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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1949
Page
4
The fragment lists C. Ed Flandro as president L. C. Giauque as business manager and Frank Grover as editor, indicating the paper's leadership trio.
The piece argues for a centralized agency to coordinate disaster and emergency aid among multiple bureaus in Gate City. It notes months of discussion with no action, cites cases where seekers contact several agencies incorrectly, and stresses that timely 24 hour access is crucial when penniless and ill.
C A Kelly district highway engineer announces long range improvements for the Poca area. Portneuf hill will be eliminated by summer, removing a fatality hazard, and a dangerous curve at the underpass on the American Falls highway will be tackled. The program spans years but signals real route system upgrades and wiser spending.
A party of congressmen and their wives toured New York on a $30-a-head sightseeing trip arranged by Mayor O Dwyer. A starched uniformed street sweeper led the group to see how Gotham keeps streets clean, incinerators, and sewer protection methods, ending with warm thanks at the hotel.
A crossword style list with horizontal and vertical clues covering birds gods verbs plants minerals and body terms. Entries include Sioux Indian eye dish swear comparative prayer ending price woody plant mineral rock ability and more.
A cryptic looking prompt lists clues and numbers. It appears to be a word puzzle where each clue yields a word tied to numbers and hints like Hebrew deity and French novelist appear. The exact solution requires mapping each clue to its answer and arranging them to form a coherent phrase or set.
The Ruark missive advises a young man starting out to pursue steady, diligent work rather than shortcuts. It stresses evolving from entry jobs, understanding mutual employer labor duties, and resisting easy routes while aiming for high positions, citing changes in security and finance and referencing Harry Truman as inspiration.
A wife recounts magazine articles and gossip about four or more women and their opinions on topics from keeping rice fluffy to atomic policy. She names Miss Jenny and Miss Kate and their households, hospital patients, parties, dating, engagements, feuds, and new arrivals, presenting a professional grasp of news.
The piece outlines Secretary of State Acheson sparring with Warren Austin over Israel at Lake Success and later Senate inquiry into U S stance on Franco Spain. It notes Dulles voting against Franco amid a split in the American U N delegation with Roosevelt and Cohen among opponents and Austin supporting Franco.
Henry McLemore recounts a comical romance in Guatemala City with Angela Lopez, a spirited girl who persuades him to buy rugs baskets skirts and mangoes. He laments the impractical gifts and reveals the affair is with a girl nine, or perhaps eight going on nine, who shadows him from hotel lobby to elevator. He plans to return to New Orleans.
The remarks span a mix of personal anecdotes and policy views. Danny Kaye recalls a car accident after meeting Shaw with humor while Ludwig Erhard praises postwar German work willingness. James Lawrence Fly muses that television could become the era’s most powerful force shaping public opinion and culture.
The J C Penney Co. executive Jack Carnes shares a letter from J C Penney disputing the idea that opportunity is past for ambitious youths. He argues that effort, vision, and faith open paths, and notes a pamphlet titled The American Way.
Hollywood presses race to make movies about unwed mothers as Ida Lupino and Collier Young push a new theme. They describe touring California shelters for unwed mothers to find material, noting girls as young as eleven. Lupino considers stepping back from acting as she plans future projects including a polio story. The Midnight Earl and Broadway bulletins add a flurry of celebrity sightings and industry plans.
Erskine Johnson reports Judy Garland is suspended from M G M for failing to report on set and joins other top stars in studio doghouses including Ann Blyth Rita Hayworth and Margaret O'Brien. Rumors say Garland is sick and needs rest while Lou Costello battles a kidney ailment delaying work despite box office success.
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