Uncle Sam Faces Battle For Office Space In DC
Washington’s space crunch grows as GSA seeks nearly 2,000,000 square feet for 18,460 expected new hires next year in the capital. Defense and other agencies demand vast storage and work areas, while Senate and House blocks proposals to ease the bottleneck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Edson
NEA
Washington
Congress
General Services Administration
GSA
Pentagon
Defense Production Administration
National Production Authority
Office of Price Stabilization and Wage Stabilization Board
Commerce
Atomic Energy Commission
Department of State
Department of Defense
Armed Services
District of Columbia
Senate
House Armed Services Committee
Civil Defense Administration
Jess Larson
John L. Metellan
Arkansas
James Trimble
Private Capital
Mc Clellan bill would force removal of tempo war buildings
Washington space totals show 28 million square feet including four World War I and 49 World War II temporary buildings totaling six million square feet and 31 90 employees. The government rents 2.6 million square feet in Washington for 2.9 million dollars annually and leased 7 million square feet during World War II for six million dollars a year. Rentals rose from under 85 cents to about 1.10 per square foot. Zonta Club meets at the Francis Scott Key Hotel with vice president presiding. Mrs. Cecil Miller discusses life in Japan from 1947 to 1949, showing slides and noting cordial Occupation forces relations. First public library in New York City opened in 1897.
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Washington
Zonta Club
Francis Scott Key
Freda Doll
Evelyn Kefauver
Cecil Miller
Japan
Major Cecil Miller
Miranda opens second week at Mountain Theater Braddock Heights
The Mountain Theater at Braddock Height begins the second week of professional summer stock with the comedy Miranda. Miss Lee Sanders makes her Mountain debut, joining cast members Jean Osborn Eunice Wheaton Richard Woods Gene Remington Chloe Pollack and Robert Drew under director Charles Crain. The production runs through Saturday and continues the resort season.
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Miranda
Hermine Dubroff
Jenny
Jean Osborn
Eunice Wheaton
Richard Woods
Gene Remington
Chloe Pollack
Robert Drew
Miss Pollack
Charles Crain
The
Mountain Theater Management
Coort Replaces Ten Little Indians In Summer Stock
Next week the theater substitutes Coort for Ten Little Indians as summer stock. Curtain is at 8 36 and round trip transport is provided nightly from the Smoke Shop.
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Coort
Social Gossip Sparks Interest in New Furniture Piece
Guests admire a newly arrived furniture item in the social pages. The wife notes the purchase and remarks on its value, while the hostess reflects on how such an addition elevates the room.
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Uncle Sam
Harker Pottery
Chesterton
Sun Valley
Storm&Shipley
New York City
Frederick Gas Co., Inc
East Patrick St
Hamilton
Elgin
Gruen
Bulova
James E. Doll
South Market Street
Lincoln Loan Service, Inc
W. Patrick St
Frederick, Md
Kemp
Mountain Theater
Braddock Height
Vermine Dubroft
Kemp's
Kemp's Men's Store
R. Johnston Bittner
Waynesboro
Airport
Pennsylvania
Denim
Lee Or
Jantzen
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