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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1944
Page
2
The Idaho Daily Statesman notes that traveling peddlers overstate savings for insulation and roofing, while local firms offer cheaper, guaranteed work and back up their deeds. Clean-up Week urges citywide participation and highlights affordable garbage service at 50 cents monthly. The piece also discusses looming gubernatorial contenders and the tight primary race.
The article argues Preston faces an acute housing shortage while war centers like Ogden see vacant homes. It urges the local chamber of commerce to seek WPB action to allot materials for a dozen homes this summer and invites a WPB representative to visit.
Marvin A. Allred dies of pneumonia in Preston with funeral in Fourth ward meeting house and burial in Paris Idaho. Mrs. Samuel Packer returns from Chicago planning Preston as home. Other items note a baby born May 2 to Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Benson, Elder Palmer to return from New Zealand, and a cyclone near J G Nelsons with a hay rack lifted onto an ice house.
A Relief Society quilting session gathered at the home of Mrs Alta Merrill last Tuesday. Several local residents were noted in a round of visits and travels including Mrs Jesse George and family returning to California after Idaho, and George Matkin with Bob Hogan heading to Portland.
A terse wartime note describes unpredictable combat dynamics likened to a cheap gadget. The piece emphasizes volatility in battles and the public’s anxiety over sudden shifts in strategies and frightening headlines.
Thatcher and Preston residents visit, family movements, and service members' absences fill a busy week. Highlights include Kraft plant use for cheese workers, LDS College graduation attendance, furloughs for Rasmussen and Bowen, a Lago area party honoring soldiers, and a 20 to 18 vote approving the consolidation of Mound Valley school with Thatcher district 61.
A committee debates Roosevelt’s Capitol placement choosing Columbus over Washington and Lincoln. The joke bits follow with quips about editors, customers, Irish humor, a Negro preacher, and a string of lighthearted one liners from a bygone era.
Farmers may choose to file by April 15 and pay estimated taxes in four installments or wait until December 15 to pay the full year's estimated tax in one lump sum. The option depends on income expectations, with thresholds of $500 for singles and $624 for married individuals.
War Production Board relaxes rules on irrigation pump hook-ups allowing connections up to 1500 dollars if pumps of at least 25 gallons per minute are used and at least five acres of land will be irrigated without priority assistance.
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