Shoddy GI Homes Described as They Break Down
Congressmen detailed defective GI housing to a House Banking subcommittee, citing red mud on floors, unconnected baths, and roofs leaking in homes backed by VA and FHA guarantees. Reports from Bedmar Lake Oklahoma and Corpus Christi Texas described sagging floors, leaning walls, and a bathtub flooding beneath houses, urging warranties and stricter inspections as the committee plans a tour starting in New Jersey.
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Washington
House Banking
Federal Housing Administration
Veterans Administration
Jarman
D-Okla
Bedmar Lake
Bethany
Okla
Lyle
D-Tex
Corpus Christi
Tex
Casts Critical Eye On Valley Authority
Baltimore February 6 Sen O Conor of Maryland criticized the Tennessee Valley Authority and the proposed St. Lawrence River seaway in a speech to the Advertising Club of Baltimore. He said TVA replaced many investor owned power firms and warned of expanding government control. He argued the seaway would divert materials and labor imprudently and wastefully.
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Baltimore
O'Conor
United States
St. Lawrence Seaway
Market Signals Split Over Toll Road Project Costs
A debate framed toll road financing as self liquidating, with critics arguing annual costs would far exceed toll revenues. Market reports show steady cattle and hog prices at Woodsboro sale, with varied bids across categories from lambs and calves to fowl and dairy cows. Historical note recalls the play Born Yesterday, highlighting its long Broadway run ending in 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodsboro Livestock Sales, Inc
Jurors View Slaying Scene in Rovs Case
Cleveland February report on the George Ross murder trial shows jurors touring the East Side rooming house where Patrolman Haas was killed. The defense used three of six challenges to exclude tentative jurors as the state began witness sequencing including Haas’s widow and the officers attached to the case. The carrier details note Ross’s arrest history and the Seattle wanted status.
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Cleveland
George Ross
East Side
Rooming House
Forney L. Haas
Ross
California
Frank T. Cullian
Cuyahoga County
Frank W. Story
Haas
Seattle
Baltimore
Cleveand
Ballenger Grange to Host Guest Speaker Friday Evening
Local attorney Ballenger Grange will host T West Claggett as guest speaker at an 8 o'clock Friday meeting in the community hall. Mrs Cliff ton Blair from Thurmont will sing with accompanist Mrs Harry Zentz. Thurmont entertainer M O Sawyer will perform magic feats. Mrs Harry F Himes is the Grange lecturer. legislative committee members are Tobias Zimmerman Mrs Hazel Lewis and George Baker.
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Ballenger Grange
T. West Claggett
Legislative Committee
Cliffton Blair
Thurmont
Harry Zentz
M. O. Sawyer
Harry F. Himes
Tobias Zimmerman
Hazel Lewis
George Baker
Moonshine Still Found After Drunken Hog Clue
Memphis deputies report destroying a moonshine still after noticing a drunken hog stagger across a county road. A creek path led to the site where the still was smashed. Deputies noted hundreds of hog tracks with straight paths toward the still and crooked tracks away.
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Memphis
Tenn
Sheriff's
Sid Hall
J. F. Hewlett
Churchill to broadcast London speech tomorrow on Mutual network
New York Feb 6 7 The Mutual Broadcasting System announced it will carry a speech by Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The broadcast is scheduled to start at p.m. EST and will be heard coast to coast on the Mutual network.
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Churchill
New York
Thejof King George
Mutual Broadcasting System
Coast Network
Day
Winston
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Jack Kennedy
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Gilbert
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Armstrong
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Denier
Yin
SEARS
Vantress
JU. L
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