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Newspaper
Parowan Times
Location
Parowan, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1942
Page
4
The East Ward Hive girls and leaders hosted a Sunday Evening event with about thirty girls receiving honors and promotions. Only a fraction of the parents attended, suggesting a lack of interest in the youth program or the girls' activities.
The statement by Leon Thenedr m, Price Administrator, before the Ways and Means committee notes freezing wages and prices to avert inflation. Ford Motor Company demands wage cuts and questions check-off for union dues while arguing bonuses would go to the government. General Motors faces similar issues as wartime controls tighten. The president and Henderson push wage freezes, while Capitol Hill debates turning wage policy into a broad economic question.
The thermometer at Riverside station in Yellowstone Park reached six degrees below zero at dawn, marking the coldest February in the United States according to the U S Weather Bureau.
The article cites Secretary Morgenthau urging Americans to buy one billion dollars in war bonds each month. It warns against relying on bank purchases due to inflation risk and urges personal sacrifice to finance the war. It emphasizes bonds as the best way to fund weapons against the Axis.
An early 1940s overview explains army growth goals and selective service policy changes. It lays out a push to fill military needs with minimal family disruption, detailing 1-A and 3-B classifications, possible work or night options, and which jobs merit deferments to support war production.
Local residents including Charles Adams and Mrs M A Burton take over the Brien Head Inn at Cedar Breaks to complete construction once men and materials arrive. The Brigham area page also reports property sales, May Day plans, and wartime draft notices urging single men under 36 to join the Army unless deferred for war industry work.
The 79mm artillery gun, a divisional anti-tank weapon, has been modernized to a “blastee” twice as efficient as in World War I. It costs 12 900 dollars and is funded by War Bonds, with the American public urged to invest 10 percent of income. Bolivia is noted as formerly Upper Peru.
The United Press account portrays severe German shortages and hardship as Adolf Hitler mobilizes for spring offensives. Hunger, money devaluation, canceled sports, scarce dentists and doctors, travel limits, bartering, and scarcity of goods define life from Berlin to occupied zones.
LANCASTER MASS When the village was incorporated in 1654 citizens wanted to name it after a governor A popular local blacksmith faced a petition to honor him but the state legislature ruled that a blacksmith should not be named before better men The villagers then named their community Langaster England in honor of the English town with the Langaster spelling variant preserved in local lore
In Britain the southeastern command orders army cocks to burn wakes to curb waste. A London report states the process mixes three parts clay with one part moulds into fake cakes baked in an oven and then burnt in the fire, producing cakes that resemble ordinary coal.
A University of Texas survey reports a rich celestite deposit, also known as strontium, running east and west through clan county near Sweetwater Texas. The mineral, once used in fireworks for its bright red flame, could supply a raw material for national defense.
Officials of the Sixth Annual Intermountain Junior Stock Show forecast the largest event in six years at North Salt Lake with over 700 entries expected across beef cattle lamb and hog divisions. The three day program opens Tuesday with hog and lamb judging, beef grading, and an exhibitors banquet, culminating in the cattle auction Thursday afternoon.
These 60 ton tanks cost 120000 dollars each and U S auto and locomotive plants churn them out on a continuing line. The army uses light and 28 ton medium tanks but prefers the medium tank for modern warfare. Heavy tanks offer thick armor large guns and strong motors, serving as superior in power and maneuver. Americans are urged to invest at least ten percent of income in War Bonds each payday. Treasury Department
Mythic tale recounts Daedalus crafting wings for himself and his son Icarus to flee Crete’s labyrinth. They fly the Aegean, but Icarus rises too near the sun as wax melts and he dies. A modern line notes Christopher Columbus of Nestonville, N Y, registers with the san board, order 1402.
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