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Government tactics expand Public Works funds and CCC impact
The piece reviews a $400,000,000 Public Works appropriation and Civil Works Administration activity, noting reemployment efforts, CCC camps, and TVA projects boosting employment. It highlights wage ranges, forestry work, dam construction, and widespread work benefits, including farm land sales and rising prices in the Midwest. The report also mentions muscle shoals properties and power contracts, plus a bizarre note about a rat in a Cal-ifornia office scavenging rattles.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Civil Works Administration
Tennessee Valley
Tennessee River
Public Works Fund
Muscle Shoals
Wwe
Betw
Tupelo
Mississippi