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\70 P..K PROJECTS ADMINI STR;i.TION
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For Immedi a te Release
Wednesday , June 1~, 1940 .
rL~i:IBL ;GTON GI T:U: S COO?:?.:R.'i.TIO:N OF :,o:JAI, GOVElu~MEHTS I:J NPA ?HO,JECTS
AIDING- :tb.TIONAL DEFENSE
Ci ting ·n r e Bidential a1:.ro r oval of e lev en '.'f?A pro j Pc t s in a si ngl e day
calling for an exoend.i ture of more than $2 , 500 , 000 on imn r ovemeu ts of value t o
national defense , Colonel F . 0 . ~{arr i ng t o!1 , 7or~~ P r o j e cts Commissione r , said
to f.ay t ha t t he res oonse of stat es and l ocal communities in sDonsori :.g su:;h
wQ rk assur ed g r atifying r e s .1l ts .
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volume of a np lic a ti on s now being r ece iv e d f o r dev el opmen t of
Nat i onaJ. Guard. carrrps , armori e s , rifle r e.nges , a irno rts and airway ma r ::ing - - in
additi on t o -YPA nat i onal def ;:r ns e -p r o j ec t s op"3 r a t ed in conjunction with th e 7fo.r
a nd Nav-y- Depar t ments-- justifi Gs our c onf i dence t hat -p r epa r edn -3ss cA.n b e sneeded
by WPA l abo r f o rc e s without l i,\ss ening t h e reli ef b enefits o f t h is ::i r ogr ar.i ,
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Co l onel Harri ng t on add ed .
P r oje ct s of tflis t yue jus t a1)pr c) v e d by t :O.e Pres i dent as nar t of the
r eg lll a r s t a t e ','iPA pr ogr ams ca ll for a t o t a l e::-..""Je nd. i t~r e of $1 , 770 , 926 in Federal
funds and $785,361 by l ocal s no nsors .
Tne l<.ttt e r l:'.mount , r e"9 r 8sen ting mo re
than 30 -p e rc en t of th e tot a l , will be s-pent larg"" l ;i' for mat e ri a ls a nd smmli es ,
va r y ing acco rdin::c: ; to t he p r ouo rti on of non-l a bor costs involved .
Included in t he list of new ci r ojec t s wr1ich may be op ~, r E:tted , subject t o
s el ecti on by th e Sta t e Administrator , a r e th e followir1g :
Delawar e :
I m:o rov emen t of National Gua rd a rP.Jori e s a nd Stat e rifl e
r ange , s:oonso r e d by Delaware nati onal Guard; t o t a l fund.s, $17,68 6 .
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Florid.a :
4- 2142
Construction of Duvc.l County Armory ann8x and garage a t
J a c1-csonvill 8 , s p onso r ed by Armo ry Board of Military
$74 , 463 .
D eT)E.. rt2e nt;
t ot a l fun d s ,
Construction of u rmor y a t Ocal a , Marion County , s ponso r ed by City of
Ocal a ; t otal fun,is , $33 , 80 9 .
I nd. i:,~na :
Imnro v :cment of Evansville munici-pal airport , i ncludi ng con-
st ruc ti on of runwuy s , hangar a nd othe r f a ciliti es , sponso r e d by City of Eva nsville;
t o tal funds , $641 , 013 .
Kentuck-y- :
Constn1ction of a rmory a nd im"D r ov- er.1en t of g r ounds at
Williamsburg , Whitley County , snonsored by Armo ry Cor-oo rati on , Military Department ,
Stat e of K,::ntucky ; t o t '.:i.l funds , $41 , 558 .
Missi ssi nn i :
Irr.nro,;emen t of f ac il i this a t Camp Shelby , Forrest County ,
including const r uction of c onfe r ;mc e hall , storehous es and additions , s-pons o red
by Miss i ssipni Na tional Gu~r d ; t otal f u nds , $171 , 527 .
Ohi o :
Construction of
Y0 ungs t own
munici -oal a irno rt , Trumbull County ,
includ ing hangar, ad.n inistra ti on building , r unways nnd aprons , sno:isored by City
of Youngst own; t o t a l funds , $1 , 425 , 472 .
Tennessee :
Pa inting a ir markfirs , state-v,ide, sponsored by Tennes s ee
Sta t e Bureau of Ae r onautics; t o tal funds , $26,685.
Const r uction of armory ,
barns, rifle range , drill fi e ld and bl a cks mith sho-i:, , Pu tm-:1.r,~ County , s ponso r ed by
Tenness ee Arr::io r i As Cor~mission , City of Cookeville ,.md Putnan County; total funds ,
$58 , 330 .
Construction of arnory , Elizab eth t on , sponso r ed by Tennes see Arno ri es
Comoission , City of Elizab e thton and Garter County; tot al funds , $55 , 689 .
Virg ini a :
Construction of a r mo ry and garage addit i on , .All eghany County ,
s-;ionso r ed by Towa of Coving t on ; t otal fun d.s , $5 , 055, in addi ti on t o previous
allotment .
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