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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1944
Page
2
Bozeman Montana farmers tout a new potato digging gadget from Montana State College that sorts rocks and clods and sacks spuds in one operation. The device, adaptable to power take-off diggers, cuts labor from 11 workers to five on the machine.
Mrs Edna Service director of the USO hut received a letter and a $50 check from Willard R Espy Reader's Digest circulation manager thanking her for appealing for magazines for servicemen and women. The letter, dated June 2 1944, accompanied the donation to support the boys.
A. L. Chilton sues J. M. Cash in Bannock County Idaho Justice Court to recover twenty six dollars and fifty cents for merchandise bought on open account. The summons orders the defendant to appear within five days if served locally or twenty days otherwise and file a pleadings with Charles W. Hyde Justice of the Peace. Carl C Christensen is the attorney for the plaintiff. Residence and P O address listed in Pocatello Idaho.
Notices announce Kay LaMar Smith Pred Darling and Truman Ashbaker seeking pardon or sentence commutation at the Idaho State Board of Pardons meeting on the first Wednesday in July 1944. Each comes from Bannock County convictions including adultery larceny and assault with intent to commit rape.
A note from Willard R. Espy, circulation manager of Reader's Digest, thanks recipients for supporting extra copies for men in uniform and encloses a $50 check as a token of appreciation for readers who help grow distribution.
A reader argues against extensive pupil records and standardized reporting. He cautions that detailed monthly checklists fail to assess a child’s true abilities, urging simplified records focused on essential needs and more field work by experts to address learning problems.
By 1800 a large share of U S farmers were tenants, nearly one quarter of all farmers leasing land. The note highlights the prevalence of tenant farming in early American agriculture and its social and economic implications.
British commissioner Major F G L Holland suggests Abemama natives may turn Tarawa into a shrine for America’s dead Marines. He notes war damage to palm trees and land boundaries, detailing native land ownership and proposed compensation for destroyed coconut palms and taro swamps.
Forty three Japanese girls and boys from Camp Hunt arrive to work in beet fields around Pocatello. W Dean Boyle notes labor from the Japanese school and farm housing arrangements, with Mexican workers likely to arrive by June 20. The sugar beet crop faces critical conditions and thinning is needed within ten days or the crop may be plowed up.
The fragment shows a short readers quiz with true or false questions about language and pronunciation. It asks about the origin of What the dickens, the phrase a new pair of shoes, and how to pronounce Miami, noting a partial line about rubber.
A reader quiz on pronunciation and grammar with true false items and usage notes. The pamphlet offers corrections for incubate piano chaise longue and Joneses plural forms, plus a request for a self addressed envelope to Frank Colby for the French Rules Pamphlet.
Local officers seek two stolen vehicles from Wednesday. E L Frasure of North Pocatello reports a green 1936 Chevrolet taken from near the Union Pacific yard office between 8 30 and 10 45 pm. Ruth Baker of 344 Wilson reports a black 1941 Chevrolet sedan taken from the Green Triangle between 12 and 2 20 pm. The Baker car was locked and both cars carried about four gallons of gas.
Prisoner abandoned traveling guard Grover McDonald and climbed into an upper berth on train 33 near Ogden to Minidoka. McDonald awoke with a lead chain on his wrist but found it missing as investigators trace the escape from Colorado to Oregon. Special Agent R. E. Gough of Union Pacific reports the pursuit underway.
William Francis was elected president of the Pocatello Life Underwriters association at a recent meeting. Edwin J. Nunn was named vice president, William Sherwood secretary treasurer, and J. Golden Jensen, Frank Briggs, and William Welton joined the executive committee. The group approved the Pocatello swimming pool project to be reviewed by the WPB in the coming weeks.
Motor Transit extends buses between the naval ordnance plant, Pole Line road and Yellowstone highway from 7 15 a m to 12 15 a m daily. F M Bistline owner announced the extension after many requests for regular transportation in the area.
A public official described the transportation extension as a necessary service for the naval ordnance plant and nearby residents, noting wartime restrictions on private transport and the benefit to the local community.
In May Idaho had 2,410 people eligible for old age or survivors insurance payments totaling over 40 000 monthly. Of these 1 145 were widows and children, while 1 108 workers past 65 and 235 wives also received payments. Ada county accounted for 359 beneficiaries. In some cases benefits are suspended if the beneficiary works.
Mellinger notes the policy provision allowing availability immediately when the beneficiary quits work, highlighting the conditions under which benefits could start without delay.
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