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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1949
Page
4
The notice lists subscription rates by mail or carrier with prices for 12 months through 1 month, states out of state pricing, and notes the editors and staff. It also records the paper as second class matter and provides the December 13 1947, Post Office filing details in Pocatello Idaho.
The Pocatello Chamber of Commerce urges residents to join Friday observances recognizing railroads' role in the city and nation. Emphasis on current workers and ongoing innovations such as streamliners and diesel power underlines rail service importance.
Gen Hoyt Vandenberg first Pentagon officer to wear the new Air Force blue dress. Ribbons on his trim frame draw praise while older officers face light ribbing. Vermont senators guide 36 legislators to discuss the Brannan plan with Vice President Barkley.
A word puzzle page lists clues for horizontal and vertical entries including musical terms, household and bodily items, and geographic and linguistic words. It references terms like organ, burden, Persia, paradise, and sodium symbol while mixing common nouns with proper nouns and abbreviations.
A discussion notes many kinds of social offers to help in community tasks. It cites examples like offering rides to dancing classes, baking for a church sale, leading bridge games, bringing fried chicken to a picnic, hosting a delegate, printing programs, meeting visitors, washing dishes, mailing donation letters, lending items, or sitting with a neighbor’s child. The piece ends by contrasting the relief of proving willingness to help with the possibility that offers may be declined.
Robert Ruark notes Miss Mary Margaret McBride marks 15 years in radio with a star studded Yankee Stadium party. An hour of entertainment for radio listeners and guests, with 80 000 expected, honoring a host who built a vast audience on NBC.
In Washington the French ambassador Henri Bonnet told Secretary Acheson that France will not withdraw occupation troops from Germany regardless of the Big Four talks. Bonnet cited mistrust of the Germans and the need to keep forces in place. Acheson urged Schuman to reconsider before the foreign ministers meet May 23.
Henry McLemore Diet humorously critiques Harvard professor Eugene Rochow’s futurist warnings that meat and eggs could be replaced by tree derived foods and synthetic fabrics. The piece imagines wooden menus and hatchet dining amid rural and urban life, ending with a jab at the professor enjoying pajama sandwiches.
B O Hoover arranges Nash Ambassador Air Flyte sale with Dosace en route to Idaho. Miss Sheryl Call earns honors in local contests. Scenic Idaho photos requested for Travel Hints booklet. Naval ordnance promotions noted. Idaho traffic safety tips urge youth bike riders to follow 12 commandments.
A lively column mocks a barn dance craze sweeping the nation and Elsa Maxwell introducing it to New York society. It notes actors and locals at the Park Sheraton Hotel, with jests about two left feet and social snubs, while lampooning the scene and its appeal to saloon culture.
Hollywood talks up Bill Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy with seven million A V viewers and growing. Boyd recalls his rise from extra to matinee idol and the shift to television, radio, comics, records, and films with Mulford retaining rights and Bob Hope financing future Hopalong projects.
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