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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1943
Page
1
Paris is now experiencing a housing crunch as nearly 500 airport project workers move into the county. Furnished houses and rooms are filling quickly and more accommodations are sought. Montpelier lodging is near capacity, with some workers likely to travel to Fish Haven for housing.
Dr. H W E Larson visited Bear Lake County on July 23 and 24 to inspect fertilizer demonstrations and phosphate mines at Bennington. Trials are under way on farms including Alma Perkins Fish Haven Eldon Mattson St Charles Chipman Land & Livestock Nounan Walter Clark Georgetown and Derriott and Downing ranch Bennington. Early results are encouraging though final assessments await crop removals.
Farmers who sell corn to a country elevator for the Commodity Credit Corporation before August 10 will receive extra payments to offset price increases until October 31. War Food Administrator Marvin Jones commends farmers who sell corn to ease wartime shortages and notes more than 6 million bushels purchased since July 1.
The War Department reports 65 058 prisoners of war interned in the United States. Germans number 45 355 and Italians 19 641, with 62 Japanese. Japanese are at Camp McCoy Wisconsin, the rest in 37 POW camps across 20 states.
Earl R. Beyeler of Fish Haven receives promotion to Second Lieutenant Bombardier at the Army Air Forces Bombardier School in Victorville California. He is a Fielding High School Paris Idaho graduate and University of Idaho attendee who joined the Air Corps in July 1942. His brothers Lynn C. Beyeler and Roy I. Beyeler also serve, with Lynn in the U.S. Marine Corps in the Solomon Islands and Roy earning an Air Medal for Wake Island service.
Preston gears up for a two day rodeo on August 6 and 7 with cleared grounds and arranged grandstands. Noted stockman Harry Rowell will oversee the event’s horses including Scene Shifter and Duster famed bucking horses. Clown Homer Holcomb and his mule Parkyar Karkass will perform.
The Petroleum Administration for War will recommend within sixty days a nationwide equalization of gasoline rations east of the Rocky Mountains. Administrator Ickes says the move should spread wartime burden. expect higher rations in the East and lower in the Midwest and Southwest. Driving unnecessary use will remain limited.
The OPA announced that new tires will not be rationed for spares in the coming months, except for firemen and doctors. Drivers without a usable fifth tire may receive a certificate for a used or recapped tire for that purpose.
Mr and Mrs Roy A Welker and Mrs Stanley Dixon and three children of Laramie Wyoming arrived Friday for a visit with relatives and friends.
A waterfront Scout camp will be held at Ideal Beach Resort on Bear Lake from August 9 to 14. Scout Executive Delbert Hanks will direct the event with local scouters, accepting Bear Lake Montpelier Star Valley Caribou and possibly Pocatello participants. Physical examinations from St. Charles canyon camp will suffice if presented on entry.
Funeral services for Walter P. Rich were held Thursday afternoon in the Paris Second Ward chapel with music by local quartets and solos. Interment followed in Paris cemetery. Bishop Clarence Rich presided over the service with remarks from Dan Rich and Led by Joseph Price. Nightly prayers and the blessing of memory reflected the family’s faith as Lettie B. Rich expressed final sentiments.
Wartime ration details outline A book coupons for four gallons outside the East Coast, with adjustments in shortage areas through September 21. It lists B and C book reductions, sugar stamps for home canning, coffee stamp validity, fuel oil periods, shoe stamps, meat red stamps expirations, and blue stamps for processed foods through early August.
County leaders appoint William Hunter as chairman of Bear Lake County War Meat committee to manage the War Meat Program under the county USDA War Board and the Food Distribution Administration. Members include Elmer Jensen Cecil Quayle and Ernest Hansen. The panel will oversee slaughter routing permit enforcement sanitation and by product conservation while guarding against black market meat and waste. It will coordinate with community War Meat groups and report violators to authorities.
Discharged soldiers with disabilities contact the Veterans Employment representative in their hometown via the United States Employment Service. They are informed of reemployment rights under the Selective Service Act, aided in obtaining training from the Veterans Administration, and assisted in securing war production jobs.
A family expresses gratitude to all who helped during the illness and death of their husband and father. Appreciation is extended for the floral offerings from Mrs. Walter P. Rich and family.
S Sgt Fred Klinki of Pocatello was a weekend guest at the W Smith Hoge home.
State Milk Inspector P Maughan spent days in Paris assessing local creameries. He warned warm weather requires cooling milk before and after milking and daily equipment sterilization to ensure A 1 quality for cheese and troops. He noted spoilage dumped cheese abroad due to poor milk handling.
Price Administrator Prentice Brown explains motorists may use their A ration starting July 15 for one round trip to a summer home or vacation place. Motorists must apply to their ration board for written authorization with starting point destination and travel dates. Authorization does not grant extra gasoline.
Paris Second Ward Primary presents a pageant titled Primaries Then and Now on Sunday evening August 1. Frances C. Yost directs with a large cast including Janet Grimmett Verna Allred Zinna Wallentine Flora Lewis Anna Bolton and many others in acts spanning Invocation messages songs and readings ending with a benediction.
The three county camps of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers held their annual outing July 21 on the tabernacle lawn in Paris with about sixty in attendance. A luncheon followed the program which featured readings by Mrs. Nelile Spidell and Joyce Poulsen, a story by Juanita Smart, a solo by Mrs. Wilcox, and a quartet of Helen Rae Eborn Ruth Spencer Anna Ruth Rogers and Jane Shepherd.
Lorenzo Booth of St Charles dies suddenly last Sunday at home from a stroke. He had been in ill health but was active that day visiting with friends. Funeral services are set for 2 PM Thursday in the St Charles Ward chapel.
A severe shortage of meat for fish feed hampers trout propagation in Idaho. Fish culturist Burton Perrine says state hatcheries will plant 15 fewer and smaller fish as feed prices rise and supplies delay canneries shipments. Despite some larger fish planted earlier in 1943 the overall outlook is reduced production.
The Selective Service Bureau announces that induction of students aged 18 or 19 may be postponed until the end of their academic year if their military call arrives during the latter half of the school year. Applies to high school students and similar institutions.
Nine eastern Idaho counties set a three day sagehen season this autumn with August 29 31 and September 2 open in Bear Lake Caribou Bingham Bonneville Jefferson Madison Clark Fremont and part of Power north and west of the Snake River. Franklin county remains closed. Bag limit three per day and possession.
Extension Animal Husbandman Mr. B F Rinehart will visit Bear Lake County Friday July 30 to inspect pig farrowings funded by the Rotary Club of Montpelier for 4 H members and assess which pigs are suitable for breeding. Extension Poultry Specialist Mr Moore will be there Saturday July 31 to assist with poultry problems. farmers may direct inquiries to the county agent's offices for personal guidance.
The mayor and city council of Paris issue a warning to water users to stop running hoses without a nozzle. Violators may be fined under the ordinance. leaky hydrants and constant watering of stock are cited as violations. By order of mayor and city council.
War and Navy Department reports show a total of 91,644 U S casualties from outbreak to July 3. Dead 16,696 wounded 21,828 missing 31,579 prisoners of war 21,541. Army casualties 64,621 Navy 27,023.
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