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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1949
Page
8
Plymouth introduces a redesigned line with nine models on 118 and 111 inch wheelbases offering longer wheelbase for ride stability and easier parking. Improvements include wider seats, increased head and leg room, V type windshields with larger area, enhanced engine with 97 horsepower and better throttle response, detachable fenders, and larger rear window for improved visibility.
The police traffic report shows excessive speed caused 131 accidents in the city during February. Boulevards stop violations caused 47, drunken driving 45, following too closely 43 and improper turns 38.
Ford releases the 1949 edition boasting a modern double-ended look and lighter body by about 250 pounds. The up right distributor and revised manifolding accompany a 100 horsepower engine, delivering top performance in the low-priced market for under $2000.
Chicago AP reports University of Iowa education professor Dr. Ernest Horn finds that words four letters or shorter comprise 50 percent of adult writing. In a Childcraft article he notes common short words I the and to and a you of in we for account for about 25 percent, based on five million words.
The Idaho fish and game department reminded area fishermen that several trout streams will open April 15 in surrounding counties. Deep snow may slow access but draw remains strong for the early season. Steelheads are being caught on the Salmon River with 15 pounders reported. Weiser River yields remain poor.
Oldsmobile reports twenty million dollars spent on a new 135-horsepower motor featuring a five main bearing crankshaft and rigid construction for smooth wear. It includes overhead valves hydraulic lifters and a 12 to 1 compression ratio with a full-length water jacket for cooling. General Motors designed the carburetor and built a plant to manufacture it, boosting public demand.
A cargo of wild animals including five baby elephants, 15 pythons, ten cobras and 45 crates of monkeys and other specimens sailed from Hong Kong to San Francisco aboard the President Tyler for U S zoos. The animals were brought from Bangkok by George Emerson for Catalina Wild Life Expeditions. Ship officials said food for 30 days was aboard for a 17 day voyage, recalling a prior Far East shipment that ran short and required a navy air drop of hay.
Mrs. A. C. Dodson reports she has slept on dynamite for years. She discovered 100 blasting caps under her bed in Fort Worth Texas. The capac were in a suitcase likely from a relative who worked in a blasting crew during the war.
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