Airplane to reshape postwar farmland values in rural areas
Real estate operators expect airplanes to revolutionize postwar land values as airparks municipal airports and flight facilities expand. Leaders like Lee Thompson Smith note millions of air force and aircraft industry personnel will fuel demand for private flying, transforming farmland into suburban and aviation-linked sites.
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David G. Bareuther
New York
Industraal
Lee Thompson Smith
Lawyers Title Corporation of New York
National Association of Building Owners and Managers
Furniture for Tomorrow Tables Through Time
The article traces the evolution of tables from the 1642 table bord to modern end, center, drum, ball, and writing tables. It links social tea and coffee drinking to table design and status, notes the craft of cabinetwork, tooling leather, and carving evolving with plywoods and plastics.
Private aircraft in practical precincts of banks questioned
In practical precincts such as bank departments, the effect of private aircraft on operations is debated. Experts weigh security, scheduling, and regulatory concerns as aviation intersects financial services.
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Departments of Banks
Postwar air travel reshapes suburbs and airport aims
The piece surveys how air travel could push suburban growth around airports, rail terminals, and downtown districts. It cites plans for heliport links, envisioned private craft numbers, and the push for hundreds to thousands of airfields, with zoning rules and city responses including New York and Philadelphia debates.
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Filene’s Department Store
Boston
Arthur W. Hill
Atlantic Greyhound Corporation
William A. M. Burden
U.S. Department of Commerce
Joseph Genting, Jr
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce
Henry Kaiser
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Congress
Washington
CAA
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Nashville
Tenn
Wichita
Kans
Chicago
Detroit
Los Angeles
Minneapolis
St. Paul
New York City
Central Park
Robert Moses
Air Corps Plans Soilless Gardens For GI Salads
Dr. Alice P. Withrow of Purdue directs hydroponics kits to grow vegetables without soil for Army Air Corps personnel in tropical postings. Installations planned for Canton Espiritu Ascension Port Moresby Curacao Guam Midway and more aim for at least one salad per man daily, using 500 gallon solution tanks.
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Lafayette
Ind
Army Air Corps
Alice P. Withrow
Purdue University
Air Corps
Canton
Central Pacific
Espiritu
South Pacific
Ascension
Atlantic
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Karachi
India
Curacao
Venezuela
S. A
U. S
Withrow
Guam
Midway
Luke
Belshazzar's Feast recording by Walton receives praise
Dennis Noble with Huddersfield Choral Society and Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under William Walton delivers a technically perfect recording of Belshazzar's Feast. Osbert Sitwell provides the text. the set includes five 12 inch discs priced at 5.50. The album showcases a full orchestra two brass bands and a large chorus with baritone soloist.
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Belshazzar
Eads Victor
Kola Cantorum
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Rochester
St. Louis
Dvorak Suk and Liszt Chopin Recordings Highlight 1930s Album
Victor's November album features the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Frederick Stock performing In Nature's Realm and Suk polka from Dvorak's Fairy Tale Suite, plus Liszt Liebestraum No 8 and Chopin Impromptu in A flat with pianist Alexander Brailowsky. Prices listed for two 12 inch records.
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Frederick Stock
Victor
America
Dvorak
Prague
New York
Cambridge University
Josef Suk
Lizst
Chopin
Alexander Brailowsky
Franz Lizst
Frederis Chopin
Georges Sand
Brailowsky
Bampton Sings Carpenter and Hageman On Victor Red Seal
Rose Bampton, American opera soprano, appears on Victor’s Red Seal catalog with two songs by John Alden Carpenter and Richard Hageman. Wilfred Pelletier accompanies. recordings feature Rabindranath Tagore texts The Sleep That Flits on Baby's Eyes and Do Not Go My Love. No. 10-1118.
ACL Train Derails Near Hortense Ga Injuring 18
Fifteen cars of the ACL New York to Tampa West Coast Champion derailed in swamp country near Hortense Georgia injuring at least 18 with none seriously hurt. An engineer explained a broken rail caused the 8:30 a.m. wreck, most injured were in the dining car and a few were hospitalized before passengers moved to another train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waycross
Atlantic Coast Line
Hortense
Jesup Mied
ACL
J. P. Walker
W. A. Payne
Referral Card Rule Tightens for Male Workers
Ralph E. Miller of the USES warned local employers not to hire male workers for six days without a referral card under War Manpower Commission rules. The policy applies to all six day or longer roles and to certain female workers. The exception is discharged World War II veterans with dates of clearance. veterans face specific proof requirements. The article also notes wartime postal logistics and large overseas troop movements planned for Christmas.
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Ralph E. Miller
United States Employment Service Office
United States Employment Office
Mr. Miller
War Manpower Commission Stabilization Plan
High Point
Millier
Santa Sends 82 Million Gifts To Soldiers Overseas
Washington reports Santa Claus delivers an average 12 Christmas packages for each G I Joe overseas. More than 82,000,000 gift parcels are prepared or sent to servicemen and women, reflecting a massive wartime gift effort.
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Army
Navy
High Seas
Walker
Navy Rsonnel
New York
San Francisco
United States Postal Service
Washington
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