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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1944
Page
2
Citizens urged to form a veterans committee to aid 750 Franklin county service members returning home. The group would interview veterans, provide information on rights benefits and help with civilian life including work farming and business opportunities.
A report claims evacuees at the Hunt relocation center provide 38 new and used tractors to farm 750 acres. It notes many evacuees have trucks and labor, while locals lack equipment, prompting criticism of government handling in Franklin County.
Editorial urges oiling Mink Creek road to Preston and Treasureton and extending to Bear Lake valley. It advocates designating the entire Strawberry to Paris route as a state highway to access funds for postwar construction and maintenance.
The Idaho State Federation of Labor passed a resolution opposing Gov. C. A. Bottolfsen’s candidacy for U.S. Senate citing his signature on an anti-picketing bill. The measure aimed to prevent unions from picketing farm land and coordinating farm labor, angering farmers and the CIO.
The Citizen's Training camp at Salt Lake City opened Monday with 555 men eager to learn war science. Franklin county sends six fellows to the Fort. bath and boating at Hopkins Hot Springs near Camp 3% on Bear River offer a local relaxation.
A collage of light verse jokes and social quips from wartime life, plus a hearty local ad for OFFICE SUPPLIES at Citizen. The bits poke fun at changing roles, dating norms, and home front humor, while an inventory note highlights typewriter ribbons and office papers.
Promoters tout a revival at the Eastern Idaho State Fair with races September 12 to 16 and a ten-stall mechanical starting gate secured from Great Falls. Officials J K Smith and EB DeKay praise attractions including Barnes-Carruthers open-air show On To Victory and stage entertainment for eastern Idaho audiences. Cheese production records are reported, with six months totaling 18,576,000 pounds and yearly average rising from 110,018,000 pounds in 1942.
Boise August 19 1944 Idaho cheese production for the first six months of 1944 rose to new highs surpassing prior records. The report notes continued strong output from Idaho creameries and dairy plants.
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