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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1936
Page
4
Ab Jenkins, famed driver, used Firestone Gum-Dipped Tires on a Salt Beds of Utah 3000 mile run, achieving 234% hours at 127 mph. He claims over a million miles on Firestone tires with no tire failure. The ad extols safety and urges replacement with Firestone High Speed Tires at Conoco Service Station Bunke Lawrence Murray.
Samuel 14 Kimball left Tuesday morning for Salt Lake City to attend the funeral of his brother Daniel IL Kimball 80 held at 1315 pm in the Eighteenth Ward chapel on Wednesday. The deceased was a Salt Lake Temple guide for many years.
A 28 year old hitch-hiker was killed Thursday morning near Baxter Springs when a block loosened from a two wheeled trailer tongue crushed his head. The injured man Walton described traveling with the deceased from Nevada. The accident occurred about half a mile south of Baxter Springs and the body was buried in Craig, Kansas, with AJ J Stanton and Wallace Plattner among those involved. Lee Dunn assisted.
The Vernal Express announces its motto and political stance with editor SILLIGM WALLIS and publisher AMES II WALLIS. It notes classic newspaper identifiers, post office details, and subscription rates, underscoring independence and optimism in Uintah County.
Report details a man using multiple names who sold a coat in Vernal and carried $395 in purses, with a Washington D C address given. Coroner I J Robaker and Sheriff George Krieger deemed no inquest necessary after witnesses confirmed the accidental cause at Jensen Dinosaur National Monument WPA camp, while Teuben D Yaw gains Brigham Young University faculty appointment.
Sheriff J Emery Johnson found a saddle and bridle in a ditch on Louis Lane while investigating stolen property. The gear belonged to Curtis Dudley and was taken from a horse at a January dance in Jen en. The sheriff believes the thief cached the items then failed to retrieve them.
Uintah Stake plans Dee hive activities May 3 to 10 with over 100 Dee Hive girls and 20 Bee Keepers participating in the church wide Dee Five Week. A Sunday conference at the tabernacle will be reserved for the girls and readers while wards arrange parties, demonstrations and displays for the anniversary celebration.
The Vernal LDS Seminary graduation exercises scheduled for Sunday at the tabernacle have been postponed indefinitely, according to principal WT Grant West. Twelve graduates are listed for this year.
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