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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1947
Page
8
The article describes Java’s fertile fields and diverse exports including rubber quinine sugar coffee tea tobacco kapok teakwood and rice. It notes high living costs with food making up about a third of average family expenditures.
Washington reports the United States will provide Finland with 32 million dollars, adding to a prior 33 million loan. Finnish treasury officials say Finland remains the only borrower never to default on a post WWI debt, with the Export-Import Bank extending the loan from a 40 million dollar fund to procure urgently needed materials.
Chicago report cites American Academy of Orthopedic Specialists detailing a new Jewitt nail device that replaces leg traction. Doctors from St Duke's Hospital New York say it reduces hospital stays by about half and lowers mortality from 40 to 12 percent. They note fewer pressure sores and infections, with faster return home, and cite 85 cases operated in New York by Drs Mather Cleveland David Bosworth and Frederick Thompson.
In preparation for cold weather crews advise clearing and sorting chimney flues to prevent fire risks. Authorities emphasize removing debris and ensuring proper fitting to reduce smoke buildup and enhance safety.
Gusher notes a week of visits with Vernal and Denver residents, announcements of moves to Bountiful and Pharr, and a burial in Lancaster. It records family updates including births, health, and a genealogical conference in Roosevelt with speakers Lamont Neilson John Hacking and C W Bodily.
A Spring Valley Minnesota Tribune feature highlights Vernal youth Melvin Hodgkinson serving as an LDS missionary in Minnesota with companion Verl E Taylor of Parowan. They moved to Spring Valley in February and planned work there until early April. Hodgkinson intends to resume studies at Utah State Agricultural College after his mission.
Superior Oil Company of California seeks a 60 mile gas line franchise from Rangely Field to Grand Junction with an estimated cost of 496000. Gas would come from the Douglas Creek Dome twelve miles south of Rangely, with construction planned to start early next year pending steel pipe supplies. Public Service Company of Colorado would purchase gas for distribution.
Vancouver Washington authorities end coal heating in war built housing. Tenants must buy coal or stay in the dark as electricity remains in rent, meters installed. Officials report transformers burned out due to high consumption and plan to reduce fuse sizes, threatening blackout if tenants overuse power.
Mrs Frances Bullock of Provo fractured her ankle and will be remembered as Frances Neblek or Oren Davall recently visited Pleasant Grove where he has enninyment, reflecting a notable local remembrance and travel note.
Washington report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows commodity prices climbing to a new postwar high in January. The index for all commodities rose 0.6 percent to 140.8 percent of the 1926 average, up 0.7 percent from December, 82 percent above a year earlier, and significantly higher than January 1937 and January 1929 figures.
A yearly festival named Feast of the Roses in Persie was held and sealed as the Feast of the Rose, lasting as long as the roses bloom.
The American grape growing and wine industry began in Cincinnati with Nicholas Longworth in 1623. Seventeen years later vineyards emerged around Lake Erieslands and nearby shorelines, proving superior to southern state plantings. Minnesota hosts the vast 434,500 acre Game Refuge in Heltrams and Lake of the Woods counties, housing diverse wildlife including elk and caribou unique to the region.
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