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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1949
Page
2
Weekly news analysis notes the Roosevelt political lineage in Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr.’s vote triumph and outlines Clay’s call for a Germany accord. Opinion reflects the Newspaper Union analysts, not the paper’s.
Young Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. won the New York congressional seat left by Sol Bloom despite opposition from the national administration and Tammany. He campaigned across Manhattan, drawing praise from FDR followers and skepticism from rivals about campaign finance and residency rules. Barkley declines Secret Service while embracing plainclothes life. other political and media figures report high 1948 earnings.
General Lucius D. Clay urged that Germany be restored to the community of western democracies to avert a Soviet-dominated, police-state future. He praised Berlin's airlift spirit and denounced Soviet aims while noting early Berlin vote trends favoring no in a 2,000-member people’s congress.
Col. Zach Miller 71 of the 101 Ranch Wild West Show and driver James Colbert were stopped in Georgia for speeding at 75 mph in a 55 mph zone and for operating with an unlicensed driver. Miller refused to stand trial, vowing to rot in jail rather than pay a fine.
A Northwestern National Life Insurance study cites three main factors in annual traffic deaths: sloppy driving and pedestrian errors, bad manners, and alcohol use. The report estimates 74 percent of toll from these causes, with 44 percent from driver or pedestrian folly, 15 percent from poor driving manners, and at least 15 percent from liquor.
London doctors sought relief for 14 year old Michael Hippisley who sneezed once every three seconds for nine days. He slept or was drugged only when not sneezing. Remedies included kerosene, nose drops, and cauterization, with 50 sympathizers offering advice. Medical theory blamed pollen sensitivity.
Reid C. Lewis suffered a heart stop for 12 minutes after a minor operation in Santa Monica California. A doctor recalling a Boy Scout method broke a rib to shock the heart back to life reviving Lewis with the broken bone.
In Great Bend Kansas parkers shunned a downtown parking lot run by Joseph Nolan. In eight days his gross income was exactly $1.20 despite free parking and other tactics. The small turnout highlights space shortages in a busy urban area.
A column by H.1 Phillips argues TV creates a vast population of home viewers absorbed by screens. It notes reduced conversation, shifts from reading and newspapers, and a demand for constant action from thrillers, sports, cooking, and variety programs across many channels.
Anessa Brown epitomizes a young actress with beauty and brains. At 20 she finished college and began film work for Paramount’s The Heiress after teaching William Wyler’s daughter to swim. She also writes stories, voices on radio, and has tested older actresses for a key part.
In Newfane Lake society, Valeria ends her brief affair with Eliot Harvey after two months saying the love was only surface. She attends a country club ball with Doug Metcalf as Eliot flirts with Sheelah Jackson and interrupts their dance with Valeria in an alcove.
Valeria encounters Eliot on a crowded terrace as he pleads through drunken passion, confessing love after she returns the ring. She realizes his performance was a sham and rejects him, seeking the steadiness of Doug instead.
The firm notes meat prices down 20 to 30 percent and claims steaks and chops are worth little more than their weight in gold. It also cites Ford cars as new design but insists the strike persists in the same form in dark blue variants.
The legend says iron was discovered by primitive man from campfire embers or meteorites and iron tools were used in pyramid construction around 3000 B C. Ancients produced iron in fires built on windward banked sites or in pits or rock furnaces with bellows.
A compact list of crossword clues across and down with definitions and abbreviations for entries. Includes arithmetic notes and misprints such as arromatic and plastér indicating OCR quirks.
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