York PA Veterans Housing Boom Shows Ingenuity
York Pennsylvania debuts a rapid housing push for veterans, converting old row houses into apartments and building 613 new homes in 1948 plus 481 units from conversions. A civic drive led by Mayor John L. Snyder formed an 18 member emergency housing committee to meet quotas, sourcing materials from nearby towns and cutting profits to keep prices reasonable as over 1,100 applications to build emerged in the first four months of the year.
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WNU Service
Eye Street
N. W
Washington
D. C
America
York
Pennsylvania
Pole
Midland Avenue
Elm Street
Park Village
1948
John L. Snyder
York Builders
Buffalo
Ohio
Hagerstown
Chamber of Commerce
Young Buffalo Graduate Wins National Oratorical Prize
Edward Smith, a St. Joseph's Buffalo graduate, is among four national winners of the American Legion oratorical contest. He argued that Americans must actively exercise constitutional duties to guard against Communism, addressing nine audiences from school to national final in Charleston West Virginia.
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Olcott Beach
Chauncey Olcott
Niagara County
Buffalo
Onca
Spartacus
Masten Park
United States
Edward Smith
St. Joseph's
Main Street
Smith
American Legion
Erie County
Charleston
W. Va
Big Four Parley Fails as Moscow Talks Stall
After seven weeks of wrangling the foreign ministers conference in Moscow ends in a state banquet. No Austrian or German treaty terms reached, Marshall blames the Russians for blocking progress. Only agreement: return of German POWs by December 31, 1948. Occupation troops stay in Austria for months longer.
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Moscow
Austria
Gertman
Marshall
Molotov
Germany
May to testify in Garsson graft case in defense
In a drawn‑out war contracts graft trial, Representative May will take the stand to explain the alleged flow of funds. Sawyer Smith stated May did not profit, while the Garsson brothers and Freeman stand trial with May, accused of bribery tied to munitions plants and Cumberland Lumber. The FBI produced new evidence, including the typewriter used to prepare false invoices. Separately, the London International Wheat Conference ended without a consensus on a five‑year price and marketing plan, Britain opposing a scheme that would keep wheat prices high, while Canada, Australia, and India followed Britain’s lead. Wheeler urged immediate approval, Brazil supported him, and the proposal was sent to the international wheat council in Washington.
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Representative May
Garsson Brothers
May
Sawyer Smith
Kentucky
Garsson
Cumberland Lumber Company
Andrew J
May Sre Henry
Murray Garsson
War Matérial Ayndicate
Joseph Freeman
Washington
Garssons
War Department
FBI
London
Herbert Broadley
United Kingdom
Canada
Australia
India
Leslie Wheeler
U. S
Brazil
Wheeler
International Wheat Council
NO RENT BOOST: House Kills 10 Percent Plan
The house banking committee rejected a blanket 10 percent rent increase and sent a bill to extend controls through December 31 with presidential power to extend to March 1, 1948. The measure allows voluntary leases up to 15 percent increases if they expire after December 31, 1948. senate action already opposed any raise.
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House Banking Committee
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
House Committee
Representative Wolcott
House
Farm Bureau Urges Expanded Farm Program to Prevent Surpluses
Edward A. O Nealf president of the American Farm Bureau federation tells the House Agriculture Committee that expanded consumption and production are key to a strong farm policy. He warns against surpluses that wreck prices and urges state extension authority to cut costs and boost service. He supports foreign trade and opposes centralized programs, stressing abundance and coordinated price and wage policies to sustain maximum production and employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashington
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
House Agriculture Committee
O'Neal
Washington
House Committee
Memorial Service Marks Jamestown Landing May 13 1607
Jamestown Virginia observes Jamestown Day with a memorial service at Jamestown Memorial Church. Bishop William A. Brown will officiate. Paul Green, author of The Lost Colony, will deliver the historical address detailing the 1619 assembly and early colonial history.
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New World
WNU
Jamestown
Jamestown Beach
Jamestown Memorial Church
America
Sir George Yeardley
National Society of Colonial Dames of America
Benjamin Harrison
United States
William Sherwood
James Blair
College of William and Mary
Sarah Harrison Blair
William A. Brown
Episcopal Diocese
Southern
Virginia
Taxless County Race Track Tax Cut in Saratoga
Saratoga County slashed pari mutuel betting taxes, easing the tax load. Last year the cut yielded about $1,062,000 in revenue while the county budget stands near $750,000, under a state law aimed at aiding New York City.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Saratoga County
New York City
Airplane dusting studies at Rutgers pilot farmer science confab
A Rutgers New Brunswick gathering of pilots farmers and scientists explored large scale airplane dusting using new insecticides and fungicides and discussed weather impacts. Other items cover Clarinda Iowa airport land use and bonds, Ogden Utah police use of light aircraft, fox whelps avoidance by bomber routes, and national airport plans with 4481 ports projected for 1948 funding.
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Rutgers University
New Brunswick
N. J
Clarinda
Iowa
Hitle
War Assets Administration
Ogden
Utah
Wasatch Mountains
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Point Barrow
Navy
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M. Garsson
Bacon
George Yeardley
Plymouth
Historia Jamestown Memorial Church
Racing
Owatonna
Minn
Wayne
Lidell
Army
Minneapolis
CAA
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Lsted
Congress
Alaska
Williamson, Inc
Sheboygan Falls
Wis
Northwest Airlines
Anchorage
Consolidated Vultee
Muroc Army Airfield
Army Air Transport Command
Command
Fairfield
Calif
ATC
OPPOR
Detroit
Fi ¢ Pumel CO
Grand Junction
Cole
Towa
Wisco
Sheldon
Rgat
Amite
Modern Mutual
Karl Wagner
Apricuitural Mutual Hail Interance Assa Capital City Bank Bidg
Des Moines
Daa
Ata
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis 14
Chinchilla
Chinchilla Fur Ranch
St. Cicero
Pegmar
San Francisco
TraMo Station
Mino-Les CO
Rox
Lobdell
Baldus Poultry Farm
Minnesota
Lcots - Fonda, Low
Wahlert & Guntzle
Galnt Teals
Pattern Makers
Condi
TNE Oliver Corporation
Charles City
Igwa
Etro
Dae Doan
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