Danube access is tightened by Belgrade conference
The Belgrade Danube conference ends with Soviet led bloc restricting non-Soviet traffic, shutting one major European trade artery. Western delegations declined the Soviet draft as Moscow steamrolled the talks, signaling renewed East West economic strain and slower European recovery.
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Russia
Andrei Vishinsky
Danube
Belgrade
R Ns
U. S
Cannon
Vishinsky
Europe
United States
Balkan
Stalin
West Coast Boom and Water Power in Northwest Growth
The piece argues that oil sparked industrial growth in the southwest and cheap hydro power could drive a similar boom in the Northwest. It notes Oregon population surge, forest-based economy, and looming timber shortages. It advocates Columbia River water resources management, possibly via a TVA-like authority, with opposition and cross-border implications. It cites war-era federal spending and savings bonds trends in Portland.
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Portland
Oregon
California
Southwest
Northwest
Census Bureau
Oregon Territory
Columbia River
E. B. MacNaughton
First National Bank of Portland
Tennessee Valley Authority
Columbia
Washington
British Columbia
Federal Reserve District
Bond purchases and redemptions reveal mixed economic signals
Marquis Childs notes June bond activity shows $20,116,000 in E bonds bought and $31,465,000 redeemed, with six month totals $2,558,000,000 sales vs $2,220,000,000 redemptions. In Portland June redemptions nearly double sales, suggesting tightening purchasing power and possible recession fears.
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Portland
San Francisco
National Defense
Misplaced Foresight On a corner-view fly
A museum expedition returns an Africa collected fly with eyes on stalks that flare left and right enabling it to see around corners. The note jokes about humans gaining such eyes for safer walking driving and diplomacy.
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Africa
How To Have Fun A Pennsylvania Butcher Panter
A Pennsylvania butcher named Panter offered 8000 pounds of hot dogs at 120 cents per pound. He cost 50 cents per pound and, in two days, gave away 300 dollars. He normally would earn 720 dollars gross profit on four tons of weiners.
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Pennsylvania
Voice Of The People Letters From Pocatello Readers Clash Views
In a city letters page, Mrs. Bobby Johns defends Pocatello as a fine place and urges fairness in opinions, while L L W argues housing and local pride need changes. A third reader, Joseph E McQuade, notes perspective shapes impressions, echoing the exchange.
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Sam
O.F.A
Pocatello
Idaho
Bobby Johns
West
Joseph E. McQuade
Quotations on leadership and progress from wartime figures
A compilation of brief quotes from Gen Eve Bradley Winston Churchill Gov Thomas E Dewey and Dr C W de Kiewier warning against autocratic discipline, politics, and rigid stages of social progress. The remarks favor understanding, thoughtful policy, and flexible, competent governance without glamorizing closure or extremism.
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Thomas E. Dewey
New York
C. W. de Kiewier
Cornell University
Tracy Voorhees Honored For Duty To Nation
Washington Merry-Go-Round salutes Tracy Voorhees assistant secretary of the army for a career of quiet, relentless service. From early war days as a colonel he tackled plasma shortages, hospital equipment gaps, prosthetic limb modernization, and the 1947 Germany food shortage, earning the Distinguished Service Medal and lasting public debt for veterans and allies.
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Washington
Tracy S. Voorhees
Army
Voorhees
Tracy Voorhees
New York
Harlan Stone
Robert Patterson
Patterson
Constanly
South Pacific
England
Army Medical Brass
Occupied
Germany
Ruhr
Publicity is Important by Robert Ruark
Ruark argues that public relations can elevate or corrupt public opinion, noting both honorable professionals like Steve Hannagan and numerous unscrupulous agents. He details tactics from bribery and fakery to flattering campaigns across politics, business, and entertainment, warning of perversion of truth in pursuit of influence.
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New York
Steve Hannagan
Tax Bureau
Department of State
WCTU
Society For the Prevention of
Dairy Trust
Oleomargarine Trust
Greece
Frank Sinatra
Johnny Meyerses
Navy
Lucky
Lucianco
General Motors
U. S. Steel
Bord Cars
Lever Bros. Soap
Rockefeller Foundation
Indonesia
Coca
Idaho dairy dream eyed for Bruneau project next spring
An Idaho aviation linked dairy plan proposes an 8 million dollar 10 000 cow plant near Bruneau with milk flown to Los Angeles from Mountain Home airbase. Ed Harold of Boise reports exploratory talks with Idaho officials and California investor ties while officials express cautious interest.
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Idaho
F. H. Merrill
Los Angels
Ed Haroldson
Boise United Press Bureau
Merrill
Bruneau
Mountain Home
Los Angeles
Package Machinery Corp. of America
Springfield
Mass
California
United Press
Jack Simplot
Mark Kulp
Alvin Reading
Dave Stubblefield
Snake River
Advice From The Doctor On Giants And Dwarfs
The article explains how extreme height and extreme shortness arise from hormonal disorders, notably pituitary gland issues. Giants and midgets illustrate disease forms linked to growth hormones, with causes including diabetes-related growth interference and hereditary bone development factors. Medical science has yet to master effective treatments.
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Pocatello Post
North Main Street
Pocatello Post Publishing Company
Marquis Childs
West Newton
Voice of
The
People
Mrs. Johns
Gate City
L.L.W
Joseph E
Geneve Bradley
Army Chief of Staff
Winston Churchill
Rold. Allen
Robert Ruark
Reading
Simplot
Merill
Nevada
Utah
Bureau
Golden State
Vic Mae Powell
Idaho State College
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