News Quiz for 1946 AP Highlights of the year
Questions span postwar events including independence debates, the Iron Curtain, Truman era appointments, Britain loan figures, atomic tests at Bikini, Pearl Harbor inquiry findings, and key Congress and cabinet actions. This item presents a 1946 trivia quiz with multiple choice prompts and historical figures.
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A—Black
B. Jackson
C.—Vinson
D.—Frankfurter
Truman
A—Ickes
B— Morgenthau
C.—Anderson
D.— Wallace
Congress
Britain
OPA
Bikini
Philippines
Paris
U. S
Draja Mihailovic
Yugoslavia
Congressional Committee
Pearl Harbor
F. D. Roosevelt
It's an Old Chinese Custom But Who Keeps Right Date
New Yorkers and Americans celebrate New Year with late night revelry and liquor licenses while the calendar's shifts create confusion. The piece traces New Year dates across cultures and eras, noting Gregorian Julian shifts and other calendars, with examples from China, Judaism, Islam, Egypt, and Europe.
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Dr. Panth
Times Square
Fire Department
Manhattan
Chicago
Egypt
Levelling Off In Business Foreseen For 1947
New York January 1 The National Conference of Business Paper Editors forecasts a general levelling off in business activity in 1947 due to consumer resistance to high prices. The editors expect the shift to be most visible in consumer goods excluding heavy durables, with less effect on industrial raw materials. They warn wage price spirals and strikes could threaten a recession if not controlled.
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New York
National Conference of Business Paper Editors
Associated Business Papers
Wheat Got A Break in 46 Weather
1946 Texas weather battered cotton and corn but brought relief for wheat and sorghum. Wheat climbed to 53.6 million bushels with corn near 67.5 million on limited acreage, while sorghum outputs were 56.8 million bushels despite cool, wet conditions.
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Associated Press
King Cotton
West Texas
Texas
Grouth
Oddball Year of Odd Encounters Across Cities
A mosaic of strange events from January to September includes cops chasing a baffling suspect in Boston, a Chicagoan who barricades a trolley line, a Philadelphia shopper grabbing lamb and smacking a rival, and a GI courting GI Bill aid. Also noted: a Portland bag theft exposing a dead dog, a Sparta family shocked by a midnight intruder, a Sacramento coffee misfortune, and a zoo bar in Pueblo amid petting lions.
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Boston
Portland
Ore
Sparta
Wis
Chicago
Musicians Union
Sacramento
Calif
Culpepper
Pueblo
Colo
Westchester
N. Y
Treasury Dept
Marshall, Minn
St. Joseph
Spokane
Wash
John Scott
Willimington
Del
Hopeville
Odd War Era Anecdotes Bid Adieu to Forty Seven
A compiled slice of lighthearted postwar quips recalls October to December antics across the United States. An Englewood veteran laments a failed war bride plan, a Chicago drummer invents a mechanical rhythm, and a Massachusetts man stamps soap with Lincoln. Escaped New Jersey prisoners board a car full of guards by surprise. A Fairbanks man enters a bar with crutches, a San Francisco thief abandons a hearse with a corpse, and a Vancouver child breaks a leg twice. A Detroit drunk naps in an undertaker’s parlor. Divorces arise from musical disagreements and a husband’s laziness.
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Englewood
N. J
Chicago
East Weymouth
Mass
Abraham Lincoln
New Jersey
Fairbanks
Alaska
San Francisco
Vancouver
Detroit
Washington
Des Moines
Coyotes Grow Wary as Kansas Farmers Fight Turkeys
In McPherson County coyotes menace the turkey crop and farmers. Flashing lights and shotgun warnings fail to deter them. One farmer installs fluorescent lighting to mislead the predators, while others sleep in pens to guard flocks, but the howling keeps the growers awake.
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Mcpherson
Kan
McPherson County
Turkey Pens
Car Makers See Unhappy Year in 1946 Outlook for 1947
AP Automotive reporter notes 1946 amid material shortages and labor troubles. Sheet steel limits output and car prices. 4.5 million passenger and 1 million commercial vehicles were planned but only about 2 million passengers and 900 thousand trucks produced. Backlog nears 5 million with 5 million cars likely to be retired or replaced.
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David J. Wilkie
Detroit
CIO
United Automobile Workers
UAW
Archer Bags Pheasant
Bohner a Bucknell University student used a 55 pound pull bow and 28 inch arrows to shoot a pheasant in Lewisburg Pennsylvania. Officials called Bohner’s shot a remarkable feat.
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Lewisburg
Bucknell University
H. Albert Bohner
Bohner
A Year's News in Brief The Day by Day Story 1946
A chronological list of 1946 events from January to August detailing Truman strikes and policy moves, UN actions, labor disputes, Soviet checks, atomic tests, and notable leadership changes. It references Truman, UN, Stalin, Andrei Gromyko, Bevin, Ickes, Pauley, and key labor, military, and political milestones.
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Truman
U. S
United Nations Assembly
London
Paul Henri Spaak
Belgium
CTIO
AFL
CIO Steel
Army
Signal Corps
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Iran
UN Security Council
U. N. Security Council
Westchester Fairfield
New York
Connecticut
Canada
Ottawa
U. S. Steel Corp
Rome
Tomoyuki Yamanshita
Singapore
Minis
Tehran
CIO Auto
General Motors
Pauley
Navy
Attlee
India
Moscow
Russia
U. N
Andrei Gromyko
Security Council
U. S. State Department
International “Atomic Development Authority
Masaharu Homma
Bataan
World War II timeline note on events and policy shifts
A compact chronology lists wartime and immediate postwar actions from August to December, noting air and naval incidents, price controls, UN admissions, political shakeups, court rulings, strikes, and final wartime controls wind down. Notable items include a U. S. transport plane shot down, food price actions, Nuernberg trials outcomes, labor strikes, and the declaration that World War II hostilities have ended.
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U. S
Dardanelles
Security Council
U. N
Afghanistan
Sweden
Iceland
King George
Henry Wallace
Russia
New York
Newfoundland
Truman
W. Averell Harriman
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Nuernberg
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von Ribben
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