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Show Spotlighting UTAH Producer To Study Escalante Region Harry Sherman, motion picture producer of Hollywood, has promised pro-mised a delegation of citizens from south central Utah, that in the very near future, he would personally inspect" the region in and about Escalante with the purpose in view of filming a picture pic-ture there-Contacted there-Contacted at the Hotel Utah by-Dude by-Dude Larsen and Merel Adams, Kanab, Claude Veater, H. J. Allen Al-len and Lloyd Gates of Escalante, Sherman was informed that the town of Escalante and the scenic attractions of the region there about should serve as an excellent excel-lent location for the filming of a western picture the producer is planning on making in the near future. The Utahns mentioned above are cognizant of the fact that the filming of a picture in any Utah locality means the employment em-ployment of a large number of citizens and the spending of hundreds of thousands of dollars in the area. Alta Termed "Tourist Gold Mine" "Switzerland is mining millions mil-lions from the pockets of rich tourists visiting her ski slopes" declared Werner Grob, coach of the Swiss ski teams in Utah here to take part in the National Ski races, "and Utah can do tin-same tin-same at Alta", he said after inspecting in-specting Utah's major ski area. Grob's statement was seconded by Lowell Thomas, nationally known radio commentator. "Alta can become the finest skiing center cen-ter in North America," Thomas said. Both visitors were emphatic in stating that Alta must be properly prop-erly developed to further draw national tourist business Want Stale Capitol Pictures Doubleday and company of New York, well known publishers publish-ers have requested the Utah department de-partment of publicity and industrial indus-trial development to furnish them with photographs of the mural paintings which now decorate the interior of the Utah state capitol dome. The pictures will be used in a forthcoming book by the eminent historian Charles Beard. Would Read About Utah The Schenectady Auto Club of New York has asked the Utah department of publicity and industrial in-dustrial development for a full length feature article illustrated by twelve photos relative Utah's scenic attractions and land marks. The article will go into the club's magazine which has 15,000 circulation among the motor travelers tra-velers of New York state. |