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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1927
Page
1
City officials plan a Uintah Basin tour with U B 1 C. The streets and alleys committee urges residents to clean sidewalks by cutting weeds into piles and burning dry waste to keep Vernal neat. Civic duty requires property owners to remove weeds to prevent seed spread.
The Roberts Sisters Company opens a week’s engagement in Vernal on Monday August 1 at their east Main Street theatre showing The Hoodlum. The program blends pathos with vaudeville between acts and offers one free admission for a lady with each paid ticket.
Thousands of residents and 200 to 300 volunteers under Sheriff Emery Johnson and Sheriff Arsy Mitchell hunted the Uintah mountains for Allan Hitcheor, age eight, near Roosevelt. After three days, the boy was found six miles from his last location, rescued by a disciplined line of searchers, calm and answering questions with simple phrases about his ordeal and the whereabout of his hat and jacket.
Einar Hansen, lead in Her Night at the Vogue, was killed in a Los Angeles auto accident. He rose from European stage and German Italian Swedish films to stardom in America. Hey Big Night a funny farce based on Petey Gaddis story Doubling for Daphne centers on a movie star who misses a show and is doubled by Laura, causing chaos.
Gordon Ashby, eight, of Maer now in Provo, jumped into a swift stream to rescue 26 month old Gloria Grone man who fell from a narrow foot bridge. He pulled her from the water as onlookers screamed for help, averting likely drowning.
The third annual Eastern Utah Bankers Association meeting will be held in Vernal on August 2 with Carl Ro Marcusser presiding. Attendees include executives from Price Commercial & Savings Bank First National Bank of Price Carbon County Bank Helper State Bank Green River Commonwealth Bank Moab and others. The program features talks on service charges regulatory issues and community banking responsibilities, followed by a luncheon and evening dinner.
A Sunday afternoon fire damaged the home of Phillip Stringham Sr. The blaze started from a spark igniting dry shingles. Two Beighhorn girls raised the alarm as neighbors responded from the valley. Vernal fire department assisted, but a chemical extinguisher and a rocket brigade finished the job. The house’s roof sustained substantial damage. Fred Anderson was occupying the premises.
The Uintah Basin Industrial Convention at Fort Duchesne August 3 6 expects about ten thousand attendees with governors officials and university leaders among speakers. The three day program features department sessions demonstrations exhibits Indian performances and a large public audience with free admission and arranged child care and activities for youth.
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