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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1947
Page
2
A compact digest reports on Pacific Isles alignment with the United States and British peacetime draft voting. It notes German miners seeking increased food supplies amid wartime strain and examines broader wartime labor and resource pressures.
United Nations Security Council approval enables the United States to press for permanent control of former Tepangen Inland area in the southern Pacific. The pact covers 623 islands, including the Martenies and Carolines, asserting a Pacific Arc from the Wallacean Islands to the Philippines. U.S., Australia, and allied forces plan rapid air operations from Vindivoblol and Mojave testing of a new jet bomber at Murodaly field. The XE-46, touted as the fastest bomber, undergoes flight tests after a short takeoff roll.
Parliament pressed a peacetime conscription bill despite Labor party opposition with Conservatives and Catholics voting to pass. The plan extends conscription to 1950, mandates 18 months of active service for ages 18 to 26, and five and a half years of reserve service, amid cross-party friction and Liberal pacifist abstentions. The text also notes a separate political shift in a German city where the Socialist Unity party gained board control.
Consumer demand for whisky is down about 20 percent from a year ago while production climbs to a new high, signaling possible price reductions at retail. The festive spirit wanes after the victory period and sales have tapered off from the usual peak of the year, as industry reports indicate.
In Germany's Ruhr region thousands of miners have faced job losses and protests over meager rations as 170 mines idle at times over two weeks. British authorities urge workers to stay on the job while food imports fall short, threatening power cuts and wider European impact.
A group led by Dr Deinz Waterboer seeks permission to depart in June for a 650000 dollar expedition into the Tiberia hinterlands and West Africa coast. They aim to study tribes animals and plants and search for the legendary elephant cults and pygmy elephants.
New York City's budget for the year stands at about 4.0 billion dollars the largest ever presented in the United States. The figure includes 1 029 120 314 dollars reported by Meyer Wil iarn O'Dwyer to the budget board and compares with 672 870 000 for the prior year highlighting that city spending now surpasses federal operating costs from three years ago when federal outlays reached around 3724 000 000.
About forty thousand miners work in eight danger mines closed by Secretary of the Interior Krug for a set period after inspections. Federal oversight of the other 2,073 mines has reopened, and coal output is expected to drop by about one ninth. John L. Lewis testified before a congressional committee, criticizing Krug for delaying enforcement of his code.
Senator elect Theodose Bilbo of Biseesiypl cannot claim his U S Senate seat in 1047 due to medical convalescence for cancer of the law. Forrest Jackson, Bilbo’s legal advisor, says the Senate will adjourn by July and Bilbo cannot attend before September at best. He continues to draw his pay while motions to bar him from the chamber were planned before the session began.
Modern Caveman FLT agents tracked a cave man tied to a four year entrapment scheme. Haig John P. Lehigh, 23, of Uhrichaville Ohio, a former coal miner, was captured at his grandmother’s farm. He wore six sweaters, four pairs of trousers, rubber boots and a miner’s cap with a carbide lamp. A crude 18 by 18 foot cave with a camouflaged trap door was found nearby. He was turned over to military police at Fort Hayes, Columbus.
Ash from Mount Hekla swirls over southern Iceland as lava streams two miles wide race from the cone. Officials fear 12 farms within thirty miles will be ruined as livestock are killed and residents flee. Radar guided landing tests proceed in Washington Chicago New York as part of civil aviation experiments using ground radar to assist aircraft. In Ohio a naval veteran executed for murder donates his eyes to two blinded veterans in a rare transplant.
A fragment from a wartime newspaper column echoes inflation fears with a fable about rising wheat prices and wages. It critiques the dollar’s value decline, Uncle Samuel’s bonds, and a push toward armed demonstrations while lamenting government bonds and savings losses. It also notes communist agitation and labor unrest warnings from Trafalgar Square rhetoric. The piece surveys economic strain, political rhetoric, and social tensions shaping public sentiment.
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