Subscription rates and post office info for Idaho paper
Rates are by mail payable in advance for 12 months nine dollars six months five dollars and one month one dollar twenty five cents by mail or carrier. Out of state is one fifty per month. Entered as Second Class Matter December 13 1847 at the Pocatello Idaho post office under the March 3 1879 act. Audited by the Bureau of Circulations at Se
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Pocatello
Idaho
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Truman
United Hybrid Growers of
Iowa
John W. Nicholson
UHG
Italy
Gaynel
Radio Give Aways Under FCC Ban Could Reshape Broadcasts
The FCC bans most radio give-away shows by Oct 1, labeling them lotteries. Networks face court tests as lawyers speculate who may escape. Industry wide prizes total about 10 million dollars annually with 30 million listeners across top three programs. Critics say such promotions cheapen entertainment and reflect broadcasters defaulting to prizes over imagination.
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FCC
United States
Transfer of Guam Government Faces Funding Hurdles
The plan to move Guam's government from Navy to Interior Department may stall over money. President Truman was to appoint a civilian governor by September and finish the transfer by July 1, 1950. Interior sought 115000 for surveys and 600000 for salaries and transport of 198 civilians replacing 212 Navy staff, but the House committee urged delay until a new organic law is passed next year.
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Guam
Navy
Interior Department
Truman
Interior
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Guama
Robert R. Young
Association of American Railroads
Young
Chesapeake , Ohio
Federation For Railway Progress
Pennsylvania
New York Central
New Harmony
Eastern Railroads
Walter Touhy
Federation
Thomas J. Deegan
Interstate Commerce Commission
Travel Expenditures Seen Booming in 1949
Powel Crosley Jr. predicts U S vacation travel income will top 11 billion dollars in 1949, up about ten percent from 1948, with roughly 70 million Americans likely to vacation by car and about 10 million by other transport, signaling strong economic health.
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America
Powel Crosley, Jr
U. S
Erskine clash spurs San Diego school funding row
Marine Maj. Gen. Graves B. Erskine orders using navy funds to create a private grade school at Camp Pendleton prompting California officials and county superintendents to protest as an overreach. The dispute echoes past conflicts with Oceanside buses while Washington officials rush to review the matter.
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Washington
Fighting Corps
Army
Navy
Air Force
Graves B. Erskine
San Diego
Erskine
Clinton D. McKinnon
Defense
Louis Johnson
Camp Pendelton
California
John S. Carrol
Oceanside
W. L. Doubney
Doubney
Waitt Memo Admission Sparks Senate Probe
Washington snickered as Gen. Allen H. Waitt, suspended chief of the army chemical corps, admitted authorship of a self praise memo to aid White House on officer promotions. He praised himself as an expert in poison warfare and criticized others, sending the memo to Gen. Harry Vaughan while Buzz Hunt allegedly moved officers into key posts. The piece questions army promotion practices and calls for better government management.
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Nampa Free Press
Washington
Allen H. Waitt
Army Chemical Corps
Senate
White House
Waitt
Harry Vaughan
Moonlit dilemmas and office hawks in a summer tale
Gaynel Teare faces a choice between marriage to Barry Bainbridge and the roguish Fritz Freyman while juggling a demanding boss and a heatwave. Fritz pressures for adventure and flirtatious banter as Gaynel contemplates security versus spontaneity in a city amid a theatrical swirl.
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Gaynel Teare
Emily
Barry Bainbridge
Barry
Gaynel
Fritz Freyman
Fritz
Proper Foot Care Through Exercise and Careful Shoe Choice
The article advises regular rest and gentle exercise to reduce foot risk. It stresses bathing for circulation and proper footwear for all ages, noting children need well fitting shoes with straight inner margins and room for growth, while men need protection from hard surfaces and women should avoid high heels for daily wear.
Quotations on housing, politics, and peace from 20th century figures
The excerpt features voices on affordable housing by a Federal Housing Expediter, Yugoslav ambassador Kosanovitch defending independence, Toynbee on the cold war, and Lions International President Fisher urging sacrifice for peace. It presents a mosaic of opinions on housing, ideology, and global stability.
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Earth
Lions International
Walter C. Fisher
Free house folly shows limits of gifts and taxes
Robert Ruark criticizes a 50 cent lottery that awarded a $15,000 house but left the winner with parking bills and tax burdens. Alfred Birnbaum loses the prize and must sell, illustrating how a “free” gift can become a costly liability and a warning about government provision of housing.
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New York
Alfred Birnbaum
America
Russia
Mr. Birnbaum
Birnbaum
Uncle Sam
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Columbia University
Brethers
Apology Tour Sparks Press Peace Idea Between Nations
The writer apologizes for insulting Englishwomen after a British reporter mocked Miss America. He notes British reactions and suggests a movement for press peace between the United States and England. Lilli Palmer comments on English appetite and appearances as context.
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Lilli
Rex Harrison
English GIs and British Gals In Love and War Yarns
The column mixes wartime planning and social notes including plans for 80 000 acres under irrigation by 1952 in the Columbia River Basin and one million acres total. humor about English and American romances. Louis Armstrongs jazz crowd at Bop City. TV show sponsorship. and Hollywood banter about actors and theatre.
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Columbia River
England
Josephine Seal
Norfolk
Ed Leeches
Louis Armstrong
Jack Teagarden
Cozy Cole
Bunny Bigard
Earl Hines
Bop City
Treniers
New Orleans
Bop
Hedy Lamarr
Europe
Morton Downey
Crosley
Frank Fay
Mike Todd
Siri
Joe E. Lewis
Joe
Joe Dourly
Hollywood
Seaman Jacobs
Toots Shor's
Howard Ross
Jolson and
Jessel
Mammy
Mama
Earl
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Harry Cain
Wash
Miles Poindexter
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Mont
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Hungry Horse
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Montana Power & Light Company
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Ala
Robert Kerr
Okla
Redon Johnson
Tex
Thomas Huldt
Toots
Automat
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Clipper
Doctor Jordan
Federal
Tighe Woods
Yugoslavia
Sava N. Kosanovitch
U. Ss
Arnold J. Toynbee
Robert Ruark
Sars Wilson
Cardinal Spellman
Eleanor Roosevelt
BeBe Shopp
Miss America
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