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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1952
Page
2
Daily Except Sunday Herald celebrates 60 years as Austin newspaper serving the community with fair impartial coverage. It vows to promote agriculture labor and industry without demagoguery and favoritism to any group or individual.
The piece laments fluctuating temperatures from cold to hot and their impact on daily life and deeds. It notes extreme, unusual regional weather but reports crops in Minnesota remain strong relative to prior years. It reflects on weather’s role amid broader human striving and contrasts with harsher southern climates.
A Chinese Red spokesman informs UN delegates that Allied actions may prolong the war. Red leaders have long used prisoner exchange as a stall tactic, resisting a truce. Allies respond with decisive force, arguing that strong language and forceful tactics are what the Reds understand.
A health note from Dr. Jordan warns chigger bites can itch and suggests relief before scratching to prevent infection. The piece notes the chigger’s habitat lies farther south.
The piece notes chigger bites as a bothersome issue and reflects on the Austin Area's mildness compared to harsher winters. It mentions local residents with military training in the South having encountered chiggers and concludes the low chigger presence is a reason to favor Southern Minnesota living.
American Mercury Magazine in April 1952 carried an article on Freedom's case against Dean Acheson urging readers to consult it. The note emphasizes keeping informed with day by day records and requests signed letters to People's Pulpit for publication.
The St Louis Post-Dispatch notes General Eisenhower’s Abilene press conference phrase skyhootin' as a brisk departure term. It links the remark to rising prices and inflation, suggesting the word’s colorful origin and evaluating its nuance beyond mere definition.
The New York Association for the Blind urges the public not to drop coins into blind beggars cups saying some beggars earn up to 168 dollars weekly. It argues such giving harms perception of all blind people and that money should support blind institutions and training rather than immediate handouts.
Eye witness account by George E. Sokolsky recounts the Elbe crossing in 1945 with the Second Armored Division. It notes Eisenhower halted the forward sweep, attempts to contact Soviet commanders, and the Russians closing on Berlin. It emphasizes the political use of the episode.
At least two men from the Austin area received the Distinguished Service Cross. George Faas of Austin Route 2, a former Stacyville, Iowa native and longtime Geo. A. Hormel & Co. employee, earned the honor for World War II service, following a report that Sgt. David W. Wentzel was killed in Korea.
An account by William Dillingham describes the four-wife norm among Arab men in Spanish Morocco, with divorce via three spoken “I divorce you” commands and required witnesses for the wife to sue for abandonment. It notes equal housing for wives, limits on women’s cinema access, and social pressures surrounding divorce and childbearing.
A friend and you fish together with you catching more than him. Do not keep your own catch. Propose combining both catches and splitting the total fairly between you two.
Across clues solve a Florida themed word puzzle with terms ranging from gateways to Cuba to Native plant names and nautical hints. Down entries include metals, foods, linguistic roots and items tied to Florida locales and weather.
A Memory Lane essay explores mind mysteries from subconscious visions to telepathic echoes. It recounts a ghost town sighting transformed by sunset bells, and two 1873 Nobles County tales of John Weston missing in a blizzard and later seen as a specter, prompting debate over perception and reality.
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