Legion National Head to Speak at Utah Convention in Vernal
Jefferson D Atwood national vice commander of the American Legion will address the Utah Department convention in Vernal on August 6 and 7. Roswell attorney Atwood, a former army officer with service on the Mexican border and in World War I, will headline the opening patriotic program and pageant. The convention will inaugurate the American Legion’s August Bond Drive with a caravan of army jeeps and field pieces from Fort Douglas arriving August 7. John M Wallace Salt Lake
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Jefferson D Atwood
American Legion
Utah
Vernal
Georges E. Larson
Atwood
Roswell
Army
Fort Douglas
John M Wallace
Salt Lake
Uintan Basin
Highway 49
Dinosaur National Monument
Unita
Uintah County veterans in service and town war drive
The Uintah Basin reports several local men in military service including Gus Vernal, Harold Winward, Dale Stewart, and Vernon Richards who left Salt Lake for Marine training in San Diego. Howard Manwaring joins Marines after final physicals. Lawrence Allred writes from India about overseas service beginning October 1941. Zeph Massey and Pvt Berkman are in Army MP and medical corps respectively. The piece notes regional events, weather, and a Lions convention with plans for hotel space for visitors.
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Guy Hatch
San Diego
Lake
Gus
Marine Corps
San Dirgo
Harold Winward
Dale Stewart
Vernon Richards
Salt Lake
Uintah High School
University of Utah
Toward Manwaring
Marines
Howard Menwaring
US Marine Corps
Marine Base
Myr Manwaring
Arthur Manwaring
Uintah High
E C Jones
Lawrence Allred
India
Uintah
Marie Herbert
Legion Freife
Uncle Rays
Charles D Anderson
Jurie
Drowned Youth in Lake Boreham Near Duchesne
Delos Mathews Boreham Lake youth from Bluebell drowned Sunday afternoon after diving from a rowboat to retrieve an oar. Strong winds left lake choppy. Max Burdick and companions attempted rescue but failed. Mathews, son of Claude and Alice Winkle Mathews, disappeared beneath the waves.
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Duchesne
Delos Mathews
Bluebell
Lake Boreham
Max Burdick
Sherman Anderson
DeVere Hancock
Bluehelle
Mathawe
Claude
Alice Winkle Mathews
Minute Women Urged to Step Up Drive
Mrs R A Bryson county Minute Women chairman reminds all workers to gather clean rags silk and nylon hose for the war program The chairman urges consumers to turn in flattened cans to the grocer A truck loaded with flattened cans was sent toward Bull Lake by the county Women Distributing efforts were conducted Thursday and Friday in Lake area households and by the Stagg and Andemon families.
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Bryson County
Min le
Pourty
Bryson
Lamphal
Bull Lake
Sem
Uinta Vonnis
Ienate
Forest Employee Named Lions District Secretary
District Governor BH Etringham announces Robert F Livsey as district Lions secretary and Ashley National Forest office administrative assistant. Livsey, a veteran of army camps in the Philippines United States and Panama, spent 15 years abroad with family. He began forest service in 1933 after roles in banking and railroad secretary work.
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OH Etringham
Robert F Livsey
Ashley National Orest
Lions
Livsey
McKinley Philippine Islandy
Philippines
United States
Panama
Fils
Livesey
Gadsden
Ala
Alabama
Alabama National Guard
Ldds Business College
Balt Lake City
W H Clark
Sou
Salt Lake City
Bamberger, Cleetic Railroad
Forest Service
Mosb
Vernal
Free National Forests
Utah
Idaho
Uintah Basin Parish Gets New Priests
Benedictine missionaries Rev Wendella Luetmer and Rev Blase Schumacher are assigned to take charge of the Parish of St Helen at Roosevelt and missions across the Uintah Basin. They replace three Paulist fathers moving to Davis County missions near Salt Lake City and Ogden. A chapel trailer will be used in Davis County, with a dwelling at Bountiful as temporary headquarters.
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Wendella Luetmer
Blase Schumacher
St Johns University
Abbey Colleseville Minn
St Helen At Roosevelt
Uintah Basin
Roosevelt
Davis County
Salt Lake City
Ogden
Robert J. Murphy
Francis Chelinkirk
Stephen M
Geo
Tre
Bountiful
Iintah
Luetmer
St Johny
Opened Vernal Area to Deer Hunting Under Postwar Plan
Postwar plan opens Ashley Aime preserve near Vernal for snick deer during regular season. State Fish and Game Department, spurred by Forest Service and local groups, restores hunting in a large portion of Diamond Mountain region, with about 25000 acres in restricted status. Manila district north slope also opened for 200 female deer, while certain areas near Dinosaur National Monument remain restricted.
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Ashley Aime
Henry Slaugh
State
Big Game Committee
Salt Lake
State Fish and Game Department
Bir Slaugh
Ashley Forest Service
Vernal Gun Club
Forest
Glen Lambert
Idle Mountain
Green River
Dry Fork
Taylor Brush Creek
Diamond Mountains
Taylor Mountain
Diamond Mountain
Game Control Committee
Manila
Greendale
National Park Service
Dinosaur National Monument
Came
Helicopter Transport Network Proposed by Utah Rail Line
Public service commission filings reveal Motor Way, the rail carrier subsidiary, seeks to run a cross region helicopter service linking Ogden to Vernal and extending through Colorado and New Mexico. The plan envisions air rail bus coordination, daily flights after the war, with transfers of passengers and baggage between planes, trains, and buses to ensure public travel continuity during weather or ground disruptions.
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Capitol
Price Nephi
Mt Pleasant
Marysville
Colorado
New Mexico
Wien
Utah
Ita
Bennett Lapoint To Hold 24th Pioneer Day Celebration
Bennett Lapoint join for Pioneer Day at Buckaroo Park three miles west of La Point on July Mth. Program 11:00 am include ceremonies led by Marion Harrison and Alda Winn Caldwell. rodeo starts 2:00 pm with Hi Creek riders and events such as bucking, calf roping and horse racing. Funds raised support Lapoint ward chapel plano. organizers include Milton Woolsey Clive Sprovee Orin Ewaln and Marion Harrison with Arda Huber and Delbert Horrocks in charge of the program.
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Lapoint
Bennett
Buckaroo Park
la Point
Milton Woolsey
Redeo
Elmer Huber Wells
Marion Harrison
Alda Winn Caldwell
Olive Sprouse
Hi Creek
bLawint
U S Scans Utah Shale For Making Gasoline
A Senate committee study will assess producing gasoline from western coal and shale. Officials from the Bureau of Mines and other experts will join Senator Murdock and Sen O Mahoney in Utah for an early morning briefing. The drive seeks new gasoline sources as demand grows and supplies decline.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Natural Resources
Western Coala
Bureau of Mines
Roing
Murdock
Utah
United States
Sayers
Bureau ‘For Mines
Interior
Chapman
Small Fires Reported on Ashley Forest
Three small fires burned in Ashley National Forest over the past week. Two were lightning caused and one started by a careless camper. Sheep herders and rangers helped locate and extinguish fires. officials urge all visitors to exercise caution. Firefighters are scarce, so simple precautions are essential to prevent diverting labor from defense and agriculture. Report fires promptly to the nearest forest ranger or supervisor.
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Ashley National Forest
Clllon McCoy
Earl GC Btanford
Forrest Service
Ganford
National Forest
Forest
Forest Supervisora
Twenty-One Uintah County Men Report for U S Service
Twenty one Uintah county men were called for U S service after passing examinations in Salt Lake City last week. Those entering the army report to Fort Douglas July 22. Two men reported to the navy today. Names include Melvin Boyd, Grey Burrell, Walter LeRoy Schofield, Lewis Kemp Budd, Scott, Victor Davia, Baron Leon Lowell Brady, Clair Jollay, Gien Hacking Calder, Lynn Lebrun, Carl Ross Dee Wallace Brough, Ruel Bodily, Richard Ekstand, Den Muir Welker. Arthur E Cummings and others transferred to different local boards. Mrs Stella Harris Oaks and two children returned Friday from a three week vacation.
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Uintah County
U 8
Saltalee
Lpymy
Fort Douglas
Chellus Caldwell
Navy
Melvin Boyd Grey Burrell
Massey Walter LeRoy Schofield
Lewis Albert Kemp Budd Scott Victor Davia ‘di
Baron Leon Lowell Brady
Yinend Duvad
Pari
Alfred Gall
Wm Gardiner
Hert
Clair Jollay
Gien Hacking
Calder Lynn Lebrun
Carl Ross Dee Wallace Brough
Ruel W Bodily
Richard Allen Ekstand
den Muir Welker
Howard Manner Ing
Joseph Jease Nokes
Toring Corps
Arthur E Cummings
E Yetes
L Matthen Belcher
Mr Caldwell
Thorne Addresses Lions Club on Indian Relics at Merkley Park
L C Thorne spoke to the Lions Club Wednesday evening at Merkley Park about Indian photographs and relics to be found nearby. Twenty members, a luncheon, and a lecture followed as plans for a rustic lodge in the recreation area were discussed.
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Lions Club
Merkley Park
Services Held at Lapoint for Rose Daniel
Funeral services were held at Lapoint Chapel for Rose Daniel born on the Navajo Reservation and later living on the Uintah and Duchesne areas. Interment was on the old Daniel homestead by the Duchesne River. Surviving children include Walter Daniel of Orem and Albert Daniel of Ft. Duchesne with several daughters and many grandchildren. A long obituary notes family ties to local church leadership and the Daniels Canyon naming.
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Lapoint
Lapoint Chapel Point
Wetriet Harrison
Thomas E Hall
Verna
Rex Taylor
Eva
June Galloway
Pt .Duchesne
George Hincking
Will
Hackford
Old Daniel
Duchesne River
Jerry Harrison
Daniel
Arizona
George Q Cannon
Provo
Lorenze Snow
Fist
DLD
Aaron Daniel
Jensen
Uintah Reservation
Ducchesne River
Daniels Canyon
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Legion National Head
Col J D Atwood
State Legion
Zeph Massey
Pyt
Joseph Zeiply
Massey
Lewis van Massey
Pvt Massey
Army Military Police Corps
Hereford
Texas
Lowell Wesley Beltran
East Africa
Pvt
Berkman
Medical Corps
Camp Bowte
Yemeger
Werdinand
Melvin
Ferdinand
Air Corps
Tas Vegna
Servin
Infantry
Tennessee
Boreham Lake
John Stagg
D Andermon
Jt Lake
Lions District
Ilona
Teey
Sikorsky
Army Air Forces
Mash Kelvinator Corporation
Peacefind
Bennett - Lapoint
U.S
Ashley Forest
Burma
Deutsab
Tadien
Reltrands Seidges
Talen
U. S
Stella Harris Oaks
Mrs Oaks
Payson
A Harris
Proye
Galt Lake
Twin Falls
L. C. Thorne
Rose Daniel
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