Idaho legislature pressured by special session themes
The February extraordinary session focuses on allowing armed forces ballots in primary and general elections this year. It may also touch on school funding and public assistance if surveys justify a second call, with public debate shaping next regular session. Interest in Idaho irrigated lands remains high as land sales and inquiries surge.
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Idaho
State Land Board
Ada County
Orchard
Indian Creek
Regina
Boise Mountain Home Highway
North Platte
B. A. Roberts
Anderson Dam
State Department of Agriculture
Boise
Rupert
State Planning Board
Snake
Chinese civilians killed and kidnapped in Northern Hunan campaigns
The report cites 131 900 Chinese civilians killed, 38 085 wounded and 83 497 kidnapped by Japan during two campaigns in Northern Hunan. A Copenhagen police official notes rising personal crises and suicides since the German occupation of Denmark began on April 9 1940.
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Hunan
Denmark
Copenhagen
Town and Farr in Wartime Prepared by Office of War Information
Rubber footwear prices rise about eight percent as the Office of Price Administration raises retail ceilings on waterproof boots arctics gaiters and rubbers to offset higher costs. War Food Administration proposes higher hay and pasture seed prices for 1944 with multiple 2 to 50 percent increases. War Production Board and National Housing Agency cut paperwork for privately financed housing and simplify farm housing rules. Canner allocations set aside increased canned fruits and vegetables for government needs to support expanded military demand.
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Town and Farr
Office OF War Information
Office of Price Administration
Pearl Harbor
OPA
War Food Administration
War Production Board
WPB
National Housing Agency
WFA
Bear Lake County approves final budget and road work
The Bear Lake County Board on February 14 1944 approved the Final Budget with no changes and authorized warrants for road and bridge claims including payments to Irving Jewett Bartschi Orchard and others. Current expense claims and related items were listed along with a notice to bid for land use near Bear Lake County Airport with separate bids for Rich Wallentine and C C R Pugmire tracts. Recessed to 7 PM February 16 1944 with signatures of the chairman and clerk.
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Board of County Commissioners
Grover Jewett
Ernest Bartschi
Jesse Orchard
Ogee
Roy Jewett
Gordon Sparks
George W. Johnson
Bear Lake Motor Co
Robison Machinery Co
Western ‘Machinery Co
Continental Oil Co
Union
Shell
Wyodak Coal and Mfg. Co
L. Burdette Pugmire
J. C. Lindsay
Aex
Bert Orr
The
Paris Post
News-Examiner
Alton P.bunderson
Sam Wilks
Alton P. Bunderson
Robert Clayton
City of Montpelier
Indy
Mt. Stateg Tele. & Tele Co
Dept. of Public Assistance
Jesse Dunn
Aid
Indg
Arthur P. Oborn
Utah Power. & Light Co
Court House
Shepherd
Bancroft Whitney Co
Lee M Wallace
New York Casualty Co
Bond
P. J
Spencer H. Rich
L. Hugh Shepherd
Idaho Record Book Co
Syms-York Co
J N. Transtrum
United Autographic Reg. Co
Fred W Kiefer
Vance T Smith
Sal Etc
Thelma Bateman
Steno. Agt
Arrowhead
Mt States Tele. & Tele. Co
Helen Rae Larsen
Trea
Bear Lake County
Rich and Wallentine
C. C. R. Pugmire
Artest
Sam V. Tunks
History and Reminiscence of Fielding Academy
Ezra J Poulsen recalls the Fielding Academy on a hill overlooking Bear Lake Valley. He describes the school’s role as a cultural center, student life with class spirit, devotional prayers, and the evolving teaching methods from seventh to tenth grade. The piece reflects on teachers, leaders, and the pioneer campus culture.
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Old
Fielding Academy
Ezra J Poulsen
Paris
Salt Lake City
Fielding Acadecy
Perio
Richard T. Haag
Roy A. Welker
Daniel Thomander
New FCC Monitor Detects Enemy Radio Transmissions
Development engineers at Halli crafters Radio Company reveal a detector that flashes a cone shaped line on a fluorescent screen when a spy attempts to transmit. The device, dubbed FCC monitor, observes all radio transmitting efforts across a 100 meter band for rapid detection.
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Chicago
Hallicrafters Radio Company
Meni
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Fielding Academy Transforms With New Wing and Strong Faculty
The Fielding Academy grows into a full fledged high school with a new wing and expanded programs. Ernest Bramwell leads a strengthened faculty including Rich, Allred, Passy, Humpherys and Hogainson as enrollment rises and ties to major universities form. The narrator recalls returning after a mission and balancing education with life changes.
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Fielding
Ernest Bramwell
Fac
Ulty Roy A. Welker
Abel S. Rich
W. Lyle Allred
Edward Passey
LeGrandé Humpherys
M. C. Hogainson
Harvard
Cornell
Fielding Academy
America
Utah
Idaho
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Bear Lake
Ida
Paris, Idaho
Keith
F. Warner
Rich County
Larue
By C. A. Bottolfsen
Gooding Tuberculosis Hospital
Soldiers’ Home
Gooding Hospital
Bern Meat
Juma
Effles
Montpelier
Robert Schmid
Bern
Tor
Aneta
Netherlands and Netherlands Indies
Holland
China
Harlan Eborm
A. C. Irving
Fielding Acade
Guy Hall
AIT
B. EB. Kuhns
Attest
Broadbe
St Police Istation
Wgbiter
LDS Church
Mabbedi
William C. Evans
Don Co. Hall
Warren N.jensen
Elwood Lindsay Cecil Shirley Lund C. Studd. Roy F. Beyeler
Oneal Tinford
Russell Hayes
Gene Jacobsen
Lewis Moldenbauer
Keith W. Rich
Glenn Seewer
Thiel Wamsley
W. Smith Hoge
Representing
Beneficial Life Insurance Co
Montphlizer
Soda Springs
Bankers
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Your Hols Bank
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