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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1949
Page
7
Officials announce a 1949 butterfat price support program through USDA offers to purchase wholesale butter. U S grade A or higher will be bought at 59 cents per pound before Sept 1 and 62 cents after. Grade B prices are two cents lower. Purchases limited to bulk solid packed butter with sale to domestic market or other government programs.
Utah approves lower auto rates for State Farm effective Feb 28 as a nationwide plan cuts premiums by over 10 million dollars. State Farm director M. S. Winder cites an outstanding year with strong underwriting gains and ample reserves enabling policyholder savings estimated at 110 million dollars annually. W. A. Jacobe represents the company in Utah.
The Surplus Marketing Administration reports its largest group of lend-lease and other purchases focused on dairy poultry and meat products. It notes that about 2.7 acres of cropland per person in recent years have been used to produce foods consumed by the average person.
Luelle Blake recalls nine years of quiet in bed after a collapse and a forced inactivity year. She transformed by choosing positive thoughts and counting her blessings. Her story spans her University of Arizona days and a recovery that reshaped her life.
Frank W. Allen son of Mr and Mrs S Allen is assigned to Company A 23rd Infantry Regiment at Fort Lewis Washington. He is among about 600 recruits from Fort Ord California to begin basic training at Fort Lewis before joining various posts units. The 23rd Infantry Regiment dates to early US Army history.
Secretary of Agriculture testifies before the Senate committee that livestock marketings rise while meat spending by consumers falls from peak levels last summer. Despite high feed costs and losses on current sales, the 1949 farm outlook remains positive as Congress is urged to remove commodity credit restraints to bolster price support and crop programs.
Among the earliest works on card games is The Completa Gavester by Cotton around 1674. It covered parlor games like chess and dominoes and barely mentioned the card game Ruff and Honours, now known as bridge.
The Sacramento Valley railroad ordered two locomotives shipped around Cape Horn and barged up the Sacramento River from San Francisco. Operations began February 22, 1850 between Sacramento and Folsom, a 23 mile stretch now part of the Southern Pacific system.
Industrial and agricultural users of personal and executive airplanes will receive 4000 questionnaires in a survey by the Personal Aircraft Council of the Aircraft Industries Association. The study seeks opinions on improving utility and may show how flight ability influences employment and GI Bill flight instruction access.
A focused survey aims at the large agricultural region assessing needs for equipment like tractors and reapers. Local authorities seek input from farmers on tools, practices, and productivity to guide future support programs.
Phillip Hallembeak of the In termountain Bible College in Grand Junction Colorado will speak at the Christian church located at 94 East 2nd South next Saturday at 7 80 pm announced Wednesday. Regular services led by Mrs Harvey Gillespie hold Sunday school at 10 am worship at 11 am and evening service at 7 30 pm.
The uneven wear of tires results from many mechanical factors including wheel misalignment front or rear, sprung axles and housings, worn bushings, beat wheels, grabbing brakes and wheel imbalance.
A Monday broadcast lineup features South of the Border and Morning Pleasure Par along with Rhythm Caravan Market Reports and a musical interlude. Eddy Arnold Show and Roosevelt Varieties headline the evening, with Baptist Hour and In Your Neighborhood as community segments. Ranch: Boys completes the day’s schedule.
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