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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1942
Page
5
A quirky tale describes rival contestants claiming worst singer status. They challenge each other to perform before a professor to settle bets. The professor judges with a grave remark that none could sing, sparking a humorous dispute over who owes whom.
Christmas is a major headache for managers of large department stores. After New Year planning begins to forecast sales, hire thousands, reorganize floors, and stock massive inventories. Toy departments expand to 1500 workers, with 700 interpreters ready for multilingual customers as stores prep for the next holiday rush.
Mrs Mary S Venable of University of Tennessee Nursery School urges careful book selection for children. She argues books influence development via age suitability, word choice, story length, illustrations, and repetition. She notes humor belongs in a child’s collection.
An early note describes Christmas in Strasbourg with trees set up in parlors. People hung tereon roses cut from colored paper, apples, wafers, gold foil, and sweets, with twenty on the tree.
The text notes that Christmas cakes iced cookies and other treats are survivals of the ancient custom of presenting confectionery to the senators of Rome.
Morgan confronts Ben Herendeen in a dark street after a gunfight that ends with Herendeen dead. He reflects on lost friends and the pull of the past as Ann McGarrzah and Catherine reappear in his life. He reconciles with Grace and Lige, and finally reunites with Catherine, finding renewal after years of wandering.
Private William J Monroe, stationed at Camp Hoberts California, constructed a flytrap in the drill yard by order of his command. After two hours, personnel checked the device and found it working in an unintended way, catching anatomical specimens instead of flies.
A reflection on mental weight advising against storing unrelated data. It recalls a man proud of knowing the Washington Monument height, illustrating how trivial facts can crowd memory. The passage emphasizes prioritizing essential knowledge over trivia.
In 1942 turkey production is forecast to rise about one percent from 1941, with February expectations for higher flocks hit by weather and labor shortages. Meanwhile Britain receives over 66,000 blankets made from discarded paper machine felt.
Richard Hunter of the Bureau of Standards Washington DC unveils a device called the Photoelectric Tristinelimm Colorimeter. It can distinguish about 100 million color shades far beyond human vision, with a few undetectable by humans and three values in certain industrial operations.
Tom G. Stitts of Harm Credit Administration UK Department of Agriculture emphasizes the need for a better mouse trap. He says success requires extensive facts about preferred trap types worldwide.
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