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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1942
Page
7
A Washington report notes 600 men lost at sea delivering gas for pleasure driving in the East. The piece condemns gas slackers, contrasts civilian sacrifice with military loss, and vents wartime tensions through satirical anecdotes about politicians, actors, and media figures.
Con Cameron seeks safety and truth as he faces the Comanche Linn rumor and a deadly wagon roundup in the Broken Wheel range. Deputy Martino Palafox presses the case while Step, Janet, and Nevil Lowe maneuver to thwart Helligo Canyon action and save lives in a tense frontier saga.
A report notes 2,292 women have claimed homestead sections since July 1931 when Alberta rules on land acquisition, overseen by the provincial government, came into effect. The piece also mentions a nine month old boy in Wynnewood near Philadelphia with a vast ancestral record and a separate item about a man fined for pulling an emergency brake to attend a dance in Australia. It closes with a plant disease cost estimate from Dr. P. P. Pirone, citing crop losses across beans peaches potatoes and wheat.
Coastal Squadron Thirty five pilots of Transcontinental and Western Air form the entire personnel of the 79th bombardment squadron United States Army Corps Reserve. This may be the only squadron in the territory composed of officers from a single airline.
The Pilgrimage act of May 36, 1930 provided 5.5 million dollars for the travel of Gold Star Mothers to Europe. Nineteen parties of mothers were sent abroad by the government.
Tourists and botanists visiting Mt Pilatus in Switzerland revisit a hut long forgotten since the 16th century. The fragment notes a historical hut site amid mountain slopes, invoking past explorers and naturalists who once sought shelter there.
The boss at Consolidated Trucking fires a big, tough driver by mail as company priorities force layoffs. The driver reads the notice, misreads the outside instruction, returns in five days as ordered, and explains he’s back after noting the misinterpreted wording.
The text discusses Julius Caesar type nomenclature with variant forms like Peach Furs and Julius 18a. It notes Emperor Julian the Apostate, ruler of Rome from 361 to 363, renouncing Christianity. It mentions his fatal wounding at Clealphon and the phrase Thou hast conquered, O Galilean.
The London area contemplates a haunted building tale near West Wycombe, where a Tudor era fortress is being cleared for a new English cinema. Local lore ties the old structure to a royal era Spanish ambassador’s ghost, haunting the site as construction proceeds.
Giuseppe Sasle known as Killer of the War faced execution by guillotine in Draguiznen France. Before death he described dying as a nuisance and confessed to killing four victims including a 70 year old peasant a man of 40 a poor shepherd and a truck driver to steal small sums of money.
Four years ago zirconium sold for 230 dollars per pound. It has since joined commercial metals and now trades at about one quarter of its former price. Its usage is ending in many applications as it ignites at low temperature and burns rapidly with high heat.
The 230 mile Colorado River to Los Angeles aqueduct will require 41 million pounds of explosives 18.59 million pounds of copper 6 million barrels of cement and 240 thousand tons of steel. Total project cost exceeds 3220 million dollars.
In Bath Maine a group of boys constructed the largest slingshot on record measuring about 1.5 feet wide with a rubber band over an inch thick. Mounted on small wheels, it requires three youths to operate it effectively.
A garbled dialogue fragment shows a quirky exchange about vices and habits. The speaker claims the husband lacks vices while noting a rare post-dinner cigar. The text reads like a playful, clipped dialogue with uncertain punctuation and misspellings.
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