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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1944
Page
2
Citizens are urged to register under oath with the county clerk or precinct registrar. In Idaho registration is due by Saturday November 4. Check registration status, especially after moving or missing the last general election, and ensure both labor and agricultural voters participate.
Idaho faces a conflict as the War Manpower Commission assigns 900 men for Octob er and November to coast war plants while farmers report a harvest labor shortfall of over 3000 workers. Administrators in distant centers pull workers from Idaho, threatening crops and processing plants essential for home and service members.
In this final article the suggestion is to approve both amendments making up the proposed constitutional changes. The fourth would abolish the state board of prison commissioners and create a three member state board of correction to oversee prisons probation and parole. The fifth shifts pardoning power to the governor and abolishes the board of pardons creating a correctionist panel linked to the corrections board. The piece urges Idaho voters to support both amendments and endorses all five proposed amendments for the fall ballot.
A speaker criticizes War Manpower and Selective Service for not prioritizing farm labor, calling for converting nonessential workers into essential harvest help and noting a 900 man quota removal while 3000 field workers are needed. War effort stance and weather risk are argued as flawed.
Drs Cutler and States have leased the C R Hobbs home in First ward and converted it into a small city hospital. They plan to expand their hospital work as success in a small facility is noted locally.
A collage of jokes anecdotes and public notices includes playful quips about pigeons and cooking craps references to military life and a GI sign reading Temporarily out of ardor. It also notes a church function radio program farewells bishop elections and retirements in ward leadership.
Detweiler, Republican candidate for governor, spoke to about 80 at the Legion hall in Gooding about Idaho’s postwar industrial growth and recreation. He urged expanding farms and homes from northern forests and boosting processing industries to create lasting wealth in agricultural and mining regions. He argued returning service members will value Idaho’s recreational areas and pledged to lead postwar development planning if elected.
A promotion extols a western region as the greatest potential recreation and vacation country. The piece stresses abundant landscapes, climates, and attractions designed to lure visitors and settlers alike, highlighting opportunities for tourism development and regional pride.
More than 300 coeds at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign have just been pledged to sororities. The ceremony marks the start of fraternity chapter affiliations on campus as students join.
Miss Rowena Reeder of Weston Idaho pledged to the Delta Zeta sorority marking an academic and social acknowledgment in the local Greek community.
An inquiry note notes an assortment of staples for prevalent size machines available through Citizen. Boxes contain five thousand staples each.
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