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Newspaper
Pleasant Grove Review
Location
Pleasant Grove, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1944
Page
8
The National Association of Motor Bus Operators reports six thousand motor coaches worth 90 million dollars will be ordered as wartime priorities end. A major fleet rehabilitation will employ tens of thousands of automotive workers, with postwar demand likely exceeding prewar levels.
The OPA announces hog prices with a new ceiling of 15.05 per hundredweight for hogs up to 270 pounds and 14.30 for heavier hogs in Ogden and North Salt Lake. About 5,000 tons of Turkish dried figs are to arrive in the U.S. in the new year, the first volume in three years, to be repacked domestically for retail.
Brigham Young University announces winter quarter registration on January 3 with classes starting the next day. Dr. Russell Swensen, professor of religious education and schedule committee chair, says more than 325 courses will be offered including many beginning courses for new students across education departments.
The text notes Sea 1 Heer Long King Og of Bashan with a bed 16 feet long and 7 feet wide. It adds that King Ahasuerus possessed beds of gold and silver.
Local notes recount Christmas events in the American Ward with Santa Claus visits at the Ostarson home and family dinners across several households. A Sacrament meeting in Linden ward featured a Christmas program and a Santa closing nuts and candy. The Merrymakers held a party with gifts and games, highlighting community holiday celebrations.
World War I veterans face easier readjustment with the Servicemen's Adjustment Act of 1944. A Provo Utah committee, including Red Cross and veterans groups, designated the United States Employment Service at 40 North University Avenue as the central clearinghouse for processing veterans, ensuring training and job placement with no delay or unnecessary transfers.
Classified ad style notice listing multiple items for sale and rent including coal range hot water heater enclosure insulates homes with rock wool and a large heater. Also notes two black horses for sale and rental apartments at Alpine Villa Pleasant Grove Provo Utah with sewing machine repair service. Includes contact names and phone numbers.
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