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Preston Citizen

Location

Preston, Idaho, United States of America

Date

Apr 15, 1943

Page

5

Farm Machinery Outlook Brighter Says County AAA Chairman

Quince Rice county AAA chairman and Farm Machinery Rationing Committee head says the outlook is brighter though not all problems are solved. He notes removal of fencing costs, recapped tires without rationing, and 20 000 tractors switching to rubber tires as major improvements.

Farm Machinery County Aaa Quince Rice County Farm Machinery Rationing Committee Mr. Rice

Local Hero Returns and Spring Farm News

Private first class Grey comes home from army camp to help harvest labor for the Wool Growers of Gem Valley. Hog prices reach the highest in the valley since World War I at 315.05 per hundredweight. Baby boys and girls welcomed by several local families. Brigham Canyon workers visit South Gem Valley and Copper Mines. Funeral services for Robert Smith held in Draper with ties to Riverdale farming.

Grey Gem Valley Clark P. Grey Boyd Forman Brigham Canyon Forman Utah Clara Forman Aroc EB. Bennett Valero Bennett Wm. Behle Sr Aroet EE. Bennett Robert Smith Draper Mr. Smith Riverdale

Franklin County Men In The SERVICE

Franklin County men serving in the armed forces are profiled. Captain Lovell M. Henderson of the Medical Corps returns home on leave from Camp Blanding and plans for foreign service. his wife and child stay with relatives. Other locals, including Leroy Hull and two sons, Eugene and DeLyle Hull, are noted for their service with duties at Camp Van Dorn and Brigham City respectively. Corporal Donald F. Petterborg graduates as an airplane mechanic in Nebraska and is stationed in Kansas City Kansas. Dale Hillstead Brostrom prepares to train as a recruit at the U S Naval Training Station in Preston Idaho with emphasis on seamanship and discipline.

Lovell M. Henderson Camp Blanding Morida Merle Henderson Henderson Jamet Louise Eugene Hull Camp van Dorn Mississippi DeLyle Hull Brigham City Bushnell Army Hospital Hull Com Foster and Family South DeLyle Atlanta Georgia Kansas City Peter Preston Rickwick Hotel Donald F. Petterborg Guy C. Petterborg Idaho Army Air Base Lincoln Nebraska Army Air Forces Technical Training Command Cpl Petterberg Kansas Air Forces Technical Training Command Farragut Ida Naval Training Station Dale Hillstead Brostrom Carl J. Brostrom

Franklin County Rationing Opens for Cultivating Machinery

In Franklin County rationing of cultivating and harvesting equipment is under way. Farmers may apply any time using blanks from the county War Board or farm agency offices. The committee urges careful use, sharing, and keeping gear in repair before the busy season.

Ries County Farm Machinery Rationing Committee Usda War Board Franklin County County War Board

Americans to sacrifice money as sons fight abroad

Washington reports a blunt challenge to Americans to fund the war by buying more government bonds in the Second War Loan campaign starting April 12. Treasury ads urge citizens to shift spending from clothes and luxuries to bonds, linking civilian sacrifice to military heroism and urging all to do their part.

Washington D. C U.S Armarinan Datl Naff Africa Europe Treasury Department America

Service Call Rules Eliminate Men With 3 B Rating

Selective Service rules end deferment for men with 3 B rating except for those in agriculture or facing extreme hardship. Married men with pre Pearl Harbor dependents move to 3 A with two exceptions, agricultural workers to IIJ C, and nondeferrable occupations reclassified. Call order remains single men with no dependents to men with children.

Selective Service Boards Pearl Harbor USDA War Manpower Commission

Rats plague Franklin County and spread from Cache County

County agent reports a surge of brown back rats migrating into Franklin county from Cache County over several months. Residents seek help to control the pest as the infestation grows and causes mounting trouble.

Franklin County Cache County

Easter Seals Sale Opens For Crippled Children

Dr Sam Evans president of the local association announces the annual Easter Seals sale to aid crippled children and adults. The drive supports programs nationwide and will end on Easter Sunday with urged public support amid wartime disability needs.

Sam Evans National Society For Crippled Children

County Agent Announces Nonpoisonous Control Ball

William Craner reports securing a poison ball effective for control purposes that is not poisonous to dogs cats or poultry. For more information contact the County Agent's office.

William Craner

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