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Newspaper
Parowan Times
Location
Parowan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1940
Page
4
A 1928 remark by Herbert Hoover praises railroads for reorganizing amid war and peacetime shifts. Sixty years on, editors note continued gains in speed, equipment, and efficiency, with railroads aiding crops, freight reliability, and national security through heavy investment and cooperation with the War Department.
A historically styled editorial urges fire prevention as a national defense issue, blaming carelessness and laziness for most blazes and highlighting the broad losses of life and property. It notes state debt ratios and compares bead prices, calling for disciplined purchasing and vigilance to reduce fires and support arms programs.
Bryant S. Hinckley argues in the Utah Farmer that the United States must stay calm and not become an aggressor while preparing defences. He warns against hysteria, emphasizes responsibility to defend the hemisphere, cites Monroe Doctrine, and notes South America's mixed loyalties toward fascist Europe. He stresses the need for alertness, wisdom, and sound statesmanship.
An editorial stresses the dual duties of agricultural marketing cooperatives to secure fair prices for producers and steady, affordable supplies for consumers. It cites past cooperatives as wise, forward looking, and emphasizes shared, non selfish aims. A separate item reports a negro taxi driver in ill health received a $50 government relief loan and plans to repay, reflecting mixed social narratives.
The Mutual Improvement Association prepares a July 17 outing at Hoosier Lake with breakfast, a 10 am program, a 1 pm dinner, and a bike trip to Day-Adams reservoir tunnel. City Council set an 11 mill tax levy for the year, J C Mitchell to oversee Yankee Meadow reservoir project with local fields committee.
Utah district of the United States Army Recruiting Service announced seven sub recruiting stations across the state. Under Colonel B. E. Grey, with Captain G. A. Howarth assisting, the program offers training in cavalry, artillery, engineering, finance, medics, quartermaster, signal, and infantry. Opportunities target men 19 and older, promising civilian trade skills after three years. Recruiting offices listed in Salt Lake City, Ogden, Provo, Roosevelt, Richfield, Price, and Cedar City.
Every bedroom in Ashford Castle, Connemara, is named after Lough Corry islands. Rooms include Dringeen, Tober, Cleonilaun, and Mlauntee, with island names tracing to ancient legends or historic events.
A New York restaurant chain leads a trend by inserting color photo spreads on menus. A glossy color image shows Yankee pot roast occupying over half an interior page, signaling a shift toward visual menu presentation in the industry.
In San Francisco a monument to Robert Louis Stevenson stands in Portsmouth Square, the historic edge of Yerba Buena. The granite block bears a gilded Hispaniola, linked to the writer’s memories of sailors, travelers, and diverse crowds who inspired his tales.
Maine plans a major restocking of streams and coastal waters to boost fishing. The Game and Inland Fisheries Department released 10 000 four to six inch trout in Cumberland County and seeks to increase Atlantic salmon. Governor Barrows ordered a joint survey of salmon rivers and explored converting Craig Brook hatchery into a salmon plant. Washington sent a fisheries specialist to assess. legislation may allow state takings of salmon weirs with compensation.
Canadian archaeologists and Smithsonian officials call the Southwold earthwork near St. Thomas Ontario the only preserve of its kind in Canada. The Attiwandarank or Neutral Indian fortification covers about three and a half acres with a unique double wall and double line of earthworks, once a last stand against Iroquois about 1650, now protected by national authorities.
A Field Museum News article explains dendrochronology, dating trees by annual rings. Dr. Paul S. Martin uses tree ring graphs from Colorado and New Mexico expeditions to reconstruct over 1,200 years of climate, linking ring width to moisture.
J B Palmer, chairman of the County AAA committee, warned that European conflict may force Utah farmers to supply a larger share of seed for soil conserving crops and vegetables. Officials noted 1940 seed supplies should be adequate, but domestic production must rise, with emphasis on crimson clover white clover orchard grass spinach cauliflower cabbage radishes and turnips.
Four regional 4-H club camps will be held at Duck Creek on August 1 bringing together about 250 boys from Beaver, Washington, Kane, Garfield and Sevier counties. County agents and State 4-H specialist David Sharp will lead sessions with outdoor recreation and project instruction. Forest Service officials and agricultural college faculty will participate in demonstrations and activities.
The Pacific Produce Distributors Inc begins harvesting 120 acres of cargo peas this week despite a dry late spring season. Planting finished on Monday with expectations to run through August 15 for yields of White Rose and Bliss Truman varieties.
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