Wartime delays and housing plans in 1940s boom
A historical note outlines prewar housing forecasts for the 1940s, wartime disruptions, and postwar shifts in construction. It discusses material shortages, price controls, and bureaucratic hurdles affecting home building, plus a Polk County Nebraska county board session listing claims and a transfer resolution for road equipment funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Polk County
Nebraska
County Road Equipment Fund
County Road Fund
Polk County Board Approves Insurance Policy
Commissioners of Polk County approve part of Policy No UB1895631 from The Travelers Insurance Company covering Standard Workmen's Compensation and Employers' Liability Insurance for Marford Connecticut. Expiration June 14, 1947. Board adjourns to meet August 6, 1946. Approved John J. Anderson, County Clerk.
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Polk County
Travelers Insurance Company
Martford
Connecticut
Board of County Commissioners
John J. Anderson
Owen McClung
America Defends Individual Freedom Against Collectivist Myths
The piece argues that the United States remains the strongest bastion of individual liberty. It contrasts American wealth and industrial vitality with Britain France Russia and Germany Japan and criticizes state ownership and heavy government intervention seen in Europe. It asserts that postwar France required government credit to restart, while American industry remains privately financed and capable.
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United States
France
England
Russia
Germany
Japan
America
Sam
Britain
Caesar
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George S. Benson
Harding College
Searcy
Arkansas
Pearl Harbor
U. S
Herbert A. Nelson
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Washington
O.P.A
Miles Colean
OF County Commissioners
Osceola
Wit County General Fund
Geo E. Abts
Carleton Anderson
John I. Anderson
Dorothy Brigham
Walter D. Suena
Phil 5
Campbell
Elsie Cole
Doroty Jones
LaVerne Jones
Lincoln Tel. & Tel. Co
Olive M. McBeth
L. M. Merrick
Gunnard Peterson
T. A Reece
Ate T. A. Reece
State Journal Printing Co
Teachers Institute Fund Institute Fund
Lilian Timm
Lilian Timm, Clerk County Court
Travelers Insurance Co
the University Publishing Co
Wm. Wright
Wm. Zimmerman
Mary B. Carlson
Janice Emmons
Edith Heilman
W .Margaret Shannon
Emergency Relief Fund
Blevins Pharmacy
E-Eee
Crouse-Tex Drug Co
H. S. Eklund
Harris Drigs
Kula Store
F. B. Slusser
Stromsburg Grocery
Stromsburg Hospital
Sundberg
Esce « Oe
J Co. Waddell
Com. Dist
Albers & Alcorn
Milo Chapman
Farmers Union Co-Op Oil Assn
Lincoln Road Equipment Co
Leonard Lagft
Harper Peterson
Edward Schlesinger
Sinclair Refining Co
Nelson
Arthur R. Cederberg
Farmers Union Coop Oil Assn
Eee
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Gustafson Brothers
BAS Close
Ecsaer Ee Wecees
Edwin M. Swan
Tillman H. Joy
Robert Miller
Morgan Auto Service
Columbus
Overland Sand & Gravel Co
Polk County Implement Co
Bess Socony-Vacuum Oil Co
Ss. I. Harless
Cramer Oil Company
Cramer Oil Company Fepairg
Clifton E. Fee
Harry E. Kreis
Gust Monson
Scott & Anderson
Donald C. Werth
McMeekin
S J Harless Board of County
Mary Lie Tyler
Wegner Monument CO
Central ‘City
Nebr
Central City Marble & Granite Works
Levies
Court House
Soldiers and Sailors
National Safety Councile
W. S. Desch Sons
York and
Central City
Falstaff Brewing Corp
ST. Louis
New Orleans
Mr. Farmer
Royal Seed Store
David City, Nebr
California
Stromsburg
Ing
Antiana
Phina
Jer
Stevens
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