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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1945
Page
11
A Preston letter argues against trial parking meters in the business district. It warns meters favor sellers, hurt rural customers and local trade, and invites alternatives such as street curb parking, a widened main street, or a city lot behind the courthouse. It urges thorough council review before any installation.
A Preston veteran fresh from European service criticizes postwar strikes permeating headlines. He suggests sending strikers to Germany or Japan to patrol, arguing soldiers deserve real jobs and better pay after their time in occupation duties. He asserts many soldiers share this view.
In Peoria Illinois bosses identify jobs for veterans with disabilities and direct them to a central office for medical review and trial at the workplace. The idea, praised as a model, could be replicated locally to repay service members with a chance to lead normal lives.
Franklin County residents denounce Senator Glen Taylor stance on the Columbia Valley Authority. They recall World War II era motives to defend civil and human rights and argue Idaho should not lose its sacred freedoms to distant programs. They condemn support for any movement that could deprive neighbors of rights.
Adelbert Hart has accepted a music instructor position at USAC and expects to assemble a pep band for the football season. The item notes ongoing community events in Preston and Logan including weddings, school elections, and local notices from September 1917.
A collection of brief, humorous wartime telegrams and quips describes misfiled orders, stubborn staff, and odd freight with a donkey billed as one burro. Other items note gas buggy thinning supplies and liquor increases, alongside a roadside fender repair joke.
A mosaic of quips and anecdotes passages on contentment, satire of wartime habits, and rural humor. The piece blends jokes about cheese rationing, marriage, religion, smoking, and military life with light sketches and traveler banter. The tone mimics a miscellany column from a bygone era.
Notice that county AAA committees will stop issuing farmer certificates for copper wire and will issue lumber certificates only until October 1 for maintenance repair and operating or emergency needs. The change follows Japan's victory and anticipated adequate supplies. War Production Board policies now grant general priorities only in exceptional non military cases.
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