Bannock Budget Called Bogus by Editor Visit
A local editorial harshly criticizes Bannock county Idaho budget practices as useless for expense control. W H Jensen, county commission chair, defends following the law, while the editor suggests legal reform and more detailed line items with separate contingency funding to curb excess spending.
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Bannock
Bannock County
Idaho
W. H. “Pete” Jensen
Jensen
Commission
Special Commission
Veterans clash over pension bill on Capitol Hill
Veterans of Foreign Wars upstages American Legion at the unveiling of the Legion’s pension bill. VFW chief Omar Ketchum briefed House Veterans’ Chairman John Rankin as Lyle Beggs spoke, skewing publicity toward VFW while Hoover commission’s 2,000,000-word report prompts debate on committee handling and possible partition among Senate and House panels.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Legion
Capitol Hill
Smart Vfw
Omar Ketchum
John Rankin
House Veterans’ Committee
VFW
Lyle Beggs
Washington
Ketchum
Beggs
Rankin
The
Herbert Hoover
Commission
Congress
Senate
House — Agriculture, Armed Services
Hoover
Executive Department
Health plan near end. AMA skepticism cited
Washington reports the American Medical Association delays a health plan amid Truman's push for national health insurance. The piece notes public confusion over medical care costs, the burden on middle class families, and the existence of prepaid group plans rejected by the AMA, raising questions about sincerity and outcome as Congress weighs action.
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Washington
American Medical Association
AMA
Truman
Congress
Capitol Hill
AMA Angers Doctors Over Health Insurance Debate
Marquis Childs notes the medical association opposes gradual health reforms and a California statewide plan while Gov Earl Warren faces criticism. He warns a federal measure seems likely unless the AMA shifts from anti federalism to supporting a grass roots voluntary approach and possible Republican alternatives emerge to avoid do nothingism.
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Medical Association
Earl Warren
California
AMA
National Physicians Committee
AMA House of Delegates
St. Louis
Robert Ruark on Guilt and the Call of the Farm
In a satirical column Robert Ruark critiques urban success and the lure of rural life. He cites Fred Othman and H Allen Smith as examples of city writers tempted by farming, detailing restless wrenching, failed profits, and the toll on health as they chase the verdant dream.
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New York
Fred Othman
Othman
Freddy
Washington
Hollywood
Chicago
St. Louis
Denver
Atlantic City
H. Allen Smith
Westchester
It Happened Last Night with Clyde Beatty
Earl Wilson recounts Clyde Beatty’s wild life between films and circus days. He recalls Beatty wrestling a 500 pound tagger named Bobby in Darkest Africa, bleeding from old wounds, and narrowly escaping disaster in a cage scene directed by Breezy Eaton.
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Parker
Circus Bugs
Bobby
Africa
Eaton
Clyde
Rassler
Benze d r ine inhalers blamed for prison and public misuse
Washington- A harmless nasal decongestant has sparked a new dope craze using benzedrine inhalers. Prison surveys report prisoners ingesting, soaking or injecting benzedrine from inhaler paper, with cases spreading to civilians including students and entertainers. Congress is drafting a bill to curb sales without a doctor’s prescription.
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Washington
Alabama
George Grant
Kilby
Montgomery
Ala
Grant
R. P. Balknew
Georgia
L. F. Chapman
Florida
O. M. Smith
Washington State Penitentiary
B. L. Steward
Arizona State Prison
E. T. Senson
Maryland State Penitentiary
George Alexander
Oregon
State Penitentiary
Pat Ryan
Washington State Reformatory
W. E. Miller
Wyoming State Penitentiary
Gate City Goings On Promised tele letters from operators
Pocatello Postings publishes letters from Mountain State Telephone and Telegraph operators in response to a recent item criticizing gate city telephone service. The letters defend staff workload during severe weather, urge complaints through proper channels, and stress courtesy and accuracy while acknowledging busy lines and occasional delays. Marianne Sorenson, a long distance operator, adds a closing note on professionalism and treating customers with respect.
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Gate City
Mountain State Telephone and Telegraph Office
Connie D. Stevens
Marianne Sorenson
Diet 95 Torture a Personal Right to Figure control
The columnist laments dieting pressures in a democratic society, arguing individuals should govern their own bodies. He mocks ads against overweight, defends personal choice in weight, fitness, and appearance, and suggests others ought not intervene in his dieting journey or belt size.
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Joseph Stalin
Lakehurst
N. J
Diet Follies and Friction with a Stretching Closet Skeleton
A humorous diary voice chronicles dieting woes and fashion mishaps. The narrator laments tightened clothes from dry cleaning while praising health gains but confronts constant dieting pressure. He jokes about hunger, sarcasm toward diet rules, and cheeky misreads of body signals as a comic struggle.
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Paris
Asphalt Jungle and Man on the Run in Hollywood News
Hedda Hopper reports Metro bought W R Burnett novel The Asphalt Jungle a police force story about crime in big cities. Bogart eyes a New Orleans set police chase directed by Stuart Heisler with Lee Katz story featuring a man pursued by Los Angeles police in a semi documentary style using the French Quarter cafes and markets.
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Hollywood
Metro
W. R. Burnett
Burnett
Humphrey Bogart
Stuart Heisler
New Orleans
Lee Katz
Los Angeles
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