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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1944
Page
2
Simple wooden horse craft using a compass saw and a stencil. No art skill required. paint with color and shape using a provided pattern. Includes tracing guide and a bicycle-like assembly with wheels saddle bolts and screws. Pattern price is 18 cents.
Western newspaper analysis reports steady German withdrawals under sustained Allied assaults while adverse weather hampers Soviet offensives. The piece notes relentless pressure from Western forces and delays in Russian advances due to the season's conditions.
Allied forces press the German front from the Vosges to the Rhine with Gen Patton and Gen Simpson leading thrusts in Alsace and Cologne areas. Soviet and Hungarian units contend in the south as Red Army opens new advances into Slovakia and behind the Dukla Pass highway.
President Hoosewell announces Edward Rossettinius will replace Cordell Hull as Secretary of State with Hull to serve as elder statesman. Stettinius, 44, known for lend lease work, will preside over the United Nations peace conference and shape postwar policy in cooperation with the allied powers. Air raids on Tokyo and Luzon, plus campaigns in China, mark intensified war efforts as Chiang Kai-shek seeks stronger support with Hurley joining China policy efforts.
The American Federation of Labor at its 64th convention in New Orleans urged national legislation for a 30 hour workweek to prevent worker burnout from rapid postwar industrial advances and to spread employment. Delegates also pressed for constitutional protections for free speech over radio, federal unemployment compensation, repeal of Smith Connolly and strike laws, and wage and hour improvements for government workers.
Troops in the Pacific Coast area clash with a fellow regiment over overseas duty orders. Heavily armed soldiers prevent boarding a train bound for a new post. The disturbance was quickly contained with further troop demonstrations reported.
Rear Admiral Cassady forecasts 1500 to 2000 planes per attack by US carriers in the near future. Allied boards distribute machinery and food to liberated areas in France and Belgium as Sergei Troubetzkoy notes expanded machinery flow to additional regions.
War leader Chester Davis warns food needs and soil erosion threaten postwar stability. He urges contour plowing terracing and forestation to protect farmland while wartime losses show Allied shipping declines but U S construction outpacing sinkings, with sharp losses in early 1840s and mid 20th century.
National Retail Tobacco Merchants Association official Eric Calamia warns the cigarette shortage may worsen over the next six months. House and Senate committees investigate scarcity amid agency denials and shifting explanations. Match manufacturers also foresee a severe shortage as raw materials dwindle and production drops.
Wall Muirhead, president of the Associated General Contractors of America, said the chief problem will be for war workers not veterans. He warned if Germany collapses first and Japan follows later, about 250000 armed forces members may be released within a year, reducing war production by 30 to 50 percent and pushing 4 to 5 million workers into the labor market.
A wartime White Paper reports Britain has destroyed or damaged one in three homes and totals war casualties at 733 030. It states 35 percent of males between 14 and 19, and nearly half of women 14 to 59, are in the armed forces or industry.
Washington dispatch notes Churchill’s six month Europe end forecast, Patton’s drive, and cautious Allied expectations. It cites supply bases, Antwerp’s recovery, and naval constraints. A warning on V2 rocket risk is included amid talk of spring peace talks and postwar world order.
The notice says high demand and wartime conditions slow felt accessory orders. It urges customers to send orders promptly to Briinies ebown and provides directions for placement and contact.
A collection of old home care hints covers floor shine with starch, milk for whitewash, lamp wick care with vinegar, avoiding chicken water soaking, mattress flipping, preventing wall marks with thumb tacks, soot control for chimneys, drying books with blotters, and using sour milk or buttermilk to help whitewash adhere to surfaces.
Studies show the flounder’s eye helps it take on the sea bottom’s color to deceive prey. When the head faced a black background the body darkened, and when placed on light or checkerboard backgrounds the fish matched its surroundings, rendering it nearly indistinguishable from ten feet away.
War and navy departments receive battle photographs monthly from abroad via the Radio-Tealephoto Network of the USA Signal Corps. The latest machines can transmit or receive a seven by seven picture in seven minutes over long distances with high line resolution, often indistinguishable from the original to experts.
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