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Newspaper
Parowan Times
Location
Parowan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1944
Page
4
A wartime muttered address laments gas shortages and moral strain as troops advance toward Paris. The speaker criticizes profiteers, praises civilians who refused black market fuel, and reflects on duty, fear, and shared sacrifice behind the front lines.
A city council ordered service cuts after the 20th for households behind on water rents. A fire at a wash house adjoining ex-mayor Van Buren’s residence destroyed a building and wedding garments. Miss Hilda Worten and Mr Wayne Guymon attended a Friday event. Thelma Ward and George Gideon planned a Salt Lake City wedding. A county clerk filed marriage licenses for Ross Benson and Mat Bauer, with location unspecified. Sawmill purchases were made by Orion and Ward parties for moving to Dry Valley. Local residents Hess Matheson and family, along with several others, spent Fort Sunday in town.
A garbled advertisement urges milk promoters to place payments by July 15. It references May and Jane, and notes many small farmers shifting to wartime food production, with reports from Sidney B Park on Michigan farming recovery efforts and related agricultural topics.
Stephen Abbot, a West Point and military academy graduate of 1904, served in artillery and engineering on the Pacific and Atlantic coasts, was placed on the retired list, and later operated farming lands in western Utah. He held ROTC duties and practiced law after passing the bar in December 1914, with a noted career that included the Cedar City branch of a Pacific railroad project and related public service. He lived in Uintah County in 1915 with his wife Helene Jack, and was connected to Washington, D.C. in 1908.
Time implications of applying sulfur to control apple cabbage during rain are valuable and conditions are exercised with care. Prices in 1930s show rayon falling from $1.85 per yard in 1933 to 62 cents in 1930s. Raw wool prices rose from about 37 cents per pound to 88 cents.
Fragmentary text describes family tasting bread pudding and considering variations. References a simple bake with possible rosy accents and spices. Content is incomplete but hints at a traditional dessert idea from an ordinary bread pudding recipe.
War era agriculture officials discuss postwar supply, production goals, and distribution. United States experts warn farmers to maintain high output of seeds, feed, and machinery, with emphasis on tractor production, soil fertility, and balanced food relief plans for liberated regions guided by WEA and the Food Board.
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