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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1932
Page
7
An advertisement touts Bowles Red Pepper Rub as a heat generating ointment for rheumatism lumbago and neuralgic pain. It claims penetrating warmth soothes inflammation and offers relief when massaged into the skin. The ad endorses the product as effective against colds and notes druggists stock it.
The cashew nut, once rare, now rivals walnut and pecan in demand and is sold in most drug or grocery stores. US consumption exceeds 6000 pounds annually. Experts note the seed is not a true nut, coming from a fleshy fruit on a tropical tree. Cashew trees grow in Puerto Rico and other West Indian Islands, with a few examples bearing fruit in Florida.
Nrtce L Melvin, research secretary of the committee on Farm and Village Housing, will discuss aids to planning farm and city houses on the Farm and Home Hour. The Union's monthly broadcast features a prominent agricultural speaker and a future episode covers forest fire prevention and protection.
The United States government used 1150 broadcasting hours in 1931 through the National Broadcasting Company. Aylesworth notes the Agriculture Department led talks with 681 broadcasts by 251 officials. Hoover spoke 29 times, Curtis three, Hughes five, and many cabinet members broadcast at least once. Military bands and foreign officials also appeared, with Hoover delivering many addresses from the White House.
Gene and Glenn set new broadcast records on WTAM Cleveland airing over ten hours for the Cleveland Christmas fund program. An admirer sent Lowell Thomas a car heater with a note claiming it would prevent colds while another shipment included a dozen handkerchiefs. Odette Myrtle, an orchestra leader and mistress of ceremonies, highlights a Douglaston home doubles tournament setup as fans watch a championship match. Trends in dairy production are reviewed by J B Shepard in the USDA publication.
An assortment of quirky vignettes from New York’s theatrical and social scene. Sailor guests misidentify teeth as host’s, Al Jolson and Ruby Keeler family anecdotes, a Manhattan job seeker shifting to window dressing, young performers from Saginaw to Ola Minsion Midh, and odd hobbies. The piece also notes a public library on Fiftyeighth Street with a theatrical literature room and a warm reading area.
War department surveys suggest construction of a second interoceanic canal could be postponed for decades or until 1950 at the earliest. An interoceanic board led by Carrnest Graves cites canal capacity will not require a new canal soon, and a Nicaragua route would cost over 700 million dollars while offering little immediate benefit.
Cherie Nicholas notes fashion now favors bright feather jackets in green red or brown with fleece lining for comfort. She praises pairing a gay plaid skirt with a tailored corduroy one and recommends an eighty circle cut for a catalogue.
A Denver man Theodore Tausch unemployed, keeps his family by catching rattlesnakes and selling them. He describes approaching snakes calmly to avoid aggression and then removing them safely for sale to deter hunger and fund his children's schooling.
City marshal fears overstepping authority in arresting a white billy goat. In an emergency the goat jumped through a window into the Peck residence and settled in the bedroom eating a feather pillow while Mrs. Peck hid on a dresser.
From a fossil fragment in Central Australia Sir Colin MacKenzie argues that the rise of erect posture drove intellectual development and language. He likens early man’s ascent from four legs to the emergence of tools, subsistence, and social life, drawing on Lamarck to frame evolution.
Pacific salmon spawn once and die at the river grounds. Pink salmon live about two years, coho three, chum four, sockeye four to five, and spring salmon six or seven years.
The New Orleans water source from the Mississippi is filtered to remove about 36 tons of debris per one million gallons. After chemical treatment the water is deemed safe for drinking and domestic use by modern science according to Carpera Weekly.
A fragment describes a fish used by Alaskan Indians known as the candle ish. The oily species is said to burn long when dried, with sap or bark noted as part of its preparation. The text records a crude, rough explanation of drying and burning properties.
The Gulf of Mexico experiences one high tide and one low tide daily due to extreme diurnal inequality. In inner parts the semidiurnal tide is nearly extinguished, leaving a single daily water high and low. Normally two highs and two lows occur in 24 hours, but global variations in tidal phenomena are evident.
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