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Newspaper
Pleasant Grove Review
Location
Pleasant Grove, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1945
Page
4
In Panama, Indians reportedly use derby hats as the chief medium of exchange for rubber. The unusual trade practice highlights local barter customs and material value attached to hats within the rubber trade network.
Local social items report visits by Mr and Mrs Alfred Dexter and friends in Salt Lake City. A son was born Tuesday morning to Anthony and Anna Beveridge Laake at American Forks hospital. The baby’s father is an aviation student training in Merced California. President and Mrs Merrill N Warnick visited Granger relatives and attended the Oquir Th Stake LDS conference at Magna. Nelda Watkins and three children joined Miss Jo Ann Sweat of Heber for several days with Roy Devereaux and family. Delvine Sweat of Field was a weekend guest.
Local Second Ward schedules its first Summer Primary on Tuesday at 3 o clock inviting all ward children under 12 with a light lunch. Community notes include Huw Jacobs and daughter Annalene planning a June 27 trip to Palo Alto to visit Roland Jacobs and Yamily.
British and Allied forces uncover the scale of Nazi concentration camps. Reports detail thousands killed or tortured at Belsen Buchenwald Breedonk and Vught. Observers describe mass graves and overwhelmed survivors amid grim estimates and shifting figures.
Omaha report notes Leo Kinzer of Fort Omaha listed as corporal yet paid at captain’s rate. He is father to sixteen, ages from 20 months to 24 years, with thirteen dependents including three married and a son over 18. Family resides in Columbus Nebraska and Mrs Kinzer receives 300 dollars monthly.
Police report a ton of assorted meat including beef veal bacon and poultry found in a garbage dump. The dump was linked to an OPA investigation and may reflect illicit black market activity.
Local brief lists visits by Mr and Mrs Floyd Walker and their son Paul of Tooele to relatives including Miles Vir Dick and others. Gerald Watkins and two children of Paseo Washington vacation with Mrs Margaret Shoell. Mrs Boyd Webb and son Blaine returned to Chinook Montana after two weeks here. Roy J Brown hosted a dinner for Private Forrest Driggs recently released from a German prison camp, with George W Brown and Dwight Bates as guests.
A mixed set of Pleasant Grove notices lists for rent and sale items including a three room modern apartment and a modern framed two bedroom home with hardwood floors, a 1700 6 1 2 foot cedar post lot, a 40 gallon hot water tank, a dairy cows listing, a violin for sale, a well matched horse team, a horse harness, and requests for an expert automobile mechanic. It also notes services like sewing machine repairs and insulation materials. Various contacts include Varian West and D W Straw with locations in Pleasant Grove Utah and nearby towns.
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