Memphis Housing Push Sparks 1946 Start Boom
Memphis Tenn. starts rose to 35 00 new homes in 1946 from a prior cap of 2400 aided by city builder Wallace B Johnson who cut lumber at a self owned mill and sourced brick by swap while utilities aided by the publicly owned Memphis light gas and water division allowed connections without meters. The cooperative effort helped veterans housing with prices from 5000 to 7000 and design merit earning a National Home Builders association prize in 1947. The memo notes workers held a Sunday supper for Johnsons crew and staff.
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Underpass to Cut Through Dupont Circle Trees
A columnist recalls Dupont Circle in Washington as deforestation and traffic widenings threaten its elms and charm. An underpass project to route 52,000 daily vehicles and 88,000 projected in ten years aims to reduce accidents by 79 percent, at a cost of 3.8 million dollars, risking the trees and historic character.
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Thomas Circle
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Tornadoes Wreak Havoc Across Regions Killing Miners
A string of tornadoes devastates midwestern and eastern states killing eight miners and injuring many others while destroying towns. A coal mine explosion in Small Spring Hill near Terre Haute kills eight as broader storm damage hits Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Texas, and Pennsylvania rail incidents injure dozens.
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Palestine Question Dominates UN Steering Committee
The 14 nation steering panel rejected Arab demands to debate ending the British mandate in Palestine. Arab leaders sought immediate independence discussion, not a resolution, while Dr Oswaldo Aranha failed to broker a compromise as Miguel Aleman visited Washington as Mexico’s first state guest. Aleman pressed for hemispheric unity and opened talks on an American loan.
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Just Like the Movies Heroic Rescue of Actors at Gettysburg
Film actor Errol Flynn saved fellow actor Tom D Andrea when his horse stumbled over a gopher hole during a staged battle of Gettysburg. Both actors were unharmed. The piece notes British censors require twin beds in film as shown in My Aunt Wife, with a re shoot at a cost of $30,000.
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Lucille Ball
Costs Up Income Down Farm Prices Decline April
Washington report shows farm product prices slipped about 1 percent in the month to April 15 after a mid March peak. The price index for goods received by farmers stood at 274 percent of the 1900-14 base, down from 280, while prices for production inputs rose to 230 percent of the 1909-14 base, lifting parity slightly. Meat animals led declines with hog prices down to 24.30 per cwt, butterfat at 69.5 cents, milk prices down due to higher production, and wheat and rye easing.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Good Wiring a Must for New Homes
A vintage advisory from a home planning booklet encouraging adequate wiring in new houses with sufficient outlets and credits for future equipment. It promotes Weekly Newspaper Service pamphlets No 15 Small Homes planning and building, offering floor plans and photos for 25 cents with mailing details in New York.
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New York St
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Television device used to monitor distant boiler seen in NY plant
A new wired television system installed at a New York power plant lets control room engineers view a boiler in another building. A television camera focuses on the gauge to display the water level on a screen for monitoring.
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