Solons Leave White House Plans in Air
Congress halted an $1.6 million extension to the West Wing after initial plans were drawn. Workmen had begun removing windows and walls, but both houses withdrew funding, leaving architect Winslow with unfinished changes and the White House needing funds to undo the work. The administration now seeks money to restore the building in a housing tight era.
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Solons
White House
Merriman Smith
Washington
Congress
Executive
Lorenzo S. Winslow
House
Senate
Winslow
Trumans
Gas Turbine From Allis-Chalmers Promises Three Thousand Five Hundred HP
Allis-Chalmers unveiled a gas turbine delivering 3500 horsepower while withstanding 1350 degrees Fahrenheit heat in tests at the Annapolis naval station. The unit, dubbed a "tornado in a box," aims for 1500-degree operation with further improvements and could power ships planes locomotives and electrical plants.
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Milwaukee
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
United States Naval Engineering Experiment Station
Annapolis
Allis- Chalmers
Official Denies Surplus Charges In Army Spending Probe
Washington Under secretary of War Kenneth C. Royall told the House executive expenditures committee there have been isolated cases of improper destruction of army property but denied surplus materials are being destroyed. He argued complaints stem from misinformation and noted some personnel may overlook regulations.
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Washington
Kenneth C. Royall
Royall
House Executive Expenditures Committee
Mystery Packing Case of Typewriters Thrown Overboard
Royall told the committee that sweeping cases labeled Typewriters were thrown overboard and contained nothing but sweepings. He claimed investigations into property destruction complaints were active and denied any known hoarding of army surpluses.
Recon struction Finance loans approve twenty two thousand
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation announced on Thursday that its loan agency authorized 22 614 loans of 100 000 dollars or less to businesses nationwide.
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Omaha
INS
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Wac Wed to Vet By Long Distance
Lois Wilson a 23 year old Seattle Wac married Reid M Chapman 24 of Wallace Idaho by a transatlantic telephone ceremony in Frankfurt Germany. Judge Featherstone officiated with Chapman's parents present and Mrs B B Wilson Seattle listened by three way phone hookup. Overseas Telephone Manager Charles F Evans Bound Brook N J acted as best man and placed the ring.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Wac
Lois Wilson
Seattle
G.I. Reid M. Chapman
Wallace
Idaho
Chapman
Featherstone
B. B. Wilson
Overseas
Charles F. Evans
Boundbrook
N. J
Waco
Miss Wilson
United States
Marseilles
Bookkeeper Sentenced for Embezzling 7171 Dollars in Des Moines
Richard Q. Marshall, 41, former Davidson company bookkeeper, received a five year state penitentiary term after pleading guilty to embezzling 7171 dollars. He allegedly covered a shortage in the L. Davidson estate account and failed to deposit 1670 dollars in rents collected over two years.
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Des Moines
Richard Q. Marshall
Davidson Company
State Penitentiary
Marshall
L. Davidson
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