Nomination Opens for Utah 1949 Mother of Utah Contest
Mrs Sheldon Allred announces the call for nominations for the 1949 Mother of Utah. Candidates must meet strict moral and civic criteria, with entries due by March 20. The state committee includes Judge Fred W Keller and Mrs Fred W Keller, among others, and the winner may advance to American Mother of 1949.
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Utah
Sheldon Allred
State Mothers Committee
I T
Allred
Fred W Keller
Issac Mc Madsen
North
Carbon Ave
Price
Mothers of America
H. Ray Pond
Richmond
Broadbent Gan
Salt Lake City
American Mothers Committee
Duchesne Church To Be Dedicated
The Duchesne ward and stake tabernacle dedication and quarterly conference will be held next weekend with attendance expected from church leaders including a first presidency member and a quorum of twelve. The regular dedicatory events, postponed from Jan 29 and 30 due to weather, will proceed with presiding officials.
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Duchesne
Stake Tabernacle
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
William H
Salt Lake City
Church
First Presidency
Quorum of Twelve Apostles
Insurance Firms Pay Record Losses in 1948
The year 1948 saw record insurance losses with two historic claims paid. Mansanto Chemical Co.\'s $17,000,000 claim after the 1947 Texas City ammonium nitrite disaster and Scott Paper Co.\'s $3,900,000 casualty payment followed major fires. Total U S fire losses reached $711,124,000, the highest on record, with December losses $69,397,000.
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Mansanto Chemical Co
Texas City
Texas
Capital Stock Fire Insurance Companies
Scott Paper Co
Chester
United States
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Shoulder pads from worn shirts on cotton house dresses
A sewing project recycles worn shirt pieces into shoulder pads. The pads are quilted on a sewing machine to create perky shapes for cotton house dresses.
Utah Firms Participate in Government Contracts
Utah manufacturers and dealers supplied goods valued at 4 064 077 to the federal government under the Walsh Healy act in 1943. Commodities included food and kindred products 3 322 570 coal and petroleum products 537 634 wood products and furniture 125 684 machinery metal products 30 036 and paper and allied products 13 332. The eight western states accounted for 519 435 904 in contracts, about 18 percent of the national total 2 886 085 186 in 1948.
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Utah
Walsh-Healey
San Francisco
John R. Dille
U. S. Department of Labor
Dille
California
Washington
Oregon
Montana
Idaho
Nevada
Arizona
Shale Development Reported by Union Oil Company
Union Oil Co of California claims a perfected shale process will convert shale petroleum into aviation diesel and jet fuels. Engineer Tell Ertle said a commercial plant is planned for the Rifle area in Utah and water is involved in the new method.
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Union Oil Co
California
Tell Ertle
Rifle
Colo
Salt Lake City
High grade Labrador ore deposits found on Quebec Labrador boundary
Rich ore discoveries in Labrador may rival the Mesabi range with deposits straddling the Quebec Labrador boundary and promising a major iron resource. Reports indicate high grade ore across the new finds.
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Labrador
Mesabi Range
Quebec-Labrador
Conflagrations Cause Billion-Dollar Losses Across 1948
A review of 36 major fires in 1948 reports estimated damages of one million dollars or more per incident, destroying food, clothing, lumber, machinery and other irreplaceable goods. Notable losses include a $4 million Everett Massachusetts fire from a May 15 gas plant explosion and a $3 million Durham North Carolina warehouse blaze in October.
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Everett
Mass
Durham
N. C
Quonset, R. I. Naval Air Base
Readington Township
Seymour
Ind
Cactus Ordinance Works
Etter
Tex
Springfield
la Juanita
Glenwood Springs
Colo
Bridgeport
Conn
Miami
Okla
Fire sprinkler plan eyed to curb costly blazes across cities
A stray report notes multiple large fires in Everett Mass Duluth Minn Reno Nev Norfolk Neb Colby Kan Lufkin and Rising Life Tex and Laramie Wye. It cites a building owner considering sprinkler installation since 1911 and mentions a heavy loss after a system was discontinued as an economy move. Bamboo in Puerto Rico is promoted as a soil conserving crop.
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Everett Mass
Duluth
Puerto Rico
Fort Kearney Park Preserves Historic Grasslands
Fort Kearney in Kearney Nebraska preserves 80 acres of grasslands opened as a late park in 1929. Campers and picnickers find few rifle pits earthworks and big cottonwood trees that link the site to early Ute and United States history.
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Fort Kearney
Kearney
Neb
United States
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Papke Athletic Club
Cleveland Arena
Pat Poland
Yates-Yannie Athletic Club
Poland
Arena
Utah Power & Light
Lacel Control
Boe
Mare
el Hong
U.S
Mecson
Ferguson
Continental
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