Food supplies ample despite drought fears say experts
Washington officials report large national stocks of canned goods to offset drought damage. Secretary Wallace says bread prices should stay steady, while meat, milk, butter and eggs may rise. Canned foods hold ample stocks overall, with figures showing substantial year over year gains in peas corn tomatoes and beans.
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Washington
United States
Wallace
Department of Commerce
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
National Canners Association
Department
Bureau of Labor Stattistics
First PWA City Replaces Slums Techwood Housing Opens in Atlanta
The Techwood low rent housing project in Atlanta, the first PWA city project, will house 2,500. It spans 22.5 acres and includes 13 apartment buildings, 7 two story homes, 14 other structures, a shopping center, clinic, offices, and 169 garages. Rents range from 23.47 to 38.10 monthly, duties cover utilities and heating. The complex features elevators, easy clean features, laundries, and recreation space. Construction cost was 3 million dollars replacing a segregated area. Eligible applicants earn 1,200 to 1,800 annually with overcrowded housing. More than 2,700 families applied.
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Atlanta
Uncle Sam
Techwood
PWA
D. A. Calhoun
Toughest town on earth and other quirky notes
Do You Know That Manchester Kentucky claims the title toughest town on the civilized earth. The pony express still rides in Arizona. Dividends of leading corporations have nearly tripled in three years. Last year 30 million U S families spent over 32.6 billion in retail stores. Cumberland Maryland bans bicycles unless well maintained and licensed. The oldest savings account began with 15 dollars in Manhattan in 1819 and has grown to about 3450 dollars. Every year soil washed from US fields could fill a freight train circling the globe 19 times. There are 1200 new federal credit unions with over 200000 members. You can buy adding machine paper at the Sun office.
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Manchester
Pony Express
Arizona
Cumberland
Safety Department
Manhattan
United States
Magic Bullets of Paint Purge Rails of Hidden Defects
A March of Science tale on Sperry’s electric rail detector that uses a 3000 amp current to find fissures in steel rails. It marks defects with paint as a railcar speeds seven miles per hour, then notes the area of the flaw. The piece also recounts General Electric Newark plant rats thwarted by stray cats deployed by the buildings superintendent.
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America
Elmer A. Sperry
Sperry
New Jersey
Newark
Bright but drinks preached by Mayo Clinic doctor
A Wesleyan Christian Advocate piece cites Mayo Clinic physician Mayo and an Atlanta surgeon urging temperance as a scientific necessity. They argue no man can drink and succeed professionally, framing alcohol use as a folly leading to failure, not a moral failing.
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Doctor Mayo
Mayo Clinic
Atlanta
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Sun Office
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Stephens & Bryant
First National Bank
General Electric
Bloomfield
N. J
Wesleyan Christian Advocate
Lone Star Gas Company
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