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Preston Citizen

Location

Preston, Idaho, United States of America

Date

Apr 15, 1943

Page

7

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 cautions that problems remain. He cites removal of fencing from rationed items, recapped tires with reclaimed rubber, 20000 tractors switching to rubber tires, more hay balers and irrigation equipment available, and new farm machinery allocations for 1943 harvests. War Boards are collecting farm equipment needs for steel allocations.

Farm Machinery County Aaa Quince Rice County Farm Machinery Rice County Farm Machinery Rationing Committee Usda War Board

Private Grey returns to Gem Valley to help labor shortage

Private first class Grey has come home from army camp at the request of the Wool Growers of Gem Valley to assist with the shearing season. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Clark P Grey and has served six months in the armed forces. Hog Pool shipped hogs on Wednesday April 7 at 15 05 per hundred weight the highest in the valley since World War I. Nearby births and visits note a baby boy and baby girl born to local families, and relatives travel to Draper Utah for the funeral of Robert Smith, a longtime Riverdale farmer.

Grey Gem Valley Private Grey Clark P. Grey Valero Bennett Wm. Behle Sr Aroet EB. Bennett Robert Smith Draper Utah Mr. Smith Riverdale

Franklin County Men In The Service Return Home Briefly

Captain Lovell M Henderson of the Medical Corps arrived at his parents home after stationing at Camp Blanding Florida. His wife and daughter Jamet Louise will stay with her parents in Downey while he serves abroad. The Hulls report two sons in the army Staff Sergeant Eugene Hull returned on furlough from Camp Van Dorn Mississippi April 5 then left for camp April 11. Private First Class DeLyle Hull visited family while stationed in Brigham City at Bushnell Army hospital following a trip to the Southern States to escort soldiers discharged from foster care.

Lovell M. Henderson Camp Blanding Florida Merle Henderson Henderson Eugene Hull Camp van Dorn Mississippi DeLyle Hull Brigham City Bushnell Army Hospital Pvt. Hull Com Foster and Family

Franklin County Rationing Guides Farm Machinery Use

The county distributes rationing of cultivating and harvesting machinery with farm applications open at the county War Board and farm agency offices. Care Share Repair urges farmers to share loan or trade work to keep equipment in good repair before the busy season.

Franklin County County War Board

Soldier furloughs and visits across cities noted

In the South DeLyle received several days furlough in Atlanta Georgia and visited local sites. In Kansas City Pvt Hull spent time with Cpl Ross Weaver formerly of Preston and stationed at the Rickwick Hotel.

South DeLyle Atlanta Georgia Kansas City Hull Cpl Ross Weaver Preston Rickwick Hotel

Preston Idaho Native Becomes Air Forces Mechanic

Corporal Donald F. Petterborg son of Mr and Mrs Guy C Petterborg of Preston Idaho has completed an intensive airplane mechanics course. He is now eligible for a corporal or sergeant rating and is stationed at Kansas City Kansas. Trained at an Army Air Forces Technical Training Command school near Lincoln Nebraska he joins others who learn both repair and combat skills to protect and offensive actions alongside aircraft maintenance.

Donald F. Petterborg Guy C. Petterborg Preston Idaho Army Air Base Lincoln Nebraska Army Air Forces Technical Training Command Cpl Petterberg Kansas City Kansas Air Forces Technical Training Command

Dale Brostrom Begins Navy Recruit Training at Farragut

Dale Hillstead Brostrom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Brostrom of Preston Idaho, arrives at Farragut Naval Training Station to start a thorough program in seamanship fitness and discipline to become a good sailor this week.

Farragut Ida U.S. Naval Training Station Dale Hillstead Brostrom Carl J. Brostrom Preston Idaho

Americans Urged to Finance War as Sacrifice Grows

Washington calls on citizens to contribute 13 billion dollars in the Second War Loan drive. Treasury bonds offer options from Series KE to 2% bonds as civilians are urged to shift spending from clothing and luxuries to government bonds to support troops in Africa and Europe. The message frames money as a direct act of national defense alongside those in uniform.

Washington D. C U. S Africa Europe Treasury Department America

Service Call Rules Change for Men with Dependents

Selective Service eliminates 3-B rating as deferment for men with collateral dependents and wives, except farmers or extreme hardship cases. Married men with pre Pearl Harbor dependents become 3-A with two exceptions. agricultural workers stay IJI-C. others in nondeferrable occupations reclassify. Call order remains single men, then those with collaterals, then married with wives, then with children. Dairy farm workers resume or join service per USDA and War Manpower Commission.

Selective Service Boards Pearl Harbor Selective Service USDA War Manpower Commission

Rats Rise in Franklin County Pest Problem

County agent reports brown back rats migrating from Cache County into Franklin County over several months. Many residents request help to control these pests as they cause increasing trouble.

Franklin County Cache County

Easter Seal Sale Opens For Crippled Children

Dr. Sam Evans announces the annual Easter seal sale for crippled children opened last week. The sale is sponsored nationally by the National Society for Crippled Children and supports local and national programs. Evans cites the need to aid rehabilitation and to care for injured veterans amid industry slowdown. Public support has been strong in the past. urgency this year is hoped to boost donations.

Sam Evans National Society For Crippled Children

County Agent Announces Safe Poison Bait Use

William Craner reports securing a poison bait that controls pests effectively yet is not poisonous to dogs, cats, or poultry. For more information call the County Agent's office.

William Craner

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Mr. Rice Thatcher Dennis Bennett Stanley Perry Boyd Forman Brigham Canyon Mr Forman Clara Forman Aroet E. Bennett Leland Panter Cleveland Donald Panter The Whitney Leroy Hull Army Ee Fk Are Estensons Miany Pabco Paints PABCO Anderson Lumber. Co Dale Brostrom Naval Training Station Crippled Children Office OF Civilian Defense C.C.D Love Brothers Lowe Brothers PLAX Lowe Brothers Neptunite Garlson Portis Foss Clothing
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