Bureaucratic clash threatens local meat supply under OPA quotas
The Preston area faces loss of a full month of meat as overlapping bureaus demand April to June overkill be made up after July and August quota increases. Knudson Packing Company wins higher July August allotment, but red-point limits and cross bureau rules risk shortages despite abundant cattle nearby.
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OPA
Preston Chamber of Commerce
Knudson Packing ‘Company
Foods Administration
Food Administration
Cross Purposes
Mariner
The Misunderstood Element in Advertising Reach
The piece argues small town advertisers misjudge results focusing on immediate sales. It notes prunes profits are minor, while ads build prestige and familiarity, creating community prominence, goodwill, reader confidence, and ongoing brand recognition that benefits the firm beyond immediate prune sales.
Christmas Seals Define a Health Insurance for All
Christmas Seals are not charity but a preventive program financing public health. They fund tuberculosis prevention and education, not direct hospital care, supporting a broader health initiative valued at millions while 60,000 died last year. The effort relies on voluntary participation to back community health.
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Health and Welfare
Weston Welcomes Barber Shop As Nearby Bank Reforms Travel
Town of Weston enjoys a new barber shop by Roy Huckle of Kansas Sunday, easing trips to Preston. A baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Fred Campbell, Weston, Mother and baby doing well. Jack Bosworth injured in threshing engine mishap with arm nearly taken off Friday afternoon. N G Peterson's 31st birthday celebrated at a surprise party with neighbors. Leslie Davis, press foreman of the Franklin County Citizen, injured hand in gear, bones broken. George Sant dies at 66 from injuries at work in Treasureton. Casper Merrill and Anna Crockett wed in Logan temple. Mrs Sarah Ann Larsen dies at 80 of pneumonia in Idaho Falls. Bernon and Arnold Auger tossed from horse, minor injuries. Hugh S Geddes of Banida to wed in Salt Lake temple.
Offbeat Humors and Quips in a 19th Century Letter Toll
A mixed collection of jokes and brief quips includes a patent medicine boast about wart treatment becoming a collar button, a stove side remark about wait for the janitor, a political candidate’s election news to his wife, and a hospital maternity ward observation by Franklin Fannie.
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Franklin Fannie
Swinging Anecdotes From a Hill Country Church
A collection of humorous vignettes from Ozarks church life includes a mischievous boy pelting worshippers with chestnuts, a Chicago trip with a fast return not coming, a salesman explaining car loan reminders, and a Kansas minister quipping that heaven admits tobacco chewers only if they spit in hell.
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Ozarks
Kansas
Heaven
Hell
Messages By Short Wave To Marines On Pacific Front
Personal messages from families reach nearly 2000 Marines in the Pacific via the radio program Tell It To The Marines now in its 200th airing. Broadcast six days weekly from San Francisco, the 10 minute show at 1.05 am offers news and morale boosts from home.
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Pacific
San Francisco
Munda
Marine Corps
Guadalcanal
KWV
Kilocycles personal messages from famed entertainers for Marines
Marines hear messages read by Kate Smith Jack Benny Fred Allen Eddie Cantor George Jessel Sam M Kaye Tommy Dorsey and Guy Lombardo. Send a message with full name rank address of the Marine and sender to the Public Relations Officer U S Marine Corps 1 Montgomery Street San Francisco California.
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Kate Smith
Jack Benny
Fred Allen
Eddie Cantor
George Jessel
Sammy Kaye
Tommy Dorsey
Guy Lombardo
U. S. Marine Corps
Montgomery Street
San Francisco
California
Bean Harvest Near Finish as October Weather Slows Work
Weather in early October slowed bean harvesting while late October improved. By November 1 the majority of threshing was complete and yields, though below summer expectations, averaged slightly higher than last year according to dealers and growers.
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Boise
You can eat your cake and have it too WAR BONDS profit
Christmas savings can be invested in war bonds with a message urging continued support for the attack. The appeal blends frugality with patriotism, urging readers to back the war effort through financial bonds.
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Caché Valley
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Franklin
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Idaho
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Fred Campbell
Weston
Roy Huckle
William Head
Mother
Babe
N. G. Peterson
Leslie Davis
Franklin County Citizen
George Sant
Treasureton
Casper W. Merrill
O. D. Merrill
Anna Crockett
George E. Crockett
Logan Temple
Clifton
Sarah Ann Larsen
Idaho Falls
Bernon
Arnold
William Auger
Glendale
Hugh S. Geddes
Banida
Salt Lake Temple
Sear
Ax Neeley
Chicago
Mink Creek
Malzee
Lee Hansen
Papa
Sport Shop
Hitler
Hirohito
Preston Lumber Co
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