Milk Payments Made Again During July
Franklin county farmers will receive dairy feed payments for May and June milk and butterfat production by presenting sales evidence at the county AAA office during July. Payments are 85 cents per hundredweight for whole milk in southern Idaho and 46 cents in North Idaho, plus 6 cents per pound for butterfat statewide. About 22 million dollars has been paid to Idaho dairy producers since October to ease rising feed costs and boost production.
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Franklin County
AAA
Idaho
Idaho Men Over 26 Called In June Induction
Idaho’s June induction saw 1176 inductees with 102 in the over 26 bracket. The share was 6 per cent, about one third of the national average, per Brigadier General M. G. McConnel Idaho selective service director. Most over 26 inductees were volunteers. others were delinquents morale cases or registrants pursuing agriculture without permission.
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Idaho
M. G. McConnel
Selective Service
Wallace Collins Promoted to First Lieutenant in England
Wallace Collins and Lieut G Wallace Collins long stationed at Aberdeen Maryland have been promoted to first lieutenant. Lt Collins now serves somewhere in England. He is the son of Mr and Mrs
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G. Wallace Collins
Aberdeen
Maryland
Collingto
England
Presidential Group Citation For Capt Ken Smith
Captain Kenneth A. Smith received a Presidential Group Citation at Fairmont Army Air Field as part of an eight man Second Air Force unit. He also earned the Purple Heart, Air Medal with nine oak leaf clusters, the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Presidential Unit Citation for combat actions across the Middle East, North Africa and Sicily during World War II. The Smiths reside in York Nebraska while Smith serves as bombardier instructor at Fairmont Field.
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Kenneth A. Smith
Fairmont Army Air Field
Second Air Force
Fairmont Meld
Geneva
Nebraska
Smith
James T Connally
Midland Army Flying School
Middle East
North Africa
Sicily
Ninth
Twelfth Air Forces
Mrs. Smith
York
Capt. Smith
Pairmont Field
Lake Coeur d Alene lake level dispute broadens in Idaho
Washington Water Power raised the lake level to boost power for Spokane area drawing farmer businessman and sportsman protests in Benewah county. State reclamation engineer ordered lower the flood level to 2126.6 feet above sea level gradual lowering planned to avoid damage. Planning board sessions show post war plans need more coordination and higher education demand will be met by existing institutions. War victories spark a sense of easier times but returning soldiers will create ongoing tasks at home.
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Idaho
Lake Coeur d’ Alene
Washington Water Power Company
Spokane
Benewah
State Reclamation Eigineer Mirk Kulp
State Planning Board
George D Collins Enlists in December 1942
George D Collins of Preston entered military service in December 1942. He is listed among local residents joining the forces, reflecting wartime recruitment efforts.
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George D. Collins
Preston
Candidates Swap Insincereities in Boise Meeting
Glen Taylor Democrat and Gov C A Bottolfsen Republican, candidates for the US senate, met in Boise on a Thursday. When asked what they said to each other Taylor replied that they exchanged amenities and wished each other luck like a couple of Mars.
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Glen Taylor
C. A. Bottolfsen
U U.S. Senate
Boise
Taylor
Mars
Upturn Signals New Preston Business Expansion
Activity hints at new dry goods store in Preston and possible leasing of the north bank building for a motor parts firm. Local business leaders consider securing the space on Oneida Street with remodeling to fit an imported department store vision. Availability of materials and labor remains the main hurdle for this development.
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Oneida Street
Bank
Preston
Idaho
North State
Préston
Brea
Local Notables Attend Funeral Services In Riverdale
Riverdale community notes that Mr igs hare Sonn C Waterlaus and Jean Elaine Waleng attended the funeral services Friday. Glencoe visitors Mrs Lewis Barrington and family, Mr & Mrs Dwain Tate welcomed a baby boy Friday at Preston Hospital. Mrs Portia Nelson and Meredith of Washington visited Mr & Mrs L A Neeley. Wanda Porter working in Pocatello spent time with relatives. California visitors Eleda Morton and family visited friends Sunday. Utah and Logan area residents Rosa Brown Barbara Schaub Selima Johnson Kern and Katherine K Perry visited D Evans and family.
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Igs. Hare Sonn
Waterlaus & Girls
Jean Elaine
Waleng
Dwain Tate
Preston Hospital
Wanda Porter
Pocatello
S M Evans
Eleda M Morton
Rosa Brown
Magna
Utah
Ida Schaub
Barbara
Logan
Selima Johnson & R Kern
Preston
Roma Perry
Katherine K
Deweyville
D . Evans
County Ward Purchases Reported For Bond Sales
A county wide tabulation shows purchases by ward for bond sales. Funds will be credited to the proper wards at issuing centers including post offices, the federal land bank office, and local banks.
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Federal Land Bank Office
Bank
Death notice of Mrs Baird at Camp Shelby
Heart attack claims the life of Mrs Hancock while at Camp Shelby Mississippi on a Wednesday in September 1941. Survivors include her husband Pfo TM Hancock, a step mother Mrs Ingobart Baird of Brigham City Utah, and three brothers Horace Baird Archie Baird and Bishop James H Baird. Burial in Preston Cemetery with Richards Mortuary in charge.
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Pfo ™ Hancock
Shelby
Mississippi
Ingobart Baird
Brigham City
Utah
Horace Baird
Archie Baird
Rigbyz
James H. Baird
Mink Creek
Preston Cemetery
Richards
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Lieut
Capt
Ken Smith
O. A. Bottolfsen
France
Russia
Pacific
Japan
On Sound Investment
Shen ‘J Ogden
Salt Lake City
Rivérdale
Roper
Glencoe
Lewis Barringtonvi
Sar Mecham
California
James Woolf
Matt McBride
Wendell
L A Neeley
Portia Nelson
Meredith
Washington
Rees
Coes
Tetinera
ARMY
I Weston
Linrose Evsneee
Dayton Seeeeree
Clifton Wecesses
Navy Ward
Banida
Winder
Riverdale
Glendale
Glencoa
Franklin
Mapleton
Whitney
Manning
Tete Aes
W. A. Manning
Het Floux
Suzanna
Benthouse
Ward
Royal
Sunnybank
Heinz Baby Food
Brody
Mary
Uae
Q Julia Jeddnight
Aud Safeway Homemakers
Bureas
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