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Newspaper
Parowan Times
Location
Parowan, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1941
Page
5
Aliandes describe ore grades and mining costs. Low grade ore is often stored on dumps or left underground to avoid costly processing. High costs reduce the amount of mineable ore, shrinking reserves and risking long term wealth.
The Star of India star sapphire, weighing 563 carats, is the largest known. Brought from India over fifty years ago, it now resides in the Morgan collection at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Other notes discuss Davis Cup singles record, skiing popularity with Canada Pacific statistics, and ultraviolet light energy levels.
A practical guide notes that women can appear younger by styling hair at the temples to lift the face, using colors that brighten the complexion, and avoiding heavy black with white or bright accents. It advises staying current with slang and trends, and engaging in current topics to connect with younger interests without misrepresenting age.
Educators focus on children's visual equipment as studies show defective vision hinders learning and affects behavior. M J Julian of the Better Vision Institute cites physics and mental factors, noting headaches irritability and delinquency linked to poor eyesight and truancy tied to uncorrected vision.
L J Schrenk of Detroit Public Lighting Commission credits high visibility street lighting for major accident reductions. He notes more than 100 people survived due to lighting on 31 miles of streets and estimates another 100 lives could have been saved if lighting existed six years earlier. The night to day fatality ratio dropped from 7 to 1 to 1.3 to 1 after installation.
Sidney Smith Jr of Chicago trained surgeon is praised for a new technique to repair ruptured blood vessels. The method uses sugar rods as a darning ball with an oily film, stitches the vessel, and the rod dissolves after repair. He earned his MD from the University of Chicago and received the Marty Ginsburg Memorial prize for his research.
A reflective line notes that brilliant fathers often have ordinary sons. It playfully states that the boy has a mother as well, and while the father may be a genius the mother may not. It references the shared thirds of bodily cells and the parental contributions.
Average sales of independent retailers in Utah across 276 stores fell 7 percent in February compared with February 1940. Towns under 2500 population saw a 3 percent drop. Railroads report rising activity and employment across all service branches. Ogden March work for track and bridge projects employs 220 men. 1941 building volume is expected to exceed 1940 by two and a half times. Hill Field Ogden Air Depot authorizes about 7.5 million for temporary buildings and facilities, including multiple administrative and living structures, plus runway completion. A Civilian Conservation Corps bill advances $20 million to expand skilled road, bridge, and allied construction, with some on-the-job training in 1290 camps. Army reports about 40 percent of those called for service are deferred for fitness, while 32 percent are unfit for any service. Los Angeles claims a marriage clinic, the Institute of Family Relations led by Dr. Paul Popensz, offering premarital services with high reported success. Policemen noted brief Lanterns authority and relateds.
An old farmer laments crop woes to a minister who reminds him that Providence feeds even the birds. The farmer retorts about his corn, underscoring hardship and irony in a rural exchange.
Fragmentary line reads of a man facing a grizzly bear and the urge to live. The jumbled text suggests a rugged pioneer voice or local lore about endurance and fear, with phrases indicating a life driven by survival and stubborn resolve.
A man panics as office and waiting room clocks differ by 20 minutes. A porter surveys the差 two clocks and concludes the four ten train departs on schedule, regardless of clock discrepancies.
Health board reports fifteen cases in Utah for 1940 with higher figures in 1938 and 1939. Disease spread through wood tick bites, mainly in spring and early summer. Vaccination and immunization offer protection, and physicians can advise on need for immunization for those at risk.
The National Safety Council reports the rubber industry as the safest large US sector. Its accident frequency rate is 6.92 and 43 percent below the all-industry average, signaling notably lower risk levels for workers.
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