Local Items Highlight Community Affairs And Visits
Local notes report Miss Joan Wewbury as an airline operator at Wie Airways for over a year then assigned to Hawaii and soon serving Bonetary. Mrs. Charles F. Alive writes from California that Mr. Mired remains ill and unable to work. The Allreds explain their Milford move due to Alfreds health and poor friends, with son Phillip now in the navy attached to amphibious forces overseas. Mrs. James P. Holm and Mrs. A H Connell hosted a bridge dinner for Mrs. Jeffers of Salt Lake City, prizes to Mrs. Barnes, Mrs. Shingleton, Mrs. Smith, and a gift to Mrs. Jeffers. American Legion Auxiliary met at Mrs. Hughes with prize winners Mrs. White, Mrs. Cline, and Mrs. Bingham. A handkerchief shower honored Mrs. Willard Nichols as she prepares to move to Salt Lake City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Alive
Milford
Faolands
California
Mired
Alfred
Phillip
Milfinl
Navy
Allred
Teffers
Grover Cuddy
Ronald Banks
American Legion Auxiliary
J. M. Hughes
Hughes
Eara Lyman
W. G. White
Sam Cline
F. A. Bingham
Willard Nichols
Salt Lake City
Navy Call For March From Beaver County Board
The Beaver County Selective Service Local Board No 21 has chosen registrants for the navy call. Mil ford men Minvell Donald Clayton Holbrook Alien Hardy Virgil Goodwin and Kenneth Warren Cox, a transfer from California, will depart March 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver County
Eqgince Local Board No. 21
Navy
Minvell
Donald Clayton Holbrook
Milford
Alien Hardy
Virgil Goodwin
Beaver
Kenneth Warren Cox
Califormia
Ration Reminder for Meats Fats and Gasoline
A wartime ration note lists stamps and expiration changes for meats fats processed foods sugar shoes and gasoline. It notes extending the validity period by one month for A gas line users to reduce weekly ration allowances. The piece ends with a light comparison between being a rag or tablecloth and a playful exchange about a dish rag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane
Air Training Cutbacks Divert 36000 Youths From Skies
Amid draft and manpower strains, the army announced 36000 men earmarked for air training would be transferred to ground duties. Draft boards critiqued for a 13 month lag face renewed pressure as industry and agriculture push for manpower while aviation hopes to avoid crippling shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
Aviation Industry
Army Air Forces
Air Force
War Department
George C. Marshall
Army
Edgar S. Gorrell
Air Transport Association of America
Gorrell
Pearl Harbor
New Postal Rates In Effect Sunday
Postage and fees rise under 1948 revenue act. new rates apply March 26 1944. Local first class mail charges per ounce or fraction change. cards and other services adjusted. Air mail rates cover transfers between states including Alaska and territories. inland services updated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Jusisland
Alaska
Missionaries Speak At Milford Church Service
Elder Jay Jeffers recently returned from a 26 month L C S mission in Louisiana and Texas spoke at Milford ward sacramental services. Brothers Glen R Hawkes and George Hawkes from Preston Idaho also shared experiences while visiting family in Milford, including tales from Europe and New England missions and a wartime trip to Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Jeffers
L.C.S
Louisiana
Texas
Milford Ward
Everning
Milford
Milford High School
Glen R. Hawkes
George Hawkes
Preston
Idaho
Thatcher Handley
Jeffers
Louisiana Board
Salt Lake City
Sergeant Jawkes
Holland
Europe
New England States
George Fmwkes
New England
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Kodoks
Postal rates noted for Army and Navy mail service
The passage records postage rules for mail sent by or to Army and Navy post offices, detailing rates for fourth class parcel mail and fractions of an ounce. It notes rates apply from continental US to possessions and oversea areas with no changes in rates. The text appears as an OCR fragment continuing on the next page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Puerto Rico
L'nitet
Armo Forens
Army
War Notes From Washington Bring News Of Airmen
Wards report mixed fortunes as brothers and sisters of air personnel receive word. First Lieutenant William Elwood Shurte, Eighth Air Force pilot in England, is missing in action after a February 24 raid on Gotha. His wife and child live in Sacramento. In a contrasting update, First Lieutenant Wilbur H. Rasmussen, missing in the Mediterranean since January, is now listed as a wounded prisoner of war in Germany. Other local service members are noted in transit or duties, while Red Cross funds continue to rise with Spokane County leading over the top.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wards
Washington
Walter L. Carlton
Sacramento
California
William Elwood Shurte
Eighth Air Force
England
Germany
Shurtz
Bell Flying Fortresses
Gotha
Lchweinfurt
Rostock
Roswell Field
New Mexico
DeArmond Rasmussen
Milford
Wilbur H. Rasmussen
Mediterranean
Raswusse
Salt Lake City
Spring City
Pflief
American Red Crass
Red Cross
Verne Simmons
Pacific Area
American Red Cross
Simmons
Spokane County
Cecal Red Grass
Simnons
Ted Cross
Har ol d La Marr Morris letter from Pacific waters
Fragmentary note from Harold La Marr Morris to Mr Williamer Catsworth warns about restrictions on sharing information from the war, stating he cannot disclose any location or sensitive details and urges understanding of national rules that limit what may be conveyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold la Marr Morris
Tadivman Sith
Pacific Waters
Wartime Letters Reveal Boots on Ground and Navy Claims
An overlong note from Milford reflects on military life and frontline experiences. It highlights gratitude for the soldiers words and a wish to hear more from the field. The writer expresses envy for servicemen’s privileges and stresses the value of loyal correspondence and ongoing peace.
Beaver Men Attend Wildlife Meeting
Milford Wildlife Promotive Association members attended a meeting despite weather, with a live-wire delegation from Honger fronp presenting reservoir site discussions in Beaver mountains. Delegates emphasized legal steps and urged support for deer protection and migratory waterfowl season changes, proposing letters to Utah officials. Officers for 1944 were postponed to a later date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceutier
Cetmall
Milford Wildlife Promotive Association
Honger Fronp
G. Hickman
Rue Hoppler
Sam Jonson
Harold Gale
Fish Hatchery
Milford Club
Beaver Club
Beaver Mountains
Sevier County Fish and Gane Protective Association
Anlinie Reiver County Sportamen'y Euphort
Utah
Mun
Betty
Closer Cooperation Planned By OPA
A plan for closer cooperation between the county farm transportation committee and the war price and rationing boards is outlined to manage non highway gasoline for farm use. Applications will pass through local rationing boards then the CFTC, which will assess needs and propose monthly allowances for dryland cultivation irrigated land haying and other farm tasks over a three month period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Farm Transportation Committee
War Price and Rationing
E. L. Smith
Milford
CFTC
CPTC
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joan Wewbury
Wie Airways
Hae
Hawai Lands
Bonetary
Nols
Joan
Pinupettis
Uncle Sam
Aum Sheridan
US War Department
U.S. Air
Bougainville
H. J. Sands
Naval Base
Col. Sands
Lane Frazier
Ynemonia
Norman
Oklahoma
Ralph Bonner
Ward
Ale Bonner Kelsey
Minersville
Albert RB. Ratner
Ganday
Clavix
Williamer
Vie
Warsume
Aimee
Fife
OPA
Hitler
Ludwig von Cala
Hungary
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