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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1943
Page
9
The new withholding tax becomes effective today and will touch more Americans. It is estimated 16 million will pay this form of income tax, nearly doubling those paying income tax each year. Advocates say it may curb government waste by making every wage earner contribute to wartime costs, even lauded for the small earner who previously filed without payment, now required to remit after July 1.
The piece notes congressional votes to override the President's veto with Thomas and Dworshak supporting the action while Clark was absent. It argues a curb on John L. Lewis is overdue and condemns the broader impact on coal miners and labor, suggesting partial justification for the miners' plight.
The argument centers on Lewis accused of sabotaging the war effort and endangering American troops abroad while harming civilian economy. Critics warn of heat rationing this winter and strained pledges to allies, with the Smith Conally bill poised to curb future warfare and welfare incursions. The episode ends with criticism of the President for not matching congressional and public sentiment.
The briefing advises families to write positive letters to service members at home and overseas. Include updates on family welfare finances community news and remembrances while avoiding complaints or doleful predictions. Encourage sharing hometown clippings and supportive details.
Pvt. William K. Hurd Jr of Preston Idaho is named a pre aviation cadet at Army Air Forces Technical Training Command Basic Training Center No 5 in Kearns Utah Col Converse R Lewis announces. He attended Preston Senior High School and is the son of William K Hurd of Preston.
A light exchange between a worried mother and Norm centers on the age and discretion of camp hostesses. The mother doubts the propriety of the situation, while Norm responds with a quip about discretion. The dialogue reflects social concerns over camp life and behavior.
A court record sketches petty disputes as a bookkeeper asks for a raise while jokes about a three year war and a cake attack on a spouse. A woman faces assault and disorderly conduct penalties while two neighbors discuss a magnetic acquaintance with boastful dress.
A short yard stick of three inches alters measurement by 20 feet of ribbon. The answer to problem 76 lists weights of 1, 3, 9, and 27 pounds.
A collage of humorous bits features a missing diamond found in a husband’s pocket, a tenement teacher urging originality with a cow lesson, and a rash of quips about alibis vaccination and gasoline substitutes. The miscellany includes cartoons of dialect humor, draft board frankness, and playful wordplay.
At a Sherman Precinct Townsend club meeting in Coeur d'Alene the resolution calls for clear public statement of the movement’s aim to provide adequate pensions for needy citizens. It favors constitutional, legal methods and condemns recall as a non remedy, urging court action to address the 1942 will nullification.
Pvt. David Kenneth Merrill of Preston Idaho and Pvt. Lester Thelo Hansen of Preston Idaho are now stationed at the Army Air Forces Basic Training Center in Utah. Both assignments are announced by Col. Converse R. Lewis, with Merrill entering service June 19 1943 and Hansen February 8 1943.
In a fragmentary captioned snippet a speaker asks Aunt Fannie if she will lay the blessing while a Machine Age Child remarks on food arriving through the courtesy of God Almighty reflecting a period tone and radio era context.
Various small items from Preston include a work accident at the Monson home leaving a table scattered with meals, school trustees purchasing part of the academy block for a new building, a birth of a 10 pound boy, J K Nelson starting a new home, and local residents traveling from California. Announcements list a marriage planned in Logan, staff changes at the Citizen, and July entertainment featuring Leo Beckstead versus Frank Miller and Dope Talbot against Lloyd Simmons. Peter Jacobsen, 69, dies in Lava Hot Springs after eight weeks illness. Fourth of July pageant includes Popularity Contest entrants and Uncle Phil Margetts as Uncle Sam.
The Boise area and southwestern Idaho suffered heavy crop losses from freezing temperatures harming apples prunes and peaches with Emmett Valley and Lewiston promising better cherry output while North Idaho and South Central fared better. Commercial production is scarcer in Ada county Emmett and Boise Valley with some crops around Payette and Canary County showing moderate results. Twin Falls prunes escaped major damage and overall expected yields vary by county.
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