Low Cost Homes Drive Brings Modern Houses to Small Towns
The United States Housing Authority leads a nationwide push to replace dilapidated housing with twin houses and modern amenities. In Mount Hope West Virginia 70 units rise along a park site funded by 90 percent federal loans and local bonds. Private donors like Schenley Distillers and Chicopee Manufacturing fund renovations and new rentals in Frankfort Kentucky Chicopee Falls Massachusetts. The Vincennes Indiana Pearl City project replaces 30 year squatter shanties with Sunset Court 20 homes tenants pay one dollar yearly rent and maintain properties while contributing two work days monthly.
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United States Housing Authority
Congress
USHA
Mount Hope
W. Va
Frankfort
Schenley Distillers Corporation
Vincennes
Ind
Vincennes Group
Pearl City
Sunset Court
East Oil Problem Grows Acute Across Nation
The United States faces a tightening oil distribution as more military air, tank, and field vehicles line up for fuel. Secretary Ickes weighs gasless Sundays in the East and a proposed Gulf to Atlantic oil pipeline to bolster national defense and Britain’s supply, while National Geographic notes current reserves and production levels across Texas, California, Oklahoma, and other regions.
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New York City
United States
Ickes
Roosevelt
National Defense
Great Britain
Congress
Atlantic Seaboard
Gulf States
National Geographic Society
Texas
California
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Kansas
Louisiana
Gulf Coast
Rocky Mountain Region
Mrs. Roosevelt Defends Sons’ Military Commissions
Washington reports Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt answers critics in Ladies Home Journal about how four Roosevelt sons earned commissions. She cites individual paths including college reserve training, aviation work, navy training, and merit based service, noting each son qualified and served in various branches.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Marine Corps
South America
James
United States
Los Angeles
Eliott
West Coast
Army
Franklin Junior
Navy
Naval Reserve
John
Supply Corps of
Annapolis
Elliott
Responsibility of the Church on Alcoholism Urged
A church lesson argues the church must separate from sin and vigorously oppose alcohol, urging intelligent doctrine and consistent life. It calls for total abstinence and removal of wicked influence, citing I Corinthians and Titus, and highlights Civil Service job notices and application guidance.
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Lfe
Labor Employment Breaks All Records for U.S. Jobs
Chicago report notes spring rains ended but job growth continued with more than 50,000,000 Americans employed out of 55,000,000 available. The National Industrial Conference board calls this a new historic record.
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U. S
Chicago
National Industrial Conference Board
Inventor of torpedo plane recalls early dream
Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske, retired U S Navy hero of the Manila fight, notes the torpedo plane he patented in 1912 now plays a crucial role in naval warfare as showcased by the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck. At 85, he views the development as vindication of his idea.
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Bismarck
Bradley A. Fiske
U.S. N
Manila
Admiral Fiske
Deadly Tongue and Dynamite Gun Phrase Noted
A quotation by W. G. Jordan warns that the dynamite gun ranks behind the human tongue as a deadly instrument of destruction. The remark emphasizes the power of speech alongside physical weapons.
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W. G. Jordan
Flattery and Manner Debate From La Rochefoucauld
Quoted philosopher La Rochefoucauld muses on flattery noting the aversion lies in its delivery rather than the act itself. The line reflects skepticism toward praise that lacks sincerity.
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Uncle Sam
City of
F. Roosevelt
Elliott Roosevelt
James Roosevelt
Ensign John Roosevelt
Ensign Franklin Roosevelt
International Council of Religious Education
U. S. Civil Service
Sam
United States Civil Service
Harold L. Lundquist
D. D. Ean
Moody Bible Institute of
Cogo
Western Union
Reader-Home Service
Soath Avenue
de Kalb Ave
Martin
Gilpin
Phaed
America
King Edward
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