Iwo Jima Toll Grows as Two Marines Killed
Franklin county mourns as Pfc Arlo V Morgan 23 and Pfc James T Lannan 24 are reported killed in action on Iwo Jima. Both men left families and communities behind with details of their service and surviving relatives listed.
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Arlo Morgan
James Lannon
Marine Corps
Iwo
Iwo Jima
Arland Hansen
Germany
Franklin County
Pfc
Japan
Franklin Bay
Arlo V. Morgan
Franklin
Perry Smith
Riverdale
Pfc. Morgan
Mormon Battalion
LaMar Stone
Pvt. Stone
Bouganville
Marine
James J. Lannan
Weston
Lannan
Idaho
Aos
Rieeha
Dayton
Marcella Gamble
Georgia Lannan
393Rd
James Hansen
Preston
Boots and Saddle elect Swainston as president
Members of the Preston Boots and Saddle club held their annual banquet on Monday evening and elected Dan Swainston president replacing Sheriff Lee Hansen. Ralph Davis was chosen secretary, with a steak dinner by Paul Merrill. Readable lists show present and paid dues members.
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Preston Boots and Saddle Club
Dan Swainston
Sheriff Lee Hansen
Ralph Davis
Paul Merrill
Court House
Wallace Bailey
Willard Warner
Wayne Cole
Earl Cole
Ottis Cole
Stanton Hawkes
Sam Packer
Paul R.merrill
Marvin Jones
Harold Johnson
Dan, Swainston
Bill Davis
Ariel Neeley
Lowell P. Cole
Emory Belnap
Ezra Foss
Alton Nash
Bill McCune
Carel Rutledge
Milford Englet
Bill MacKnight
Nominates Dayton Village Candidates for April Election
Dayton nominates Alt Perkins Earl Kirkbride Fred Housley Mark Archibald and Orson Nelson for the village election on April 24. The old board includes Albert Moser as chairman I H Taylor James Phillips LaVar Jensen and Less White. Holdovers Taylor Phillips and White. Two of the newly nominated candidates will join the new village board.
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Dayton
Alt Perkins
Earl Kirkbride
Fred Housley
Mark Archibald
Orson Nelson
Albert Moser
H.taylor
James Phillips
LaVar Jensen
Less White
Taylor
Phillips
White
Franklin County Man Killed on Iwo Jima, War Dispatches Say
A Franklin county man is reported killed on Iwo Jima per this week’s War Department dispatches. The name is withheld pending notification of next of kin.
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Franklin County
Iwo Jima
War Department
FFA and Dads Banquet Highlights Vocational Agriculture Event
The Future Farmers of America and fathers held a formal banquet with 140 attendees including Preston school board members. Chapter president Rulon Winger explained FFA activities while speakers Elmer Belnap and Dr. Joseph Symons discussed vocational agriculture and dad son relationships. Performances included a vocal solo by Howard Holingsworth and a guitar solo by Dale Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teria
Oretta Carlson
Viola Wiebel
Preston
Doney
LeRoy Doney
FFA
Rulon Winger
Jack Allred
Harland Simmons
Ben Rawlings
H. J. Maughan
Elmer Belnap
Idaho
Joseph Symons
USAC
Keith Johnson
New Guinea
Howard Holingsworth
Carol Cutler
Dale “Robinson
Sunrise Easter Services at Community Church
The Easter Sunrise Service takes place at 7 a.m. on Easter Sunday in the courthouse basement. Reverend Miner Bruner delivers The Magnetic Cross with special music and communion. An Easter breakfast follows, prepared by the Ladies Aid.
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Court ‘House
Miner Bruner
Mia Ward Plans Third Music Festival Night
The Third Ward music festival is set for Tuesday evening April 3 at 8 p.m. in Ward Chapel. It opens a four‑part cultural arts festival and promises a musical treat as the year’s work culminates.
Scout Drive Must Net 2500 This Year
Franklin county aims for a $2500 quota in the Cache Council Boy Scouts annual drive, nearly double last year, with an $18 000 council budget. R R Rowell chairs, aided by Cleo Swenson, Preston chamber committee, Weldon Nash, and Phenol Edgley. Campaign runs April 10 to 21.
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Franklin County
Cache
Boy Scouts
R. R. Rowell
Cleo Swenson
Preston Chamber of Commerce Scout Committee
Preston
Weldon Nash
Franklin Stake
Phenol Edgley
Oneida Stake
Rowell
Elks To Name Officers At Friday Meeting
Preston Elks lodge No 1670 will name officers at a Friday 8 p m meeting in the Preston chamber quarters. Temporary chairman T R Bowden says officers will be chosen so installation and lodge business can proceed. quarters construction nears completion with painting carpet and floor work set for next week.
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Preston Chamber of Commerce
Preston Elks Club
Preston’s Lodge
T. R. Bowden
Bank
Salt Lake City
New Townsend Club Formed At Preston
Albert Eastling of Twin Falls, Idaho organizer for Townsend Plan Incorporated, visited Preston and secured fifty signers for a new club. J. P. Rasmussen was chosen temporary secretary. Existing members may bring their card to be reinstated, with a meeting for completion announced later.
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Albert Eastling
Twin Falls
Townsend Plan, Incorporated
Preston
J. P. Rasmussen
Rasmussen
Gasoline rationing group to hear requests only Mondays
Beginning April 1 the local rationing panel will not act on applications for supplemental gasoline outside their weekly Monday night meetings. Apply for renewal of your gasoline ration book before depletion as approval cannot occur until the board meets.
Labor program outlined for county farms
Daniel Roberts Preston Rotary club described farm labor plans for the coming year. He noted 150 German prisoners of war will be brought in under armed guard and housed in the Whitney school house. There will also be 205 Mexican nationals at a labor camp west of town with wages and subsistence guarantees. The article mentions an army contract and differences from prior years, stressing full employment to meet work demands.
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Daniel Roberts
Preston Rotary Club
Whitney School
Roberts
War Food Administration
Ambiguous April Induction Call Details
Fragmentary OCR shows an April call to form 35 men and a separate 45 man pre-induction or call, but the text is garbled and lacks clear names, dates, or locations. The exact unit, event, and context cannot be determined from the readable fragments.
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Bervicd
Easter Egg Hunt Saturday Opens To All Children
The Merchants Bureau of the Pres ton chamber of commerce sponsors an Easter Egg hunt for children under ten this Saturday at 2 p.m. in the city park. 120 dozen eggs to be hidden with $100 in defense stamps inside. If weather fails, the event moves to the Opera House with two age groups 1-5 and 6-10.
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Merchants Bureau
Preston Chamber of Commerce
Still Short 1100 Drive Ends Sat
The Franklin county Red Cross drive is short 1100 of an 8100 quota. Roll Call Chairman Marlow Funk urges every worker to turn in funds by Saturday and report to ward chairmen. Some wards including Preston remain underscored. the business district led with over 1400.
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Franklin County
Red Cross
Marlow Funk
Funk
National
Franklin, Whitney
Egypt
Mapleton
Oneida Station
Treasureton
Fairview
Clifton
Preston
Ralph Strub
Asmas Rank Peisae Oh
California
Arizona
Farmers Urge Governor to Halt Drafts for Irreplaceable Farm Labor
Idaho farmers press Governor Gossett to stop calls for men from farms regardless of age or replaceability. Tom Heath of Preston cites Franklin County and other areas, arguing the draft violates the Tydings Amendment and threatens vital crops and food production. He notes many farms lack skilled labor, forcing a shift to less demanding crops and increasing uncertainty for harvest. Franklin County records show over 1,000 men affected. Continued on Page 8.
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Idaho
Gossett
Tom Heath
Preston
Selective Service
Mr. Heath
Franklin County
Tydings
Mary Gratuitous Mother and the Easter Blessing
A lyrical tribute speaks to Mothers of Men and the Easter hope. It recalls a mother’s sorrow and the sacrifice of giving for peace and faith in Christ on Earth.
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Mary Mother of Christ
Earth
Christ
Hospital Notes New Arrivals List Several Local Births
Entries record multiple births with couples and birth dates including Dursteller Whit ney twins a boy and girl on March 18 Delbert Martin Swan Lake boy March 19 Ben Stanger boy March 23 Lorin Ransom boy March 723 Hazen Gilbert Fairview girl March 217 Donald Taylor March 20 James Haeger girl March 21 Leonard Winn boy March 23 Parley Gunnell Weston boy March 19 Joel Peterson boy March 24 Lendell Nelson Dayton March 27 plus other listed names.
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Joel Dursteller
Whitney
Delbert Martin
Swan Lake
Ben Stanger
Lorin Ransom
Hazen Gilbert
Fairview
Donald Taylor
Chamber Sets Plans to Review Fees and Housing Survey
Preston chamber of commerce directors will reclassify membership fees for greater equality led by Al Kircher Dr Allen Cutler and R R Rowell. They will seek more housing survey figures before sending the application to the state FHA in Boise. The chamber with Rotary Lions and American Legion will run an old clothes drive next week for allies and liberated peoples.
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Preston Chamber of Commerce
al Kircher
Allen Cutler
R. R. Rowell
Dean Jensen
Preston
Boise
Rotary, Lions
American Legion of
Wages Set For 1945 Beet Crops
The Food Administration announced minimum wage rates for sugar beet producers under the Sugar Act of 1987. Wilford Stokes of Franklin County stated the figures from public hearings, with 50 cents per hour for blocking thinning and hoeing and 60 cents per hour for harvesting on a time basis, higher rates applying if agreed.
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Wilford Stokes
Franklin County
Stokes
High Church Heads Coming to Oneida Stake Conference
Plans for the Oneida stake quarterly conference are set with speakers from the General Authorities including Mark E. Petersen Alma Sonne and Henry A. Smith. Welfare sessions open Saturday evening with priesthood leadership and stake programs, continuing Sunday with Aaronic Melchizedek priesthoods relief society and YWMIA meetings and general sessions at the high school auditorium. The public is invited to attend morning and afternoon sessions.
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Oneida Stake
LDS Church
Paul Wynn
Mark E. Petersen
Council of the Twelve
Alma Sonne
Logan
Henry A. Smith
Deseret News
Sunday School General Board
Aaroni
Melchezidek
Mothers and Daughters, Relief Society
YWMIA
Stake
Idaho Farm Bureau Meet With State Leader Siple
V A Siple of Pocatello, new executive secretary of the Idaho State Farm Bureau, will meet Monday evening at 8 in the courthouse basement with local bureau directors commodity reps and community reps. The public is invited to join discussions on farm problems.
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V. A. "Siple of
Easter Program in First Ward Chapel
The First Ward Sunday School will host a special Easter program during the regular Sunday morning gathering. All usual classwork is canceled and the superintendent George Egbert invites the general public to attend services starting at 10 30 o clock.
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First Ward
George Egbert
Preston Stores Offer Values and Easter Food Adverts
Preston's OP S store marked its nineteenth anniversary with a week of value highlights in meat and grocery departments. Safeway promoted an eye catching display with picnic items and assortments of ham fresh meats. Clyde Wheeler led the meat department promising U S Inspected cuts for holiday meals as part of a larger Citizen feature on page 1.
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P. Skaggs
O.P.S
Preston
Bill ‘Davis
Enterprise
Elmer, Johnson
Henry ‘Stokes
Ops
Safeway
Joe Oborn
Clyde Wheeler
Meat Department
U. S
Thelrs Successful In Hotel Lobby
Thelrs successful in a grand larceny case occurred Wednesday evening at the Burnham hotel on Pres ton's main street. Mabel Burnham the manager reports a large plate glass mirror and an expensive floor lamp stolen from the lobby and the ante room at the head of the stairway on the second floor. Police have no clue yet. The articles were taken during the night and the front door is usually left unlocked but lit for guests.
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Burnham
Preston’s
Main Street
Mabel
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Boots & Saddle Elect
Swainston
Sunrise
MIA Musical Festival
Elks
New Townsend
Tee
Mary
Mothers of Men
Durward
Hull
Myrl Bodily
Oneida
Yard Bureau
Preston Food
Thelrs
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