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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1945
Page
11
A letter questions Len Taylor’s commitment to the common man of Idaho urging purchase of unsold Idaho potatoes to aid European relief and reduce waste. The writer suggests redirecting aid funds to local farmers to help ordinary Idaho residents.
Farm stakeholders face huge gains and losses as inflation pressures loom during and after wartime. A runaway price surge could devastate farmer budgets and family livelihoods if not checked.
Farmers face rising costs if prices and wages surge during wartime. When shortages fade after the war, surpluses may push prices down while costs stay high. Liberating price controls could fuel a speculative land boom and overwhelming debt, risking veteran farm transfers at inflated values. Continuing inflation protection helps avoid instability.
Postwar Idaho calls for a vast reconstruction of highways and local roads to restore and expand the transportation backbone. The piece argues for strong state and local road programs, farm-to-market routes, and durable credits to connect cities, towns, and communities.
A bomb was found at the First National Bank in Pocatello but the fuse refused to burn and the building was saved. The incident is noted alongside local notices of weddings, enlistments, and town developments from the area.
A conversation at Bill Webster's fireside after the war argues that peace is not utopia. Judge Cunningham adds that freedom requires ongoing vigilance against hatred and intolerance in political beliefs or personal choices such as beer versus buttermilk. The piece echoes a call to continue the just struggle to prevent future conflict.
Boise reports thirteen polio cases in Idaho this year, with most in southeastern counties near the Utah border. One death occurred in Gem county. totals by county include Bannock three, Oneida two, Franklin two, Bear Lake one, Caribou one, Bingham two, Twin Falls one. The statewide rate is nearly double 1944 while far below the 1940 total. four cases in August and two in September 1945.
Dorothy Greaves of Preston has been elected president of Gravesey hall women's dormitory management at Idaho Southern University. She defeated Ruanyla Ritchey of Idaho Falls. Betty La Hogue of Rupert is secretary and Polly Fitch of Idaho Falls is treasurer. Greaves belongs to A. W. S. Council T Club and sororities Delta Epsilon Kappa Lambda Delta Sigma and Delta Psi Omega.
A flood of reader letters pleads for Maizee to keep writing the Preston Pranks column. The missives praise the wit and charm of Wink Creek and note Idaho readers’ lively reactions, urging preservation of the beloved feature.
Henry Wallace appears to have joined forgotten men as the echoes of the little pigs he sent down the river persist.
Alta Woodhouse of Preston won the right to buy the Coronado electric washing machine on display at Gambles store. E A Tony Jensen announced he accepted applications, and a winning entry was drawn from a box for the first postwar washer sale in the county.
The War Manpower Commission in Idaho has been dissolved with all remaining WMC staff and functions transferred to the United States Employment Service. A. J. Tillman becomes State Director of USES, and four other WMC employees are reassigned. USES promotes a nationwide, job placement focus for veterans, displaced workers, and civilians, citing on-site talks at military centers such as Sun Valley Naval Hospital and Mountain Home Army.
Tillman notes three sites Airbase Gowen Field Army Air Base and the Naval Hospital at Farragut as reference points in his account.
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