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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1948
Page
4
An editorial condemns reliance on officer opinion to convict drivers of driving under the influence. It urges immediate medical exams after arrest to protect rights, cites cases of biased charging, and warns that personal judgments distort justice and inflate penalties.
Guest editorial notes the 75th anniversary of professional nursing in the United States. It urges modernizing nursing education from training to graduate levels, expanding schools, and creating four to five year degree programs with Idaho State College providing liberal arts and sciences and hospitals offering clinical training. The piece stresses a nurse shortage in Pocatello and calls local cooperation to develop facilities and attract young women to the field.
A New York reader reports a man blaming modern appliances and easy living for marital strife among married women. He contrasts past domestic toil with today’s conveniences, arguing they reduce friction but threaten family stability. He laments lost traditional roles and urges a return to simpler tools and routines.
Paul Gallico laments modern car styling and visibility in a column. He recalls early models with lines and practical features and criticizes producers for generic silhouettes and wasteful tin piled at the front. He notes driving a new model that blocks sightlines and complains to a sales manager who says makers ignore customer needs.
Senator-elect Margaret Chase Smith rebuffed offers to join Dewey's cabinet or to trade her Senate seat for a federal appointment. Maine Republican leaders sought to install Gov. Horace Hildreth via a transition, but Smith refused any deal. The column also notes Ku Klux Klan leaks, a planned December cross burning in Macon, and criticism of steel executives pressing for voluntary controls.
In a neighborly salute the Crawford family praises 15 year old Jack Crawford for leadership and service to peers. He organized games coached younger children and helped reduce juvenile delinquency in the block, earning unofficial notice as Boy of the Year in Our Neighborhood. Readers are invited to nominate other youths across Southeastern Idaho communities.
Poem cycle laments Tojo’s fate and praises General MacArthur. It recalls victories on Saipan Buna and Brisbane and echoes the refrain I Will Return. The verses blend retaliation with the cost of war and the lament He Might Have Been.
A reporter tours Kure Japan once home to the Imperial Navy now a giant junkyard. He notes rusted battleships cruisers and carriers, the salvage led by former officers under British occupation forces, and the stark contrast between wartime power and postwar waste. The piece recalls Yamato Iowa Vanguard Bismarck and the sunk ships amid bombing to erase Japan’s fleet.
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