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August 8, 1946

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Jewel Sales in 1945 Put at Billion Peak

By Unknown Author

US Mines Bur statistics on '45 jewel sales

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U.N. MOVES A SITE FROM GREENWICH TO STAMFORD AREA; Alternative Project for World Quarters Shuns a Costly Residential Section YIELDS IN NORTH CASTLE Round Hill and Yale Farms Eliminated--Comment on Step Is Divided

By Walter S. Sullivan

Hdqrs Comm moves site from Greenwich to Stamford area as alternative for permanent home of organization

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FILES ON GARSSON REMOVED, COPIED, MEAD GROUP SAYS; Some Important Papers Are Still Missing, Others Were Returned, Senators Charge THOSE INVOLVED 'KNOWN' Contractors' Profits Will Be Bared by Warren to Show War-Procurement Faults

By Joseph A. Loftus Special To the New York Times

Sen com files on Garsson case revealed to have been removed in '45 from com office, copied and returned in part by unidentified individuals; missing documents listed; Controller Gen Warren prepares cases to show procurement laws weaknesses; Mead cites incident of B F Fields job offer to T O'Connell, com investigator, as reason for FBI need

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World Food Controls Proposed To See That All Peoples Are Fed; World Food Controls Proposed To See That All Peoples Are Fed

By Winifred Mallon Special To the New York Times

FAO rept to propose program under world food bd adm for price stabilization, internatl ever-normal granary, disposal of surpluses and cooperation with internatl credit and other groups

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PARIS RULES GROUP VOTES INVITATIONS TO 5 ENEMY STATES; Adopts Amendment by Byrnes as It Completes Its Task in Quiet but Tense Session SOVIET SUSPICIONS FLARE Vishinsky Balks for a Time at Rules He Had Upheld-- Plenary Meeting Today

By Harold Callender By Cable To the New York Times

USSR bloc loss of fight on Issue cited

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Notable Births

1946Joe Bethancourt, American singer-songwriter (died 2014)^[†]

Wiltz Joseph Bethancourt III was an American folk musician.

Historical Events

1946First flight of the nuclear capable Convair B-36, heaviest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft at the time.^[†]

The Convair B-36 "Peacemaker" is a strategic bomber built by Convair and operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1949 to 1959. The B-36 is the largest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft ever built, although it was exceeded in span and weight by the one-off Hughes H-4 Hercules. It has the longest wingspan of any combat aircraft. The B-36 was capable of intercontinental flight without refueling.