee-high by the Fourth, Minnesota Social Security status, VFW convention praise for Austin, a composting Garden tip, a Japan mail from Leonard Kester, overseas newspaper delivery updates, and a quip about a farmer and an asylum resident.
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Austin
David W. Wentzel
James W. Wentzel
Sullivan
Sgt
Wentzel
Korea
Flying machines may outpace human pilots says expert
Aviation expert J H Kindelberger states that advancing aircraft capabilities are penalized by human pilots. The remark highlights the potential for automation to surpass human control in future flight systems.
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J. H. Kindelberger
Westbrook Pegler attacks State Department unions in Europe
Westbrook Pegler denounces State Department and AFL CIO unions as secretly placing pro union operatives in France and Italy after WWII. He cites figures like Dave Dubinsky and the Reuther brothers, accuses them of taxpayer-funded perks, and blasts the Rome Daily American productivity report funded by MSA.
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State Department
Pentagon
Roosevelt-Truman
Italy
Greece
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
Europe
France
Irving Brown
Garment Workers Union
Paris
Dave Dubinsky
Garment Workers
Reuther Brothers
Paradise
Brown
George Meany
AFL
Harry Ruiz
Rome Daily American
Rome
Fregene
United States Mutual Security Agency
Econmic Cooperation Adminstration
Germany
Austria
Denmark
Interdependence of home church and school urged
Ray Wescott, a high school principal, told the Rotary club that education depends on cooperation among home church and school. He noted differing educator opinions on extending programs to students who habitually fail, with many favoring vocational training over stigma.
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Rotary Club
Ray Wescott
High Taxes and Inflation Myth Debunked by Main
economist Frank Wilbur Main argues in the July Reader's Digest that high taxes fuel inflation by boosting national income. He notes postwar tax hikes helped inflation, cites pass-through of costs by workers and businesses, and calls for public pressure to curb federal spending and resist tax increases.
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Frank Wilbur Main
Main
Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Nickel Rides but How Long in Rochester?
A brief notice notes that city bus service in Rochester remains available for a nickel fare, amid a description of evolving transit options and local history.
Minnesota bus line to raise fare after losses and wage talks
A Rochester Minnesota bus line facing sustained deficits through 1949 to 1951 and wage demands is poised to seek both higher wages for drivers and a fare increase. A fact finding commission recommended the raise to offset losses, noting the line’s failure to pursue a fair rate undermines its poverty claim. The nickel era ends as inflation presses transit pricing.
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Minnesota
Mayo Clinic
Ester
Rochester
Opinions of Others It Grows and Grows Hibbing Tribune
The Hibbing Tribune argues that U S subsidies for private undertakings have expanded beyond moral bounds. It cites a proposed 250 million dollar soil conservation subsidy versus Farm Bureau calls for 100 million and the National Grange request, condemning government payments as contrary to fundamental American governance and citizen responsibility.
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Hibbing Tribune
Congress
Farm Bureau Organization
National Grange
A Barefoot Wall Streeter Harriman as Fair Dealer
Mason City Globe Gazette brands W Averell Harriman as the complete Fair Dealer and New Dealer praising him as for everything the Roosevelt and Truman administrations did. It notes his Los Angeles remark on Supreme Court review of the steel seizure and his quoted approval of the President's action.
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Mason City Globe Gazette
Wall
Los Angeles
Harriman
Supreme Court
Mr. Truman
Eagles and Oysters as American Symbols From Montana Stockgrower
A Montana Stockgrower piece contrasts the oyster and the eagle to illustrate American values. It argues the oyster enjoys guaranteed security with shelter and food, while the eagle must endure harsh elements to build its own home and survive. The eagle is presented as America’s emblem due to its self-reliance and ability to conquer adversity.
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Montana
America
Neutrals vs Giants the real danger to the U S
George E Sokols ky argues neutralism dominates Europe including Britain. Bevan could become prime minister if Churchill falls. Gromyko arrives as Soviet ambassador to Britain, Zarubin's UK role cited. Sokols ky notes Molotov and Vishinsky, with Gromyko tipped for foreign minister, in a larger reckoning of Soviet influence.
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United States
Great Britain
Soviet Russia
Aneurin Bevan
Bevan
Churchill
Andrei Gromyko
Russia
Georgi Nikolaevitch Zarubin
Canada
England
Zarubin
Gromyko
Molotov
Vishinsky
Stalin
Neutralism in Europe and British shift in 1952
The piece argues Britain may pursue neutralist policy and that Europe could tilt toward Soviet trade leverage as NATO falters. It analyzes U S policy shifts, UN sidelining, and Gromyko’s role, noting European doubt about Eisenhower Taft Dulles Bullitt future secret diplomacy and the June to November policy uncertainty.
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Great Britain
United States
NATO
United Nations
Russia
Gromyko
Europe
State Department
George Marshall
Dean Acheson
Gen. Eisenhower
Marshall Acheson
Robert A. Taft
Douglas MacArthur
John Foster Dulles
William C. Bullitt
Eisenhower
Sen. Taft
Detroit
King Features
Civil rights stance shapes 1952 party politics in Chicago
Washington reports the civil rights program sits in the wings but will loom at the Chicago conventions. Eisenhower and Taft hedge on FEPC options, with Harriman and McMahon backing a compulsory federal FEPC, while Southerners resist. The issue may sway Northern Negro voters and Southern whites in the election.
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Washington
Chicago
South
Eisenhower
Sen
Taft
FEPC
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Award Winner HORIZONTAL VERTICAL 1 Motion of actor Frederic
Award winner motion of actor Frederic in 1946 marks his second Academy. Read as a compact clue list with various wordplay and definitions across many lines.
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Frederic
Jace
Den
Water and Light Board Pushes Gas Belt-Line Purchase
Ten years ago Austin's Water and Light Board pressed negotiations with Peoples Natural Gas Co to buy the gas belt-line feeding small city lines. Dr. S P Fogdall explained to Kiwanis reasons for Japan’s grudge against the United States, citing the 1924 Exclusion Act. Governor W L Harding spoke at Mower County Farm Bureau picnic in Brownsdale with 2,500 attendees urging St Lawrence waterway development as farm relief.
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Austin
Water and Light Board
Peoples Natural Gas Company
S. P. Fogdall
Japan
United States
W. L. Harding
Iowa
Mower County Farm Bureau
Brownsdale
Harding
St. Lawrence Waterway
Mental Patient Leaves Tower After 10 Hour Standoff
Gayle Bender, 23, of Cleveland, climbed down from a 130-foot Lima water tower after a 10 hour standoff. He had threatened to jump to death over fear of shock treatments at Lima State Hospital and only started to descend when his parents arrived from Cleveland and officials promised to halt the treatments.
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Lima
Gayle Bender
Cleveland
Lima State Hospital
Bender
Police alerted as anti Communist protests planned in Japan
Japanese police were alerted for potential violence at North Korean demonstrations tomorrow marking the second anniversary of the Korean War. Demonstrations were planned at 28 locations across Japan amid tensions with Communists.
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Tokyo
Japan
Typhoon Hits Japan Kills at Least 65
TOKYO The edge of a typhoon hit Japan today causing death and destruction on four main islands. At least 65 killed with 27 injured and 58 missing as reports came in amid damaged communications. Coast Guard said 55 fishing boats with 234 aboard unaccounted for. The storm struck last night and began drifting away by midday. National police reported 8,800 homes damaged by wind and rain as rainfall reached high levels.
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Tokyo
Japan
Japanese
Coast Guard
Actor John Ireland Owes $2,207 in Alimony
SANTA MONICA Calif July Actor John Ireland owes his ex wife Elaine Ruth Ireland 34 only 2,207 in back alimony instead of the 30,000 she claimed. Superior Judge Stanley Mosk ruled yesterday. Mrs. Ireland had sought contempt for disobedience of the court alimony order.
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Santa Monica
Calif
John Ireland
Elaine Ruth Ireland
Stanley Mosk
Ireland
Mosk
Timetables from Northwest Airlines and Great Western Railways
The page lists daily and weekly rail and air timetables across multiple routes. Northwest Airlines schedules show Rochester departures at 1:06 p.m. 5:37 p.m. and 8:25 p.m. with morning and late-afternoon options. Great Western routes include St. Paul LaCrosse Madison Minneapolis Charles City Waterloo Austin Des Moines Kansas City and Albert Lea connections with varied departure and arrival times.
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Rochester
Charles City
Waterloo
Mason City
Minneapolis
Austin-Des Moines
Kansas City
Austin-Albert Lea
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Edgar A. Guest
Mower County
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Milwaukee
Leonard Kester
Herald
Camp McCoy
Wisconsin
Westbrook Pegler
Donald B. MacPhail
MSA
Dartmouth
University of Chicago
MacPhail
George E. Sokolsky
James Marlow
Fuls
Averell Harriman
Brien McMahon
Mediterranean Island
Royal Italia
Inns
Rovers
York Bay
Holy Roman Prey Empire
Commie
Northwest Airlines Fast Bound
Lada
West Nn
Great Western
Ess
Jay
Madison
8. D
Merg
U. S
APO
NPO
Herald Office
THE
Austin Candy Co
N. Main St
Chatham
East Side
Fox
Holtz Pharmacy
Lucy's Cafe
Lane’s Pharmacy
People’s Drug Store
Nemus Cigar Store
N. Main
EK. O. Wold Drug Co
Bridge St. Hamilton
Lane
Circulation Dept
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