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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1942
Page
3
The Vernal Express records its editor as William Wallis and notes postal filing details. It lists second-class matter status at the Vernal Utah post office with a 1909 filing date under the act of 1879.
The Vernal Lions, Vernal City, and Uintah County funded and built a spring fed swimming pool at Ashley Creek for valley residents. Volunteers cleared banks to form a safe depth, aiming to provide a healthful recreation site for locals and visitors while urging broader municipal pool development.
Private industry drives rubber substitution amid wartime supply fears with Standard Oil of New Jersey planning 34 plants totaling 878000 tons capacity in under a year. Other oil firms pursue similar builds while coal and core derived synthetics show progress. American ingenuity and capital spark a new synthetic rubber industry to meet civil and military needs.
The Office of Price Administration sought Congress approval for about 100,000 new enforcement workers to police price freezing. The National Association of Retail Grocers protested, saying an army of snoopers would harass merchants and waste taxpayer money. They argue most merchants will comply and that workers are better used in war production.
Barth Shaffers and his Hollywood bride visited Newell Shaffers family in Bonanza while Mrs. Lloyd Devine and Leane spent a Saturday in Vernal. Karl Lind moved to Ogden for defense industry work. Earl Miller Ed Watkins and Orson Caldwell vacationing. Lester Bessle Palmer Collier and Rulon Cook began work in Bonanza. Venus Atwood visited Davis ward. Mrs. Ralph Walker in Salt Lake City to see her mother, Mrs. C F Carpenter.
Fragment describes warnings about careless bathers causing forest fires on national forest lands and adjacent areas. It urges prompt reporting to the forest supervisor at Vernal to prevent fires during each season.
Forest maintenance on the Vernal Manila Road will start soon, per Ashley National Forest Supervisor Eart C. Sanford. Crews have been repairing Lake Fork and Whiterocks sectors since June 1, with progress near completion before shifting to Vernal district, as high water damage and rolling rocks pose hazards. motorists are urged to drive with caution amid funding cuts that limit road standard maintenance.
Fire guard on duty at Ute Lookout Tower three miles west of Summit Springs ranger station near Wickerson Park Road. Station tops the tower provides constant alert through fire season and dispatches crews immediately on smoke sightings. Ray Sanford urges visitors to protect natural resources and extinguish campfires completely before leaving.
J Ray Shringham and Clarence Westover sighted three cows four heifers and a yearling bull elk on Brush Creek Mountain. The animals, transplanted from Nebo Forest to Ashley Forest last February and released at Windy Point, were observed by Vernal Gun Club officials and Ashley National Forest personnel. The herd is reported in good condition and tagged for identification.
The article argues that hundreds of billions of dollars are required to fund military salaries and expenses, stressing that such vast funds should be directed toward war production and essential military needs rather than other expenditures.
Aviation Cadet Norman T Johnson son of Mr and Mrs A Theodore Johnson graduated last week from Minter Field Army Basic Flying School near Bakersfield California. He completed his basic flying training and now enters Advanced School, the final phase in the army aviation officer training program. Upon completion he will be awarded silver wings and commissioned as a lieutenant in America's armed forces.
Fragmented text describes a speaker urging students, including the class of 1942, to keep track of movements and beliefs, endure trials, and uphold national ideals of freedom. It frames campus life as a burden to preserve democracy and the values pursued by generations past.
A transcription of Westminster College commencement address May 25 1949 by George M. Gadsby of Utah Power and Light. It warns that freedom is earned through sacrifice and must be preserved after victory, listing essential freedoms and urging youth to hold fast to their ideals while pursuing national unity over private gain.
Utah hosts manganese deposits essential to steel desulfurizing and deoxidizing, with domestic ore scarce and high-grade supply import reliance. The state touts expanding manganese production through low grade ore processing, citing Drum Mountain Delta District and Tintic district ore tonnage, plus prospects in the Gimpson Mountains Erickson district Toole County.
The document notes concentrated manganese occurrences near Grand County and Emory Huntington Manila Daggel Touquerville and Washington County with other minor deposits across the state not deemed currently important. It cites several localities by place names and emphasizes present significance varies.
Fragmentary OCR notes suggest a wartime theme with a Pay Day 10 percent savings or tax instruction. Mentions American and Japanese adversaries, implying a home-front message about financial contribution during conflict. Limited readable facts but indicates a period newspaper column tone.
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