Preston Area Personal Notes Highlight Family Travel and Military News
Local notes show Audrey Keller on a three week leave from AMMI 3/c at Alameda NAS visiting her parents. Visitors include Kathryn and Beverly Keller returning from Chicago, and extended travel by Mrs Dean Jensen to Los Angeles. Families from Preston host relatives from Salt Lake City Denver Toledo and Seattle with furloughs and reunions around the Fourth of July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audrey Keller
Herman Keller
Naval Air Station
Alameda
California
Dean Jensen
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
Voss Cole
Buhl
Mink Creek
Barbara Jean
Marlene
Robert Reeves
Seattle
Washington
E. E. Britenbeker
Ernest Britenbeker
Britenbeker
Lewis Britenbeker
Brigham City
Utah
Clayton Jensen
Fern McEntire
Washington, DC
Wells McEntire
June Richardson
Tooele
Romney Bennett Lead Church Sessions In Stake Conference
Romney and Bennett head the church session speakers at a stake conference. Weldon Nash opened Sunday with a talk on what constitutes a Latter-day Saint, stressing Sabbath holiness and being the light of the world. Discharged army member Charles Shumway Jr and missionary Leo Peterson spoke on LDS service members aiding the war and spreading the gospel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weldon Nash
Charles Shumway, Jr
Leo Peterson
Stake
Dewey Olsen
Helen Bunker
Laurena Benson
Arthur Wallgren
Dinner Party Honors Lt. Col. and Mrs. Fisher
Mr and Mrs. Melvin Burrup hosted a Saturday dinner in Oxford in honor of Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Russell Fisher, a cousin of Mrs. Burrup, home on furlough from England with the Eighth Air Force. He shared stories from his service abroad, as a buffet lunch followed for guests from Pocatello and Oxford audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Burrup
Russell Fisher
Oxford
Fisher
Burrup
England
Eighth Air Force
Cap Pillman
Ronald Reed
Pocatello
Jack Fisher
Belton Hatch
Allen Fisher
Ted Roper
John Webber
Ston
Nitrogen in soils and its effect on crops
Nitrogen abundance in air contrasts with soil nitrogen limits. Plants fix it via soil bacteria or fertilizer, with organic matter and soil temperature influencing nitrate formation. Overuse can hurt yields in dry years. irrigation crops tolerate more nitrogen. Green manure like alfalfa or sweet clover offers the cheapest nitrogen source.
Idaho Crop Report Shows Strong May For Grains
Idaho crops benefited from favorable May weather and above average conditions by June 1. Precipitation ran about 62 percent above normal, especially in the south. If prospects hold, small grain output may reach 51,868,000 bushels, up 2 percent from 1944 and 33 percent above the 10 year average. Wheat alone could total 31,968,000 bushels, a record potential, exceeding 1944 by over 1.5 million bushels. Pasture and tame day conditions rose through May. Bonds theme closes the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
Will Grade Dairy Cattle For Fairs
G C Anderson extension dairyman of Boise will judge dairy cattle at the Franklin county fair on August 31 and September 1. The county Holstein-Fresian for the Eastern Idaho State Fair at Blackfoot in September will be chosen from fair entries with Anderson assisting the selection. 4 H and FFA members are invited to exhibit and may show at the State Fair if qualified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Anderson
Boise
Daniel Roberts
Franklin County
Idaho
Blackfoot
Anderson
FFA Ar
Lost Battalion era on Leyte now told in soldiers' deeds
Pvt Milford Thompson of the 2nd Battalion 24th Division is highlighted for the Leyte siege known as Leyte s Lost Battalion. The unit carved a grim victory at the Ormoc Corridor amid heavy fighting and shortages, holding a vital road block four days and sustaining many casualties. Thompson joined in 1943, served in New Guinea, was wounded November 19 and evacuated to Guadacanal hospital. Also notes Staff Sergeant Irel S McQueen from Idaho serving as aircraft inspector with the Fifteenth Air Force in Italy, over 21 months in service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford Thompson
Associated Press
Leyte
Ormoc
Ormo
Pvt
Thompson
New Guinea
Guadacanal
Fifteenth Air Force Service Command
Italy
Europe
Irel S. McQueen
Preston
Idaho
Sgt. McQueen
James B. McQueen
North 2 East
Air Corps
Promotions and Assignments from World War II Units
Postings reveal several service members from 32nd Infantry Division and related units. Merrill of Blackfoot Idaho earns sergeant technician in Northern Luzon after battles at Aitape and Leyte. Atkinson completes basic flight training in California en route to advanced flying school for silver wings. Fackrell, a B-24 radio operator, earns sergeant after eleven combat strikes over the Philippines and Borneo. Webster from Preston Utah receives Combat Infantry Badge for Villa Verde–Sante Fe action in Luzon. Bell begins infantry basic training at Camp Maxey Texas. Local youths train as riflemen and heavy weapons experts at Camp Maxey under experienced veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laus
John C Waterlaus
Ronald S. Bergeson
Dorothy Bergeson
32Nd Infantry
Luzon
Pi— Q Osmund J Merrill
Relph D Merrill
Blackfoot
Idaho
Merritt
126Th Field Artillery Battalion
32Nd
Aitape
New Guinea
Ormoc
Leyte
Villa Verde Trail
Merrill
Moreland High School
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Burbank
California
Army
Panama Canal Zone
Australia
Stanley Fred Atkinson
Merced Army Air Field
Fred C Atkinson
Grace
13Th Aaf
Philippines
Ray S Fackrell
Philippine
Fackrell
Borneo
Utah State Agricultural College
Logan
Utah
Lavon M Webster
S. J Webster
Preston
SWPA
32Nd ‘Red Arrow
Villa Verde-Sante Fe
Villa Verde Trai
Caraballo Mountains
Rhea
West Street
Salt Lake City
Camp Wolters
Texas
Leslie A Bell
Mona Smith Bell
Camp Maxey
Raymond O Sparrow
Charles Sparrow
Reese T. Casperson
John Casperson
Byron R Carpenter
A W Carpenter
LaWayne Barrington
Louis Barrington
Carl F. Water
Wealthy Fackrell
West 1St North Street
LDS Business College
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Kathryn
Beverly Keller
Chicago
Beverly
Arthur Geis
Ronald
Toledo
Ohio
Melvin Smith
Geis
Smith
Vincent B Larsen
Jay N
J. Larsen
Paul B. Larsen
Frank Smith
Denver, Colorado
Mrs W . MacKnight
Joe Johnson
T R Gledhill
Richfield
Preston and
Vicinity
DeRalph Perry
Saipan
Jean Brady
Preston City
American Red Cross
Vancouver
Ces
Ward
Col
Mrs
Preston Electric and Furniture Building
North State
Kenneth Porter
S. B. Hall
Holstein- Friesian Association
Sunnyside
Dorel Rogers
Dayton
Idaho Crop Report
Franklin
Ally
Preston Night Rodeo
Ally-oopp
Bar U Ranch
Preston N
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Lok Bas Haath Beant
Atlas Oil Company
Louix Falls
South Dakota
Yuma
Arizona
O. K. Tire Shop
Vanity Beach
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