Albuquerque Housing Co op Draws First New Mexico House
In Albuquerque a New Mexico Housing Cooperative association completed its first house under a veterans led program. Sixty eight members bought stock and 58 shared in a hat drawing for the initial five room bungalow on Arvada Avenue with a garage, hardwood floors, and concrete block construction. Members pay $100 per share and may work to earn cost credits while designs meet FHA standards.
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Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico Housing Cooperative Association
Housing Association
Arvada Avenue
Purple Mountains
Lee
Association
Lees
Paul Robinson
Truman signs bill to curb portal to portal pay claims
President Truman veto override ends about six billion dollars in back portal pay claims. He says Congress relieved employers and government from such claims now and in the future while denying past gains by labor. He urges price cuts and a higher minimum wage to boost production and employment.
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Truman
Organized Labor
Schwellenbach
Congress
Observatory to Move From Capital Due to Smoke
The U S naval observatory plans relocation from the capital to a sylvan site at least 25 miles from any metro area. Officials estimate about eight years to select a site, construct facilities, and install equipment. The observatory provides time checks, sunspot alerts to radio, almanacs, tides data, and calendars.
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U. S. Naval Observatory
Observatory
Flu Stopper Mold Reported By Bacteriologists
A green and black soil mold shows potential as a flu cure, announced by the Society of American Bacteriologists. The mold has shown curative effects on chicken embryos and mice with influenza but has not yet been tested in humans and its exact origin remains unknown.
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Jesse Walcott
Michigan
House
Senate
Society of American Bacteriologists
How they built veteran housing for $5250 in Lincoln
Ned doubts a two bedroom bungalow for veterans could cost only 5250. A copy of the third story in this series explains the method used in Lincoln by L L Coryell.
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L L Coryell
Lincoln
Ned
Soldier builds modest home for veterans in Albuquerque
After returning from naval duty Robinson bought a lot in Albuquerque and designed a two bedroom house he personally supervised. The $4,200 cost undercut local veteran homes valued around $7,000 in the open market. He favored a veterans cooperative to help other men.
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Max Kaslo
Robinson
Virgil Judy
Clorado School
Northwestern Dentistry Teaches Students to Work Sitting Down
Northwestern University School of Dentistry begins instructing student dentists to operate from stools rather than standing. The school argues that sitting benefits the dentist and patient, potentially extending a professional career by about five years.
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Northwestern University School of Dentistry
Farm land prices rise near wartime peak
A U S Department survey shows farm real estate values climbing 12 percent in the year ending March 1, nearly double the 1935–38 average. Cash sales accounted for 56 percent of the past year’s recorded transactions, with 1946 and earlier years posting varied increases.
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U.S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Outmoded Defense: Rockets Advance Beyond Arming Guns
Rockets and guided missiles surpass the best anti-aircraft guns, says ordnance expert Paul W. Martin. He cites three defense essentials: long range radar detection, a defensive rocket interceptor, and destroying enemy missiles at a safe distance.
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Army
Navy
Paul W. Martin
Record Slaughter Sets All Time April U S cattle figure
A new record for cattle slaughter in federally inspected plants was reported for April. Cattle killed reached 1,203,137 head, up from 714,860 a year earlier. Calves totaled 678,440 versus 445,049. Hog kills fell to 3,615,746 from 3,857,972 and sheep declined to 1,326,589 the smallest since 1939.
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Department of Agriculture
U S Economy Posts Record First Quarter As Boom Slows
Commerce Department data show gross national product rose to an annual rate of 209 billion dollars in Q1, near 1945 peak, while national income hit 180.5 billion. Wages, salaries and government payments boosted personal income though business owner net income rose modestly and profits fell.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Farm Youth Snares 135 Foxes To Win Championship Laurels
Huck Spaulding an 18 year old from Secured erle Albany county tops New York for 1946 fox trapping with 135 foxes. Robert H Hark 18 from Be with 51 and George Rathbun 28 from Da Ne place second and third. Four H club members win awards in farm youth contest promoted by State Farm Bureau and American Agriculturist. Spaulding Hark Rathbun to attend Cornell campus events.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Huck Spaulding
Securederle
Albany County
Spaulding
New York
Robert H Hark
George Rathbun
da Ne
Hark
State Farm Bureau Federation
American Agriculturist
Farm Magazine
Aviation Notes Highlight Frost Busting Flights And Air Shows
Frost protection by dusting planes over orchards near Cashmere Washington shows pilot echoing sun warmed temps. May 30 marks the dedication and air show at Iowa Falls municipal airport with a 7 am fried breakfast launching activities. An Alamosa Colorado rancher used a plane to sow Crested wheat grass and clover while Augustana College plans civil aviation courses. Uruguay buys five Holstein heifers shipped from Seattle to Milwaukee then by air. Dodge City hosts a modern air show during Boot Hill celebration featuring pilots from Colorado, Oklahoma, and Kansas. Insurance survey finds two thirds of life companies accept aviation risks for US scheduled transports in the western hemisphere. Pan American stewardesses say babies travel better by air while a Detroit inspired mass production boosts aircraft output at Consolidated Vultee. Small airports and Beech Aircraft push cost reductions through design stage coordination.
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Jn McDonald
Cashmere
Wash
Iowa Falls
Iowa
J J Schecter
Alamosa
Colo
Norman Kramer
Augustana College
Sioux Falls
S. C
Uruguay
Seattle
Milwaukee
Dodge City
Kas
Boot Hill
Colorado
Oklahoma
Kansas
Institute of Life Insurance
School Board Builds Housing to Attract Teachers
Crawfords ville Arkansas school board solves teacher shortage by constructing a seven unit apartment across from the school. The project cost about 50000 dollars with rentals as low as 25 dollars monthly. Materials bought through the district, with labor by district staff, and projected payback in 20 to 25 years.
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Crawfordsville
Ark
Arkansas Department of Education
Clinton man applies for county supervisor post on towel
Ralph M. Primmer, a Clinton contractor, filed his application for the county supervisor vacancy on a paper towel to assure officials of a clean job if appointed. The note, written in pencil, was submitted to the county auditor for the upcoming June term.
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Clinton
Iowa
Ralph M. Primmer
Primmer
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WNL
Eye Street
N.W
Washington, D. C
America
Veterans’ Organizations
M. E. Holly
Arthur Staton
Donald E Lee
Community Aids Vet Enterprise
Bankhage
Albuquerque, N. M
Housing Cooperative Association
Philadelphia
Victor J. Fritz
York
Fales
Edward Bartlett
Lockport
Francis Simpson
Port Jervis
Rathbun
Cornell
Plete “Aviation Notes
M. Harding James
Binghamton
Toronto
Pan American World Airways
Detroit
Stinson
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Wayne, Mich
Society of Automotive Engineers
Wichita
Beech Aircraft
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
San Francisco 6
Calif
Kelloggs
COR
California
California Plants Distillation Co., Inc
Halcyon
Cigar Stores
Billiard Halls
Baker Novelty Company
Washington Boulevard
Chicago
Linois
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