HOLC to Close Books After War Wins Deficit Repaid
The HOLC loan agency, once in the red, will end operations with all original capital and borrowed funds repaid to the treasury. War era demand enabled real estate profits. the Booneville Grand Coulee hydro system also proves profitable, returning about one fourth of investment by last June. Critics claim Northwest power competes with private utilities, but the project supported industries key to war effort and remains vital as peace continues.
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New Deal
Home Owners Loan Corporation
HOLC
Federal Agency
The
Treasury
Ag 7O
Thousar
Hole
Booneville-Grand Coulee
America
Booneville Grand Coulee
Booneville Power Administration
Northwest
Roosevelt projects praised as national aid efforts
The article argues that TVA and HOLC demonstrate Roosevelt's administration acting for the nation's best interests. It notes limits of Niagara Falls plants and St. Lawrence expansion while suggesting some New Deal ideas once deemed foolish may prove worthwhile in the long run.
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TVA
Niagara Falls
St. Lawrence
New York State
New Deal
HOLC
Booneville
Franklin Roosevelt
Consumer Confidence Edges Up Amid Mixed Business Signals
Despite rising factory and warehouse failures since 1943, unemployment grows slowly and wholesale demand improves. Optimism returns but analysts say conditions are shifting as retailers must work to regain shopper loyalty and purchasing power.
Beckley milk prices cut two cents per quart
Beckley wholesalers cut regular grade sweet milk by two cents per quart with immediate effect, unlike Charleston where a new price starts June 1. Retail impact unclear and not uniform. A Dairymen’s Cooperative official says the cut may be temporary unless feed costs fall by fall.
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Beckley
Charleston
Dairymen’s Cooperative Sales Association
Memorial Day origin traced to Mississippi women in 1862
The piece recounts how 1862 Confederate and Union graves were decorated by women in Friendship Cemetery near Columbus Mississippi. A New York Tribune paragraph sparked nationwide offshoots, inspiring later national Memorial Day observances. It notes Francis Miles Finch and the Atlantic Monthly poem and details the 1868 proposal by Adjt. Gen. Chipman and John A Logan setting May 30 as the commemorative date across states with few local deviations.
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Friendship Cemetery
Columbus
Miss
Igncre
Shiloh
Veesine
Mississippi
Norace Greely
New York Tribune
Finch
Atlantic Monthly
Adjt
N. P. Chipman
Grand Army of the Republic
John A.logan
West Virginia
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
South and
North Carolina
Louisiana
Arkansas State Pride Grows As Hal Boyle Charts Its Rise
HAL BOYLE notes Arkansas expands beyond hillbilly stereotypes with growing wealth, industry, and tourism. He cites area size, population nearing 2.9 million, rising per capita income, diverse crops, low death rates, Hot Springs tourism, forested land, and a booming coal and energy sector. The piece highlights education in resources and hospitable culture, contrasting old caricatures.
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Arkansans
Joe Miller
Arkansas
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
United States
Jeeter Lester
U. S
Union
America
Park Avenue
Rockland
New York City
Broadway
Federal role in lynching cases explained by Marlow
The Nation Today explains how the FBI pursues lynching cases. If a state officer is involved in the crime the federal laws back charges, otherwise lynching by mobs is state law murder. Recent cases show mixed results and federal referral.
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James Marlow
Washington
FBI
U.S
Greenville
S. C
North Carolina
Justice Department
Literary Guidepost Old Faces in New Wodehouse Novel
Review notes a return to familiar Wodehouse elements in FULL MOON Doubleday edition. Ringing in classic Plandings tone, the piece highlights old formulas, prewar ambiance, and the beloved author’s signature humor.
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Wodehouse
Wodehou
Stage Good For Trapped Film People
Gene Hands profiles actor Gene Lockhart urging stage work to escape Hollywood typecasting. He recalls Algiers and Going My Way roles, notes a shift to comedy, and discusses Blandi—Wodehouse adaptations with Galahad and Freddie. The piece mentions illustrations by Paul Galdone and a review of All the Best in France by Sydney Clark.
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Hollywood
Gene Lockhart
Algiers
Lockhart
Ian Oscar
Ments
Jeeves
Clarence
Agai
Galahad
Freddie Threeapwood
Paul Galdone
G. Pro
France
Sydney Clark
Clark
Iraqis Play Hard as Oil Pipeline Talks Rise
In Baghdad, American oil men seek pipe line routes through Iraq home to vast reserves. Iraqi leaders resist perceived Washington favoritism and foreign control, demanding favorable terms for 75 year concession held by Iraqi Petroleum Co. The debate centers on the Trans Arabian pipeline and other lines from Saudi Arabia Iran and Kuwait with fears over dividends and strategic leverage.
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Joseph C. Goodwiap
Baghdad
Middle East
Iraq
Washington
Palestine
Truman
Iraq l
Joan
Turkey
Ottoman Empire
Russia
Genghis Khan
Iraq Petro Neum Company
Stirling-Control
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Kuwait
Marshall Says This Is Home After 41 Years Abroad
Gen George C. Marshall, returning from the Moscow peace conference, settles at Dodona Manor in Virginia as secretary of state. His wife Caroline manages home life, keeps the schedule quiet, and plans daily 35 mile commutes from Washington. The couple preserves colonial furnishings and antique pieces, including two century-old Shensi cabinets from China.
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Gen. Marshall
Marshall
Malvina Stephenson
Central Press
Leesburg
Virginia
Europe
Army
George C. Marshall
Dodona
Washington
Moscow
Pinehurst
N.C
George
Dodona Manor
Marshalls
General Marshall
China
Night Flight from a Murder Scene through San Francisco
Larry and Carol flee a crime scene after Mrs. Whalley's death, discarding evidence and plotting to avoid police. They drive through San Francisco streets to Chinatown, where they enter a Chinese restaurant and a private booth as they plan the next steps of their dangerous night.
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Carol
Mrs. Whalley
Larry
San Francisco
San Francisco Bay
Grant Street
Chinatown
Caral
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