Two-Party Realignment Plays and Realities
The piece argues that long hoped for liberal conservative splits never produced lasting realignments. It notes Southern conservatives clinging to the GOP, GOP liberals opposing conservatism, and a fractured Democratic left and right. It questions a stable conservative liberal coalition or permanent party split.
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GOP
Dewey
Warren
Vandenberg
Stassen
Taft
Martin
Halleck
Wherry
Congress
South
Truman
White House
Wallace
Bannock County Urges Hospital Expansion And Bond Action
Bannock County leaders press for new hospital facilities amid rising costs and ongoing lawsuits. They note voters approved a hospital bond, but court actions delayed construction. An ongoing Supreme Court case and injunctions affect progress, with hopes of unified action bringing modern, adequate care and facilities in the near term.
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Bannock County
Downey
Pocatello Hospitals
Count Jensency
Supreme Court of
Truman's Push to Restore Excess Profits Tax Stirs Debate
President Truman backs restoring the excess profits tax to shore up Treasury receipts, revisiting a policy he supported curbing in 1945. The plan would levy 75 percent on adjusted normal profits above a $50,000 exemption, targeting about 22,000 large corporations for over $3 billion yearly.
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Truman
White House
Roosevelt
Congress
Walter G. George
Georgia
Secretary of Treasury
Fred M. Vinson
House
Senate
United States
NIRA
National Industrial Recovery Administration
Treasury
John Snyder
Ways and Means Committee
Snyder
Big Fellows
Little Fellows
U. S
Robert Ruark on Army Life and the Ex-GI
Robert Ruark writes on the appeal of military life for boys and the mixed effects on the ex GIs. He quotes Gen. Omar Bradley and argues service often improves mental, physical, and financial conditions while warning against civilian moorings. The piece contrasts discipline under the Articles of War with parental shelter and notes flying ease in Montana forest air traffic navigation.
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New York
Johnny Gem
Junior
Gen
Omar Bradley
Veterans Administration
Bradley
Whiners
Sulkers
Missus
FBI
Smile Week Shifts Tone In Pocatello Letters
A reader urges Sam to brighten his column during Smile Week while others joke about local humor. A letter suggests fixes for the Oak Street Highway 91 semaphore issue and notes the exchange is playful yet civic-minded. Idaho weather verse closes the page.
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Pocatello
Sam
Timbuctoo
Cuba
POST
Oak St
Highway 91
Idaho
Portland
East Side marriage broker Lena Moskin and her public safety item
A nostalgic reminiscence describes Lena Moskin, a famed East Side marriage broker known as a public safety item. The author recalls Lena’s map marked with eligible partners and a famous case involving Irving Schimkin, a midlife shoe dealer with a temper seeking a wife.
Marriage by consent and commerce in Lena Moskin tale
Lena Moskin runs a marriage brokerage in Second Avenue pairing men like Irving with prospective wives. After six weeks of rejections and blunt negotiations, no match is found, but Irving and Lena grow close and marry. Their shop and life prosper, and a postcard anecdote closes with a playful note about their son Mortimer.
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Schimkin
Lena
Irving
Second Avenue
Lena Moskin
Mortimer
Momma
Kid
Mosque Adventurer’s Ramadan Night In Istanbul
A traveler describes visiting Istanbul during Ramadan and attending the Suleiman the Magnificent mosque. He details being guided toward the front, separating from the women, and the social friction with other worshippers as he navigates mosque etiquette and personal missteps.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Mahomet
Suleiman the Magnificent
Allah
Mahome
The Blue Mosque in Istanbul Inspires a Packed Reverent Scene
Henry McLemore recalls his mosque visits in Istanbul noting St Sophia and especially the Blue Mosque. He describes blue stained glass light, bare floors covered in rugs, pigeons in flight, a scholar reading the Koran, and large chandeliers lighting worshipers. He ends with plans to swim in the Bosphorus.
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Istanbul
St. Sophia
Bosphorus
Tenant Moves After Tacoma Argument
Police report a 17 year old dispute between a tenant and a landlady in Tacoma Washington ended with the tenant deciding to move after a heated argument. The incident concluded without further action.
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Tacoma
Wash
Real estate broker fined for 16 more parking charges
J De Witt Acker 51, a New York real estate broker who paid fines on 18 parking charges last December was fined 182 in traffic court for 16 additional parking violations.
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New York
J. DeWitt Acker
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Pete) Jensen
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