Cattle Industry Convention Set for Boise May 12 13
Roland J. Hawes of Boise and president of the association says the convention will study vital industry problems. Topics include the state branch law state bull law marketing issues National Cattle Theft Act and recent federal and state rulings. The State Forest Advisory Board and the Grazing Committee will meet with regional forest and grazing officials to address past year problems.
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Boise
Roland J. Hawes
Association
Hawes
State Forest Advisory Board
Grazing Committee
Regional Forest and
Taylor Grazing
Coal Man Urges Early Buying For Fall
P H Beveridge, Idaho Coal Dealers secretary, urged homeowners to place orders now for coal needs next winter. He warned storage myths persist and explained reduced supplies could hit civilians if weather worsens. He cited increased Utah field demand and a Colorado tunnel fire that diverted 200 000 tons of coal west.
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P. H. Beveridge
The
Idaho Coal Dealers Association
Colorado
Navy Recruiter to Examine Local Youth at Burnham Hotel
Boise Navy Recruiting Service Chief Clifton F. Spence will hold a Navy Radio Technician examination in Preston at the Hotel Burnham Lobby from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 18 for qualified men. Qualifications include high school math and physics, radio or shop knowhow, and a desire to learn through Navy schools. Those who pass the Eddy test may be rated Seaman First Class with base pay of 66 dollars monthly, 16 dollars above Apprentice Seaman. Eligible men will train in electronics, television, and high frequency radio. after basic training they proceed to Great Lakes for a pre-radio school, then an eight month course to Petty Officer Second Class. Remember the date May 13, 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Clifton" F. Spence
Boise Navy
Preston
Burnham Lobby
Navy
Spence
U. S. Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Illinois
Wheat Stocks Are Lowest In Years
Wheat stocks in U S interior mills elevators and warehouses on April 1 1944 total 66 759 000 bushels down from earlier years and well below 1942 and 1943 levels. The figure sits about three fourths of the 8 year average for April 1 and excludes terminal market stocks merchant mills and CCC holdings. Unusual locations like distilleries and feed plants are included in the counts.
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United States
Food Distribution Administration
Bureau of the Census
Commodity Credit Corporation
April Farm Prices Show Increase Over March
Idaho farmers on April 15 received average prices 4 points higher than March 16. All crops rose 6 points and livestock and livestock products up 2 percent, poultry down 12 points. Potatoes up 16c, wheat 2c, oats 2c, barley 1c per bushel. Hogs beef cattle and lambs each up 10c per cwt. Butterfat up 1c per lb. Milk wholesale down 10c per cwt eggs down 4c per dozen. Dry beans hay alfalfa red clover seed unchanged.
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Boise
Idaho
March Cheese Production Sets New State Record
Idaho reports a March surge in dairy output with a state record for American cheese and strong butter production. Creamery butter totals about 2,820,000 pounds, near last year yet up 13 percent from February and 16 percent above the 10 year March average. American cheese production reached 1,390,000 pounds, up nearly 7 percent from March 1942, with March 1943 figures also high.
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Boise
Idaho
War At Home Strikes and Congress Investigations Rise
Allied invasion looms as home front strains anger the war effort in Detroit factories and Idaho strikes. Congress expands investigations to curb inefficiency and ensure war program integrity while Ways and Means aims to simplify income tax filings and tighten fiscal oversight.
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Europe
Detroit
Idaho
Utah
War Labor Board
Department of Labor
War Department
Executive Department of Government
Congress
Senate
House
Montgomery Ward
Chicago
Committee On
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Keep Papers Going To Servicemen
The Citizen urges continued subscriptions for service members and notes many are expiring. Papers for soldiers are sold at cost plus a third of the regular price, with the office to retain donor names to bill at renewal and ensure service members receive uninterrupted papers.
County AAA urges stockpiling protein meal amid soybean supply
The county AAA committee advises livestock and poultry feeders to take advantage of temporarily improved soybean metal supply and build a stockpile. This is to assure protein meal access next fall and winter as transportation bottlenecks and higher demand threaten movement to the northwest. Milk payments for March April production are being made through county AAA offices at 60 cents per hundredweight for whole milk to producers in southern Idaho.
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County Aaa Committee
Northwest
County Aaa
Idaho
Idaho dairy producers set butterfat rates across state
Northern Idaho producers face butterfat at 8 cents per pound with similar rates in all parts of the state. The new rates, announced last week, will go into effect for production from May 1 through August.
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Idaho
Pianos Have Character Inward Quality Foretells Value
The article compares pianos to books by their covers, stressing that outer appearance can mislead. It argues that inward character, from soundboard to pinblock, determines a piano’s true quality, and warns that cheap materials cannot convey this essential inner character even in small or new designs.
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Tanner
Sunory
Beveridge
Franklin County Poultry: Assn
Brhyos
Burnham
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March Cheese Production
Henry“Dworshak
Congressional
Trimlin
Missouri
National Defense
New Deal
Legislative Branch
Executive Department
Eiak Ab
Ometre
David
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Conoco
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