Veteran housing boom fuels Memphis builder’s 1947 effort
Wallace E. Johnson, a Memphis builder, leads a veterans housing drive in 1947, constructing affordable two bedroom homes at 5 250 to 7 000 dollars with materials from distant sources and local cooperation. He personally oversees timber, brick, and window sourcing, housing 55 veterans last fall and earning a Meritorious House Design award from the National Home Builders Association. The city reimburses utility installations, expediting completions and fostering a cooperative, wartime housing spirit.
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Wallace E. Johnson
Ener
Isis
Johnson
Potts
Miss
Memphis
Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division
Memphis Vets
National Home Builders Association
Tornadoes Leave Deaths and Destruction Across States
Wide swath of tornado damage hits rural areas near Fairmont North Carolina and Bright Water Arkansas plus towns in Missouri Iowa and Texas. Fatalities include eight miners at Small Spring Hill Indiana and 11 at Centralia Illinois with multiple injuries and extensive property losses. Two freight train wrecks near Huntingdon add to the disaster tally.
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Fairmont
N. C
Missouri
Iowa
Worth
Sat Clio
Dallas
Tex
Texas
Spring Hill
Terre Haute
Ind
Palestine Debated as UN Steering Panel Balks
The 14 nation UN steering committee blocked Arab moves to debate ending the British mandate on Palestine this session. Arabs said they seek only full discussion and recognition of eventual independence. Dr Oswaldo Aranha failed to broker a compromise before the meeting. Miguel Aleman visits Washington, meets Truman, and discusses a potential American loan amid Pan American speeches urging regional unity.
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Palestine
United Nations General Assembly
Oswaldo Aranha
Brazil
Washington
Pres
Miguel Aleman
Truman
War and Navy Departments
Pan-American Union
Congress
Aleman
Rata Enery Park Incident Report Notes
A garbled OCR snippet mentions Park and an incident involving Enery and Tal, with unclear roles. The readable fragment highlights a park setting and names Enery and Tal amid references to incident details likely pending clarification.
Underpass Plan Affects Dupont Circle Trees and Traffic
A District of Columbia highway survey notes 52,000 vehicles daily skirt Dupont Circle with projections to 68,000 in a decade. To ease congestion and improve safety, officials propose an underpass at Dupont Circle costing 3.8 million dollars, a plan that would remove mature trees for the roadway project.
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District of Columbia
H. C. Whitehurst
Thomas Circle
Scot Circle
Commission
Dupont Circle
Like a Movie Rescue Guards Real Life Heroics
Film actor Fred Wigan saves a fellow actor Tom Andrea after his horse stumbles in a Gettysburg chase scene. Both escape uninjured as a staged rescue unfolds in a wartime style setting. British censorship orders a re shoot of a twin bed scene in My Animal Wife for cuddling concerns, with a $30,000 cost.
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Fred Wigan
Tom Andrea
Ator
Gettyburg
D' Andrea
Clyne Peebie
Anntal
Lucille Ball
Costs Up Income Down Farm Prices Decline
Prices of farm products fell about 1 percent in the month ended April 15 after a mid-March peak. The April index for prices received by farmers stood at 276 percent of the 1909-14 average, down from mid-March, while costs for production materials rose to 230 percent of the 1909-14 average. Hog prices dropped to 24.30 per cwt, butterfat slipped to 69.45 cents per pound, milk and wheat prices also fell, with rye down 34 cents a bushel.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
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Bowring
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Path of Destruction
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Exeter
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New York
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Huntingdon
Red Arrow
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Naval Reserve
Navy
Future Farmers of America
Dowlin Young
Fullerton
Calif
California
Pearl Harbor
Southland High
Dowlin
University of California At Davis
Glenn L. Martin
Mary Pickford
Martin
Glenn Martin
Oldsters
Lloyd Clark
Calais
Rata Enery
Iillain
Lafayette
Connecticut
Dupont
Epterpusses
Duane
Sarre Riis
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