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WBA A.::J.rnUFCES A?P:.iOVAL OF 5G NZW DEF:illi>JSE PROJECTS , BRHJGE'JG
JlJJJY TO~AL TO $27 , 000 , 000 .
Colonel ? . C. Harrington , Cofil::dssi oner of Work Projects ,
a nnounced, to6.ay th2..t 't'TPA national o.efense p rojects totaling
$7 , 225 , 000 had been a:,r_iroved during the l a st two weeks of July.
This brin; s to raore t han $27,000 , 000 the tot a l of defense p rojects
a,_1: Jrov e d since July 1, out of funds a~, ::::ro:priated for the current
f iscal yec:1.x .
These totals do not include contributi ons to be Ill8.de
by the s~)onso:.: s, C0lonel Harrington said.
The present grou, contains 56 individual yrojects distributed
ovei· 23 St ates , the District of Columb ia a nd Puerto Ri co .
The ma.jority
c:1,:te for constructi on ;:.,nc1. rehabil i tation wo r k on facilities owned by
the ArCTy an0. includ.e barracks , rifle ranges , airfields and s to :cage
buil ci.in6 s fo1· mUl1i tions a nd eq_uipmcnt .
Tot 2,l cost of pr ojects a,p)roved for the Army dur ing the t woweek :9ej_•i od was $5,6½ ,1 80 .
Those for the Navy totaled $47,;,, 427 ;
Coast Gua rd , $6 , 89 1, a.ncl ui1its of the National Guard , $~57,238.
Air-
:.,• oj_•ts and other })rejects for o:_)eration u_.11.d.er reg11lar WPA 8t2,te progre.ms,
"but which have been desi gna ted as of i!:l) 'l rtance to nation.al defense ,
tot2-.1ea. $842 , 570.
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Colonel Harri ngton e1,."J)la ined t hat forma l appro val of a
project do es not necessarily mean that it will be p l a ced in i mmediate
operation .
Sta te WPA administrators customarily main t a in a 1Jbackl og 11
of app r oved projects upon wh ich the y cnn draw
l -0cal r elief r oll s warr nn ts.
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t he condition of
Pr oje cts officially designated as of
value t o national defonso a r e , howevo r, given pri ority in operati on
over non-def ense proj e ct s .
La rgest singl e proje ct in tho group is t hat for construction
work a t tho Army I s Southeastern Air Base noar Tnmpa , Fl ori da , cri,lling
for a n expcndi turo of $1 ,158 , 943 of WPA f 1mds.
Othe r i mpo rtan t p roj ects i n the gr oup annou.1ced today by
Comm is s ioner Harrington i nclude one for $851, 938 for wor k at t he Nor t heas t ern Air Base, Ludlow, Massachusetts, similar t o tl1e Southeaste r n Air
Base project; Army radi o st a ti on a,nd Dry Lake Bomb i ng Field at March
Field, Ca lif orni a , $376 ,709 ; construction end reha-bili tat ion at Groat
Le.kos Naval Training Sta ti on , Illino is, $290 , 240, and enlargemen t of
the Koy Field Airport ( municipal ) at Me ri di an , Nis s is s i p~) i, $193 , 586 .
(A list showing the number of pr ojects and th e sums approved ,
by Stntes, during t ho 121s t two weeks i n J u l y is 2.t t['.ched .)
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DEFENSE PROJECTS APPROVED
July 15, 1940 , to July 29, 1940, Inclusive
State
UNITED STATES TOTAL
Alabama
California
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Kansas
Ma ine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Montana
Nebraska
New J ersey
New Mexico
New York
Ohio
No . of
Projects
WPA Funds
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$ 7, 225 , 306
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$
Pennsyl vro ia
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Texa s
'Washington
1
1
2
4
697,686
620,234
19, 808
1,238,505
27,403
411,985
604, 678
413 , 378
20,149
872,352
202 , 393
99 , 037
5 , 000
30,209
32, 68 6
314, 674
379,510
10, 000
26,171
344, 011
30 , 312
222 , 051
493,908
District of Columbia
r
80, 000
Puerto Rico
1
29,166
7
2
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5
3
2
2
3
1
2
2
1
1
2
1
3
5
1
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