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‘ Federal Works Agency - John M. Carmody, Administrator Vol. 2, No. 6 - August 6, 1940 U. 8. Housing Authority - Nathan Straus, Administrator
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Atlanta Opens Fll‘si Over 1,500 Defense Housmg Umts
' Of SIX USHA PI‘OJCCtS U d C o I F C. -
With two USHA-aided projects already 11 er OHStrUCtlon 11 our ltles
- open. to tenants, .three under construction, Some 1,550 defense workers’ families will ders for various types of warships call for
one in the planning stage, and two. more, have new homes built with USHA assistance an additional expansion of 8,000 employees
constructed by the PWA Housmg D1v1s10n, within 7 months as a result of loan contracts within the next year. Meanwhile, 3,094 of
completely occupied, Atlanta,-Ga., boasts signed recently by President Roosevelt. Newport’s 12,437 homes are in need of ma-
the most extensive. public housmg program The four loans, totaling $5,670,000, to build jor repairs or unﬁt for habitation. In the
0f any City Its Slze 1n th‘e'country.' , homes for families of enlisted and civilian last 10 years, the number of dwellings con—
The 3:536 homes prov1ded 1n 51X proJects personnel, went to the housing authorities structed has exceeded the number demol—
under the present program, plus the 1279 of Corpus Christi, Tex., Newport News, Va, ished by only 116. »
’ built by PWA: W111 prov1de homes for some Portsmouth, Va., and Pensacola, Fla. . i T 7
20,000 persons, 8 percent of the city’s entire The Corpus Christi loan of $989,000 will Portsmouth l\avy lard Expands
POPUIation 0f 31301113 2701000 (1930)- provide 250 homes for the families of work— The Portsmouth loan of $2,160,000 Will
John Hope Homes and Clark Howell ers employed in building a huge naval base provide 600 homes for families of workers
. Homes, the ﬁrst tWO projects ready for 00“ there. Work is alreadv under way and will in the expanding Portsmouth Navy Yard.
, cupancy under the USHA program, are be rushed to completion as an important The Portsmouth housing authority says
communities planned to accommodate in link in the national defense program. Some the defense program there has created a
healthful surroundings, 606 and 630 fanl' 1,325 civilian families will be employed at need for at least 3,000 bottles for defense
ilies, respectively. The remaining PTOjeCtS the base. There are at present only 25 va- workers. Within the next year, the Navy
' for which USHA loans have been made are: cant houses available. The commander of Yard personnel Will be increased by 4:130-
Capitol Homes, Henry Grady Homes, John the Corpus Christi Naval Station has esti— Of this number, 880 are scheduled to begin
J. Eagan Homes, and Alonzo F. Herndon mated that there is an immediate need for work this month, with an additional 900 to
liornes. These projects, Atlanta housers at least 700 low—rent homes to meet the pres— report in October, the others to be added
mSISt: are only the beginning Of a 15-year ent needs of defense activities in that by next July.
7 plan to house some 20,000 Atlanta families. locality. The $715,000 loan to Pensacola will pro—
. The authority iS going quietly about the Newport News gets a loan of $1,806,000 vide 200 homes for families of enlisted per-
business 0f examining sites and perfecting to provide 500 homes for families of work— sonnel and civilian employees connected
its plans for the whole program. Only a ers to be employed in the NeWport News With extension of aviation training opera-
lack of further ﬁnancial aid from the Fed— Shipyards. TheiNewport News Shipbuild- tions at the Naval Air Station. This con-
eral Government, local oﬁicials feel, COUId ing and Drydock Company had about 6,000 tract is a substitute for one approved before
prevent realization of their plans. persons employed in 1939;. it has over 11,000 enactment of the National Defense Housing
Atlanta Authority Active now. Millions of dollars in Government or- Amendment.
Atlanta’s enthusiasm for public housing ,. -
arises from 3 main sources: a widely recog— . Row houses of Clark Howe/l ‘ ,
' nized need for slum clearance and homes for ., . . - . ,rgije.» , ., . ,. M .
_ low-income families; nearly 4 years’ success- :12” W" Homes, 630-unn‘ prolecf m cj‘ ‘ ff?” l ‘ ‘ ~ * .
. ful experience with occupied public housing “_ Af/anfa, 60., opening fhis ,:f//{;, f , .‘
Pl‘OjeCtS; and a housing authority made up i ‘ i», M month. Atlanta's presenf leek/h
of alert, civic-minded townsmen headed by 3c“, $3“~ . . ”I, #22:}?wa . "
. Chairman C. F. Palmer, businessman hous— j-wiﬁlFi’l-‘gﬁii-v program W'H provrde homes ”a? ””3111 "';-f " ""
ing expert recently appointed Defense Hous- $15 fig for 20,000 people, 8 peI- /,*'v1 v
' ing Coordinator (see statement, page 4). ' 3: 5‘1" “if? cent of fhe popu/afion. . yew-5135.: ' " '
The facts about Atlanta’s need for hous- i ii 7', ““5”, r . ' . .
ing were clearly stated in the 1939 report "'2'“, l 'y‘ «5:; ”i .y ,i
of the local authority. “Within Atlanta’s ;-j ‘ , ' We, * ‘
city limits there are 83,171 dwelling units, Sn .. ‘ 57", “I Shaw/“Wt; “3”,": 7i?‘""" i?
exclusive of hotels, dormitories, and institu— ' ' ‘ ~- . ﬁe .~ _ :3 {.‘z~§ij§?§: (:3; f3?“ 3-
tions. Of these, 45,644 are substandard— (5‘ » . 539;" *{v “ ,, ;~ :- " 'iagiigm: "It”? “3431,? 7"
Yes, 54.85 percent of Atlanta’s dwellings are ‘ . +5, 23"“ . 5w ' , rvwwfﬁffwg _._ gg'w
unfit for decent livmgi - cw“ ,4" it! ii .. *5“;qu Weig- 559%
Says Mayor Wm. B. Hartsﬁeld, “We can- aimwﬁﬁ,g:j i‘iiﬁgilillli jgmii awe-“2'3: :Z-SzZ-agé ,
not blame the poor but the poor can blame "‘5 -» '- *Vigﬁé’e‘eraﬁﬁuﬁ‘l ‘ . “313i ’53“? 5:17»;- i W-“ is”
us if with our housing authority we do not :_ “*imgll'i’:ﬁﬂﬁﬁa&r é gif‘j’ Van. 3.3?" i .3 . ~
promptly improve conditions.” _, Mgwmwwiulziﬁiti ii“ at“; i a i .
B. Graham West, City Comptroller, says: 03%“ H '1 . w’g‘l . El“ %.,,“~; _ 4:13;; :.,',::-,- .1 _ i
“Atlanta’s budget mainly goes into hos- ‘ , ., ~> "w”? ’9'“ “r ,r :2: 3-2,: ._ ‘
’tals olice i n ﬁr r t tion he 1th Wig .1" .2?” '1' ' If“ V "" .
p1 ,p. _, pr so 5, 9p 0 ec , a , %a% W . - .. , . ., . —
and sanitation. These items cost $3,267,— nyig§,;§%§wt§,ﬁ?VN§W . ' ﬂ; .3: .
. 678.87 each yea.1f an people w wags mm a” ...,.~ ., ' '
' decently housed, every item of city expense iixavcaﬂﬁgewc i2? v.
would be substantially less.” ”tr/«729‘: ’ x" ‘9
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Wheellng Educatlonal D f H Yonkers Opens Flrst
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Campalgn A Success T b I 9 USHA-Alded PI‘OJBCI
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The ﬁrst Annual Report of the Wheeling The Honorable John J. Condon, Mayor of
(W' Va) HOUSlllg Auth9rltY; dated Julie 30! To 88+ defense housing projecfs Yonkers, N. Y., Matthew F. Kelly, Chair-
1940, describes an effective local educational built and occu ied in the shortest man of the local housing authority, USHA
program carried on Wlth the use Of suCh - - P officials and an interested crowd of towns—
diversiﬁed media as: newspapers, radio, possrble tlme every step Of the proc- e0 1e, artici ated in recent ceremonies . .
movies, exhibits, illustrated lectures, social ess has been speeded up. A typical Eelelbratiiig thepformal opening of Mulford
and professional clubs public schools "timetable" for a 250-unit ro'ect .
camera clubs, and folders distributed by, in Co Ch - (+ T {PHI _ Cardens, Yonkers’ ﬁYSt USHA—aided hous—
local business ﬁrms. Following is the brief rpus “5 l' ex.) runs as o ows. 1ng PTOJeCt-
section on public relations. July 3—Local Authority advised by USHA Although tenants have been moving into
“There have been no unpleasant experi- to 'get project ready tor submission to the 552—unit development since June 28, the
ences 'in the ﬁeld of public relations in Pres'denl- formal opening, featured by the unveiling
Wheellng. The Wheeling News-Register July 3 +0 23_Local Authority selects site, of a memorial tablet, was deferred until
has publlshed many informative articles and options land. prepares plans and speciti— July 20
editorials about lOW—l'ent public housing. cations. and prepares application form. , . _ .
The Labor Advocate also has shown a sym— USHA reviews Md GPPFOVCS these SlePS- 'tReVievZ-ing'theclpstory OfKthl‘f local autltioé
pathetic interest. The public manifested a Ju|y 27—President up roves project and n y S ac 1v1-ies, '1airm‘an_ e 'y commen e
keen interest in the proposed housing proj— contract. P 2n ﬁhe prOJECt tsite.t {Thls (site/111.11? said,
ect model exhibited at the Better Homes - _ nown a ec iona ey as e 1. —was
Show Radio Station WWVA has iven July 27—USHA'SISHS contract _ selected after a WPA survey of nine pro-
' 1 ' .. . g Local Authority advertises for bids to be spective locations throughout the city. AS
good cooperation by caiiying both national opened Augusf |3_ e 't . ‘ 11 sit t d convenient
and local programs on Slum Clearance and . you can se ’ 1 is we ua e ’
. . . . .. July ZB—Local Au'l’hOfI’l‘y to execute con- to schools churches, parks, places of em-
Public Housmg, as well as givmg c0n51der- ’ .
_ . tract. USHA advances funds. ployment, and shopping areas.
able time to the speakers of the Housmg J | 28 L l A th ,+ _ l d
Campaign Committee. The Neighborhood uy — om u o.” y flcqu'res an ' Land Quickly Assembled
Movie Theaters gave helpful cooperation August l3—C0n5’rructlon bK‘lSOPEMd- . . . '
by exhibiting educational ﬁlms on Public August Ié—Construc‘l‘ion contract awarded. “This Slte was vaulred for the Authority
Housing. Talks, illustrated by a movie A c . kb . by seven local real estate men who were
ﬁlm, have been presented before several ugus+ |9_ °n5huc+l°n wor egms' appointed late in October 1938: a short time
groups interested in social progress, such as October l9—Sturt taking applications for after Pres1dent Roosevelt approved the
the Red Cross, the Family Service Associa- tenancw USHA loan for us, to assemble the land as
tion, several P. T. A.’S, Y. M. and Y. W. December l9—Part of project opened tor agents 0f the AuthorltY- AlthOUgh there
C. A. clubs, the American Association of tenant occupancy. were more than 128 separately held parcels
University Women, the Elm Grove Women’s February I9—All at project completed and In “this hWO'bloilk area, the negotiators
Club, the Junior League at Neighborhood opened for ”no,” occupancy_ w01ked Wlth suc SPGEd that by Februaiy
House, several ChurCh groups and Bible (Subject to local conditions this schedule 23’ 1939’ we were able t0 Start Clo-Slng tltleS.
classes, the Pilot Club, and the South-Side may be slightly extended shortened.) In all but four cases, the Authority reaghed
Improvement Association. Housing fold- :— amicable agreements Wlth the owners. . .
ers were distributed with wrapped packages _ _ . Each home in Mulford Gardens is
by three of the larger progressive depart— Clearance 1h soc1010gy and PUth health equipped with electric refrigerator, modern
ment stores—and all the banks permitted us classes as we“ as general forums. The gas stove, incinerator, electric light, gas,
to place informative literature where cus— Ohio Valley Camera Club joined with the and hot water. The rentals, ranging from
toniers could pick it up. Public schools Wheeling Housing Authority in sponsoring $22.50 to $26.50 per month, include all
equipped to use 16 mm. movie ﬁlms have a picture contest in the interest of ‘how the utilities. Laundries are provided in all
enjoyed the use of our sound movie on Slum other half lives.’ ” buildings.
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was opened June 1.
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Oregon 33d State To Get Loans; DGfense Housmg Need
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P . d SO10 N C ntraets In Pittsburgh Reglon
reSl ent lgns ew O A delegation from Beaver County, in the
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With the granting of a $317,000 loan con- mas County authority—one in Oregon City, itgbgéghéii"’iizglllgg’iESalczﬁighgnNgégA/i
tract recently to the Housing Authority of the county seat, and the other in nearby Administrator Nathan Straus recentl and
the County of Clackamas, Oregon, the total West Linn. These communities are about x 1 , ed the need for the imm di ti,
number of States in which USHA funds are 40 miles northwest of Salem, the State :tfugtgn of housin for Beavir aCodroitl-
being used in the construction of slum clear- capital. Both developments will be l-story defense workers g y
ance and low-rent housing projects rose to single family and duplex houses. The “In Beaver county ,, said Clemons Roark
33, plus the District of Columbia, Hawaii, larger, in West Linn, will have about 60 s okesman for the ’ rou and Executive:
and Puerto Rico. units, the other, 40. The average estlmated Dpirector of the Housgin IiAuthorit of the
The Clackamas County authority is one net construction cost per unit is $2,085. Count of Beaver “theIge are ei hi, ke in-
of 10 to which USHA loan contracts total- Following is a tabulation of cities where dustriZl centers ’all of which in.“ siriffer
ing $11,854,000 were released on July 25 local authorities received loan contracts by serious housing, shortages as the defense
by Presidential approval. USHA loan con- Presidential approval on July 25, together ro ram ets under wa
tracts with 175 local housing authorities with the number of units to be prOVIded’ the p “iliquigpa where th}; Jones & Laughlin
now total $622,480,483. net construction cost, and the amount of Steel Corp. employs 12,000 men, has only
Two projects are planned by the Clacka- the USHA loan. 25 vacant dwellings at the present time, and
most of these are uninhabitable. Any in-
Approximate Average estimated not Federal loan not to ex- Crease In plant personnel W111 cause a senous
. number of construction cost of ceed 00% of actual housmg Shortage in this town of 27,000.
Clty family dwelling dwellings per [3111- cost; @2229 years, “Ambridg‘e, a community of 22,000, where
“ms 11y um Hi the American Bridge Co. employs 2,000 men,
' ‘F '7 has only 30 vacancies. Beaver Falls, with
*Sacramento, Calif 216 $2: 700 $791000 more than a dozen industrial plants, has
Hartford, Conn 345 2,875 l, 627, 000 only 60 vacancies. As in Aliquippa, most
*Middlctown Conn 208 2, 935 810,000 sf the vacant dWElllngS are not occupled
, ecause they are unﬁt for occupancy.
“Fort Lauderdale, 1111,- 258 2: 183 814’ 000 Workers Must Commute
>2 .. . , 0
'Litlxtlalld, Flare 160 1’ 725 400 00 “At least two-thirds of the workers in
Athens, Ga 270 2: 494 947: 000 the borough of Midland,” Mr. Roark said,
Columbus, Ohl0--—~~~~-— ---~~~———--- 1: 401 2: 698 5, 402: 000 “must commute from nearby Communities
Toledo Ohio — 139 3, 007 571,000 Eﬁcabuse thire are no dwellings available in
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*Clackanias C0., 010% 100 2: 083 317’ 000 ”Similar situations exist in the Rochester-
Mayagucz, P. R________.....__............. 337 139 169: 000 l]\3/Ionalca area, in Conway, and in New
i!‘_'_ﬁ _"‘;’H .,——,_— rig ton.
W “What our communities are facing,” Mr.
. . *l)enotes cities receiving USHA assistance for the ﬁrst time. Roark said, “is a sudden inﬂux of industrial
MFort Lnndcrdalc contract is substitute for existing $439,000 contract, and is to provide for addition of 108 dwellings workers with absolutely no housing faci]i_
tOPreviouslyapprovedDFOJ'UCL- ties for them. The housing authority of
___—.—_—__________— Beaver County has the whole-hearted sup-
port of the various communities on the con-
, . V . . ‘ ”mm a dition that its housing program will be car-
‘ . ' . ‘ ' . : 7'" , Ei ried on according to the long—range USHA
‘ . . ' . p .. S _ . ' .. :1 {W plan. They want no temporary housing, but
1. . ' ‘ ‘ <1, J ; developments which will endure as perma-
3 ‘ ' ’ g . ‘ . V x. in”; nent, well—planned neighborhoods.”
M " i :r . Atlanta PrOJect Opens
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'r " ”'“m %SSh:j - 5g an i *i ' ,I 7 I First to Open PWA Project
,,, : the. I /% a,” g . , ﬁ ‘3 a; ’ Atlanta was one of the ﬁrst cities in the
k S& ,. M" : {gag 7m, zﬁf‘ﬁi it . VNQ/ United States to have a housing authority,
stiﬂing ., ” g1.- . “5,9?“ V - ~W and was the ﬁrst to open a public housing
M" S“ J “wig; I gt? plil'ojle‘ct:i builltGwith ﬁnantcia'lr asiistagce £35m
‘ Q - ﬂ .: ' x. 2» g ‘;~ / 12:: ‘ ' t e e era overnmen — ec woo ,in u—
»: ” W‘i. ; W, in gust 1936-
kg. iv,§wr~ . ” : g€«‘/‘ "‘ g, ,_ ..~ ﬁ ‘ ‘ f Members of the Atlanta housing author—
@515 2 #33 Q 5 “J. I? V l“; ‘ : f ‘v 3f? . , ‘ ity are men vitally interested in the welfare
t» W; K; . y} “53% ,;. '35: “9.1%? . of their city. In addition to Mr: l’almer,
‘2‘? ;. g; , " TS , . Y A" "’ "’ Chairman, there arezJames D. Rob1nson,J.r.,
, ”a; 5"“ , . '7 Vice President, Trust Company of Georgia,
. V; » g” ‘ I ‘ and Treasurer, Atlanta Chamber of Com-
. {53" we}: . ”’3 . 2 i . ‘ merce; A. R. Dorsen, President, J. M. High
1?: ' ' ff ’ Company (Department Store), and Direc—
, 3g; 1 , ’9'?” ‘ 2' tor, Atlanta Retail Merchants Association;
;’ i , ‘ . Frank G. Etheridge, Manufacturer’s Agent,
' ' {S ’ V : , ‘ . President, West End Business Men’s Associ—
. . 3 l w. We . S I ’ ation; and O. M. Harper, Builder, member,
i V " Executive Board, Carpenters’ Union No. 225.
Visitors line up to inspecf demonsfrafion unif of Clark Howell Homes in Aflanfa, Ga. James H. Therrell 1S Executive Director.
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 Navaard W 01 kers W 111 Construction Report
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L1ve In Phlla. PI'OJeCl y
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Navy personnel Will be accommodated in item iiii§k23niiig ‘,‘u§;k,;,-jl{};,g hﬁggﬂé‘é
Philadelphla s Tasker Street prOJect when A. ..—_.,l.—_ i_ _—____
it opens for occupancy early in December- Number of projects under construction‘_____._. 237 232 63
Located in South Philadelphia, not far from Number of dwellings under construction 1m... 88,518 86,764 28,260
the Navy Yard, this 1,000-unit USHA devel— Total estimated over—all cost 3 of new housing. $387,421,000 $382,261,000 $134,016,000 .
0pment will help to relieve the housing Average over-all cost 3 of new housing per unit. $4,377 $4,406 $4,742
shortage threatened by expansion of Navy Average net construction cost3 per unit.._._____ $2,742 $2,758 $2,945
operations in the cit-V- Summar of USHA Pro ram as of I11 31 194.0

The Philadelphia Housing Authority re— y g J y ’

Gently requested USHA permission to turn Item Projects under Projects undcr Projects being
over 60 units in the project to families of loan contractl constructionl tcnantcd4
Navy personnel. ——""——~— _— —“ _. ""7 W

Tasker Street is the second USHA proj- Number 0: lprmlectsjl.___:.2............._______ci_________ :2: 244 50

t to be artially ada ted for defense hous- Number 0 oca am: ontles represente r 7 .132 40
SEC , p . p. , , . Number of States represented..____..............-... “ 36 '0 30 5 16
mg in recent weeks, Similar action havmg Number of loan contracts_.____.................--.-... 251 _
been taken in Honolulu Where ’73 units of Value of loan contracts.___._............._....____._.__ $627,105,000 _
the Kamehameha Project have been as— Number of dwelling units in projects_.___________ $145,126 90,436 20,176
signed to families of Navy personnel sta- Number of units available for occupancy...___.. 15,843
tioned at Hawaii’s Pearl Harbor base. (See Total estimated development cost"___.____._.____. $700,998,000 $428,120,000 $96,941,000
PUBLIC HOUSING V01 2 N0 4 July 23 Total estimated over—all cost of new housing2_$643,568,000 $394,198,000 _

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1940-) 1 Includes projects which have been completed.
2 Includes: (a) Building the house, including structural costs and plumbing, heating, and electrical installation;
— (b) dwelling equipment, architects‘ ices, local administrative expenses, ﬁnancial charges during construction, and con-
tinggni-y expense? (31:),lawyer]present i'lli'éi'iI‘10pintcnt;1 (d)1noiiii}w(]llling Ifaciéitics. 1 1 t , l t
- . ’I‘la-ctf . 3 ‘9, -, g n-n. i r, ‘i r, ~- -: .
Defense HOUSlng Coordlnator A Aslbiglslly) 71,113,34an 1c lOllbL ll'1( ui In s ruc ui p u 11 um, it 1 111;. an( c to rlcl cos s
, . 5 Includes the District of Columbia, l’ucrto Rico, and Hawaii.

Outllnes Purpose of HIS J01) 6 Includes over-all cost of new housing plus the cost of purchasing and demolishing old slum buildings and the cost of

land bought for future development.

In a recent statement to the press, De-
fense Housing Coordinator C. F. Palmer Mr. Palmer made it clear that his work or ﬁnds it impracticable to act with the
stated that his job is to see that the defense will supplement, not supplant, any existing promptness required by the emergency, then
program does not bog down through lack of agency or service. It is for the emergency the government will have to do the job.”
housing. only, he said. Mr. Palmer is Chairman of the Housing

“The duty of the coordinator and his The primary objective will be to encour- Authority of the City of Atlanta, Ga., and
staff,” said Mr. Palmer, recently appointed age the use of private capital. President of the National Association of
to the National Defense Advisory Commis- “It is believed adequate safeguards can Housing Ofﬁcials.
sion, “as outlined to me, is to see that suﬂi- be added to the many already provided, and
cient housing—private preferably, but if that even during these uncertain times it _ .
not, then public—is made available to meet will be good business for private capital to Schedule of Bld Openlng Dates 1
emergency needs with such dispatch that handle the requirements in most instances. —— .
national defense does not suffer.” Where it is not available, fails to respond, Local authority and project No.01” Date of

number units opening
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., . h} @3532? ,2 Baltimore (Md.—2—3)-...-. 688 8—14.40
L; D b ,1}? , "gm 13:.“ 3;) Bridgeport (Conn.—l—2).. 510 8~15740
My“: , m 7 [‘3' Lie “ -' -. - Columbus (Ohio~1—4i..___ 350 8723740
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be” , 77,-, .153”, , , "if“ Corpus Christi ('I‘eXrS—
.. 33,3 $23-33. . to, . . 4, Defense).__..-...-...-.. 258 8—1340
, WHY, . "1,, , ,3 Ft. Wayne (111M371) 120 8~23740
'_.,'Z§, i g?) £‘;,." “ K *3" . 7:? 7“.“ ,V ~
' ' has? .3 , rﬂgji‘ac , 3,3,3. 7 ~ Gary (1nd.—11—2)__.._____ 317 8-19—40
, f , a“, .27 .. ”3,3; .. ”gm" . .73-7 Gary (ind.—11—3).-......-.. 177 8319—40
, , . " w 9s .. 3., ’ hwy-"'3‘.- ..:.:.: . Hammond (Incl.—10—1—
' M; Hg, ”53.313 974;?” .7: R) 400 8~12~40
coma. ' a -. 3o. 3 Hopewell ..-...... l34 8—24—40

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