Building costs ease but pace may slow, AGC says
The Wisconsin chapter of the Associated General Contractors reports construction costs have fallen 5 to 20 percent with lumber leading the drop. Labor productivity up and material availability cut job time and overhead, helping builders. Home costs summer 15 percent below last year with school contracts dropping to about 70 cents per foot amid rising bids—12 bids on typical projects now versus 2 or 3 previously.
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Aussies Given 100 000 DP s
One hundred thousand displaced persons will move from Europe to Australia in the next 18 months under two year contracts to take jobs directed by the government. They will be housed where possible and paid ruling Australian rates, with priorities for employers able to provide lodging.
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Hollywood notes on Stage Fright and multiple film plans
Jane Wyman will star in Stage Fright directed by Alfred Hitchcock in London this summer with no British accent. The article lists various Hollywood figures and upcoming projects from clip use in an Astaire film biography to Frank Laine’s one foot rhythm, plus gossip about Marjorie Main and Wallace Beery, AI writing duos, and other TV film tidbits.
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Frankie Laine
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Coconut Grove
Jennifer Jones
Bob Stack
Joan Caulfield
Marjorie Main
Wallace Beery
Fox
Matt Taylor
Burlington Lines wins National Safety Council award
The Burlington Lines received a special safety honor from the National Safety Council for a century of accident prevention. The citation notes a century of steady improvement and that employee casualty rates have stayed well below the class I railroad average since 1930, with 1948 rates 20 percent lower than 1947 and 35 percent below the industry average. Ned H Dearborn, council president, praised the century of achievement in accident prevention.
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National Safety Council
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Helen Hayes Credits Father in Career and Training
New York Broadway figures discuss Father's Day as Helen Hayes credits her father for rigorous training and discipline that shaped her acting. She recalls French and Spanish studies, early stage work with Old Dutch, and a nod to her mother Brownie for support. The piece links Hayes with Gershwin brothers and the Marx family, noting Papa Marx's Lambs Club anecdotes and Harpo’s silent performances.
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Lambs Club
Palace Theater
Scrap Metal Shipped to Hungary from Ruhr Locomotives
Antwerp officials report five thousand tons of scrap metal from the Ruhr left Antwerp for Baltimore. The cargo, mainly from broken German locomotives, signals more shipments will follow at regular intervals.
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Ruhr
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Veterans Pension Bill Weighs for Disabled Draftees
Editor notes the House Veterans' Committee took until May 11 to pass a pension bill 172 to 57, aiming to remove the 60 percent disability limit. The measure would let any veteran with 10 percent or more disability claim extra dependents’ compensation, scaled to disability. The VA says aid for dependents helps offset lost earning power, but the bill may clash with the President's program and cost concerns.
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Veterans’ Committee
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House Veterans’ Committee
Northwest Airlines posts record May revenues in 1949
Northwest Airlines reports May 1949 gross revenue of 3 578 729 with profits of 524 661, the highest monthly total in the company's history. May gains followed April profits above 360 000 and cut the year to date deficit to 591 159. Cross Hunter notes higher seat miles, improved mail payments and strong cargo revenue as key factors.
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Northwest Airlines
Cross Hunter
Hunter
Northwest
Bodies of 12 executed Red sympathizers found near Shanghai
In Shanghai region a trench on the Pootung side across the Whangpoo from the city yielded twelve bodies of Communist sympathizers executed by Nationalists before Reds seized Shanghai. Six bodies identified as staff of the Lee Chun Publishing company. Reports give uncertain totals of executions, with estimates from twenty to two hundred.
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Shanghai
Pootung
Whangpeo
Lee Chun Publishing Company
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