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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1946
Page
6
Washington reports a six month shelf delay for the Warner Ellender Taft housing bill. The bipartisan measure aims to advertise the administration's long range program to overcome a 16 year deficit in housing and grant a test period for progress.
Sen Taft of Ohio notes opposition keeps the WET housing bill from rapid passage while Senate support remains strong. National Housing Administrator Wilson Wyatt presses for immediate action to provide shelter for veterans amid parliamentary snags in the House Banking and Currency Committee. Opponents from real estate and property owner groups criticize the bill as public housing gains momentum but stalls in committee.
The Patman Act finances subsidies and fast tracks for veteran housing, while the WET bill seeks to mobilize private and public housing to build 1,250,000 homes yearly for ten years. Lawmakers debate timing with Congress slated to reconvene January 3 and possible extra sessions.
London feature notes Anthony Eden out of the cabinet but maintaining stylish attire as editors compare his fashion to Ernest Bevin. They joke Eden’s jacket creases and pockets may reflect walking or weight changes, yet praise the overall effect.
New Delhi reports India extends a long term credit of 15 million dollars to Siam. The Siamese government foresees a new era of closer political economic and cultural ties as a main springboard for peace and friendship in the region.
The Ohio Archeological and Historical Society plans to abandon care for the Logan elm in Circleville as experts say the 350 year old tree will die of old age within about a dozen years. The tree has been propped with an I beam and cables, bolstered by concrete, and fed fertilizer biennially. Tradition links the elm to Mingo chief Logan’s 1774 grievances speech, though historians dispute the tale.
SYDNEY Australia AP scientists urge establishment of meteorological stations in Antarctica to monitor climate, improve weather forecasting, and support scientific research. The proposal emphasizes international cooperation and long term data collection across Antarctic regions.
Scientists including Sir Douglas Mawson advocate Antarctic stations to expand Australian weather forecasts from a week to potentially three years. Meteorologists caution about the distant influence of polar cold winds and tropical effects, with uncertainty on how far changes extend inland.
The AP reports Brazil and Rio de Janeiro have introduced two new ventures, Ajuricaba and Arsene, expanding regional initiatives and signaling a push in local development. Details remain sparse.
In Baltimore a cooling summer thundershower set off seven burglar alarms in 30 minutes across the city. Sgt George Mintierns of the Detective Bureau ordered five extra radio cars before confirming all alarms were false. Officials cited a thunderstorm that damaged building windows and disrupted tin foil contact wiring triggering the alarms.
The draft rolls out extraordinary weapons for wartime housing policy. It grants Wyatt power as a wartime czar to direct agencies, gives veterans housing priority, and requires builders to accept price ceilings before starting. It backs prefabs with government guarantees and expands FHA mortgage authority by 1.0 billion dollars. The measure expires December 1947 and would freeze NHA wartime status while broadening FHA, Public Housing, and loan-bank powers. It allocates funds for local planning, strengthens home loan guarantees, and targets low income buyers, slum clearance, and rural housing with extensive federal support and yield guarantees.
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