New Housing Act Offers Bargain Basement Loans and Co op Support
The Pittsburgh era article outlines the new housing act's aims to ease buying costs through FHA insured loans up to 95 percent of value for mortgages under 6000, and Title II upgrades to 7000 with longer terms. It notes prefabs and Lustron steel homes qualify, and cooperative housing can access 40 year loans at four percent with high insurance, highlighting uncertainty over rule details and selection.
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Ashington
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Congress
Washington
Lustron Corporation
Survey Shows Many GIs Quitting Schools for Jobs
York August 24 United Press survey finds GI enrollment in colleges and universities down over 10 percent in about 200 institutions. About one third of 2 million GI entrants since the war are married, with many starting families. Main dropout reasons: desire for work, financial trouble, and adjusting to college life. Some schools report active politics. most see no trend or a small impact from draft changes.
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York
United Press
Houston
Mississippi State
University of Mississippi
Pittsburgh
Catholic University of Washington
10 million Grant Approved for New State Prison
The Public Works Board approved 10,042,000 for a new state prison at Soledad to provide a medium security facility including main prison, utilities, employee housing and an agricultural unit. Additional approvals covered a Camarillo State Hospital administration building, University of California Los Angeles Engineering Unit, and major projects at San Jose, Chico, San Francisco and Berkeley campuses, among others.
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Acramento
Public Works Board
Soledad
Camarillo State Hospital
Los Angeles
University of California
Department of Education
Loy On
San Jose State College
Chico State College
San Francisco State College
Berkeley Deaf School
San Bernardino
Water Found Wells Near Mojave Spark Hope for Town
Aug 24 Mojave reports first wells yielding water easing long drought pains. One well at Monolith tests 1000 gallons a minute on land owned by C. W. Townsend, former Pacific Coast League star. If tests satisfy, town voters may authorize a bond to buy a well and secure future water supply.
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Mojave
Beaumont
Southern Pacific Railroad
C. W
Cy) Townsend
Seyave
World Intellectuals Convene Tomorrow
About 500 scientists artists writers musicians religious leaders and economists from 14 countries will meet in Wroclaw tomorrow for a world congress of intellectuals. Organizers say the gathering aims to defend the peace. Sidney Gruson of the New York Times was barred from covering the congress after calling it a communist congress.
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Warsaw
Poland
Wroclaw
Congress
Sidney Gruson
New York Times
Mrs. McAdoo Heads to European Coronation
Mrs. William Gibbs McAdoo travels from New York to Amsterdam to represent the United States at Queen Juliana’s coronation. The daughter of President Wilson and widow of a former California senator and treasury secretary will fly to attend ceremonies from August 31 to September 6.
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Los Angeles
William Gibbs McAdoo
Amsterdam
United States
Juliana
Netherlands
Woodrow Wilson
California
Hotel Guests Escape Fire in Perryton Texas
Fifty guests escaped without injury as a damaging fire swept the three story Perryton Hotel. Manager J. H. Brashear estimated damage at 150000 dollars. Perryton is in the Texas Panhandle.
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Perryton
Texas
J. H. Brashear
Texas Panhandle
Be Prepared Tote Toothbrush Speeding Warning
Los Angeles Traffic Court Judge Roger A Pfaff warned speeders to carry a toothbrush for jail time prospects. He told a Transportation Club luncheon that habitual speeders face jail terms and that LA motorists may spend over 4 million dollars in fines this year, matching last year’s total.
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Los Angeles
Roger A. Pfaff
Transportation Club
Consul General Protests Judean Abuse of Attache
The U S Consul General in Jerusalem protests to the Jewish military governor over the Stern Gang kidnapping and mistreatment of George F Paro a 33 year old consulate clerk. Paro was held seven hours released then kept nine more hours by Israeli military police. MacDonald demanded investigation and apologies noting lack of protection against terrorist groups.
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Jerusalem
U. S
Stern Gang
John J. MacDonald
George F. Paro
Paro
Palestine
Granville
N. Y
MacDonald
Bernard Joseph
Britain Freezes Its Television System
Britain froze its television system today to protect nearly 60 000 receiving sets from obsolescence. Acting on advice from the BBC advisory committee and the General Post Office the move holds back a system change that would render current receivers useless. Prolonged research over several years is needed before major improvements, possibly including color, can be realized.
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London
Britain
British Broadcasting Co
General Post Office
BBC
Post Office
Company and Union Meet Over Los Alamos Stoppage
In Santa Fe, Frank J. Ashe presides as representatives of the A F L union and Brown Root Construction Co of Houston meet to discuss the Los Alamos atomic energy plant work stoppage that idled more than 3000 workers after 115 non union laborers were hired.
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Santa FE
N. M
Los Alamos
Frank J. Ashe
Brown Root Construction Co
Houston
Texas
Sons Daughters Plan Joint State Centenary Observance
Native Sons and Daughters of the Golden West from California will meet in Sacramento on September 8 and 9 to celebrate jointly the 98th anniversary of California's statehood and Sacramento's founding 100 years ago. The centenary observance is co sponsored by the California Centennials Commission.
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San Francisco
Native Sons and Daughters of the
Golden West
California
Sacramento
California Centennials Commission
Scaying Probe Widens in Kindred Slaying
Kansas officials disclosed a widening probe into the City Finance Corp after president Herbert J. Kindred was shot dead. A truck driver testified Kindred offered $1000 to kill him, and vice president H C Davis said losses may reach 750000.
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Herbert J. Kindred
City Finance Corp
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Kindred
H. C. Davis
Jeff Robertson
Kansas Corporation Commission
Robertson
William E. Gayer
Truman Busy on Talk Texts
President Truman and White House aides aboard the USS Williamsburg draft phrases for his 1948 campaign. He plans a Detroit Labor Day appearance urging repeal of the Taft Hartley Act and rallying against Republican leaders who opposed price controls and anti inflation measures.
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Wanderer
Truman
White House
U. S. S. Williamsburg
Atlantic
Detroit
Cadillac Uare
Republcan
Evicted Family Makes Car Their Only Home
In Chicago on August 24 four adults and three children of the Strehle family live in a 1936 car after eviction on June 20. They travel from place to place seeking a house, using gas stations for washing and meals at hamburger stands to survive. The family fears police action and separation, while the children ages 2 to 9 cope with life on wheels.
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Chicago
Norman Strehle
Strehle
Michael
Edward
Beverly
Norman Jr
Ernest
Teletype Vice President John Oliver Carr Dies
John Oliver Carr 58 vice president of the Teletype Corporation has died in Chicago. He served 37 years with the firm contributing numerous telegraphic typing inventions. Born in Bangor he is survived by widow Ella a son John J. of Chicago and a daughter Mrs Doris Cunningham of Chippewa Falls Wisconsin.
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Chicago
John Oliver Carr
The
Teletype Corporation
Bangore
Ella
John J
Doris Cunningham
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Britain Dominates Postwar Aid to World in UN Figures
Geneva reports that Britain received the largest postwar grants and credits from the world totaling about 6.67 billion dollars between 1945 and mid-1948. The United States supplied nearly 70 percent of all aid at 16.16 billion dollars, with Britain second and Canada third. France received about 3.96 billion, and aid flowed to Germany's Anglo-American zone, Italy, and other nations.
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Switzerland
Britain
Unity Nations
France
Germany
Italy
International Ildrenie Renansancy Fund
International Refugee Organization
United States
Canada
Argentina
Sweden
Soviet Union
Poland
Burma
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Greece
Hungary
Netherlands
UNRRA
International Bank For Reconstruction and Development
International Monetary Fund
Aovernment
Fom
UN Deplores Bans on Wives Leaving Countries and Mixed Marriages
In Geneva the United Nations Economic and Social Council approved a resolution opposing bans on wives fleeing to join husbands and on racially mixed marriages. Debates produced many drafting changes, leaving officials unsure of the final content.
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Geneva
Switzerland
United Nations Economic and Social Council
Secretariat
Council Chooses Best Religious Film
The Cleveland film council awarded the annual prize to the Protestant Film Commission for its movie My Name Is Han. Made in China with an all Chinese cast, the film is cited as the year’s best with a religious theme. The commission plans further work in Japan to film another project.
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Hollywood
Cleveland Film Council
Cleveland
Ohio
Protestant Film Commission
China
Japan
Primaries in Three States Highlight Election Contests
Three states held primaries with 41 congressional and state legislative seats at stake. In South Carolina Democrats held a runoff, Mississippi focuses on John E. Rankin, while New York had multiple unopposed incumbents. Delaware Democrats named J Allen Frear Jr. for Senate as Buck retires.
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South Carolina
Mississippi
New York
U. S
Congress
John E. Rankin
Rankin
Supreme Court
James O. Eastland
John C. Stennis
Delaware
Sex Crime Suspect Indicted After New Trial
Frank Avilez 25, previously convicted on 32 counts and sentenced to 75 to 440 years, was indicted on 40 charges by a San Francisco grand jury. The case follows a district court of appeals ruling to overturn the prior conviction due to trial irregularities. The indictment includes a new kidnapping charge under California’s Little Lindbergh Law.
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San Francisco
Frank Avilez
San Quentin
District Court of Appeals
California
U.N. Budget Cut Requested
Secretary General Trygve Lie asked for 33 469 587 dollars to operate the United Nations in 1949. The proposed budget is about a million less than 1948 and mirrors expenditures of several U.S. states. The 58 nation General Assembly in Paris will review the proposal next month amid ongoing efforts to reduce costs further by about one and a half million.
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Lake Success
Trygve Lie
United Nations
Arizona
Idaho
Rhode Island
Vermont
Lie
General Assembly
Paris
U. N
Assembly
U S and Britain to renew Wakefield trophy model contest
The Wakefield trophy model airplane competition resumes in Akron Ohio August 26 27 renewing a 20 year rivalry between the United States and Britain after a nine year lapse. Richard Korda 33 of Cleveland a rubber powered plane holder of 43 minutes 39 seconds at Bendix New Jersey is on this year’s U S team. The event is sponsored by the National Aeronautics Association under the Academy of Model Aeronautics.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Akron
Ohio
U. S
Bendix
N. J
Richard Korda
Cleveland
The
National Aeronautics’ Association
Academy of Model Aeronautics
Pickets Bar Staff, Firm Uses Hotel
A few dozen pickets patrolled the Aeroquip Corp site in Jackson Michigan as 2000 unionists clashed with a small office- staff security force yesterday. After failed attempts to move staff through lines the firm set up emergency offices in a downtown hotel.
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Jackson
Mich
Aeroquip Corp
Aeroquip
TASTY TOPPERS Hats Will Appeal to Election Losers
Dallas report notes Rosnick Hat Co of Garland Texas teams with a candy maker to produce candy hats in six fruit flavors for losers who must "eat their hat" in a light hearted promotion.
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Dallas
Byers
Rosnick Hat Co
Garland
Texas
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