Show Spotlighting UTAH Murdock l lions Utah's Future Futuro A wealth of development is seen for Utah's future declared Senator Abe Murdock In Salt Sail Lake City last week Concerning the Geneva situation he said r I am confident that within the time specified for having bids in for the steel plant that bids willbe will willbe willbe be submitted by companies capable capable capable cap cap- able of operating them The bids must be In by March 1st Geneva is going to become the hub of or western industry In my opinion I foresee scores of manufacturing plants springing I II I up as Geneva gets Into full oper- oper oper-I oper aton The people of Utah would never consent to oT or tolerate non- non operation of ot Ge Geneva ev Concerning the returning veterans vets vet vet- erans crans s he said We Ve must take tako care of our returning veterans We Vo cant can't let those fellows who saved our country stay out In Inthe inthe inthe the cold Whatever Is la inadequate inadequate quate now will be remedied in inthe inthe inthe the coming session of Congress Bateman to Meet Publishers Publishers of Utah's 63 weekly weekly weekly week week- ly newspapers ar are meeting this week In annual convention at tho rho th N Newhouse hotel In Salt Lake City During the convention they will hear Dr E. E Allen Bateman Bateman Bate Bate- man state falato superintendent enl of Public Instruction discuss veterans veteran's veterans veteran's vet yet erans eran's training programs now being eing carried out in Utah Dr Bateman will undoubtedly toll tell tho the newspaper men that to date more than business firms firma have havo been approved for training war veterans and that others aiTS h iC entering the tho program at tho the rate of oC 25 per week Dr Bateman has been een advised advIse by the state board of examiners to use from state department of education funds In the vocational program for forwar war veterans St Statewide Epidemic litmus Bums Out The Tho Influenza epidemic which flared lared up and spread to nearly every county In the now burned itself out State Health Department reports Indicate More than 1700 cases were reported reported reported re re- ported during one week of the epidemic Utah's polio record record during 1945 was tho the highest in a decade with resident cases 12 nonresident nonresident nonresident non non- resident cases and 20 deaths In 1927 there wore 22 deaths Continued on last page Spotlighting Utah Continued from page vage one with 88 cases Board of Health records indicate that polio is becoming becoming becoming be be- coming less virulent in Utah Utah Seeks Super SuperHighway Highway I II I The designation of ot a 2700 mile super highway from New Ne' Orleans on the Gulf of Mexico northwest and up through Utah and thence to Seattle and connecting connecting connecting con con- with new Canadian and Alaskan highways is now benig sought by Washington Idaho I Utah Colorado New Mexico and Texas The Tho highway tho the only one ono of Its kind in the west not paralleled by rail would enter Utah and follow highway through Monticello Moab Green River Price and thence to Springville on highway 50 and to to Salt Lake City on highway I 89 passing on north through Ogden Brigham Twin Falls and north to the Canadian border State road chairman Ray H H. Leavitt recently made mado an Inspection in In- In of southeastern Utah's portion of the suggested highway highway highway high high- way and advocated tho the spending spending spending spend spend- ing of as an invitation to the southwestern and southeastern southeastern southeastern south south- eastern tourist markets Utah representatives Including a large delegation from Price and southeastern southeastern southeastern south south- eastern Utah will meet at the Road Builders in Gallup Gallup Gallup Gal Gal- lup New Mexico March 16 to further the project The Improvement improvement improvement improve Improve- ment of highway and Its designation as a part of the super super super sup sup- er er highway system mentioned would open new outlets for Utah commodities to be shipped b by truck It was pointed out I |