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Show Spotlighting UTAH j Mahoney Selling Geneva Dr. J. R. Mahoney, director of the bureau of economics research at the University of Utah is now on the pacific coast pointing out to industrial leaders and organizations organi-zations the fact that the western : states need steel for expanding industries, and that Utah's Gen- ' eva steel plant is ready to supply sup-ply it. 1 The plant will be sold May 1, : to the highest bidder and can furnish all the steel the west needs. Dr. Mahoney is pointing out. World Needs Utah Wheat Utah farmers are being urged by the Utah State AAA committee commit-tee to move their stored wheat j into the regular channels of trade- There is no advantage in holding wheat, it is pointed out, for grain is now selling at the ceiling price and there is little i possibility that the ceilings will be lifted. The wheat is needed to prevent pre-vent mass starvation in Europe The government has asked all American farmers and consumers consum-ers to cooperate in making wheat and flour available to the hungry of the world. Moroni U.S. Turkey Capitol The city of Moroni is "talking turkey" these days, for it has been termed the "Turkey Capitol of America". Last year, the "Turkey Capitol" shipped 189 refrigerator cars of dressed turkey from a farm area of only 1225 people. This achievement places Moroni in a unique class it shipped more turkeys than any other city of j its size in the nation, and the industry brings more than $2,- 000,000 annually to the community-Canyon Yields Record Cougar Utah's big wild cat, better known as a cougar, puma or mountain lion, can do considerable consider-able damage when he gets into a herd of deer or sheep. He particularly par-ticularly likes young colts. Down in Fairview canyon near Sanpete, San-pete, local sportsmen have killed kill-ed or captured six big cats, some of which have been brought to town alive for exhibition. One of the animals weighed 130 pounds and measured 7 feet, 4 inches long. The cougar kills for the fun of killing and Sanpete sportsmen sports-men are having a lot of fun killing kill-ing the killer, which after being treed by a pack of dogs, is either captured or shot. The hunters get $15.00 bounty per animal from the state and also the thrill of knowing they are protecting deer and livestock. Utah Relics Escape Atom Bomb The cruiser USS Salt Lake City is soon to be destroyed a-long a-long with other obsolete vessels in an atom bomb test to be launched laun-ched by the navy. The ship's bell, the silver service and escutcheon es-cutcheon however, will be returned re-turned to Utah to be placed on permanent exhibition. The Utah State Historical Society So-ciety through its secretary, Marguerite Mar-guerite L- Sinclair, following negotiations ne-gotiations with the navy, will pay transportation expenses for the return of the relics. The silver sil-ver service will go to the Navy Science building at the University Univer-sity of Utah, the escutcheon to the City and County building and the bell to the historic archives ar-chives at the state capitol. Would Foster Utah Industrial Expansion The Utah Manufacturers association, as-sociation, with the aid of a newly new-ly appointed committee, Will conduct studies and surveys to determine problems affecting industrial in-dustrial expansion of the state, then propose and undertake action ac-tion to promote further industrial indus-trial expansion in Utah. The University of Utah research re-search bureau will cooperate in the movement as well as other interested organizations. As soon as definite information is obtained ob-tained as to just what is needed to promote the industrialization of Utah, a program will be formulated for-mulated to carry out the committee's com-mittee's objectives. Temple For California Saints The keenest topic of interest among the Latter-day Saints of Southern California is the promised prom-ised building of a huge temple in the Los Angeles area. Hundreds of California saints are planning to attend the semiannual semi-annual conference in Salt Lake City April 5, 6 and 7, it is reported re-ported by David O. McKay, member me-mber of the first presidency, who i is back from a speaking tour of the coast LDS churches. Utah Eggs Best in U. S. If it were not for ceiling prices. pric-es. New York and West Coast buvers would pay from six to eight cents a dozen more for Utah j eggs than eggs from any other part of the nation, Utah poultry-men poultry-men have been told. Future marketing prospects for Utah eggs are very bright, egg producers have been notified and eastern and western markets have been totally unable to get enough Utah eggs because of armed forces priorities. |