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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1948
Page
4
The editor notes Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce retires from politics and Congress. She brought beauty and wit to public life and conventions, but the piece critiques that wit as overplayed, arguing a distinguished government career requires substance as well as polish.
Dr. Arthur Prudden Coleman resigns as assistant professor of Polish language and literature at Columbia in protest of a Polish government grant to establish a Polish literature chair. He argues the arrangement creates academic infiltration of communism and presses for maintaining intellectual ties beyond political divides.
The article notes Soviet efforts to extract uranium in Saxony Germany amid doubts about Russia's own reserves. It contrasts this with Kefauver’s political campaign in Tennessee opposing Ed Crump and Tom Stewart and accusations of foreigners and un-American bias. Republican senators then delayed the senate session by one hour to decide their course of action.
Inside the Republican meeting Senator Bob Taft argued for keeping Congress in special session to pass emergency measures, citing Tom Dewey. Ed Adams, Bill Jenner, and George Malone pressed for adjournment or a post election reconvention. Dewey warned against immediate adjournment while Truman is portrayed as a fighter at risk.
Paul Gallico skewers Turhan Bey and a Hollywood AP profile claiming Europeans can teach Americans about love. He mocks European sensibilities and warns against romantic superiority, arguing American heartbreak and divorce trends defy Europe’s torch tradition. Turhan Bey is criticized with witty, barbed critique.
World Book Encyclopedia reports climbing stairs may injure health of older adults. Williamette University in Salem Oregon founded by Jason Lee is the oldest higher learning institution west of Missouri. A 30-caliber bullet can pierce a 3/8 inch steel plate while a 1 4 square inch of bullet resisting glass stops the same bullet.
A columnist laments public numbness to sensational events from Martian fantasies to atomic scares. He notes, after decades of pervasive news, people crave novelty but shrug at shocks like rocket tech and TV spectacles. The piece mocks sensationalism in politics and media.
The writer laments a flood of odd phenomena from wingless flame belching towers to flying discs and sea serpents. He jokes about politics, Berlin tensions, sports upheavals, Prohibition era worries, and public follies while noting the era of “wonderful nonsense” continues.
Joe Barrett, an advertising man, courts Annabelle Harris a Broadway showgirl while his wife Letty and the couple’s annual Lake Placid vacation loom. Annabelle plots a Canada trip with a steady admirer as Joe’s two week getaway clashes with family plans.
Letty confronts her husband Joe after discovering his affair with Annabelle. A drunken confrontation leads to Letty slamming a punch and slashing with nails, leaving Annabelle dented and bruised. Joe praises Letty's supposedly hidden resolve, and the couple remains estranged as Letty enjoys Lake Placid without him.
A reader asks why smaller papers carry less sports coverage and whether daily wire horse results could be provided. Another writes to request Sam’s column return to the front page and comments on local events including a Gonzales style show and Public Address system needs.
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