Million New Homes Needed Yearly Proposed Survey Plan
Washington. President Roosevelt's central housing committee urged a nation wide housing survey as the first step toward a government encouraged construction drive. The Delano led committee said the census bureau should undertake the job and data is needed to mobilize private capital for home building. Present estimates show a potential need for ten million new homes in ten years based on marriage rates and rental statistics.
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Delano
Delano Committee
Strike Threats Rise Over WPA Work Stop Plan
Washington relief workers threaten strikes and a Washington march if WPA cuts continue. Aubrey Williams says maintained level should be 165 million dollars per November, about two billion annually, but the 425,000 work relief layoffs proceed until new Congress funds are approved. The committee warns the layoffs may signal WPA liquidation across nine cities.
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Aubrey Williams
Works Progress
Congress
Williams
WPA
Water Finds Itself In Jungle Ad Ventures
The Irishman described his ad ventures in the jungle and recalled numbers of shortages. He spoke of ammunition food and whisky running out and being parched with thirst. He noted water existed but cleanliness was not a priority at the time.
Pittsburg Inventor Claims Substitute Gas Could Revolutionize Fuel
Frederic J. Hoyer, an obscure Pittsburgh interior decorator and amateur chemist, says he has developed a substitute for gasoline that could revolutionize the industry. In a demonstration with attorney A F Burkhardt, a reporter, and standard car equipment, his fuel delivered 14.5 miles per gallon on gasoline and an extra 0.1 mile per gallon on the substitute. He claims the formula contains no petroleum derivatives, and tests indicate carbon monoxide from his fuel would be negligible, potentially reducing poison deaths.
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Pittsburgh
Frederic J. Hoyer
Hoyer
A. F. Burkhardt
Burkhardt
Banishing Dread of Old Age
A Odessa News Times column argues the Social Security Act marks a revolution in views on aging. It envisions retirees receiving about 50 dollars monthly, enabling independence or comfortable senior living, and reframing old age as a time of release rather than burden or tragedy for millions of Americans.
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Congress
America
Farmers Buying Power Highest Since World War
C W Kitchen of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics told the Bakersfield Fruit Growers and Farmers Convention that farm buying power is the highest in seventeen years owing to higher incomes and lower mortgage debt. He noted cash income from marketings and federal payments will reach about 7.8 billion dollars, up 10 percent from 1935 and more than 80 percent from 1932, with land values rising from under 31 billion to over 34 billion. He outlined the bureau’s crop and livestock estimating service and related regulatory activities and reported on improvements in farm credit, foreclosures, and transfers of real estate.
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Wi Kitchen
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Drouths
Kitchen
Consumer grading drive targets shopper needs in farm goods
Kitchen argues standardization must include the consumer. The bureau has set A B and C quality grades for 26 canned fruits and vegetables and consumer grades for meats dairy and poultry. The outlook for agriculture next year is favorable with a 10 percent rise in industrial production expected and improving conditions abroad boosting demand for U S farm products.
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Kitchen
United States
Discount for Delay Love at First Sight Case
A brief exchange hints at a romantic complication with lines about love at first sight and delayed marriage. The dialogue suggests curiosity over why the couple did not wed, noting sightings after a ward.
Dad Genius Ends in Jocular Financial Jest
A humorous exchange notes a man described as a financial genius. The quip explains the term as earning money faster than it could be spent, framing the joke with light family banter.
Mathematics in Cooking Lesson Mixup Over Eggs
A humorous dialogue features a cooking teacher scolding Gladys for boiling eggs too long. Gladys explains there were ten eggs, prompting the teacher to note the time constraint applies per batch rather than total.
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Gladys
Theatre row annoyance sparks sharp exchange
The man in the theater complains that the row behind cannot hear due to conversation. The talkative passenger retorts asking if it is any business of his what he tells his wife.
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