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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1945
Page
2
Unclear fragmentary notes describe serving coffee with ice cream, color effects in a room, washing egg beaters, graters, and a vacuum cleaner cord used to reflect something in a lawn. Also mentions a quick window cleaning method using paper towels on a sunny day.
Wartime notes show Allied authorities planning a postwar occupation of Germany with 400000 American troops retained, tight control of press and industry, and focus on moving resources to the Pacific. The shift aims to dismantle war facilities, retool industries, and manage civilian production while rationing continues and Europe seeks food aid.
Marine Combat Correspondent David Stick reports on Peleliu where after more than six months since landings American forces continue to fight entrenched Japanese troops. Rindy Nose Ridge lies within 160 yards of airstrip, offering shelter for numerous Japanese defenders hiding in caves since September.
Declaring that Congress did not intend to favor agricultural employment over all others, President Truman vetoed a farm workers deferment measure in the Selective Service bill. Congressmen from both parties sought to override the veto to protect farm production, while AFL and CIO sparred over labor leadership and ideology amid global union reorganizations and wartime tensions.
The article recounts a Long Beach California case where Mrs. Robert A McDowell learned her first husband, reported dead after a Burma firefight, was alive five months after she remarried Lt Harold. The delay spurred a reexamination of her marriage and plans for possible divorce or annulment as she sought closure and guidance from her husband.
In a blow to Western hopes for a democratic Polish postwar cabinet Moscow admits holding 16 Polish government in exile leaders in London on sabotage charges behind Red Army lines. Stettinius and Eden demand an explanation from Molotov as the Big Three seek to integrate democratic elements into a pro communist Warsaw regime per Yalta. Relations between Moscow and London exiles remain strained amid German charges and a large Polish officer corps.
The Dairy Products Marketing Association reports Minnesota still produced 17 percent of U S creamery butter in 1944, down 1 percent from the prior year, trailing Iowa and Wisconsin. Noebrooke contributed 45 percent, with other states following, reflecting shifts in national butter output and supply.
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