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Show Hurricane Is Host To Civic Clubs Meet; Defense Issues Discussed Southern Utah resources, their possible development, both in the interest of the present defense needs and for future substantial uses came in for thorough discussion dis-cussion and consideration at the Saturday, Dec. 27 meeting of the Southern Utah Civics clubs. This meeting was held in Hurricane with Pres. Thomas Humphery, presiding and Chauncey Sandberg, first vice president, conducting the program. First Speaker Herbert Simpson, secretary of the State Highway Safety Council Coun-cil was the first speaker at the afternoon session and stressed the great increase in highway fatalities fatali-ties and accidents during the year, listing the ways and means of reducing re-ducing these fatalities and of keeping cattle off the lines of main travel. J. Lawrence Wadsworth, president presi-dent of the St. George Chamber of Commerce discussed the mineral min-eral resources of Washington county, particularly the part they can play in the present National emergency. Bert Wynaught, past president of the organization reported on the highways which will come into in-to use in the National Defense program, saying funds will be used chiefly in the upkeep of present main highways rather than in construction of new lanes of traffic until after the present emergency. Frank Martinez told of the alunite deposits of Paiute county and urged the focusing of interest inter-est in securing a plant on the site of the major deposits. Vanadium deposits in Utah were discussed by Thomas Jensen, field secretary of the organization, who stated the deposits of San Juan (Continued on page four) Civics Club Meet (Continued from first page) and Grand counties were to be developed under government expenditure ex-penditure of around $890,000. Rubber Situation Stanley J. Stevens, chairman of the State Defense Council reviewed re-viewed the rubber situation, saying say-ing there is only a two months' supply left at the present time, that inventory is being taken, not only on the new but of the used tires throughout the U. S. and both will be duly allocated. "It wll not surprise me at all if within the next few months, car owners will be obliged to store their cars in garages and barns for the duration of the emergency", emerg-ency", said Mr. Stevens. Concluding speaker of the session ses-sion was Paul Frank, superintendent superintend-ent of Zion National Park, who visualized light tourist travel for 1942 because of this srubber scarcity and other Defense emergency emerg-ency requirements. The evening was devoted to a banquet provided by the Hurricane Hurri-cane Lions club. I |