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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1944
Page
2
Taxpayers in Franklin County gain from a 1943 levy under 1941 levels, with an operating levy of 33 305 compared to 37 694 in 1941, ranking among the lowest for its size. The note discusses broader Idaho levy comparisons and wartime cost pressures amid national service and labor strike debates.
Russell Singer of the American Automobile Association denounces a Washington bureaucrat who allegedly called for banning twenty million cars and delaying civilian use of synthetic rubber. The piece defends private autos as vital to transportation and wartime effort, while condemning unaccountable officials.
A man convicted of murder by two juries and upheld by Idaho Supreme Court walked out after five years free, a move critics say shows the prison board’s politicization. The Statesman presses for a non political prison commission to restore objectivity.
For sale listing offers pencils of all kinds from ordinary colored pencils to large wax pencils in black and red colors. Inquiries directed to The Citizen.
A Weston high school banquet honored board members and spouses with Miss Boyer and Home Economics students serving. Local clergy Elder Max Godfrey spoke Sunday night in Preston. Residents from Hay ward, Clarkston, St. Anthony, Silver Bow, Lewiston and Logan visited family and "Roland" Bastian spoke at the sacrament meeting. multiple trips to Salt Lake and Ogden were noted.
News items show Gen MacArthur asking for reinforcements while Roosevelt and Churchill pledge support and Eleanor sails to Australia. The page also notes a telegram addressed to Breston Idaho and a Western Union delivery riddle. A patent medicine testimonial and light, humorous items follow.
A collage of humorous remarks and snippets from a wartime social scene. Includes a joke about hats at church, comments on a new lamp shade, Betty Grable expecting a visit from the stork, racial caricatures, a Hollywood producer’s casting remark, and USO hall dance banter.
Mapleton residents Bishop Harry Knapp Argell Bennet and Wendell Long traveled to Salt Lake City on business last Thursday. Elder Milo Chatterton, two years in the California mission, returned home last Monday to visit his mother Mrs. Sarah Chatterton and friends, and gave a mission report in sacrament meeting. Leola Long spoke briefly as a returning missionary. Leslie Gregory family of Preston and Ada Gregory attended sacrament services and visited afterward. Joseph H. Stone Mrs Geneal Walton and son Neal visited George Porter family last Thursday. A Milo Chatterton reception honored Milo and his mother Thursday evening. A large crowd enjoyed games and refreshments. A ward dance is planned for Friday January 28 with public invitation. Charles Carpenter Clifton visited with Henry L. Bennett and attended sacrament meeting.
Pvt. Dan Inglet returns home on furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Joseph Inglet. Sargent Lloyd Jensen, recently stationed at Fort Douglas after two years in Alaska, is home on a 15 day furlough. Roma Cole Alice Rawlings and Mrs Oscar Rawlings visit relatives in Fairview. Mrs William Wiser Helen Wiser and Verl Wiser visit relatives in Logan Utah. J E Cole days spent with L V Neely Riverdale. Merlin Whittle visits California on business. Mrs Robert Brown visiting relatives.
An evening head on collision in front of Mr and Mrs Oliver Choules’ Fairview home injures six people including Mort Rasmussen of Weston and Hi Neilson of Lewiston. Wayne Cole, in the Marine Corps, lands safely home after five weeks of uncertainty.
DeLamar Palmer 23 of Preston arrives at Central State Teachers college in Stevens Point Wisconsin for a five month Army Air Forces instruction course. He will take academic and elementary flight training and upon completion be classified as pilot navigator or bombardier and proceed to Flying Training Command schools.
Classified notice advertises typewriter ribbons for L. C. Smith Corona Remington Royals Underwood and all portable machines available at The Citizen. Also mentions adding machine ribbons for sale.
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