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Show i t K THE DESERET NEWS, Salt Lalce City. Utah, Jan 23. Capitol Offices Seek 100 Pet. Dimes March 194 W, 'V PLAN TO BUILD IF PRICES ARE RIGHT" John C. Silver, an employs of the city auditors office, and a returned World War II veteran, tells Mayor Earl J. Glade and Mrs. t Rath Vick OBrien, housing authority, Washington, D. C., that tie plans to build a new ! house If ' , prices are notinflated. 5 i?T Mrs, Emily Smith Stewart, director of womens activities for National the Utah chapter. Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Wednesday appealed for additional volunteers to "man ticket booths in downtown centers. She urged women who can devote a few hours etch day to to operation of ticket booths contact drive headquarters at A new high in the volume of entries for the March of Dimes essay contest was predicted for Wednesday as judges announced the winning entry for Tuesday. Selected was I am supporting' the March of Dimes because it is mf first step today toward their first tomorrow" Contest entry blanks are issued with each ticket to the Salt Lake March of Dimes dance Jan. 30. A new, 1946 model sedan Is offered as the grand prize to the esauthor of the best rd say on Why I am supporting the March f Dimes." Thg contest closes at S pm. Jan. 28, with daily winners to be considered in the final judging to determine winner of the new automobile. v FlameVRaze American ;Fork Inflation Held Menace g Drive To Home-Buildin- 'Inflation must be taken out of housing! .That was the "succinct stateMrs. Ruth Vick OBrien, Washington, D. C., personal representative of Chester Bowles, OPA director, upon her arrival in Salt Lake today. Mrs. OBrien, who was met this morning by Mayor Earl J. Glade and H, Grant Ivins, district director, OPA, plans to converse with local business men, financiers and city officials, preparatory to holding a meeting Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Newhouse Hotel, At this meeting Mrs. OBrien will present OPAs viewpoint to leaders in the finance and building industries, and in turn those invited will express their opinions on housing. . ,, J J Crisis Nationwide "Salt Lake City, like the great majority of cities in the country, faces a critical housing shortage. By the end of 1846 2,000,000 veterans will be look-- t ing for homes throughout the country. 1,200,000 other families are living doubled . up, Mrs. OBrien said, OPA has dollar - and - cent ceiling prices m 80 per cent of building mate. Sals, housing equipment and contractor service, Mrs. OBrien said. Second, it has a rent control program and third, it Is controlling the prices of household durables such as refrigerators, stoves, radios, heating and other equipment et approximately the 1942 level. "If prices can be held at reasonable levels a tremendous building boom will result. It Is estimated that the boom will provide Jobs for at east 4,500, 090 workers and atimulate activities in the finance, building and loan ond other industries," Mrs. OBrien stated. ment of Civic Clubs Box Clothes . Representatives of 100 civic, patriotic, and service clubs both mens and women have done a monumental work in boxing, tying, and preparing for shipment the near 180,000 gar menta collected in the National Victory Clothing campaign in Salt Lake, B. L, Wood, drive Chairman, said today. These volunteers have been orderly and systematic, he said, and two 50-tbox cart loaded with clothing have already been shipped. Nearly enough Items are now prepared for a third car load, Mr. Wood also said that ' the quality of the clothing haa been uniformly excellent, and that no item had been discarded. Civic group have been preparing the clothing for shipment as it has come in so that no backlog has accumulated. They have been for working on this regularly about two and a half weeks. on Utahn Resigns Federal Position Resignation of Robert It Hinckley, of Ogden, Utah, former director of the Civil Aeronautics Authority, and an official of Sperry Corporation previous to his return to government service two years ago as director of .the Office of Contract Settlement, was announced today by President Truman He will be succeeded by Horace Chapman Rose, of Ohio. Mr. Hinckley, who began a career ef public service as assistant administrator Campaigns for 100 per cent support of the March of Dimes In Salt Lake county and state capitol offices were under way today after selection of solicits tion committees for each build tag. J. Henry McGean, Utah State purchasing agent) is directing the sale of March of Dimes dance tlckets at the capitol. Assigned to direct the sale of tickets in the City and Courlty building is Hyman Guas, chief deputy qounty assessor. Large blocks of tickets were issued for each building, said James C. Hill, chairman of the dance committee. Meanwhile Gordon federal '.Yeggeland, housing director for Utah and chairman of the committee in -charge of ticket sales to fed-:r- al employes, reported "satis-a- ct fy progress in the solicitation of federal workers. , - Goal of the federal employes committee is a "minimum of one ticket per employe." Goal Set At 2600 Approximately 2600 will be asked to support the polio fundraising campaign through purchase of dance tickets. of "the Works Progress Administration, Is resigning as of Feb. 1 to take a position as vice president and director of the American Broadcasting Company, with headquarters In New Fork City according to the Associated Pres need for 1,500,000 There Is homes each year in the country for the next 10 years, and possibly only 400,000 to 500,000 units can t be built this year, ahe said. The money is here to build and buy new homes. There is 145 billions in savings and checking accounts . have increased from 27 to 72 billions of dollars since 1939, Mrs. OBrien pointed out. Gordon Weggeland, ' state director, FHA,, today stated that in Salt Lake alone 6000 homes are needed at the present time, and 1500 a year for the next 10 , years. Inflation Menace , L. D. S. "Housing shortages, terrific pressures on prices today present a national problem. But prices must be held. Otherwise lending agencies will lack sound basis for loans, . Many prospective home builders will refuse to invest. The building Industry, with its potential lor employing millions of workers, will be seriously affected," the housing authority said. An Associated Press dispatch from Chicago stated that a n-wide aurvey showed 528 starts on new homes In Salt Lake since building restrictions were lifted, Oct. 15, 1945. Four representatives from the Federal Public Housing Authority, accompanied by a represent ative from the city engineer office, .were scheduled to make a survey and inspection tour of airbase facilities. Following the tour the group was scheduled to meet with Mayor Earl J. Glades housing committee, with Dr. A. Ray Olpin, president bf the UniDamage to the building was versity of Utah; Wayne Driggs, BAC, Cedar City, and Mayor estimated at between $25,000 and Bryant Stringham of Vernal. $30,000. natio- 1 tem-porarl- ly. a Orval V. Adams. Salt Lake banker, and former president of the American Bankers Association, will address the Colorado Mining Association convention which convenes tomorrow in Denver. Americas ore reserves, and problems of tariff and International trade will be the chief items to be considered by the convention, according to an As, sociated Press dispatch. Other speakers will Include: Senator McCarran, Senator O'Mahoney, ), and former Senator D. Worth " Clark of Idaho. We Welcome Savings Accounts Open a savirigsaccount with this v institution which since its organi- (D-Ne- (D-W- yo ' '' zation 62 years ago has progress- ' eel steadily without consolidation r Beware Coughs frsg That Hang On relieves management. 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Before water could be obtain ed from an irrigation ditch a half mile distance the blaze had consumed .the entire ceiling, leaving only the walls standing. None of the ward members was injured, and after the blaze was discovered aH furniture and other movable furnishings were safely removed. The blaze was discovered when it 'became visible through air vents on the walls near the ceiling, and had been burning for some time before being discovered. It was believed to have started in an overheated furnace In the basement. The chapel previously was a school building, but live years ago it was completely remodeled and had been used as both chapel and amusement hall since then. The building had served as a school for many years and then had been unoccupied for a number of years, before it was purchased by the Church, Both the fire departments of Lehi and American Fork responded to the alarm, but nearby Irrigation ditches were frozen and no water could be pumped immediately, , Furnishings of the ward were being stored today under direction of Bishop LaGrande Adam-so- n and services probably will be held in the Alpine Stake Tabernacle in AmerlearTFork AMERICAN Orva! Adorns Will Address Mine Men habit-formin- g, k City |
