See America First Drives Tourists to National Parks
Vacation hungry Americans flock to travel by rail road bus and ship as wartime restrictions end. Yellowstone National Park remains the crowd favorite with its geysers wildlife and scenic marvels while Big Bend in Texas is the newer growing destination offering simple accommodations and expanding access.
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National Park Service
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Marathon
Big Bend National Park
Chisos Mountains
York Housing Drive Builds 618 Homes in 1946 for Veterans
In York Pennsylvania a decisive war era housing drive led by Mayor John L. Snyder formed an emergency housing committee of 18. Builders pledged to meet 1946 quotas, converting 481 old dwellings to apartments and completing 618 new houses, with 1,800 new units planned for 1947. The effort relied on material sourcing, price cutting, and rapid conversion to apartments to house veterans.
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Chamber of Commerce
Hyde Park Visitors Cause Damage at FDR Home
Washington reports half a million visitors to Franklin D. Roosevelt's National Historic Site in Hyde Park have worn the path through the home and grounds. Park officials note tear to the grounds and stairway bracing and heavy carpeting laid at the entrance. Opened April 12, 1946, the site limits daily house access to about 2,500 visitors and 75 at a time for safety.
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Local teen wins national American Legion oratorical prize
Edward Smith, a St. Joseph’s Buffalo graduate, is among four national winners of the American Legion oratorical contest. He spoke on preserving constitutional duties and liberties amid Cold War concerns, advancing through nine regional judges to Charleston West Virginia for the national final.
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Chauncey Olcott
Niagara County
Buffalo
Spartacus
Masten Park
United States
Edward Smith
St. Joseph's
Main Street
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American Legion
Erie County
Charleston
W. Va
Bankhage
Four Power Parley Fails to Resolve German and Austrian Treaties
After seven weeks in Moscow a state banquet closed the foreign ministers conference with no agreement on a German treaty or Austrian settlement. Marshall blamed the Soviet delegation for widening gaps over reparations assets and demilitarization, with only a Russian proposal for repatriating German POWs by end of 1948 gaining any traction. Occupation troops will stay in Austria for several more months.
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Austria
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Germany
Garsson case again stalls war graft trial
In a Washington court May prepares to testify in his defense as prosecutors reiterate bribe allegations tied to the Garsson war materials syndicate. FBI findings include a used typewriter linked to false lumber invoices and alleged payments to May. A separate Wheat conference failed to reach a unified price plan and rent control legislation progresses in Congress with limited increases possible.
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Garsson Brothers
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Sawyer Smith
Kentucky
Garsson
Cumberland Lumber Company
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Henry and
Murray Garsson
War Materials Syndicate
Joseph Freeman
Washington
Garssons
War Department
FBI
Strong Farm Program Urged To Curb Surpluses In Agriculture
Edward A. O Neal president of the American Farm Bureau federation testifies before the House Agriculture Committee. He warns that surplus farm produce could wreck prices and urges an expanded foreign trade to absorb output. He favors shifting authority to state extension services and rejects rigid price and labor control to prevent economic chaos.
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Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
House Agriculture Committee
O'Neal
House Committee
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