Show THE GARLAND Albuquerque Venture TT'ifcU GARLAND UTAH Is Successful PWRJW I b int'Assx Vet Cooperative Provides Homes at Reasonable Cost m Lii wa A) Ad i ' By BAUKIIAGE S’ews Analyst and Commentator IVNU Service 1616 Eye Street I) C Washington N W it tba fifth of a series describing bow American ingenuity is helping to solve one of America's biggest problems — the Gl’s So headache — the bousing shortage) WASHINGTON — As congress prepares for the home stretch sortie veterans’ organizations are promising that lifting the rent and construction controls will start such a rash of construction that everybody’s housing problem will be solved Others say that would be the knell to any kind of a veterans’ housing pro- (Tbit gram Rep Jesse Wolcott of Michigan who wrote the bill modifying passed by a r--x house told me he believed that the veterans not pri- wanted but orities houses His bill he thinks will make the latter Oppo- possible R’W V nents claim the 111 0pp0S1te — that two and a half billion dollars worth of building for applications priced higher has construction been built up as a backlog With restrictions off opponents say chances for cheap will go with the wind At this writing the senate has not yet said its say are Meanwhile some veterans getting houses on their own l f 1 1 III Drawing for Hornet Climaxet Project For example a few weeks ago in N M a man put his Albuquerque into a hat and pulled out a nouse It happened on a bright sunwhen the New Mexico ny Sunday association Housing Cooperative held a drawing for the first house its new building under completed band program There were 58 members of the association who had a housing chance to move into that first house — the 58 people who were on the members They gathered sandy lot where the house stands There were more than 200 persons kids wives sweethearts counting and friends attending the drawing The lot is on Arvada avenue in can You northeast Albuquerque see the desert from there and the in the rising purple mountains The house is a singledistance story bungalow of Spanish style with a roof like so many of the homes you see in the Southwest It is made of concrete block covered with white stucco The drawing was a gala affair The people in their dressed best perched on the Sunday piles of lumber or sat on the to watch hoods of automobiles M the association’s president E Holly place the 58 slips of paper in his hat Assistant City drew Staton Arthur Manager the first name —Duward E Lee were whistles and shouts congratulation By coincidence that Lee had been the happened first man to put up his money to buy stock when the association was orReal ganized poetic justice that he should get the first house All 57 continued The drawing remaining numbers were drawn The name drawn second was to get the second house completed to the third name drawn went the third house and so on member association Soon each would have a house similar to the bunLee’s — a comfortable floors steel galow with hardwood casement windows and an attached garage Lee said he couldn’t posIf tt sibly have bought It cost hadn't been for the him $6350 complete with lot The New Mexico Housing Cooperative association developed from the idea of Veteran Paul Robinson a tall rawboned engineering graduate of build houses for themselves might solve the problem tor other veterans He took this idea to Max Kas-l- 'le Community AiJt Yet Enterprise As word got around the Albuquerque community pitched in to help 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 the awning company contributed awnings A Other business firms wished the association well promised to sell it materials at reduced prices But the contributions and reduced don’t prices apply to any single house They are to be prorated among ail bouses so that each association member will benefit from the savings So far the association has the second and third houses almost comthe fourth about half pleted has swelled to 75 Membership and because the association feels that a new house in Albuquerque means a vacant house for rent or sale eventually the membership isn’t limited to just veterans Association operations are flexible A person may become a member by buying one share of stock for $100 (This is credited toward his house) He may buy more than one share of stock if he wishes although he Is not permitted more than one vote Each member buys his own lot and has the privilege of selecting Howthe design of his own house ever the house cannot be any bigger than 1200 square feet (around average size) and construction must meet FHA standards and building Members can code requirements build for them have the or they may merely purchase the materials through the organization All labor is paid for but members can reduce the cost of their houses by working on their own or other If a houses under construction plumber who is working full time on other Jobs spends Saturdays doing plumbing work on one of the cooperative houses he will be given credit at the standard plumbers’ pay for th" hours he works Quite a few members have done this but most of them are men with office jobs anxious to pitch in and get the When they work on houses built the project they are assigned as laborers and receive credit at laborers’ pay There are a few unaccustomed blisters and callouses and but they enjoy the novelty houses are going up fast There ' ' These Philadelphia ‘FLYBOTS’ OF THE FUTURE youngsters listen avidly as Victor J Frits 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 being limited to boys of participation plane competition however 16 or over NEWS REVIEW i E M Holly president of the N M Housing CoAlbuquerque operative association reads the of name the lucky veteran who will occupy the first bouse constructed by the organisation Five hundred pounds of seeds VEGETABLE GROWERS SERVE Growers association are desdonated by National Junior Vegetable James Spell 17 Columbia Miss tined for the yonth of Greece of Junior the growers organisation president presents in the name of the seeds to Jason Draconlls Greek vice consul In his organisation National Junior Vegetable Growers association played New York City an active part in garden work daring the war Farm Land Prices Soar Portal Claims Outlawed PORTALS CLOSED: Back Claims Denied of it 1 who operates the local veterans’ referral center Robinson also talked to Virgil Judy local housing expediter ‘dea clicked! Interested veterans got together arew up a constitution and filed papers of incorporation Almost six billion dollars in back claims for pay was erased from the books when President Truman put his signature on legislation designed to congressional relieve employers as well as the from such claims —now government and in the future Although he opposed the wishes of organized labor an overrode an appeal for a veto by Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach the President emphasized that he was certain that It was not the Intent of congress to nullify past gains made by labor his reasons for signExplaining ing the bill he said "Businessmen will be able to plan with assurance for full production and price reductions This will be of real value to labor and management in a continued high level of employment” At the same time he repeated his plea to business for lower prices and requested congress to take Immediate steps to increase the statutory minimum wage from 40 to at least 65 cents an hour MUCH SMOKE: Carft See Stars TOO The nation’s capital city Is getting just too smoky dusty and crowded for the U S naval observatory which is getting ready to move to a more sylvan neighborhood Because big cities radiate heat which is bad for delicate astronomical instruments the new location for the observatory must be no nearer than 25 miles to Officials any metropolitan area estimate that it will take about eight years to find a site put up the and install necessary buildings equipment In addition to providing the nation with the world’s most accurate time checks the observatory warns the radio Industry of sun spot activity puts out almanacs supplies data on tides phases of the moon and sunsets and sunrises and figures out calendars FLU STOPPER: New Mold Tested A possible cure for influenza may be forthcoming from a newly discovered green and black soil mold to an announcement according by the Society of American Bacteriologists So far there are prealthough ventive vaccines for flu no specific cure has been developed Not yet tested on humans the mold is said to have shown a curative effect on chicken embryos and mice with fluenza There Is one hitch however The earth according to the two scientists who made the discovery was one of numerous samples which came to them from all over the world Just where that bit of dirt came from particular they do not know Dentists Are in Pain Too Pity the poor dentist when he sneaks in behind your teeth with that tavage little drill and tries to unseat the top of your skull Chances are bis feet burl And bit beck aches And bis legs are weary That at least it the contenuniversity tion of Northwestern school of dentistry ubicb it itert ing to teecb its student dentists to work silting down— on a specially constructed stool A standing dentist is of no more advantage to the patient then e If dentist the school asserts dentists can he brought to a tilling the university believes position their professional lives will be extended by five years FARM LAND: Prices Go Up Continuing the steady trend upward begun early in the war farm real estate price are nearing a level double the average for the S a survey by the U period bureau of agricultural economics shows During the year ending March 1 farm real estate prices rose 12 per cent for the country as s whole That figure is compared with a 13 per cent rise for the corresponding period in 1946 11 per cent in 1945 and 15 per cent in 1944 per cent of the recorded sales In the past year were for all cash It waa revealed In the survey IN THE SPRING A YOUNG MAN’S FANCY v Young Bobby Horan 7 yearned for a bike ride but does not have a bike of bis own so he is seen trying to thumb a ride from Elsie Malcolm 8 Elsie’s sister Beverly 8 looks on The late spring arrived in New York City as this photo shows the kids eating Ice cream r f 'v t I p A OUTMODED DEFENSE: Rockets Far Ahead rocket weapons already have rendered obsolete the best gung of the army and navy Paul W Martin an ordnance expert has asserted The big strides made in development of rapid - firing automatic guns have been far by atomic energy and outstripped guided missiles he said of a Three features Important good defense were cited: A detection system a defensive rocket to intercept the enemy missile and destruction of ths enemy missile at a safe distance Record Slaughter t vP vi of r f rV - A new record for slaughtering of cattle and calves was set during in all federally inspected April plants in the country Hog killings were lower however reports the department V'l j vr '“:’ A agriculture Cattle killed reached the high during April of 1203137 head compared with 714880 for ths same month a year ago Calves slaughtered numbered 678440 compared with 445049 in April 1946 Hogs killed dropped from to 3615748 and sheep declined from 1735882 last April to 1328589 this year lowest since 1939 ths department reports Little Margaret Mary IT IS JUNE DAIRY MONTH SIIE SAYS New York turns to Ice cream to do her share during Blacksher No 1 food wlth heLGreat Dairy Month and shares' Amerlca’s When the U S Junior Chamber of Commerce Dane selects the dairy queen they might check on Margaret who would prove an Ideal one June Remember York? of Lincoln Neb a could be provided for veterans for only $5250 To him third story in the of a goes copy this series —how they did it in Pa York L L Coryell couldn't believe EVIDENCE OF LETUP bungalow the Colorado School of Mines When r Robinson returned from a tour of duty with the navy he couldn’t find a home in Albuquerque Finally he bought a lot designed and personally supervised construcWhen house tion of a he found he had he had finished allowance (making $4300 spent for a salary for himself) for a house that compared favorably with what vetwas costing other Albuqerque erans about $7000 in the open mar- ket Robinson thought operative through ) a veterans’ cowhich men could Income and Output Hit Peak — Although both WASHINGTON the national income and the national of services and finished t goods rose to record peaks during the first three months of the year there is evidence the boom is slackening it is pointed out in a commerce department report Since the Income and production in terms of money are measured and higher wages higher prices for the were in part responsible showing The "gross national product” defined as “total output of final goods and services in the economy at market orices” was sdvsnced to an annual rate of $209000000000 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 of 1946 by $4300000000 principally because of increased consumer but nevertheless spending represented “the smallest quarterly gain since the bottom of the reconversion decline was reached in the first quarter of 1946" National income reached a record total in the first quarter of this year at the annual rate of $180500000000 an Increase of $3000000000 over the fourth quarter of 1946 the department said Income payments to Individuals rose by $3500000000 to an annual rate of $177000000000 and Wages salaries accounted for the largest part of the gain $2600000000 at an annual rate Relief and social security payments and veterans' allotments alio were up by $600000000 reversirg their downtrend through 1946 Dividends interest and net rents of landlords were down $500000000 Net Income of business was up $200000000 MOVIE PROBERS Chairman J Parnell Thomas seated Rep John McDowell left and Chief Investigator Robert E Stripling of subcommittee who are Investigating the the house of Communist influence in the motion picture industry possibility Leading stars directors hit players motion picture union officials with connected and before the testified ethers the Industry producers subcommittee aegasi |