Urban Home Shortage Still Acute in Nation’s Largest Cities
The Associated Press survey shows urban shortage outpacing builders as marriages and births rise, population shifts and industrial growth boost demand. Construction costs keep climbing, rendering new homes unaffordable for the average income family in most cities.
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Associated Press
Indiana
New Jersey
California
Oklahoma
Vermont
Baltimore
Buffalo
Nashville
Connecticut
Iown
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New York State
New York City
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
Kansas City
Knoxville
Minneapolis
Omaha
Portland
Ore
Richmond
Rochester
St. Louis
Arkansas
Florida
North Carolina
Ohio
Rhode Island
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Albany
Albuquerque
Atlantia
Chattanooga
Denver
Los Angeles
Louisville
Memphis
Milwaukee
Montgomery
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Phoenix
St. Paul
Seattle
Tucson
Washington
Federal
Chambers of Commerce
Power Company
Upstate
New York
Canned Guns for GIs In First Postwar Plan
Army and steel industry unveil a plan to can rifles and carbines for instant use by soldiers. Guns are prepped in kilns and dehydrated stocks, then sealed in steel cans with a future can opener concept. Packing at Springfield Army Arsenal dates to 3,000 carbines daily, with other weapons considered.
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Army
Springfield, Mass
Scots Rush for Free Medical Service
In Edinburgh CP reports Scots flock to Britain’s new free medical service with 567000 prescriptions in July in Scotland, triple the old average. Sir William Marshall notes unusual requests, including sleeping tablets with whisky and wigs, while 92 percent of Scottish doctors have enrolled in the plan.
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Edinburgh
Britain
Glasgow
William M. Marshall
William
Lanark County Health Service Council
Scotland
Sir William
Contest Club Teamwork Pulls Prizes From Barrel on Trys
In San Diego a 20 member contest club, many women with radio contest wins, meets monthly to share ideas and compare prizes. One steady winner is C O Harper of the police department identification bureau. He and Mrs. Harper win about weekly, often theater tickets. President Leora Deacy aims to keep contesting high and guard against rackets.
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San Diego
Calif
C. O. Harper
Harper
Dureau
Army to assign M Day roles to ORC reserves
The Army plans to assign M Day duties to about 300,000 Organized Reserve Corps members by June 30 to support an 18 division force, with 12 regular Army and six National Guard divisions. ORC units are being prepared nationwide, with training pay for members and retirement pay for active ORC personnel recently enacted into law.
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Washington
Army
Omar N. Bradley
ORC
ORG
National Guard
Quick Trip to Moon A Griffith Park space ride narrative
A narrator invites readers on a moon trip starting at a Griffith Park overlook. Seated with 300 passengers in a half-sphere, a central device powers a helicopter jet rocket craft. The lecturer explains a staged voyage orbiting Earth before a spiral toward the Moon, becoming a temporary satellite.
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Moon
Griffith Planetarium
Los Angeles
Griffith Park
Earth
Cheap Phonovision Brings Movies to Records in Homes
Hollywood reports a cheap phonovision device that plays talking pictures from a thick record disk. A light beam projects the film on a wall screen while sound comes from the record. The system syncs motion and audio, with the film stored inside the record itself.
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Hollywood
Phonovision
Elizabeth's Baby Will Be Second In Line For Throne
London reports Princess Elizabeth's expected November birth will place her child as a second in line for the throne, a second-generation heir. The piece traces royal succession from George III through to George VI, noting the shifting orders of heirs and how Elizabeth’s child would fit into the line of succession.
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Elizabeth
London
George III
Little Windsor
Fat George
Edward VII
William IV
George II
Frederick
Princes of Wales
George VI
George IV
George
William
Windsor
Duke of Kent
Alexandrina Victoria
Victoria
George’ V
Prince Albert’ Victor
Duke of Clarence
Queen Victoria
George ‘Vv
Prince of Wales
Edward VIII
HUNT IS ON Inter state syndicates take over moonshine era
The piece reports a postwar surge in illegal distilling led by interstate syndicates using trucks planes and even a helicopter to access remote stills. Moonshining now operates on large scales with profits estimated in the hundreds of millions and tax losses running into the tens of millions annually.
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South
U. S
F. E. M. Whiting
Licensed Beverage Industries
Uncle Sam
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Richard W. Hill, Jr
Hill
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Brain Trust
Lkight
George W. Bunton
Dinsmore Alter
D. C
Princess Elizabeth
Normandy
Calvados
Treasury Department
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