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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1947
Page
4
EALT LAKE CITY With sales totaling more than 31,000,009 the Salt Lake Regional Office of the War Assets Administration led Zone Six in surplus disposals for February. Paul G. Rutten, WAS regional administrator, said preliminary figures show goods costing the government 106,837,000 were sold during February in eight western states comprising Zone Six.
In Mexico City Pemex and the government conducted a major payroll purge, dismissing about 60 workers amid wage dispute negotiations. Miguel Aleman ordered the action, with tropas deployed for a decade across installations. An alert notes that thirty five percent of accidental deaths stem from handling hazards.
Vernal City Utah council intends to construct a sanitary sewer on 4th South Street and 2nd East Street with special assessments based on frontage. Estimated project cost 2500.90 dollars with owners paying about 1.25 per lineal foot. Protests must be in writing by April 15 to the City Recorder.
The Civilian Production Administration announces removal of lumber controls on millwork hardwood flooring and plywood effective March 1. Restrictions on Douglas fir and western pine lumber remain but others are eased. Sawmills and distributors must deliver 83 percent of production under new Veterans Housing Program Order B effective April 1, with other regulations as before. Like Fork Best Bark is the most popular meal in the American din t.
London report states Great Britain will again welcome tourist visitors starting in 1947 with free passage for travelers. Lord Inman announced a conference of international tourist bodies promising that travel will be encouraged and shipments and agencies will be informed. A coordinated campaign aims to attract tourists from the United States.
In Hedwood City California 4d year old Jim Campbell, a noted Tin Pan Alley composer of songs like Show Me the Way to Norme and Isle of Capri, was placed on probation after pleading guilty to a charge of issuing checks totaling 200 dollars across San Mateo and Campbell.
A decades old government report on the Colorado River Basin highlights vast undeveloped land and water resources, potential hydroelectric capacity, and the need for irrigation. It notes Boulder Dam, future projects, and the basin's economic gap between growing demand and available resources.
The text discusses Primrose Wine and Primrosea in England and outlines stage two development using construction forces for up to 16 years. It notes water allocations between basin states, with future stages tied to complete allocations. Responsibility to propose second stage projects lies with the states' people as 1947 begins.
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