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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1947
Page
4
Reports from England note rising opposition within the labor ranks to the Labour government’s socialist program. They blame failed expectations and regimentation for reduced output in key industries and warn of potential economic disaster. The piece also warns the United States to strengthen its own navy amid Britain’s reduced fleet and rapid technological changes.
The article argues that current English leaders extend authority at the expense of liberty, warning that socialism proves wasteful and erodes individual rights. It claims labor and agricultural policies amount to coercive controls and warns the United States to heed England’s example as a caution against socialism.
Mr and Mrs Dennis Bennett spent last week in Salt Lake City to be near Mr Bennett’s father Thomas Bennett who underwent an operation there.
Local residents share visits and travels among Salt Lake City Pocatello Preston Montpelier Thatcher Logan Grace and Idaho Falls. Births baptisms and a Halloween party mark the week with family milestones and dairy cooperative meeting details.
A collection of puns and humorous exchanges featuring a desert trip by a cowboy with whisky and rattlesnakes, a New York baby's birth rate remark, a Philadelphia resident's pride, historical quiz humor, wind study anecdotes, a ventriloquist at a funeral, newlyweds with a porter, bus scenes with a marine, and a brace of village gags about linesmen, a spinster, and a bedbug eliciting quiet reverence.
Riverdale residents gather for family visits in Mink Creek Logan and Wendell. Baptisms and temple attendance noted along with Relief Society conference at Treasureton and Dayton. Local church activities include sustaining officers and musical numbers by singing mothers.
Remarks were made by Mrs. Wm. Crane of Mink Creek, a visiting stake board member, who also visited the meeting Sunday evening. Merle Anderson and LeVell Jensen of Grover, Wyoming, visited Milo Anderson's home. Phyllis Cutright of Downey spent a week with Milo Woolf and his wife. Don Austin and family of Salt Lake City spent the weekend with Milo Woolf’s family. Silas Smith and his wife, guests of Paul Merrill and Leonard Davis, tour the United States for three months. Smith formerly served with CCC camps at Cub River.
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