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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1939
Page
5
Idaho will keep its WPA employment quota at 11,500 with two additional staff also funded, totaling more than $600,000 monthly. O K Hine, state administrator, reports after a Chicago meeting. Aliens must present citizenship affidavits within 30 days or face removal.
Idaho's 1938 weed eradication cost 1 046 747 with 731 395 covered by federal WPA funds about 70 percent. O E Hine announced the annual weed report and 1939 plan emphasizing extensive clean cultivation using WPA labor. State and local contributions totaled 315 351 and 268 228 respectively while treatment chemicals included 58 cars of sodium chlorate and 76 cars of carbon bisulfate for 22 669 acres.
Bear Lake county Farm Security Administration advises families to maintain farm and home record books. Louis F. Nuffer notes books include inventories, net worth, budgets, and cash flow for farm and family living. County staff offer help to analyze and plan year ahead.
Dean John R Nichols said Idaho Southern may be designated by the civil aeronautics authority as a training school for cadet pilots. The program will expand in fall with forms for formal application. The campus recently opened an $80 000 vocational building and air hangar, and the airplane mechanics course is growing with Eva Toeller visiting home.
The piece highlights Orson Welles as a leading radio and theatre figure, noting his CBS Friday night broadcasts and career from Todd School for Boys to Abbey Players in Ireland, with mentions of other figures in radio and stage. It also references guests and events tied to Aunt Jenny’s coast to coast radio program.
The St Charles column notes praise for the Old Folks committee. RaNee Pugmire with pneumonia shows improvement. Velma Wilkes returned from Evanston funeral and visited Garden City relatives. Mrs. Bagley’s grandson died in Salt Lake City area. Nancy Allred ill. Effie Stock visited in Willis home. several locals and guests mentioned. A Valentine dance and an Old Folks party accompanied by music and dancing are described with a sunny day and noon dinner.
The Boise report notes new senate bills from the Mining Committee to require mining operators to post security ensuring wage payments. The Fish and Game Committee also advances bills aligning fish law with provisions of the initiative commission law approved last election.
The House introduced bills from the Highways Bridges and Ferries Committee to license guides and regulate violations by party members, and to allow the Department of Public Works to sell services and materials to other state departments. State Affairs Committee bills cover highway districts sinking fund investments, and reallocating $281,042 from the cooperative emergency revenue fund to the general fund as an emergency appropriation from the 25th session.
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