Greatest Building Campaign and War Revival Foreseen
Government urges rapid employment through construction in 1940s. Builders and banks anticipate large growth in housing, offices, factories, and housing for workers as war recovery spurs new projects and refurbishment. The General Contractors of America push for fair owner-builder relations to restore confidence and investment.
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Ois
Noble Foster Hoee Persident
Nogeson Brothers
New York
France
Belgium
Association General Contractors of America
How Fritz Attempted to Influence Yanks
In Wheatland Wyoming on April 11 Bud Waltman received a letter from Jack Waltman with samples of German literature dropped in American camps. The texts urged Americans to refuse to fight and accept prison camps to end the war. The article notes soldiers rejected the seduction and the war continued.
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Wheatland
Wyo
Bud Waltman
Jack Waltman
Pritz
Two Hundred Men Idle At Dietz Coal Camp
SHENIDAN Wyo April 141 Two hundred men are out of work at Dietz coal mine No 2 after it shut down Saturday night Oversupply of coal and waning demand as spring arrives reduce coal needs The six nearby mines average about two and a half workdays per week versus four days last year due to factory shutdowns and reduced military demand.
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Shenidan
Wyo
Dietz Ming No
Sheep Shed Fire at Moncrelife Ranch Kills 35 to 40 Sheep
Fire at the Malcolm Moncrelife ranch in Sheridan Wyoming destroyed a sheep shed 150 by 65 feet and burned to death 35 to 40 head sheep. About 500 head were inside the shed when the blaze began, but most were saved.
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Sheridan
Wyo
Malcolm Moncrelife
FOR Lift Wyoming Permanently Out of the Ruts
A space donated to the cause of Good Roads by a Wyoming corporation titled FOR Lift Wyoming Permanently Out of the Ruts. The note credits local business support for highway improvements and public works.
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Wyoming
Wyyoming Corporation
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W. W. Barnett
Denver
Colorado and
Lincoln Street
Fritz
Dietz
Helen
Young Maa
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