Uintah Basin Key Area In Utah Industrialization
Salt Lakers tour Uintah Basin in eastern Utah as Vernal aims to become a major city. Mayor Earl J Glade and business leaders praise basin resources linking to Geneva Steel Utah Copper and Salt Lake smelters. Speakers tout gilsonite asphalt timber and phosphates while detailing a proposed Vernal state history museum and Echo Park dam. Rangely field near Wamsutter ships 23 000 barrels daily with plans for more pipelines and eventual 1000 wells as Rangely grows from 25 to about 2000 people. Duchesne County presses for highway 40 improvements and irrigation reservoirs to boost agriculture and development.
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Uintah Basin
Utah
Wateway City
Salt Lake
Geneva Steel
Utah Copper Compan
Salt Lake County
Glades
Chamber of Commerce
B Stringham
Salt Lakers
Bonanza
Rvangély
Merkleyark
Utshas
Washington General Land Office
Utahs
Gus P Backman
Harrison
Vernal Lions
Ashley Forest
Henry Millecam
Untermann
Utah Field House of Natural History
Vernal
Leon P Christensen
Echo Park
Charles J Neal
Uttah
J A_Chiney
Francis Feltch
E Ho Watson
Bangly
Barbcue
Harold Lundell
George McCurdy
Cale Colo
C F Hansen
Barry Gengstal
American Glilsonite Co
Neal
Cheney
Wamsutter Wye
Salt Lake City
Colorado
Wyoming
Texas
Southwest
Rangely
Theron White
LT Rons
Straaelie
Madsen
Duchesne County
Duchesne
Rock Creek
Red Creek
Blue Beach
London Girl Veteran Wed by Telephone
Doreen Davies married Jack Marcell of Fort Worth Texas by trans Atlantic telephone in a crowded kitchen ceremony. Three ministers officiated at the Texas end while Doreen’s father acted as proxy for the groom in London. The brief rite cost $49.
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London
Vark
Doreen Davies
Innrth Lane
Trans Atlantic
Jack Marcell
Fort Worth
Texas
Doreens
British Throttle Nazi Youth Plot Unearthed by British police
British authorities announced arrests of 17 to 26 year old members of a Nazi youth organization linked to planned attacks and a grave site at Gestapo Chief Himmler’s burial. Nineteen year old Rheinold Ritter pleaded guilty and disclosed explosive locations near Scharnhorst barracks and Lüneberg airport.
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Khmany
Isa Lasteed
Crelery
al Med cc
Brissa
Carter
Scharnhorst
Lueneberg
Rheinold Ritter
al Wed
Germany
Rana
Gestapo
Himmler
Average egg production in the United States portal
The article states that average egg production per county in the United States is only AY of 125 eggs, indicating a lower output metric for the sector.
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United States
Vernal Navy Man Hero of Luzon Ship Fire
Gene Ray Hall a Vernal motor machinist mate second class and son of Mrs E G Pond, served aboard a landing craft in Philippine waters. He discovered a fire at Sablc Bay Luzon, opened sea cocks, flooded the engine room to three feet, and aided extinguishers until flames were controlled, earning hero status. Hall, in the Navy almost two years, spoke with his mother by telephone from Manila.
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Gene Ray Hall
E G Pond
Hall
Pond
Manila
Utah Veterans on VA compensation rolls rise in June
About 10,082 Utah veterans were drawing pensions or disability compensation at June end per Otis Burton of the Veterans Administration Contact Office at Roosevelt. The figure, covering all wars, rose 337 for June. Burton urged veterans to file claims for all service connected disabilities, noting many eligible veterans left civilian life without filing. He warned World War I claims are often disallowed due to lost medical records and urged current era veterans not to repeat the error.
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Utah
Otis Burton
Veterans Administration
Roosevelt
Burton
Cacti and Philodendrons Thrive in Warm Light
The article notes that hot and bright conditions suit certain plants. It highlights likes high temperatures for peperomia with thick waxy leaves and short stature, and mentions pear Philodendrons growing well under the same sunny, warm light.
Red Cross closes last doughnut hospitality in Europe
Paris reports the Red Cross ends its hospitality operations after serving 459 million doughnuts and 200 million cups of coffee since the invasion. The Columbia club in Paris had run until now, with 23,000 soldiers served weekly, as eight Red Cross duties remain closed. A Chicago resident recalls the Paris club as the best deal, while mentions of Cherrystone derive from Cheriton, Virginia.
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Red Cross
Paris
Walter Babicx
Cartex Street
Chicago
Eisenhower Report Breaks Sales Records
General Eisenhower's Supreme Allied Commander report on the European campaign shatters sales records. Over 30,000 copies of the 123 page document sold in the first 10 days as demand continues. 13 extra clerks opened mail to handle orders. Copies available from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington 25, DC.
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Eisenhower
Allied Chiefs of Staff
Europe
Superintendent of Documents
Government Printing Office
Washington
Vernal Man Home From Japan Returns Aboard Pine Island
Edwin J Davis, storekeeper third class from Vernal, has returned to the United States aboard the USS Pine Island from Japan. The ship completed a 13,300 mile homeward cruise to rejoin the Atlantic fleet and arrived at Norfolk, Virginia.
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Japan
Edwin J Davis
United States
Pine Island
Norfolk
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Karl Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bikini Atoll
Luzon
Inseca
Mexico
Hride
Circle of Light
Amd
Vernal Theater Bldg
Cheriton
Chesapeake Bay
Boven Waite
Ud Saale
Ian W
Sei
Searle’s Saving Center
Firestone
The
Vernal Theatre Presents
Bob Tape
Maddie Carroll
March of
Betty Hulton
Dorothy Tambor
Klondike
Cassanova
and Hardy i
Rachird Dix Am
Ronald Coleman
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