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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1940
Page
3
Embroidered picture showing Miss Liberty towering over New York harbor holding a torch as a tribute to American heritage. Transfer 29191, 15 cents, about 17 by 21 inches. send order to.
A reader provides practical tips on cleaning carpets with hot water and turpentine, protecting carving knives, preventing scorched tastes from stuck saucepans, and care for plants. Advice covers lawn maintenance, concrete painting timelines, linoleum care with olive oil, and furniture polishing with spirit of nitre followed by oil.
The Republican national convention in Philadelphia elevates Wendell Willkie from political unknown to the party’s presidential nominee on the sixth roll call, with Charles L. McNary chosen as running mate. The GOP platform pledges peace, preparedness, anti New Deal, and a two term limit, while Willkie’s campaign is praised for energy and broad appeal.
From Bucharest comes word that Romania’s grand council led by King Carol has agreed to Soviet demands to cede Bessarabia, a disputed region once part of Russia. The shift comes amid the collapse of French forces and Berlin’s ominous raids, with Bucovina also reportedly included in the grab.
Secretary of State Cordell Muir announces the appointment of Anthony J Drexel Biddle as ambassador to Poland. The move follows the Polish government from Bordeaux to London. Earl Browder loses another court battle as the Circuit Court of Appeals upholds his conviction for passport fraud. Key Pittman hopes Britain will avoid delays in naval plans from Canada. London responds that no such move is being considered at present.
In Brooklyn navy yard the keel lays for the 45000 ton Iowa to become the largest battleship built for the US Navy while a quieter growth in defense moves unfolds. Reorganization finance Corp begins rubber and tin reserve talks, Ford halts mass plane plan but envisions 1000 planes daily, and a government purchase of 3000 Rolls Royce meters is authorized as Britain negotiates a parallel order.
Mia Lorene Holloway of Jackson Heights New York contends that knitting socks for soldiers is inferior to dropping bombs on an invader. She urges organizing young women to form a fighting corps if war comes to the country and aims to join the defense forces.
Alaska Governor Gruening hails the Alaska Clipper’s Seattle to Anchorage run in about five hours, with twenty on board, while navy plans expand Sitka and Kodiak bases. Pan American Airways to start South Pacific service to New Zealand and daily flights to Argentina with a July 12 start, including Los Angeles to Auckland in four and a half days.
Federal Reserve reports indicate a reversal of the December downturn as industrial activity rises. Production expands across key sectors, with war materials boosting both military and non military output. Steel is at capacity, foreign and domestic orders surge, auto shipments rise, rubber firms report gains, and Southern Pacific seeks about 2500 freight cars.
The League of Nations lays off its last 89 employees as Germany’s blitzkrieg unfolds. Secretary General Joseph Avenel closes operations around May 16, marking a drawdown of a body once revived by global conflict and now fading as power politics prevail. Fortune polls show 49 percent backing Roosevelt for a third term amid wartime tensions. Justice officials plan fingerprinting for 3.5 million residents under new congressional legislation.
Melvyn Douglas, first actor from Hollywood named as a national political convention delegate, plans to attend in Chicago on July 15. He notes proxy representation is possible but values the chance, while the piece also covers chain reactions at Paramount from Jock McCrea’s withdrawal and cast reshuffles, Dowdy hair trends, and on set quirks with Rudy Vallee and radio staff.
Betsy’s mother reviews the list of nicest girls and ultimately approves a six dollar project to brighten the shabby dining room. A green and yellow flowered chintz is used for draperies spanning from ceiling to floor, replacing faded curtains and bare walls.
An OCR fragment lists diverse data points from timekeeping in Washington to cattle counts, Pershing’s early service, Wyoming hatcheries, Tall Man Robert Helps, Fiji women, cost of Governor's Island, kerosene consumption, tree planting goals, and cupping medical practice, with no coherent narrative or dates.
Fragmented item cites a 1947 WPA survey finding Witheel Smyth fined for placing three beans in a ballot box in a vote for Botton Kingtstrate. Other snippets mention Albany symphony, Pigeon River diversion for power, Major John Andre interment, Maj Powell river trip, and various export and revenue notes.
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