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Newspaper
Parowan Times
Location
Parowan, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1940
Page
4
An Industrial News Review article notes new Forest Service methods to combat fires, including air support for rapid response and aerial photography for scouting. It emphasizes prevention over firefighting, urging public cooperation, vigilance with campfires and smoking, and strict conduct in forests to avert fires and protect lives and property.
A moral on order urging households to store items properly outside the home as well as inside. It laments neglected sheds wagons and machinery, old cars and junk weeds and ashes in backyards, and calls for tidying with a motto A place for everything and everything in its place attributed to J C Hocen tonny the Ulin Farmer.
The piece recalls Charlee Evans Hughes, now Chief Justice, and his remark about life insurance as protection against fortune’s vicissitudes. It contrasts the tragedy of the aged dependent on others with the happiness of an independent retiree secured by thrift. It notes Hughes’s memorable remarks on life insurance.
From the Incks of the yellow we see in some alfalfa fields it seems wise to plow up these old fields and plant other crops. At best you can only get a small slop if these fields remain. When properly limed plow under a free crop and plant hold sea what a fine crop of seed you can encore.
War's early Allied victory confidence fades as Norway defeat and Nazi efficiency raise the specter of a possible Allied loss. Experts call the European struggle a toss-up with no decisive edge. American policy and industry face shifting odds amid the unsettle
This Week reports the death of Orion Lymn from an internal hemorrhage after a fall and strenuous activity the previous Sunday. Public utilities discuss a Cedar City rate increase with a public hearing set for June 1. John Mitchell and Olive Moore wed in Parowan with County Clerk Joan W. Bentley officiating. A six week old child, son of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Dalton, dies from whooping cough and bronchitis. The paper notes local visits, farm work, school medical activities, and regional travel, plus national defense debates and wartime concerns.
An elderly couple enjoys a small luxuries filled life. The wife calls for her husband Joseph and discovers he is resting on the floor, not the sofa. He explains he rolled up the rug first to protect his polished parlor and comfort her with a humorous ending.
Norah with a Dublin fruit stall corrects an American visitor who mocks local watermelons. She remarks the man must be unfamiliar with Offland fruit and cannot tell zoblee from gooseberries, highlighting a humorous clash of cultures.
A garbled OCR fragment centers on misread names and disjoint phrases about a wrong address, a wife, a judgment or invite, and unclear financial or organizational references. The snippet lacks coherent facts, making a concrete news summary impossible from the readable content.
Railroads unveil the Travel Credit Plan allowing purchases of railway trips and tours on monthly payments with no down payment. Valid for trips totaling $50 or more, the plan requires only a credit check and a signature, with service charges and potential use for Pullman, hotels, and side excursions.
National fores timbers scale bids with the Regional Forester cover up to five timber designated for cutting merchantable dead timber on basins in multiple sections. The notice outlines estimated Englemann spruce and fir sawtimber values, stumpage charges, and deposit requirements. It warns bids may be rejected in part or whole and instructs buyers to obtain full sale conditions from the Forest Service in Cedar City or Ogden, Utah.
Notice to creditors in the Fifth Judicial District Utah County asking claims or vouchers be presented to James C. Robins administrator by June 28, 1940. Dated April 21, 1940. Address for receipt of claims provided.
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