Fourth War Loan Drives Yet to Reach Franklin County
Franklin county Idaho launches its fourth war loan drive with a $276000 quota divided by wards and coordinated by bond committees. The piece argues the funds back the Army Navy Marine Corps Coast Guard and support home front morale while noting changes in sugar beet pricing and crop incentives to alleviate shortages.
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Franklin County
Idaho
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Pardon Board Frees Twin Falls Ex-Mayor John ston
The Idaho pardon board granted a full pardon to Dun can McD Johnston former mayor of Twin Falls who was serving a life term for murder. Attorney General Bert Miller joined Secretary of State George Curtis in support after a public statement questioning Johnston's guilt though no new evidence was presented.
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Idaho Pardon Board
Duncan McD
Johnston
Twin Falls
State Penitentiary
Bert Miller
George Curtis
George Olson
State Supreme Court
Twin Falls County
Minidoka News
Soldier absentee voting plan for Idaho elections
The piece outlines a simple absentee voting process for servicemen in Idaho. It proposes mail requests to home county clerks, early August ballot mailings, and leg al provisions to count overseas ballots up to December 1. It argues this helps soldiers vote in the final election for president and Congress.
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Idaho
New Whitney ward bishopric formed in Time report
Last Sunday a new organization of the Whitney ward was effected with Joseph Dunkley as bishop, George T. Benson as first counselor, Alvin Hull as second counselor, and Bert Winward as ward clerk. Funeral rites were held for Sister Martha Smith in the Fourth ward hall after dying en route to Salt Lake hospital. A January 23 1929 note records a blizzard covering the valley with about 8 inches of snow and other community notices.
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Whitney Ward
Joseph Dunkley
George T. Benson
Martha Smith
Fourth Ward Assembly Hall
Smith
Salt Lake Hospital
Jevel
Humorous anecdotes and wartime letters parade in old notices
A collage of light jests and vignettes unfolds from a banquet scene to hospital beds, court banter, and wartime letters. The prose riffs on pranks, legal fees, unconditional surrender, ration dreams, and a misspelled injury report, with veterans and civilians referenced in brisk, period voice.
Our Road To Victory Against Fascism
A wartime letter from Pvt. Mark L. Winward describes Army air corps radio and gunnery roles aboard a bomber. He praises training, teamwork, and mission peril as he pledges to keep planes in the air and achieve final victory. The piece notes his training at the University of Minnesota and his family background.
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United States Army
Air Corps
Pvt
Mark L. Winward
B. H. Winward
The
University of Minnesota
Lower Ranges Open by Weather Across Idaho December Conditions
Boise January 14 1944 favorable December weather kept lower ranges open later than usual with some stock on range January 1. Snow water supplies held, but low moisture depresses early growth of range feed. Livestock stayed in good condition as reduced numbers eased hay needs.
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Boise
Join the Wac recruitment drive now
The ad urges women to join the Women’s Army Corps for training, pay, and service. It promotes eligibility details, training roles, and living conditions, directing readers to the nearest Army Recruiting Station or the Adjutant General in Washington, D.C. for information.
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WAC
U. S. Army
Induction Group Named for Bannock County
Twenty S E Bannock registrants slated for induction with Selective Service Board No 1 report January 21 at the Dietrich building Pocatello The list includes William Nelson Hatch Bancroft Ebner Carson Bennett Lago Harold Oscar Sant McCammon Milton Bennett Thatcher Wayne Lorn Revoir Gail Manwill Ray Donald Toone Karl G Lowe Grace Samuel Moss Clyde Levere Juchau Virginia Glen Dwain Monroe Lava Hot Springs Francis Ring Christensen Lund
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Bannock County
Selective Service Board
Dietrich
Pocatello
William Nelson Hatch
Bancroft
Ebner Carson Bennett
Lago
Harold Oscar Sant
McCammon
Milton Bennett
Thatcher
Wayne Lorn Revoir
Gail Manwill Ray
Donald Toone
Karl G Lowe
Grace
Samuel Moss
Clyde Levere
Juchau
Virginia
Glen Dwain Monroe
Lava Hot Springs
Francis Ring Christensen
Lund
Preston Youth Enters Navy V-12 Program at Colorado
James De mar Packer, 18, son of Mrs. Veressa Packer of Preston Idaho, joins the Navy V-12 unit at the University of Colorado Boulder. A graduate of Ogden High School and Franklin High, Packer was active in debate.
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Navy
University of Colorado
Boulder
Colorado
James Demar Packer
Veressa Packer
Preston
Idaho
Young Packer
Ogden High School
Ogden
Utah
Franklin High School
Franklin
Debat
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Watkin L. Roe
James Heyward
I. B. Evans
James Bosworth
Joseph Belnap
Robert Hogan
Walter Last
John McQueen
C. R. Hobbs
H. Burchell
R. M. Hull
Harrison R. Merrill
James Barnes
Henry Burchell
Alta Fisher
Oxford
Union Pacific System
U of I
Oral Beckstead
Amasa Beckstead
South America
Archie Lott
Charles Mickelson
Wilton Lackaye
Lackaye
Lambs Club
New York
Guadalcanal
Maizee
News OF the
Bill Geddes
First Security Bank OF Idaho National Association
BANKS
Federal Reserve
F.D.I.O
S. E. Bannock
Navy School
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Preston Citizen
Baci Keone
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