Memphis Housing Boom Through Cooperative Action
In Memphis Tennessee a 1946–47 housing surge shows cooperative city leadership and builder ingenuity easing the veterans housing shortage. Builder Wallace B E Johnson cuts costs by self sourcing timber and brick swaps while the city reimburses approved subdivisions for utilities enabling 65 two bedroom houses for veterans at about 5250 dollars each. Johnson earns a 1947 Meritorious House Design prize as residents praise the workers behind the effort.
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Washington
Memphis
Tena
Wallace BE. Johnson
Johnson
Potts Camp
Miss
Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division
Memphis Vets
National Home Builders Association
Underpass Cloud Over Dupont Circle Trees and Traffic
A group on Lafayette Square watches as Dupont Circle faces deforestation for a tunnel underpass. Highway officials report 62,000 daily vehicles with projections to 68,000 in a decade, claiming reduced accidents after past underpasses. the Dupont project will cost about 3.8 million dollars and remove the trees.
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Lafayette Square
Andrew Jackson
Breen
Connecticut Avenue
Dupont Circle
Washington
Dupont
Yggdrasil
District of Columbia
H. C. Whitehurst
Thomas Circle
Scot Circle
Tornadoes Ravage Multiple States Killing Eight Miners
Tornadoes carved a wide path from North Carolina to Arkansas and Missouri, killing eight miners in Indiana and claiming numerous injuries and extensive property damage across several towns. The disasters followed earlier fatal mine explosions and a deadly Pennsylvania rail wreck, underscoring a season of widespread peril.
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Fairmont
N. C
Bright Water
Garfield
Arkansas
Missouri
Worth
Iowa
Clio
Dallas
Tex
Palestine: Explosive Issue in UN Steering Committee
The 14 nation steering committee of the United Nations General Assembly wrangled over Palestine. Arab states sought debate on capping the British mandate and freedom for the Holy Land, but the proposal was rejected. Dr Oswaldo Aranha failed to broker a compromise before the crucial meeting. The Arabs denied immediacy of independence, seeking recognition of the principle of eventual self rule.
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Palestine
United Nations General Assembly
Assembly
Holy Land
Oswaldo Aranha
Brazil
Dr. Aranha
Errol Flynn Heroic Gettysburg Horse Rescue
Errol Flynn and Tom D Andrea, both actors, were in a Gettysburg chase when D Andrea was thrown by a stumbling horse. Flynn grabbed him from under the hooves and both escaped unhurt as in a movie ending. Censors also ruled on twin beds scenes in British film standards.
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Errol Flynn
Tom D'Andrea
Gettysburg
D'Andrea
Bin
Klyny
Franchot Tone
Lucille Ball
Train derails near Boyer Ridge in pre-dawn collision
Freight train derailed its engine and tender at Boyer Ridge near Huntingdon in the pre-dawn hours. The incident recalls earlier wrecks on the Red Arrow and Sunshine Special routes nearby, both occurring before dawn.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Middle Pennsylvania
New York
Boyer Ridge
Huntingdon
Red Arrow
Sunshine
Mexican President Aleman Makes State Visit to Washington
First Mexican chief executive to visit Washington as a state guest, Miguel Aleman, attended a full schedule arranged by U S departments and Mexican officials. He addressed the Pan American Union and Congress calling for hemispheric unity to safeguard independence and opened talks on an American loan.
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Washington
Miguel Aleman
Truman
War and Navy
Pan-American Union
Congress
Aleman
Farm Prices Dip After March Peak In Mid-April
Washington reports farm product prices fell about 1 percent in the two weeks to April 15 after a mid March record. The index of prices received rose to 276 percent of the 1909-14 average, while prices paid for production inputs climbed to 230 percent of the 1908-14 average, with hogs, butterfat, milk, and grains showing notable shifts as producers faced higher costs and softer output prices.
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Washington
Bureau of Sericultural Economics
Bureau
Buddy Poppy Sale Supports Children of Fallen Soldiers
The Buddy Poppy drive funds VFW welfare for veterans and dependents. A 21 million poppy goal for 1947 backs the National Home in Eaton Rapids Michigan housing 250 children. Poppies are made by disabled ex servicemen and by women and children in devastated areas. The program honors veterans with wreaths at national memorials and an anchor of poppies sent to the secretary of the navy for memorial services.
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Eaton Rapids
Mich
Avanaticaman
Washington
V.F.W
V.P.W
V.I.W
Woodrow Wilson
National
V.F.W. Posts
Secretary of the Navy
Navy
Marine Corps
Buddies
V.E.W. National Home
Air travel lore and pilot statistics span a mixed era
The piece notes Frank Hartman a Denver real estate agent who flies to showcase ranches from the air and cites a large sale won in a single day after aerial viewing. It also profiles Mrs. Mamie Nelson’s Pacific crossing in a DC4 Skymaster, mentions farm land leasing for airstrip use, cranberry growers using helicopters, 1946 aviation compliance data, average airline pilot hours and demographics, and an official aircraft owners directory by Air Review Publishing for Civil Aeronautics Administration.
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Frank Hartman
Denver
Pacific Ocean
Singapore
Royal Netherlands East Indies
Mamie B. Nelson
Orvis Nelson
Transocean Air Lines
Philipine Air Lines
Fred Richolson
Davis Junction
Roger Lace
Hichalson
Lace
Cranberry
Massachusetts
National Cranberry Association
United States
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
Air Review Publishing Corporation
Dallas
Tex
Cat Disgraces Himself At Beaumont Hotel Cafe
In Beaumont Texas the cat owned by Police Chief Artie Pollack visited a local hotel cafe seeking scraps for meals. The animal’s excursion ended when a rascal handed it a bottle of beer, interrupting the curious outing.
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Beaumont
Tex
Artie Pollack
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