Ignitible liquids warned as home fire hazards
Fire safety notice states ignitable liquids pose dangers in homes. Large quantities should be kept in underground tanks away from structures. small amounts can be stored in steel gas or oil cans.
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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1949
Page
2
Fire safety notice states ignitable liquids pose dangers in homes. Large quantities should be kept in underground tanks away from structures. small amounts can be stored in steel gas or oil cans.
Truman begins four years amid heavy demands on foreign and domestic fronts. Senate test defeats Democrats as six Democrats join Republicans to strike down tax exemption for inauguration tickets. Monkey shipment to New York creates comic distraction as monkeys bound for paralysis research. Virgil Chapman faces censure over independence and vote in Kentucky campaign echoes.
The army tightens controls on GI marriages to German fiancées amid concerns German women seek escape from occupation life. Authorities and chaplains worry marriage may be used to migrate and aim to shield draftees expected in Germany.
The article surveys Democratic divisions over taxes and policy, noting Chapman’s Senate challenge and other party members opposing him. It covers Bevin’s shifting stance on Palestine, possible British recognition of Israel, and Dixiecrat tensions with southern old-liners amid a purge of un-American activities committee targets.
Amvets, the World War I veterans group, plans to urge Congress for an immediate veterans bonus potentially costing up to 67 billion dollars. The proposal will be taken to Congress by Amvets officials. A similar Veterans of Foreign Wars bill is before the House, sponsored by Rep Rankin of Mississippi.
John Foster Dulles, head of the U S delegation to the UN in Paris, argues the 21 billion dollar budget is excessive amid fading war fears. He cites 18 billion for military outlay and six for foreign aid, urging Congress to curb armament and focus on U S economic health and better relations with Russia. He warns against unneeded unification tensions and questions sustained arms buildup.
Kentucky youth William M. Belew of Simpsonville achieved a perfect score on a new air force intelligence test at the Louisville recruiting office. The six foot tall, 100 pound high school basketball player excelled across vocabulary arithmetic and spatial perception in 40 minutes with no errors, potentially launching a military career or a fallback in accounting.
The 1948 best telephone voices were picked by New York operators. Honors list Eleanor Roosevelt and Ted Calling for sincerity, Joe DiMaggio and Mrs Alfred G Vanderbilt for courtesy, Rita Hayworth and Richard Ney for sensuous expression, Jose Ferrer and Sister Elizabeth Kenny for expressiveness.
Hyderabad’s big game hunters prepare for tiger season now under state rules. Man-eaters dominate lore with reports of methods, victims and famed beasts like the Adilibad Phantom. Hunters describe stalking from trees or camera traps as monsoon rains keep jungles dense.
At University of Michigan Hospital a knife blade two and a half inches long was surgically removed from a man’s spinal column after twenty three years. The patient, aged 48, had lived with the wound without major effects until X rays revealed the blade. The injury occurred in a fight following an argument twenty three years ago. The blade lodged between the shoulder blades and could have caused paralysis. He continued work as a day laborer for nineteen years.
Robert Yellowtail, a Montana Crow, compared U S reservations to Russian camps before the National Congress of American Indians. He said Indians are imprisoned and controlled in a land of plenty and charged the Indian Bureau has spent vast sums to keep Indians confined since 1903.
A fragment discusses apples linking history romance and science noting Isaac Newton and the Johnny Appleseed tale. It also mentions forest fire liability fines and pig disease remedies with a reference to benzine hexa chloride known as BHC.
Rub pearl handled knives vigorously with fine salt to remove tarnish. Wipe well with a chamois to restore the luster and finish.
Sewing mint finish seams on material that travels easily by turning the edges and machine stitching is suggested for unlined facets. The diet range of spiders includes small back-boned animals such as beards and fish killed by poison fangs.
Foresters in the Turtle Mountains of North Dakota advise cutting aspen trees when they reach 50 to 60 years old to avoid decay and disease that reduce value. The note cites regional forestry guidelines and market considerations.
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