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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1943
Page
2
Fortune and Forbes reports show more than half condemn wartime labor union conduct while 714 per cent praise farmers and 214 per cent oppose industry. John L. Lewis singled out as the man to curb by about three quarters of voters amid broader wary of labor leaders.
Utah readers report the Salt Lake City small arms plant will shut December 1 after two years of operation and a $30 million build. The move, despite Chamber of Commerce denials, threatens labor chaos as about 10 000 workers lose jobs and seek work elsewhere.
The passage notes many workers, especially women, will return to former jobs in restaurants hotels and retail as cost and purpose of a large plant fade. It questions the value of wartime spending and predicts widespread unemployment when the project ends.
The Oregonian notes an OPA blurb criticizing complainers about rationing while recalling forebears who did without many goods from sugar to soap. It argues our economy should focus on increased production and progress rather than mirroring past deprivations. Eddie Rickenbacker’s raft ordeal is cited to illustrate endurance.
Congress raises second through fourth class mail rates, arguing most mail such as advertising circulars and mail order catalogs reach recipients without request. The committee notes the postal department has long handled this traffic at a loss and says higher charges will reduce trash and prevent taxpayer funding of unsolicited mail.
Members of the Pioneer City Lions club held a luncheon in the school banquet room and discussed wartime isolation and a Thanksgiving dance set for Friday November 26 in the gymnasium. An orchestra is to attend as part of a lively community event.
Preston pranks HOWDY FOLKS with Norm Steele and a dog, while two brothers quarrel over school. A wandering comedian and a wary veteran reflect on drafting, risk, and the two chances of life and death in a granular street vignette.
A collection of short comic vignettes and jokes about letters of caution from an unseen letter writer, a Dublin visit misadventure, a sailor debate over animals, a pithy quote from the mayor, cafe antics at morning, rural sport stories, a traffic quip, a Noah’s ark pun, sidewalk etiquette, and a parting greeting as two strangers pass.
All U S citizens owning property in foreign countries must file reports of foreign holdings with the Treasury Department by December 1. A poster in post offices announces the requirement to aid military and civilian postwar planning. Reports on TFR-500 forms available at banks or nearest Federal Reserve Bank. penalties apply for willful noncompliance.
Mrs Alice Anderson returned to California to rejoin her husband after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Fred Nuffer. Mr and Mrs Lew Martin and family of Pocatello visited Mrs Annie Wolver ton. Mrs Spencer Crookston was called to Logan for her brother Roy Callister and Roy Archibald Jr who are in the Navy on furloughs at Farragut. Earl Atkinson returned for a short visit. he works at the shipyards in San Francisco.
Mr and Mrs James Phillips traveled to Weston on business Saturday. Glenn Call and family of Ogden visited relatives over the weekend. Orson Mortensen returned to Carey Idaho after a month in Dayton. Mr and Mrs Newton Hart welcomed a baby boy at Memorial hospital on Tuesday November 16. Mrs Hart was formerly Eva Kershaw. This is the couple's first child.
Fragmentary note lists sales books for various businesses with blank headings. The item appears as a small classified reference offering blank ledgers at 10 cents each or in quantities of three or twenty five cents.
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