Choice Is Questioned on Idaho Farm Award Pick
Milford Vaught head of Idaho state AAA chose Canyon county farmers for a U S Government farm achievement award drawing sharp criticism from other counties. Readers doubt Canyon county beet production justified the award and call for Vaught to justify his selection with county statistics.
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Milford Vaught
Idaho State Aaa
Canyon County
U. S
Vaught
Idaho
Triple A
Franklin County
The Spirit That Should Guide The Oregonian
The Spirit That Should Guide The Oregonian urges adoption of a resolution by the legislature affirming equality, national duty, and sacrifice in war. It asserts no private gain justifies undermining national security and calls on lawmakers to place public welfare over personal comforts.
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Oregonian
Legislative
County students salvage scrap paper for war effort
Franklin county students organized a scrap paper drive that yielded over 40 tons, about 20 000 pounds more than requested, with boys and girls contributing heavily and reinforcing the community role of youth in supporting wartime needs. The effort highlights how school age youth are shouldering tasks at home during the war.
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Franklin County
Weston dances honor soldiers and furloughed men
Weston Chamber sponsors Friday high school gym dance honoring Vance Campbell and Gordon Fennesbeck leaving for the armed forces and Sheldon Nelson on furlough. Program includes vocal and piano numbers, speeches, and social time. Community events note wide attendance and upcoming dances as service calls continue.
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Vance’ Campbell
Gordon Fennesbeck
Sheldon Nelson
Weston Chamber of Commerce
Clayton Coburn
Jay
Glen Turner
Clive Beal
Archie Lott
Corsican Island question and long range gun tale
A veteran recalls a Corsican island challenge and a legendary long range rifle owned by Malin Lakie in Caribou County. Fred Sargent recounts salt dipped bullets and extraordinary deer kills. A church wedding joke closes with a child’s quip about change of partner.
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Fred Sargent
Caribou County
Malin Lakie
Recall Movement Dies In Wake Of False Signatures
The recall effort boasting 75,000 petition signers is dismissed as empty bravado. Proponents admit public mood rejects it, shifting focus to winning the war and potential postwar pension expansions, while existing payments continue.
Food Priority Over Defense Jobs Declines Local Advertisers
The Citizen argues against foreign defense job ads in agricultural counties. It warns manpower loss risks collapse, noting production down to half normal and a vital need to meet military draft quotas. Farmers grow more pessimistic about the year's outlook.
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Army
Navy
Supreme Court sustains Ban nock county strip dispute
The state supreme court upholds Ban nock county’s claim to an eighty rod wide strip from Power county to the Bear Lake district, including Oxford and valuable power sites and rich farmland.
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State Supreme Court
Bannock County
Power County
Bear Lake District
Oxford
Postwar planning hinges on personal responsibility
The piece reflects on postwar planning and resolutions while urging individuals to improve their own communities. It quotes Bert Childers on making the world better through tolerance and understanding and respecting others rights and liberties including voting and enjoying a beer.
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Bert ‘Childers
Devers Crockett Graduates From Aviation Machinist School
Devers F. Crockett son of Mr and Mrs Frank L Crockett of Preston Idaho recently graduated from the Aviation Machinist Mate School at the Naval Air Technical Center Norman Oklahoma headquarters of the 13th Naval District at Seattle. Upon graduation he received the rate of Seaman First Class and will be transferred to a naval unit afloat or another shore station for further instruction and work.
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Devers F. Crockett
Frank L. Crockett
South Third East
Preston
Idaho
Naval—Air—Technical Center
Norman
Oklahoma
13Th Naval District
Seattle
Navy
Man Bequeaths Fortune to Rejected Suitor Woman
A bachelor leaves his entire fortune to a woman who rejected him, prompting moral reflections on gratitude. The story highlights dramatic social expectations as the will becomes public and sparks questions about affection and generosity in the community.
Spilsbury and the Water Formula Riddle
A jumble of dialogue and quips features Spilsbury asking about the water formula from H to O, Bill answering with letters, and various comic vignettes about manners, misreads, and social quirks spanning topics from drafts to loans and humorous misunderstandings.
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Spilsbury
Bill
Local Sunday School Guests Share Testimonies
Franklin and Preston residents including Albert O Packer Sybil Hansen and others attended Sacrament meeting with testimonies and talks. Visitors from Logan Glendale Richmond and Logan area joined temple day activities and shared readings and short talks.
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Albert O. Packer
Franklin
Sybil Hansen
Preston
E H Jensen
Stoke High Council
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Franklin County Citizen
Cache Valley Clarion
County of
Idaho Stath
Weston
Lloyd Miller
Mark Checketts
George Hansen
T D Olsen
Pocatello
Dick Lemmons
Myrle Dahle
Oscar Campbell
Dewey Campbell
Reed Campbell
Merrill Deaton
Salt Lake City
van Nelson
Eldon Kirby
George Kofoed
George Simmons
Elverow Kofoed
Ogden
Utah
Mae Tingey
Earl Hansen
Andrew Nielson
Brigham City
Ward
Dayton & Linrose Gold & Green
Maurice Tingey
Antone Koller
Merlin Bastian
Myron Merrill
Salt Lake
George Lewis
Lila
Dale Evans & Family
Malad
Farrell Lewis & Son
Grant
Downey
Herbert Bowles
William Bowles
Camp Kearns
Bowles
Nelson & Family
Thelma Simpson
P B Green
Preston Hospital
Boy Scouts
Ralph Miller
Ernest Eberhard
Stake High Council
William Wiser
Fairview
John Bosworth
Mabbutt
McGinness
Pinch
John Christensen
Carrol
Roy van Noy
Richmond
Clotheal Lundquist
Antone Maughan
George Maughan
Clyde Packer
Clyde
Chicago
Packer
East Lake City
Joseph Scarborough
Franklin Ward Chapel
J. W. Casperson
California
Mary Maughan
James Barrington
Riverdale
Harry Valentine
J. C. Penney
New York
Wilford Hansen
Wilford Wallgren
Canyon
Alvin C. Hull
James R. Bodily
George A. Crockett
Whitney Ward
Hull
George L. Tanner
Wm. J. Dunkley
M. G. Larsen
Joe Marsh
Bert
Devers Crockett
Myrother
Dayton
Merri Smith
Farmer Blunt
Colege
Grammers
Peacock
Pres
John Taylor
Neantime
Hart Music
Mapleton
George Porter
Christian J Larsen
Glendale
Johnson
Ariel Chatterton
Vern Seamons
Logan
Arthur Chatterton
Eliza D Lowe
Leonard Butterworth
Ada Chatterton
Arthur Chatterton R
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