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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1947
Page
10
The Rocky mountains offer towering peaks and forested canyons as congress creates a chain of national parks beginning with Yellowstone in 1872. The region showcases diverse landscapes and sublime scenery across the Rockies.
Glacier Yellowstone and Rocky Mountain straddle the Continental Divide draining to both oceans. Grand Teton feeds the Snake River. The article outlines Glacier as a premier trail park with 1,000 miles of trails, 60 glaciers, and abundant lakes. Grand Teton features rugged fault-block mountains and 22 peaks over 10,000 feet. Rocky Mountain offers Trail Ridge Road and extensive high-altitude scenery.
The National Park Service and Florida propose a new national park in the Everglades to preserve the region as a wildlife refuge. The 1,300,000 acre site would protect crocodiles, alligators, birds, and diverse fish while maintaining a primitive landscape within dense vegetation islands and coastal wetlands.
In 1946 Memphis started 35 hundred new homes and finished most of the 1946 starts by spring 1947. Builder Wallace E. Johnson cuts costs by owning timber, sawmill operations, and brickmaking swaps, while city utilities subsidize veterans housing. Johnson’s 55 two bedroom homes sold to veterans for 5250 each, with prices often 6000 to 7000, under a cooperative program that speeds utility connections and reduces delays. The effort earns a Meritorious House Design award in 1947.
The author recalls Lafayette Square and Connecticut Avenue deforestation for a Dupont Circle underpass. A highway survey notes 52 000 daily vehicles, rising to 68 000 in ten years, justifying the project. Two circles already altered, with a 75 percent drop in accidents and a $3 800 000 price tag to proceed with the work and tree removal.
Midwestern and eastern states report multiple tornadoes with casualties and damage. Eight miners killed in a blast? , no. Five? The text notes nine dead in Bright Water Garfield area Arkansas, destruction in Bright Water, 300 homeless, and injuries across Missouri Iowa Texas.
Disaster at the Small Spring Hill mine in Indiana kills eight miners while three survive. The 11 workers were repairing the ventilation system for federal inspection after a safety shutdown. The year has seen multiple deadly mine accidents including Centralia and Exeter and Plymouth disasters.
The 14 nation steering committee blocked Arab requests to debate ending the British mandate and independence for Palestine. Dr Oswaldo Aranha failed to broker a compromise as Arabs insist on a full discussion of independence. Miguel Aleman visits Washington as guest of President Truman and urges Hemisphere unity and independence via solidarity.
Errol Flynn aided fellow actor Tom D Andrea when D Andrea fell from a horse during a Gettyburg battle scene. Flynn pulled him clear of the hooves, avoiding injury. British censors rule twin beds in films to discourage cuddling and require re shots for My Awful Wife due to a kiss scene.
In pre dawn hours on the middle Pennsylvania division a three month period rail wreck killed four and injured 34, eight seriously. The American liner from New York to St Louis struck steel protruding from freight cars, tearing a large hole in a gondola and damaging the engine and cars without derailment. A second freight train followed, colliding with steel protrusions from the opposite side.
Prices of farm products declined about 1 percent for the month ending April 15 after peaking in mid March. The farm price index stood at 276 percent of the 1909-14 average, while prices paid for production materials rose to 230 percent, lifting parity prices slightly. Hog prices fell to 24.30 per cwt. butterfat 69.5 cents per lb. milk and grain prices also eased.
The notice advertises Reader Service booklet No. 15 on wiring and remodeling homes with guidance on circuits, outlets, and future equipment. It lists a 25 cent price and the address 243 West 17th St New York NY to obtain Small Homes Planning big sewers and related booklets.
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