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This section offers news briefs on U.S. local businesses. The Texas Poultry Improvement Association (TPIA) appealed for help of Texas Governor Allan Shivers to wipe out the psittacosis disease or parrot fever affecting turkeys in Texas. Engineers of the General Construction Co. will use floating piers in the construction of a new bridge across Duwamish River in Seattle, Washington. The Milwaukee Braves topped the 1953 National League attendance record with 1,826,397 paid tickets.

The article reports on the conflict over the joint plans of the U.S. government and Oregon highway departments to build a new bridge across the Columbia River which is opposed by barge and towboat operators claiming that it will be a hazard to navigation.

The article reports on how the U.S. 32nd Engineer Construction Group, led by Colonel Fremont S. Tandy, has built a bridge for the people of Andong, South Korea. Led by county chieftain Lee Jong Hee, the people of Andong provided the materials and labor, while Tandy supplied the engineers to build the bridge, which is known as the Bridge of the Rising Buddha.

The article provides forecasting for industrial activity in the United States. The effect of obsolete products and market saturation on employment is a concern of many industrialists. Labor unrest in the coal industry has risen to the level possibly necessitating government intervention, and a new contract was awarded for the wire cable which will be used to construct the Golden Gate Bridge.

The article offers information on a plan for the construction of a bridge connecting the West Bank of the Mississippi river and downtown New Orleans, Louisiana.

The article reflects on various issues of interest to the business community in the U.S. as of December 1934. The move by the government to tighten its supervision of sugar, molasses and yeast sales has forced illicit distillers to use denatured alcohol as a base which led to impurities in bootleg liquor. The toy electric train industry has seen a revival during the year due to streamlined trains. Realtors are concerned about the effect of the construction of bridges in San Francisco, California.

The article offers information on the aluminum bridge project of Fairchild Engine & Airplane Corp. and the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads. Along with Alcoa, Kaiser, Reynolds and Olin Mathieson, Fairchild and the bureau operate under the title of Joint Committee for the Development of the Fairchild Aluminum Bridge. Fairchild chief engineer A. A. Gassner is credited for the design concept. The aluminum fabricator used an aircraft-type, stressed-skin design which entails the use of one pound of aluminum to do what four to five pounds of steel would do.

The article reports that Jekyll Island, Georgia is already open for rental deals. It states that after the construction of a highway bridge towards Georgia's mainland, the island becomes ready to be rented by those who wish to develop cottages. It also mentions that the Jekyll Island State Park Authority offers 30 business lots and 500 residential sites. Meanwhile, Jekyll Island before was limited to tenancy by antisocial pirates, Rockefellers, and Pulitzers.

The article discusses the first collaborative project of East and West Germany by constructing a bridge on the River Saale. It states that the inauguration of the bridge was postponed since the two governments refused to meet each other to open it. It mentions East German Party Leader Walter Ulbricht declines to talk with West German leaders not unless they give official acknowledgment to his regime.

The article focuses on the production and construction of sectional Bailey bridges for the replacement of demolished bridges in the U.S. It explains that manufacturers of these portable bridges, such as Virgina Bridge Co., will soon expand their production for the need to replace highway bridges that are damaged by the war. It also emphasizes that these type of bridges simplifies the task of spanning a river and it can be assembled easily because of its prefabricated and interchangeable parts.

A photograph of a 75-ton radial jack for a new bridge being built to Oakland, California over the San Francisco Bay is presented.

The article reports that nine cotton farmers who comprise the Cibola Ferry Co. have constructed a bridge across the Colorado River but the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had given them until August 8, 1957 to comply with certain regulations.