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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1945
Page
11
The author questions high motives and urges concrete legislative measures from leaders to prevent another Nazi or Jap treachery. They argue action is needed to honor the fallen in the First World War and secure a peaceful civilization for future generations.
A Missouri Valley Authority committee hearing in Washington heard CIO MVA member Anthony W. Smith push for autonomous valley authorities to regulate water and agriculture. Smith claimed the pattern would be implemented across major river valleys and asserted the authorities would report to Congress and the President. Idaho water users face a tough fight to defeat such legislation.
A reflection on postwar competition, urging merchants to focus on customer needs, stocks, atmosphere, and promotion. A Rockefeller anecdote underscores precision in production and the high value of small efficiencies for the Standard Oil era.
The department announces Bear River will close November 15 on the stretch flowing through Franklin County. No fishing allowed in that part of Bear River through Franklin County starting that date.
The Idaho Fish and Game Department announced season end on November 15 following a Fish and Game Commission vote in October. Bear River remains open year round except the Grace to Cave Dam area, with Franklin County closures aimed at boosting spring catches, and Bear Lake open until December 15.
USDA figures show just 44.7 percent of U S farms electrified, urging accelerated REA work as Claude Whickard notes gains will boost labor and materials use and reach about 6 million rural homes. Fewer than 11 percent were electrified in 1935 when the program began.
A passage extols beer brewed from golden farmers grain and bottled by industry while stressing cooperation tol erance and understanding. The speaker Mel and Jud emphasize that despite differing occupations and standards, all are needed to build a better world through unity.
The Utah Power and Light company extended a 7200 volt single phase line 55 miles from Dingle to Border Wyoming, enabling service to 93 Idaho and Wyoming residents in Bear Lake county. Constructed at an estimated $50,000, the project runs from Dingle north to Mud Lake, then east to Border and branches to Pegram Raymond Geneva and nearby ranches. A crew has been working since last April to complete the rural electrification effort.
A collection of quirky vignettes and dialogue snippets includes joking lines about spending public money with tax cuts, farmers fighting pheasant hunters, a camp conversation with a corporal and a lieutenant, a prospect of a construction job offer, two cannibals presenting a breakfast line, and a meat-packer’s morbid anecdote.
A collection of short humorous vignettes and lines from wartime life and military humor. The pieces feature a jockey named Tongue, a GI tale with a waitress, a self described politician’s son in the army, a shop note on desk blotters, and quips about social speech.
Army private Earl Lewis writes from Okinawa about a brutal typhoon with 135 mph winds that flattened buildings including a hospital and post office. He recalls sheltering in a cave used by Japanese, saving his belongings while comrades lost everything, and notes mail loss and delayed Christmas plans. He mentions repairs and rebuilding efforts and his surprise at contributing to an ice cream factory.
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