Leon Brady Completes 35th Combat Mission Set
Lieutenant Leon L Brady, an engineer gunner with the 15th Air Force in Italy, has completed his 35th combat mission with a Liberator group. He fought through frigid cold and heavy enemy fire on bombing runs over Central and Southern Europe and the Balkans, earning the Presidential Citation for the unit. Brady, son of Mr and Mrs Lowell Brady, enlisted July 8, 1943, with a brother in the Marines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Brady
Leon L Brady
15Th Air Force
Italy
Europe
Balkans
Ssgt
Brady
Lowell Brady
Glen Brady
Pacific
Maw Grants Reprieve For Hammer Slayer
Gov Herbert Maw granted a late Saturday reprieve for James Jose Reed a 27 year old epileptic scheduled for execution at Utah State Prison next Friday The stay lasts until the state board of pardons meets on April 21 halting the procedure The board will reconsider Reed s plea to reduce the death sentence to life imprisonment The March 17 board denial left this reprieve as the only action preventing execution Aaron Preece Uintah County Sheriff led the case connected to the hammer slaying of Mrs Agnes Abigail Williams in San Leandro California Continued on Page Four
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Jose
Reed
Utah State Prison
Herbert B Maw
State Board of Pardons
Ronald Preece
Uintah
le Roy’ Ritchie
Agnes Abigail Williams
San Leandro Calif
Jack Cook Returns After Emergency Furlough
Cpl Jack N Cook left today to report back to La Junta air base in Colorado after a two week emergency furlough to be with his father who was seriously ill. Cook has served 31 months and was sent to La Junta in May. He is a former USAC Logan student. Melvin J Licht writes of Pacific engagements noting participation in raids from Hawaii to the Philippines and Leyte, with actions in Saipan Guam and Formosa. Continued on page five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Cook
Jack N Cook
LaJunta Air Base
Colorado
J J Cook
Cpl Cook
LaJunta
Ip Cook
Logan
Pacific
Melvin J Licht
Vernallte
Arthur Corness
Hawiaun
States
Hollanda
Pallau Islands
Saipan
Guam
Philippines
Leyte
Formosta
China Sea
Aps
Warnick transferred to Gunnison Colorado office
Francis M Warnick, longtime head of the bureau of reclamation in Vernal, has been reassigned to the Gunnison Colorado office effective April 1. He arrived from Ogden in 1943 and will oversee a seven year campaign to promote cancer awareness and early detection. Eugene Nielson will succeed him in Vernal, joining the bureau in 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis M Warnick
Bureau of Reclamation
Vernak
Gunnisen Colorado
Ogden
Gunnison River
Salt Lake
H Eugene Nielson
Cancer Drive Opens in Uinta
The nationwide cancer drive opens this week with proclamations from President Roosevelt, governors and county officials. Mrs D R Seeley named county chairman and will attend a Salt Lake City meeting at the Newhouse Hotel on April 7 to organize the state drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
D R Seeley
Newhouse Hotel
Salt Lake
Snow Surveys Forecast Normal Water Supply for 1945
Ashley National Forest snow surveys indicate a near normal 1945 water supply for forest watersheds. Measurements show 81 inches water content versus a 14 year average of 80 inches, with some districts reporting lower 1945 content than 1944. Ranger Glen A Lambert notes 120 inches on the Vernal course, while Whiterocks and Lake Fork districts show varied content and depths, all suggesting a mixed runoff outlook across the Ashley and Uinta river drainages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashley National Forest
Forest Range
Glen A Lambert
Vernal Ranger District
Ashley Creek
Brush Creek
George Walkup
Whiterocks Range District
Lnmoft
Uinta River
Whiterocks Creek
Clyde Lambert
Lake Fork
Forest
A K
Wogensen
Fort
Bridger
Calder Home on Leave From Navy Duty
Lt David H Calder USNR returns home on leave from Washington DC after 34 months in service. Training at Quonset Point and Corpus Christi preceded study in military government at Columbia University. He assisted Admiral Kings Pacific plans and will be placed on inactive duty with recall possible. He is son of Mr and Mrs Hyrum B Calder and steps to Salt Lake with wife Mrs Bohn and young son Richard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David H Calder
USNR
Washington DC
Calder
Quonset Point Ro
Naval Air Station
Corpus Chiefi Texas
Columbia University
New York
Washington
Ernest J
Kings
King
Pacific
Navy
Caulder Creamery
iMr
Hyrum B Calder
Missing in action again aboard USS LST 508
Lieutenant Dean D Peterson USN of Vernal is reported missing aboard the USS LST 508 during the Normandy invasion period. The vessel, engaged in cross channel operations, has repeatedly returned to England with wounded and reinforcements despite storms and heavy German shore battery fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Dean D Peterson
Tieutenant Peterson
D A Adams
Ince
508
Normandy
England
Edward G Robinson
Peterson
Berlin
English
Seo
Lapoint Pioneer Mother Dies After Long Illness
Eleanor E G Caldwell 88 pioneer of Lapoint died Sunday night at her daughter's Salt Lake home after an illness of more than a year. Funeral services were held Thursday at the Maeser ward chapel with Bishop George Hacking officiating. Burial was in Maeser cemetery under Swain Funeral Home direction. Born May 8, 1857 in Bountiful she was the daughter of Robert and Nancy Lane Gillespie. She married William G Caldwell at Fountain Green in 1875. The family lived in Price, Huntington, Ashley Valley, Mt Dell now Dry Fork, and Vernal before taking a homestead at Lapoint when the Reservation opened. Surviving are six sons, one daughter and other relatives. She is mourned by William and Emry Caldwell of Salt Lake City and J Emry Caldwell of Portland, Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor E G Caldwell
Lapoint
J H Koch
Salt
Maeser Ward
George Hacking
Laopoint
Maeser Cemetery
Swain Funeral
Mrs Caldwell
Bountiful
Robert
Nanncy Maria Lane Gillespie
Wm G Caldwell
Fountain Green
Loving
Price
Huntington
Ashley Valley
Ady Mt Dell
Dry Fork
Vernal
William Mand
Accel E Caldwell
Salt Lake
J Emry Caldwell
Portland Ore
Uintah Men Get Purple Heart
J M Barger received the Purple Heart posthumously for actions in World War II. He served from 1941, trained at Fort Knox, fought in Africa and Italy, and helped in the Rome liberation. Born in Wheatland Wyoming, he came to Vernal in 1940. Survived by his father two brothers and many relatives, with military service continuing through 10 grandsons and four great grandsons.
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J.M Barger
Tone
James Fas
Mini
France
Let Barger
Ft Lewis
Washington
Jand
Sft
Knox
Rome
Samust
Wheatland
Wyoming
Berger
Vernal
Dale M. Barger
Pre ‘ Pester Barger
Wake Island
three _aisters
Dorothy White
Alterra Home Ec Club Wins National Honors
The Alterra High School Home Economics Club earned top national honors after delegates Miss Evelyn Domgsard and instructor Miss Myrtle Lambert attended the National Regional Convention of Home Economics Clubs at Fort Collins Colorado. They helped dissolve the American Association of Home Economics and organized a new national body, outlining officers, memberships, dues, emblems, colors, and the constitution. Four Utah delegates attended, with Provo and Cedar City also represented. The Alterra Club, now fully organized with 76 dues-paying members, earned the historic distinction through its outstanding work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alterra High School
Myrtle Lambert
Evelyn Domgsard
Fort Collins
Colorado
Uintah
American Association of Home Economics
Flower
Utah
Provo
Cedar City
Alterra Club
Uintah County Men Leave for U S Forces
Ninety seven Uintah County men were sent to U S forces with fifty seven selective service registrants reporting to Ft Douglas reception for possible induction. Thirty seven underwent pre induction physicals and twenty were ordered for induction with named individuals listed among those taking physicals and those ordered for induction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uintah County
U.S
Selective Service
Ft Douglas
David Wm Alfred Homer Everiit
Graham James B Gilstrap
Beldon H Reynolds
Clarence
Richards Robert James McGaw
Wesley Ebenezer Bowden
Arlo H Woolfe
Laurel Marion Woods
Glen Weech Burns
Christy Justice
Dean Moon
Oha Wallace Moon
Wayne D
Pickup Morrish Caldwell
Walter D Mooseman
Lynn Stringham Hall
Thelbert Milton Me
Carrell Ercil
Eugene Sprouse
Veil Thompson
Ralph Harris
Taylor Marvin
Darrell Davis
Neil Wallace Caldwell David
Milburn Hatch Lynn Leon Me
Conkie Stanley R King Weldon
Richards Louis Freestone Jr
Richard Tom Ronald — Celts
Winn
Robert Sharp Hatch
Gerald
Trujillo
Harold Abner
Richens
Cal Staugh Cook
Haly Leonard Cook
Joseph LaMont Anderson
Raymond Deloss
Crouse
John Gordon Hacking
Verlan Wayne Morrill Orva
Munro McCarrell
Clifton Goodreh
Grant
Southa Junius
Paul Hacking
Loren Jasbert
Pike Samuel Y Paulson
Leslie Davis
Charles Merr
Earl Hacking
Calder Keith Bowen
Foval
M Cox
Marvin F Smith
Willis Smith
Ned LeRoy
Gines Harry Glendon Slaugh
Robert Brough Lewis Forrest ‘Adams Eldrith
William Sewell Dies at Jensen Home at 76
William Sewell 76 a resident of Jensen for four years died Monday at his Jensen home. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 pm in the Jensen ward chapel with burial in Jensen Cemetery under the direction of Swain Funeral Home. He was born February 20 1869 in Virginia to Sherman and Sarah Sewell. He moved to Ashley Valley in 1909 and bought a farm in Jensen. He married Lujeinda Riley at Tecumseh Oklahoma on August 127 1896. He is survived by widow two sons and five daughters plus 12 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard Willis
Belgium
Army Engineers
Willis
Ft Belvoir Va
Camp Car
Colorado
Lide
First Ward
Pfe Dale Will
Tor George A
Aviation
Joan Willis
R D Rust
H S Sowards
Naples
Tna
Doris
Vera Duvall
Maude Goodrich
Grace Jensen Lewis Stanliner
Tucile Calder
Mary Manwaring
Byran Goodrich
Hallie Searle
George Davis
Manwaring Feung
Redeemer
Wallace Calder
Mr Rust
Chellus ‘Caldwell
Leslie Thacker
Thurman
Alfred Simper
William S Sewell
Jensen
Jensen Ward
Burlial
Jensen Cemetery
Swain
Mr Sewell
Virginia
Sherman
Sarah Sewell
Ashley Valley
Jen Ben
Tecumesh
Okla
Lu Jeinda Riley
Lillian Valencia
Apros
Cali
Sam Sewell
Craig Ted Sewell
Denver
Lucy Stewart Jensen
Beatrice Barace
Blanche Monahan
Daria Bentley
San Jose Calif
Faculty Play Draws Large Crowds at UHS
The annual faculty play Feathers Ina Gale at the high school auditorium drew capacity crowds Friday and Saturday. Directed by Stella Harris Oaks with Evelyn Peterson, the production set Jesuit Cape Cod in 180, featuring a 30 member cast including Barta Stringham, Harold Lundell, Arch Wilson, Leberle Pook, Isabel Batty, Tlyde Johnson, Evelyn Peterson, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Feathers Ina Gale
Jesuit Cape Cod
Stella Harris
Oaks
Evelyn Peterson
Barta Stringham
Harold M Lundell
Stella II Oaks
Arch Wilson
Leberle Pook Gutzmen
Isabel D Batty
Tlyde Lo Johnson
Adge Harris Tuckett and
Richards Durham
Karl Fowler Awarded Purple Heart at Luzon
Karl Fowler, son of Mrs Jes, received the Purple Heart after the Luzon invasion. He was trained at the Vanp Wolters unit before entering service and was connected with Bonanta’s Rogers Construction Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Fowler
Luzon
H. Fowler
Fowler
Mra
Vamp Wolters
Rogers Construct Co
Bonanta
Wounded Vernal Soldier Returns To Duty From Hospital
Vernal Utah native W. Gordier son of William Gordier recovered at the United States Army General Hospital from wounds suffered in Stellmont Belgium on December 24 1944. He received expert medical care and recency before being released to return to duty as a member of an Armoured Infantry unit. He entered the Army July 8 1984.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ofth Isr
William Gardiner
Vernal
Utah
United States Army General Hospital
Stell’ Mont
Belgium
Army
Husband of Vernal Girl Missing On Halian Front
Captain BLF Mehr husband of Barbara Tiffany Mehr reported missing in the Italian theater on March 24 according to a message received. Mehr, a B 26 pilot, entered service with the Coast Artillery in 1941 and joined the Army Air Corps in 1942, later serving overseas after Columbus SC. He had six bombing missions when last heard from. He is survived by his wife, parents, three brothers and two sisters awaiting word from the war department.
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Blf Mehr
Barbara Tiffany Mehr
Peraliona
Japin Mehr
Coast Artillery
Army Air Corps
USAC
An l
Columbus
Mra ' Vemdet
Waltey Fand
Wer Department
Eee
Sethe Siento Avyal
Glen Me
Chicago
Erwin Mehr
Salt Lake
J . Harmon
Los Angeles
Corot Mehr
Logan
Uintah County Fair Dates Set for September 21 22
Plans for the 1945 Uintah County Fair were outlined at a March 26 meeting in the Uintah State Bank directors room. County Agent Russell Keetch chaired the session, with EO All and a slate of officers and committee members reelected or appointed for 1945. The group aims to improve the fair, following a successful 1944 event held in Imperial Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uintah
Vernal
Uintah State Bank Directors Room
Russell Keetch
Imperial Hall
LDS Apostles to be Speakers at Graduation
George Albert Smith and Jose Siding, church patriarch, named as chief speakers for the Vernal Seminary graduation. The event, announced by Prince Albert Knoble Kimball, will be held at the Stake Tabernacle on Sunday evening in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Albert Smith
Comnet Ri
Jose
Eps
Jannual
Ation
Inial Stake
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Clint Peterson
Utah Aggies
Iwo Jima
Hell
Orin Snow
Snow
Newell Snow
Farragut
Great Lakes
Norfolk
Va Vetere
Union Pacafic
Merrill Snow
Stow
Lyman Wye
Richard Lea
Richard Lee
George Slaugh
George A Slaugh
F. M. Warnick
Uinta
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Bohn
Richard
Sybil Merkley
Dean Peterson
Alterra High Graduate
Tokyo
Marianas
Budd Wynskett-James
Lil’ Aurdley
Wynskett James
Fort Duchesne
Uish
Eleanor E. G. Caldwell
Purple Heart
Barger
Hy Rasmussen
Rasmussens
Vernal Resi Lents
Yon F M Caldwell
Moore
Mark’ E Caldwell
Sacramento
Robert L Caldwell Vernal Dellah
Dean Nickells Roosevelt
GO Uzella Koch
Forces
Alterra
William Sewell
UHS
Uintah County Fair
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