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Newspaper
Parowan Times
Location
Parowan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1942
Page
4
A public warning urges careful forest use as the fishing season begins in Utah. Campers must extinguish fires, avoid cigarette stubs, and follow forest protection rules. The piece condemns careless behavior, stresses frank government information, and laments fuel and tire shortages affecting motorists.
At the June City Council meeting engineers Reskelly and Wright read a cost estimate of 85 677 35 for the proposed power and light plant. The Lund Stage line begins service with an inaugural run by A Hatterman and Frank Matheson. Nearby, Mr. and Mrs Clarence Richardson visited after recent marriage, and plans were shared for a Salt Lake Temple wedding for L Nelson Marsden and Argilla Connell. A silver shower honored the bride, and Elmer Stevens was found dead at his brother’s farm, cause pending. Several locals returned from winter at the U, and Miss Marcella Dalley visited Beaver. John H. Gurr bought a new Studebaker runabout.
The text declares the nation faces its most destructive war with resources strained and defeat looming without increased production. It emphasizes voluntary and drafted soldiers ready to sacrifice for liberty, urging continued effort to avoid fall while preserving freedoms.
A wartime exhortation calls for unified action to sustain weapons and logistics, end wasteful government activity, and eliminate frills to ensure victory. The message warns that non essential costs must go and taxes may rise to fund the effort, though it promises timeliness and accountability.
A vintage kitchen note outlines converting honey to sugar in recipes. It covers honey weights per cup, liquid reduction by one fifth cup per cup of honey, minus three tablespoons plus one teaspoon of liquid, and handling tips for measuring and storing honey. It adds texture expectations and a few sample recipe lines and next-week tease.
Portland Maine reports sea perch known as rose brim or red fish now ships in thousands of pounds daily to Midwest towns. Despite strikes and bad weather, inland buyers expanded, with a single company purchasing about 10 million pounds in 1941. Previously seen as nuisance, perch were used as lobster bait before an ash plant era altered their value.
Fort Worth reports the oil rush leaving discarded hardware as scrap. The petrolean industry cooperates with the government to collect scrap iron steel aluminum and rubber. Charles F. Roeser of Fort Worth was named general chairman for District 4 of the national setup.
Near capacity audience at a Cardiff theater stayed seated as a bombing raid began. Damage to the theater was small and no one was injured, with motion picture excitement holding the crowd’s attention through the incident.
A garbled report notes a phrase meaning stone upon store and cites New York supplying about 80,000 of a nearly 99 million annual raw yarn output in the United States. The text references New York gowns and a high national production figure.
On June 14 the United States will mark Flag Day as a symbol of liberty and democracy. The piece recalls the flag’s history from 1777 to its 1912 updates and honors soldiers’ families joined in the patriotic spirit as America celebrates Old Glory.
Wish Extension Service officials report 80,000 trees shipped this spring to Utah and Nevada farmers. Utah received 70,000 trees while Nevada bought 10,000 for shelterbelts, woodlots, and swindburst uses. Siberian elm and Russian olive were most popular per Dean Paul M. Dunn. Short, sailors hats in the U S Navy may not exceed two inches.
Merrill and Galen Liston led by Glendon Liston exhibited nine Suffolk Tambouillet cross lambs at the Junior Livestock Show in Salt Lake City. Galen won best lamb with a sale to Utah Wool Marketing Ass'n for 40 cents a pound, grossing about 32 dollars. Safeway bought three other good lambs at 23 and 20 cents, averaging over twenty dollars per head. Calves failed to place. one calf sold at 114 cents a pound for 111.20, the other Hereford drifted into grain. Also notes a government wheat redemption plan through June 20 1992 with on-farm feeding requirements and price adjustments.
Elna Miller Utah Agricultural Service nutritionist advises housewives on sugar reducing methods and stretching supplies. Techniques include using honey or corn syrup, preserving juice with minimal sugar, storing in green bottles, and canning methods to save surplus fruit amid wartime supply concerns. The article also notes high naturalization in the United States and eligibility rules for citizenship papers.
Rules for proper display of the American flag from William T. Kerr founder of the American Flag Day Association. Describe horizontal procession with blue field forward and up, flag position in groups with banners, and placement in a church or chapel given speaker sightlines.
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