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J.J. Newberry Store and Wartime Building Bans | Spokane News
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In 1951, a J.J. Newberry dime store opened downtown—just barely avoiding a wartime ban from the National Production Authority, created during the Korean War to prioritize military materials. While theaters and clubs were stalled, essential infrastructure like schools and pipelines got exemptions. The store, a Woolworth rival, thrived for decades before closing in 1991—with its Portland outpost shutting down in 2001—and the agency itself dissolved in 1953 once the economy calmed.
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