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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1946
Page
6
Steamboat Springs begins a fundraising drive to raise 75000 dollars for a new 25 bed hospital. The Lions Club targets 7000 dollars in pledges as part of the campaign. Construction is planned to begin in 1847, with delays possible due to financial and bureaucratic hurdles. A blurb notes a man with too many hangers will likely let the fire go out.
Community notes record Mr and Mrs Neal Burin hosting relatives and Mr Jack Merrill, with plans for cross-country travel. New assignments include Clyde Rouse transfer to Craig as field manager for Denver Butane Co, and ongoing activity at Artesia area businesses and the school project voting and planning.
HAVANA officials mark Cuba’s 44th Independence anniversary as two U.S. air bases valued at 25 million dollars are officially handed to Cuban control. The San Antonio de los Banos base near Havana and the San Juan site west of the capital host ceremonies attended by President San Martin and U.S. Ambassador R Henry Norweb. Remaining American troops depart by plane to San Juan PR.
Colorado congressman Robert F Rockwell says about $30 000 will be spent to develop a work center in western Colorado as a branch of the Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. The project aims to improve grazing in Colorado through increased range experiment work and will select a national forest area in western Colorado for general and intensive studies of range cattle and sheep production.
Washington announces a coalition of thirty one Class A medical schools to expand psychiatric treatment for seriously ill veterans. Dr Paul R iawley estimates about 1000 doctors will be in training within three years. Cooperating schools include Hines Hospital University of Illinois Loyola Chicago Northwestern Evanston Michael Reese Chicago Clinic Marion Indiana Bloomington Indianapolis General Medical and Surgery Fort Custer Mendota Wisconsin.
Washington the navy has released 156 million pounds of surplus food since last November valued at 25 million dollars. Of this, 44 million pounds were transferred to the Agriculture Department for civilian use, 74 million pounds were sold to foreign governments, and 8 million pounds were sent to the Army for civilian relief in Germany and Japan.
Tokyo reports the Japanese government will spend a single yen to help Hideki Tojo and 27 compatriots avoid the hangman. Itsuro Hayashi defense spokesman said the defendants have each contributed 10600 yen and their lawyers 1000 yen each to cover trial costs.
Rome dispatch reports grave robbers broke into the tomb of Duke Filippo Cessrino chief magistrate of Rome in 1668 near Lanuvio. The lead casket was carried off. The duke was buried in Lanuvio churchyard in 1685. The report notes the old treasure legend and mentions insurance for married men.
A petition with sixty voters names asking for the Moffat County High School District to be abolished was filed with County Superintendent John P Weise and presented to the district committee. Henry Steele will seek legal guidance to determine if the petition meets statutory requirements and what steps would follow.
PRILAVELFPHIA Mr. Julia Parker aged 60 was struck by a car at a downtown intersection. While seeking treatment she focused on ruined nylons. She declined to prosecute the driver after a passenger in the car removed her torn nylons and returned them to her.
In Chicago a Seeing Eye dog named Clarence guided Boersma a 26 blind ex marine from 108th place and Springfield avenue to marry Miss Faith Spitler at the First Reformed Church in Mount Greenwood. The couple plans to live in West Pullman.
Colorado’s two highest scenic highways, Pikes Peak and Mount Evans, reopen to traffic for the first time since 1941. Major repairs were needed after wartime closure, with the Pikes Peak route gravel surfaced to Cascade and the Mount Evans road fully surfaced to Summit Lake, then gravel for the final five miles to the summit.
Mra Jane Hansen expected Timmy the cat from New York but received two tabbies instead. A baggage note claimed the tagged cat was picked up at a depot and may be the right one. Days later Timmy gave birth to a litter, complicating the mix up.
A trust fund of 101119 dollars was set up for Jimmy Wilson, a former army air forces private first class who lost parts of all four limbs in a 1944 B24 crash. The fund, raised by the Philadelphia Inquirer through a nationwide drive, provides for a car purchase, education, and business funds. Wilson, once from Starke Flag and now living in Absecon, New Jersey with his mother, Mrs Mary Wilson.
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