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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1945
Page
11
The Seventh War Loan quota in Franklin County aims for 346000 in bonds to join a nationwide push. Citizens are urged to answer the door or a phone call, joining 138 million neighbors to invest daily. The appeal stresses weapons ships planes and food, urging every idle dollar to finish the war.
The army plans to discharge over a million this year, but inductions exceed 800000, alarming industry and agriculture. After VE day, many expected inductions would drop, yet civilian manpower remains strained. Utah mine explosions and high accident rates mirror railroad and mining needs, risking safety as inexperienced workers fill critical roles.
Citizens lament meat shortages as hog production falls 30 to 40 percent from a year earlier while corn prices stay high. Packers cut output. OPA rules and subsidies push unprofitable peak production, sparking black market activity and doubts about lend lease allocations.
The article notes farms and small businesses in the Majic valley near Twin Falls struggle with reduced staff as a high draft rate depletes manpower. It questions government aid failures and warns ongoing drafts could undermine the home front economy while contemplating postwar goals and veterans rights.
The north wind Monday night damaged beets and wheat in sand sections south of town. A. C Smith chosen city attorney until year end when he becomes county attorney. David Davis appointed city marshal. Funeral of Mrs Ann Davis attended by about 400 schoolchildren.
Lud Denny returns home from work to find his wife cleaning and the house in disarray. He pitches in finishing the cleaning, then his wife serves cold beer and cheese blintzes, Lad’s favorite dish, highlighting simple acts of courtesy to lift spirits.
A collage of short gags and sketches features a Texas rancher teased by Chicagoans about branding corrals, a bed of snapping turtles misread as bedbugs, and a mischievous cocoa sugar mix. Jokes include a driver’s highway mishap with a courtroom quip, a drunken couplet about a bus, and a Florence visit turning on a telephone proposal.
The Lego Milk program ships Sego Milk from Cache Valley to the Army Navy and Lend Lease. If weather stays favorable milk production rises and more workers are needed at the Lego Milk Plant in Pres ton to maintain war aid.
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