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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1949
Page
2
A playful prompt titled ASK ME ANOTHER presents six trivia prompts. Questions cover measurements a long ton pounds a single tree and a misspelled year while asking about presidential birthplaces a geographic riddle about piers and a global city location south of the equator.
The list presents quiz style clues and solutions including a weight 240 pounds, a horse harness bar, a vast 6.3 billion bushels figure, Herbert Hoover, a marginal note in the Bible, and Buenos Aires as the Argentine capital.
The Mindszenty treason verdict concludes with possible life sentence, while Western church leaders condemn Hungary's proceedings. The piece argues Soviet policy uses religion to advance expansion and notes inflation checks. It credits the public for aiding price stability by lowering demand.
In a Washington Lincoln Day speech Thomas E. Dewey attacked party policy, urged purging anti liberal elements, and pressed for forward looking social programs without overreaching the public purse. He noted the party’s split and called for clear stand. The piece also reports on 1947 American family income with average $3,000 and farm workers showing the strongest rise from $200 in 1939 to $900 in 1947.
Federal officials struggle to aid the Navajo nation as the worst plains blizzard in years leaves vast stretches of the reservation isolated. A 30 mile supply line sustains thousands of Indians living on the reserve while government doctors report fairly good health amid frigid shortages. Mobile teams operate overland and by air for six weeks to reach families, with sheep and cattle starving and horse transport halted.
Wells Faithfully Truman of Independence Missouri tops a poll as the nation’s most popular citizen while public safety praises his daily walk from Blair House to the White House. The DC traffic board admired his restraint in awaiting green lights and declining a special crossing control. In contrast the Russian demand for U S atomic data continues to stir Cold War tension. The U S Navy reports four B 20s scoring direct hits on nine ships near Kodiak Island as part of war games, underscoring the air force’s shore attack capabilities.
Santos Dumot, circus performer, stuck his head into a 300 pound alligator's mouth in Alencon France. The alligator snapped shut but his father forced the jaw open with an iron bar. The actor suffered deep head wounds but will live.
Northwestern University medical expert Dr. Arthur R. Colwell reports a 2 to 1 mix of regular and protamine insulin reducing daily injections for severe diabetics. Tested on over 500 patients, many now require one or two injections daily, dramatically fewer than prior regimes. The approach balances rapid and long acting effects to stabilize blood sugar and lessen nighttime lows and daytime highs. Large scale production is not yet in place but progress continues.
Paris reports Fernand Albert Dider Rameau, calling himself Professor, dazzled faculty at the International House of University City with a claims filled career including the Prix Curie and a battery device he touts as an "electric brain" that supposedly cures cancer tuberculosis goiter and minor ailments. He was jailed amid credulity over a thirteen year history of dramatic boasts and misrepresentation.
Santa Barbara, California reports a 21 year study on Harding grass shows drought resistance and high yield. The seed stays green over six months, stores nutrients in bulb like structures, and can feed three cattle on one acre, potentially changing grazing economics nationwide.
First Doctor describes an unusual case today. Second Doctor asks what it was. First Doctor notes grass hay fever involvement in a widow case discussed in clinic.
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