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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1948
Page
10
CIO Oil Workers union proposed a 12.44cent hourly wage increase and the end of a six week west coast strike if companies agree to arbitrate the rehiring of strikers accused of violence. Knight urged hearings for accused workers and suggested a three point path to settle rehiring.
Women aged 18 to 34 may discuss enlistment in the Women’s Army Corps and the Women’s Air Force with Sergeant Anna B. Hugonin at the Pocatello recruiting station during Oct 18–23. Requirements include single status, high school graduate, good health, and birth certificate copies.
Corporal Oscar Pharris 19 year old son of Mr and Mrs A D Pharris 451 North Seventh St is home on a 35 day furlough from Whittier Alaska where he has served 30 months with the aviation engineers since enlisting November 20 1946 He will report to Denver for reassignment after his furlough
Paraplegics Walter Watson and Carl Cox, veterans hospital patients, were brought into Memphis city court in wheelchairs and fined $62 after police said they raced at about 60 mph in government supplied cars.
A dense listing of Sunday programs across KPST Preston and KSEI FM including organ recitals, hymns, News segments, concert hour, opera features, and late night music blocks with names like Palmer Chase, McCune Motor, Madrigal Singers, and the Israel of station line ups.
A full day timetable lists programs from 7:00 AM through 11:00 PM including musical and religious shows such as Sacred Heart Program and Radio Bible Class, plus features like The Shadow True Detective Mysteries and Mutual Reports News. Names include Alan Lomax Henry A. Wallace and William L. Shirer.
Eric Johnston announces Soviet authorities will distribute American films in Russia after talks in Moscow. He notes careful safeguards to prevent propaganda use and says Russian soundtracks will be dubbed without altering subject matter.
Washington study traces selective service from colonial militia through 18th and 19th century drafts to modern U S system. Hart notes early laws, Washington's push, Civil War issues, Mexican War gaps, and 1917-1940 acts shaping today’s draft.
Erastus Bright, 69, and Gilson II, arrested for drunkenness 96 times in 15 years, vows to quit alcohol after limping to court for parole violation. He recounts drinking water at a town pump, falling from a platform and nearly injuring his hip before judge Gale A. Mathers.
In Beloit Wisconsin police report a parking meter has been stolen marking a rare theft of municipal equipment. Investigators seek clues as the incident is investigated for possible suspects and motives.
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