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Show Ibuquerque Venture Is Successfu Vet Cooperative Provides Homes at Reasonable Cost By BAUKIIAGE News Analyst and Commentator. VVNU Service. 1616 Eye Street. N. W., Washington, D. C. (This is the fifth of a series describing describ-ing bow American ingenuity is helping to solve one of America's biggest problems prob-lems the GJ.'s So. I headache the housing shortage.) WASHINGTON. As congress prepares pre-pares for the home stretch, some veterans' organizations are promising promis-ing that lifting the rent and construction con-struction controls will start such a rash of construction that everybody's housing problem will be solved. Others Oth-ers say that would be the knell to any kind of a veterans' housing program. pro-gram. Rep. Jesse Wolcott of Michigan, who wrote the bill modifying restric tions passed by the house, told me he believed that the veterans V I wanted not pri-" pri-" ZbXl orltles. but houses. His bill, be thinks, will make the latter possible. Opponents Oppo-nents claim the M opposite that two and half billion dollars i ; worth of bulletin e M'M applications for Baukbage hher Prlced construction has been built up as a backlog. With restrictions re-strictions off, opponents say chances for cheap house-building will go with the wind. At this writing, the senate sen-ate has not yet said Its say. Meanwhile, some veterans are getting houses on their own. Drawing for Homes Climaxes Project For example, a few weeks ago In Albuquerque, N. M.,'a man put his (and Into a hat and pulled out a ouse. It happened on a bright sunny sun-ny Sunday, when the New Mexico Housing Cooperative association held a drawing for the first house completed under its new building program. There were 58 members of the housing association who had a chance to move Into that first house the 58 people who were paid-up members. They gathered on the sandy lot where the house stands. There were more than 200 persons, counting sweethearts, wives, kids and friends, attending the drawing. The lot Is on Arvada avenue tn northeast Albuquerque. You can see the desert from there and the purple mountains rising In the distance. The house is a single-story single-story bungalow of Spanish style with a low-pitched roof like so many of the homes you see In the Southwest. It is made of concrete block, covered cov-ered with white stucco. The drawing was a gala affair. The people, dressed in their Sunday best, perched on the piles of lumber or sat on the hoods of automobiles to watch the association's president. M. E. Holly, place the 58 slips of paper In his bat. Assistant City Manager Arthur Staton drew the first name Duward E Lee. There were whistles and shouts of congratulation. By coincidence, it happened that Lee had been the first man to put up his money to buy stock when the association was organized. or-ganized. Real poetic Justice that he should get the first house. , The drawing continued. All 57 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. Soon each association member would have a bouse similar to the Lee's a comfortable five-room bungalow bun-galow with hardwood floors, steel casement windows and an attached garage. Lee said he couldn't possibly pos-sibly have bought the place If it hadn't been for the co-op. It Cost him $6,350. complete with lot The New Mexico Housing Cooperative Cooper-ative association developed from the Idea of Veteran Paul Robinson, a tall rawboned engineering graduate of Remember York? L. L. Coryell of Lincoln, Neo.. couldn't believe a two-bedroom bungalow could be provided for veterans for only $5,250. To him goes a copy of the third story in this series how they did it in vrlr. Pa. the Colorado School of Mines. When Robinson returned from a several-year several-year tour of duty with the navy, he couldn't find a home in Albuquerque. Albuquer-que. Finally he bought a lot, designed and personally supervised construction construc-tion of a two-bedroom house. When he had finished, be found he had spent $4,300 (making allowance for a salary for himself) for a house that compared favorably with what was costing other Albuqerque veterans vet-erans about $7,000 in the open market mar-ket Robinson thought a veterans' cooperative co-operative through which men could rii Tit Li. 'l in" i build houses for themselves might solve the problem for other veterans. veter-ans. He took this idea to Max Kas- lo, who operates the local veterans' referral center. Robinson also talked to Virgil Judy, local housing expediter. The idea clicked. Interested vet erans got together; drew up a con stitution and by-laws; filed papers of incorporation. Community Aids " Vet Enterprise As word got around, the Albuquerque Albuquer-que community pitched in to help, A local architect donated his services serv-ices on the first house and pledged to provide blueprints, floor plans, et cetera at special rates for subsequent subse-quent houses. A concrete block manufacturer furnished the blocks for one dwelling; dwell-ing; 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 sec-ond and third houses almost completed; com-pleted; the fourth about half -finished. Membership has swelled to 75, an,d 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 the design of his own house. However, How-ever, the house cannot be any bigger big-ger than 1,200 square feet (around average size), and construction must meet FHA standards and building code requirements. Members can have the co-op build for them, or they may merely purchase the materials ma-terials through the organization. All labor is paid for, but members can reduce the cost of their houses by working on their own or other houses under construction. If u plumber who is working full time on other Jobs spends Saturdays doing plumbing work on one of the cooperative cooper-ative 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 houses built. When they work on the project, they are assigned as laborers and receive credit at laborers' la-borers' pay. There are a few unaccustomed un-accustomed blisters and callouses, but they enjoy the novelty, and houses are going up fast M. E. HoUy, president of the Albuquerque, N. M., Bousing Cooperative Co-operative association, reads the name of the lucky veteran who will eccnpy the first house constructed con-structed by the organization. KSV- . Rm Wn mn '1 niiiii' irin ( im niiiijij EVIDENCE OF LETUP Income and Output WASHINGTON. Although both the national Income and the national turn-out of services and finished goods rose to record peaks during the first three months of the year, there is evidence the boom is slackening, slack-ening, it is pointed out in a commerce com-merce department report Since the income and production are measured in terms of money, higher prices and higher wages were in part responsible for the showing. The "gross national product" defined de-fined as "total output of final goods and services in the economy at market mar-ket Drices." was advanced to an Wf 'H hwwiww " " ' 1 r 'i f. tf v ' C 'yKS'-.',: Le1X. " J TTvnnTsi im tiis" riTTiTRE . listen avidly as Victor J. Fritz, Philadelphia youth leader and head of the model aircraft meet for the world air show, tells about the miniatures. minia-tures. 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 Almost six billion dollars in back claims for portal-to-portal pay was erased from the books when President Presi-dent Truman put his signature on congressional legislation designed to relieve employers, as well as the government, from such claims now and in the future. Although he opposed the wishes of organized labor and 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. Explaining his reasons for signing sign-ing the bill, he said, "Businessmen will be able to plan with assurance for full production and price reductions. reduc-tions. This will be of real value to labor and management in a continued con-tinued high level of employment" At the same time he repeated his plea to business for lower prices and requested congress to take immediate im-mediate steps to increase the statutory statu-tory minimum wage from 40 to at least 65 cents an hour. TOO MUCH SMOKE: Cant See Stars 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 astronomi-cal instruments, the new location for the world-famous observatory must be ho nearer than 25 miles to any metropolitan area. Officials estimate that it will take about eight years to find a site, put up the necessary buildings and install equipment. In addition to providing the nation na-tion with the world's most accurate time checks, the observatory warns the radio industry of sun spot activity, activ-ity, puts out almanacs, supplies data on tides, phases of the moon and sunsets and sunrises, and figures fig-ures out calendars. FLU STOPPER: Neiv Mold Tested A possible cure for influenza may be forthcoming from a newly discovered dis-covered green and black soil mold, according to an announcement by the Society of American Bacteriologists. Bacteriolo-gists. So far, although there are preventive pre-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 influenza. in-fluenza. There is one hitch, however. The mold-bearing earth, according to the two scientists who made the discovery, dis-covery, was one of numerous samples sam-ples which came to them from all over the world. Just where that particular bit of dirt came from they do not know. annual rate of $209,000,000,000. This, said the department approximated ap-proximated the peak recorded in the second quarter of 1945 when huge quantities of war material were being be-ing produced. Also, it topped the fourth quarter of 1946 by $4,300,000,000. principally because of increased consumer spending, but nevertheless represented repre-sented "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 $180,500,000,000, THE LEIII RTTN. LEIII. UTAn . . Thna Philadelphia youngsters Dentists Are in Pain, Too Pity the poor dentist when he sneaks in behind your teeth with that savage little drill and tries to unseat the top of your skull. Chances are his feet hurt. And his back aches. And his legs are weary. That, at least, is the contention conten-tion of Northwestern university school of dentistry, which is starting start-ing to teach its student dentists to work sitting down on specially constructed stooL , A standing dentist is of no more advantage to the patient than fit-tin fit-tin dentist, the school asserts. If dentists can be brought to a sitting Position, the university believes, their professional lives will be extended ex-tended by five years. FARM LAND: Prices Go Up Continuing the steady trend upward up-ward begun early in the war, farm real estate prices are nearing a level lev-el double the average for the 1935-39 1935-39 period, a survey by the U. S. bureau of agricultural economics shows. '. ' During the year ending March 1, farm real estate prices rose 12 per cent for the country as a whole. That figure is compared with a 13 per cent rise for the corresponding period in 1946, 11 per cent in 1945 and IS per cent in 1944. Fifty-six per cent of the recorded sales in the past year were for aU cash, it was revealed In the survey. OUTMODED. DEFENSE: Rochets Far Ahead Ever-improving rocket weapons 4 already have rendered obsolete the best anti-aircraft guns of the army and navy, Paul W. Martin, an ordnance ord-nance expert, has asserted. The big strides made in development develop-ment of rapid-firing automatic, radar-directed guns have been far outstripped by atomic energy and guided missiles, he said. Three important features of a good defense were cited: A long-range long-range detection system; a defensive rocket to intercept the enemy missile, mis-sile, and destruction of the enemy missile at a safe distance. Record Slaughter A new record for slaughtering of cattle and calves was set during April in all federally - inspected plants in the country. Hog killings were lower, however, reports the department of agriculture. Cattle killed reached the all-time high during April of 1,203,137 head, compared with 714,860 for the same month a year ago. Calves slaughtered slaugh-tered numbered 678,440, compared with 445,049 in April, 1946. Hogs killed dropped from 3,857,-972 3,857,-972 to 3,615,746, and sheep declined from 1,735,882 last April to 1,326,589 this year, lowest since 1939, the department de-partment reports. Hit Peak an increase of $3,000,000,000 over the fourth quarter of 1946, the department depart-ment 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. Belief and social security payments pay-ments and veterans allotments also were up by $600,000,000, reversing their downtrend through 1946. Dividends, Divi-dends, interest and net rents of landlords land-lords were down $500,000,000. Net income of business owner-operator was up $200,000,000. SMART AS A FOX Farm Youth Snares 135 Foxes To Win Championship Laurels WNV Features. ITHACA, N. -iffl&&ftSS may well take a cue from HucSpad has snared erlo. Albany coun y JjJP18 as champion fox 135 foxes during the past winxer w prize for the best prepared pelt. nrinor. ropoive cash awards and medals in the contest for farm youth sponsored by the State Farm bureau federation and the American Agriculturist, Agri-culturist, farm magazine. Purpose of the contest Is not just to kUl wild game but to teach farm boys and girls how to control surplus wildlife In areas where damage is being done to poultry and livestock. Another aim is to encourage practices among rural youth that recognize wildlife as a farm crop which may add income to the farm business. D. B. Fales, assistant state 4-H club leader, reports that an estimated estimat-ed 2,300 foxes were taken in the state by the youthful trappers during dur-ing the contest year. Second and third places for the best-prepared pelt were won by Edward Bartlett of rural Lockport and Francis Simpson of rural Port Jervis. This, the second year of the con test, far surpassed last year's when 5 CHAMPION TRAPPER Outfoxes Foxes an estimated 1,500 foxes were caught, Fales reports. All three state winners also trapped more than the previous high winner, who accounted ac-counted for 21 animals. ' Spaulding, Hark and Rathbun will be guests at special activities on the Cornell campus. School Constructs Houses To Assure Getting Teachers CRAWFORDSVILLE, ARK. Plagued by a shortage of school teachers resulting from a lack of housing accommodations, Crawfords-ville's Crawfords-ville's school board finally solved the problem by building a seven-family seven-family apartment The board received several "no housing-no job" responses to its offers of-fers of employment; other teachers resigned because they couldn't find a place to live. If housing was the trouble, board members decided, then they would build houses. Now, the seven-family apartment, conveniently located across the street from the school, has been opened for inspection of teachers. The apartments are new and modern mod-ern and, best of all, rentals are as low as $25 a month. ' The new apartment is a school board job from start to finish. When contractors refused to handle the project except on a cost-plus basis, the board hired its own building supervisor, su-pervisor, carpenters, bricklayers, masons and other laborers. The board bought all materials through the school. The finished building cost about $50,000, which board- members figure is a saving of about $8,000 to $10,000 over a contractor's con-tractor's cost The school board rejected barracks bar-racks and boarding-house type build' ings "because congeniality does not seem to exist where a large group of adults is forced to live together." Money for the project came part ly from the revolving loan fund of the Arkansas department of educa- tion, partly from the school board cash. Even with low rentals, the board figures the building will pay lor itself in 20 to 25 years. Application on Towel Indicates 'Clean Job' CLINTON, IOWA.-T0 assure of-ficials of-ficials that he intends to do "a clean job" if appointed, Ralph M. Primmer, Prim-mer, Clinton contractor, filed his application ap-plication for appointment as county coun-ty supervisor on a paper toweL Primmer Prim-mer is an applicant for a vacancy In the supervisorial post which will occur In June. His application, filed with the county auditor, was written writ-ten in pencil rrr mm MrJt S3 C Aviation notes AIRPORT CHATTER When the temperature dropped to 26 degrees, J. J. McDonald, Cashmere, Cash-mere, Wash., apple grower, called in a pilot and his dusting plane to "blow the frost away" from the orchard. or-chard. The pilot flew just over the treetops for several hours until the sun rose. The propeller, stirring the air, sent the temperature up to 30 to 31 degrees. . . . Dedication of the new Iowa Falls, Iowa, municipal airport and an air show are scheduled sched-uled for May 30. A flight breakfast at 7 a. m. will open the day's activities, ac-tivities, which are expected to attract at-tract pilots from all parts of the state. . . . J. J, Schecter, rancher near Alamosa. Colo., utilized a plane to sow a section of land. Crested wheat grass, clover and brome grass were sown from a plane flown by Norman Kramer. . . . With recent acquisition acquisi-tion of a $16,000 war surplus link trainer, Augustana college at Sioux Falls, S. D., Is planning to offer a two-semester course in civil aeronautics. aero-nautics. . . . Five Holstein heifers, all "expectant mothers" and valued at $11,000, have been shipped to Uruguay Uru-guay breeders. They were sent from Seattle to Milwaukee by train and from there by plane. Breeders in Uruguay bought the cows with the stipulation that they arrive before be-fore giving birth to their calves. Dodge City, Kas., fabled cattle town of the early days and site of Boot Hill cemetery, stressed modernity at its recent 75th anniversary an-niversary celebration. An air show, featuring everything from stunt flying to dummy bombing, provided a modern touch to the colorful old time celebration. Pilots from Colorado, Oklahoma and Kansas gathered for the event. STANDARD RISKS .Of 100 life insurance companies surveyed by Institute of Life Insurance Insur-ance for current practices in con nection with aviation risk, two-thirds accept as standard risks without limitations applicants who contem plate air travel on.U. S. scheduled transports in the western hemi sphere. . M. Harding James of Bing-hamton, Bing-hamton, N. Y., likes to fly but he also believes in keeping a promise to his wife. When he flew from Binghamton to Toronto, Toron-to, he kept one foot on the earth all the way. The earth was in a small box. BETTER TRAVELERS Babies are better air travelers than grown-ups, according to Pan American World Airways steward- esses. Babies, they claim, seldom get air sick or restless. They sleep peace fully or play near their seats. Stocks of baby foods and a baby kit with comic books, rattles and games keep them happy. Some toddlers even have crossed the Atlantic unaccom panied. Difficulties do arise occasionally, the stewardesses admit On a re cent trip "emergencies" exceeded the emergency supply of diapers, One small traveler debarked wear ing the plane's fanciest dish toweL mass rKUDUCTION . . . Dramatic Dra-matic new aviation assembly line methods, patterned after the Detroit De-troit type which once before cnangea tne nation's form of transportation, have resulted in peas production at the Stinson division or consolidated Vnltee Aircraft corporation in Wayne, oncn. a new production record of 316 multi-purpose personal air planes, like the craft shown above, was set dun irii. SMALL AIRPORT r.Arvs Progress in design and manufacture manufac-ture may be relied upon to reduce production costs, improve perform ance and decrease noise of small aircraft it was broueht national personal aircraft meeting of me society 01 Automotive Engineers in Wichita, Kas. To reduce costs, Beech Aircraft representatives rec ommended that costs be considered during the design stage and that manufacture of planes be coordi-nated coordi-nated by engineering and production departments. 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