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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1942
Page
8
A long list of local residents and relatives visit relatives in Logan and nearby towns. Guests include Lorin Lewis and Privett families from Salt Lake City and Magna, Idaho Falls visitors, Miss Katherine Romney in Logan, and others from Brigham City and Pres ton. Various trips to Salt Lake and Las Vegas noted, plus a bridge club event and a call for used lumber with Clarence M. Rich.
A sweep of short notes lists residents and visitors over the weekend in Paris Idaho and nearby towns. Names include Laud and Mrs Laud Ringle, Don Tueller of Ogden, Adeline Tueller, Alfred Orr, Weyn Bird, Bernarr Humphreys, Henry Humphreys, Raymond Burton, A W Shepherd, Kate Innes, Charles Innes, Henry Shirley, Evanston. Miss Thelma Barfuss, Andrew Barfuss, Weldon Hess, Dallas Athay, Beulah Hess. Bil Nelson family. Ted Cook. Cathy Wyler. Eliza Coo. Mrs Newell Lewis and baby. LaVon Parker. Walter Poulsen. Ted Crawford. Leland Reed. Lloyd Hansen. Mrs Wilford Price. The note mentions trips to Ogden, Logan, Salt Lake City, Bear Lake, Preston and Rexburg with harvest vacation closing in Rexburg.
October 31 is the final date for soil conservation practices under the 1942 Agricultural Conservation Program. The aim is to improve soil and livestock distribution on the range so farmers can earn their soil building allowance. Bear Lake county farmers face steel rationing for farm machinery, with approvals requiring high utilization and sharing with neighbors. Secretary Claude Wickard will speak at the Harvest Observance in Tylertown Mississippi on October 3, part of a national series to honor the harvest amid war needs, broadcast at 1030 MWT.
The wrecked tanker J Oswald Boyd from the Great Lakes era has been salvaged for scrap. The vessel known as Hoodoo Ship was damaged in a historical incident and will be dismantled for metal, ending its long unsettled status.
During the war 64 light tanks weighing 7 tons each were built. Light tanks now weigh about 56 tons and cost ST a pound to build.
Poem by Wm. Stanley Dunford invoking ancestral resolve and sacrifice to defend liberty. The speaker vows to carry forward heroic sires by strength and wit, pledging unwavering service to a just cause and to God. The verse links past courage to present duty and national heritage.
The Office of Defense Transportation issues Order 21 requiring a certificate of war necessity to obtain tires parts of gasoline for farm trucks pickups two and four wheel trailers and other conveyances used to carry property. The order takes effect November 15 and operators will receive forms soon to apply. Greene Idaho ODT manager says certificates must be returned immediately to prevent any vehicle being banned after November 15.
A neighborhood scrap collection day shuts barber shops and stores from 106 to 5 as the town piles metal for Uncle Sam. The author and Judge Cunningham reflect on democracy in action, praising citizens who work together without coercion and enjoy a postwork beer.
Nora Ward married Claron Allan of Hyrum in the Logan temple with Mrs. Ward attending. Various visits and relatives are reported, including travelers from Ogden and Kemmerer, and locals returning from Syracuse canning. Other items note births, moves to Pocatello, and residents traveling to Salt Lake, Provo, and New York assignments.
The Paris Post published weekly in Paris Idaho submits ownership details for October 1 1942. Publisher editor and business manager is Keith F Warner of Paris Idaho. Mortgage holder is Henry J McCullough of Ovid Colorado. Notary W Smith Hoge certifies.
A delicate machining task rifling gun barrels is now performed at a rate thirty times faster than a few months earlier, signaling a major efficiency leap in precision manufacturing and firearms component production.
A recommendation requests exemption for county state and federal agencies from a marketing rule requiring interest on coal purchase accounts due, filed with the Bituminous Coal Commission amid wartime conditions.
Idaho poultrymen have been asked by Secretary Wickard to raise an extra brood of chickens to three pounds for the January February and March market to supplement the national meat supply. The Secretary requests 200 million extra chickens to be raised and sold before the 1943 poultry season.
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