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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1949
Page
4
A reflective guest editorial frames a child's plea to a future mother. The unborn child urges maternal care, wholesome habits, and high ideals now to ensure a clean future bloodline, strong upbringing, and the chance to be a cherished, healthy infant.
Marquis Childs argues the Berlin blockade’s end signals a shift in Soviet strategy toward unifying Germany with a strong Communist role. He notes Gen. Lucius Clay’s departure as key, predicts new U S leadership under John J McCloy Averell Harriman and Paul Hoffman guiding economic policy and decartelization to avert chaos and foster a stable Democratic Europe.
The column mocks Senator Ed Johnson’s view that if Russians pursue peace the U S faces economic disaster. It argues his fear of inflation from ongoing military spending is overstated and questions using war as economic policy. The piece ends by suggesting declaring a permanent cold war to keep budgets in line.
A humorous piece portrays Billopp seeking sympathy for health worries. Friends deny symptoms like high blood pressure insomnia and fatigue, attributing issues to stress and lifestyle. They dismiss medical concerns while urging action on vanity issues like hair loss.
Drew Pearson notes Jacksonville State Teachers College in Alabama opened a notable international house funded and staffed by local communities. He highlights student exchanges with France, homegrown donations, and the broader U.S. push for peace through people to people ties, while acknowledging Cold War limits and the iron curtain.
A humorous meditation on why sleep is repeatedly shattered by ordinary noises and events. The narrator argues centuries of evolution and chance created today’s perfect sleep-disrupting sequence, citing pneumatic drills and kitchen clatters as proof of life’s intricate design.
Pocatello’s new mayor W. W. Bore faces early executive challenges while Halsey and Art Dugdale pilot to Salt Lake City. Accacia lodge No. 3 hosts master mason degree with Conn Hous ey as Idaho’s master male candidate. Campus Day at Idaho State College drew 3860 visitors from multiple nearby towns. Dr. Vic Mae Powell thanks ISC staff for editorial support. Dutch Sherman mentors Clifford Burgess at Shoshone high, Burgess throwing a perfect game against Hanson high.
Buddy Baer, 6 feet 6 and 275 pounds, sang at the Plaza Persian Room as Hildegarde’s guest with fiancée May Mann present. He teased about quitting boxing for show business and recalled training with Wahl, Be currently pursuing an acting career with Africa Screams in view. Robert E. Hannegan gains Knickerbocker Motors Ford Agency stake and directs at 20th Century Fox. Hollywood replacement looms for a Broadway leading lady. Eben Ahbez heads east to answer plagiarism charges.
Hollywood’s Plastic Surgery Institute ranks the 10 most compelling noses in cinema, naming Lana Turner Mae West Danny Kaye Jane Russell Bing Crosby Gene Autry Glenn Ford Jennifer Jones Wanda Hendrix Audie Murphy as notable examples. The piece also jokes about Cyrano noses and gossip about Jack Carson Doris Day Moon Over the Catskills and Gloria Swanson’s Sunset Boulevard mansion.
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