07 Aug 1941
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1941
Page
1
Ambiguous fragments describe a beauty event with swimming, contestants, and a Sunday post, mentioning teams or people by garbled names. The readable text hints at a deadline and final calls for participants but details are unclear.
Newark’s motor vehicle commissioner Carre Ey Meals reports no gasoline rationing plan after a Washington conference with Dr. John W. Frey of the Office of Federal Petroleum Coordinator and state officials from Vermont New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhodesland New Jersey and South Carolina. Mealey says moral suasion and a publicity campaign can cut gasoline use without a ban.
Witty clippings describe a Missouri farmer James Webb who, struck silent by a wild oat mishap, narrates a comical incident involving a stray oat hull. Other items include a Nebraska mower mishap with a bull stake, Pele Jans’ sandhill run and a car battery loss, a Bethlehem heart warning ignored by Mrs. Sherer, a venomous tale of a child and a rattlesnake, and a New Mexico tale of a misdelivered postal savings certificate incident with a mattress.
The government proceeds with a 10 million dollar addition to its small arms plant. A Boston bull terrier named Muzzie delays the site work as its owners Mr and Mrs Mark J Boundy resist moving until the dog and her puppies find a new home. Acquisition head Enno Kraehe notes the delay lasted three days while refusing to impede national defense.
Pravda praises Russian American collaboration against Nazi threat while warning against German aggression. In Washington, seven weeks of hearings on the 285 million dollar St Lawrence seaway end with a likely split, as supporters predict votes for the project against opponents, with lines drawn on defense and economic benefits.
Washington August 7 UP The House Banking and Currency Committee planned to call Bernard Baruch director of the World War Industries Board for advice on President Roosevelt's anti inflation program Baruch who has advised Roosevelt on defense problems will likely testify early next week on price trends Administrators Henderson and Wickard support farm price flexibility while some members want earlier action on wage and price controls Yellowstone tourists numbered 244432 through July 25 up 28262 from last year Police interrupted a youth named Michael Chanker 24 who proposed to 18 year old Laverne Mayer in a Manhattan cinema and begged her to marry him in night court he pleaded guilty but could not explain his actions
The debate over including the seaway on an omnibus rivers and harbors bill was discussed as a possible alternative to a separate measure. The committee has heard 113 witnesses with administration officials like Knox Stimson Jones and Berle supporting the seaway while opponents include John L Laws and Governor William E. B. Phillips of Oklahoma.
George Hapgood, former cow puncher, offers a new sport by lassoing a 10 pound bonita from a motor boat traveling about four miles an hour between Newport Beach and San Diego. The incident happened as his line jerked and Hapgood reeled in the fish.
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