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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1948
Page
4
The Pocatello Tribune notes a Washington Bureau report from 824 Connecticut Avenue Washington DC describing mail service details and post office classifications for distribution through the mails as second class.
Twenty unions representing most U S railroad workers adopt a resolution favoring nationalization. They seek government control of revenues and employment to bargain on wages and conditions, hoping for better terms than private management. The piece argues for a renewed settlement between unions and managers before any broad nationalization.
Reviews Brophy's fifteen year quest to explain why faces differ and what they reveal. He surveys Lavater painters and classical sources, arguing that faces hint at mystery and reflect human nature and a noble image of God.
Farmer Brown's Boy learns snakes are often harmless after meeting Bluffer the Adder who bluffs before striking. He discovers Bluffer's bluffing is ill founded as he examines the snake and recalls two deadly rattlesnakes. The tale contrasts fear with understanding of nature.
Buzz of the Burg greets new arrivals from Idaho Falls Salt Lake City Montpelier and Arimo and notes their professions. The column then shares detailed rose planting instructions from R D Merrill and Ray Hennessey covering soil, moist roots, trench depth and air pockets, union height, watering, canes thinning and mulching to prevent drying out.
Miss Melba Rae Barnett daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Barnett of Pocatello Idaho and former American Falls resident joined Power County Press staff after earning a journalism degree from the University of Idaho She will oversee advertising for the paper Barnett was active in ISC journalism circles Theta Sigma and was feature writer for Blot and an Argonaut rewrite staffer Ed Randall and two brothers purchase Cove ranch near Bellevue to be developed into a major dairy operation with 140000 dollar asking price established forty years ago by Silas Allred the ranch now covers about 3200 acres with 1000 acres wheat 500 hay and 1800 grazing in Blaine county’s Wood River valley
Idaho registered 140,006 passenger cars in 1947 up from 124,048 in 1946, with a national total of 30,750,558 cars and a 9.4 percent rise over 1946. Idaho motorists paid $1,768,000 in registration fees, an all time high, as most states recovered wartime losses and fees rose.
The essay argues that popularity defines value in music, challenging strict categories of good and great. It contends that enduring appeal, not technical elitism, sustains music, as many popular songs become classics in some sense and even difficult works resonate with those who seek sophistication.
Reverend G W Crutchfield of Pinebluff NC asks readers to seek plain meaning when dictionaries stump them. He cites aphesis and apheresis confusion from The Supreme Authority, explains aphetic, and invites readers to mail six cents for C-8 rules on pronouns and a self addressed envelope.
A reader asks how to handle jealousy when away for medical treatment and suspects her husband may have seen his former fiancée. Elaine advises weighing the tip, confronting him if needed, and forgiving if appropriate, noting two years of marriage make the wife an important part of his life.
Angelo Patri urges support for the Girl Scouts sewing program to clothe war affected children in Europe. He argues sewing teaches discipline and service, urging readers to donate fabrics and funds via the paper’s office and to request leaflet P-14 “Helpful Habits.”
Idaho Jewelers association reelected all officers including M. G. Sexty as president at the first annual meeting. The group backed reducing or abolishing the federal excise tax on jewelry and voted to study door-to-door out-of-state jewelry sales. Howard L. Allen of Twin Falls became vice president C. W. Buchanan of Nampa treasurer and Earl Murphy of Boise remained executive secretary.
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