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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1943
Page
8
The notice urges Franklin County youths to support the war effort by joining canning work for front line foods. It notes both girls and boys can contribute, with ages over 16 eligible to begin around June 28, 1943, at the California Packing Corporation office.
The editor recounts meeting various readers and groups each week noting public feedback on page placement and spelling. He explains the need to balance front page value with community news while avoiding space waste and preserving local relevance.
Registration opens this week for a six week summer music program under Lynn J. Lawrence. Classes cover beginner violins violas cellos and basses on Monday and violin brass winds ensembles Tuesday through Friday plus junior and senior orchestras and bands in the evenings. Free instruction and school owned instruments are available with no charge to students.
A note from Preston jeweler Weston Smith and Mrs Smith in Los Angeles says the shopping trip yielded strong stock for jewelry and that shipments are on the way. Smith warns of a gang labeled the Zoots terrorizing parts of Los Angeles and nearby towns, limiting safe street activity after dark.
Women college seniors and physics majors are invited to apply for radar training via the WAVES. Eligible applicants enlist as officer candidates, undergo Navy indoctrination, then receive a three month radar course before active duty. Senior graduates may delay service until graduation.
Raymond J. Briggs, Boise district WPB manager, says 300000 tons of carbon steel and other materials are allotted to the farm machinery program for the quarter starting July 1. An extra 200000 tons of steel is approved for each of the three quarters from Oct 1, 1943 to July 1, 1944. The third quarter will emphasize harvesting machinery as the farm machinery program is stepped up.
Pages of Time notes a Stake-Sunday School board trip to the Bear River power dam with guests A D Erickson and Elida Nelson guiding canoeing demonstrations. Casual local notices cover new homes, residents traveling from Chicago, and a couple moving into Weston. Reports also mention fires, accidents, and funeral services for local figures in Preston and Dayton.
Governor Bottolfsen disclosed a telegram from Thomas Dempsey of the Flathead Valley Citizens Committee praising Montana and Idaho cooperation on protecting mutual rights. He plans to visit Sandpoint and Priest River with support to defend states rights against the dam on Pend D’Oreille Lake, as hearings for the Albeni Falls project are scheduled in Sandpoint and Priest River.
Authorized by the twenty seventh session of the legislature the commission includes State Reclamation Engineer James Spofford William J Hunter of Montpelier and Fred Cooper of Grace The governor announced appointees were recommended by Bear River Water Users association and the Last Chance Canal company The commission will join with Wyoming and Utah representatives to study the division of waters of the river which flows through three states.
Coffee buyers by mail may now pay with detached ration stamps attached to the order rather than submitting the full War Ration Book. The OPA announced the change, noting prior practice required forwarding the book for stamp removal by retailers or wholesalers.
CAP Official announced that Public Works Commissioner Joe D Wood named Major Leverett Davis of Boise as state director of sironautics succeeding Major A Bennett of Idaho Falls and Major Davis who also serves as wing commander of the Idaho civil air patrol. Davis is a mining engineer with aviation experience across the Americas and holds the rank of major in the Idaho state guard air corps and chairs the aviation committee of the state planning board.
Governor Bottolfsen on Saturday named three members for the Bear River compact division creation of which was part of regional river management efforts. The move signals planned collaboration among state agencies to oversee Bear River resources and flood control.
Boise reports Austrian winter peas acreage estimated at 25 000 acres for harvest this year, up from 21 000 acres in 1942 and the 1940-41 average of 8 850. While seeded acreage suffered losses in many areas, remaining fields show good yield potential with 89 percent of normal condition on May 15, close to 87 percent a year earlier.
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