Veterans Told of Service In Europe And Pacific
Reed Anderson 27 returns to Tacoma for treatment of war wounds from Germany in December. He served in infantry, embarked 1944, with two brothers also in service in France and the Pacific. Odekirk assigned to ship duty in the Pacific, trained in California, now at sea. Max York and Duane Caldwell in San Diego boat training after Navy enlistment. Vernal man’s unit earns Meritorious Service Plaque for exceptional duties under difficult conditions. Golden Bastain on 30 day leave after South Pacific merchant marine service. Pvt Darrell Bax, Pvt Clark Jones, and Pvt Garr Jones all in training or furlough status. Ralph Ashton home on leave, preparing to report to Ft Riley. Lt Warren Mott returns to Sheppard after 19 day furlough. several Vernal men in service in various branches. Warrent Officer Gawin Good, stationed in Paris, reports meeting LDS Church acquaintances among servicemen in Luxembourg and Paris.
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Reed Anderson
Tacoma
Germany
Pie Anderson
France
Rulon
Pacific
Reed
Charles A Anderson
Reva Cook Anderson
Odekirk
Shilareld
Pacific Area
San Diego
Long Beach
Calif
Seattle
Delores Odegr
Dale H Willis
Pfc
Willis
Azors
Atlantic
Wendover New
John Willis
Lt Maynard Willis
Europe
Golden Bastain
J W Bastian
South Pacific
Merchant Marine
Mr Bastian
Northern States
LDS Church
June Gustan Mussing
Pale
Darrell Bax
Clark Jonas
Clark Jones
E C Jones
Edna. McConkie
Ft Meade
Maryland
Pt Jones
Sheppard Field
Texas
Chanute Feld
Infantry
Camp Maxie
Garr Jones
Luxemburg
Gawin Good
Paris
Ray Washburn
Fred Washburn
Max Neff Smart
Wm B Wallis
Adams
Boulder City
Nevada
Goodrich
Engineers
Vernal
National Guard
Mr Good
Pioneer recalls early days on 78th birthday
Virginia Forrest recalls lifelong Vernal ties as Mrs George Adams turns 78. A descendant of Crauford Forrest and Nathan Bedford Forrest, Adams reflects on military kin, 1887 Washington DC marriage, Adams Store era, and a lifetime of travel and public interest. She jokes about her title as a Westerner and her sailer cap habit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richards Durham
George| Adams
Virginia Forrest
Westmoreland County
Virginis
Adams
Tennessee
Crauford Judge Advocate
Maryland
Thomas Forrest
America
Washington D.C
Washington DC
West
Dartmouth College
Lions Club Boxing Card Set for Saturday Night
The Vernal Lions Club hosts a local boxing event Saturday night at 8 pm in the UHS gym. Featured fighters include Hugh Frost, a Wyoming golden gloves champion, and Bob Bath, ex Pennsylvania lightweight champ, with other bouts including Max Horrocks versus Lawrence Luck and referees Herb Snyder and Sammy Hatch. Lawrence Siddoway will serve as the announcer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alterra
Roosevelt
Adelson
Vernal
UHS
Emnasium
The
Vernal Lions Club
Hugh Frost
Wyoming
Bob Bath
Utah Power and Light
Pennsylvania
Max Horrocks
Lawrence Luck
Herb Snyder
Sammy
Lt Ashton Destroys Japanese Fighter In Pacific Action
Lt (j g) Ashton, copilot of a Navy Ventura search plane, engaged a Japanese Jake near Mindoro. After a chases and a surprise attack, the enemy fighter crashed and burned as heavy machine gun fire raked the scene. Ashton, commissioned ensign in the Naval Reserve at Corpus Christi before 1943, has served in Pacific combat for months. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Rae Ashton and attended Stanford University before enlistment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart Ashton
Ashtons
Jake
Mindoro
Ventrura
Gg S Ashton
Naval Reserve
Corpus Christi
Tex
Jacksonville Fla
Pacific
Rae Ashton
Stanford University
Randlett Soldier Wounded in Luzon Invasion
Pie Deep Brough son of Mr and Mrs Jesse Brough of Randlett was wounded in action on January 26 serving with the infantry at Luzon during World War II. He entered service July 1943, first stationed at Camp Wolters Texas, and departed for the Pacific in February 1944. He has three brothers in the service: Don N Brough in New Guinea, Grant Brough in San Francisco, and Cpl John Garr Brough of Pueblo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pie Deep Brough
Jesse Brough
Randlett
Luzon
Pie Brough
Camp Wolters
Texas
Pacific
Don N Brough
New Guinea
Pie Grant Brough
San Francisco
Cpl
John, Garr Brough
Pueblo Colao
Purchase of 50 High Grade Bulls by cattle associations
Major Geo Henderson led a bid with US AC and county agent Russell Keetch for Ouray and White Rocks Cattle Associations to buy fifty Hereford bulls. Denver’s Lowell Livestock Co supplied the stock, graded by Henderson to meet Bo class standards. Extension plans push bull purchases next September. requests for Henderson’s selection aid go through county agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo Henderson
USAC
Russell Keetch
Ouray
Whiterocks
Denver
Lowell Livestock Commission Co
Major Henderson
Rifle Oil Shale Plant Picked Near Rifle Colorado
Secretary Harold Ickes announced selecting a site seven miles west of Rifle Colorado for a 1.6 million dollar oil shale demonstration plant. The project aims to prove methods to produce liquid fuels from shale and coal, linking a testing lab at Laramie Wyoming with a near Rifle facility on federal land.
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Washington
Harold Ickes
Rifle
Colorado
United States
Ickes
Laramie
Wyoming
University of Wyoming
Bruceton Pass
Bureau of Mines
Utah
Nevada
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
Texas
D. Beque
Tribune
Missing Navy Seaman Dwight Ramsey In Atlantic Area
A fragmentary local notice reports Dwight Ramsey, a navy seaman, missing in the Atlantic area. The brief item notes he enlisted two years ago and that his parents live in Oxden. Further details remain unclear from the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Ramsey
Atlantic
Ramsey
Navy
Oxden
Warrant Out for Babe Jackson in Drunkenness Arrest
Warrant issued for Harley Babe Jackson 18, now in Colorado, on drunkenness and resisting an officer. Night marshal Jerome Goodrich confronted him at Grub Box cafe on February 21, shot into the ground then at Jackson as he fled toward the alley between Ulitab State Bank and the Telephone Company building, Jackson wounded twice but escaped. He is the younger brother of two men hunted across two states for draft evasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome Goodrich
Harley
Babe Jackson
Colorado
Goodrich
Jackson
Marshall
J Ce Penneys
Murder Trial Details From Vernal Federal Case
Fragmentary report recreates a violent murder and trial in East Lake City with Roy Ritchie and Reed tied to a fatal hammer attack on a woman named Williams. It covers staged roadside crime, trial in Federal Court, juries recommending leniency, and subsequent state proceedings and appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ust
Willams
Ine Silver Bridge
Rite Duchere
Rancho Grands
Sierra
Annie
Williams’ Small
Raed
Ritchie
Washington
East Lake City
Federake
Tillman Johnson
Roy Ritch
Johnson
Tno
Media
Vernal
Dist
Wm Stanley Sanford
Provo
Wallace Celder
Ermal
Ithey
Reedl
Hoed
State Supreme Court
District Court
Reed
Board of Pardons
Future Farmer Seeks Victory Certificate Honor
Vaughn Wilkins of United Future Farmer applies to the State Department of Vocational Agriculture for a Vi Food Certificate. The award recognizes minimum standards in food production. Last year his output included two baby beef, 200 meat chickens, 14 hogs, and five acres of barley, plus several range cats. The presentation will be at a school assembly. Also notes visitors from Salt Lake who spent the weekend here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vaughn Wilkins
United Future Farmer
State Department of Vocational Agriculture
Vaughn
Kelley Powell
End of Legislature Sees Bills Pending and Liquor Debate
The Utah legislature nears adjournment amid a sparring session between Democrats and Republicans over liquor policy and a contingent fund for Governor Maw. The senate moved to increase liquor commission capital while trimming restrictions. the fight turns on whether liquor should be a revenue source or tightly controlled. Despite stalemates on major issues like school financing and postwar planning, several bills passed as lawmakers faced limited time and lingering humor in a waning session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pt Ca
Adrian C Hatcher
House
Summit
Lawrence Rasmussen
Senate
Eugene V. Long Wounded in Action at Luxemburg
Sergeant Eugene V. Long age 33, son of Mr and Mrs Porter Long Sr, was wounded in action at Luxemburg on February 7, according to a word received Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene V Long
Porter Lo
Luxemburg
Cording
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Max York
Dusne Caldwell
Duane Caldwell
San Diego Naval Base
Max
Hilda York
Yakima
Duane
Blake Caldwell
Ralph Ashton
Ft Riley Kansas
Ada Jensen
Field Artillery
Ft Sit Okla
Pack Artiller
Ashton
Warren Mott
Durut
Arren Mott
Faday Aireude
Sheppard
Pvt
Mott
Ossi
William Mott
Pioneer
George E. Adams
Lions Club
J.g Ashton
Orval
Bud
McCarrell
Craig Ifuesday
Eth Fh
Owen, Slaugh
Vernal Second Ward
Mitchell
Salt Lake
Slaugh
Babe” Jackson
Lewis Evans
Wasatch
West Main
Evans
Vernalisst
Merle Campbell
Campbell
Jack" Heleo
Geneva
James J, Hoedl
Bus Hatch
Gun L Hatch
Duchesne
Win. T. Igleheart
Uteh State Press Association
Omar Khayyam
Herbert B
Ita
Liquor Commission
Sol Selvin
Tooele
Lquor
Maws
Joint Appropriations Committee
Maw
Atpevin
Long
Compton Califound
Pierce Bros
California
Alennor
Gdmel Selvoyr Boyer
Eml
Jessie Williams
Provo Sub-Erat
Bark Nation
Utah Valley
Everett Walliams
Laura Young Long
San Fran
Wiscombe
Mra
Jon Kerr
Tremtral Pacific
George Long
Williams
Jeaderjtral
Eugene V. Long
Luxenburg
Wiggs
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