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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1948
Page
4
Sagebrush presents a sermonette by Rev Leroy H Walker on twilight moral danger between daylight virtue and night sin. He recalls near misses with a child in twilight on rural roads and cites Paul and Jesus on avoiding all appearance of evil and guiding conduct in the border morality zone.
The UN General Assembly debate features Andrei Vishinsky arguing that the veto remains essential for balance of power, while criticizing Western reliance on power politics. He asserts Russia uses the veto to advance state interests and denounces calls to replace the veto with majority rule as naive. The piece contrasts idealistic UN aims with realpolitik and warns that the veto enables continued arms race and war risks.
Ex President Hoover keeps a scrapbook of letters after his Philadelphia GOP convention speech urging Republicans to earn victory. The volume opens with a surprise congratulation from Harry S. Truman. Oscar Ewing declines a Democratic National Committee chair nomination, citing a Washington shift toward partisanship, while ECA funding debates skirt toward Europe gains. Bruce Catton resigns as Sawyer aide after a critical wartime book prompts discussions on government.
Paul Gallico reflects on the dread of fittings and the mirror shock of side views. He jokes that the real horror is the rear and profile, not the front, and notes the mind hides such truths until the next fitting.
The piece reviews Mei Ling and other Soong sisters from Wesleyan College to their roles in China’s upheavals. It notes Madame Chiang Kai Shek’s illness and exile in Washington, Sun Yat Sen’s widow’s struggles, and Chiang’s 1927 break with the communists amid Soviet influence and property seizures.
Marquis Childs notes Madame Sun Yat sen Chiang Kai-shek warns the Kuomintang could lose essential support from workers and peasants if it weakens its social platform. She urges not betraying the people as China and Southeast Asia face U S policy choices and internal battles.
The note describes James Moran, a Hollywood figure now in Washington to meet President Truman. Moran, described as a loyal yet controversial philosopher, claims to represent 67 Hollywood actors and seeks consideration from the president and authorities. He has traveled from Malibu beach after a career of kelp inspection and unusual exploits.
James Moran, eager to meet President Truman, has staged a publicity stunt in Hollywood and Washington. He paid 335 actors $5 each to simulate a handshake, donated a bearded act to show loyalty, and faced FBI intervention after pursuing the president. Moran now travels to New York hoping for a real handshake.
After a nine month cloud seeding experiment with dry ice, the Air Force concludes precipitation was not economically significant. The nation shifts to other drought measures such as rituals, car washing, and weekend picnics.
A collection of light items: a car skids into a lamp post in Pocatello. Belgium reports solving the Case of the Stolen Cats with SPCA involvement. Idaho politics debate slot machines versus sales tax funding for youth programs and pools. A humorous aside features Sharp Parkin’s name reveal after a delivery mishap.
A collection of paraphrased remarks and slogans attributed to figures such as Charles Taft Symington and Clare Boothe Luce. The text references political renewal, the Square Deal, patience and humility, and reactions to the Berlin airlift as praising American stance against the Russians.
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