Buyer Resistance Stalls Prefab Industry Growth
Washington reports prefabricated houses face slow progress as 1946 and 1947 production fell short of goals. Factors include reduced government support, lumber and material shortages, building code hurdles, and buyer resistance. Industry officials expect efficiency gains to lower costs later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Hall
Washington
Wilson Wyatt
Federal
Office of
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Wyatt
RFC
Harry H Steidle
Steidle
Federal Housing Administration
Miller accepted at Stanford University in Liberal Arts
Fred Miller of 203 Arch Terrace Amarillo is to enroll at Stanford University in Palo Alto California in the school of Liberal Arts starting September 20 He is the son of Mr and Mrs Fred H Miller and is a 1945 Amarillo High School graduate where he served as lieutenant colonel in ROTC He then attended Amarillo College for one year after Army service.
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Fred Miller
Stanford University
Palo Alto
Cal
School of Liberal Arts
Fred H. Miller
Arch Terrace
Fred
Amarillo High School
Amarillo College
Dallas Woman Held On Assault Charge
Lilian Self, 41, charged with assault to murder in the noon shooting of F. T. Byons, 45, grievance chairman for the AFL Cotton Belt Railroad Clerks in Dallas. Byons was wounded near the railroad's Dallas warehouse where he works. Self, formerly employed there, cited union persecution. Witnesses gave prompt aid, the bullet severing a major artery. Byons later discharged from hospital.
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Dallas
Lillian Self
F. T. Byons
AFL Cotton Belt
Byons
Two Dallas Men Charged With Cattle Rustling
In Dallas, two men were jailed on rustling charges after backing a pickup through a farm fence, loading six beeves, and selling them at the Fort Worth market, police said. Also notes a band parents meeting postponed until next Monday in Sandie high school, Room 115, with R N Wilkinson as president. Marriage is compulsory among some Eskimo tribes.
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Dallas
U.P
Wild Bill Hickok
Sam Bass
W. E. Welch
Fort Worth
Sandie Band Parents Association
R.N. Wilkinson
Association
Lightning hits Ennis drug store fire causes $15000 damage
A morning thunderstorm in Ennis produced two lightning strikes. One hit a gas meter behind Reed Bruner Drug Company igniting a blaze that damaged stock and building notes. Smoke and water damaged the storefront and two upstairs doctors offices. A second bolt struck the Methodist Church steeple, shattering shingles. Australia researches furfural from waste agriculture for plastics uses.
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Ennis
Reed-Bruner Drug Company
Auto Registrations Set Record High for 1947 End
The Federal Works Agency projected total vehicle registrations to reach 37,164,000 by year end 1947, up 2,318,000 from 1946 and 2,690,000 from 1941, with California leading at 3,459,700 and New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Illinois following. A Kent England court witness quipped about her husband’s handwriting causing returned checks.
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Washington
Federal Works Agency
California
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Illinois
Kent England
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