Albuquerque Housing Cooperative Builds Homes for Veterans
In Albuquerque New Mexico the New Mexico Housing Cooperative association completed its first house under a veterans led program. Fifty eight members held a drawing for the 58 houses as benefits of the cooperative and labor credits cut costs. Each member buys stock and own lot while choosing a design up to 1200 square feet meeting FHA standards.
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Veterans find affordable homes through co operative effort
L L Coryell of Lincoln recalls a two bedroom bungalow offered to veterans for 5250. The York Pa story notes the Colorado School of Mines and a Navy veteran who after years away buys a lot in Albuquerque. He builds a two bedroom home spending 4300 with his salary, comparing favorably to local costs around 7000.
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Farm Land Prices Soar and Portal Policy Change
Portal-to-portal pays back claims totaling nearly six billion dollars were erased after President Truman signed a law to relieve employers and the government from past and future claims. He said the move would let business plan production and stabilize employment, while urging lower prices and a higher minimum wage from Congress.
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Move Soblservatory to Sylvan Site 25 Miles From City
The U S Naval Observatory plans to relocate due to smoke dust and crowding in the capital. Officials expect about eight years to choose a site build facilities and install equipment. The observatory provides time checks almanacs tides and phase data for astronomy and navigation.
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Flu Cure From Soil Mold Reported By Scientists
A green and black soil mold shows potential to cure influenza per the Society of American Bacteriologists. It has yet to be tested in humans and has only shown curative effects in chicken embryos and mice. The origin of the mold sample remains unknown.
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Northwestern dental school to teach students seated dentistry
The Northwestern University School of Dentistry argues that dentists should work from a seated position using a special stool. They claim a standing dentist offers no advantage and that sitting can reduce patient discomfort and extend dentists' careers by about five years.
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Northwestern University School of Dentistry
Farm land prices rise amid wartime demand
The U S Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports farm real estate values near a level twice the 1935 39 average, with prices up 12 percent nationally for the year ending March 1. Cash sales makeup 56 percent of the past year’s transactions, reflecting strong market activity and prior year comparisons.
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Outmoded Defense Says Rockets Obsolete Guns
An ordnance expert Paul W. Martin asserts that rockets and guided missiles now outrun the best anti-aircraft guns. He cites three defense features: long range detection, a defensive rocket, and destroying enemy missiles at a safe distance.
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Paul W. Martin
Record Slaughter Sets April U S Cattle High
The department of agriculture reports a new April record in federally inspected plants with cattle slaughter at 1,203,137 head and calves at 678,440. Hog killings fell to 3,615,746, while sheep dropped to 1,326,589, lowest since 1939.
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Evidence of Setup Income and Output Hit Peak
Washington reports that national income and the gross national product reached record highs in the first quarter, boosted by higher prices and wages. The GNP rose to an annual $209 billion, near the 1945 peak, with income at $180.5 billion and personal payments up to $177 billion, driven by wages, relief, and veterans’ benefits while business owner income and rents declined slightly.
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Embroidery Pattern 7364 for Sunbonnet Girls
Leisure embroidery ad promotes sunbonnet girl motifs for towels cloths and linens. Cross stitch resembles applique pattern 7364 offers six motifs about 5 by 7 inches with charts photos and directions. Send 20 cents for pattern and note longer processing due to high demand.
Rare armor figures found behind Mantua church walls
An antiques expert in 1937 revealed 17 life sized figures in the Church of the Madonna delle Grazie near Mantua were not papier mache but wearing rare medieval armor.
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