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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1946
Page
10
An editorial urges Vernal readers to ponder J Reuben Clark’s message from the First Presidency about the narrow gap between plenty and want. It links national Thanksgiving abundance with coal shortages and stresses that the key factor in abundance is human cooperation and goodwill among all people.
The army announces a peace time expansion seeking 25 000 Regular Army commissions in grades of second lieutenant captain and major to reach 10 000 authorized by Congress. Ex Army of the United States officers who served since December 7 1941 are eligible. Applications pass through local recruiting offices with dates December 31 for general candidates and November 30 for supplemental applicants.
Fragmentary handwritten line mentions United States Savings Bonds also being called Opportunity Bonds. Claims about family opportunities, education, buying a home, and travel are presented in a garbled way with many misspellings, making precise facts unreliable.
The Office of Price Administration reorganizes its Utah activities closing the district office November 29. A Utah branch sugar division will administer sugar rationing and pricing, with Atlas Building Salt Lake City as base. Rent control offices remain in Salt Lake City and Tooele, led by Glen Reese and Wendover agents, while enforcement continues from Denver.
Fragmentary text notes a 1943 forest fire lease plan costing about 25 million dollars for national scope, with most land described as unprotected. References a historical loss figure near 31 million and a drop in a metric labeled Grea, with a percentage change hinted but not specified.
The piece surveys U S tariff policy from Smoot-Hawley through reciprocal trade acts, noting party stances and key votes in Congress. It cites Daniel Reed, Need, and Wherry amid discussion of extensions, expiration in 1948, and ongoing trade negotiations with 18 nations. It also mentions federal spending by the Interior Department on reclamation contracts totaling 22 million across Columbia River and western projects.
France’s Population Minister Paul Robert Prigent outlined an ambitious 10 year plan to naturalize three million new citizens to support reconstruction. He noted a goal of boosting laboring immigrants with families to address population and economic needs as France advances postwar recovery.
Meeting of Daughters of the Pioneers at Eva Wilson’s home on Thursday November 21 with sixteen attendees. Lunch served by several members. Attendees included Etma Hardy of Vernal and others. visits from Vernal residents noted. Local social updates and gatherings referenced.
Mrs. C E Nerkiey and Mr Goodrich plan Salt Lake visits to see in laws. Nelle Jett to Heber City for winter with Loyal Goodrich family. DUP meeting held at Mignon Mooseman home with lesson and light fare. Veda McKee birthday surprise hosted by Mia Vin Kitchen. Terry Parrish and Cortland Hancock family visits in Oakland and Los Angeles for Thanksgiving. Deveur Ross birthday party and Seventh grade plays showcase Utah epoch themes. Four Tridell students join Alterra High School plays. Albin Anderson receives a new kitchen stove at Tridell school. Mrs Gilbert Ellingford returns from Salt Lake after avoiding surgery.
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