Defenses Expand War Aid and Shipments Across Nation
Government announces contracts for 22 ton bombers and 500 monthly goal, with Air Force and Navy expanding production. Maritime Commission adds seven ships and 50,200 tons to merchant fleet while authorities urge restraint on news of foreign ships and push civilian defense across the country.
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Jones
Mine War Department
Fort Worth
Texas
la Tulsa
Oklahoma
Matt
OPAT
Knud
Vphe
Navy
Department
Maritime Commission
Senate
Hoase
Land
Beitain
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Direlor
Hershey
Army
OPM
Selective Service
Batt
Agricultuas
Wickard
Hutchinson
Kansas
Latin America
Many Coun
Water user notice in Parowan Utah application to divert water
Notice details Joseph B. Dalton of Parowan Utah files Application No a-1507 to shift point of diversion for 0.49 second feet of undergrayna water in Iron county. Proposes moving from old well 430 ft deep to new well 127 ft, for irrigation of 70 acres and incidental domestic and stock watering. Protests due by July 13 with filing fee.
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Joseph B. Dalton
Parowan
Utah
Nas
Ste
Iron County
T. H. Hum Tys
State Capitol
Salt Lake City
J. H. Humpherys
Modification of Selective Service rules for felons reshapes eligibility
The Army revision narrows felony disqualification to heinous crimes and habitual offenders, allowing many previously barred registrants to serve. Major H A Rich says the change distinguishes between statutory violations and crimes of moral turpitude, aiding recruitment during the national emergency. The updated rules define Class TV F and TW B disqualifications, including repeated felonies, severe crimes, and misconduct, while keeping some former discharges ineligible.
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H. A. Rich
Selective Service
Theay
Utsh
Major Rien
Cisny
Bill Inside and a Long Necked Giraffe Jokes
A village merchant Bill Smith orders goods from a distant town but arrives late. His wife opens a packing case labeled Bill Inside and screams. A plumber jokes about a big sink while a builder explains his wife’s summer absence. A zookeeper explains the giraffe need for a long neck to reach its head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Smith
The Springtime Cain and the Dream of Air Planes
A fragmentary verse sketch notes springtime misery and rising costs. It muses that prices may fall like the season, then foresees a future where air travel becomes as common as cars.
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Cain
Valley
del ‘Oh
Absent Minded Professor and Student Exchange
A classroom dialogue shows a student denying a brother in the class and a professor noting an ordinary resemblance. The exchange hints at a subtle family or resemblance theme without further context.
Land lease notice and trade data from early 1940s Utah
The Interior Department announces a lease offering for minerals in Sec. 3 and Sec. 6, T. 378, R. 10W, Beane area Utah to Leroy A. Wilson at 10 cents per fan or more, with minimum investments and production targets over the first lease years, and protests due by July 8, 1941. Additional notes report U.S. trade with Latin America reaching about one billion dollars annually and a large increase in seedings of legumes and grasses under the 1939 AAA PESETA, alongside rising U.S. beet sugar production from 1929–33 to 1938–40.
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Interior Department
United States Land Office
Salt Lake City
Utah
Secretary of the Interior
Leroy A. Wilson
Beane
Auce
Mirage Ten
United States
Latin America
Reader Advertisements From Parowan Listings Include Wood For Sale
Cabbage, CauliMower and Tosizts plants for sale. Melvin Rowley Lind lost one weed burner belonging to H L Adams last seen on new Athletic Field. Return to owner. Wood for sale or trade for young calves. Parowan listings for wood and pasture ads seek buyers and land offers.
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Melvin Rowley Lind
H. L. Adams
Pinder
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U.S
Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
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U. S
Hull
Washington
Roosevelt
Germany
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Japan
Hunter Hardware & Furniture CO
Cedar City, Utah
Major Rich
Hay Marine Corps
America
Antetica
Vagent
Aragely
Tad
U. S. Brown, Register
Alina Hyatt, Parowan
Arthur Robinson
Parowat
Alan
Robert B
Mitchell
W. Clair Rowley
H.C. Parcerts
Intermountain Title Guaranty Co
Court House
Bradshaw Chevrolet Company
Cedar City
Theo
Ismetara
Parowan Service Co
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