Army costs climb amid hasty planning and rising prices
Washington Feb 18 U.P. army construction costs soar over 50 percent above original estimates due to quick planning and higher material and labor costs. Officials cited rapid cantonment and camp setup and remote-site placement as factors, while Pentagon reorganizes to bring costs in line and Congress weighs a 338 million dollar supplemental request.
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Washington
U.P
War Department
Congress
Army
House Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
the Quartermaster General
House Judiciary Committee
Defense
William S. Knudsen
Sidney Hillman
Knudsen
Hillman
Thurman Arnold
Edwin C Hill paints Miami Beach color and life in 1941
Edwin C Hill describes Miami Beach as a vivid palette of color with sunlit seas and iridescent foam. He notes spring warmth draws carefree migrants, contrasts rhythm with paradise, and observes fashionable flamingoes at Hialeah Park as pampered visitors starting families, drawing attention from beachgoers.
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Miami Beach
Omar
Paradise
Tonic claims stronger blood and appetite boost
An advertisement extols 8.8.8. Tonic for run-down health, promising improved red blood formation and appetite if no serious illness is present. It urges a trial by many users and notes the big 20 oz bottle savings. The piece then shifts to vivid natural observations of birds and Florida scenes, mixing promotional copy with travelogue tone.
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Tanic
S.S.S
Earth
Florida
Patagonia
Joe
Jones Beach
Edward Bok
America
Ponce de Leon
Equal pay principle for men and women in government service
Canberra advisory council backs equal pay for equal work in federal territory government service. The statement follows a claim noting the human heart pumps about 35 million gallons of blood over an average lifetime.
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Canberra
Australia
Advisory Council
Federal Territory
Turnip Debate Sparks In Texas Legislature
In Austin on February 18 Rep Magus F Smith of Pleasanton held a 10 pound 27 inch turnip at the public address microphone to press for a higher truck load limit for his district vegetable crop. The chamber laughed but resumed routine business.
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House of Representatives
Magus F. Smith
Pleasanton
Atascosa County
Smith
Farmers of Yorkshire Get Spotlight in England's War Drive
England shifts to farming, plowing grassland and fields to feed the war effort. Yorkshire families like the Wray clan live on government land, with 60 acres, 800 dollars yearly income, and reliance on coal heated kitchens, while women join a 9000 strong women’s land army.
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England
West Riding of Yorkshire
Women’s Land Army
Yorkshire
Robert Wray
Richard
Mr. Wray
Wrays
Damages in Suit Against Maverick Reduced to 23503
In San Antonio, damages in a recovery suit against Mayor Maury Maverick were sliced from 35000 to 23503.82. The amended petition sets 16003.82 in fees Maverick allegedly collected as assessor from 1931 to 1935, with 2500 deposited under P O Shaughnessy and the rest unaccounted for.
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San Antonio
Maury Maverick
Bexar County
New Deal
John F. Onion
Maverick
P. O'Shaughnessy
College Bill Action Soon
State Senator Grady Hazlewood and Representative G H Jack Little co author bills to allocate 325 000 state aid to municipal junior colleges with 50 per student aid. Amarillo College would receive about 25 000 annually, enabling tuition reductions and two year attendance for many graduates. The Texas Association of Municipal Junior Colleges backs the measure, which stalled two years ago but may pass now.
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Grady Hazlewood
G. H. “Jack” Little
House
Senate
J. F. Mead
Amarillo College
Texas Association of Municipal Junior Colleges
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