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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1945
Page
7
In old sailing days a bishop crossing to America hears sailors swearing as a pump leak is fixed. The captain explains the crew’s profanity keeps the ship pumping and afloat. The bishop learns the meaning behind the salty talk and the crew’s hardier chorus.
Chinese forces strike from Manchuria toward Burma Thailand and Indo China attacking coastal garrisons and the overland corridor to Burma while U S air power pummels Japanese industry. Tokyo endures massive fires as Saper Fort sorties claim widespread devastation.
Senator Robert Wagner and Representative John Dingell push a bill to widen Social Security coverage to farm workers professionals and domestics and raise minimum old age payments to twenty dollars for singles and thirty for couples. The plan adds longer unemployment benefits health care options hospital days and rural health centers with higher payroll taxes to fund the program.
Reports from Wilmington schools reveal a War Food Administration funded lunch program that started in January 244. Students in a grade who regularly ate the lunch gained an average of six pounds, while those who did not eat it gained only two pounds, indicating the program boosts growth beyond appetite suppression.
The article reports on the initial appearances of French Marshal Petain and Norwegian Vidkun Quisling as they defend their collaboration with Nazi Germany. Petain seeks testimony from Admiral Leahy to show he opposed the Nazis, while Quisling claims to have served Britain in Russia and says Parliament thanked him for those efforts. Trial dates are set, with Petain aiming to prove his sole aim was to protect France and Quisling insisting he aligned with Chamberlain and Hitler to influence events.
The Army Air Forces announced a 30 percent cut in heavy production in the last six months of 1945 and a further 16 percent in 1946, potentially freeing about 200000 workers in several cities. Long range bombers fighters and transports will stay in large production, including B29s P47s P51s and C94s, as most European war planes are diverted to the Pacific.
A survey shows the average American faces long hospital stays every 11 years causing loss of earnings and heavy bills. Wives require more care than husbands and single men incur higher costs than married men by about 25 percent.
The article discusses Franco British and US involvement amid Syrian unrest over military bases after independence. Syria proceeds with recruitment and fears of unrest in Arab regions. Western powers seek a peaceable resolution to avert clashes and widespread uprisings.
Ex President Herbert Hoover met with President Truman in the White House to spearhead an immediate European relief drive after VE Day. He urged UNRRA funding by international contributions and proposed large scale food purchases, canal canteens for malnourished children, and shipping support to aid liberated Europe.
President Truman vows no use of expanded power to harm any American industry as the House passes a three year Reciprocal Trade Act extension with authority to cut tariffs up to 50 percent. The bill, approved 235 to 153, resumes tariff reductions amid party clashes over executive power and postwar economic cooperation.
Implicity is the keynote of a charming daytime frock with cool cap eyes and a flattering gored skirt. Novelty button and bow finish, pattern No B704 redesigned for sizes 14 through 42. Easy to wear and care for in gay checked fabrics. notes demand and war conditions affect availability.
A banana plant grown in the Far East yields a single fruit, unlike typical plants that form 50 to 150 in a bunch. The fruit is described as long and thick enough to feed three hungry men, offering substantial sustenance from one harvest.
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