Ten Year Building Peak Reached in U S Cities
New home construction in 310 leading American cities reached the decade’s peak in 1939. The volume and value were the highest since 1930, with 867,664 people housed, up 202,032 from 1938. The survey notes only a 0.8 percent rise in per person cost. Cities span 41 states and DC, including 92 with 100,000+ population.
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Investors Syndicate
C. J. Ryan
Ryan
District of Columbia
United States Bureau of Census
United States
Plane Flights Aid in Fight Against Hay Fever
Medical science used coast to coast air surveys in 1940 to aid 4,000,000 hay fever sufferers. Planes carried oil-smeared slides to 12,000 feet, funded by Chicago botanist Oren C. Dunham and Hollister-Stier laboratories at Spokane. If successful, this could advance pollen migration data for desensitization therapy and address pollen sources beyond the patient’s locale.
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Oren C. Dunham
Chicago
Hollister-Stier Laboratories
Spokane
Wash
Into His Hands Vision of Becoming Living Stone
A devotional meditation urges the believer to surrender to God in daily struggles and temptations. It portrays faith as a process of being shaped like a pillar in God's temple, with the soul receiving divine intent through trials. It emphasizes patience as the hammer reshapes the stone to the Master’s design.
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Phillins Brooks
Drunken Driving Rates Rise in Fatal Accidents
Safety council figures show drunken drivers in fatal crashes rose from 7 to 11 percent between 1933 and 1939 while drinking pedestrians increased from 8 to 15 percent. The report notes one in five fatal crashes in 1939 involved drinking, one in seven pedestrians and one in nine drivers, and one in three nighttime fatalities included drinking by at least one party.
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The
Safety Council
Indianaplis judge hears trial over cure machine claims
In Indianapolis circuit court Judge Herbert E. Wilson heard testimony about a device called a coetherator praised to cure baldness locate oil wells and diagnose Adolf Hitler from afar. Dr. Heil Eugene Crum claimed the wooden box device could determine unborn sex eradicate weeds lengthen logs fertilize fields find oil and treat cancer and tuberculosis, claiming over 7,000 patients benefited with only six failures.
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Indianapolis
Adolf Hitler
Herbert E. Wilson
Heil Eugene Crum
State Board of Medical Registration
Crum
Baby Death Rate Drops One Fifth in Five Years
A 1934 to 1939 report notes the baby death rate fell by 20 percent though about 50,000 infants die in their first year and 75,000 stillbirths occur annually. About 800,000 dependent children receive aid under the social security act, with 8 million children in economic aid at present. Surgeon General Park reports optimistic national health horizons and better child health through new knowledge and tools.
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United States
Thomas F. Park Ran
U. S. Public Health Service
America
Kentucky to Build Danville Era State Park Replica
Kentucky plans a new state park in Danville featuring replicas of the courthouse jail and meeting house linked to early KentuckyConventions and statehood. Construction began in late October 1940, targeting completion for the 1942 sesquicentennial. buildings will be log structures with native stone chimneys. The jail will lie between the courthouse and the old Presbyterian meeting house. the courthouse hosted eight pre1792 conventions debating Kentucky's fate between Virginia, independence, and possible affiliations.
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Kentucky
Danville
Kentucky Department of Conservation
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