Ute Attorney Wilkinson Wins Myriad Court Battle
Ernest L. Wilkinson, an Ogden native and Washington attorney, won nearly $31,800,000 in damages for the Ute Indians after a two decade fight. The 1947 Grand Junction trial lasted 16 weeks, the longest in the court of claims, with Wilkinson never missing a session and trial examiner W Ney Evang suffering a nervous breakdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest L. Wilkinson
Ogden
Utah
Washington
Harvard Law School
New York
Charles Evans Hughes
Wilkinson
Grand Junction
Court of Claims
W. Ney Evang
McNeill Youth Begins Training At Fort Ord
Burton McNeill a 23 year old from Vernal has arrived at Fort Ord California to start basic training with the Fourth Infantry Division. After 14 weeks at gaining Pfc he will be selected for a specialist school. McNeill is a Uintah high school graduate and son of Mrs Newa Ashby of Vernal.
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Burton McNeill
Vernal
Fort Ord
California
Fighting Fourth Infantry Division
Pfc
McNeill
Uintah High School
Newa Ashby
Clyde A Watkins Seeks Reserve Army Commission
Clyde A Watkins son of Bishop and Mrs Phil Watkins of Vernal attends Fort Bliss ROTC Summer camp to qualify for a Second Lieutenant commission in Anti aircraft artillery. The six week program covers 40MM and 86MM AA guns, small arms, and leadership with sports and social events. He is Uintah High graduate and Utah State Agricultural College student majoring in late conditioning and refrigeration. He belongs to Sigma Phi Epsilon and Scabbard and Blade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde A.watkins
Bishop
Phil Watkins
Vernal
Fort Bliss
Uintah High School
Watkins
Utah State Agricultural College
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Uintah County awaits draft quota as Utah sets 103
Utah national selective service set a 103 man quota for September draft. Uintah County has not received a local quota yet. Mrs. Evelyn Slaugh notes many boards exist in Utah and older men will be called first while state totals depend on lists from 83 boards.
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Utah Selective Service
Evelyn Slaugh
Uintah County
Selective Service
Herosition
National Selective Service
Utah
Oscar W Gray
Gray
Wheat subsidy rises four cents under 1950s price support
PMA reports the 1950s wheat price support will average about four cents per bushel higher than last year. Uintah County No 1 wheat priced at 1.80, with Beaver 1.83 and Tron 1.82 above. Loans, storage allowances, and CCC purchases arranged through county PMA offices from harvest to January 1951, maturing April 30, 1952 or on demand.
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Utah
H. E. Larsen
Uintah
Beaver
Tron
Larsen
Commodity Credit Corp
CCC
PMA
Thomas Placed No 1 on GOP Defeat List
Ray E Nash, Utah county Republican chairman, announced a GOP political school for county chairmen in Salt Lake City on August 5. The meeting in Newhouse hotel led to a resolution endorsing Governor J Bracken Lee and his policies, and a campaign focus on Democratic incumbent Senator Elbert D Thomas seeking reelection.
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Thomas
Salt Lake City
Ray E. Nash
Uniah County
Newhouse Hotel
Nash
Mr. Nash
Guv. J. Bracken Lee
Sen
Elbert D. Thomas
Cecil DeMille May Host 30000 Dollar TV Dramatic Show in New York
Cecil B DeMille may host a $30000 TV dramatic show in New York echoing his Radio Theatre stint. ABC plans to spend several million for 20 or more radio and TV shows, starting with Screen Guild. Paul Douglas likely to play the fiend in a radio series based on The Great Mouthpiece. Arthur Lake negotiates for a radio show of his own. Lisa Kirk heads to Hollywood for a screen test. Platter Chatter surveys Columbia records with Ken Griffin and Dinah Shore plus Gene Autry, Tony Bennett, Herb Jeffries, Xavier Cugat, Gordon MacRae and Paul Weston chorus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil B. DeMille
New York
ABC
Screen Guild
Paul Douglas
Arthur Lake
Dagwood
Lisa Kirk
Hollywood
Columbia
Tony Bennett
Herb Jeffries
Xavier Cugat
Capitol
Stars and Stripes Forever
Gordon MacRae
Paul Weston
Les Jaxter
Hongi Tong
Kiwanis Utah Idaho District Plans Annual Confab in Grand Canyon Lodge
Vernal Kiwanis club members are poised to host the Utah Idaho Kiwanis district annual convention September 10 to 12 at Grand Canyon lodge. Don H Murdoch of Winnipeg newly elected Kiwanis International president will speak. Ray Gadd of Nephi is general arrangements chair for 41 clubs in the district. The Vernal club expects a convention assignment as part of hosting duties. The article also notes a coal mining company’s small share of national production.
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Utah-Idaho
Kiwanis International
Grand Canyon Lodge
Claude Banks
Don H. Murdoch
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canada
Kiwanis Inter-nHational
H. W
Hap) McCune
Ray Gadd
Nephi
Vernal Kiwanis Club
C of C Committee Visits Uintah Young Farmers
The Vernal Chamber of Commerce Agricultural committee representatives Hugh Colton Bry Stringham Arnold Taylor visit Uintah Chapter Young Farmers. They seek engagement in feeding ewe lambs range herd replacements and new enterprises to boost Ashley Valley incomes. William D. Hust discusses woodland timber permits on Ihely Forest and timing for mountain timber extraction for farm buildings.
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Hugh Colton
Bry Stringham
Vernal Chamber of Commerce
Arnold Taylor
Farm Home Administration
Uintah
Ashley Valley
William D. Hust
Ihley Forest
Arvid Merkley
Morris Cook
Hugo Hullinger
Leon Glenn
Coal Mines Use Over Fourteen Thousand Cutting Machines
In 1949 there were well over 14,000 cutting machines employed in the country’s bituminous coal mines. The figure reflects widespread adoption of mechanized mining techniques and stands as a milestone in industrial efficiency for the sector.
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Meyer
Munice, Ind
Vernal Drug
RPM Avis
Standard of California
RPM Delo
I. Sander
Clyde A. Watkins
Reserve Army Commission
Searle’s Saving Center
Montgomery Texaco Service Station
INO
Vernal Auto Shop
North Vernal Ave
Chevrolet
Vernal, Utah
Ken Griffin
Gene Autry
Dinah Shore
Dinah
Kiwanis
Lysistrata
Petisster
Cerile Aubry
Romulus
Remus
Hows
Ols
Clese
Innocent
Thoriss Plackney
Versailles
Ghent
San Lorenzo Et Reat
Florida
Frank
Sly Kc Ontie
Phoenix
Salt Lake
Denver
Casper
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Via Connecting Airlines
Twanown
Frontier Airlines
Rocky Mouniain
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