Expedition to Study Yampa River Canyon
An expedition to explore the Yampa Canyon in Dinosaur National Monument begins May 30 led by archaeologists from the Smithsonian and Boulder Dam area. Harold M. Ratcliff says the canyon may hold North America’s valuable archeological records in walls and caves, at risk if Echo Canyon dam is built.
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Yampa
Green Tver
Moffat
Dinosaur National Monument
Harold M. Ratcliff
North America
Echo Canyon
Yampa Canyon
Frank M. Stealer
Smithsonian Institute
Washington, D. C
Baldwin
Boulder Dam
Boulder City
Nevada
David H. Canfield
Rocky Mountain Na Yonal Park
Estes Park
Colo
Dan Teard
National Park Service
Ratcliff
Ashley Forest To Hold Forest Fire Training School
Ashley Forest schedules a forest fire training school at Green Lakes on June 8 8 and 16 with Forest Supervisor Earl Sanford and officials from the National Park Service Grazing Service and Indian Service. The event aims to address suppression and presuppression issues with programs led by supervisors and rangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashley Forest
Green Lakes
Earl ©. Sanford
Forest Service
Neational Ark Service
Grazing Service
Indian Service
Banford
Sanford
J. W
G. A. Lambert
Robert F. Livsey
A. K. Wagensen
Aclon
George W. Walkup
G. A. Lamert
Clyde Lambert
A. K. Wogensen
One Thousand Poppies Sold In Verna Saturday
One thousand poppies were sold in Verna Saturday as part of the nineteenth annual Poppy Day drive led by Mrs. Glen A. Lambert and the American Legion Auxiliary. Proceeds aid disabled veterans and their families. poppies were made by veterans at Gall Lake hospital for Uintah County. Auxiliary members and volunteers distributed the poppies. Effie Had aided in directing the sale.
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Verna
Glen A. Lambert
American Legion Auxiliary
Gall Lake Hospital
Uintah County
City Puts Teeth In Air Raid Law
Vero nal enacts emergency air raid ordinance making blackout compliance mandatory for motorists and the public. Violations carry up to 300 dollars fine or three months imprisonment or both. The law outlaws all lights except in approved shelters or permitted mov ing vehicles.
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Veronal
Death of Prominent Vernal Church Worker and Musician
Rose Richardson Walker, 57, prominent church worker and musician from Vernal, died Monday evening at 7:39 p.m. at the family home south of town after a heart attack. A devoted community leader, she sang publicly and served as chorister of stake primary and Relief Society, former YSMIA president, and teacher. Active in the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, she led the Tokawana Camp and was past DUP president of Uintah County. Born April 23, 1885 in Center Creek, Utah, she married George Franklin Walker in 1908. they moved to Ashley Valley in 1910 and bought a farm.
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Ufe
Rose Richardson Walker
George F. Walker
Vernal
Stake
Stake Relief Society
Ysmia of Vernal Second Ward
Ashley Valley
Tokawana
Uintah County
DUP
Walker
Center Creek
Wasatch County
Utah
William and
Jane Muir Richardson
Wallatch
George Franklin Walker
Salt Lake
LDS Temple
Ashisy Valley
Vernal Native Gains Fame In Fossil Finds
Dr. J LeRoy Kay of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Museum to visit his father John T Kay of Naples before annual Uintah Basin fossil hunt. He helped excavate Jensen dinosaur fossils with family, later researching Brown’s Park formation in Colorado and having several species named in his honor. Born March 26 1892 in Mona, Utah, Kay grew up in Uintah Basin and trained under local educators before pursuing field work and maps now regarded as authoritative.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
J. LeRoy Kay
Carnegie Museum
John T. Kay
Naples
Uintah Basin
Kay
Golden Kay
University of Utah
Ef Jensen
Dinosaur National Monument
Brown's Park
Colorado
Dr. Kay
Mana
Juab County
Utah
Jake Karren
N. O. Sowards
D. L. Richards
Mona
Vernal
Timtah Stake Academy
N. DL. Nelson
Robert Sainsbury
Alral Framlines
Bingham and
Little Cottonwood Can
Scrap Metal and Rubber Drive Starts
One hundred thirty seven civic and community leaders statewide were named chairmen of local salvage drives as the state salvage committee plans a Sal vage for Victory campaign beginning Thursday and running for the war’s duration. M J Greenwood urged Utahns to donate scrap metals old rubber articles and old rags with WPA rural collection oversight led by Darrell J Greenwell.
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State
M. J. Greenwood
WPA
Greenwood
Utah
Eighteen Earn First Aid Certificates in Maeser
Eighteen residents completed Red Cross standard first aid classes at the Maeser ward chapel last Thursday. Dr. J. W. Blevens states the twenty hour course was led by Edna Collett and Lela Colton. Certificate recipients include Beth Allen and Meyer Allen plus Gordon Bodily, Harold Bodily, Lucile Bodily, Melvin Bodily, Elva Caldwell, Marvel Caldwell, Clayton MacConkle, Phebe Jane Merkey, Veda Merkley, Velda Merkley, O Reta Oaka, Charlene Palmer, Delores Richards, Ted Thacker, and Mex York.
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Red Cross
Maeser Ward Chapel
J. W. Blevens
Uintah Courity
Edna Collett
Lela
Colton
Beth Allen
Edmand Allen
Gordon Bodily
Harold Bodily
Lucile Bodily
Melvin Bodily
Elva Caldwell
Marvel Caldwell
Clayton MacConkle
Nathan Whetten Accepts Post In Mexico City
STORRS Conn Dr Nathan Whetten dean of the graduate school at the University of Connecticut has been given a leave of absence to accept a post with the foreign service of the state department in Mexico announced by President A N Jorgensen He and his wife left on May 16 for Mexico City where he will study Mexico rural areas for American cooperation He is one of three rural sociologists assigned abroad with one to Argentina and the other to Brasil His headquarters will be the American embassy in Mexico City and he will do field work elsewhere in the country The Whettens will live in Mexico City and their two sons Rey 13 and Johno 7 will attend American schools there Assignment runs to September 1943 Continued on Page Eight.
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State Department
Argentina
Brasil
Whetten
Mexico City
Rey
Johno
USCO Drive to Raise Funds in Uintah County
At a Uintah County United Service Organization publicity committee meeting co chairs Mrs I Ray Stringham and Mrs Effie Hull were named to raise about 200 dollars in the national drive Funds will provide recreation facilities for men in service and aid their families Headquarters are in the former Calder Fruit store with the Red Cross also using the space Contributions may be given to any member or at the headquarters Community committees will be organized in each county area Clayton Findlay and Paul G Stringham recently assigned to the U S Army Air Corps on furlough in Verna endorsed the USO noting servicemembers gain more from the USO than any patriotic effort and seeking support for the drive The piece continues on page eight.
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Uintah County
United Service Organization
I.ray Stringham
Effie Hull
Calder Fruit
Marthe Karren
Red Cross
Clayton Findlay
Paul G. Stringham
U. S. Army Air Corps
Verna
USO
United Service Organizations
California
Serial Numbers Assigned to Men in Third Registration
The Selective Service Board issued serial numbers to all men aged 44 to 65 who registered in the third national registration on April 27 in Uintah County. Six hundred ninety two serial numbers were issued, listing registrants in the county. Acting on the board were Nu afeagher, Les er Bingham, Harmon Sowards, and Chellis Caldwell, secretary.
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Selective Service Board
Lesued Beial
Uintah
Nu Afeagher
Leser Bingham
Harmon
Sowards
Chellis Caldwell
Uintah Basin Junior Livestock Show Opens Strong
Friday evening kicked off the Uintah Basin Junior Livestock Show with ideal spring weather and record crowds. Judges explained high quality breeding stock while younger stockmen learned from the demonstrations. Alvin E. Weeks praised cross-county committees, business support, and the public address system. Rex Jensen and Uintah FFA members boosted interest, and futures for local farming were discussed amid plans for next year. Baby beef steers were auctioned by H C Rhoemeker and Bill Barker.
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Uintah Basin
Dudges
Alvin E. Weeks
Weeka
Duchesne
Uintah County
Ashton Bros. Company
M. Rex Jensen
Uintah High School
Uintah Ffa
Weeks
Thurgda Ternoah
David Sharp, Jr
Utah
4-H Club
John Barnard
Wasatch
Marder Broadbent
Teusell R. Keetch
Uintah
C. FR. Hineman
Grand Junction
Colo
H. C. Rhoemeker
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Bill Barker
Salt Lake
Victorville Flying School letters from Lt Hall aid
Lt David B Ball writes from Victorville Army Flying School recounting graduation as Second Lieutenant and bomber pilot. He describes training, a couple of minor forced landings, and plans to visit family while noting friends serving in Vernal.
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David B. Ball
Army Flying School
Victorville
California
United States Army Air Forces
Hell
Uintah High School
Drigham Young University
Air Corps
Denver
Union Oil Well Near Vernal Reaches 1950 Feet
Union Oil Company of California reports its well 11 miles west of Vernal at Cottonwood Springs has reached 1950 feet at noon Tuesday. The well started April 19 by Douglas Wyn contractors Garetson and Kinsley with three 8 hour shifts to push progress toward 2500 feet before abandonment. The aim is Mesa Verde sandstone. surface surveys from 1939 and 1940 guided drilling. A 85 8 inch casing was set after 140 feet, then reduced to 7 48 inch to speed ceiling. The west Vernal structure is a plunging anticline with horizons mostly truncated beds of Upper Cretaceous. Mr and Mrs Charles H Colton and family left the courly part of the week for Provo to spend the summer.
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Union Oil Company of California
Vernal
Cottonwood
Max L. Kruger
Garetson and Kinsley
Douglas, Wyn
Ube
Mesas Verde
Union Oil Company
Sugar Allotments for Home Canning Regulation
New regulation grants home canners one pound of sugar per four quarts of fruit plus one extra pound per family member for jams and preserves. The aim is to conserve fruit and free canned supplies for the army. Local rationing boards will provide forms and instructions before applications.
Are We Willing to Pay Teachers Common Laborer Wage
Dr Grant West acting superintendent Uintah District Schools presents the Utahwide debate on teacher salaries. The piece cites 26 Uintah teachers not signing contracts, cites competition from other districts and private and defense industries, and questions whether state and federal funding or higher salaries are needed to keep qualified teachers. The piece notes Moody’s view that teachers deserve salaries at least equal to common laborers and mentions continuing on page three.
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Utah
Unis County
Moody
Lea
Valley Market Celebrates First Anniversary Sale Event
The Ashley Valley Market marks its first anniversary with a two day birthday sale on Thursday and Friday. Special gifts for kids and a secret code for prizes invite youngsters to participate. The store opened a year ago offering groceries, cold storage and a theater department. Managers are Mr and Mrs Bryon Fisher.
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Ashley Valley
Pepe
Bry
On Fisher
Basin Rubber Tests Reported by Chicago Financial Paper
A Chicago Daily News financial section article details United Basin hydrocarbons and Uintah Basin resources. It explains production, experimental work, and mentions synthetic rubber and extender materials linked to past experiments. Washington reports further developments on WRB.
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United Basin
Chicago Daily News
Erhera Rubber
Utah Hille
Uintah Basin
Washington
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Yampa River
National Park Group
Echo Reservoir
Jack Young
Maeser
Mr. Young
Brimmy Hatch
Uinlah
Mr. Hatch
Sikley Situ
J. C. Penney
Rose Walker
Nathan Whetten
Post
USC
Fair Grounds
David B. Tale
Bombardier Pilot Inc
Lt. Hall
Victorville Flying School
Btrs. M
Boswell
Southern
Beaver
Mrs. Baswell
Mr. Baswell
Mbt&t Co
Roy W. Duke of
Tn Basin
Radastohal Owarté
Bent
Poland
China
Everett Pitt
Blaine
Morrill
Sidney Berkley
Ved Phillips
Owen Powell
Merkley
Powellt
Hereford
Lewis Freestone
Bull
Boakeford
Howard Allred
H.W. Gast
van Winton
van Win Ounlis
Bull Woo Associa
Hayden Holstein
Holatain
Bandridge
EK Bain
Davia
Broodmart
Reavy
Tim Robinson
Jim Robinson
Dee Jenkins
Ab Price
Light
Herold Purcell
Austin Beck
Robinson
W. Palmer
Charles H. Colton
Courly
Provo
Uo Simmer
Grant West
Uintah District
Milton EB. Moody
Wanhtaiton County
Was! County News
England
Valley Market
Chicago Financial
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