Hawaii Statehood Prospects Move Through Congress
Washington report notes Hawaii could become the 49th state within a year or so. Delegates push enabling act, territorial legislature favors statehood, and Interior Secretary Ickes supports admission as a self government framework. Hawaii cites war service, economy, tax payments, and population of about 502,000 as proof.
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Insular
House Committee On Territories
Congress
Hawaii
Arizona
U. S
Treasury Department
Islands
Federal Treasury
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Honolulu
Pan-Pacific Union
Institute of Pacific Relations
Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Department of the Interior
Ickes
America Faces Task of Finishing Job in Germany
A correspondent reports on American occupation in postwar Germany, noting officials and scholars ask if the U S will finish the job. He cites views from General Clay and Ambassador Caffrey, discusses food aid, economic unification, French opposition, and denazification practices in the American zone.
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America
Germany
WNU
Eye Street
N.W
Washington
D. C
Atlantic Ocean
Santa Maria
Azores
Bermuda
Europe
Paris
Air Corps
Murphy
Clay
Berlin
Caffrey
Byron Price
Price
Saar
Ruhr
France
An Attractive Chair From Odds and Ends
A thrift crafts note describes making an attractive chair from odds and ends including a side chair fragment plywood paint and fringe. The process covers sanding painting and enamel finishing with a fringed fabric cover and notes the project appears in BOOX 10 offering thrift homemaking ideas.
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Bstteren
Grass houses reflect Hawaii native housing craft
The article notes grass houses built in parks as tourist attractions in Hawaii. It describes elaborate examples and smaller forms, while inland natives prefer simple shelters using local materials. It compares Hawaii’s distance to San Francisco with New York and forecasts travel revival by ship or air, predicting a 19 hour air trip.
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Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands
Pacific
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
New York City
Barbs on trade, health, and road maps in postwar era
Bankhage Agriculture and aviation leaders claim joint ventures could transform food marketing. The Council of American Business cites 885 occupational-disease deaths daily from non-industrial sickness. Forty million free road maps for 1942 reprints will appear, with new towns on routes. Shoe News praises wartime footwear as the best, though few want them now.
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Council of American Business
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Walter A. Shead
Washington Correspondent
Captain Cook
Kamehameha
Liliaukalani
United States
Continental
Delaware
Nevada
New Hampshire
Vermont
Wyoming
U. S. Weather Bureau
Oahu
University of Hawaii
D Gardner
Kamehameha I
Judiciary
Niihau
Miles
Ene
Kaual Sion
Kilauea
Pinnacle Reach
Alo
Nihoa
Niihaug
Molokai
Todas
Kauai G
Maui
Lanai, Lanai City
Keahi Ini Ahu
Waikiki
Diamond Head
Mauna Hawaii
KaLae
Hawaii National Park
National Geographic Society
Baker, Canton
Enderbury
Howland
Jarvis, Johnson and Midway
Honolulu Bay
Alenvit
Reich
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
New York
General Clay
Russia
Tolegs
Sete
Bankhage
Wilson
The
Aircraft Industries Association
Renove
Xzit
Hoover Street
Los Angeles
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