Steel skyscraper safest building when bombs fall
New York authorities cite steel framed skyscrapers as the safest during air raids with the lower floors deemed safest while roofs and non articulated walls remain vulnerable. Examples from Madrid and Rotterdam illustrate the resilience of steel frame structures over monolithic walls.
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New York
New York City
Europe
Building Trades Employers Association
City of
Madrid
Telephone Exchange
International Telegraph and Telephone Co
W. G. Iden
American Institute of Steel Construction
Rotterdam
Iden
White House
National Capitol Building
Treasury Building
Washington
Old Spanish Sword Found At Tucumcari
In Tucumcari New Mexico farm finds near Conchas Dam include a sword inscribed por mi rey linked to 1540 Coronado period and a horse trappings set found north of town. The Coronado Entrada pageant Aug 1 to 3 in Tucumcari with about 600 participants and a $100000 grant will recount the expedition.
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Tucumcari
N. M
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Coronado
Buffalo Country
Plains
Texas
Kansas
Quivira
Conchas Dam
New Mexico City
Better Business Conditions In N. M.
New Mexico shows lower jobless insurance payments in June and rising placements. June benefits totaled 79572 while March paid 118748. January 1939 total was 67272. Clovis 677 Las Cruces 600 Roswell 302 led 2542 June placements. Six month benefits 611855 vs 642815 year ago. 46 new businesses added, 36 closed.
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Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
Roy L. Cook
Unemployment Compensation Commission of
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Lodge in Army Reserves During Senate Term
Sen Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. of Massachusetts serves as a reserve captain in the first armored regiment of light tanks. He commands 200 men and 19 scout cars on a tour of duty at Fort Knox. He would serve if war arises, stating he would go, and he funds the assignment himself to avoid drawing two federal salaries.
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Fort Knox
United States
Senate
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Massachusetts
Senator Lodge
Nazi symbol joke shocks Silver City college
Three students a boy and two girls admitted painting a Nazi swastika over the State Teachers' College auditorium as a joke. President H W James expressed regret and local officers investigated possible Nazi sympathy. The students were reprimanded. Lincoln rains ease fire risk in Alamogordo area as Capitan and Sacrament mountain ranges received steady rain.
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Silver City
N. M
State Teachers’ College
H. W. James
Lincoln
Alamogordo
Lincoln National Forest
Capitan
Sacramento Mountains
May Organize State Home Guards in U S
Washington report outlines war department consideration of state home guards to replace regular militia during mobilization. Proposed civilian protection units would include ages 18 21 and 45 65 under Burke Wadsworth bill. Roosevelt aims to mobilize 50 000 guardsmen for training if Congress approves.
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Washington
War Department
Army
National Guard
Guard
Roosevelt
Congress
Paul Muni Passes Up 800000 With Warner Bros
Hollywood July 19 Paul Muni ends his contract with Warner Bros over an unsatisfactory role turning down 800000 for seven films. Agent M C Levee confirms the staggering total and notes Muni will not appear in the studio’s planned gangster project. Santa Fe carloadings for week ending July 13 1940 show 24743 cars moved compared with 24730 a year earlier. Received from connections were 4820 vs 5298. The total cars moved were 29563 versus 30028. The Santa Fe handled 29123 cars the preceding week of this year.
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Hollywood
Paul Muni
Warner Bros
M. C. Levee
Muni
Santa FE
Max Schmeling Trains as Nazi Parachute Trooper
New York reports that Max Schmeling, former world heavyweight boxing champion, is in training as a Nazi parachute trooper. Columbia Broadcasting System correspondent Edwin Hartrich in Berlin said this in a shortwave broadcast today.
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New York
Max Schmeling
Edwin Hartrich
Columbia Broadcasting System
Berlin
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Yucca Drug Store
N. Main St
U. S
Penney
Priscilla
Young Men’s
Penn Penney
Sears Roebuck and CO
West Third St
Roswell, New
Mexico
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