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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1949
Page
4
The Pocatello Post publishes weekly with renewal pricing by mail. Rates shown include 12 months nine dollars, six months five dollars, one month one dollar twenty five cents, and out of state one month one fifty. The paper notes second class mailing and publication under Idaho law.
Washington weighs the British push to secure a share of the Belgian Congo uranium supply as a potential step in a broader international race to control peacetime atomic power. The backdrop is a secrecy shielded negotiation between Belgium and the United States on minting a new supply contract with Union Miniere de Haut Katanga.
Republican national headquarters buzzes as Guy Gabrielson plans a broad staff purge with 80 full time workers under scrutiny. Details trace loans to Carthage Hydrocol Corp and ties to RFC funding while wartime politics unfold across Congress and the Senate.
A House bill would fine $100 or jail 60 days for stepping on the grass around the Supreme Court in Washington. Proponents say wandering on the turf demeans the high court. The White House says it may take two years to secure the president’s residence.
Bergman discusses Stromboli and her career after divorce rumors. She recalls climbing the crater and the film’s challenges with director Roberto Rossellini. She defends press remarks, praises Rossellini, and mentions personal strain from public scrutiny.
A snapshot of showbiz chatter including Garbo feet reference, Life Magazine board plans, Marilyn Monroe in Italy, cocaine at French Riviera parties, and stars like Gardner Cowles Lou Holtz and Rita Hayworth rumors. Also notes on Paula Feigay, Ralph Brandt, and local nightlife sparks.
Robert Ruark reflects on how war impressions fade for most veterans. He recalls Sgt. William J. Reifer and Anzio-Nettuno fighting, noting humor amid horror, the mass casualties, and the numbness that dulls memory. He contrasts Pacific and European fronts and the lingering, dim recollection of mud, danger, and loss.
Doctor Jordan notes brucellosis risks to people and animals, especially cattle swine and goats. An estimated 5 percent of cattle carry the germ, causing heavy losses and prompting control efforts to prevent spread and economic damage.
Elektra, a seven foot mechanical man at the World’s Fair, with a 60 pound brain of photo cells and relays, can smoke, count on his fingers, and recite a speech. Louisiana was named by LaSalle in 1682 after Louis XIV of France. Brucellosis risks in dairy and meat herds call for animal testing and removal of infected stock to protect human health, with diagnosis and treatment improvements needed.
In Johannesburg a visiting American describes a witch doctor in a crowded street bazaar. He notes the doctor's leopard skin attire, bone necklace, and shelves of jars containing bizarre ingredients. The potion costs one shilling. half is drunk and half used as a shampoo. The narrator claims the headache vanished and jokes about roaring at night.
A string of quirky quotations traces social curiosities from tax gripes and school damage by vandals in Columbus to debates over coal science and a panhandler’s livelihood. Other notes poke at census milestones, speed traps, thrift, hats at an art show, brain growth estimates, cheese theft, and a bet that ended in whisky.
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