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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1948
Page
4
The Pocatello POST lauds Bannock county 4 H club members and leaders as they prepare for the annual fair in Lava Hot Springs. Judges will assess agriculture horticulture and related arts with Friday and Saturday events expected to showcase the youth's citizenship and achievement.
The piece reviews Miss Elizabeth Bentley’s radio exposure as a Soviet spy ring courier, tracing her 1930 college graduation, exposure to Fascist Italy, and gradual shift to communism. It notes her gullibility, ideals, and eventual coercion by Soviet agents, illustrating how idealists can be duped into aiding foreign powers.
The piece notes Oregon as the leading Republican state outside Maine and Vermont with 83 of 90 legislators Republican and six electoral votes backing Dewey after his Philadelphia nomination fight with Stassen. It highlights Wayne Morse as a civil liberties supporter and cites the Willamette Valley’s prosperity as the GOP base, while Portland’s growing population concentrates political influence.
Marquis Childs notes Oregon’s GOP control by a small bloc led by Ralph H. Cake and Lamar Tooze, with Earl Warren’s VP nomination linked to Tooze. After Vanport, housing reforms falter under conservative real estate influence. Democratic efforts wane, but Monroe Sweetland and Nicholas Granet signal a potential rebirth if reapportionment could be fairer.
Paul Gallico mocks Soviet officials including Jacob Lomakin and Zot Chepurnykh for the Kosenkina case and diplomatic blunders. He argues Lomakin’s actions reveal the USSR’s aim to damage Western peace efforts and suggests he may seek American citizenship.
The text cites Robert M. Hutchins praising aviation and communications for global unity and political integration and Rep. J. P. Wolcott arguing that price and rationing controls hinder full production necessary to stabilize the economy.
Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas vacationing in Washington state rides with a friend hauling four horses when a truck skids on loose dirt. The vehicle crashes, overturning against trees but all occupants including the horses escape injury. Douglas quips about a violent descent in legal terms.
A humorous personal essay chronicles a 10 week old boxer named Admiral Schnorkel Von Doenitz, his omnivorous appetite and chaos at home, and the authors’ comic trials with baby talk, budget woes, and a raucous puppy who chews, misbehaves, and turns domestic life into a comic battlefield. It includes a side note about visiting Blackfoot to interview Juvenile Judge Earl W. Cory, who discusses youth delinquency, rehabilitation, and his policy of not naming juvenile offenders, stressing prevention over punishment.
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