New FHA loan terms expand low cost home buying options
Officials outline how the Federal Housing Administration will insure loans under the new housing bill. For homes under 6500 dollars in rural or industrial areas, loans may be insured up to 3800 with 200 down, 30 year terms at 5 percent. Other value brackets show 25 year terms and 80 percent coverage, while remodel loans rise to 2500 and rural housing to 4500.
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Washington
Congress
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Veterans’ Administration
Dewey Team Faces Dilemmas in Campaign Strategy
Washington reports on the Dewey campaign team shaping speeches to unite Republican factions. Key aims include legalizing oil and mineral rights in coastal tidelands, further income tax cuts possibly with a federal sales tax, privatizing federally generated dam power, and repealing the 160 acre water tight limit in the Central Valley irrigation.
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Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Republican Party
Harold Knutson
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Great Central Valley
Dewey program faces test from powerful allies in forestry and lands
Marquis Childs outlines a California driven push by lobbyists and GOP figures to relax 160 acre reclamation limits and boost grazing and timber cuts. The piece questions whether Dewey can restrain these forces, warns of inflationary and dust bowl risks, and notes a Third party drive for late reaction.
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Forest Service
Department of Interior
Congress
Dewey
Karl Warren
California
White House
Republican Party
Airlines' Free Meals Debunked by Aviation Columnist
Paul Gallico relays Gill Robb Wilson’s shock at airlines losing money by $11 million yearly and argues meals were never gifts, part of operating costs and tariff calculations. He recalls fond memories of free in-flight fare and laments the shift to paid meals and other perceived corporate cynicism.
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Gill Robb Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Civil Aeronautics Board
Verse Nuggets on Politics and Life in a Funny World
A collection of wry lines on politicians, a New Jersey goose racing a train, and married men. It jokes about monkeys trained to tolerate gawking and notes that the killer may still be the party life of the event.
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New Jersey
Washington Werry-Go Round on Berlin Crisis and Defense Debates
In a series of joint chiefs meetings General Omar Bradley outlined U S policy if war breaks out in Berlin noting about 60 0000 troops in Europe with 30 000 in combat and allies relying on France and Britain He warned that holding the Rhine could be brief and that the French might retreat to the Pyrenees while Admiral Leahy questioned the feasibility of prolonged defense and urged withdrawing from Berlin if war looms The session defied appeasement and favored staying in Germany while Democrats for Dewey form clubs and Peggy Palmer faces committee job offers while balancing loyalty to parties
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Berlin
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
United States
Joint Chiefs
Omar Bradley
Army
U. S
Europe
Bradley
Rhine
William D. Leahy
Truman
Omar
Leahy
Spain
Turkey
Navy
Sea Dog
U.S
Red Army
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Germany
Stalin
Kremlin
Chamberlain
Hitler
Munich
Joint Chiefs of Staffs
Russia
Bill Bullitt
Roosevelt
Bullitt
FDR
Hull
France
Dewey
Peggy Palmer
Woodrow Wilson
A. Mitchell P
Republican National Committee
Democratic National Committee
Mrs. Palmer
Keedoozle Man Clarence Saunders Aims Five Billion in Five Years
Memphis magnate Clarence Saunders, famed for Piggly Wiggly, unveils the Keedoozle electronic grocery system. He predicts five years five billion as he plans to deploy self service, key driven stores in multiple cities while expanding existing Memphis ventures.
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Memphis
Clarence Saunders
Mr. Saunders
Boss Crump
Bill Terry
Clarence
Clarence’s
Keedazzle
College housing crunch prompts community call to action
In Pocatello Bill Bartz seeks 170 apartments for faculty and married students as housing tightens. He urges residents with spare units to call 882 to help ease the shortage for families and campus staff amid broader town concerns including local garbage operations and civic issues.
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Bill Bartz
Bill
Pocatello
Doctor Howard Ricketts and the Rickettsiae Discovery
The text recounts Howard Taylor Ricketts discovering rickettsiae in 1909 during typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever studies, his death a year later, and the diseases caused by rickettsiae. It notes transmission by body lice and ticks, describes Fievre bou tonneuse and Q fever, mentions Tsutsugamushi disease in wartime, and cites vaccines and para-aminobenzoic acid as promising treatments alongside the need for more research.
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Howard Taylor Ricketts
Ricketts
Marseille
Australia
Rocky Mountain
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Marquis Childs
Paul Gallico
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Mother of Mercy
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