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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1949
Page
4
A 1947 Pocatello Post Office second class matter notice references the Audit Bureau of Circulations and the QyE member RiGn en.
The piece debates Peter Drucker’s notion that profits measure cost and productivity, tying enterprise survival to societal costs and social burden. It contrasts planned and free economies, noting Russia faces greater risk in product timing and profits may be higher where expansion and productivity rise.
The United States is reducing foreign dependence by expanding synthetic and substitute products in key industries. War disruptions spurred domestic alternatives like detergents and nylon, while synthetic rubber and coal gas to liquid fuel projects threaten traditional imports and push toward greater energy independence, potentially easing oil ties with the Near East and Canada.
Washington marks former President Hoover’s 75th birthday as the Senate weighs two Hoover Commission reorganization plans. Plan 1 would create a welfare department. Plan 2 aims to revitalize the labor department by moving the unemployment services from the security agency, amid lobbying by Unemployment Benefit Advisors backed by auto and oil firms.
Marquis Childs reports that major corporations fear changes to the labor system of experience rating and rebates for stabilizing employment. Hoover dismisses union pressure risks while Senate committee disapproves plan No. 2. Citizens’ Hoover report promises vast savings, yet Congress delays and pork-barrel opposition threaten public works progress.
The Q and A cover rabies symptom onset after exposure with two weeks as a rare minimum, a count of over 500 native North American tree species and fewer than 100 valuable timber trees, and a comparison showing walking provides more exercise for a dog than running with trotting using more muscles than an easy run.
Robert Ruark riffs on extreme cold scenes from Antarctica to Chicago 1937. He jokes about trapping a walrus with popsicles, ice cream, frostbite mishaps, and wartime ice hazards while praising ice, Eskimos, Admiral Byrd, Rasmussen, Sonja Heinie, and the ice box as invention.
Paul Strachan, disabled veteran and press advocate, conceived NEPHW in 1940 and won congressional approval after five years of effort. The 1949 drive will be led by Strachan with President Truman set to address a Washington meeting. He champions a broader rehabilitation program and faces bureaucratic resistance but remains optimistic about progress.
A state health department report warns Snake River pollution threatens public health, equating it to a city of 1.5 million. Many nearby communities dump sewage into the river and rely on it for domestic water, prompting calls for mandatory disposal plants or water source changes amid rising costs.
Henry SeLemore describes a Crown Gold Mines visit near Johannesburg where about fifty Zulu tribesmen in ceremonial dress perform dances alongside 8,000 migrant workers. He notes housing, diet, medical care, and savings practices, observing workers appear well cared for, with women staying home and families absent.
A study notes caffeine is the principal active drug in both coffee and tea. Given high consumption of these beverages it is important to determine whether caffeine may cause harmful effects.
A collage of showbiz notes mentions Cary Grant shopping for furniture in town, a California vacation to Arizona, Stewart Granger boxing Freddy Mills in London for charity, and Jackie Cooper set to replace Henry Fonda in Mr. Roberts. Also cited are Margaret Truman dining at Lindy’s, Anthony Quinn joining Streetcar, Marie Wilson with ill husband Alan Nixon, and Madelein Carroll producing a children’s newsreel upon Europe’s return. Ruth Brown is noted at Cafe Society.
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