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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1919
Page
4
Wartime spending trimmed for Independence Day. Towns cut gunpowder use and fireworks as patriotism shifts to veterans. Pocatello plans a combined celebration and Welcome Home for soldiers, aiming for a memorable and historic display.
The article argues that ball games and athletic events suit town life, teaching physical development, self control, temper, teamwork, and collective effort. It notes such sports provide wholesome entertainment and bring in outside trade, urging support for athletic programs.
A column contrasts youthful optimism with cynicism, urging support for hopeful perseverance and ambition while noting the value of endurance. It muses on graduation spirit, magnanimity, and the need to push forward. Also comments on the Japanese-Chinese issue, Versailles talks, and local building programs.
Short public safety note urges careful driving and courtesy on the road. It stresses keeping control, obeying traffic officers, signaling, aiding others in trouble, and resisting speeding to prevent injuries and deaths.
Peter P. Carney presents sportsman ethics and concentration as essential. A renowned amateur marksman focuses on the single target at hand, ignoring others, and strives to combine brain eye and hand to destroy the disc as it flies. The piece urges respect for laws, farmers, and nature while promoting disciplined aim and mental discipline.
Salt Lake City reader K. K. Kantzer notes that Europe spends more per population on roads. He cites France and England plans and current mileage, contrasts U S appropriations of 275 million through 1921, and states the United States would need about 6 to 7.5 million miles to match European ratios.
Camden Post Telefrain discusses returning servicemen facing high prices on clothing and goods after the war. It notes soldiers’ pay and the $60 discharge allowance, the impact of luxury taxes, and the puzzling rise in prices for tailoring, haberdashery, and food as civilians adjust postwar costs.
A returning veteran urges government action to restore the dollar’s former purchasing power, arguing that prices remain high and the public needs relief through effective policy measures.
A Wichita Beacon discussion reflects returning soldiers viewpoints on the armistice. Many say it came too soon and Germany deserved a stronger defeat. The piece contrasts Wilson’s fourteen points with Allied attitudes and questions whether soldiers died for those ideals.
An editorial urges Congress to pass a national law banning red flags in parades and public displays. It notes some states have acted, but uniform federal action is needed to prevent evasion and ensure consistent application amid world unrest. The piece argues patriotic sentiment would reject continued red-flag flaunting.
The American Legion demands a congressional investigation into the release of conscientious objectors, the Mollycoddie policy toward LW W international Socialists and aliens who evaded service. It asserts the administration will lose control with the new Congress.
A joke where an army lieutenant questions an Italian private about what he did with his wagon the ocean and a monkey. The private replies he sold the wagon and the ocean, and explains the monkey was drafted and made him a lieutenant over it. The piece uses wartime draft satire.
Dr J D Taylor state regents member proposed that at a fixed July 4 hour all Americans sing America Home Sweet Home and The Star Spangled Banner as bands perform. North Dakota legislature endorsed the idea in 1907 and President Roosevelt called it a good thing.
Manufacturers with war department contracts report letters from the Purchase, Storage and Trade Division in Washington asking for $10 to $100 contributions to an Alumni Association Year Book titled The History of the General Supplies Division. The letters use official war department stationery.
Dialogue snippets show two speakers planning to stay home and attend a play with Mary Pickford noted. Mentions of Jim picking up Lizzie and a vague joke about Coraz and Gert imply casual social gathering.
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