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Show :l Wednesday, November 21, 1951 Completes No. 2 Battery at Ironton XnE DRAGERTON TRIBUNE DRAGERTON. UTAII Rebuilding of the Number 2 ' Press reports say the Maritime battery, of 23 cobe ovens at the Commission may soon release Ironton plant of Geneva Steel more merchant ships for transcompany, a U. S. subsidiary, was porting supplies to Europe. And completed this month and the the main reason for this is Euovens are now back in operation, ropes need for American coal. Harold B. Mankin, general suAt present, some 3,000,000 tons Ironton p'lant, of coal ' perintendent of the are going to Europe each ' said today. . j month, and more is required. Eu' The battery was built originally rope and Englands socialized and in January, 1928, and operated mines simply continuously until it was shut have not been able to meet the down in August, 1950, for the re- demand, and a critical situation building job. The work of tear- has developed. The only country ing down and rebuilding the ovens that can make up this serious dehas taken a little more than one ficiency is the United States year. where, by contrast, the mines are privately-cwneovens two and where they in There are 56 coke batteries at the Ironton plant operate in an intensely competisouth of Provo. The first battery tive ecnonomy. The American miner has highof 33 ovens was 'built and put into 1923 in when ly advanced equipment which operation originally the Ironton plant first began pro- permits him to turn out at least duction. This battery was re- three tons as much coal per day as any miner abroad. And the built in 1936, Mr. Mankin said. In another major development miner, no less than the consumers this year, the Ironton plant, Utahs of coal and the owners of the inlirst commercially successful pro- dustry, has benefited enormously ducer of pig iron, increased its frcm this mechanical revolution. He is the highest paid of any ma- pig iron producing capacity by of industrial worker 300,000 net tons. Production ca- jor category in entire world. His earnings the pacity was increased in May of run about 40 per cent more than 195 Lby the addition through lease of an idle blast furnace which was the average for all manufacturerected during the war near the ing industry in this country. And Ironton plant, Mr. Makin explain- that doesnt include other valuable benefits, such as the old-aed. annuity of $100 a month of The furnace, now owned by Kaiser-FrazParts corporation, which is financed by a royalty of was brought to Utah from Joliet, 30 cents on every ton of coal Illinois, at the request of the gov- mined. The coal that goes to Europe ernment, and had not been in prowill heat homes and power facduction since May, 1949. tories. More than that, it will be Geneva Steel company leased a a symbol of the fact the furnace to add to Irontons pig thatsymbol free enterprise is superior iron capacity in order to alleviate in every way to socialized entera growing shortage of metallics reprise. quired to maintain full steel production at the Geneva steel plant. Leasing of the additional blast Mrs. Hazel Stymac furnace at Ironton l?as required 250 more employees to operate Entertains W.M.U. and maintain it, Mr. Makin said. The WMU met at the home of AuBetween August, 1950, and Mrs. Hazel Stymac Tuesday night of number for their regular business meettotal the gust, 1951, assistpersons receiving public ing. Plans were made to provide ance in Carbon county decreased Christmas gifts for a needy fam5.3 per cent, according to a report ily. Those present were: Vista released this week by Utah Sanders, Myrtle Carrall, Selma tax re- Nelson, Janie Henderson, Esther Foundation, search agency. Throughout the Bell, Nancy Boatwright, Esther state, there has been a 9.2 per Springer, Hazel Springer, Hazel cent decrease during this same Stymac, Thelma Rogers, Cora period. The per cent of popula- Martin, and Myrtle Trebing. Mrs. tion receiving public assistance Dees was a welcome guest. in Carbon county during August, Paul Sealy, manager of Western 1951, was 3.62 per cent, compared with a state-wid- e percentage stores, is a banana grower, first one in this part of the country of 3.77 per cent, the study weve heard about. dmadUajj JPu(wdlmee U.S.No. 1 2 Pounds. ed Box Bleached Crisp, No. Utah Delicious, Extra Fancy, Pound Produce Subject To Market Changes Without Notice TOMS, Grade A OIUDWfCW HD M lm Pound mm er fit Gamble Western Auto QUART. BROWN OR POWDERED 2 POUNDS M J B POUND. ALL BRANDS 4 CANS GALLON OXYDOL SUPER SUDS I LARGE BOX VASATCH LARGE Bs DOZEN mm BAKE-RIT- E 3 POUND TIN. CRISCO 3 POUND TIN. 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