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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1949
Page
4
The Idaho House of Representatives voted to table the local option gambling bill, earning praise for delaying the measure. The editorial notes gambling harms communities and urges careful discussion if the issue returns, while avoiding judgment on morality.
George Doran offered Liberty magazine serial rights to 224 Wilson letters to Mary Peck. The letters, mostly typed by Wilson with his edits, show no scandal and cover from Princeton years to his marriage to Mrs. Galt. The story highlights wartime fame, postpresidency decline, and publisher intrigue.
The piece argues the Hoovers Commission pushes to shield Army Corps of Engineers from civilian flood control cuts while lobbying floods Congress with telegrams. It critiques Idaho’s local option liquor laws as inequitable, noting small incorporated villages exclude rural areas, and urges lawmakers to address gambling inequities.
A recollection of how Woodrow Wilson letters came to be offered for publication. George Doran quoted a $50,000 price, Captain Patterson urged restraint, and legal action blocked publication as the letters remained the author’s property under English common law.
Peter Edson received between fifty and one hundred telegrams and letters each, suggesting a broad lobbying network. Kilgore calls for a careful investigation tracing wires to their sources to identify which organizations fueled campaigns. President Hoover criticized the Corps of Engineers for mobilizing its forces, though proving a violation faces a legal hurdle due to a specific law restricting such actions by a government agency.
A narrator recounts a Soviet era parody as Robert Ruark tells his son Igor the legend of George Washington and the cherry tree. The tale blends Lenin Stalin Molotov and Vishinsky themes with a Virginia setting and a lesson about truth and lies.
The piece compiles remarks by Agriculture Secretary Brannan praising a favorable 1949 farm outlook, Sen. Taft criticizing loan aid as unreliable, and Walter Pitkin and Leah Manning offering views on education and language, illustrating postwar policy and cultural debates.
Four French railroad men touring the Grand Canyon share vivid observations from El Tovar breakfast to canyon vistas. They note the Colorado River’s red silt, wild donkeys, deer behavior, and a tension between water utility and preserving beauty, with playful banter among colleagues.
A humorous sketch explores everyday pleasures across quirky scenes. The narrator enumerates joys from beating rivals to parking spaces and receiving extra change, to observing others’ misfortunes, enjoying self service grocery wins, and small acts that spark life’s smile.
The Pocatello posting notes MST&T officials delaying a plant tour to plan a comprehensive photo series from top to bottom. Albert M. Weese says equipment shortages limit dial service and 300 residents still need telephones. In 1945 blizzards, 28 operators handled 101000 local calls in one day, prompting extra staff and strain. A local poem by Helen Reed Moffitt honors George Washington.
The piece notes Justice Felix Frankfurter told the Legal Aid Society he ad libs speeches not writes them. It also highlights Will Hays remarking on New York’s ties to rural roots while joking about corn and farm origin. The column ends with a playful reference to Arthur Godfrey and a reader’s address.
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