Frontier Rodeo Returns to Pocatello for Sixth Annual Show
The Frontier Rodeo opens tomorrow at Bannock County Fairgrounds drawing Pocatello residents and visitors to a Western spectacle begun in 1943 by the late T. B. LeBailly. Community support and ticket purchases help sustain the annual event, billed as a real riproaring West show with cowboys and untamed stock.
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Gate City
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Pocatello
Intermountain West
Idaho
Pacific Coast
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Gary
Rodeo Committee
Frontier Rodeo
Democrats Face Rifts After Roosevelt Era In 1940s Style Show
The Pocatello Post analyzes the Democratic convention highlighting factional splits over civil rights, domestic policy, and foreign policy. It notes Southern conservatives and Northern liberals opposing Truman, the Wallace third party shifting delegates, and doubts about winning Congress in the months ahead. The piece warns of a repeat of partisan gridlock if a Republican president faces an uncooperative Congress.
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Pocatello
Philadelphia
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Post
Mr. Truman
Roosevelt
Paul McNutt
Henry Wallace
Truman
Pocatello Post
Wallace
Congress
Pocatello and Progress on City Government Salaries
A letter argues against the city manager form in Pocatello noting the mayor's salary of 300 dollars per month. It compares budget size 1 326 070 and valuations with past mayoral losses, referencing 1913 legislation setting mayoral pay at 1800 dollars annually.
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Pocatello
Bannock County
Idaho
Editorial argues for city manager form in Pocatello
The piece notes the salary gap that locks at 3600 dollars since 1921 as the city has grown. It argues for a city manager system where salaries and continuity come from the board, citing other states’ use and urging change to avoid political turnover and untrained leadership. It ends with a jab about tribal claims.
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California
Maine
Georgia
Pocatello
Why GI War Stories Revolve Around Home and Pie
Ernie Pyle told U S GI readers why they fought by recalling a Sunday at the Washington Press Club. He asked the young soldiers why they wanted to win the war and heard only one clear answer home. An imagined apple pie symbolized family, comfort, and the life they hoped to return to.
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Joe
Pyle
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Pacific
Ernie
Brooklyn
Malad
Idaho
Pocatello
Washington Press Club
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Salerno
Shady Elm
End of Roosevelt era shadows 1948 Democratic con vention views
The Philadelphia piece notes the 1948 Democratic convention without FDR, contrasting 1944 and 1948, and criticizes labor’s waning influence, Truman’s pairing with Barkley, and fundraising hurdles. It recalls Byrnes, Hillman, and Daniels on party unity and leadership. Roosevelt’s legacy lingers amid internal party tensions.
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Chestnut Street
Sam Rayburn
Senator Barkley
Roosevelt
Rayburn
Barkley
Truman
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Eisenhower
Elliott
Franklin Jr
Sidney
Jimmy Byrnes
Jimmy
Fdr
Sidney Hillman
Cio-Pac
S Byrnes
South Carolina
Twilight of the Gods for Alben Barkley in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia at a convention hall the aging Alben Barkley delivered a long keynote on the New Deal to a thinning crowd with many absentees and vacant press rows. His 24 page script and measured delivery underscored a waning era as Republicans listened far more attentively three weeks earlier.
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Claude Pepper
Florida
CIO
Senate
Perle Mesta
Defense Forrestal
Averell Harriman
Alben” Barkley
Harry Truman
White House
Alben
Truman
Clark Clifford
Tommy Corcoran
Mr. T
Justice Douglas
Philadelphia
Alben Barkley
Asnell
Franklin Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Barkley
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Ike Williams
Beau Jack
Barkley as Vice President Pick Sparks Debate and Doubt
Washington notes a chaotic, distorted race scene with widespread skepticism about the party and its candidates. Supporters push Barkley as a symbolic elder statesman to shore Kentucky, a border state GOP lean, but critics compare the move to selecting a pallbearer and doubt the ticket’s victory prospects.
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Barkley
Kentucky
Democrats eye liberal push as Truman allies loom in 1948
Marquis Childs notes discussions on nominating a vice presidential candidate to bolster liberal labor influence in Congress. Despite a Truman bid, Democrats see a possible path to take the Senate from Republicans by winning four seats in a Republican year, leaving open a strategic opportunity for 1948.
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Kentucky
Congress
Truman
Congressional Coubier
Senate
Letters To The Editor By Post Readers
The Post invites brief letters on local and general subjects with name and address. Writers may request name omission. The editor may reject libelous or undesirable submissions and condense longer letters. Each week a $2 prize is awarded for the best letter.
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Pocatello Post
I Remember Mama Show Time Split Frustrates City Mom
In Pocatello a mother laments theater policy forcing two separate showings four hours apart for I Remember Mama. She cannot afford a sitter and dislikes the double feature. Ed Note: Chief manager, address reader concerns.
Poor Sportsmen Faithful to a Letter in Off the Beat
A reader from Alameda criticizes out of state poaching and calls for penalties on game hogs. She argues sage hens pheasants ducks and other game are being slaughtered and urges stiff fines or jail time while noting Idaho taxpayers bear costs. Ed Note hints at a pending remedy.
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Alameda
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