Wartime Idaho Legislature Opens With Unity and Swift Action
In the twenty seventh Idaho session leaders pledge bipartisan cooperation to finish wartime business quickly. Governor announces a tight budget stance, two early appropriation bills ready, and a flurry of appointments across departments. A Wartime morale boosting inaugural and a broad official roster underline the urgency to deliver results with limited staff.
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Idaho
Legis iv
Senate
House
Milton Horeley
Soda Springs
C A. Robbins
St. Maries
Senatte
Joe D. Wood
Boise
Harvey Schwendiman
Newdale
G L. Jenkins
Leland Rawson
Pocatello
WPB Sets Inventory Limits to Fair War Goods Distribution
The War Production Board will issue order L-219 to cap merchant inventories of consumer goods held by large retailers wholesalers and manufacturers branches. The policy ties stock levels to pre Pearl Harbor sales to ensure ample supplies for the war economy. Merchants with excess inventories will face purchase restrictions starting after November 30 1942 for those with inventories of 50000 or more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Production Board
Pearl Harbor
Leslie A. Miller
WPB
Miller
Think Straight to Victory and Four Freedoms
A wartime message urges citizens to think straight in war and peace. It warns against fear and prejudice, stresses applying the Four Freedoms now, and notes victory hinges on disciplined, non selfish action and unity under the United Nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Davis
War Information
United Nations
Four Freedoms
Thrift Message Promotes Saving with Bonds
A brief urging public thrift emphasizes saving through bonds. It advocates buying ten percent of each paycheck to support personal finance and national savings.
Notice of Hearing on Estate of Thomas Peterson
Oral E. Peterson petitions the Bear Lake County Idaho Probate Court to determine the time of death of Thomas Peterson and identify heirs and their kinship for the decedent who died intestate around July 16 1940. The hearing is set for January 28 1943 at 10:00 AM in Paris Bear Lake County Idaho.
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Thomas Peterson
Oral E. Peterson
Bear Lake County
State of Idaho
Bear Lake
Idaho
Boise Meridian
Cunning
Qavid-Bern
Section
Evangeline Peterson
Paris
War Ration Book Two expands stamp supply
Authorities report nearly 30 million ration stamps in 150 million copies of War Ration Book Two, a total greater than all government postage stamps produced in the last 12 years.
Appeal For Truck Gas And War Certificates
Farmers urged to file emergency gas and Certificate of War Necessity appeals immediately to avoid a transport log jam. Appeals go through the County Farm Transportation Committee and Office of Defense Transportation with deadlines around January 31 and February 1.
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County Farm Transportation Committee
Office of Defense Transportation
Usda War Board
ODT
Paris
Soil Conservation District
Montpelier
Miss Canada Torchbearer in War Industry Welder at Fort William
A Canadian war worker, one of 140000 women in munitions and allied industries, welds self sealing fuel tanks for Hawker Hurricane aircraft at Fort William Ontario. New labor rules ban quit without written notice and require reinstatement rights if moved to more essential war work.
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Fort William
Ontario
Canada
Income Tax Returns Made Easier by Farm Records
Bear Lake county farmers are urged to start farm record keeping to simplify next year’s income tax filing. Free record books are available at the county agent’s office, and meticulous records help claim deductions and reduce tax on net income. Farmland production figures and wartime output are noted alongside tax guidance.
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Bear Laxe
DeVere
Internal Revenue
Bear Lake County
Bear Lake 4-H Club Forms for 1943 Year
News of 4-H clubs reports a Bear Lake county group starting 1943 led by Earl Jewett of Noonan with officers Merlin Freeman president Lloyd Bartschi vice president Merlin Bacon secretary and Jack Freeman reporter Members include Earl Jewett Verlin Freeman Lloyd Spartschi Mertin Bacon Jack Freeman and Clyde Freeman The Rocky Mountain airy club reports Virgil Eborn of Lanark led a meeting Gene Passey the president opened records for the year Neil Roberts discussed ringworm and blackleg prevention J T Eborn spoke on preventing scours
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Bear Lake County
Earl Jewett
Noonan
Merlin Freeman
Lloyd Bartschi
Merlin Bacon
Jack Freeman
Gene Passey
Neil Roberts
J. T Eborn
Annual bag of wild ducks and geese valued over five million
The annual bag of 15 million wild ducks and geese used for food holds a value exceeding five million dollars.
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Paris Post
Paris, Idaho
Keith F. Vaenze
Bear le Lake County
Rich County
Hivenei
Agross
A. Botiolinen
Secretary of State
State Capitol
F “Bud Moe
American Legion
Legion
Ed Holden
State Supreme Court
J. C Sorensen
Caman
Lela D. Painter
Caldwell
C. Collins
Rupert
H L. Simpson
Blackfoot
Dave Stubblefield
Bureau of Plant Industry
Charles Spoor
Sandpoint
William Trowbridge
A. M Boylen
Salmon City
William Sharp
Col. Dats
Neco York
Currier & Ives
Harry Peters
Hounds of the
Carrier and Wes
Bataan
U.S
ST Fares
Pio Her
Nationa Buew Yorf
Chicago
Detroit
Atlanta
Philadelphia
Ruth Taylor
America
W. Smith Hoge
State OF
Roosevelt
Lord Woolton
Claude R. Wickard
Htaxim
Burine Off
Selective Service Boards
AAA
Department of Agriculture
Mexico
Commodity Credit Corporation
Decateur
Illinois
War Board
Pacific Northwest
Wickard
Food Distribution Administration
Miss Canada
D. E. Haddock
BERN
Robert Schmid
Bern, Idaho
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