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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1942
Page
7
The article notes passenger car production for civilians halted entirely on February 2 as the industry shifts to mass armaments output. It contrasts past auto production with current wartime needs, showing autos awaiting shipment and airplanes in production, and mentions a price ceiling amendment raising wool tops and grease wool prices under new wartime controls.
State rationing director Stanley J Stephenson notes unsettled sugar rationing question. Schools to register heads of household and distribute rationing cards via county councils. Households must declare all sugar on hand over two pounds per person. Violations carry heavy fines or imprisonment. Public urged to conserve scraps and metals. Salt Lake County collects materials to aid Red Cross. State to hire clerks for county boards under OPA rules.
Washington February 3 The Office of Price Administration authorized higher maximum prices for wool tops futures and grease wool futures traded on the Wool Associates of the New York Cotton Exchange. The action raises ceilings on the key wool futures contracts to reflect market shifts and to regulate wartime trading activity.
Washington February 3 An assurance from the War Production Board that burlap bags will be made available for Utah wool shipments this spring was reported to Representative J W Robinson by Arthur R Howe. The board said wool movement takes priority over burlap due to its greater importance. James A Hooper Utah Wool Growers Association secretary commented the promise is good news for growers facing bag supply issues.
A 1941 letter from H T Fowler president of the Utah Chain Stores Association and allied firms urges Utah leaders to petition Governor Maw to suspend the referendum on Senate Bill 44 until after wartime hostilities end. The appeal frames chain stores as essential to wartime supply and urges united action against the bill. The letter is published as a paid advertisement to inform 54263 referendum signers.
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