Albuquerque Housing Co op awards first New Mexico home
In Albuquerque a drawing by the New Mexico Housing Cooperative Association awarded the first house under its new building program. Donald E Lee, who funded his share early, won the inaugural five room bungalow valued at 6350 dollars. The cooperative relies on veteran leadership and local business support to cut costs for members.
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America
Washington
Congress
Veterans
Jesse Wolcott
Michigan
House
Senate
Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico Housing Cooperative Association
Housing Association
Arvada Avenue
Purple Mountains
Association
WM. E. Molly
Arthur Staton
Donald E Lee
Lee
Paul Robinson
M. £. Holly
Albuquerque, N. M
Housing Cooperative Association
National Junior Vegetable Growers Association
Greece
James Spell
Columbia
Miss
Junior Growers Organization
Jason Dracoulis
New York City
Veterans find affordable two bedroom homes in Albuquerque
L L Coryell of Lincoln Nebraska questions a two bedroom bungalow for veterans at 5250 dollars. The piece cites a York Pennsylvania project and notes Robinson in Albuquerque built a home costing 4300 dollars including his salary, contrasting with nearby veteran homes priced around 7000 dollars. Робинсон believed veterans cooperative housing could help.
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York
L. L. Coryell
Lincoln
Neb
Albugerque
Farm Land Prices Soar and Labor Clauses Tamed
The article notes a six billion dollar erasure of back portal to portal pay after President Truman signed a congressional bill. He argued it aids business planning and maintains labor gains, while urging higher minimum wage and price reductions. Also discusses moving the U S naval observatory to a rural site within eight years and a potential influenza cure from a novel mold found by bacteriologists.
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Truman
Organized Labor
Schwellesbach
Congress
U. S. Naval Observatory
Observatory
Dentists Seek Sit-Down Breakthrough at Northwestern
The Northwestern University School of Dentistry plans to teach student dentists to work while seated on a special stool, arguing a seated position eases their own pain and extends a dentist’s career by about five years, since standing offers no patient advantage.
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Northwestern University Seriool of Dentistry
Farm land prices rise near double wartime level
A U S bureau survey shows farm real estate prices climb 12 percent in the year ending March 1, nearing double the 1935 39 average. Cash sales accounted for 56 percent of transactions, with 1946 11 percent and 1945 18 percent changes cited.
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U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Outmoded defense argues rockets outpace guns
Ordinance expert Paul W. Martin asserts that rocket weapons already render the best anti aircraft guns obsolete. He notes rapid firing radar directed guns are surpassed by atomic energy and guided missiles. He cites three defense features: long range detection, a defensive rocket to intercept missiles, and destroying enemy missiles at a safe distance.
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Army
Navy
Paul W. Martin
Record Slaughter Sets April U.S. Plant High
The department of agriculture reports a nationwide April surge in cattle slaughter in federally inspected plants reaching 1,203,137 head, the all time high, while hog killings declined to 3,615,746. Calves totaled 678,440 and sheep 1,326,589, the lowest since 1939.
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Department of Agriculture
Economy shows record first-quarter income and output
A Commerce Department report indicates that national income and gross national product reached new peaks in the first quarter. Prices and wages boosted totals, with GNP at an annual rate of 205 billion dollars and national income at 180.5 billion, though the gain was the smallest since reconversion lows in 1946.
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Commerce Department
Department
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Elsie Malcolm
Elsie
Beverly
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U. S
J. Parnell Thomas
John McDowell
Robert E. Stripling
Colorado School of Mines
Society of American Bacteriologists
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