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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1919
Page
18
Federal Department of Labor conducts a detailed study on building projects urging action. Officials push for streamlined guidelines and faster permitting to accelerate infrastructure work nationwide.
U S department of labor study urges building now amid rising material costs and understocked markets. Quoting 1919 U S Housing and Economic Service notes higher construction costs since 1915 and a new price level stabilized below prewar highs. Understocked markets for lime cement brick lumber and other essentials cited, with emphasis on proceeding with construction.
A partial line discusses producers aiming to run plants at capacity with a guarantee to control output. It suggests that if such goals were met prices would rise more than actually occurred, with building materials increasing more in the East than the Midwest and West.
The American gunboat Eagle arrived in Archangel today with a freighter carrying seed and grain to relieve a serious shortage. Eagle boats that began with the Sacramento have failed to break through the ice further in the White Sea region.
Two rattomatiies driven by Mr 3 of Deland and a ranchman collided at the corner of Eleventh Avenue and Warren Street yesterday afternoon. Both cars were badly damaged and locked together, requiring minutes of hard work to separate. No one was seriously hurt though a ranchman was thrown partly from his seat.
A garbled report notes calls from Irish citizens for a conference to investigate killings by soldiers and constables. The Associated Press item mentions a public report sent to the President and references Ireland’s unrest and a demand for inquiry amid violent incidents.
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