OPA Announces Point Values For Meat Rationing Start Monday
The Office of Price Administration released the Official Table of Consumer Point Values for the new war time meat fats and canned foods program. Weekly allotment is 16 points per person, with eight points per pound for most meat cuts and eight points per pound for butter and some cheeses, seven for all canned fish. Adjustments will follow as programs operate.
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Office of Price Administration
OPA
Muskrats Open for Take in Bear Lake and Caribou Areas
Muskrats may be taken in Bear Lake and Caribou counties with a carved exclusion for Gray's Lake area from April 1 1913 to April 20 1943. Muskrat houses are protected year round and no harm to them is allowed. It is legal to trap in specified zones and interested parties should contact Conservation Officer Pete Horning for information.
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Bear Lake
Caribou
Gray's Lake
Caribou County
Pete Horning
Parents Receive Purple Heart for Son's Supreme Sacrifice
Private Warren N. Jensen of the U S Infantry, son of Mr and Mrs John H Jensen of Fish Haven, was killed in action in the Southwest Pacific on December 5 1942. An engraved Purple Heart certificate has been sent to the family. Burial honors and military rites were held east of the Sananda Track in the Buna Gona area. The Jensen family has received sympathy from Senator Worth Clark Congressman Compton White and Governor Bottolfsen among others.
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Warren. N. Jensen
U. S. Infantry
John H. Jensen
Fish Haven
Southwest Pacific
Jensens
J. A. Ulso
Warren
Charles Ranapaux
Sananda
Buna Gana
D. Worth Clark
Idaho
Compton S. White
Washington, DC
C. A. Bottolfsen
Boise
Willowdale Skylark Beauty Sets Utah Dairy Record
Logan Utah dairymen watch Willowdale Skylark Beauty a four year old Holstein in the Utah State Agricultural College herd smash production marks The cow weighing over a ton produced a state record 750.9 pounds of butter fat as a two year old The animal formerly belonged to W W Brown of Liberty marking Browns second sale to the college with record results.
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Logan
Utah
Willowdale Skylark Beauty
Utah State Agricultural College
George B. Caine
Salt Lake Tribune
W. W. Brown
Liberty
First Idaho Girls to Join U S Marine Corps
Two sisters Miss Josephine Hutchings and Miss Grace Hutchings become the first Idaho girls to enlist in the Marine Corps Women's Reserve. They undergo eye tests at Salt Lake City Recruiting and Induction Station and will begin indoctrination at Hunter College in New York. Both reside in Pocatello and enlistment aims to relieve Marines for combat duty.
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Josephine Hutchings
Grace Hutchings
Idaho
U. S Marine Corps Women's Reserve
Salt Lake City
Tion
Federal Building
Lewis A Bryant
USN
Pocatello
Marine Corps
Hunter College
New York
Farmers Secure Gasoline for 1943 Crop Operations
Farmers may schedule their 1943 crops with assurance of gasoline for necessary truck operations. County USDA war boards transportation committees will keep receiving fuel adjustment applications while district offices of the Office of Defense Transportation review recommendations to apply any adjustments.
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Usda War Boards
Office of Defense Transportation
Funeral Services Held Thursday for E M Pugmire
E M Pugmire longtime St Charles ward bishop and Idaho legislator was honored in funeral services held Thursday March 18 at the St Charles Ward chapel with Garden City attendance. The service featured remarks by Pres Burdette Pugmire and various local speakers. Interment followed at St Charles cemetery as mourners paid respects from afar. Survived by wife Susanna Rich and eight children, the deceased previously served ten years in the Idaho Legislature and conducted three LDS missions.
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St. Charles Ward
BE. M. Pugmire
St. Charles
Garden City
Pres. Burdette Pugmire
Emery Welling
BP. J. N. Pranstrum
BP. Pugmire
Grant Passey
Elsie C. Carroll
Stella P. Rich
Ruth Pugmire
Paul Spence
Lanore Wright
Lewis
Landon Pugmire
Lamont Scofield
George Stock
Bps
Henry Monson
William Keetch
S. O. Arnell Fred Price
Pres
Wilford Stucki
Orsen Rich
Nephi Bunderson
Nephi Michaelson
F. M. Williams Mortuary
Annie P. Keetch
Nora P. Cleveland
Richard
David
Heber Pugmire
E. M. Pugmire
Salt Lake City
Utah
Jonathan and
Elizabeth McKay Pugmire
Lakota
Logan Temple
Luanna Booth
Werrel
Leslie
Susanna Rich
Lois Passey
Ogden
Stellan Rich
Provo
Jennie Brown
Liberty
McKay Pugmire
Pocatello
Emerson Pugmire
Hagerman
Ross Pugmire
Flagstaff
Arizona
LDS Church
Idaho
Mrs Hoge Ships 75 Red Cross Kit Bags to San Francisco
Production chairman Mrs W Smith Hoge and Relief Society workers organized 75 filled kit bags. Each bag includes wash cloth soap sewing kit writing tablet envelopes pencil shoe polishing cloth shoelaces books razor blades cigarettes playing cards. Bags go to soldiers and marines departing for foreign duty.
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W. Smith Hoge
The
Red Cross
San Francisco
Relief Society
Stake
Mrs. Hoge
County USDA War Board to Ask for Labor Deferment
The Bear Lake county USDA War Board will request deferment for farm workers and operators not yet asked. Under joint direction of the War Manpower Commission and the U S Department of Agriculture, the directive empowers county boards to contact agencies on farm manpower and to appeal Selective Service denials of II C or III C farm deferments.
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Usda War Board
Bear Lake County
War Manpower Commission
U. S. Department of Agriculture
G. E. Hulme
Usda War Boards
Department of Agriculture
War Boards
Selective Service Boards
Selective Service System
Hulme
War Board
Department
Commission
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
SS Boards
Army
Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard
Pioneer resident Rena Nye Bunn dies in Montpelier visit
Mrs. Rena Nye Bunn 72, longtime Paris resident, died last Monday at her daughter Rena Rasmussen’s home in Montpelier from cerebral hemorrhage. Born April 13 1870 in Providence Utah she moved to Paris at age six and lived there most of her life. She married George F. Bunn June 26 1895 in the Logan temple. he died nine years ago. Survived by daughters Rena Rasmussen Montpelier Myrlee Mattson Paris, sons Elton Elmo Montpelier Reed San Francisco, sisters Mary Hunsaker Ogden Charlotte Shepherd Logan Viola Grant Ogden, brothers James Nye Liberty William Nye Montpelier Frank Nye Joseph Nye Paris, 15 grandchildren 4 great grandchildren. Funeral held today at 1 p.m. Paris Second Ward chapel.
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Rena Nye Bunn
Rena Rasmussen
Montpelier
Bunn
Providence
Utah
Paris
George F. Bunn
Logan Temple
Mr. Bunn
Myrlee Mattson
Elton
Elmo
Reed
San Francisco
Calif
Mary Hunsaker
Ogden
Charlotte Shepherd
Logan
Viola Grant
James Nye
Liberty
William Nye
Frank Nye
Joseph Nye
Paris Second Ward Chapel
Farm Tires to Be Recapped with Reclaimed Rubber
The Office of Price Administration announces farm tractor and implement tires will be recapped with a material made almost entirely of reclaimed rubber. Replacements will not be issued for tires recappable with this material. No rationing certificate is needed to have farm tires recapped under Grade F camelback.
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Office of Price Administration
Public Library in Paris Opens Fridays
The Public Library will be open each Friday from 2 to 5 PM at the courthouse. Located in the basement room at the northwest corner, it is sponsored by the Stake Mutual and the Stake Relief Society and invites all to enjoy the books now in the library.
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Court House
WPA
Stake Mutual
Stake Relief Society
Navy V-12 Exams to be Held at Fielding High School
The Bureau of Naval Personnel arranges Navy College Training V-12 exams to select future officers. Tests run Friday April 2, 1943 from 9 to 11 a.m. at Fielding High School Paris along with other nationwide centers. Eligibility covers male U.S. citizens 17 to under 20 by July 1 1943 and unmarried, with physical, moral qualifications and potential officer indicators. Prepared students or graduates 17 to 20 may apply through Supt. W. B. Price at Fielding High School.
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Bureau of Naval Personnel
United States—navy
W. B. Price
Paris
Fielding
U. S
Navy Department
Fielding High School
Rationing of Fuel Oil Starts in the Idaho Area
Idaho begins fuel oil rationing in 20 western and northern counties drawing from Washington and Oregon. State OPA director C C Anderson urges residents to plan for next winter, buy now, and conserve with storm sash doors insulation and weather stripping. If possible, convert to coal or wood as priorities are extended for fuel oil heating equipment.
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Idaho
Washington
Oregon
C. C. Anderson
OPA
War Production Board
Mrs Stoker Hosts Party For Travelers Leaving Town
Mrs Henry Stoker hosted a Tuesday night party honoring Mrs Lowell Crossley and Mrs Thomas Haines who are moving away with their families to Star Valley and Ogden respectively. Attendants included Mrs Hazel Haddock Mrs Delwin Orr Mrs Smith Gertsch Mrs Blanche Sleight and Mrs Arthur Hess.
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Henry Stoker
Lowell Crossley
Star Valley
Thomas Haines
Ogden
Hazel Haddock
Delwin Orr
Smith Gertsch
Blanche Sleight
Arthur Hess
Bear Lake County issues permits to slaughter livestock
Bear Lake County USDA War Board chairman G. B. Hulme announces permits to slaughter and deal in livestock under a government program to curb black market meat. Slaughterers and dealers must obtain permits by April 1, stamp permit numbers on wholesale cuts, and keep detailed purchase and sale records. No fees. Administered by the Food Distribution Administration, USDA.
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Bear Lake County
Usda War Board
G. B. Hulme
Harmers
Office of Price Administration
Willl
War Board
Hulme
Packers and Stockyards Act
Food Distribution Administration
Department of Agriculture
War Board Office
Idaho forms all girl university band during war
Miss Julia Sleight of Paris among thirty two Idaho girls in the initial turnout for the University of Idaho all girl band in Moscow. A. A. Beecher notes war needs keep band music, E. J. Marty organizes group with over a hundred interested, but limited instruments may cap size below 100.
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Julia Sleight
Paris
Southern Idaho
University of Idaho At Moscow
Armed Services
A. A. Beecher
Mosic
Pacific Northwest
E. J. Marty
FFA Meeting Receives Greenhand Pins From Officers
Mr A W Shepherd spoke at the FFA meeting held Tuesday noon in the Agricultural room. Thirty four members received Greenhand pins. Reports covered post drive War Bond and Stamp contest scholarship improvement supervised farming. A girls trio Valinda Orr Thelma Lyon Sarah Wilhelmsen performed, then refreshments. Cyril Prescott reporter.
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A. W. Shepherd
FFA
John Hansen
Donald Sorenson
Ezra Budge
Earl Johnson
Valinda Orr
Thelma Lyon
Sarah Wilhelmsen
Cyril Prescott
Paris Lions Club Entertains for Wives
Members of the Paris Lions club entertained for their wives last Friday evening at the Hotel Paris. Twelve couples enjoyed the affair after a variety of games a nice lunch was served.
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Paris Lions Club
Hotel
Paris
Temporary workers eligible for rationed food assistance
An employer hiring workmen for under 30 days can apply to the local war price and ration board to obtain rationed foods for these temporary workers. This provision aids farmers during planting and harvest, construction and lumber camp labor, and other seasonal employment.
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U. S. Marine Corp
Public
NAVY
Fielding High
Idaho Area
WPB
F. F. A. News
Old England
U.S. Navy
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