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Show r Jfi wV,, t ... 1 r,I TVf W rrf i THE CHRISTMAS SEWS Salt Lake City, Utah Saturday, December IS, Utah Steel . 2M3 Industry Future Vague Plant Nearly Completed; war-induce- d ing of a potentially great industry during the past months is threatened with . redirection. The future is shrouded in Un- I , Present planning, certainty. beis "V present development, clouded by perplexity as to Immediate war needs. Utah Has Materials All that, however, does not !) change J.he real picture of steel By Associated Press in .Utah. Utah iron ore. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 Utah has the necessary fluxes The War Production Board tonight issued a and is getting the alloy minercall for vast hurry-up- als. Coking coals are present in abundance and development quantities of steel plates ' and sheets to build inva-- keeps pace with the construcsion craft for further at-- , tion of the steel mill itself. Potacks on German and tential manpower to operate the ' Japanese-area- s. mines, quarries, smelters and Dj the steel plant itself apparently most a are Potential demand available. today presents paradoxical outlook for the Beehive for the finished product apparMa state. , ently is present. Future planThe speculation which has ning can only be on the basis of n arked for half a century the completion and operation of the mmmsmei merest mention of steel pro- new industry, at least as a warIS of EVERYTHING MAMMOTH This the shows part huge motor" which is installed picture duction in Utah is jampant time measure. With conversion at the Geneva Steel Company plant in central Utah. The equipment, declared the largest electo a the for hectic of drive The allow again today. plant motor of its type In the country, if part of the powerhouse equipment which moves which has marked the build greater diversity of products, tric and equipment in the plant units, Including the long rolling mill, hoists, cranes, and the countless other units which we required. GIVE BOOKS GIVE BOOKS GIVE BOOKS f Invasion Craft ry -- This Year s O GIVE BOOKS are always fhe acceptable Gifts. They g . WE CARRY THE LARGEST STOCK OF BOOKS IN THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST W alio havi a bsautilu selection of Gift Articles, includGames, Greeting Cards, Stationery, and a thousand and one" other Gifts. ing Pottery 8 Giftware Let us help you shop at Gift Headquarters The Book Center of the Intermountain g West" DESERET BOOK COMPANY 44 East South Tempi 6iVE BOOKS dilVE 8 Salt Lake City, Utah BOOKS steel may become a major econpeacetime addition to the ' omy of the state. . Only last week the War Production Board ordered work to stop on a part of the huge plant on the shore of Utah Lake. The structural steel mill, the WPB ruled, would be dropped from present plans bince sufficient supplies of that type of steel were available from other sources. This cuts the rated capacity of the Geneva unit from 900,000 tons of steel, annually to 700,000 tons all shlpplate to supply primarily the west coast shipbuilding yards. Diversification of the Geneva plant after the war would, likely, first of all include completion of the structural mill and conversion or addition of , w GIVE BOOKS after preliminary engineering had been going on for about six months. During the past snmmer initial operations of nnlts within the plant began leading to full production at' the $180,000,000 plant. The estimated annual capacity1 of the Geneva plant Is 1.180.000 net tons of Iron, le28.000 net tons of steel ingots and 700,00 net tons of plate. To , provide an additional source of merchant pig iron to Pacific Coast users, the Defense w h icn Plant Corporation built Geneva Works, directed Columbia Steel Co., to transfer an idle blast furnace from Jo1942, 'Rush' Call For "V The development of coal .firms by Columbia Steel Co, mines and coking ovens in Decontractor' f6r the prime Carbon Cbunty was also, a Promfense Plant Corporation. develop-'meover-al- l of the inent industrialists drawn from .part comthe of Industry the JJnited States Steel Co, and The to Utah. new its affiliates directed the work paratively ' most modern equipment and with others were drafted to form an operating company, available, newest methods Geneva Steel Co, and direct and engineerthg, went Into the start of production. (Continued on Page Seven) nt Valuable lessons workmen. were learned there in western production and these lesdqns served a marked need whl the Geneva plant was decided x upon. Actual construction of the Geneva plant began In April, X) Partial Closing Ordered By C. th Eddy Steel, the giant which makes possible modern, living, modern war, modern machinery, modem building, manufacturing, . . farming, transportation. f T blast suppy . added first pig iron from kinds and'forms of finished furnace in what became Cedar steel to allow economic operaCity. Other ventures were untion of the establishment. dertaken. In 1868 one sta-Competent experts, men who know steel and its fabrication, hear Iron Mountain, but after say the Geneva plant could he producing j until 1883, closed converted into an economically down. Not until 1924, then, was feasible peacetime plant in pig iron prodyced commercially from six to nine months. The in Utah. Then the blast furnplant was designed primarily ace was blown in at Ironton to make shipplate. To be a use- by Columbia ful plant for peacetime working, a considerable diversification of products would be necessary. Before Pearl Harbor The Geneva plant was conceived some time before Pearl Harbor although dream of a steel industry in Utah had been discussed and planned many times, since "before Sept. 30, 1852, for instance, when a group of Utah Pioneers tapped the Steel Were Company - liet, 111., to Columbias - ' Service , Through Education - - peace and war the largest educational unit In the state stands ready to serve the needs of young men and women. Courses are offered in many fields of subjects loading to Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Master of Science and Master of Arts - . degrees. In Iron-to- n The University of Utah was selected by the War Department as an Army Specialized Training School and is now processing several hundred students in this program and serving the educational needs of 3,000 civilian students. plant, some six miles south of the Geneva plant and " on the other side of Provo. This furnace, with a capacity of some 900 tonsvjf pig iron daily 300,000 net tons annually was put into operation last July. To provide fuel for this stack 500 beehive coke ovens were constructed near the new Geneva mine in Horse Canyon, which isnt too far from the Columbia mine also. Used 10,000 Workers At the peak of, construction last summer nearly 10,000 workers were engaged at the Geneva Works workers drawn from almost every state in the Union and from almost every walk of life. The greater part of the construction was subcontracted to more than 100 . All Hoping that this Will Winter Quarter Registrations Still Accepted Call or Write Office of the President For Information University Of Utah SALT LAKE CITY Be Our LAST Wartime Christmas... 19 vw I a AN APPRECIATION On behalf of the American Red Cross and the thousands of service men in the United States forces, may we express appreciation to the good people of Salt Lake County for their enthusiastic support of the Red Cross this past year. To those who directed the Roll Call, to those thousands of contributors, and to tjie many loyal volunteer workers who through the year have given generously of their time and talents we are deeply grateful. Your support makes it possible for your Red Cross to better serve the men in service and their families who are , giving so much for us. THE AMERICAN RED CROSS OFTICEM REED C STEVENS Chairman 6. RAMPTON Vies Chairman MRS. H. W. PICKERING Vie Chairman -- RAYMOND- CrWILSON Truaurr CLARE WOODS Secretary Salt Lake County Chapter, Beaion Building millions of oar fighting ,men and women who are TO those there on the battle fronts, in training centers, in EXE CUTI VI COMMITTEE REED STEVENS ' C. C. RAMPTON MRS. H. W. PICKERING RAYMOND C. WILSON C. CLARE WOODS MRS. O. N. FRIENDLY MRS. JOHN C. DALY P. I.' PURCELL FRED A. CARLESON HERBERT LANDES and in enemy prison camps, what will, this Christmas mcan?- Christmas memories such hearts: BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS, SALT LAKE COUNTY CHAPTER, AMERICAN RED CROSS . : Jonuary, 1943 to January, 194 i r I ANDERSON, L F. ANDERSON, MRS. H. CLAUDE AUSTIN, MISS MYRTLE - . BAKER, DAN BECHTEL, CARSON E. HAROLD H. BENNETT, BILGER, MISS ANNETTE BRAYTON, DEAN BROOKS, MRS. C. C. BULLEN, MRS. ROY CARLESON, FRED A. CLOVE,. DR. JAMES CUNDIFF, F..S. CURTIS, DR. GEORGE N. DALY, MRS. JOHN C. DAVIDSON, MRS. FRED DECKER, MRS. I. F. DUFFIN, EUGENE B. PUFFIN, (STANLEY ' ' FARNSWORTH, DR. PHILO T. FOX, MRS. RUTH MAY , , a MRS. N. FRIENDLY, GLADE, EARL I. GRAY, MRS. FRANK HAMMOND, M. DANIEL HOWE, MRS. W. C. ' IVERS, "TAMES KINGSTON, MRS. T. RAY LANDES, HERBERT D. MRS. J. M. LEISNER, --LITTIEFIELD1-E,-A.- MARSHALL, DR. H. L. McHugh, mrs. f. m. MORRIS. -- THORTQN MURPHY,. MRS. A. I. PAINE, MRS. MILTON PAINTER, MRS. C. E. ADRIAN H. PEMBROKE, I PICKERING, MRS. H. W. POWELL, MRS. W. HARTLETT PURCaL. P. I. RAMPTON, C. C. SCHILLER, JUDGE HERBERT M. SIEGEL, MRS. SOLOMON SMITH, MRS. CHARLES L SMITH.. MRS. DALE 'STEELE, REV. ROBERT D. STEVENS, STOFFEL, SWANER.- Remember! You can help bring the final victory by buying txUm War Bonds! - . the stockings hung, the tree trimmed, the kids up at dawn, the presents unwrapped the carols sung by free people. a hope that we all cherish Their supreme hope will be the hut wartime Christmas! REED FATHER JEROME - MRS. LELAND WADE, JAMES W. WAITE, MRS.- - G. H. WALDO, HAROLD R. WELCH, CHARLES WILSON, RAYMOND C. WOODS, C. CLARE WORLTON, DR. J. T. these will be Hppermost in their the stillness of a snow-robe- d countryside, and the friendly laughter of free people. the glitter of acres of show windows, and the holiday bustle of free people. - SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH .V! is that this sooner UTAH POWER & LIGHT 'r ;,i.i rne irnMtotoft ilh Aft t- mMT -- - U 0. |
