Anti-Inflation Group Plans Future Drive in Syracuse
Representatives of the Syracuse Citizens Committee for Fair and Effective Price Control met at the YWCA to discuss continuing their program. They reported 10,000 pledges signed by Syracuse families and outlined two new sub committees to expand representation and plan consumer education on inflation.
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Syracuse Citizens Committee For
YWCA
Helen Balsam
Aleady
Syracuse
William T. Melchior
Sharman
Roald Berge
Melchior
County Officials Forecast Tax Increase for 1947
County and city department heads met at the Sanatorium to discuss budgets for 1947 and indicated a tax rate rise. Chairman Edward O Yackel cited higher county expenses including food and veteran services as reasons for the expected increase.
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Edward 0. Yackel
Board of Supervisors
Plane crash injures mother and son at Smith Ford farm
A DC- Aeronea plane piloted by 22 year old John E Hitchcock Post of Hempstead failed to clear wires on takeoff from Smith Ford farm near Clayton and Alexandria Bay State road two miles from Clayton injuring his mother Elizabeth Post and himself. They suffered cuts and bruises.
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Watertown
Aeronea
Clayton-Alexandria Bay State Rd
Clayton
John E. Hitchcock Post
Hempstead
Elizabeth Post
Smith Ford Farm
Post
Porch Fall Fatal to Man Armand Lusignan
Armand Lusignan aged 35 of 316 Fabius street died at St Josephs Hospital at 3 PM Monday from injuries suffered three hours earlier in a two story porch fall at Highland and Jamessis. Coroner Harry L Gilmore ruled accidental death from a crushed skull. Lusignan, working with Ritchie Brothers Moving Co employees, leaned on a railing and fell while moving a chest. He is survived by his wife Stella a daughter Sharon a son Joseph his father Arthur Lusignan four brothers and a sister all of Massachusetts. Funeral services set for Thursday at 10 15 AM at the home and 8 30 PM at St Lucy's Church.
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Armand Lusignan
Fabius
St. Joseph's Hospital
Highland and Jamessis
Harry L. Gilmore
Lusignan
Ritchie Brothers Moving Co
Stella
Sharon
Joseph
Arthur Lusignan
Frederick
Edward
George
Ernest
Theresa Veins
Massachusetts
Old Butter Seen As Costly By Syracuse Housewives
Syracuse housewives weary of high prices and rancid butter at 69 to 73 cents note shortages after price control ended. Shoppers inspect boxes, sniff contents before buying as they seek fresh, creamy butter amid lingering cost concerns.
Burial for Norah Bayes in New York Woollawn Cemetery
Norah Bayes the musical comedy star was laid to rest at Woollawn Cemetery in New York City. The singer who died insolvent in 1928 and her fifth husband Benjamin L. Friedland were interred yesterday, with Peter Bayes and Louise Downs Clark Friedland present at the service. In Buffalo the 1946 traffic death toll rose to 33 with Edward F. Barrett and Elmer A. Letwinker among the dead from vehicle crashes.
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Norah Bayes
New York
Nasi
Benjamin L. Friedland
Woollawn
Moss Bayes
Peter
Louise Downs
Four Plants Cited for War Funds
Four industrial plants were honored at a reunion of the United War Fund campaign’s industrial division at Hotel Onondaga. Engleberg Huller Co and Railway Bearing Co received top per cent participation and highest average per contribution respectively, while Smith and Corona typewriters posted the largest total contributions. The Lipe Railway Corp earned the highest average per employee, with runners-up Cobwell Reduction Co Kilian Mig Smith and Cattrey contributing nearly 100 percent of staff.
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Onondaga
The
Community Chest
Albert & Pennock
Lawrence H. Kirk
Lipe Railway Corp
W. Homer Reeve
Wasy Washing Machine Corp
A. B Lofts
H. W. Vanderveer
Railway Bearing Co., Inc
Bt, Chevatal
Elwyn L. Smith
L. C. Smith & Cwona Typewriters, Inc
United War Fund
Hotel Onondaga
de Banks M. Henward
Engelberg Huller Co
John Schenck
Railway Bearing Co
Lofix
HW. Vanderveer
C. Smith
Corona
Earl L Chrystal
Elwyn J. Smith
Albert E. Pennock
Laurence H. Kirk
Cobwell Reduction Co
Kilian Mig
Smith and Cattrey
Richard F. Hanison
Henward
Leo DB. Kelley
Clarence H. ‘Twichell
W. Homereeve
Industrial Devision
Bread price requests drive up to penny loaf costs
Bread on way up as industry seeks a penny a loaf rise and a 25 percent bump for biscuits and crackers. A 15 to 25 percent lift on donuts cookies and other sweets is also sought by the industry to the OPA. A fatal auto crash in Elma injures Elmer A. Letwinker, 45, of Buffalo, after his car skidded on Jamson Road and struck a field.
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Buffalo
Edward F. Barrett
Elmer A Letwinker
Mercy Hospital
Elma
Washington
OPA
LMIA
Elmer A. Letwinker
Jamson Rd
600 to Seek Police And Fire Positions
Civil Service Commission announces openings for police and fire roles with few completed applications. Offices stayed open late Monday to interview about 50 candidates. Applications must be filed by August 7.
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Civil Service Commission
Commission
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Penses
Dulian W.” Exlycomb
Roy Stewart
Says and Means
Mas
Harold Welch
Charles A McNeil
Syracuse Herald-Journal
Butler
Clark Friedland
Friedland
Onondaga County
Mitchens
Europe
Pacific
Agen
War Chest
United War Fund of
ADDIS
Imen
Syracuse Tie Shop
W. Onondaga St
Ottawa
Paontreal
Tassena
Eading
Altimore
Olonial Airlines
Onandaye
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