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Newspaper
Parowan Times
Location
Parowan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1939
Page
8
Local residents list visits and movements in Cedar City and surrounding towns. Chester Benson Jett will move to Las Vegas for employment with a gas company while Army member Guy Lee visits family. Several others travel, visit, or recover, including tonsil removals, repairs, and summer work at parks and dams.
Charles I. Sampson district supervisor of the National Youth Administration and his wife with their child relocated this week to Parowan and are living in the Betsy Haycock home. He oversees NYA work in Millard Beaver Tron Washington and Kane counties and will base his operations there for the winter.
The County Clerk’s office issued marriage licenses to couples including Later Terry Blake and Trene Lowe, Frank Walter Franczewski and Inez Lauretta Mitchell, and Andrew Williams with Hazel Johnson. The report also notes social visits and personal notices among local residents as the week closed.
The lecturer explains that nature seeks balance by compensating losses. He notes that loss of an eye strengthens the other, and deafness in one ear sharpens perception in the other. Pat adds a quip about a shorter leg causing the other to become longer, tying balance to belief.
A quirky collection of clipped jokes and telegram style lines. The text includes remarks about desserts at a banquet featuring rare fishfood, a father’s telegram to an eloping bride, playful debates on jellyfish as dessert, and humorous exchanges with titles like Miss Manchester and Mr Hardfax.
A fragmentary exchange shows a guest praising a hotel as soothing while the proprietor smiles, then replies that the praise misleads as the guest calls the place vile and unfit. The overheard conversation hints at tensions between hospitality and quality.
A terse exchange unfolds with a pessimistic patient lamenting birth while a nurse responds with a curt, practical urge to stop discussing the matter. The terse dialogue captures a hospital room ambiance and immediacy of care.
Historical study reviews that phosphorus cannot explain firefly and glowworm luminosity. Fatty secretions oxidize in alkaline solution to produce light, with heat in labs but not in living organisms. Light organs located in abdomen or thorax controlled by nerves and tracheal supply, serving courtship and defense against nocturnal predators.
Dr Charles M Diserens an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Cincinnati argues cats and dogs show similar intelligence. He says dogs act socialist while cats are individualists and both have similar nerve centers. He notes cats display genuine gratitude, especially during and after medical treatment, appearing affectionate.
Vienna scientist Dr Helmuth Busserl, staying in Capetown, proposes Antarctic air as curative and earth rays as cancer cause. Returning from the whaling ship Suderoy, he urges hospital ships to the South Polar regions for patient recovery. He reports to a German society that lifelong sea dwellers do not contract cancer.
The United States prints all currency and postage stamps at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing employing about 5,000 experts. They produce a daily average of 3,380,000 currency notes. A single mistake can ruin months of labor and cause serious business losses. The bureau has grown from one attic room in 1862 to a 15 acre Moor space. Visitors are encouraged to ask questions in this building, which performs a crucial government function.
Authorities estimate fifteen percent of total family income goes to clothing, yielding about 9 billion dollars a year in the United States. The piece urges careful buying and better upkeep to reduce this expense and suggests homemakers assess their family clothing costs.
A state wide survey of the farm tree planting program is under way in Utah. The 10th year of tree distribution aims to assess survival of planted stock across 29 counties. Over 2 600 surveys have been mailed, with past data showing 80 percent survival after five years. The project, backed by the Utah Extension Service and USDA, distributes nursery grown trees for windbreaks and weed control at about half the cost to cooperators. In 1930 some 15 000 trees were planted. in 1939 more than 120 000. This season over 10 000 trees were planted in 31 demonstrations across 15 counties. Species include Siberian elm Russian olive green ash blue spruce eastern red cedar black walnut golden willow and black locust. County 4-H Clubs to hold Achievement Day in Iron County.
The United States Marine Corps has vacancies for desirable applicants. Accepted applicants are transferred to the Marine Corps Base at San Diego for initial training. After completion, they may be assigned to foreign posts or ships of the Pacific Fleet. Applications and information are available at the Marine Corps Recruiting Station, 46 Federal Office Building, San Francisco, California.
Park and Grange supervisors praise shows of livestock and farm machinery at the state fair. Lewiston and Delta officials foresee excellent exhibits in sheep, rabbits, dogs, and women’s department needlework. State and Salt Lake officials invite Utahn and out of state residents to visit for a clear view of Beehive state productivity.
County Welfare office announces a special distribution of fresh peaches for welfare clients in Parowan and Paragonah. About 19 recipients are to be served starting at noon on Saturday September 9 at the usual location.
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