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Show PAGE 33 THE ZEPHYRMAY 1995 FIFIY YEARS AGO.... On May 8, 1945, Germany surrendered unconditionally to Allied forces. It ended after six years of war and the deaths of tens of millions of human beings. America tried to adjust to its new president, Harry S Truman following the death of Franklin Roosevelt on April 12. After one of the bloodiest battles of the war, americans secured the island of Iwo Jima and looked ahead to a late autumn assault on the main islands of Japan. American casualties alone were expected to exceed on million. This is new regular feature in the Zephyr. Thanks to Sam and Adrien Taylor for permission to quote from old Times-Indeoenden- ts. YEARS IN MOAB...FROM THE FILES OF THE DAM AT MOAB PLANNED-T- he Bureau of Reclamation announced that in addition to the proposed construction of a dam near Dewey Bridge, it planned to construct another dam about a mile upstream from the Moab Bridge. The reservoir would back water to the base of the Dewey Dam, 40 miles upstream. The cost of the Moab Dam was expected to be $5 million. The Dewey Dam's pricetag was $30 million. (May 3, AGO... TIMES-1NPEPENDEN- T. 1945) MOAB SOLDIER KILLED IN ACTION-Tf- c. Richard Carl (Dick) Stewart, 21, son of Clive C. Stewart and Mrs. Eula As the war in Europe drru to an end, LIFE Rakestraw Stewart of Moab was killed in action April 3 on the island of Cebu in the Phillipines." (May 3, 1945) BAN LIFTED ON PUBLICITY ABOUT JAPANESE BALLOONS-.Th- e War and Navy departments reported that the Japanese have been making a 'fantastic effort' to bomb the western United States with 'free' balloons. The longrange balloons, made of paper and carrying small bombs, are unmanned. Some of them are known to have landed or dropped explosives in isolated sections, but there has been no damage to property, the joint statement said." (May 24, 1945) magazine covered the collapse of Germany, and profiled the new President of the United States, Harry S Truman. Some things never change... LAND POLICIES HIT AT HEARING IN SALT LAKE-- ." A scathing indictment of the land policies of the department of the Interior...was laid before a of the U.S. Senate at Salt Lake City. It was charged by witnesses that the interior department ignores or circumvents laws it does not like in withdrawing public lands..." (May 31, 1945) GRAZING FEE BOOST MEETS WITH VIGOROUS PROTESTS "A senate considered a request for an increase in fees for grazing livestock under the Taylor grazing act and a new 'redistribution' proposal of the Forest Service, affecting big operators of cattle and sheep... "Witnesses, including the committees's own investigators, attacked figures of the grazing service regarding comparative commercial rents and grazing fees as inaccurate and not comparable." (May 31, 1945) sub-committ- sub-committ- ee m Off the Japs i FROM THE ARCHES NATIONAL MONUMENT MONTHLY REPORT- -. Travel: "The travel showed a decided increase over last month with a total of 18 cars and 78 people for the month," accoprding to park custodian Russ Mahan. As for the weather, "the residents of Moab claim the wind is exceptional this year. A portion of one tar paper roof has already torn off and I am expecting the others to go any day." ..;r viM - - , 4; i ivtv Bond Dr Starts Monday"1 4- - irv-l- i II. . ..... Atf3 ,v ItlH&mst:' .'.0 v. 4; i IW1 H ' n .,r. The Times-lndeyrnde- reported V-- Day and urged Americans to help end the uvr against the Japmese as well, in language that uvuld not survive the politically correct 90s. Hhkia r.fta o- -., nt - E E H v. m, I. . I., ! , II, 'H I kl,, ...I .. , ' I. ,k. 1.. -T, - Ik V I- 3 KTO J . .0 -, r- Gi. Fr Company lone Pp Di0 i mm cjsnm o m m " .T7iir Now OnT porno From 1.111. t. ,. f ;Moob Win FKm M Fhh Tnoci Mr Mt Kl j pf Vomol |