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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1949
Page
2
Editors assess Russian motives puzzling diplomats as the Berlin blockade ends. The column notes sharp criticism of U S spending and its impact on policy and public opinion. Analysts offer cautious predictions on postwar diplomacy and economic burdens.
Western diplomats weigh why Moscow ended the Berlin blockade and how it affects global security as airlift era winds down. The Soviet order restores transport, mail, and travel rules to March 1, 1948 levels while Allied checkpoints resume scrutiny.
In Baltimore Johns Hopkins University physicist Robert D Fowler defined a nuclear scientist to officials at a symposium. He described a man in darkness in a field with many baseballs, a barn with one window and an animal inside. The man throws a ball toward the barn, and if it hits the animal and returns he attempts to identify the animal by smell.
President Truman’s economic advisers floated tax relief and scaledown in new levies as they urged restraint on federal outlays to steer the budget toward balance. They warned against broad public works programs while recommending local governments keep “shelves” of blueprints for future use.
National Safety Council data show 7150 youths aged 15 to 24 killed on American highways last year with 330000 injured. The Inter Industry highway safety committee launches a youth driven education plan emphasizing eight prudent driving practices via man to man and dad to daughter agreements signed with fathers.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture projects winter-wheat yield above one billion bushels, with spring wheat around 300 million. Officials warn the large surplus could trigger controls such as planting restrictions and marketing quotas for 1950, while rye, hay, and peaches show varied prospects.
President Harry S. Truman, labeled an iron man by staff, lights candles on a pre-birthday cake as bundles of birthday greetings surround him. The 65th natal anniversary marks his strong physical condition and steady leadership.
Thousands of women mobbed west end shops in the biggest nylon stocking hunt London has seen. Crowds waited outside at dawn but the effort failed as only 500 pairs of hose were issued to each of 10 leading stores, per the London Standard.
Oddball excerpts recount New York residents retreating to closets, drawers, shelves, and a cello case to escape postwar life. Quotes portray Elmer Twitchell and others who refuse to emerge, citing war weariness and high prices as motives for confinement.
Andy Becker, new Young Dr Malone, shifted from pre med to radio after early stage interest. He enjoys sculpturing drawing tennis and golf, and babysits his child. Cathy Downs to knit dresses for Massacre River fashion layout. Variety Time sparks plan for Make Mine Laugh vaudeville. Horace Heidt to stage The Kids Break Through on Broadway. Patric Knowles mangles Spanish in Mexico during The Big Steal when asking for sopa.
In a summer camp tale, Detective Rod Upshur travels from the city to a rural river community. He investigates the Pat Spencer drowning amid a Hallam Spencer feud and two suspects, Herm and Punk Hallam, uncovering a likely murder plot.
In a tense scene a city man challenges allegations after Spence falls from a boat. Ponk and Hallam claim they witnessed the fall and identify the assailant while denying murder charges. The exchange underscores mistrust and the river bend’s strong current shaping the case.
A tense scene unfolds as a car accident survivor argues overboard, two men corner a third at the riverbank. An officer retrieves a pistol and shoots Punk Hallam in the shoulder as he lunges, while Herm hesitates before backing off.
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