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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1942
Page
3
Wartime article urges all Americans to conserve ferrous scrap and other metals to support steel, pig iron, and alloy needs. It explains how scrap recovers valuable alloys, reduces reliance on scarce materials, and offsets ore transport costs. It calls on every man, woman, and child to dig deep in the mine above ground for victory.
In October Fire Prevention Week highlights the role of fire protection in wartime. W E Mallalieu warns of fires that halted production of rubber magnesium powder and aviation gasoline. He urges citizens to learn and apply fire safety to aid democracy and national defense.
Utah farmers will receive feed wheat delivered to any county through CCC or trade channels. H E Larsen says producers may take delivery at their shipping point with proper certification for animal feed use. Large distributors must designate areas and a nominal price will be set. refunds possible if local price is higher. Information available via county AAA committee or CCC regional office in Portland.
Utah State Agricultural College will register new students for 1942 43 on Friday September 25 with former students joining Saturday September 26. orientation meetings precede actual registration which begins at 8 15 am and follows an alphabetical schedule. new courses include political science history industrial arts languages radio aviation and engineering with a bachelor of science in military studies planned.
The text indicates college leaders recognize a larger future army of students after the war and push major efforts to expand course offerings and complete commitments alongside existing work.
The American Way section recalls Earl Ross of Clearwater Kansas who rose from a local store clerk to a top executive at J. C. Penney Co earning about eighty thousand dollars yearly. The piece lauds hard work and self reliance as essential to democracy and wartime effort.
Were Naples AA Ode se and Mrs Chivers accompanied by her son Aubrey on a trip to Todele to visit Mr Chivers who works there. Aubrey stayed to seek employment. Mr and Mrs Cecil Gardiner and children Gerald and Enid returned to Huntington Park Calif. Mrs Arthur Harrison joined them. They visited William J Gardiner and Golden Gardiner in Mack Colo where Gardiner works at Douglas Aircraft. Mrs Josephine Bascom and daughter Ruth returned last week.
Progress on the fall range re seeding program west of Vernal reports much progress. About 1000 acres west of Mace have been completed. Crews move to the summer range near PF R Springs in the county south part. Seed is planted with a rail brush drag.
Several local events are noted including Nelda Duvall’s birthday celebration at a Greatier party, twelve guests attended, Lyle Hunting and family expect a new baby boy, and speakers at a Sunday meeting marked the start of a new MIA session. Several teachers and residents plan or return from assignments and travels in Uintah district and Salt Lake City.
Mrs. Porter Long Sr and Mr and Mrs Willard Haemussen with Mrs Charles Fre�tstong visited Army contact in Camp Haun. They also visited cousin Fracy Long in Hawthorne California. Mrs Willem Winn traveled to Balt Lake to escort step father Albert Shaffer from Monterey California. Mr and Mrs Claude Allred, working in Ogden last summer, are home briefly. Mr and Mrs Harold Twitchell of East Lake visited the weekend with Mrs Thomas Kidd and Mrs Kidd, who accompanied them home.
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