Price ceilings urged to shield public from cost of living
Clem W. Collins regional OPA director urges patience and cooperation as the national price control program begins. He warns retailers must re price by May 18 and shoppers should learn how ceilings work, report violations only after trying resolution, and educate neighbors to use allotment and substitutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clem W. Collins
Office of Price Administration
Collins
OPA
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Farmers Costs Get Special Attention
The office of price administration preserves fertilizer price levels from last February for mixed fertilizer, superphosphate and potash under a new permanent rule. OPA chief Leon Henderson notes farmers deserve stable prices during peak consumer activity. OPA also sets a ceiling price for farm equipment based on manufacturers list prices plus freight and handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Price Administration
Leon Henderson
OPA
Bloomington girl Velma Painter dies after brief illness
Velma Painter 20 daughter of Mr and Mrs George Painter of Bloomington died Tuesday morning after a four day illness. Cause of death was heart attack with complications. Funeral services set for Friday at Bloomington Ward Chapel at one PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velma Painter
George Painter
Bloomington
Rails Being Torn Up At Former Mine In Paris Canyon
The Hy man Michael Company of Chicago is tearing up four miles of track at the old McIinee phosphate mine in Paris canyon. Work began Thursday and will finish by mid next week. The mine closed about fifteen years ago and rails are reportedly sold to the U S government for use on defense projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McIinee
Paris Canyon
Hyman-Michael, Company
Chicago
U. S
Montpelier Youth Promoted at Texas Flying School
Leslie A. Smith of Montpellier was promoted to First Lieutenant at the Lubbock twin engine flying school. He transfers from Brooks Field to join the 496th School Squadron as engineering officer for aviation cadets training bombers and transports. He is a Montpelier High School graduate, son of Mr and Mrs Harry L. Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Texas
Leslie A. Smith
Montpellier
Thomas L. Gilbert
Smith
Brooks Field
Air Corps
Montpelier High School
Harry L. Smith
Montpelier
Bear Lake 4-H Leaders Attend Grace Training Meeting
Bear Lake county 4-H club leaders and committee members met at Grace on April 29 for a training session. Thirteen leaders from Montpelier Dingle Paris Bloomington St. Charles Ovid Lanark and others attended. The meeting provided material and suggestions from state and district agents to aid club programs and future sessions were planned with Miss Haberly assisting on May 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace
Bear Lake County
A. C. Oakey
May Lindsay
Nate
Dingle
Christian Humpherys
Werdboro
M. O. Perkins
Amy Grimes
Montpelier
Oliver Peterson
Ovid
Melba Vallentine
Lanark
Pearl Pearce
Lenora Stucks
Paris
Inez Findlay
Hazel Piggott
Bloomington
Eldon Mattson
St. Charles
Miss Haberly
4-H Club
Montpelier Chamber of Commerce
Bear Lake Valley Dairymen’s Cooperative Creamery
New IIL B Class For Selective Service Men
General McConnell announced a new IIL B class for men deferred for dependency yet in wartime essential work. III A covers earners with dependents not in essential war activity. III B covers those in essential war production or support, with changes to apply to the third registration first and later earlier registrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. G. McConnel
Selective Service
INA
McConnel
Gen
McConnell
Women urged to save cosmetic containers for war effort
American women are urged to save metal cosmetic containers from lipsticks powders and beauty aids to conserve scarce materials. Officials note future shortages may reduce production of containers so careful reuse is required.
Montpelier couple welcomes six pound daughter
Mr and Mrs Glen Coughlin of Montpelier rejoice at the birth of a six pound girl on May 2. Mother and infant are resting at Rupert Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Coughlin
Montpeliar
Ruport
Elected President of Educational Sorority at Yétent Convention
Dora Dunn of Washington DC was chosen president of the Eastern Province of Delta Theta Chi at the Yétent convention in Cumberland Maryland for the coming year. The province includes 25 chapters across DC Maryland Virginia North and South Carolina Georgia and Florida. Miss Dunn also leads her Washington DC chapter and is daughter of Mr and Mrs James Dunn of Paris.
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Cumberland
Maryland
Delta Theta Chi
Dora Dunn
Washington, DC
District of Columbia
Virginia
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Miss Dunn
James Dunn
Paria
Lions Club Promotes Free Scrap Iron Pile Plan
Paria Lions Club on Wednesday evening outlined a Free Scrap Iron Pile project with no profits. All donated metal will go to the Government, with a designated point in Paris for piling the scrap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Paria Lions Club
Paris
Canadian War Workers Take Aptitude Tests In Quebec
A woman seeks employment at a rifle and machine gun ammunition plant in Quebec. She does not simply walk in but must be interviewed by a specialist. If she passes, she undergoes tests including jig-saw and mirror tasks to assess ability, speed, and discrimination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I & Woman
Quebec
Roen
Brigham City High School Orchestra Plans Paria Concert
The Brigham City High School Orchestra under Apollo Hansen will give a free concert at Paria Tabernacle on May 10 at 8 pm. The program features classics by Strauss Brahms Schubert and Tschaikowsky with solos by Elaine Hansen Renee Ferguson Marion Davis and Jeno Hubay among others. Remarks by Hervin Bunderson and a mixed chorus will close the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brigham City
Utah
Apollo Hansen
Tabernacle
Paria
Mr Hansen
National Anthem
Johann Strauss
Wm Tong
Don Facer
Johannes Brahms
Franz Schubert
Leo Delibes
Fritz Kreisler
Renee Ferguson
Vienna Woods
Mrs DeWitt Peery Visits Utah Kin and Fund Helps Students
Mrs DeWitt Peery of Centerfield Utah visits her mother Mrs Sarah A Ludpum and sisters Mrs Ada Harris and Mrs Walter Bird this week also calling on Mrs Win Stucks and Mrs Orson Hymhas in Liberty. Funds raised from last Thursday's band concert cover Fielding High Music department members attending the Regional Music Contest at Pocatello, sparing their expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt Peery
Centerfield
Utah
Sarah A Ludpum
Ada Harris
Walter Bird
Win _ Stucks
Orson Hymhas
Liberty
Fielding High
Pocatello
Hess Brothers Visit Paris From Twin Falls
Mr Dean Hess and Mr Russell Hess sons of Mr and Mrs Mulford Hess former Paris residents now of Twin Falls visited relatives in Paris Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning. The brothers were en route home for a few days away from Palm Springs California where they have been employed the past eight months at the Deepwell Ranch.
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Dean Hess
Russell Hess
Mulford Hess
Paris
Twin Falls
Palm Springs
Calif
Deepwell Ranch
Sugar Ration Stamps Schedule For May To June
The first four stamps are each worth one pound of sugar during specified periods. Stamp 1 runs May 5 to May 16, Stamp 2 May 17 to May 30, Stamp 8 May 31 to June 18, Stamp 4 June 14 to June 27. After June 27 the sugar administration will set values and negotiable periods for remaining stamps. A local rationing board will issue certificates for extra sugar for canning later.
Bear Lake County Receives 14 Tires for May Quota
The May tire quota for Bear Lake County lists 3 passenger car tires, 8 tubes and 13 retreads, and 11 truck tires, 15 tubes and 17 retreads. Certificates granted at Monday night’s rationing board included retreads from the April quota and new tire allocations for local workers and vehicles. several applications were deferred due to a shortage of retread certificate blanks.
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Bear Lake County
Bartell Johnson
Georgetown
Gordon Frank Wilks
Bloomington
P—R.parker
Montpelier
Jesse Orchard
John
Parker
Paris
LaVern Nelson
Griff Lloyd
Mayo Krogue
Geneva
Clem Humphreys
Howard Buhler
Bern
Calvin Stevens Earns Union Pacific Operator Post
Calvin Stevens of Paris earned a student operator role for the Union Pacific at Kemmerer Wyoming after seven months of study. He gained permission to take examinations in Pocatello and, upon passing, was assigned to the Boulder Junction division near Las Vegas Nevada.
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Calvin Stevens
Paris
Union Pacific
Kemmerer
Calvin
Pocatello
Boulder Junction
Las Vegas
Nevada
Cooperation Urged On Rent Ceilings In Western Defense Areas
Government urges landlords and tenants to cooperate as eleven Rocky Mountain defense rental areas set rents at March 1 levels. If after sixty days rents exceed that level the Office of Price Administration may enforce a maximum rent law. Regions include Colorado Springs Denver Pueblo Cheyenne Albuquerque Roswell Silver City Lordsburg Provo Salt Lake City Ogden Tooele Wendover Butte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mountain
Office of Price Administration
Colorado
Colorado Springs
Denver
Pueblo
Wyoming
Cheyoneer
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Roswell
Silver City
Lordsburg
Utah
Provo
Salt Lake City
Ogden
Tooete
Wendover
Montana
Butte
Idaho
Brother of Mrs Palmer Tueller Promoted to First Sergeant
Mrs Palmer Tueller learned this week that her brother Burton Sutter, stationed at McCord Field in Washington, has been promoted to First Sergeant. Delta Delta Club member Mrs John Hoge hosted the Arrow Club gathering in Montpelier Canyon with guests including Mrs Bus Daniels and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hoge
Delta Delt Club
Arrow Club
Montpelier Canyon
Bus Daniels
Ivan Beck
Keith Varner
L. T. Buxton
Lewis Shepherd
W. Smith Hoge
Wells Stock
Aller
Alton Bunderson
Charles Innes
DeVere Tovey
Bear Lake Wheat Farmers Vote 91 in Favor of Quota
Wheat farmers in Bear Lake county approved wheat marketing quotas for the 1942 crop in the national referendum held May 2. County results show 244 yes to 25 no with several district ballots pending tally, and a government loan at 85 percent parity tied to quota eligibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bear Lake
Bear Lake County
United States
Fish Haven
St Charles
Bloomington
Paris
Ovid
Bern
Lanark
Liberty
Sharon
Georgetown
Noonan
Hight Mile
Bennington
Montpelier
Wardboroy
Dingle
Alton
Pegram
Raymond
Geneva
G B. Hulme
County Aaa Committee
Very Few New Tires to be Rationed
Beginning immediately, new tires are not available for List A vehicles used in essential services when a recapped tire is practical. After June 1, no tires will be released to anyone who abuses tires already in use.
Coffee Sales to be Restricted to 75 Percent
War Production Board imposes monthly limits on U S coffee deliveries. Roasters must reduce shipments by 15 percent compared with the same period last year, while wholesale receivers face matching caps to stretch future supplies for navy civilian needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Production Board
United States
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