Low-Cost Houses Drive Improves Small Town Homes
Washington report on the US Housing Authority effort to replace dilapidated housing in small American towns. public housing projects funded with 800 million dollars extend to 80 towns under 50,000, with examples in Mount Hope West Virginia and Vincennes Indiana showing twin houses and Sunset Court. Corporate support from Schenley Distillers and Chicopee Manufacturing accelerates remodeling and new rentals in the range of three to five rooms, while tenants pay nominal rents and participate in upkeep.
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Uncle Sam
United States Housing Authority
Congress
USHA
Mount Hope
W. Va
Frankfort
Schenley Distillers Corporation
Chicopee Falls
Mass
Chicopee Manufacturing Company
East Oil Shortage Fears Rise Across Nation
United States officials warn oil distribution is tightening as military demand grows with more airplanes tanks and jeeps and Britain pipeline plans loom. Secretary Ickes signals possible gasless Sundays in the East while Congress weighs a Gulf to Atlantic pipeline to boost supplies.
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New York City
United States
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Roosevelt
National Defense
Great Britain
Congress
Atlantic Seaboard
Gulf States
Mrs F Roosevelt defends sons' military commissions
Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt responds to critics by detailing how four Roosevelt sons earned U S military and naval commissions. She cites college courses reserve officer training and individual work in aviation, manufacturing, and merchandising as paths to qualification, noting each son's careful path to duty and the role of eligibility and eyesight in service selection.
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Roosevelt
United States
Uncle Sam
The
Ladies Home Journal
James
Marine Corps
South America
Los Angeles
Eliott
West Coast
Army
Franklin Junior
Navy
Naval Reserve
John
Supply Corps of
Annapolis
Elliott
Shopping trip and coastal voyage with Eleanor Roosevelt
In Eastport Maine the narrator details last minute shopping finds, improvised scrapbaskets and a makeshift ironing board cover. A boat trip along Denny river to Great South bay leads to fog soaked returns and a view toward Mt. Desert. Homeward via Franklin Road and Mohawk Trail, family visits include Jimmy’s health update and remarks on Princess Martha of Norway. Liberty themes close the piece.
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Mt. Desert
Ipswich
Mass
Franklin Jr
Beverly Farms
Ethe
Johnny
Anne
Young Haven
Nahant
Hyde Park
Jimmy
Martha of
Norway
Cape Cod
Labor Employment Breaks All Records for U S Jobs
Chicago report from the National Industrial Conference Board states more than 50 million Americans are employed out of 55 million available, a new record in U S history. The surge follows spring rainfall easing and marks unprecedented workforce participation.
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U.S
Chicago
National Industrial Conference Board
Hollywood Casting Shake Ups Bring Crawford Garson Duo
Joan Crawford and Greer Garson are teamed for When Ladies Meet, a screen version of the stage hit about a wife and the other woman becoming friends before revealing rival identities. Robert Taylor is the male lead. Katharine Hepburn eyes The Woman of the Year role as comeback projects. Miriam Hopkins withdraws from Bad Lands over fit and co star youth concerns. Various other updates include Edgar Kennedy touring with family, Maude Adams rumored returns, and Capra courted for Meet Jane Doe Mother of John Doe.
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Hollywood
Joan Crawford
Greer Garson
Maude Adams
Frank Capra
Jane Doe
John Doe
Capra
Fragmentary Readings on Quick Wooings and Occupations
Quick wooings seem to be the fashion. Sort of blisskriegs. "What is your occupation?" "An organist." "Organist, eh? And why did you give it up?" "The monkey died." If all the serials in the world were put end to end, they would have to be continued in the next.
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Germany
Italy
Edmund Lowe
Victor McLaglen
Quirt
Wage
Draftee Questions Rifle Handling Truth
A terse exchange shows a draftee asking a sergeant about rifle use and whether pulling the trigger harder makes the bullet travel farther, reflecting wartime training and safety concerns. The line captures doubt and instruction in a military context.
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