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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1944
Page
5
In a United States clearance sale, Penney's offers oversized gowns and cosmetic sets alongside winterweight underwear for men and women. Featuring long sleeves and long legs, the sale promises discounted packs and broader sizes, signaling a holiday season pricing event.
The Uintah stake held a White Christmas themed Social at Imperial Jail Hall with tiny pine trees and evergreen stage decor. Nine queens representing wards attended in white formals as servicemen stood at attention. vows were recited at Wee Kirk o' The Heather in Forest Lawn Los Angeles. Marian Marshall and Lawrence Swain assisted.
A tri county oil committee plans a December 15 meeting in Rifle Colorado to confer with the US Bureau of Mines engineers conducting preliminary shale processing plant site investigations for the Grand Valley Rifle district. Utah currently has no organization pursuing a shale processing plant for its barge deposits of high oil containing shales.
Joseph D Nunan Jr Commissioner of Internal Revenue explains that Congress moved the final date for filing estimated tax declarations and paying installments from December 15 1944 to January 15 1945 for the 1944 calendar year. Farmers and others can file amended or original declarations or use 1944 returns to cover dues by January 15, 1945. If a taxpayer files Form 1040 by January 15 and pays due tax, no separate 1944 declaration is needed. Those who fail to file final 1944 returns by January 15 must file by March 15. The changes let taxpayers wind up 1944 obligations by January 15 without affecting 1945 declaration due March 15.
Ferra Carter son of Mr and Mrs Charles Carter married Miss Virginis Karren daughter of Mr and Mrs David Karren in Vernal by Justice Charles S Carter. They left for Salt Lake for their honeymoon after a Salt Lake license on December 12 to Elmer Gardner and Nellie Gardner. A license was issued December 16 to George Jenking and Miss Louis Palmer in Naples.
Ward Second a ward marks seven World War II heroes from Vernal Second Ward 134 men serving on all fronts. The seven named heroes include Paul Gene Wilkins Leland Hatch Edgar Thoms Lt Wm Bindng John Janosick Captain Norman Johnson Bud Sturgeon and Lt Grant N Hansen. Several families mourn plane crash KIA and missing in Europe and Pacific theaters with ties to local residents and relatives.
The article highlights festive displays across Vernal Avenue with large yuletide decor and religious scenes, plus windows lit on weekends. It notes a memorial to veterans and plans for an Intermountain show grounds and a unifying center for western Colorado and eastern Utah, funded by a veterans-driven campaign. Wayne E Johnson leads fundraising in Price, with Charles Willson as secretary treasurer, to support a nonprofit Veterans Intermountain Memorial in Grand Junction.
W P Vernon, previously gravely ill at Holy Gross Hospital, is now recovering at the home of his son LaVon in Proyo. Family notes his improvement and expresses gratitude for well wishes during his illness.
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