Government housing rules likened to birth control debate
Tennessee witnesses accuse Washington directives of strangling building trades. Doors, pipes, sheet metal, and roofing vanish as officials demand permit changes and floor plan rework. A Nashville contractor testifies a front porch or extra bedroom is blocked, prompting a house as “three bedrooms, no den, and no front porch.” Senator Stewart probes the housing control claim.
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Frederick CC
Othman Washington
Tom Stewart
Tenn
Tom
Tennessee
Washington
Ralph Harrison
Nashville
CPA
Harrison
K. Frank Cline
L. C. Mansberger
Hansberger
New Fence A Defense Against Offense
Marion Miller of Spokane lost control while avoiding a skidding truck and crashed into a farmer's fence destroying much of it. The truck driver drove Miller to Walla Walla where they bought new fence posts and returned to the scene.
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Walla Walla, Wash
Marion Miller
Spokane
Miller
Walla Walla
Indianapolis Veterans Build Homes Own Way
A hundred Indianapolis veterans formed the North Plaza addition project to solve housing. They bought 153 lots for 3000 dollars plus back taxes, subdivided them, and sold eight blocks with four room houses to fellow veterans at 95 dollars per lot. Led by A Wayne Murphy, the group financed sewers via internal stock and local merchants, built streets, and now plan to construct homes under a cost plus contract with veteran participation in the building.
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NEA
Indianapolis
Ind
North Plaza
G.I. Udalt-Yourself
Asinum
Vst
A. Wayne Murphy
Lowman
New Addition
Bath
Ersten
Surprising share of lost bets in New York horse racing
The Albany dispatch notes many bettors fail to cash winning tickets at five tracks, with uncashed tickets from 1945 turned over to the state if not claimed by next April. It also cites wartime farming shifts, reduced labor, and cautious optimism for farmers adjusting to mechanization and efficiency in the years ahead.
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Albany
N.Y
New York State
Hke Ivo
Birds as Disease Carriers Investigation Opens
In Johannesburg the South African Institute for Medical Research probes migratory birds as carriers of tuberculosis yellow fever and malaria. Dr B de Mellion notes yellow fever spread is uncertain and plans to spray air routes. If confirmed the theory could prompt widespread slaughter of migratory birds.
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Johannesburg
South African Institute For Medical Research
B. de Mellion
de Mellion
Penicillin to reach Germans in British zone
The Control Commission announces penicillin supplies are sufficient to aid Germans and displaced persons in the British zone. Veterans’ work will be deducted from costs, and construction is set to begin in January.
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Hamburg
Control Commission
Italian Opera Caravan Tours Abroad Under Fascist Drive
A mobile Italian opera troupe once touring towns with a full stage crew sails from Genoa for a long tour of Brazil Uruguay and Argentina with aims to restore prestige. Led by Oliviero De Fabritis the troupe will perform Tosca La Traviata La Boheme Madame Butterfly and more with stars Nino Stucco Ottavio Ziino among others aboard a complete modern traveling theater. The caravan may extend to west coast South America Cuba Mexico and California if negotiations succeed.
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Rcot
Italy
Genoa
Brazil
Uruguay
Argentina
South America
Cuba
Mexico
California
Oliviero de Fabritis
Nino Stucco
Ottavio Ziino
Funeral Services Held For Winecoff Victim John David
Funeral services were held at Zeaglar cemetery in Sylvania Georgia for John Phillip David formerly of Marianna who died in the Winecoff Hotel disaster in Atlanta. His home was Cedarhurst Long Island and he served at Marianna Army Air Field during the war. He married Elizabeth Zeaglar here two years ago at the Whitaker home.
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Marianna
Zeaglar Cemetery
Sylvania
Georgia
John Phillip David
Atlanta
David
Cedarhurst
Long Island
Marianna Army Air Field
Elizabeth Zeaglar
C. D. Whitaker
Churchill War Maps and Tin Hat On Display At Imperial War Museum
Three dimensional maps Churchill used in war years and a polished tin hat he was supposed to wear during air raids are exhibited as the Imperial War Museum reopens its four map collection. The Greece and Burma maps are featured along with other war materials.
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London
Winston Churchill
Greece
Burma
Hill
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