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Newspaper

Vernal Express

Location

Vernal, Utah, United States of America

Date

Jan 18, 1934

Page

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Uintah District School Board Holds Busy Session

Uintah district school board tackles hearings from committees including taxi free transport concerns, Glines school building dismantling proposals, pipeline and CWA projects, and safety upgrades at Central School. The board approves consultations with the clerk and coordinates with Vernal City on maintenance.

Uintah Teachers Association Glines Ward School Board Uintah Uintah ‘Teachers Association Ellis J Wilcox Tras White Dontl McConkie Teachers Association Dwintsah Glines Maeser Vernal H S&s Tate Gootrich

Wheat allotment checks expected next week

J S Weaver chairman of the district wheat allotment committee says checks will be mailed next week to all who signed contracts to total production wheat.

J SW Weaver District Wheat Allotment Committee

Gun Club Seeks Twenty Elk Under State Permit

Vernal Gun and Rifle club members plan a herd of twenty elk four bulls and sixteen cows after months of data and map work for the State Fish and Game department. The project seeks adequate winter range and protected glens in the Uintah high country to prevent poaching and establish a sustainable herd by spring 1933.

Vernal Gun Rifia Clay CFP Hendison J Emery Doins Glen Lambert Thorne Louis Freestone Wallace S Calder State Fish and Game Department Club Department State Department Uintah Range

Daughters Rasmussen Buried in Maeser

Carma Rae Rasmussen died at age eight after five years of illness. Born November 6, 1925 in Vernal she was the daughter of Thurmer and Berena Glines Rasmussen. Funeral services were held in Lapoint with local clergy and a ward quartet singing. The burial followed at Maeser Cemetery in Vernal with Swain Funeral Home directing the cortege.

Lapoint Carma Rae Rasmussen Thurmer Berena Glines Rasmussen Vernal Hayden Foster Ernest Eaton Lapoint Ward Do14 Lea Bigelow Rockies C A Thompson David A Lameroux Swain Maeser

Twenty Years Ago in Meath and Uintah Basin Reflections

A two year old child of John ONeil was badly scalded Wednesday by falling into a tub of water. Ed C Simmer plans an auto line next spring. Arthur Rich runs a thriving store near the former Chmasky shop with Mrs Rich making the fancy work.

John Oneil Samuels J IK Bullock Canada Nebeker Salt Lake Preece Wm Witbeck Ollie Reader Leslie Ashton Charles A Johnson Logan Avis and Howard The Agricultural College Vernal Craig Ed C. Simmer Arthur Rich Chmasky Mirs Rich

Boxing Bouts to Aid Lapoint Chapel Fundraiser

A three event fund drive in Uintah Basin features boxing at UH 5S gym January 26 with six six round bouts and three four round bouts. Notable matchups include Massey versus Bell, Eddie Baker against Jack Howard, and Fletcher versus Poll, followed by a dance and a Vogue theater screening to raise money for the Lapoint ward chapel.

Ligint LD & Lapoint Uintah Basin Utah Salt Lake Massey Uintah Billy Bell Jack Howard Vernal Champon California Eddie Baker Boston Preston Fletcher Vernal Fritz Poll Pacific Coast Floyd Walker Jimmy Brown Philadelphia Sammy Hatch Joe Kimber Gumber Jack Oregon Clair Fletcher Martin Jarrell Lapoint Imperial Hall Vogue International House Lapoint Ward

CCC Camps to Be Continued in Utah in April Enrollment

Continuation of the Civilian Conservation Corps will employ about 5290 Utahns if quotas hold. An additional 12 month program was ordered for the Fort Douglas area with 5203 Utah men to be enrolled in April. Roughly 200 men will join each of 26 Utah camps and similar numbers in six camps in Nevada and Wyoming. About 2200 men are currently in winter camps in Utah.

Civilian Conservation Corps CCC Pegram Whitworth Fort Douglas Utah Seld C K Krams Nevada Wyomin

Vernal B P W Club Sets Strong Red Cross Drive Record

Vernal Business and Professional Women Club led by Miss Pearl Shaffer reports county wide Red Cross memberships. Remittances include $36, Bennett $15, Lapoint $6, with chairmen urging prompt gifts of $1 each. Over two months the group distributed flour clothing and blankets via thevetel committee and county agencies.

Vernal Business and Professional Women Club Miss Pearl Shaffer Red Cross Bennett John Haslem Lapoint Ollie Justice Vetel Committee

Princess Domingo 15th Tops Deden Stock Show Sale

Princess Domingo 15th a bull bred and consigned by Wryom ing Hereford ranch Cheyenne calved April 15 1838 topped the Deden Stock show sale selling to FR Laste of Duchesne for an undisclosed price.

Princess Domingo Wryoming Cheyenne Deden Ovene Laste Duchesne

Funeral Services Held at Naples Chapel for Mrs Harriot Merrill

Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Naples ward chapel for Harriot Merrill a pioneer of Ashley Valley who died Sunday afternoon at her home in Naples. Bishop Byron Goodrich presided with singing by a double mixed quartet and prayers by David L Richards. speakers included Ernest Eaton of Vernal and Porter M Goodrich. interment followed in Vernal cemetery with grandsons Porter M Goodrich and others as pallbearers.

Naples Naples Ward Harriot Merrill Ashley Valley Hene Byron Goodrich David L Richards Porter Merril O Donnel Goodrich Ernest Eaton Vernal Jacob N Lybbert John Nielson

Governor Blood Signs Codes of Fair Competition Edits

Governor Henry H Blood signed six codes of fair competition affecting the baking laundry printing retail tobacco and gray iron foundry industries and the farmers and distributors of the Proto mublished program. The measures, approved amendments to the roofing contractors code, set rules on premium advertising and the disposal of stale goods and adopt the Franklin Printing catalogue as the cost basis with immediate effect for the printing code.

Henry H Blood Gray Franklin

Bailey Ordered by Newton Brothers for Leather Goods

Louis A Bailey of Salt Lake City, a prominent leather dealer, is placing a large order with Newton Brothers for their manufactured products.

Louis A Bailey Salt Lake City Bailey Newton Brothers

State Woolgrowers Oppose Land Withdrawal in Uintah Basin

Hugh W. Colton warned at the Utah State Woolgrowers Convention that a permanent withdrawal of 1.8 million acres of Uintah Basin grazing land for Uncompahgre Ute Indians would devastate the local livestock industry which wintered 135000 sheep and 25600 cattle. The meeting criticized the temporary withdrawal and urged opposing all Indian land withdrawals and park reservations.

Colton Uintah County Utah United States Uirntah Basin Utah State Woolgrowers Association Ma Hooper Uintah Basin Department of Interior Commissioner of Indian Affairs Partic Uarly Ashley Valley United County State Woolcrowers Association Salt Lake City General Land Office S M Jorgensen Association Blord Hugh W. Colton Indian Department

Vernal Airport Project Gets Regional Supervisor Backing

Utahs airport development program gains approval from Marshall Hoppin, regional airport supervisor, after conference with Dean R Bramhall. The plan covers Salt Lake City Ogden Price, Mant and Richfield expansions and projects in Cedar City Nephi Fillmore Kanab Enterprise Vernalston Spanish Fork Mt Pleasant Panguitch Tremonton Moab Blanding Greenriver, with interest in Zion Bryce natural bridges monument areas.

Nephi Fillmore Kanab Enterprise Vernalston Spanish Fork Mt Pleasant Panguitch Tremonton Moab Blanding Greenriver Hoppin Utahs National Parks Zion Bryce Natural Bridges Monument Utah

City Grants Wholesale Beer Licenses, Extends Telephone Co. Franchise

City council approves extending Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph franchise for 25 years and grants two wholesale beer licenses to G W S Baese Jr and FP W Canoll. A Class C beer license goes to J R Baldwin for the Vernal Hotel for on premise sale and drinking.

Telephone Co Uintad State Bank George FE Wkins Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company Sbaese Jr Canoll Ro C G Cooper Chas Alatch Philip Watkins Henry L Green T G Alexander George GC Wilkins Charles A Natch Henry & Green H L Green George E. Wilkins George E Wilkins Charles A Hatch T’ G Alexander George © Wiking Chares A Hatch Laws Philip Watkins

Attorney General Rules on Motor Vehicle Law Relating to School Boards

Attorney General Zelan Calder concludes private trucks under CWA school projects must obtain Utah Utilities Commission permission to operate. The ruling addresses whether privately owned trucks may haul freight in areas with licensed carriers and if school districts may pay private carriers for local freight services.

Boards of Education Civil Works Administration Joseph Chez C Hi Skidmore Uintah County Skidmore CWA Zelan Calder Chez Board of Education OWA Igate Carriex Utilities Commission’ Tribune

Tracy of Watson Seeks Vernal Trompson Investigation

Tracy of Watson traveled to Vernal last weekend to urge an investigation into the proposed Vernal Trompson route via Ouray and Willow Creez.

Tracy Watson Ouray Willow Creez

Federal relief plan shifts rural workers to part time roles

State official Robert I Winckley and Federal Administrator Harry L Hopkins outline a CWA effort to place 10060 rural workers in 15 hour weekly slots, reducing hours from 30 to 15 to hire extra personnel. The program aims to employ about 500000 nationwide with broader community benefits despite lower pay, while county projects in Nin th county face reorganizing and start delays as Wendyn and Calder coordinate new sites and approvals.

Reief Robert I. Winckley Mr. Hinckley Harry L Hopkins Aong CWA Ninth County Batok of Vernal W F Wyman Mayer Cooper Calder Weyman

Jensen People Narrowly Escape Death In River Plunge

Jensen and four men Touise Ramsey Wade and Gary Stewart narrowly escaped death when their car slid on an icy Provo Canyon road and plunged 22 feet into the Provo River. The car turned over five times landing on its radiator. most occupants escaped with minor injuries, aided by quick driver action.

Touise Ramsey Wade Gary Stewart Provo River Yuma Arlo Las Veras Net Provo Canyon Nore

Forty Years Ago Seen Se Ten Vernal News Snapshot

Local youths buy bicycles and ride them through rotary branches. Tom Holdaway builds a large frame blacksmith shop on Second South street. The Loom telephone line nears operation. E W Davis leaves Vernal for Camp Field District. A benefit play for the Mutual association of Mill ward runs tomorrow and Saturday at Workman’s Fall. Uintah House offers supper for dancers and a Mask Ball, with masks by John Slaskenship and ME Brown.

Vernal Rotary Tom Holdaway Second South Street E W Davis Camp Fiotd Mutual Association of Uintah House

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H B Muleram Vernal City Tire F P G Bingham John Stage Central School Central Millleram Lauren W Gibbs Ballard Ward John Bearden Same Ag Anterra High School Todd E Smith Vernal City Gun Club Tadess Ae Meath Lapoint Chapel UHS Vernal B. P. W Naples Chapel Hugh W Colton Woolgrowers Convention East Lake City Vernal Airport Jensen
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