New U S Mail Train Boosts Utah Service Across 662 Miles
A 1952 update shows Uncle Sam deploying motor hauled mail trains on the Salt Lake City to Kanab route with 66 miles daily in Salt Lake City Richfield and Kanab. The Salt Lake Kanab line serves 70 post offices across 6 Utah counties reaching 76 000 people. The train car mounted on a tractor with a stainless trailer runs nightly at midnight 265 days a year carrying about 15000 lbs daily and saves handling and delivery time.
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Truman Declines Run As Democrats Eye Nominee
In a Washington slice of political life, President Truman signals he will not seek another term though he will campaign for the nominee. The piece notes a 1952 Democratic convention open to fresh choice by delegates, with Truman perhaps guiding the platform and supporting the winner.
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Wisconsin
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Charles F. Wilson
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John Steelman
Office of Defense Mobilization
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Wage Stabilization Board
Watkins Decries Wool Imports Flooding Markets
Senator Arthur V. Watkins condemned the Truman administration on April 1 for allowing Argentine subsidized wool to flood the U S market at the expense of domestic producers. He called official inaction a sit down strike and accused authorities of granting Argentina favorable exchange rates and a direct bounty on exports. He warned the State Department seeks to erode tariff protections and erase the American wool industry.
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Prilate lio rarity halts sheet of UN stamps
A printing error brings a halt to a sheet of United Nations stamps sold by a post office and then recalled. The episode raises questions about production quality and stamp handling.
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Glines Easter Program Shines at Sunday School
An impressive Easter program at Glines Sunday School featured Cherie Galloway and Carol McKeachnie poems, a song "Easter, Morning" by Alfred Billings with Mrs. Harold Cook, and remarks by Bishop Ernest Johnson. Readings by Dale Perry and others, with spring floral decor and visits from relatives in Utah, Ohio, California.
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Harold Cook
Tom Timothy
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Dale Perry
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John Leichard
Bernar Hatch
Gloria Schaefermeyer
Redeemer
Ernest Johnson
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