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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1932
Page
7
A hearing discusses fragile archival records with a Manning message clearly heard in IT AL Stanley speech and Lord Tennyson’s Charge of the Light Brigade recited. The recording lady, still alive, explains the instrument and faces a sharp remark about a century ago.
In a humorous old item a conductor debates Professor Einstein about correct change during a street car ride in Germany. Einstein concedes the error after an apology, the conductor quipping that arithmetic is not his strong point.
Fortunate couple Alloreward and his wife left Los Angeles for Auburn California after hearing of gold mining. They hired a miner to teach them and set up a sluice box. In six weeks they banked gold dust worth 26 dollars.
A brief note depicting pervasive unease about unseen worries. The statement hints at universal anxiety without specifying sources or events, leaving interpretation open.
Reports from the Far East describe intensified attacks on Shanghai and surrounding forts as Japan presses its campaign in China. Admiral Taylor arrives off Whangpoo with US naval reinforcements while Britain France Italy and Portugal rush warships and troops to the coast amid new peace proposals. The Geneva disarmament talks open with grim outlook as the China Japan conflict looms over the conference. In Washington Secretary Hull and cabinet officials discuss large hoards of US money and the rapid formation of a Reconstruction Finance Corp board led by Dawes with loans already sought by many firms.
The international settlement faces renewed anger as Japanese forces seize Hongchew and shell Nanking, with American consul general Leisio Canaloglam working to halt hostilities. Chinas government relocates to Honanfu as two cruisers and a destroyer bombard forts. Evacuation of Americans begins as panic spreads.
Franklin D Roosevelt, a top Democratic aspirant, declares opposition to American membership in the League of Nations in a New York State Grange address. He cites it as not the Wilson era League and urges discussion of European issues and a general international trade conference to reduce tariff barriers.
UCCISS reports that railway presidents and labor reps reached a wage reduction of 10 percent for one year starting February 1. Basic pay remains intact room restored January 17, 1934. A parallel agreement with railroad concessions aims at better conditions and unemployment relief. Key negotiators include David Brown Robertson and Daniel Willard of the Baltimore & Ohio.
President Hoover announced Andrew W. Mellon will serve as the American ambassador to Great Britain. Hoover praised Mellon as one of our wisest and most experienced public servants.
CADS of leading elites from across the country gathered in Washington on Saturday at the summons of President McKee to discuss and organize a national group aimed at conducting a unified effort.
Senator Wessly L Jones of Washington proposes a federal act to compel states to enact prohibition. He calls for restrictions on navy ships entering dry states and bans on citizen militia camps and government shipbuilding in states without dry laws. United Mine Workers in Indianapolis backs legalization of beer as a practical repeal alternative.
Senator Frederick Yale of Maine testified to the Senate Naval Affairs Committee urging a naval buildup to treaty strength. He warned Japan's rapid armament, potential parity demands from Great Britain and the US, and cautioned against relaxing naval needs from the Washington and London conferences. He noted Pacific parity could raise future issues and conflict with declared pacifist aims.
U S forces start annual simulations in the islands with coastal defenses, air bases on Wheel er and Lake fields, tanks in cane fields, and artillery and infantry manning potential landing sites. Navy ships move toward the archipelago with seaplanes preceeding the attack set for early Saturday morning.
Federal parole board rejects Albert B Fall parole plea. He will serve one year and six days in the New Mexico State Penitentiary for bribery tied to the Olf lease deals during the Harding administration.
Inatomn 4 Follett opened days of debate by moving to set the next order as a Cos thren bill to appropriate 375 million dollars to states for unemployed and needy relief. Opponents argued federal relief should come mainly from administration credit-extension measures.
The Cuban city of Santiago near the eastern coast suffered a severe earthquake series. initial reports of a thousand deaths were revised to under twenty four fatalities as residents assessed the damage and casualties.
The article extols Brazil as a vast land larger than the United States excluding Alaska, with Amazonas and Matto Grosso dwarfing France and Britain. It notes Brazil's rich resources coffee rubber sugar rice and timber and claims the nation could sustain itself with the United States in a global deluge.
A Boston Herald column discusses depictions of George Washington, noting debates between fundamentalists and modernists about his humanity. It cites Washington’s faults and foibles, contrasts Thackeray’s portrayal with Weems’s legends, and argues for a balanced view of the nation’s first leader.
In parts of Poland couples opt for a vow before a Communist worker rather than a church wedding. The ceremony includes an oath and a formal declaration of marriage by the official, with the union announced by a Ukrainian newspaper aligned with communist views.
An old advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as the original liver pills, claiming they regulate the liver and bowels and have been sold for about sixty years.
The line hints at a social rumor about a woman with a praised public image and a questioned past. The exchange contrasts alleged fault with a bright reputation, reflecting gossip dynamics in a small community.
A brief reflection on how many people carry potential that never fully manifests into achievement. It notes the gap between aspiration and realized outcome, emphasizing effort, circumstance, and perseverance.
An old newspaper ad extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a daily health tonic for women and children. It promises vitality, improved digestion, and relief from biliousness through a liver and bowel stimulant, urging ongoing use and portraying marriage as a social critique.
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