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Show THE BEAVER PRESS. BRAVER, UTAH Alb uquerque vent lire is Success fu! Cooperative Provides Homes at Reasonable Cost Vci vv " ... 1 By BAUKIIAGE News Analyst and Commentator. 1616 llVl service. Eye Street, N.W, Washington, D. C. the fifth of a stries descrih- , (This - America's biggest prob- "i '"!' the C.l.'s No- - 1 headache " to JO" Vmhe WW'S'-- ' "JMH congress stretch, some Veterans' organizations are promis-- ' the rent and nZ that lifting controls will start such a h of construction that everybody's will be solved. Oth-;r- s housing problem be the knell to any would sv that prokind of a veterans' housing ffHINOTON.-- As the home gram. Jesse Wolcott of Michigan, Kep ho wrote the bill modifying restric-..- . tions passed by the house, told me he believed that the veterans wanted not pri- - but orlties, houses. His bill, he thinks, will make the latter Oppopossible. nents claim the that opposite two and a half billion dollars worth of building 1 for $hmX$kM applications priced higher Baukhage construction has rebeen built up as a backlog. With strictions off, opponents say chances will go with lor cheap the wind. At this writing, the senate has not yet said its say. some veterans are Meanwhile, getting houses on their own. build houses for themselves solve the problem for other might veterans. He took this idea to Max Kas-lwho operates the local veterans' referral center. Robinson also talked to Virgil Judy, local housing expediter. The idea clicked. Interested vet erans got together; urew up a con- oi.i.uuon ana filed papers of incorporation. Community Aids Vet Enterprise As word got around, the Albuquerque community pitched in to help. A local architect donated his services on the first house and pledged to provide blueprints, floor plans et cetera at special rates for subsequent houses. A concrete block manufacturer furnished the blocks for one dwelling; a landscaping firm offered to do the landscaping without charge; an awning company contributed the awnings. Other business firms wished the association well; promised to sell it materials at reduced prices. But the contributions and reduced prices don't apply to any single house. They are to be prorated among all houses, so that each association member will benefit from the savings. So far the association has the second and third houses almost completed; the fourth about 'FI.YBOYS' OF THE FUTURE . . . These Philadelphia youngsters listen avidly as ictor J. Fritz, Philadelphia youth leader and head of the model aircraft meet for the world air show, tells about the miniatures. These youngsters are too young to participate in the model plane competition, however, participation being limited to boys of 16 or over. NEWS REVIEW Farm Land Prices Soar; Portal Claims Outlawed PORTALS CLOSED: Back Claims Denied 1 Dentists Are in Pain, Too Pity the poor dentist when he Almost six billion dollars in back sneaks in behind your teeth with was claims for pay that savage little drill and tries to erased from the books when Presiunseat the top of your skull. dent Truman put his signature on Chances are his feet hurt. And congressional legislation designed to his back aches. And his legs are relieve employers, as well as the weary. That, at least, is the contention of Northwestern university government, from such claims now school of dentistry, which is startand in the future. has swelled to 75, Membership ing to teach its student dentists to he opposed the wishes Although and because the association feels of work silting down on a specially labor and overrode an organized constructed stool. that a new house in Albuquerque veto of for a appeal by Secretary A standing dentist is of no more means a vacant house for rent or Labor Drawing for Homes Schwellenbach, the President advantage to the patient than a n sale eventually, the membership emphasized that he was certain that Climaxes Project dentist, the school asserts. If isn't limited to just veterans. it was not the intent of congress to dentists can he brought to a sitting For example, a few weeks ago in Association operations are flexible. nullify past gains made by labor. position, the university believes, Albuquerque, N. M., a man put his A their professional lives will be experson may become a member by Explaining his reasons for signt.and into a hat and pulled out a tended by five years. buying one share of stock for $100. ing the bill, he said, "Businessmen house. It happened on a bright sunis credited toward his house.) will be able to (This with assurance plan Mexico New ny Sunday, when the He may buy more than one share of for full production and price reducHousing LAND: Cooperative association stock if he wishes, although he is not tions. This will be of real value to FARM held a drawing for the first house one more vote. than permitted labor and management in a conPrices Go Up completed under its new building Each member buys his own lot tinued high level of employment." program. Continuing the steady trend upAt the same time he repeated his and has the privilege of selecting There were 58 members of the the design of his own house. How- plea to business for lower prices ward begun early in the war, farm association who had a housing real estate prices are nearing a levever, the house cannot be any big- and requested congress to take imchance to move into that first house double the average for the 1935-3- 9 el ger than 1,200 square feet (around mediate steps to increase the statu-t- he 58 people who were paid-u- p period, a survey by the U. S. average size), and construction must tory minimum wage from 40 to at bureau members. of agricultural economics They gathered on the meet FHA standards and 65 hour. an cents least building shows. tandy lot where the house stands. code requirements. Members can There were more than 200 persons, During the year ending March 1, build for them, or TOO MUCH SMOKE: have the counting sweethearts, wives,, kids real estate prices rose 12 per farm they may merely purchase the ma- Cant See Stars and friends, cent for the country as a whole. attending the drawing. terials through the organization. The lot is on Arvada avenue in The nation's capital city is getting That figure is compared with a 13 All labor is paid for, but members cent rise for the corresponding northeast Albuquerque. You can can reduce the cost of their houses just too smoky, dusty and crowded per see the desert from there and the in 1946, 11 per cent in 1945 period S. U. for the naval observatory, on own or other their by working Fifty-si15 per cent in 1944. and purple mountains to a which to is move rising in the houses under construction. getting ready If a of recorded sales in cent the distance The house is a single-stor- y per who is working full time on more sylvan neighborhood. the past year were for all cash, it bungalow of Spanish style with plumber Because radiate cities heat, big other jobs spends Saturdays doing a was revealed in the survey. roof like so many of which is bad for delicate astronomiwork on one of the cooperthe homes see in the Southwest. plumbing new cal the you location instruments, be will he credit ative houses, given It is made of concrete block, covs observatory OUTMODED DEFENSE: at the standard plumbers' pay for for the ered with white stucco. the hours he works. Quite a few must be no nearer than 25 miles to Rockets Far Ahead The members have done this but most any metropolitan area. Officials drawing was a gala affair. rocket weapons The of them are men with office jobs, estimate that it will take about people, dressed in their have rendered obsolete the Sunday best, perched on the anxious to pitch in and get the eight years to find a site, put up the already guns of the army and install best piles of lumber or sat on the houses built. When they work on necessary buildings W. Martin, an ordPaul and navy, hoods of automobiles to watch the project, they are assigned as equipment. nance expert, has asserted. In addition to providing the nathe association's laborers and receive credit at lapresident, M. accurate most with tion world's the E. Holly, The big strides made in developunborers' pay. There are a few plare the 58 slips of Paper in his hat. Assistant City accustomed blisters and callouses, time checks, the observatory warns ment of rapid firing automatic, of sun spot activthe radio have been far industry guns Manager Arthur Staton drew and the novelty, but they enjoy the first name ity, puts out almanacs, supplies outstripped by atomic energy and Duward E Lee. houses are going up fast. data on tides, phases of the moon guided missiles, he said. There were whistles and shouts and sunsets and sunrises, and figThree important features of a f cor.eratulntion. By coincidence, e ures out calendars. good defense were cited: A rapnened that Lee had been the a defensive detection system; first man to put up his money to buy rocket to intercept the enemy misFLU STOPPER: s'ock when the association was orsile, and destruction of the enemy ganized New Mold Tested Real pnetic justice that he missile at a safe distance. siwuld get the first house. A possible cure for influenza may The be forthcoming from a newly disdrawing continued. All 57 Record Slaughter A' remaining numbers were drawn. covered green and black soil mold, IV name drawn to announcement an by second was to get according second house the Society of American BacterioloA new record for slaughtering of completed, to the 'Urd name drawn went the third cattle and calves was set during gists. ouse, and so on. So far, although there are preApril in all federally - Inspected Soon each ventive vaccines for flu, no specific plants in the country. Hog killings association member Not yet were lower, however, reports the wjd have a house similar to the cure has been developed. -a c bun-3':nforlable tested on humans, the mold is said department of agriculture. with hardwood e to have shown a curative effect on Cattle killed reached the floors, steel chicken embryos and mice with infoment windows and an attached high during April of 1,203,137 head, -compared with 714,860 for the same ! v 1 fluenza. Is one Z nave " sald he couldn't pos- hitch, however. The month a year ago. Calves slaughThere ought the place if it "'7 t 'Jan brrn for the earth, according to the tered numbered 678,440, compared It cost urn $0,350, with 445,049 in April, 1948. two scientists who made the diswith lot the of complete E. M. president Holly, The.V ew Movinr TTrtficM, of numerous samone was Hogs killed dropped from 3,857,-97- 2 Cocovery, M Housing Albuquerque, N. 've assoc to to 3,615,746, and sheep declined from all came them which m developed from the ples a ct v, ., operative association, reads the over Just where that from 1.735,832 last April to 1.326.589 the world. r;tr Pau) Robinson a tan who veteran of the lucky ' fT '' : oering graduate of name particular bit of dirt came from this year, lowest since 1939, the dewill occupy the first house conpartment reports. they do not know. structed by the organization. Remember York? 0L; L c"r. rli of Lincoln. Neb.. house-buildin- g VEGETABLE GROWERS SERVE . . . Five hundred pounds of seeds donated by National Junior Vegetable Growers association are destined for the youth of Greece. James Spell, 17, Columbia, Miss., president of the junior growers organization, presents, in the name of his organization, the seeds to Jason Dracoulis, Greek vice consul In New York City. National Junior Vegetable Growers association played an active part in garden work during the war. portal-to-port- f i v K - - , tit-ti- V - 'I 'Ml - J . . IN THE SPRING A YOUNG MAN'S FANCY . . . Young Bobby Horan, 7. yearned for a bike ride, but does not have a bike of his own, so he is seen trying to thumb a ride from Elsie Malcolm, 5. Elsie's sister Beverly, 8, looks on. The late spring arrived in New York City as this photo shows the kids eating ice cream. co-o- p x world-famou- g f l' t S anti-aircra- ft radar-directe- "i Vf ; . . d iry.7rmv,Mmwi,f,MWHmrmAv.K . iff' V.A - ' if"" ; tj ' 4 wwMi?r' .. J immnmi mww. ni..n j V:: -- & : 4 a. fit' long-rang- v " ! v Ml t-- five-roo- 4 - mold-bearin- g co-o- r""'i .. 3"s 8 -- "irk. a be provided for n h now p; i they did it In Coior:id0 School of Mines. When wwan re,r,,pd from a geveraJ ,U,y WUh the he ""y. find j home in Albuquer- p ,rFClrLh.enb0UBhl " '0t' deSlgned supervised construe- ...n 'bpdroom house. When he found he had 1st,.. that tvt'taking rt ' y r allowance hImclf) for a house 'avorably with what ji c'Parpftolhcf war, ab Albuqerque vet-k- st '" $7,000 in the open mar- - Siv'0""10"! a veterans' throueh which men could I i n i. M 0' all-tim- inimvo if F.VMF.iKCE IT IS JUNE DAIRY MONTH, SHE SAYS . . . Little Margaret Mary Blacksher, New York, turns to ice cream to do her share during June Dairy Month, and shares America's No. 1 food with her Great Dane. When the V. S. Junior Chamber of Commerce selects the dairy queen, they might check on Margaret, who would prove an Ideal one. l OF LETUP - i -- . j Income and Output Hit Peak national income Although botn and the national the turn-ou- t of services and finis ed goods rose to record peaks during year, the first three months of the slackthere is evidence the boomin isa comout ening, it is pointed WASHINGTON. annual rate of $209,000,000,000. This, said the department, approximated the peak recorded In the second quarter of 1945 when huge quantities of war material were being produced. Also, it topped the fourth quarter ol 1946 by $4,300,000,000, principally merce department report. because of increased consumer Since the income and production spending, but nevertheless repreare measured in terms of money, sented "the smallest quarterly gain wages higher prices and higher for uie since the bottom of the reconversion in responsible part were decline was reached in the first showing. quarter of 1946." deThe "gross national product," National income reached a record final goods fined as "total output of in the first quarter of this year total mar-ke- t at and services In the economy to an at the annual rate of $180,500,000,000, orices." was advanced an Increase of $3,000,000,000 over the fourth quarter of 1946, the department said. Income payments to Individuals rose by $3,500,000,000 to an annual rate of $177,000,000,000. Wages and salaries accounted for the largest part of the gain, $2,600,000,000 at an annual rate. Relief and social security payments and veterans' allotments alio were up by $000,000,000, reversirg their downtrend through 1948. Dividends, interest and net rents of landlords were down $500,000,000. Net s Income of business was up $200,000,000. owner-operator- " - i, A. 1 - ' - ' i ' ' 4 ,'. - , - " ' i . - - PROBERS . . . Chairman J. Parncll Thomai, sealed. Rep. John McDowell, left, and Chief Investigator Robert E. Stripling of the house subcommittee, who are Investigating the possibility of Communist influence In the motion picture Industry. Leading stars, directors, bit players, motion pictnrc union officials, producers and others connected with the Industry testified before the subcommittee. MOVIE I I |