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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1940
Page
6
Analysis by Joseph W LaBine notes cabinet reshuffles and bombing raids presaging major spring offensives as Russia moves closer to Italy. The editorial reflects on strategic shifts and wartime pressures.
The piece outlines a widening conflict as Germany Italy and Russia move toward closer alignment while Britain and France push for decisive action. It notes Hitler Mussolini and Stalin meeting at Brenner Pass and Berlin-Moscow talks amid Allied political upheaval and Slovakia confusion with Finland facing massive casualties and evacuation.
Congress weighed a $212 million parity and $85 million surplus commodities package far exceeding the presidents budget. The Senate debated extending the reciprocal trade act while the Labor Board expansion faced a narrow House vote. Defense cuts and new WPA funding loomed as deficit projections rose with war demands.
Virginia Vale reports on a Paramount led All American College Queen contest selecting a finalist from 462 colleges. Photographs from entrants head to New York, with 12 semifinalists chosen to travel to Galesburg and then to Hollywood for the winner.
The US restrains Gov Pallips from deploying troops to halt Grand River dam work while Phil Upa argues for payment to the state for property damage. Tax returns show a 9.26 percent rise amid ongoing collections.
News briefs note Huke Cromwell’s husband Jimmy Cromwell in trouble amid comments on Canada and isolationism. Fractured pelvis for Mrs Franklin Aose Velt after a horseback fall. Jacqueline Cochran aims for air speed record, Joan Fontaines and Olivia de Havilland also in focus.
The U.S. Navy tugs begin towing a 500 ton dry dock from New Orleans to Pearl Harbor Honolulu, a 6000 mile voyage, marking a century old date as the swallows return to San Juan Capistrano on October 23 each year.
The text describes two sewing patterns and their use for spring and summer wardrobes. It highlights a sleeveless tennis frock with a swing skirt and an inset belt, plus a lightweight street-and-runabout option. It emphasizes value and fashionable practicality.
Jones pleads for a raise as three firms the gas company the coal company and the furniture supplier circle him. The boss sizes him up and offers a chilling smile asking for names.
An ad claims Adlerike a 35 year old remedy relieves gas bloating by acting as a laxative and carminative. It promises quick stomach soothe, gentle bowel movement, and relief from headaches indigestion and sour stomach. Sold at drug stores.
Bureau of Biological Survey notes growing evidence of long lived birds. An osprey tagged at St Guards Island in June 1914 was found dead there in June 1935, marking among the oldest ages. A Louisiana heron banded at Avery Island in August 1920 was retrapped in January 1937, at about 17 years.
Margot Harris of Netaris Ore a coast resort town uses a home craft to make money. She collects or cures hides from government pamphlets and fashions coats from the skins. The expert appraisers estimate the coat at $500.
Telephone companies in over twenty American cities publish street-address based directories that list subscribers by address rather than alphabetically by name. New editions appearing every six months in each borough carry updated listings and prices.
Ask Me Another presents a general knowledge quiz covering senses sleep depth maple jewelers ruby price Mary Ball mother of a U S president Confucius period lowest car gear and a term for a closed mouthed or unremarkable person.
Fragmentary text mentions fear, Washington, censure, defense against periodic pains, and a preser vation idea. It references improving nutrition and physical resistance, with vague terms like liberty and insipid. No clear event or identifiable persons emerge.
A fragmentary letter describes Franklin Disilken and Benjamin Fra Win writing to Sarah Bache on January 28. The author expresses strong disapproval of the Bald Fegle as representative, criticizing morals and character contrasted with men who “live by Shasy g and Abbing,” and referencing the Turkey Inich as a true original Native.
Rationing measures set by authorities limit animal feed rations in Berlin with carpentry like numbers for pigs cows and other stock. The article notes a rise in sales of symphony records and claims orchestras have faced gender press coverage over the past two years.
A survey of 293 Iowa rural mall carriers shows an average car travels 15 000 miles annually. Cost per mile is 3.34 dollars on pavement, 4.19 dollars on gravel, and 4.04 dollars on dirt roads. Snow and ice add 0.50 dollars per mile in winter.
Article describes back siphonage where waste from fixtures is drawn into the fresh water supply. It notes cracked or faulty fixtures or faucets as common causes and mentions the risk to household water purity due to water level issues in the fixture.
The myth states that Zeus was nourished on goat milk by Amalthaea daughter of King Melisseus of Crete. In Krautudk a horn broken from a goat became a symbol, granting continual abundance to the holder, giving rise to the expression horn of plenty.
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