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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1939
Page
5
Government announces Migratory Bird regulations for Wyoming ducks geese brant and coot season runs Oct 22 to Dec 6 daily hours 7 am to 4 pm bag limits by species and total. firearms rules decoys and boats restrictions. stamp requirement for hunters 16 and older. applies to Indians on and off reservations.
Washington D C September 27 1939 Big Piney Examiner reports the president approved a statewide WPA project totaling 39717 dollars. The aim is to tabulate livestock data at County Assessors offices and in Agriculture Department records to analyze cattle and sheep movement during drought years and correlate sales with prices. Wyoming State Department of Agriculture sponsors the effort. state WPA administrator discretion applies.
Rock Springs invites all interested women to the Wyoming Federation of Women's Clubs Convention Oct 3-5. Delegates receive room and breakfast. sessions begin Oct 3 at 1 PM and run through Oct 5 with daily sessions. Street dress encouraged, formals for banquet and reception optional. Mary Hurlburt Scott, state parliamentarian, urges attendance.
A new year for the American Legion and its Auxiliary begins with duties in a year of chaos. Membership is the first duty. those tax exempt should take pride in Legion membership for service to veterans.
The University of Wyoming in Laramie reports a fall enrollment surpassing 2000, more than doubling in six years. New registrations exceed 1939 levels by 1,978, with late add-ons expected. Football coach churns for Sept 29 game vs New Mexico as pledges finish rushing to join 13 fraternities and sororities.
Big Piney High reports growing enrollment and a lively chemistry class preparing oxygen and hydrogen as chemicals arrive to expand lab work. Freshmen endure initiation pranks while seniors plan a rough welcome. A charity dance netted 23 dollars for football gear, including helmets and shoulder pads. In football, Big Piney lost 27 to 0 at Farson, Eden showing clean play, with limited penalties and a potential rematch against Pinedale. The same starting lineup is expected Friday.
On Tuesday October 3 enrollment in the CCC program under county welfare directors will occur in Wyoming. About 5,400 enrollees, aged 17 to 23, will work on Indian reservations across 27 camps located in national forests, parks, and federal projects statewide.
Economic Highlights from Industrial News Review describe wavering support for the cash-and-carry plan and continued embargo on arms. Senators Borah and others oppose any lift, while filibuster talk and possible cloture are discussed. Proposals include repeal of the embargo, high war profits taxes, anti-hoarding laws, and stronger espionage powers. The Johnson Act remains broadly supported. debate is expected to be lengthy with no quick resolution.
Wyoming records 73 highway deaths as of September 12 1939 up from 65 last year despite road widening and enforcement efforts. Officials note June saw a 140 percent rise from January and urge drivers to cooperate for the rest of the year to avoid ending 1939 with higher deaths than 1938.
The Triangle Club elected Mrs. RB S Bermett as president Mrs V L Looney as vice president and Mrs W E Sherman as secretary treasurer at its last meeting Mrs L D Tanner was chosen as the delegate to attend the Federated Women's Club Convention in Rock Springs Wyoming on October 3 4 5 with dates and names taken from the club notice.
The week opens with two days of receipts at seven western markets about a thousand head heavier than last week and twenty thousand heavier than a year ago. Stockers remains steady while cows vary. top stocker steer price reached 21.73 with a year-to-date high. Canners and cutters range 3.50 to 5.00, fair to good stocker and feeder steers 36 to 59, and heavy Wyering cows around 7.25. A broad share of stocker and feeder cattle across Nebraska, Kansas, and the Plains has already been sold, signaling below normal marketing to come with continued high prices for the season.
Visors are older and experienced in government and more conservative on foreign affairs. Newsmen report the President is graver and less jovial, with presidentially inspired experiments out for the war and a new policy focusing on business to be quietly adopted.
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