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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1920
Page
4
A New Hampshire Republican author of the Wason bill amending the War Risk Insurance Act proposed legislation reported by subcommittee chair Representative Sweet of Iowa. The plan creates fourteen regional offices to bring the War Insurance system closer to service members and allows premium payments at post offices with free money transmission.
A. O. Neal of the U S Bureau of Education warns a looming shortage of qualified high school teachers as 65 857 current instructors need 17 275 new hires this fall to cover enrollment growth and departures. Only about 20 000 graduates from colleges and universities will seek high school teaching, leaving a gap of about 15 358 positions unresolved and prompting calls for higher pay and better conditions to attract and retain teachers.
Saturday night in Masonic hall Gate City Commandery No 4 Knights Templar was instituted and officers installed by Past Commander BW Schramm of Ogden assisted by Sir Knight G Il Corsa. The commandery formed three years ago now has 32 members and received a charter at the Boston conclave last August. Officers installed include Eminent Commander BH Patrick, Generalissimo Lyman Fargo, Captain General John Tehan, Prelate S Morrin, Recorder W G Lane, Treasurer T B Davis, Senior Warden C A Warner, Junior Warden J K Thatcher, Sword Bearer LL Cleveland, Standard Bearer C Smith, Warder BF Lickee, Guard J B Wilbur, Guard iy Wo Church, Guard J L Allibridge, and Sentinel John Feeney.
In a July Boys' Life item, Hawkins explains a synonym as a word you use in place of another when you cannot spell the other. The note clarifies spelling challenges for young readers.
The officer tests the recruits with a hypothetical German company approach. Jones responds with a wry miscue about places where he would or would not be, reflecting wartime humor and classroom instruction in military training.
A cablegram notes motors displacing camels in Egypt while quipping that camels endure eight days without drink, unlike motors and motormen, in a tongue in cheek American Motorist remark.
A long discussion on nutrition debunks ideas that foods do not affect blood. It cites vitamins as essential, details a New York hospital case where a vitamin dose from sheep pancreas reversed stunted growth in a six month old, and warns that absence of vitamins can cause serious illness or death.
Washington June 29 quotes Louise C Krieger urging caution in collecting wild mushrooms for the table. She notes lack of legal control and lists six rules from Dr W G Farlow to avoid poisonous species, plus additional safety guidance for beginners and risks of misidentification.
Boys' Life for July describes a planned July rocket ascent to hundreds of miles, carrying automatic scientific gear to record wind velocity air pressure humidity and temperature at lower heights and sun spectrum aurora at higher layers. Parachute systems will ease the descent.
A satirical verse laments past political leadership, claiming the president kept the nation out of wars peace and alliances while warning voters to remember in the upcoming November election. The poem uses playful contrasts and calls for civic action.
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