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Newspaper
Parowan Times
Location
Parowan, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1948
Page
3
An OCR fragment mentions a savings event and a person named Es holder with glave, Wyert, and EAU. The readable portion hints at a financial notice or advert but lacks clear details such as dates or full names.
The York journal of the Times notes a high profile Labor Day banquet honoring Benjamin F. Pross executive at a ballroom dinner. The piece links Pross to a broad racketeering narrative involving whiskey seizures, alleged mob funding, and accusations against Benny Press as a long time racketeer with ties to West Virginia politics and a Miami hotel venture.
Washington reports U S smoking during wartime and beyond has surged to about one billion cigarettes daily amid a boom that boosted factory-made cigarette sales from 172 billion in 1939 to 282 billion in 1946. Tax and price trends shaped consumer demand and tobacco’s economy.
Chicago hosts a first of its kind conference sponsored by the Chicago committee on alcoholism. Dr Anton J Carlson of the University of Chicago reports the nation loses about one billion dollars yearly to hangovers with each habitual alcoholic costing an employer about 550 annually. James H Oughton Jr of the Keeley Institute says alcoholics are sick people needing treatment, not hopeless drunks.
A columnist weighs the odds of rookie success in baseball versus the odds set by racing bets. He notes high payouts for a few top prospects, cites Curt Simmons and Wakefield with large bonuses, and compares farm-system crops across Dodgers Giants and Cardinals.
Boxing writer notes a promising heavyweight prospect Ray Stevens from San Francisco. At 23, six feet two and 205 pounds, Stevens has attracted offers as high as $20,000 yet remains unsigned. The piece urges giving him a break to back the next world heavyweight champion.
The piece argues most golf writers overlook the duffers and average players who form 95 percent of the game. Al Cruci discusses the average golfer, defined as about 100, with common faults like slicing due to insufficient body turn and an outside path. He advises keeping the club head inside, turning enough, and aiming slightly to the right to reduce slice Yardage losses of 30 to 40 yards are common from slices.
A gaunt man entered a hotel seeking a room and revealed a rope fire escape in his belongings. The proprietor asked his purpose, and the man explained he carries it to lower himself from a window in case of fire. The landlord replied guests with such devices must pay in advance.
A boastful club bore claimed skill in identifying beverages. A listener produced a mask to be tasted. The connoisseur swallowed, spat out, and declared gasoline, then added he knew the flavor but asked for the brand.
An Irishman with the British expeditionary force recounts his narrow Dunkirk escape. He says the bullet pierced his chest and exited his back, while a friend notes it could have hit his heart. He quips that his heart was in his mouth.
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