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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1948
Page
1
A local column urges men to rebel against a beard ban for the rodeo season. The piece muses on shaving, privacy, and bets a surprise prize for the best beard. It hints at committee or barber influence and invites bold contestants to grow facial hair.
At Moscow gathering Idaho county and city superintendents pushed expanding teachers’ roles and closer cooperation with county and district offices. State Superintendent Alton B. Jones said the office may be abolished this fall if a constitutional amendment passes. Eunice Meppen was named vice president and Violet Butler became president. Alton Kariindale was named secretary treasurer as discussions covered city and county school reorganization and administration.
Dr Omond McKillop Solandt head of Canada's defense board visits Washington to confer with Dr Vannevar Bush on an air warning network to guard North America from trans polar air attack. Experts estimate radar coverage costs around 1.0 million and would require about 25 000 personnel.
In Luton England Prime Minister Churchill warned that another world war may be unavoidable if Britain and allies do not stand firm against Soviet expansion. He told 90 000 people that peace requires unity with free nations and readiness to use force if Moscow strikes.
Barbara Jo Walker, 22, Miss America, gave up her title to wed Dr. John Vernon Hummel, 24, in a church ceremony in Memphis Tennessee. The Hollywood style wedding drew a crowd and required police and firemen to manage onlookers.
Firefighters stood watch around a blazing lamp post in the 100 block of South Main Street until power company crews arrived to repair a short circuit.
Secretary of State J D Price says commissions and bureaus stripped elective officers of power since 1919 creating 167 divisions. He recalls Idaho's cabinet and nine departments, notes rise of appointive heads, calls for restoring elective influence and possible elimination of bipartisanship boards.
PAWLING N Y The Republican presidential candidate Thomas E Dewey greeted 1200 cheering neighbors upon return and urged a restoration of faith in ourselves and in the bill of rights He vowed a new philosophy and leaders who back the farm and small towns and villages in national government.
Clyde Elmer Rolon and Rulon Borgstrom died serving the United States in World War II. Clyde fell at Guadalcanal, Elmer in Italy, Rolon over Germany, and Rulon in France. Their coffins were buried together in Tremonton cemetery with special nationwide honor.
Post mortem found no foul play in week old infant of Mrs Janice Sparrow as police hold her after she claimed she strangled the baby. Autopsy shows death natural. husband reported disappearance but unaware of child's death. District Attorney notes possible smothering by blankets, Sparrow to Sunnyvale for further processing.
At Philadelphia GOP meeting Thomas E. Dewey promised party workers a November victory ending 16 years of drought and bringing new hope and freedom to the nation and world. Earl Warren said he and Dewey would win in November and deliver the finest administration.
Idaho Democrat Bert H. Miller, a former Idaho Falls resident and state supreme court justice, announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate on the Democratic ticket. Miller, who has held attorney general posts and served as regional FLSA attorney in Seattle, would be the first Democrat to seek the seat currently held by Henry Dworshak.
Thomas C. Powell Jr. of Portneuf Park phoned in a tip after spotting Senator Glen H. Taylor at a sporting goods store. The tip earned Powell five dollars for the Post’s best news tip of the week, with the plea to readers to call in if they witness newsy items.
The Foreign Office said Britain will stay in Berlin despite the Soviet siege attempt. Moscow is accused of using hunger to gain political advantage from allied powers. Bevin stayed in London and spoke with US Ambassador Douglas and adviser Sir William Strang twice within 18 hours.
Count Folke Bernadotte and UN observers say Egyptian forces press attacks on Jewish settlements in the Negev area of southern Palestine. Cairo dismisses reports as propaganda while Egyptian planes attack a US observation plane. pilot Maurice L. Martin of Bluefield, West Virginia, unharmed.
US airlift delivers emergency rations to Berlin's western sectors as 2.5 million residents face possible mass hunger. Churchill warns Soviet actions rival Munich tensions while Britain and allies coordinate currency reforms and talk of a western German government. Berlin's council seeks UN relief.
Twenty year old Mariiuth Ford, in a conservative white one piece bathing suit, says there is nothing indecent about it as she prepares to compete with seven other girls in Wheeling, despite a Catholic bishop’s threat of excommunication.
Soviet commander in chief in Germany Vasily D. Sokolovsky was stopped by U.S. military police for speeding in the Berlin sector and held for 45 minutes. Col. Willard ordered his release, noting the incident as an unusual but not recordable detention of a high ranking officer.
National defense officials announced the first peacetime draft signup will start August 16 with questionnaires mailed by August 30 to men ages 19 through 25. Oldest 1-A draftees will be called first, but no induction before September 22 unless an emergency occurs. Plans reportedly include open enlistment for 18-year-olds in all services, with 12 months active duty and six years in reserve. Army, Navy, and Air Force programs would boost ranks to 837,000, 666,000, and 502,000 respectively, while Universal Military Unit features at Fort Knox are expected to be outlined by Army Secretary Kenneth C. Royall.
Alicia C Sheldon filed a $5000 damage suit against Jerome Kilts a Chicago San Francisco photographer alleging excessive retouching of a Navy wife’s portrait and public display in the studio window. She said the neckline was lowered and the image altered beyond recognition after sending it to her overseas husband. Kilts denied improper edits noting it was a drape photograph retouched to reveal more.
Sunday in Pocatello and vicinity will start partly cloudy then develop local thunderstorms late. Temperatures near 80 degrees for the high and around 50 for the low. Sunrise is 4:00 a.m. and sunset at 8:13 p.m.
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