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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1949
Page
4
The Idaho 30th legislature debates slot machine policy while urging focus on highway improvements and the labor commissioner post. The piece argues to keep campaign promises to create proper labor representation and timely activation of the labor post, stressing labor’s importance in state administration.
Charles Crabtree urged Twin Falls to adopt a city manager system arguing administration should be a trained profession. He contended elected officials are part time and amateurs, risking inefficiency and higher costs, urging residents to consider the change seriously. The Kiwanis club backed the proposal.
A columnist recalls a Christmas Independence MO photo of President Truman with a hand to his ear and questions the value of endless photo ops and interviews. The piece speculates on weighing drastic national duties against photo opportunities and recounts a past audience with Truman.
In New York a self styled nobleman, 62, claims to build a 5 million dollar Hollywood atomic nightclub to outdo Prince Mike Romanoff. He describes walls and ceilings dancing with atomic energy and a golden stairway to nowhere while discussing with friends at Leon Eddie's. He says a half million is pledged, needing 4.5 million more.
The piece notes Ben Fairless of United States Steel argues business is returning to a prewar pace. A narrator recounts buying a grand mahogany bed in a booming wartime shopping scene, with calm that follows increasing furniture store activity and a festive mood.
A group of junior army navy and air force officers form The Young Braves in the Pentagon to study service disputes. They envision a future air army and naval air power supplying ground combat from decks, with ACEs supporting operations. The plan remains theoretical until officers attain command.
President Truman met housing experts including David Krooth and Jack Carter to discuss a broad new public housing law. They urged aid for middle and lower income groups, including veterans facing high down payments and interest rates. Truman said he would study a plan for 800,000 public rental units in cities and 200,000 in rural areas over four years.
A vaudeville tale follows Irene Hasbrook who leaves the stage to marry a prosperous cartoonist. He hires detectives to dig up dirt for divorce, while Irene endures a tense marriage marked by rumors and a difficult mother-in-law.
Irene leaves after a bitter fight and discovers John Wheeler’s secret sketch of their bedroom with the inscription I MISS YOU. A legal separation follows as Irene seeks counsel in New York while a vaudeville producer offers her a comeback in his theater amid pursuit by Mr. O Farrell and his flatfoot squad.
A Idaho woman, with no pregnancy symptoms, unexpectedly gave birth to a 7 pound daughter after describing a cold that settled in her back. The birth occurred while she was unaware of being pregnant, and the husband helped care for the baby until the doctor arrived. The event cites a May visit and no prior examination.
A reader laments a four year old officiating a wedding vows ceremony at Long Beach and questions religious respect and seriousness. The column also notes tornadoes in Arkansas and Louisiana with many deaths, storms around the Queen Mary and Portland Rose, severe winter weather, Idaho liquor licenses failing, and a Frisco bank robbery netting two thousand dollars.
Superior Court Judge Joseph Sabath of Chicago suggests celebrating Christmas once a month to help mend societal rifts, calling the idea a means to spread goodwill throughout the year.
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