13 Apr 1944
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Newspaper
Milford News
Location
Milford, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1944
Page
1
An oblique note describes a dreamer who contemplates ideas while scattering few bouquets and watching sparks fly as plans hover above the ground. The idiosyncratic mood hints at a desire for decisive moments amid idle thoughts.
A garbled dialogue scene features a doctor inspecting a recruit and several service members trading quips about money and belongings. The exchange includes lines about eyesight clues on a chart, lending money, and a popular sentiment card, ending with a sailor requesting two dozen.
Humorous verse laments Mrs Roosevelt rubbing noses with island locals during South Seas visit. The piece imagines public curiosity about a woman’s nose becoming a tourist spectacle, with playful satire on fame and immigration-era attitudes.
An archived rationing schedule lists red stamps for meats and substitutes lasting indefinitely for several series, blue stamps for processed foods and specific book numbers, sugar stamps with indefinite validity, and gasoline stamps with a noted expiration date in 1945 and a small notation for shoe and gas allocations. The fragment preserves named stamp series and their valid periods.
Selective Service Director Hershey limited to 14 the general fields of critical activities other than agriculture where men under 26 may be considered for draft deferments. State draft directors may recommend deferments only for those in identified activities. all others under 26 face immediate draft. The measure aims to bolster armed forces and excludes men 26 and over, whose deferments depend on the pre existing essential activities list. Some coal mining areas may receive deferments. details to be settled.
At the Escalante Auxiliary 1546, Veterans of Foreign Wars, regular meeting in the I.O.O.F. hall on April 11, two members were initiated, Mrs. Marie Lewis and Mrs. Jack Ferguson. Department president Mrs. Nona Decker installed officers including Past President Ethel Smith and President Florence Barnes, with gifts presented to officers and honored workers.
Local residents are reminded of a new Office of Price Administration order limiting extra shoe ration stamps. No extra stamps will be issued within 19 days of a stamp’s expiration, except in extreme hardship. Stamp No. 18 in book one expires April 50, so no extra stamps are issued from April 15 to 40.
The document lists selective service categories and exemptions including no new recruitments under 26 for training, international radio operators outside the U S, special technicians in wet corn mulling, captains of fishing vessels over 20 gross tons, four student classifications including full-time scientists and medical/dental fields, preprofessional students entering by July 1 1942, and coal area registrants deferred to avoid serious battlefield impact.
With the Colors Mrs Clinton Bond and daughter Rae leave for Douglas Arizona for their son Marvin Horton’s pilot training school graduation. Warren Thompson, home from naval service on the West Coast after illness, reflects a prolonged recovery. Lieutenant Robert E. Murdock will visit three weeks before attending naval school in Honolulu, near his brother Sergeant Major Gordon W. Murdock convalescing from an infection at a southwest Pacific base.
A letter from Tine Bingham details reunions and sightings of Jimmy Alstrom and Leland Jones on an island, mentions Bud Carter’s presence nearby, and notes Jay taestoc er returning from a boat leave to Washington. He reports getting mail, asks about a horse sent, and signs off lovingly to his parents.
A disabled World War I veteran returned Tuesday to his Kemmerer Wyoming home after a brief stop at brother Clarence J. Wendel's house, Milford visit two weeks earlier, and a trip to Las Vegas to see another brother who serves as a high official. The veteran had wartime service in the portsweet area.
The Woman's Army Corps reports 289 open jobs nationwide for WACs including laboratory technicians, dental technicians, pharmacists, X-ray and surgical techs. A triple choice plan lets recruits pick jobs, branches, and initial assignments at suitable camps. Interested women should write to the Utah district recruiting HQ at 221 South West Temple, Salt Lake City.
Thomas Beard a 67 year old retired Union Pacific shop worker died Sunday morning of a heart attack Funeral services are planned for Friday afternoon with interment in Milford cemetery He was father to six daughters and a son Marvin and Merrith Beard both serving in military units in naval and army transport service respectively The death was reported through Red Cross and arrangements were made by the family in Milford for years News
A historical note describes a patient from North Adri undergoing a lengthy rehabilitation at Limoke Trae under University of Wyoming care. The piece highlights a medical visit, a university affiliation, and ongoing treatment steps. It mentions Seuserite-Dent Borrow in connection with the care program.
A state survey led by Dean George D. Clyde reports Utah's water outlook is favorable overall. Except Cache Valley, moisture is sufficient with heavy valley precipitation and drought risk is low but conservation is advised. Storage reservoirs are ample but should be used sparingly to cover future dry years while canals are cleaned to utilize early spring runoff.
Growers interested in producing a new drought resistant seed variety can apply by writing to the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food, 414 State Capitol Building, Salt Lake City. Victor T. Tunserassett, certification manager, oversees. Contracts for weed production set schedules and pricing, with limited quantities available now.
Livestock prices at the Los Angeles Union Stockyards show steady to lower trades across steers cows and bulls amid plentiful supplies. Best graded beef steers traded $15.50 to $16.25, common to medium sold $12.60 to $19.25, fat heifers scarce at $12 to $10, lower grades and calves weak, with ongoing pressure on buyers and varied slaughter totals through March.
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