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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1949
Page
2
A vintage pattern explains how to make a clown wheel toy with moving legs as the wheel turns. No special tools are needed, just wood pieces a dowel wire hanger and paint. Instructions cover tracing decorating guides directly on wood and following the color pattern.
Berlin officials and officers praise the airlift to Berlin for its peacetime war asset value. The operation feeds about 2.5 million people in the Western sector and could, if war came, sustain an army. Air forces have eliminated circling, using radar guided arrivals to save time and speed deliveries.
In Schenectady New York researchers report water does not crystallize at 0 C but at about 18 to 20 C below that point. Dr Robert Smith Johannsen notes experiments in Science describe using ultra clean water chilled in a special setup with polarized light to detect ice formation.
Chicago youths Norman Allen Landus Stewart and Frank Senters 24 21 and 20 confessed to a planned forging spree to buy presents for girlfriends. They admitted burglary at Joliet s Welsh Wright Automatic Scale Co and stealing a typewriter a check stamping device canceled checks and 30 blank checks then forged 1600 using copied bank signatures. Police halted them driving the wrong way on a one way street spotting a bundle of checks in the back seat.
A photographer used an experimental underwater camera to capture images of the spillway base at Grand Coulee Dam in Coulee Dam Washington. The depth reached was four feet below the river surface and the device can take four pictures per session with adjustable depth and water condition settings. It comes with batteries Nash bulbs and a steel carrying case.
President Truman outlined a wide program in a calm address, urging Congress to enact most recommendations from his campaign. He called for higher taxes to raise about four billion dollars, extended controls on inflation, labor reforms, strengthened antitrust laws, social security expansion, and universal teacher training. Mercy killing advocacy grows in New York as ministers petition legislature to legalize euthanasia, despite existing penalties for murder.
A New Star article defends euthanasia under court supervision for incurable suffering. It also reports Berlin club tensions as U S enlisted men were barred while German Frauen were admitted, provoking protests from American officers and German civilians about democracy and equality.
Reports say seven sacks of one pound notes worth about 560 dollars were stolen from the Bank of England printing works. Meanwhile vandals smashed stained glass in Wolverhampton, puzzling authorities. The theft occurred last summer as the pound notes were only just reentering circulation.
The start of Congress shows rough harmony as Republicans protest Democratic control of foreign relations committees. Vandenberg accuses Democrats of politicizing war and peace, while Morse calls for restraint. In China, both sides signal no immediate ceasefire, with Nanking anxious over Chiang Kai-shek's mediation offer and Peiping urging talks. Badger denies U S force withdrawal rumors as Marines remain at Shantung University campus.
Dan Dalley and Celeste Holm promote a national Wishbone Contest by the Poultry and Egg National Board in Chicago. Entrants must include a real chicken wishbone and a 100 word essay or slogan answering Why I Like chicken every Sunday. Three regional winners travel to Hollywood for final judging and a wishbone premiere event.
Doily set pattern offers crochet instructions for four dollies with embroidery and color charts. Includes patterns No 6841 and 581, requires six ounces of heavy wool, and costs 20 cents each to obtain complete directions, descriptions, and illustrations.
Practical kitchen hacks and meal planning notes including moistened tables for waxed paper, using leftovers efficiently, cheese pairings with pecans, coconut nutmeg custard, wax flooring tips for furniture feet, quick salad dressing from tomato paste, match mark removal with lemon and whiting, salmon eye appeal, and repurposing leftover pie crust into jam topped tea treats.
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