Eddy's Bread An Idaho Firm
Eddy's Bread operates plants in Pocatello Spokane Butte Twin Falls and ships bread and pastries to Preston and other areas. The Pocatello plant uses Idaho sugar and flour with local products to support regional stores and exports to several states.
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Eddys Bakery
Pocatello
Preston
Intermountain Territory
Spokane
Washington
Butte
Montana
Twin Falls
Idaho
Franklin County
Railroad City
Eddy
Idaho Honey Yields Improve Late Season
Idaho beekeepers report better honey production in late summer and fall than early season. Southern Idaho benefited from lingering clover blooms into October, while fewer alfalfa weevils and grasshoppers and more colony transfers out of state helped. Southwest reports add context to improved conditions as fall approached.
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Boise—Idaho
Kingman Army Air Field graduate earns gunnery wings
Sgt. John Purser, 20, son of Lyman A. Purser of Preston, Idaho, recently completed the Kingman Army Air Field flexible gunnery school near Kingman, Arizona. He entered the Army January 22, 1943, attended Preston High, and trained in ballistics, sighting, turret maintenance, range estimation, and aircraft machine guns before receiving his gunnery wings after air firing with .22 rifle, shotgun, and calibres .30 and .50 machine guns.
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Kingman
Arizona
Kingman Army Air Field
John Purser
Lyman A. Purser
South 4Th West
Preston
Sgt. Purser
Army
Preston Hi
Kingman School
Purser
Idaho State House Prepares for Lewiston Session and Tree Farm Dedication
State Land board members travel to Lewiston for a joint session with the Idaho Cooperative Board of Forestry and to attend a tree farm dedication ceremony. Officials attending include the governor, secretary of state, state auditor, and head of the State Land department. The northwest development group meets in Spokane with multiple state officials to discuss irrigation, navigation, and power plans across the Columbia River watershed.
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Statehouse
Boise
State Land Board
Lewiston
Con‘junction
Idaho Cooperative Board of Forestry
State Auditor
State Land Department
C.—B_Roberts
State
Bert Miller
Spokane
Wash
James Spofford
Northwest States Development Association
Joe D. Wood
Idaho Public Works
Association
Reclamation
Great Northwest
Columbia River
Tommys Christmas Gift Brings Heroic Hope in Hospital
A sick boy named Tommy wakes before Christmas and asks about Santa. His mother reveals tough news about illness and a defense job, then Apple helps Santa recover. Nurses and a doctor deliver Christmas cheer with gifts from Santa, inspiring the boy to dream of strength like his father.
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Tommy
Santa
Santa Claus
Mommy S
Daddy
Darling
Saura
Sonny
McClure Syndicate
Selective Service Praises Franklin County Volunteers
Mr Craner extends appreciation to Selective Service Board members for their unpaid, long hours this past year. He notes farmers and farm boys drove wartime labor, countering foreign labor limitations. Craner urges sustaining farm manpower to meet Food Fights for Freedom goals as the war continues.
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Franklin County
Selective Service Board
Craner
Labor Committee
George Heath Assigned to Marines
George Richard Heath was sworn into the Marines at Pocatello on December 14 by Captain Henry N. Hale. He will report for basic training at the San Diego base after a short furlough. Heath, from Rexburg via Preston, was active in local life and once managed the Preston baseball club in 1940. The Pocatello recruiting office notes a new enlistment quota for 17 year olds and under, and now allows wives of enlisted men and Marine warrant officers to enlist.
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George Richard Heath
Pocatello
Henry N. Hale
Salt Lake District
Marine Corps
Heath
Marine
San Deigo
California
Preston
Rexburg
Leatherneck
Wynn Hardware
Crack Preston
U. S. Marine Office
Pocatello Marine Recruiting and Induction Office
Misses The Hunting Season At Home
A note expresses hope for Melvin Corbridge to be in England and have a place to stay for six months. It mentions potential visits to historical spots that may interest him and reflects excitement about his location.
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Santa
Santa Claus
England
Melvin
Corbridge
St. Nicholas
Letter Home Describes Candy, Rations, and Army Life
James W. Johnson writes to his brother about receiving homemade candy that arrived in decent shape, noting fudge was melted but edible. He mentions ration stamps and hopes they end soon, and that pheasant hunting makes him homesick while serving in the army.
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Eddys Bread
Merriles
A. Bottolfsen
State Capitol
Hyistmas
Carlson
Selective Service
George Heath
Marines
James W. Johnson
Willis
First Security Bank
OF Idaho National Association
Federal Reserve System
F.d.lo
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