Post Office Notice From 1947 Idaho Entry
Second Class matter filed December 13 1947 at Pocatello Idaho under the postal act.
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Pocatello
Idaho
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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1949
Page
4
Fourth of July Holiday Death Toll Projections
Experts estimate 600 or more fatalities from Fourth of July celebrations due to risky driving swimming fireworks and other activities. Traffic deaths around 290 are forecast with 200 from one category and 100 150 from others. injuries total about 10 000. Ned H Dearborn urges cautious driving and early trips to cut tolls.
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Eaced
Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Thera
Red Ink Forecasted In 1949 Federal Finances
The 1949 fiscal year closed with peacetime spending at high levels and a treasury deficit. Sen. Byrd warns of red ink near 1.5 billion and projects a 6 to 8 billion hole two years hence unless government programs are cut and spending trimmed. The current tax take and outlays are difficult to parse due to sheer size.
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United States Treasury
Harry F. Byrd
Byrd
Davis Out
Why the B 36 Inquiry Stumbles on Capitol Hill
A columnist argues the coming B 36 bomber procurement inquiry stalls as the House Services committee waits for the atomic energy investigation to finish. He notes limited microphones cameras Kleig lights and other scarce Capitol Hill gear are monopolized delaying hearings.
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Congress
House of Services Committee
Capitol Hill
Washington
Petrillo shifts toward compromise in Taft-Hartley debate
New Tune James C Petrillo, president of the American Federation of Musicians, presents himself as a compromiser urging unions to accept the best bill possible on repeal of the Taft Hartley act. He previously attacked John L Lewis for advocating a no compromise stance and now signals a more moderate approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
John L. Lewis
Petrillo
Lewis
Barkley Helped by Acheson Stories at Paris Conference
Secretary of State Acheson shared Barkley jokes with Soviet envoy Vishinsky to ease tensions at the Paris foreign ministers meeting. Barkley’s ally helped him win office, and a Kent friend later asked Barkley to help him take out his citizenship papers after urging his rise from congressman to senator to vice president.
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Washington
Acheson
Paris
Barkley
Vishinsky
Russia
Alben Barkley
Eof
Kent
House of Representatives
United States
Senate
Agai
Air Force conducts secret B 36 tests at Muroc California
The U S Air Force stages concealed trials at Muroc Base to compare the B 36 bomber with jet fighters. Jet planes have allegedly shot at the giant aircraft with camera guns while the B 36 attempts to evade. The tests show gun range and stability differences at 40,000 feet, with the F 86 piloted by Captain Chuck Yeager.
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Air Force
Muroc Base
California
Navy
Chuck” Yeager
Inside Story Of Coplon Spy Case And Surveillance
The Justice Department nearly dropped the investigation after an FBI plant aboard the Polish ship Batory overheard Judith Coplon’s name. Surveillance revealed she stayed at official H. P. Shapiro’s apartment and possibly carried government documents, extending the probe for a few more days before she met her Russian contact in New York.
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Judith Coplon
Justice Department
Batory
FBI
H. P. Shapiro
Shapiro
Miss Coplon
Chapiro
New York
Gubitchev
Bohle Is Said to Face Dangers in Prison
The lone Nazi defendant to plead guilty at Nuremberg, Ernest Wilhelm Bohle, reportedly faces life threats as he is held with hard-line SS inmates. He was sentenced to five years for being an SS man after initial solitary confinement and deprivation, though later assigned to hard labor amid protests by the American Civil Liberties Union.
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U. S
Ernest Wilhelm Bohle
Army
Bohle
Landsberg
American Civil Liberties Union
Freshman Missouri congressman irving shoals pipes and influences
Freshman Leonard Irving of Missouri stands out as the era’s top pipe collector with over 200 pieces from around the world, including Missouri Meerschaum corn cob pipes. Senator Butterworth attracts attention over China policy and Dutch imperialism in Indonesia. Connecticut freshman Abraham Ribicoff rapidly advances major legislation, handling the international claims commission bill on the House floor under John Kee’s chairmanship.
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Congress
Leonard Irving
Missouri
W. Walton Butterworth
Butterworth
Indonesia
Abraham Ribicoff
Connecticu
International Claims Commission
Foreign Affairs
John Kee
Virginia
Ribicoff
Han
Pocatello Postings and Local Happenings This Week
Gate City residents may see and hear singer Eddie Kirk at the Deleta ballroom in Pocatel lo on Friday July 8. The Kiwanians plan a Ross park picnic on the 17th and note summer’s arrival amid local chatter. Veterans training in Idaho shows many Vets running farms, a shift from 1947 figures. Smoke near the refinery prompts fire calls as waste oil burns. Petty apartments report four new sons in the past year. Idaho Falls restricts Sunday burials prompting barbers’ quip about dying on Sunday.
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Gate City
Eddie Kirk
Deleta Ballroom
Pocatello
Kirk
CBS
Gene Autry
Andrew
New Harmony’s Utopia Falls to Private Enterprise
Robert Ruark recalls New Harmony Indiana once an experimental socialist community founded by Robert Owen and the Rappites. He notes 1826 era achievements including the first free school and coeducational school, then describes the collapse as Owen left and private ownership replaced cultural history with an auto garage and industrial activity.
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New Harmony
Ind
Angel Gabriel
Times
Washington, D. C
Robert Owen
New Lanark
Scotland
Owen
Franklin Roosevelt
Washington
William Maclure
United States
Reunion of First Salt Lake High School Graduates
Mrs. Florence M. Golightly of Salt Lake City arrived to visit her son Stephen L. Golightly, reuniting with County Surveyor W. P. Havener. The two members of the first four year class to graduate shared a quiet luncheon and memories of school days.
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Salt Lake City High School
Florence M. Golightly
Salt Lake City
Stephen L. Golightly
Oddball Aphorisms and Oddities From a 1920s Page
A garbled mix of quips on golf handicaps autos market prices and social advice. It skewers manners with wry lines about mindset and trust while noting a Nebraska judge and a Japan shipment of frog legs. Many fragments mix slang and humor in a nostalgic newspaper blur.
Remembering Fourth of July Then and Now
A reflective reminiscence contrasts early 20th century Independence Day celebrations with modern sensibilities. The piece recalls fireworks, parades, and family rituals, including country pride, noisy revelry, and the aging thrill of independence. It nostalgically honors past communal rituals and the fading of simpler festivity.
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Father
Romania
Fem
Brother
Science Snippets From An Earlier Era
A batch of notes covers a variety of innovations and theories from a bygone period. Topics include a safety mechanism for machines using vines for clearance, bone healing basics, earth's early atmosphere, keratin formation in nails and hair, invisible radio guidance beams, battery vitalizers for cold starts, and a high speed vibration meter for jet engines.
Mechanical tester flashes answers in class use
The machine age brings a classroom communicator that lets students flash the answer to the teacher the moment it is known. This device, a mechanical tester, is described as a tool to read a student’s mind and speed up instruction.
Public voices decry business cold war against American people
CIO President Philip Murray charges that American business fails social duties to workers and retirees. Dr Harold W. Dobbs of Princeton warns fear can provoke the very dangers it fears, citing fear of war as a major cause of war.
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CIO
Philip Murray
Harold W. Dobbs
Princeton University
World tensions rise as leaders warn of war risks
Quotes from Brannan Clark and Donnell highlight fears of economic ruin and nuclear threats amid Cold War rhetoric. Garry Davis argues against world government while urging caution over atomic power.
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Charles F. Brannan
Truman Decries Real Estate Lobby Attacks on Housing Bill
In a forceful statement President Truman denounces a widespread campaign of misrepresentation and distortion against the public housing bill. He frames the lobbying effort as deliberate opposition to a measure vital to public welfare.
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President Truman
Behind the Iron Curtain quote from John Gunther
A quotation notes that Soviet blunders and aggressions test human tolerance yet should not excuse our own errors as John Gunther critiques in Behind the Iron Curtain.
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Soviet Union
John Gunther
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