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Originally Posted by Busy Bee
DALLAS:
How'd they get that Mercantile Building out of the ground in 1942, right in the middle of WW2? I always thought next to nothing was constructed domestically during this time.
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The story I heard was that R. L. Thornton, who owned and ran the bank, had powerful friends in Washington who were able to "help". Later became mayor of Dallas and they named a freeway after him.