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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1946
Page
9
Washington House Appropriations Committee checks records to quantify last year’s use of more than 64 billion in leftover war funds. Rep Ben Jensen F Tat says administration spent from war balances and vows to uncover exact figures. He advocates returning money to the treasury as unexpended funds remain.
The inter national Jehovah's Witnesses meeting enters its second day with over 60 000 members gathered in Cleveland Public Hall and the adjacent stadium. The vast crowd fills the arena as hundreds of thousands stay in private homes, trailer camps, and a tent city while Grant Sutter opens with a call for unity and worship of Jehovah God.
Indiana Governor Ralph F Gates ordered 200 state guardsmen and 130 state policemen to Connersville to enforce a lockout at a CLO plant during a strike by the Workers Union. Pickets gathered after a maintenance man was accused of shaving a supervisor, as the dispute intensified with plant leadership.
Delaware police and County Coroner W. I. Conaway investigated a strangling case after a body was found in a sandy field a mile from the beach. The victim was tentatively identified as Fewara Frank Schumaker of Baltimore, with few clues beyond a hair sole pattern alleged in the scene.
Population figures are unreliable and phony, patrons at Schulte’s note fewer crowds as government boom ends. Othman family dines at Occidental with prompt seating and decent service. TM cab drivers compete for single fares after long lull. August 1946 sees fewer houses selling despite high prices.
A twelve year old piano prodigy Bela Szilegyi vanished for about a day after a spree including Chinatown sightseeing and Times Square visits. His mother described him as unlike other boys and said he is focused on music.
Public welfare supervisors and case workers will undergo a bye ward training period away from Cornell University. The state welfare commissioner announced a major plan to enroll 680 officers and 3,115 welfare workers in a long term modernization program at the Central Long Island State Hospital. The project, budgeted at 8.75 million dollars, aims to improve facilities and services as part of a broader public works effort.
Washington reports Americans bought 752.985 million dollars in savings bonds in July, surpassing all months since January by a wide margin. The combined B, F, and G series exceeded cash-ins by 252.804 million. E series redemptions and purchases totaled 442.196 million and 486.476 million respectively. Savings Bond Director Vernon L. Clark notes media space contributed over 5 million to Treasury campaigns, with five months totaling 1.024211 billion in sales.
McMinn County officials seek to reestablish a constitutional government after a bloody night that forced abdication of local officials. The Quarterly Court may meet to choose a successor to Sheriff Pat Mansfeld, who disappeared after the six hour gun battle at the county jail. The committee announced Mansfeld’s resignation and he allegedly telegraphed the governor. In Tokyo, Allied HQ says Japan will allow 18,808 bales of imported cotton for industrial use but bans it for clothing materials.
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