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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1934
Page
5
In Roosevelt Institute pupils practice reading aloud and silently during a dedicated period with eighth graders doing book reports. Art classes feature student printing, silhouettes, soap carving, and water color works later displayed on the wall. A spring school lunch program runs with hot meals and student help.
A classroom roundup describes Valentine boxes, a Wednesday party, and program plans led by Keth Rich arson. Students list health play roles, flag day lessons, Lincoln birthday observances, and a matinee at the Vogue with Prosperity and a Mickey Mouse comedy.
Dr Lowell L Bennion, a University of Utah graduate student and son of Dean Milton Bennion, returned from Germany and witnessed Nazi anti Jewish hazing of Jewish students at Vienna. He described brutal gauntlets, property destruction, and minimal protection by police and university authorities. The account highlights widespread anti Jewish hostility in German academic circles.
Last Friday 42 students sold popcorn balls to raise funds for weekly papers. The intermediate grade creates a Valentine postoffice with decorations and a postmaster and two assistants chosen to manage letters. Elva Atwood won postmaster, Lynn Lee and Larson Caldwell followed in votes. Reported by Afton Mecham.
Jensen, a noted boatman, rowed from Burton ferry landing to the Snow ferry site on the Green River. The 2.5 mile trip marked history at Jensen where a new $115000 steel bridge stood last summer and the old Burton Indian fort site is noted.
The article notes experiences shared and fossils from Utah. Donald Daynes, WD Eldredge, Wendell Paulsen, and W H McDougal join the program committee. Ehlers serves as temporary chairman of the organization. Tribune.
Moab sidewalks will be surfaced with Utah rock asphalt through cooperation of Grand County commissioners the board of education and the county Civil Works Administration. About 400 in public funds will buy 100 tons for paving walks around the county courthouse and school buildings. Six trucks are hauling material from Suncrest Mines and a stockpile will wait until next summer for laying.
Discussion urges eastern Utah and western Colorado to unite in creating a separate state with petition drives to present to Congress. Supporters cite fairness, regional development, and Carbon county’s buying power, while addressing perceived regional neglect and Denver area domination.
Washington February 13 Senator Thomas states that no steps have been taken or are in prospect to lower the tariff on wool, maintaining that current policy is not to ease wool duties and thereby influence market expectations. The report notes the protectionist stance as part of ongoing trade policy discussions.
Utah Education Association executive secretary D A Fowler urged Senators King and Thoma in Washington for federal emergency funds to sustain a full school year. He noted a proposed 100 million dollar appropriation in the Senate and argued education aid ties to agriculture and industry, urging allocation of at least 100 million if 400 million is possible.
Over 800 tickets were sold for the Lincoln Day Old Time dance at Imperial Hall Monday night. Music by the Massey orchestra, with quadrille calls by Kimball, Ed Brian, and Nathan Hardy. Proceeds will go toward paying the piano debt. Daughters of the Utah Pioneers sponsor an Old Time dance at the Imperial on Monday evening, February 26.
A man identified as Del Colton castedan suffered a stroke Thursday morning of last week in a federal building and has remained in critical condition since then.
The county paper claims a three hour reading cycle as families share the week’s pages. An advertising expert once noted a metropolitan paper averages 26 minutes per reader, highlighting stark contrasts in local newspaper engagement.
Salt Lake Luly reports Iteh possessing the largest known denosis of dinosaur fossil ore claim. The piece notes a deposit claimed to rival other rich tar geting resources and mentions Dr Earl Dowz and associated work in Utah over recent years.
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