Yorks Housing Drive Builds Vets Homes In 1946
In York Pa a vigorous wartime housing push led to 613 new houses in 1946, plus 431 more dwelling units from converting old houses. An emergency housing committee set a 1946 target of 1,200 veteran units and 1,800 more in 1947, with builders supplying pledges despite material shortages. By early 1947 the drive continued with 1,100 housing applications filed.
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Yorklies
York
John L. Snyder
Buffalo
Ohio
Hagerstown
Chamber of Commerce
American Legion oratorical winner recalls Constitution theme
Edward Smith, a 17 year old Buffalo graduate, wins one of four national spots in the American Legion oratorical contest. He argues Americans must actively exercise duties and privileges of the Constitution to guard against Communism. Smith faced nine juries across school, city, county, district, zone, state, region, section, and national heats in Charleston West Virginia.
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Olcott Beach
Chauncey Olcott
Niagara county
Buffalo
Spartacus
Masten Park
United States
Edward Smith
St. Joseph's
Main street
Smith
American Legion
Erie county
Charleston
W. Va
Bankhage
Big 4 Parley Fails as Moscow Conference Fizzles
After seven weeks of wrangling the foreign ministers at Moscow wrapped in a state banquet with no Austrian or German treaties. Marshall blamed the Soviet delegation for widening gaps over German assets and disarmament, while a prisoner repatriation plan was the lone near-consensus.
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Moscow
Austria
Marshall
Molotov
Germany
Strong Farm Program Urged by Farm Bureau Leader
Edward A. O Neal of the American Farm Bureau federation testifies before the House Agriculture Committee urging expanded consumption and production as the core of a robust farm program. He warns against surpluses wrecking prices and favors expanding foreign trade, state extension control to cut costs, and avoiding centralized Washington power. The statement emphasizes balancing production with price and wage policies to sustain consumption and employment.
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house
senate banking committee
senate
Representative Wolcott
WASHINGTON
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau federation
house agriculture committee
O'Neal
house committee
Rules for Introductions and Etiquette Booklet Notice
Public service notice promotes a booklet on everyday etiquette detailing how to introduce people, handling introductions by gender and age, table manners, and general manners. It invites readers to send 28 cents for New Book of Everyday Etiquette No. 45 to a New York address.
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Moller
Janet Smith
W. Tith St
New York
N, N.Y
Chinese Numeratives Use in Speech Tone Variations
The article explains how numeratives in spoken Chinese help distinguish meanings when tones vary. It cites pen shu as the phrase for two books, where pen is the numerative indicating bound literature.
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Collier’s
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