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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1948
Page
2
Elis worth Wisecarver known as Sonny, once a juvenile elopement magnet, now works as a babysitter in Los Angeles. He recounts elopements with two women years older, his limited future, and his attempts to finish a juvenile delinquency sentence before enlisting. He and his wife, married near Utah, rely on babysitting for room and board.
A 25-year-old mother Mrs Hilda Gaeth and her 21-year-old baby sitter Gerald Hirthe were sentenced for running what authorities called a school for sex involving young girls. Gaeth received one to three years for adultery while Hirthe drew four concurrent terms of one to 10 years on adultery and two counts of statutory rape. The judge called Hirthe the principal in the sex education of the girls who visited the Gaeth home. Rape charges involved a 17-year-old and two 16-year-olds who spent the night with Hirthe.
Thirty honorary pallbearers including film stars and radio workers attend the funeral for radio host Tom Breneman. The service at Hollywood Presbyterian Church is led by Dr. Louis H. Evans with the King's Men quartet, after Breneman’s heart attack at 46. Cremation follows at Forest Lawn. a memorial program aired for his Breakfast in Hollywood. The network has not decided on continuing the show.
Entertainment column notes Bing Crosby’s effortless charm during a Ritz Theatre broadcast in Pittsburgh. He remains unpretentious, scratching his back on stage and between lines, delighting the crowd while discussing films, golf, baseball, and a Greensboro party.
A report styled as a self help warning from Horse Players Anonymous on betting at Churchill Downs. The speaker recalls a descent into compulsive gambling, vivid with relapse and near ruin, then vows sobriety and urges others to avoid chasing longshots in bets and distant thrills.
The national safety council reports a seven percent drop in traffic deaths in the first quarter versus last year, with 6,480 fatalities in January to March compared with 6,990 a year earlier. The note includes light asides on entertainment figures and a historical fact about the first Protestant Sunday School.
Bob Hawk chatted with an elderly contestant about women's dress styles on an NBC quiz show. The man exclaimed Remember, then recalled being stung, recalling wasp-like waists as a remembered fashion detail.
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