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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1948
Page
9
Hollywood reporting on the 1948 fashion wave where men adopt styles once worn by women. Designer Ilyana debuts baggy hips peplums and zippers over buttons, with short jackets and scalloped peplums, plus purple suede shoes and new hair trends. The piece notes fashion history showing men following female styles.
Police hunt a six foot tall suspect dubbed the ape man af Washington Heights after he strangled and battered to death 48 year old Mrs Ferda Frank a recently arrived German refugee. Detectives say the attacker may have struck multiple times in the same district.
Harold Kennedy, actor and lecturer, notes that lecturing pays well for some despite public speaking nerves. He recalls H. G. Wells earning $1,500 per lecture and Charles Dickens’ legacy, plus Randolph Churchill’s feasts on lectures. Kennedy’s tales of long journeys, hotel stays, and women’s club audiences frame lecturing as a popular, lucrative pastime with a comic edge.
Hollywood producer Maxwell Shane ends a nationwide cat talent search for a star of The Salem Frigate. Local contenders included a two-eyed cat, a one-eyed feline candidate, and several unusual entries from Baltimore Brooklyn Homosassa Springs and New York City.
Idaho safety director George E. Vaughn marks the first anniversary of safety direction by warning vacationers not to let faulty cars spoil trips. He maps four risk areas with traffic fatality pins and cites high school driver education as key to reducing Idaho crashes.
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