Local War Board Outlines Plans of Salvage Drive
Bear Lake County USDA War Board met on August 27 with G E Hulme presiding. Jay B Hann reported from the General Salvage meeting held August 19 at Pocatello, outlining county involvement Bear Lake Caribou Franklin Bannock Power Omeda and state and national salvage groups. Topics included scrap rubber, orderly fats collection, sorting scrap metal by type, a ceiling price for scrap iron, and a Junk Rally Day on September 25 to boost Scrap Harvest For Victory.
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Bear Lake County
USDA
G. E. Hulme
Jay B. Hann
Pocatello
Hann
Lynden Watson
State Salvage
Bear Lake
Caribou
Franklin
Bannock
Power
Omeda
State War Board
Works Proress Administration
State
National Salvage
Idaho
Usda War Board
GBE
Hulme
DeVere Tovey
Evan W. Thompson
John Christiansen
J. A. Berrey
Athays and West Family Spend Monday in Logan
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Athay and children and Mrs. Beth West and daughter spent Monday in Logan for a day trip and visit.
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Russell Athay
Beth West
Logan
Quiet Tuesday School Elections Elect Two Each
Emerson Grade School and Fielding High School held trustee elections Tuesday in a quiet affair. Grade school voters chose Fred J. Price and Morrell Booth for three year terms. High school selected W W Brown and Siver Nielsen for three year terms, with George H. Ward elected for a two year term.
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Emerson Grade School
Fielding High School
Fred J. Price
Morrell Booth
W. W Brown
Siver Nielsen
George Ward
W W. Brown Siver Nielsen
C B. Jewell
Deadline Set for Mailing Christmas Parcels Overseas
The War Navy and Post Office Departments set November 1 as the deadline for sending Christmas parcels overseas. Restrictions remain at 11 pounds, 18 inches, and 42 inches combined, with a shoe box size preference and six pound weight limit. Food is not to be sent and clothing only if requested.
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War, Navy
Post Office
Chang Sa Fae
Domethia
Sugar Ration Amendment Eases Church Social Sugar Rules
The Office of Price Administration eases the prior four meals a week rule for sugar by allowing civic, educational, charitable, benevolent, religious and social welfare groups to obtain special sugar allotments for meals. Requirements include revenue from meals, permanent or long term status, usual meal service, and use limited to meal preparation and serving.
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OPA
Inductees Must Surrender Sugar Ration Books
Men inducted into the armed services are required to surrender their sugar ration books to local war price and rationing boards. It is illegal for the inductee’s family to use the book, and regulations require surrender immediately after induction.
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Armed Services
OPA
Tire quotas to be cut sharply next few months
A Bear Lake Rationing Board report from the Office of Price Administration warns that monthly tire tube and recapping quotas will fall sharply to fit the year’s limit. The War Production Board rejects extra rubber, so past carryovers cannot continue. Release tires and recaps only for essential war and public health needs.
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The
Bear Lake
S—S
Office of Price Administration
War Production Board
Application Blanks Available for Idaho Special Hunts
Hunters can obtain application blanks for Idaho's fall special big game hunts at Fish and Game license vendors statewide. The list includes Owyhee Antelope, Lost River Antelope, Minidoka Forest Deer, Rock Creek Minidoka Forest Deer, Soldier Mountain Deer and Elk, South Fork Boise River Elk, Pocatella Hike Hunt, and Selway Elk with dates from September to November. Each hunt requires a separate application with a self addressed stamped envelope and drawings will occur about ten days before each hunt.
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Idaho
Fish & Game
James O. Beck
Fish & Game Department
Owyhee
Lost River
Soldier Mountain
Marital Licenses Issued in Wyoming Couples
Edward J. Murphy and Lillian Irene Dahl of Rawlins Wyoming. Beayd Elmer Weaver of Smoot Wyoming and Mabel Rawlings of Fosall Wyoming. William Rex Graham and Edna Christina Hill of Smoot Wyoming.
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Edward J. Murphy
Lillian Irene Dahl
Rawlins
Wyo
Beayd Elmer Weaver
Smoot
Mabel Rawlings
Fosall
William Rex Graham
Edna Christina Hill
Miss Virginia Eking To Help Allied Armies In England
Miss Virginia Eking and sister in law Mrs Eking of Provo spent Saturday night with Mrs Josephine Dougan Miss Eking a former Fielding High teacher is leaving soon for England to assist in the Allied Armies recreational program there
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Virginia Eking
Inlaw
Eking
Provo
Josephine Dougan
Fielding High
Eagland
Matthews Brothers Stall Ram Sale Success in Salt Lake City
Matthews brothers returned from the 27th National Ram Sale in Salt Lake City where the event was hailed as large and successful. They sold two singles for 185 and 190 dollars and a pen of five averaging 215 per head, the highest price for any five in the sale among 650 Hampshire rams sold.
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Matthews Brothers
Salt Lake City
Hampshire
Tires and Tubes Issued by Rationing Board
Bear Lake County Rationing Board issued Tire Purchase Certificates to multiple residents. Names include J O Walker of Georgetown, Sylvester Busco of Montpelier, Ralph Lewis of Paris, Mitchell Beck of Ovid, Eldred Bacon of Georgetown, Fred Seal of Montpelier, George Sleight of Paris, Montpelier Laundry, Paris Flour Mill, Tom Kvarme of Bennington, and Albert L Schirm of Montpelier for tires or tubes and retreads for farm and transport use.
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Bear Lake
Montpelier
Dove and Partridge Season Postponed Four Days in Idaho
An emergency order delays the early Hungarian Partridge and Mourning Dove season in south Idaho counties by four days. The revised openings run September 5 with bag limits of 8 partridges and 10 doves in specified counties. Bear Lake and nearby counties still start September 1. Big game tags go on sale statewide for deer elk and mountain goats, priced at $1. Antelope tags accompany permits in special hunts.
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Idaho
State Fish and Game Department
James O. Beck
Ada
Foothill Road
Boise
Gem
Payette
Washington
Elmore
Adams
Adams County
Meadows Valley
Valley
Twin Falls
Gooding
Lemhi
Jerome
Butte
Bear Lake County
Idaho Fish & Game Commission
U. S. Interior Department
Game Department
Local visitors call on Eliza B. Cook home
Mrs. Frank Goodman of Arco and Mrs. Frank Burstol, Mr. Wm. Dix and Mr. Warren Dixon of Challis visited Eliza B. Cook on Tuesday.
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Frank Goodman
Arco
Frank Burstol
Wm. Dixon
Warren Dixon
Challis
Eliza B. Cook
Selective Service to Eliminate Class I B Reclassifications
The national headquarters announced that starting August 20 Class I B registrants will be reclassified. Beginning September 1 men not totally disqualified will move to Class I A while those unsuited for any service go to IV F. Reclassification aims for completion by January 1 with local boards coordinating to limit changes.
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Army
Brigham Young University Adapts Courses for War Effort
BYU president Dr Franklin Harris says colleges must supply military and technical leadership. The university participates in a reserve officers corps quota of 802 and can tailor curricula to fit war needs with focus on math physics physical education. BYU shifts to year round sessions in business Civil Pilot Training and other war related studies with heavy enrollment expected after September 25.
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Franklin 8. Harris
Brigham Young University
Ninth Corps
BYU
Army
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Harris
Price ceiling planned on live hogs by price office
The Office of Price Administration announced definite plans to set a price ceiling on live hogs with possible similar action on cattle in the near future. Officials indicated the measures aim to stabilize market prices.
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Office of Price Administration
Grimmetts Take Week Vacation to Sun Valley Idaho
Bishop and Mrs O H Grimmett depart Monday for a week long vacation in Sun Valley Idaho. Their daughters Janet and Marilyn accompany them to Malad where they will stay with Mr and Mrs Vernon Rich for the week.
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Bishop
O. H. Grimmett
Sun Valley
Idaho
Janet
Marilyn
Malad
Vernon Rich
Soldier Rich Promoted and Training in California
Morgan J. Rich received word early this week that his son Sergeant Rich, now promoted from Corporal, is on desert maneuvers somewhere in California with Uncle Sam's armed forces.
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Morgan J. Rich
Sargant
Uncle Sam
Sergeant Rich
Desert
California
Daughters of Utah Pioneers Elect Officers on Lawn
The Daughters of Utah Pioneers held their monthly meeting on the tabernacle lawn last Thursday. New officers for the year were elected and include Captain Ettie R. Bird and 1st Lieutenant Nina Eborn, with Mille Stucks as 2nd Lieutenant and Lucile Rogers as Secretary. The retiring officers oversaw a pleasant program. A county convention followed on Wednesday with a Salt Lake City representative in attendance.
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Daughters of the Utah Pioneers
Tabernacle Lawn
Ettie R. Bird
Nina Eborn
Mille Stucks
Lucile Rogers
Della Hulme
Nettie Alfred
Louisa Athay
Salt Lake City
Livestock Groups Plan Annual Meetings in Bear Lake County
The Bear Lake County Predatory Animal Board and the Livestock Marketing Association schedule their annual meetings for Monday evening September 14. Speakers include Lee Twitchell and Doyle Matthews from the Fish and Wildlife Service and E F Rinehart Extension Animal Husbandman. Stockmen are encouraged to attend for an effective program.
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Bear Lake County Predatory Animal Board
The
Livestock Marketing Association
Lee Twitchell
Doyle Matthews
Fish and Wildlife Service
E. F. Rinehart
Idaho Sees Twenty Percent Drop in July Gasoline Use
George Thiessen reports a 20 percent drop in Idaho gasoline consumption in July, following 6.78 percent decline in the first six months after Pearl Harbor. Private car use slips while taxis and street buses see a surge in Idaho cities.
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Idaho
George Thiessen
Pearl Harbor
Friday Bridge Club Meets at Mrs Hoge Home
The Friday Afternoon Bridge club gathered at the home of Mrs W Smith Hoge with eight guests attending. Mrs J B Hann won the high score prize.
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W. Smith Hoge
J B. Hann
Birds Entertain In Honor Of Tunks Couple
Mr and Mrs Walter Bird hosted a Saturday evening gathering honoring Mr and Mrs Homer Tunks. Also present were Mr and Mrs Sam V Tunks and their son from Montpelier. Mr Tunks left Wednesday for Kodak Alaska to work for Government Engineers. Mrs Tunks will spend winter in Portland Oregon with her brother Bedford Bird and family.
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Walter Bird
Homer Tunks
Sam V. Tunks
Montpelier
Tunks
Kodak
Alaska
Portland
Oregon
Bedford Bird
County Protest at Interstate Rail Hearing Over Branch Line
Idaho counties and city leaders joined a broad protest at the Interstate Commerce Commission hearing in Montpellier, urging continued operation of the Montpelier to Paris branch line. Attorneys for the railroad defended abandonment while local officials and civic groups pressed for service, with a ruling expected in several months.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Montpellier
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Montpelier
Paris
Ben Davie
Pocatello
Darwin Haddock
W. Smith Hoge
George Ward
Landon Pugmire
HB. D. Hymas
F. M. Beck
Sleight
Bert Miller
Boise
Public Utilities Commission
State of Idaho
M. Reese Hartebaugh
Mr. Cornell
Dana T. Smith
Western
Omaha
L. H. Anderson
I.C.C
R. T. Boyder
Commission of
Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commision
al Thiel
Finchan Girls Visit Athay Grandparents This Week
Mr and Mrs Carl Finchan of Soda Springs spent Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Frank Athay. Their daughters Janice and Nedra remained with their grandparents for a visit this week.
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Carl Finchan
Soda Springs
Frank Athay
Janice
Nedra
Small Canadian Corvettes Hit Atlantic Tests
Off shore the new Canadian built corvettes rush to sea for trials before service. Dozens of pocket size destroyers bear Canadian city names and join the Atlantic fight to keep Allied lifelines open. Alphonse Normand of the Royal Canadian Navy stands among rugged sailors with a navy beard.
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Atlantic
Alphonse Normand
Royal Canadian Navy
Normand
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Local War Board
Great Britain
S. L
Rationing Board
Daughters of Utah Pioneers
Livestock Marketing Ass’n
Atlantic Coast
Junkers
Luftwaffe
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