British Flood U S Car Market With New Autos
New York reports a British influx of cars entering the American market with models from $1,800 to $160,000. Hillman Minx from Sir William Rootes and Austin motors join Rolls Royce, Bentley, and others as Britain targets rapid sales before postwar delays. Export volumes surge with Austin shipping 1,000 cars monthly and Ford Britain planning 6,000 cars to the United States, as trade officials note a fourfold rise in one month.
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Austin
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England
Inheritance Gaps for Women Across Heirs
A study shows women inherit 70 percent of estates from men and 64 percent from other women. The figures highlight persistent gender disparities in estate distribution.
Bottle Bank Floats to Safety After Long Voyage
In Ottumwa Iowa a bottle washed from the William Fry home during the Des Moines river flood contained a twenty dollar bill and a key to a safe. Hidden in a basement wall hollow, the bottle drifted three months before a farmwife found it in a downstream backwater. Mrs Fred McElroy later identified the owner.
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Iowa
William Fry
Des Moines
Hutt
Fred McElroy
Independence hall helps disabled veterans master daily life
At Kennedy General Hospital in Memphis Tennessee paraplegic veterans train in Independence hall a post graduate rehabilitation course. They practice door use stairs ramps and navigating real world tasks within full scale mockups aided by diverse devices and exercises. At least two graduates have earned flying time with some pursuing pilot licenses.
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Tenn
Kennedy General Hospital
Bullein
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Kennedy
Florence I. Mahoney
Shoterete Canal Linings In Maricopa District Move
The Maricopa County municipal Water conservation district cites water shortages from low reservoir inflows and over pumping. To conserve scarce water it undertook lining about 15 miles of canal and laterals to reduce losses. The district covers 35000 acres north of Phoenix near Beardsley with Salt River Project to the southeast and Roosevelt district to the south.
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Maricopa County
Lining and reshaping of canal laterals under Held supervision completed
The project completed last fall under HW S Raymond as district engineer and Lane as chief engineer. Half the lining covered older laterals while the rest rebuilt damaged sections using pull graders and blade ditchers on tractors. The operation aimed to provide a functional irrigation channel at minimal cost with boards and wire mesh forming the lining and shotcrete applied for sealing.
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HW. S. Raymond
Lane
Hunt Process
Shotcrete Canal Lining Process Described in Reclamation Era
The account details a central batching plant and a sand hopper feeding a mixer to produce shotcrete for canal lining. Nine sacks of cement per cubic yard, a six-man crew, and a nozzleman paid $1.6212 per hour are noted. Water supply via ditch and a 1000 gallon tank supports curing and lining.
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Joo Gatton
Maricopa County
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