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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1934
Page
3
The entry records WILLIAM EB WALLIS as editor and JAMES HW WALLIS as publisher. It notes second class matter status at the Vernal Utah post office dated March 13, 2009 under the act of March 3, 1879.
A clipped fragment notes subscription terms and rates in advance and expresses optimism for bigger Uintah County outcomes under the Utah State Press Association. The text hints at a political or community-minded newspaper stance.
Norman Thomas warns in a recent address that the nation could fall under socialist or fascist rule within ten years. He urges peaceful drift toward socialism with compensation and taxation plans, promising eventual government ownership of major industries, banks, railroads, and farms, while criticizing private property rights and American ideals.
A Department of Agriculture report notes the farm price index rose to 76 on March 15 from 50 a year earlier, while prices farmers pay reached 120. The gains reflect cooperative efforts to curtail crops, steady markets, and influence agricultural policy, with a brighter outlook than since 1928.
United States Senator David I Walsh of Massachusetts argues that private industry must be made profitable and attractive to attract business men and achieve full recovery from the low mood.
A call to residents to volunteer for a spring cleanup as winter neglect leaves vacant lots yards and streets unsightly. The note urges collective effort to make the town cleaner and safer during the annual awakening.
A civic clean-up campaign led by clubs or Boy Scouts can start with leadership and neighbor cooperation. Cleaning streets and vacant lots turns spaces into playgrounds parks or gardens while creating jobs. Fire safety profits from reduced rubbish loss. national figures report 1 207 960 in U S fire losses for 1932.
The piece argues that returning mining jobs would revitalize the economy, noting mines once led employment and tax revenue across agriculture, retail, and local industries. A mining revival is seen as a long step toward better times for the region.
Local families report visits from Salt Lake and Maricopa. Two infants face illness while a CCC blacksmith's job and school events draw attention. A Saint of Sunnyside entertainment pleases eighty plus students. MIA program features solos and readings with Superintendent Olson speaking.
Several large herds were moved to their summer range on Dr Fork and Taylor mountain during the week. Mrs George Wilson, long ill during winter, has recovered enough to be about and greet friends in Ashley Valley. Wilson suffered an infection from a bee sting.
The MTA held a Sunday evening program with Erma Caldwell, the Bigelow sisters, Miss Ruby Foster singing, Thelma Winn, Wm Spronre reading, Miss Beth Noberg song, Acil Caldwell and company ukulele solo, and Lloyd Rasmussen reading. A welcome home party for Ruby Foster was held Friday in Vernal after her mission.
Mr and Mrs Rile Blackburn and Mr and Mrs Lawrence Adams of Dry Fork were here over the week enc.
Roosevelt ward members report ongoing shearing at Watson and Roosevelt sites with families such as Glinis and Wardle keeping workers on the job. Visits to nearby states for work continue as others attend funerals, hospital stays, and church events, including Improvement Era drives and a joint program themed around the Second Coming.
Uintah County shows a higher share of women placements than Utah statewide from December 1933 to April 1934. Women accounted for about 44 percent of state placements, while Uintah reported a higher proportion of female placements though men secured most jobs. Women earned about 10 percent of total hours on public works, and the duration of women’s jobs tended to be longer than men’s.
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