Cooperative Action Nets Homes Talk Housing Memphis Builders Unite
Memphis rapid housing is driven by city cooperation and builder Wallace E Johnson who cut costs by self sourcing timber and brick, shipping windows from the west coast, and using public utilities credit. Veterans receive low prices from 5250 to 7000 dollars per home as more houses are completed for Memphis vets.
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Washington
Memphis
Tenn
Wallace E. Johnson
Johnson
Potts Camp
Miss
West Coast
Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division
Memphis Vets
National Home Builders Association
Home Builders of
Memphis, Tenn
Underpass Plans Deface Dupont Circle Trees in DC
A Washington observer recalls Lafayette Square views as Dupont Circle faces an underpass project. A highway survey notes traffic growth to 68,000 cars daily, with two circles already altered at Thomas and Scot, reducing accidents 75 percent. The Dupont plan costs about 3.8 million dollars, including tree removals.
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Lafayette Square
Andrew Jackson
Connecticut Avenue
Dupont Circle
Washington
Dupont
Yggdrasil
District of Columbia
H. C. Whitehurst
Thomas Circle
Scot Circle
Commission
Tornadoes Leave Wide Destruction Across Midwest and South
Tornadoes devastate rural and small town areas from North Carolina to Arkansas and Missouri, killing at least eight miners in Indiana, injuring dozens, and causing extensive property damage. A midwestern rail collision adds to the disaster, with multiple wrecks and a fatality count rising.
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Fairmont
N. C
Bright Water
Garfield
Arkansas
Missouri
Iowa
Worth
Clio
Palestine debate stalls as UN steering committee rejects Arab demand
The 14 nation UN steering committee rejects Arab calls to debate ending the British mandate in Palestine at this session, ARabs insist on discussion and ultimate independence. Dr Aranha fails to broker compromise before key meeting. Miguel Aleman visits Washington as guest of President Truman and discusses possible American loan.
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Palestine
United Nations General Assembly
Holy Land
Oswaldo Aranha
Brazil
Assembly
Washington
Pres
Miguel Aleman
Truman
War and Navy Departments
Pan-American Union
Congress
Aleman
Be a Buddy Poppy Sale Supports Children of Fallen Soldiers
The Veterans of Foreign Wars run the National Home in Eaton Rapids Michigan for widows and orphans of ex servicemen. Buddy Poppies are produced by disabled veterans and funds go to welfare and relief for veterans and dependents. The program includes wreaths at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and a large anchor of poppies presented to the secretary of the navy for Memorial Day services.
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V. F. W. National
Eaton Rapids
Mich
Washington
Buddy
V.F.W
Veterans’ Organization
Woodrow Wilson
National
V.F.W. Posts
Secretary of the Navy
Navy
Marine Corps
V.F.W. National Home
Air travel advances and pilots featured in 1946 aviation notes
A compilation of aviation snippets highlights Frank Hartman selling ranch properties from the air, Mamie Nelson’s Pacific survey flight with her son Orvis, and local arrangements like farmer Roger Lace using Richolson’s pasture for landings. It also notes cranberry bog dusting by helicopter, lack of intoxication arrests in Pennsylvania, pilot demographics from a CAA study, and the Air Review Publishing state aircraft owner directory.
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Frank Hartman
Denver
Pacific Ocean
Singapore
Royal Netherlands East Indies
Mamie B. Nelson
Orvis Nelson
Transocean Air Lines
Philippine Air Lines
Fred Richolson
Davis Junction
Ill
Roger Lace
Richolson
Lace
Massachusetts
National Cranberry Association
Air Review Publishing Corporation
Dallas
Tex
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Flynn Saves Actor From Horse Crash at Gettysburg
Errol Flynn acted as a real life hero rescuing Tom D Andrea after his horse bolted at Gettysburg during a Union payroll ride. D Andrea was thrown but both actors escaped unharmed as in movie endings. Meanwhile British censors mandate twin beds to curb on screen cuddling, forcing a My Awful Wife scene re shoot at a cost of 30000.
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Errol Flynn
Tom D’ Andrea
Gettysburg
D'Andrea
Flynn
Franchot Tone
Lucille Ball
Farm Prices Rise Then Fall as Costs Climb in April
Prices of farm products declined about 1 percent in the month ended April 15 after a mid March peak. The index of prices received by farmers stood at 276 percent of the 1909-14 average, while prices paid for production materials rose to 230 percent. Hog prices fell to 24.30 per hundredweight, butterfat 69.5 cents per pound, milk down due to seasonal production, and wheat and rye posted small declines.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Cat Disgraces Himself And Police Chief
A Beaumont cat owned by Police Chief Artie Pollock caused a stir by entering a local hotel and getting drunk. The animal sought scraps as meals, prompting a disturbance before the incident was interrupted by others.
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Cat
Gay Morning Glories On Practical Apron
Morning glories brighten a practical apron bandana and oven mitt set. Simple stitches offer cheerful, decorative touches for home projects and everyday kitchen wear.
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Cooperative Action
Nets Homes
WNU Service
Eye Street
N. W
Washington, D. C
America
G.L
Bankhage
Dee Ainsworth
Marlon MacConnell
Los Angeles
Central America
Path of Destruction
Spring Hill
Terre Haute
Ind
Centralia, Ill
Exeter
Plymouth
Pennsy
Pennsylvania Railroad
Middle Pennsylvania
New York
St. Louis
Boyer Ridge
Huntingdon
Red Arrow
Dr. Aranha
Corey J. Spencer
Mattie Ebb Spencer
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Aeronautics Commission
United States
CAA
Bell Aircraft Corporation
Post Office Department
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
W. Randolph St
Chicago
Ferry-Morse Seed CO
Detroit
San Francisco
Tobacco By-Products & Chemical Corporation Incorporated
Louisville 2
Kentucky
Brewster
Tiz-Nu
Tiz-Nu Corp
Coronado
Calif
Doan
Doans
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