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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1946
Page
6
During last week's Uintah Basin Junior Tavestock Show general committee meeting members lauded the remarkable six year rise in stock quality. Cheney noted a recent farm tour contrasted 1946 stock with now superior animals, attributing progress to the annual show and the academy.
The excerpt cites the book One World or None explaining a nuclear blast over Manhattan at half a mile up. It details instant deaths for 300000 residents, 300000 more injured, radiation deaths, and widespread destruction beyond the immediate area. It notes scientists warn leaders to consider preventing such catastrophe.
Renewed hope that Congress will curb unscrupulous labor activity hinges on public demand for a legal vaccine against recurring strikes. The House passes the Case bill signaling some reform, but Senate education and labor committee blocks proposals. Critics fault administration inaction on coal strikes while dangers grow if price ceilings vanish and wages rise. Secretary Anderson warns of a rising meat black market if controls lift, with no viable alternative offered.
Local notes report the arrival of a baby girl born May 10 at Roosevelt hospital and health updates for Roy Atwood. A birthday party honored John Kitchen and Katherine Bartlett at the airport. Various visits to Tridell from Logan Vernal Salt Lake City and Provo are recorded alongside a Mothers Day gathering for Nellie Merkley and a wedding for Stanley Hoops and Loa Nyberg.
President Hoover warns in a preliminary food report that only five small nations with 143 million people can feed themselves until next harvest. About 100 million peasants live hand to mouth, while 200 million children from the Russian frontier to England show severe malnutrition and diseases like rickets and tuberculosis. Without aid, a lost generation looms across Europe, as no adequate relief facilities are in place.
Merrill N Warnick of Pleasant Grove was named chairman of the committee to plan dairy month activities. The piece notes rising dairy demand and supply strain, with per capita milk use increasing from 158 to about 206 quarts over five years, ice cream output surging after a food order lift, and ongoing shortages affecting cheese and butter availability.
The April total for Utah savings bond sales reached 2,464,012 versus 1,749,715 in March, per the state director of sales monthly report. Uintah County sold 21,337 in Series E bonds. ten counties sold more than Uintah as the Treasury Department pushes bonds to curb inflation.
Mr and Mrs J H Tophan recently took over the management of Docs Beach from Mr and Mrs S D Pearce. The new manager reports the interior of the dance hall has been repainted and exterior improvements are scheduled soon. Dancing will occur each Saturday in the summer with boxing bouts every two weeks starting May 16. The Pearces bought the beach four years ago from Mr and Mrs Frank Carroll.
Rock Point canal headgate completed three miles north of Vernal, a reinforced concrete structure about 148 feet long with a three foot head gate and 36 foot drop. Farmers Alvin Garginer Warren Richardson Lynn Richens and C M Kidd benefit from controlled irrigation flow and measuring devices on ditches below the structure. The irrigation company weighs future placement options.
The May 14 1926 issue notes third annual comumether vient exercises Friday and mentions Mr and Mrs William S Fore hosting baby news at Venn Mal Sunes f Tr ont. Martin and Lorem Reed wed May 12 by President Wallace Calder. New home missionaries lead by one stake include Butt acne Sele Mosre A SR Satdwelt Lei Bingian and others. Rock Point navigation and Soil Conservation District referenced for information. Mey
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