Dragertown Utah War Asset For Private Buyers
The War Asset Administration puts Dragertown Utah up for sale as a self contained town built for miners near Geneva Coal Mine. About 2500 residents, 604 houses, hospital, school, theater, business district, and utility plants included with full furnishings and equipment. Highest bidder may take the official passenger sedan.
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Dragertown
Utah
NEA
Nonco
War Assite
Geneva
WAA
Price
Carbon County
Desolation Canyon
Denver and Rio Grande
Roebling town houses put up for sale by company
Side Glances notes the wire plant owner in Florence township Roebling plans to sell its neatly kept company town. Prices range from 3200 for row houses to 6000 for larger homes with two mansions at 16000, taxes and upkeep to be paid by buyers, while streets and services were previously provided by the company begun in 1906 and named for John A. Roebling.
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Jerry Pintof
OPA
Roebling
Florence Township
John A. Roebling
New York City
Brooklyn
Representative Harris Backs 30 Percent Pay Raise for Teachers
Raleigh Jan 28 legislative supporters push higher salaries for teachers and state workers with Rep Reg L Harris of Person county signaling possible 30 percent increases if revenue justifies it. He urged school teachers to be prioritized as discussions on biennial raises proceed amid other measures for drunk driving penalties and school bus funding.
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Raleigh
Reg L. Harris
Person County
Harris
House
Senate
Cherry
Rep
State
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Robert N. Simms, Jr
Wake
Sen. Simms
Legisature
Marshall would command a larger foreign ministers group
American British and French officials and correspondents estimate that if Marshall leads with 100, he could outsize Byrnes’ Paris team of 50 to 70 and New York group of about 50 plus clerks. Byrnes favored small groups and summoned advisers as needed for Balkan peace talks.
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Marshall
Byrnes
Paris
New York
Washington
AFL leaders offer merger talks with CIO in letter to Murray
AFL President William Green said backing for the southern drive remains voted by the council as 15 executive council members urged merger discussions with CIO President Philip Murray. A five member committee led by Green and including Lew is Hutcheson Tobin and Meany will meet CIO peace delegates. Packaged dry milk heating guidance included.
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AFL
William Green
Executive Council
CIO
Philip Murray
Green
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
William L. Hutcheson
The
Carpenters
Daniel J. Tobin
Teamsters
George Meany
New York Building Trades
State Seeks Surplus Butner Reservation for Hospital Use
Durham February 1 state officials seek all or part of the 51000 acre Butner Reservation including a 3000 bed hospital with discussions in Washington with War Assets Administration. The site is eyed for a mental hospital and for the state vocational training program.
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Durham
Camp Rutner
State Department of Public Instruction
State Hospitals Board
Washington
War Assets Administration
Labor pact between contractors and AFL aims to curb strikes
The Associated General Contractors of America and the AFL building and construction trades department establish a national joint conference committee to arbitrate disputes. The war era no strike pact ends, with Truman and Green praising the move as progress toward free collective bargaining and nonviolent dispute resolution. The agreement limits jurisdictional fights and includes an escape clause for non union employers. The article also briefly notes the ptarmigan’s seasonal plumage and snow shoe-like toe feathers.
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Capehart
R-Ind
Congress
Associated General Contractors of America
AFL Building and Construction Trades Department
AFL
Associated General Contractors
Truman
CIO
United States Steel Corporation
Miami
William Green
Green
AFL Executive Council
Building Trades
Joint Committee
OPA Violators In Roman Days Had Their Heads Lopped Off
Seattle dispatch recalls Diocletian era price controls and harsh penalties for violators. It notes Roman officials punished by exile or removal, with widespread government disruption amid poor harvests and speculation. The entry concludes the price edict failed despite good intentions.
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Seattle
INS
Price Administration
Diocletian
OPA
Rain Shortage Cripples Spain's Economy and Power
Spain battles a prolonged drought crippling hydraulic power and industry. Electric flower output is down and government limits light and power, halving manufacturing. Daily life shifts with altered work hours, dark streets, and fuel sparked lighting as drought threatens food supplies and sanitation.
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Madrid
Spain
McCarthy Questions White House Over Housing Order
Senator McCarthy charged a general acted without White House approval and suggested the president allowed the order to stand to take political heat. He warned renters could blame Congress but predicted higher rental quarters would ease the housing shortage as hearings resume with landlords and CIO secretary James Carey set to testify.
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Republican Congress
McCarthy
Congress
Banking Committee
James Carey
CIO
University of New Mexico library receives 1651 volumes
Herbert F. Reynolds former state Supreme Court Justice donated 1651 volumes to the University of New Mexico library. Economists estimate the United States will use six million barrels of oil daily in 1965.
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Albuquerque
N. M
INS
University of New Mexico Library
Herbert F. Reynolds
State Supreme Court
United States
Legislature Delays Action as Committees Consider Budgets
The legislature paused to decide appropriations with supporters calling for higher teacher pay and expanded mental health facilities. Dr. Carl V. Reynolds urged $700,000 for a 1947-48 disease campaign to replace Reynolds foundation funds and reach every county. Senate and house debated taxes, school building grants, and a potential tax on cooperatives, while a proposed inquiry into barber laws eyed veteran impacts.
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Carl V. Reynolds
Reynolds Foundation
Senate
Board of County Commissioners
Assembly
Joint Finance Committee
State Board of Barber Examiners
Special Commission
House
North Carolina
Funeral Rites for G A Petty Held at Highland Methodist
Funeral services for G A Petty 65 who died Saturday morning at a local hospital were held at 11 o clock from Highland Methodist Church with Rev S W Johnson officiating. Interment followed in Floral Garden Cemetery. The body was returned to the late residence 110 Culler street at 5 p m yesterday.
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A. Petty
G. A. Petty
Highlan Methodist Church
S. W. Johnson
Floral Garden
Culler Street
Jerusalem under curfew martial law threat and security buildup
Roadblocks manned by bred carriers and tommy gunners crown all routes into the city as Gen Sir Alan Cunningham warns curfew may be needed. Hagana remains on alert while British patrols restore barbed wire and seal compounds in Jerusalem amid police searches and detentions. Meanwhile Great Lakes ports rely on US health service hospitals for sailor care since 1984.
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Jewish Agency
Alan Cunningham
Palestine High Commissioner
Hagana
Jerusalem
Katamon
Great Lakes
U. S. Health Service
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Delaware River
Trenton
By Galbraith
NEA Service, Inc
DUKE
Duke University
Robert L. Flowers
Duke Law School
Willis Smith
American Bar Association
R. Gregg Cherry
Sidney Alderman
Washington, D. C
Southern Railway
International Military Tribunal
Nuernberg
Germany
North Carolina Press Association
AB Alderman
John O. Gunn
Caswell County
Sen
D. L. (Libby) Ward
Craven
State Board of Education
Board of Education
James
America
A. S. W. Rosenbach
Stephen Daye Press
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Romulus
Encylopedia
H. Edward Knoblaugh
International News Service
Rafield
Jlarilee
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