Building Model Towns for War Workers
The United States funds and plans mass housing for wartime workers, creating permanent, well designed towns like Yorkship near Camden. Government loans with 6 percent rent caps back local housing companies, aiming to prevent landlord rents and support worker welfare while delivering aesthetically crafted communities with modern amenities. Yorkship plans include 140 acres, central square, brick houses, diverse designs, and rapid construction to house 10 000 workers.
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Uncle Sam
America
Sam
United States Labor Department
The
Shipping Board
Congress
Newport News
Yorkship
Camden
N. J
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Germany
New Creek
Heald
Cuanus Lapppiloclulcu
Salem
Mass
Emergency Fleet Corporation
May Festivals Survive Puritan Era Across New England
The article recalls the old Maypole tradition and May queen revelries as a resilient custom, noting Puritan influence did not erase celebrations. It cites the Merry Mount chronicles and mentions the transplant of May festivities by emigrants to New England.
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Merrine England
New England
Morton
Merrymount
Tickled to Death at CAMP Camp Jest
In the camp the men enjoy various sports and nightly movies. A young lady remarked that the government aims to please the boys, while an old timer joked his underwear was tickled to death in the camp setting.
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Chicengo
Do you know the seven wonders of the word
A quirky exchange jokes about wordplay and wedlock miscounts. The speaker suggests three wonders while the reply pivots to humor about being married three times.
Villa the Cat Returns to Lhassa Indies
A street tale describes Villa, a former burglar cat, postwar hunger, and the food department’s impact on stray animals. After meatless days, Villa survives by raiding alleyways until Lhasso’s residents quietly feed him. Now new kittens appear, showing Villa’s stay in the Indies of Lhassa despite being a she.
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Asvington
Thomas
Food Administration
Villa
Lhassa
Lhasso
Suffragette Militant Protest Paraded in Lafayette Park
A disciplined procession of well dressed women gathers at Lafayette Park and one speaks from a pedestal. Police arrest the demonstrators after the sergeant politely notes no permission to speak. The scene underscores militant support for national woman suffrage amid wartime distraction.
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Lafayette Park
Parallel Park Mystery Unearthed by War Worker
A city square billed as Park Parallel draws attention as the oldest park fitting two city blocks. War workers notice signs tied to trees naming the park, with cannons and statues said to grace the green space, amid a lighthearted local mystery.
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United States
Rm Skarte
Park
Parallel
Teres
Frustrated Washingtonian Complains of Jams for Transit
An irritated Washingtonian and his wife waited for a street car after a theater, facing crowded cars and long delays. They finally boarded near a park only to find more waits before reaching their corner as others criticized the situation and the commute in the nation’s capital.
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Washington
Horn A. Washingtons
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