Thousands of FHA financed homes aid defense era housing
Washington officials say a record FHA construction surge supplies thousands of small new homes in defense areas while safeguarding long term housing quality. Abner Ferguson notes continued emphasis on sound building and neighborhood planning to prevent a postwar glut. FHA data show weekly records for mortgage insurance applications and starts, with 8401 applications and 4920 starts in the week ending May 24.
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Washington, D. C
FHA
Abner H. Ferguson
Ferguson
Federal Housing Administration
Midwest
Progress on New Kroger Store In Sikeston
Rapid progress on the Slack building at Malone avenue to house Kroger Grocery & Baking Company as a supermarket. T A Slack owner with Ray Duncan as contractor expects completion in late summer. Entrance at northeast corner leads to street and a new east side parking lot. Kroger will outfit with modern equipment including serve yourself facilities. This is Sikeston’s second Kroger expansion, with New Madrid street store already enlarged. Carl Banks Wallace is manager. E F Mouser will supervise the new store.
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Slack
Malone Avenue
Kroger Grocery & Baking Company
T. A. Slack
Ray Duncan
Kroger Company
Missouri
Sikeston Kroger
New Madrid Street
Carl Banks Wallace
E. F Mouser
Hall space in any home is essential
Hall space is necessary to afford privacy and communication between rooms. Halls connect living room, bedrooms and bathroom, and should be minimal for economy. The text notes a square minimum hall with four doors, suitable for a one story two bedroom house, with larger halls needed for additional bedrooms or two stories.
Angular Lot Planning Reduces Usable Land
Federal Housing Administration land planning officials warn that sharp angled lots waste land and create poor building sites. They advise planners to design streets that intersect at right angles and to shape lots to improve utility and curb blank wedge portions.
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Federal Housing Administration
Street design pits lines against sight at sharp angles
The report notes that lot lines perpendicular or radial to street lines reduce visibility where minor streets join a thoroughfare at sharp angles, creating unsafe conditions for motorists and pedestrians due to visual conflict and erratic sightlines.
Thief Breaks Into Charlotte Grocery Safe at Night
Police report a thief broke into a Charlotte grocery store, cut a hole in the top of a safe and lifted $165 while $1,000 more lay nearby, unseen. The incident occurred at night as officers search for the culprit.
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Charlotte
N. C
Baseball in Dark Is Now Proposed in Wichita
Ray Dumont president of the Semi-Pro Congress says night baseball could be played in darkness using phosphorus painted lines bases and equipment. A test game without lights will open the national semi pro tournament on August 15 to prove the plan feasible.
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Wichita
Kan
Ray Dumont
Congress
Holiday Death Toll Over Memorial Weekend
An Associated Press dispatch reports violent holiday deaths totaling at least 159 nationwide during a three day memorial period. Traffic crashes caused 308 deaths, trains 13, drownings 75, and 63 deaths from miscellaneous causes.
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Associated Press
National Council
Palforniag
Michigan
Ohio
Indiana
Bleaching Celery Stalks For Tenderness And Flavor
Growers mound earth around celery stalks to shield them from sunlight. This bleaching process yields stalks that are more tender and flavorful, enhancing texture and taste for culinary use.
Hens in the United States lay a total of sixty ores each second
The report notes that hens nationwide produce sixty ores per second, highlighting a surprising scale of egg-related output and implying broader agricultural implications.
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United States
Dexter High School appoints new principal Eugene H Carl
Eugene H. Carl, principal of Mount Vernon high school for four years, is elected principal of Dexter high school. He succeeds Glendon L Keith who resigned. New teachers include Miss Imogene Nanney Cape Girardeau Miss Eleanor Peck Malden and Miss Ometa Kinney Dexter.
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Dexter Eugene H. Carl
Mount Vernon
Dexter High School
Carl
Glendon L. Keith
Imogene Nanney
Cape Girardeau
Eleanor Peck
Malden
Ometa Kinney
Dexter
Cape County Post Expands to Seven Columns
The Cape County Post at Jackson appeared last week as a seven column paper marking a major enlargement from the former six column size. The enlargement is part of several recent improvements in the paper’s mechanical appearance.
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Cape County
Jackson
Kennett expands city mail delivery to 900 more people
Kennett extends city mail service to about 900 additional residents with coverage for 1174 more houses across 39 blocks not previously served by local post office carriers. Postmaster E. H. Randol confirmed the new routing extends access to the Kennett area. COMMERCE death of H. A. Burkhart, 69, former Commerce resident noted last Saturday as he and his wife were visiting the area.
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Kennett
E. H. Randol
Commerce
H. A. Burkhart
Local Briefs Record Deaths and Milestones Across Towns
En route to Miami, a man died suddenly after visiting his Jacksonville daughter. Dean Wilhelm, 11th grade, earned all A attendance in Puxico. Rose Marie Chaney completed four years of high school with no absences. Henry II James, six, died from a gate accident near Broseley. Eloise Bond and Alvin E. Reihl wed in a double ring ceremony at the Baptist church. they will live in Kansas City as Reihl studies at dental college.
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Miami
Jacksonville
Florida
Burkhart
Scott County
Paxico
Dean Wilhelm
John Wilhelm
Rose Marie Chaney
Flora Chaney
Poplar Bluff
Henry II
James
Harmon James
Broseley
Chaffee
Eloise Bond
Emmett Bond
Alvin E. Reihl
A. F. Reihl
Baptist Church
A Boyer
Kansas City
K Reihl
Kansas City Dental College
Oldest Hello Girl in U S Dies at 99 in Carlisle
Carlisle Pa June 4 Mrs Mary E Hennigh once a hello girl in early telephone days died at her home She would have been 100 next Saturday The Bell Telephone Company said in Philadelphia that records show she was the oldest retired telephone operator in the United States She served in Carlisle for 16 years.
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Carlisle
Mary E Hennigh
Bell Telephone Company
Philadelphia
United States
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Beulah Mirkoff
Highway 63
Marked Tie
Ark
Bud Butler
Willie Neal
Lynn Edwards
Ozarks
Dick Owen
Kirk-Mccoy
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Sikeston
Philco
Phico
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Malone Ave
U. S
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