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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1949
Page
4
Idaho plans a 10 percent reduction in public assistance starting July 1 as caseload rises from 14 180 in December 1946 to 16 691 in March. With constant state funds, officials say grants must be thinned to cover more people, prompting debate over emergency funds and logical budgeting.
President Truman warned at the highway safety conference that lax state driving permit laws cause thousands of deaths and injuries. He cited 32,000 traffic fatalities and over a million injuries last year, urging stricter exams before permit issuance to curb the waste of life.
News dispatches show the House approval appears dead for this session as Senate floor time is scarce. Senators moved quickly on enlistment and arms bills, delaying veteran pension action for political self interest over national welfare.
A long scrambled clue list pairs numbers with multiple word fragments and hints. The items mix common words and phrases across languages and categories, forming a large word puzzle or crossword style reference.
Robert Ruark laments bankers who guilt him over money while praising their charm outside the bank. He recalls Richard Crowe’s $750,000 heist and a tale of Joe Sore Dog to illustrate distrust of banking and the humorless view money inspires among bankers.
Rockefeller argues the United States should extend economic cooperation and capitalist investment not for profit alone but to do the greatest good, shaping a global freedom conscience after the war years.
Washington’s eight top economists privately warn President Truman a deficit remains likely next year even with a four billion tax hike and say significant cuts are impossible due to fixed costs. They caution that avoiding a deficit could trigger a deeper recession, urging priority to ward off business decline rather than balance the books.
A humorous column recounts Henry McLemore’s shopping obsession in New York City. He reveals endless lists for Macy’s, Gimbels, and other stores, including plans to dye a dress and buy specific items. The piece contrasts his detail driven errands with social lunches at Toots Shor’s.
The Pocatello Postings column surveys social items, graduates, a traffic incident, and local business notes. It notes Blanche Huffman and Gertrude Machold on the Smoke Signals staff, Betty Grover’s LA banking role, Theo Vance Britt earning a Washington State College degree, and Pacific coast freight management shifting to San Francisco with Benjamin Rhodes as head. It also mentions a Kiwanis picnic plan, local committee members, and Muir Pierpont on leave from the U S Navy aboard the Boxer.
Earl Wilson recounts a humorous interview with Joan Fontaine about allergies and feather sneezes. The talk includes playful banter with a guest nicknamed Sneezy and riffs on shots, ice cures, pillows, and personal quirks, ending with the writer’s note on Fontaine’s ongoing health quirks. The column then teases entertainment hot notes including Godfrey Crosby Hope, Rita Hayworth, Sinatra, and a Blue Angel review.
Erskine Johnson notes Laraine Day will not razz players while watching games and compares umpires to movie producers with spikes. She’s in Hollywood for I Married a Communist. Leo Durocher calls her nightly to discuss who dropped the ball.
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