Idaho Farm Draft Debate and Tydings Amendment Fallout
Idaho farmers under 26 face mass drafting despite the Tydings amendment. Vardis Fisher calls the amendment repudiated and relegated to history as the draft quotas press farms. Local boards face tension from national orders while governors and Hershey warn about national welfare. The epilogue hinges on Washington acting on the upcoming crop season.
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Idaho
Tyding
Congress
Vardis Fisher
Idaho Statesman
Atlantic Charter
Boards of Selective Service
National
Hershey
Tydings
Iwo Jima
Washington
Curfew Exemption Plea for Idaho Restaurants Raised
Time Magazine reports War Manpower Commission Chairman Paul V McNutt announcing an exemption for restaurants from the curfew if they sell no liquor and provide no entertainment after midnight. The article notes confusion over directives not transmitted to Idaho and Preston.
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War Manpower Commission
Paul V McNutt
Byrnes
Magaine
Idaho
Preston
Why A Cigarette Tax Faces Idaho Postwar Budget
After Idaho's 28th legislative session adjourned critics question the need for a 2 cent cigarette tax. House Appropriations Chair T C Waddoups says projected postwar savings and new revenues total about 4.6 million for the current term, with a 2 million annual levy planned for 1945 46 and 1946 47. Opponents note the general fund is healthy and another tax seems unnecessary.
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Idaho
General Fund
House Appropriations Committee
T C Waddoups
Butte County
Waddoups
Rich Uncle War Bills Show US Outlays Equal Half Allied Costs
Department of Commerce figures reveal the United States has spent about 234.6 billion dollars on the war, roughly half the total Allied outlays. Russia has put in nearly 100 billion since 1940, Britain 96 billion plus 19 billion from dominions. Germany 130 billion. Italy 21 billion. Japan under 50 billion. The piece argues United States benefits from wartime spending by protecting American homes and institutions.
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Sam
United States
Department of Commerce
Russia
Great Britain
Dominions
Germany
Hitler
Japan
Nippon
Italy
U. S
Uncle Sam
America
World War II Army rescue of downed aviator at night
A motor division led by Lieut J Leo Parkinson rescued a desert aviator whose fuel and food were nearly exhausted after a night-long crash. Parkinson and his group located the survivor, with prior military ties to the Neida Stake Academy and West Point.
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Lieut. J. Leo Parkinson
Lieut .Parkinson
Neida Stake Academy
West Point
Lieut Parley D Parkinson
Mexico
Humorous Vignettes and Quotations From A Porch Garden
A collage of jokes and quotes spans playful lines about happiness kindness and life. It includes lampooning remarks from a sailor a librarian and a professor, a shoeless Kentucky woman, a panhandler, and Edgar A. Guest verse urging fellowship over hate. The pieces mix dialogue cartoons and puns with light social observations.
Inventory Pads for Annual Stock Survey Forms
Inquire at Citizen for ready to use inventory pads. Forms are neatly tabulated and prepared for immediate use in the annual survey of stock and merchandise.
Wm T Andrews Dies Sunday At Fairview
William Thomas Andrews aged 70 died Sunday at his son Darwin S Andrews home in Fairview south of Preston. Born April 4 1874 in Providence Utah he lived in Franklin county thirty years and was a carpenter. He married Louisa Jane Hyde December 17 1896 in the Logan temple. Surviving four sons Alvin W Andrews Roses H Andrews Mary Fuell Arlen Dal Andrews and Darwin Andrews. one daughter. One half brother John E Hansen Logan and one half sister Eva Ray St John Idaho. Funeral Wednesday at 2 pm Fairview ward with Bishop Leslie J Cole officiating burial Richards mortuary in Fairview Cemetery.
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William Thomas Andrews
Darwin S Andrews
Fairview
Preston
Providence
Utah
Thomas
Mary Ellen Clifford Andrews
McCammon
Franklin County
Louisa Jane Hyde
Logan Temple
Alvin W
Roses H. Andrews
Mrz
Mary Fuell
Venice
Calif
Arlen Dal Andrews
Salt Lake City
Darwin Andrews
John E. Hansen
Logan
Eva Ray
St. John
Idaho
Leslie-J Cole
Richards
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Franklin
Idaho State Editorial Association
Eee
Stork
Angus Maughan
Weston
Babe
Perce L. Hoare
California
Sam Atkinson
Dayton
Wm. Archibald
William Harris
Harris
Henry C. Erlich
Junius Larsen
Francis Shaffer
George Shaffer
City
Aleida Peterson
Hyrum
J . Smith
Riverdale
Red Crown
Jos. Perkins
OPA
Keystone
Overland Greyhound Lines
Overland Greyhound
Wilford Hotel
Leh
Union Pacific Stages, Inc
Harry
Sailor
Greece
Librarigen
Fizzbee
Edgar A. Guest
Kentucky
Wm. T. Andrews
Nelson
W. Robert Armbruster
KSL
Utah Power & Light CO
New York
Florence
Preston Lumber Co
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