Pocatello Area Voted Best Site for Atomic Plant
The Atomic Energy Commission picked the Pocatello region for a massive new reactor, including Arco naval proving ground and adjoining land. Local reaction was joy as business leaders credit efforts by Col. Goodfellow and the Chamber of Commerce. The site brings questions on location, impact, and transportation links to nearby cities.
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Pocatello
Atomic Energy Commission
Navy Proving Ground
Arco
Snake River
Idaho
Chamber of Commerce
Goodfellow
Washington, D.C
Blackfoot
Idaho Falls
Burley
Rupert
American Falls
Aberdeen
Union Pacific
GOP Lags as Huey Long Roils Senate Power Pivot
Marquis Childs notes Huey Long dominates the Senate scene in spring 1935, provoking Democrats while Republicans laugh. He warns Republicans will not inherit a messy Democratic collapse and critiques the coalition blocking civil rights. Wherry and Brewster receive credit for coalition leadership amid stalled Truman program items.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Huey Long
Huey
Tee-Hee-Hee
Kenneth Wherry
Nebraska
Owen Brewster
Maine
Ruark’s Racket King Prefers U.S. Living
Robert Ruark recalls his ties to Lucky Luciano, noting lawyers approached about his readmission to the United States. He describes Luciano’s past crimes, wartime claims, and political backers, as well as Ruark’s own reluctance to see him returned to America.
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New York
Washington
Lucky Luciano
U. S
Luciano
Tom Dewey
Dannemora
Havana
Italy
Charlie
Cuba
Lucky
Merrilly
Francis Costello
Costello
United States
Medal for Household Supplies Keepers Highlighted
A humorous piece urges a Constant alert to keep essential household supplies stocked. It lists items from razor blades to toothpaste, ink, stamps, eggs, money, and soap, noting how shortages disrupt daily life and proposing a Medal for those who face closed shops with calm resolve.
Pocatello Campaign Plans Face Debt Reality
A Pocatello column critiques mayoral and council candidates for promising upgrades while warning debt risks. It explains bonded indebtedness limits around 1.15 million on an 11.5 million valuation, current debt of 775 thousand, and a potential 375 thousand remaining. It warns against overreliance on credit for sewer, water, and restrooms.
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Pocatello
D Central City
Pocatillo
Phillips’ Field
Blackfoot
Twin Falls
Portneuf
Ferguson Misquote Fails to Halt Coplon Probe Clash
The piece details Senator Homer Ferguson's misquoted claim about informing AG Tom Clark on Judith Coplon and the subsequent backtracking by Ferguson. It also covers Acheson’s secret report on Communist control in China, McCarran’s involvement, and a Malmedy prison brutality inquiry tied to Senate dynamics.
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Washington
Homer Ferguson
Michigan
Homer
Tom Clark
Judith Coplon
Justice Department
New York
Clark
Miss Coplon
Ferguson
Capitol Hill
Oejudiciary Committee
Pat McCarran
Nevada
Senator McCarran
McCarran
Army
Royall
Senate Armed Services Committee
Tydings
Senate Expenditures Committee
Expenditures
Bird Watching and Bird Watchers Take Center Stage
Henry McLemore reviews his quirky shift from fearing nightingales to becoming a devoted observer of bird watchers. He recalls a London night with the nightingale, comments on the fuss, and jokes about knowing personal details of many enthusiasts while admitting his own ignorance of birds.
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John O'Reilly
N. Y. Herald Tribune
New York
Barton
London
St. John’s Wood
George Lott
Sidney Wood
Frank Shields
Lester Stoefen
the Nightingale
Dan and
Bradstreet
Author F Van Wyck Mason Critiques Forever Amber Backlash
Earl Wilson Mason blasts Kathleen Winsor and Forever Amber as damaging to historical fiction. He says the novel emphasizes sensationalism and licentiousness over research and period depth, noting its impact on the genre and referencing his own works like Cutlass Empire about Henry Morgan.
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Amber
Mason
Miss Winsor
Artie Shaw
Mary Margaret McBride
Cutlass Empire
Henry Morgan
Mason’s Double Theater Debuts Amid Sensual Book Buzz
Winsor discusses his 35 dictated works and describes the authorial process while noting criticism and a controversial new release featuring a busty native girl on both jackets. Stores may soon display the back of the book to the front in a provocative trend.
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Mason
Kinsey
Hanks
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Pocatello Post
North Main Street
The
Pocatello Post Publishing Company
C. ED. Flandro
L. C. Giauque
Frank Grover
Court of Competent Jurisdiction
Marquis Childs
Gop
Robert Ruark
Racket King
U.S
Gate City
Boise
Pocatellans
Drew Pearson
Solon
Silver
China
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Acheson
South China
Foreign Relations Committee
Senator Tydings
Maryland
Germany
Henry McLemore
Earl Wilson
Kathleen Winsor
F. van Wyck Mason
Aaron Sussman
Winsor
Anna Sheridan
Hollywood
Milton Berle
Joyce Mathews
el Morocco
Cedric Hardwicke
Mount Everest
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