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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1945
Page
4
The Pocatello Tribune details subscription prices for Idaho and elsewhere with weekly publication notes. It includes a faith quotation claiming miracles arise from faith and quotes Galatians 3 26 about being sons of God through faith in Jesus Christ.
The piece surveys ongoing clashes from Syria to Iran and Greece to Trieste, noting French forces in the Levant, Tito in Yugoslavia, and oil interests shaping intervention. It cites American and British roles, Japan and Southeast Asia fighting, and questions about postwar control of Manchuria, Korea, and the Dutch East Indies.
Public prints reveal that after moving into the White House the Trumans kept a daughter’s piano, preferred over the ornate East Room instrument. Margaret and her father will play duets, showing the president’s musical side and promising relaxed, homey music to ease state pressures.
Ralph R Benedict advises in a Pocatello column on trees not to plant and pruning tips. He recommends firs junipers pines and spruces over cottonwoods Siberian elms and poplars noting shade density hardiness and potential nuisances. He cites local examples at Hayes Center Fife Apartments and Memorial building and calls for more gardening guidance.
Idaho lettuce production for 1945 is forecast at 88 000 crates, down from 135 000 in 1944, with yields dropping from 150 to 125 per acre across 700 acres. Green pea output also falls to 190 000 bushels from 315 000, as planted area contracts and yields ease to about 100 bushels per acre. The Idaho Progressive Society for the Blind held a 35 delegate convention at Idaho Falls, with Aldine Gartin presiding. Congressmen Dworshak and Anderson plan a Western trip visit to Idaho for hearings. The Idaho Prison Board weighs cancelling an easement on penitentiary lands used by Finley, who operates a sawmill and assigned the easement to Uncle Sam’s War Plants Corp.
A flurry of society and civic items fills the Idaho Falls page with appointments, travels, and events. J C Pearson signs with Bannock county for Progress Tailoring. Arthur Cohn travels to New York. editor F A Dare now at Walker Pilot. High school baccalaureate set for tomorrow. Rev E H Jones to preach with bishop Punsten assisting. A mix of arrivals, remodeling, and plans including a billiard of community activities.
The Sunday through Tuesday schedule at CHIEF features Dillinger with Elisha Cook Jr and Lawrence Tierney and Three Is a Family with Marjorie Reynolds and Charles Ruggles. Midweek shows include Three Caballeros, Gentle Annie with James Craig and Donna Reed. ORPHEUM runs She Gets Her Man with Joan Davis and Leonard Errol, Dixie Jamboree, Here Come the Waves with Bing Crosby and Betty Hutton, and Forest Ranger with Fred MacMurray and Paulette Goddard. Starts Saturday with Dead End featuring Humphrey Bogart and the Dead End Kids, plus Pardon Us with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. RIALTO presents Jane Eyre with Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine, Tiger Trail, Jungle Woman, Music in Manhattan, and The Old Barn Dance with Gene Autry, plus Song of Russia and The East Side Kids.
British motorists, barred from the highways since the war began, resume driving with gasoline rations enough for about 120 miles a month. US A and B card holders receive higher allowances, signaling a gradual return of prewar cars and about 750 000 vehicles on Britain’s roads, though tax and insurance costs may slow full recovery.
Readers report on a man named Marks who planned a trip with $100 but was robbed during a struggle when his wife Ann was shot. Marks, on leave, reflects on the danger hidden in his wartime efforts as police investigate the holdup and pursuers seek the perpetrator.
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