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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1949
Page
2
A humorous exchange features Elmer Twitchell explaining to a doctor why he shot a first baseman. The doctor teases a psychopathic motive while tracing childhood memories and baseball lore. The piece mixes satire with pop culture mentions and a Truman reference.
Profiles Ben Grauer as NBC special events reporter famed for presidential inaugurations golf matches UN sessions and Brazil events. Highlights his mic presence broad knowledge politics sports science and literature and notes Paulette Goddard on fashion and Anna Lucasta weight gain. Also mentions The Green Promise staged cloudburst scene and birth of William Froug's daughter Susan Leslie.
Inspector Beatty investigates a $50,000 jewel theft from Max Sanders with the safe behind a picture in his second floor study. Footprints by a ladder and mud on a secretary's shoes point to Sid Firbush as the culprit in a tense confrontation.
A detective notes mud on shoes matching footprints at a ladder but rungs stay clean. He cites a confessed alibi breaker and an implied inside theft, while a character reveals no verification with a key witness.
A crossword puzzle puzzle with across clues 1 5 9 10 11 12 14 15 17 18 20 22 23 25 28 30 35 36 38 42 44 45 47 49 50 51 and down clues 1 2 8 4 5 6 11 13 16 19 88 34 37 with hints like Praise Antelope Tibet 9 Otherwise Leather flask for cent Metal tag Explosion Music note Stitch Sandarac tree Wayside hotel and many more entries listed.
The note lists crossword like clues from last week including Egyptian dancing girl 41 and a carried on the body clue 43. It also includes meanings for sorely needed terms such as oweing 48 and sorrow. The entries imply a puzzle answer key from a periodical.
The column predicts renewed efforts to repeal Taft-Hartley amid high unemployment and strong business activity. Leaders including Sam Rayburn and Senate Chief Lucas dispute a looming recession, while President Truman weighs a new economic message and possible extra taxes to curb market instability.
The Federal Housing Administration urged underwriters to consider dropping construction costs when appraising insured loans. If costs fall and prices stay high, down payments on FHA financed new homes could rise. Builders must reduce selling prices to avoid bigger down payments as costs ease since late last year.
Congressman Vinson chairman of the House Armed Services panel urges changes to the unification bill to prevent a military dictator. He seeks exemptions from the reorganization law, a civilian chairman of the joint chiefs, fixed National Security Council membership, and Senate approval for members. Louis Johnson says the defense secretary needs direct control to implement the 1947 act and save over a billion dollars annually.
Indiana University researchers Dr. William H. Fox and Prof. Nicholas A. Fattu report tests in two high schools show girls have a clear advantage in reasoning, identifying relationships, making comparisons, and delaying judgment for pertinent facts, despite adult jokes about male logic.
The International City Managers' Association reports property taxation no longer dominates city revenues. From 1942 to 1947 the share dropped by 8.4 percentage points, though cities over 25,000 saw overall revenue rise 13.2 percent while property tax grew 5.9 percent.
Questions cover US Military Academy at West Point a Welshman a Welshman the States of the Union Primo Carnera and polo origins. The quiz compiles common knowledge trivia with concise fact answers.
An aged minister recalls two boys he baptized, one ambitious and industrious and the other shiftless. The tale contrasts outcomes including wealth and a widow, ending with Uncle Pete praising steady effort but noting modern cash registers. The exchange satirizes old values versus modern convenience.
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