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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1950
Page
2
An October observance titled Oil Progress Week stresses oil's role in agriculture industry and war efforts. It cites 8 billion dollars invested since the last war, rising capacity, and intense competition among 400 refining firms, shaping better gasoline and affordable prices for about 150 million Americans.
The Opinion Research Corporation reports 86 percent favor spending cuts before tax hikes and 70 percent urge smaller government bills. It notes 89 percent shocked by hidden taxes on a loaf and a car tax of about 500 dollars. Higher federal taxes began Oct. 1 with expectations of more to come amid rising military spending and domestic growth pressures.
The 1950 budget deficit is the eighteenth in the past twenty years, a continuing pattern noted in the Cleveland Trust Company Business Bulletin. Deficits have become a habit, signaling persistent fiscal imbalance over two decades.
Mayors and civil officials from major cities conferred with leaders of the national security resources board and the war munitions board and were granted an audience with the President to discuss civilian defense.
The mayors received city maps marking likely bombing zones and met with federal officials to discuss funding civilian defense measures, including evacuation, and to guard against subversives. FBI agents may infiltrate communist outfits, with enforcement debates over a new subversive law and prosecutions. The US employment farm labor advisory board pledged to maintain high farm output through manpower and equipment, while Selective Service outlined age group considerations for total war mobilization.
A letter to the editor warns President Truman and officials that withdrawing the Seventh Fleet risks losing Japan, the Philippines, and Asia to Communist expansion. The writer argues U.S. concessions invite a broader war and seeks decisive action to counter China and Soviet influence.
The article discusses a proposed theory that the sun is powered by a cyclical chain of atomic fission reactions. It describes heat generation as a repeating sequence from one stage to another, returning to the initial stage to begin again. The concept frames the sun as an eternal ball of fire driven by nuclear processes.
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