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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1948
Page
4
Readers praise the rapid cleanup of Main Street after a heavy weekend snow, noting a visible improvement though urging faster deployment of sand trucks and clearing to prevent drifts. The letter argues winter storms require a reliable city plan and better street maintenance for taxpayers.
The columnist envisions a world where home radios detect atomic blasts via a Geiger-Muller tube. He jokes about bells and whistles, jokes about wives and neighbors, and jokes about sinking radioactive ships, while wryly acknowledging scientists and imagining his own risky response to a nearby explosion.
The piece argues the Berlin question is inseparable from the broader Russian challenge to Western presence in Germany. It notes Moscow will not accept effective four power control of the Russian currency in Berlin, complicating any settlement beyond lifting the blockade and urges renewed Big Four talks toward a real agreement.
In August 1814 British troops set the White House on fire during the War of 1812, leaving only the foundation after burning the structure. The incident stands as a pivotal moment in early American history.
The piece reports on Joseph B. Keenan’s meeting with Japan's Emperor, discussing Japanese American friendship and political reforms. It also notes William Dawson becoming the first Black chairman of a major House committee, and quotes Secretary Brannan endorsing Dewey on TVA and soil conservation.
A traveler laments failed Christmas gift purchases from around the world. Items bought for relatives in New York stores resurface at 20 to 100 times their price, including carved ivory fishermen bought in Peiping for under three dollars, now priced at 140 dollars. The piece humorously recalls regret over missed bargains.
A narrator recalls a cheap bracelet bought as a Christmas gift and contrasts it with pricier global finds. He suggests a two trip approach to shopping abroad noting Istanbul Bangkok Shanghai and Peiping as top ports of purchase and imagines returning with three barrels of luggage and tea for the customsmen.
A reporter visits a two family home in an empty four room flat to document poverty. Two families with small children endure cold, no fuel, barely any food, and scarce clothing. A new Good Neighbor House is organized with space donated by John Andros to collect and distribute groceries clothing and toys through Sam's Girl Friday at KSEI and Pronto Pup drop sites.
A compilation of statements from figures like Roger Babson Clark Gable Herbert Hoover Bernard Baruch and Justice Robert H Jackson reflecting war anxieties optimism about peace and the importance of a free press. The remarks cover forecasts skepticism about conflict and the role of civic freedoms.
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