GOP-Controlled 80th Congress Opens Amid Trade and Border Scrutiny
The new GOP majority charts early moves on taxes and labor as the 80th Congress convenes. Leaders include Byrnes ally Vandenberg as president pro tem, Wallace White as majority leader, and Halleck securing the speaker’s post after a Taft-Dewey clash. Public focus shifts to border and livestock policies with veterinarian checks on Mexican stock after hoof and mouth disease reports.
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Byrnes
Arthur Vandenberg
Mich
Senate
Wallace White
Kenneth Wherry
Neb
U. S
Truman
Mexico
Truman Proclaims End of Hostilities and Policy Shifts
President Truman formally proclaims the end of hostilities and terminates wartime government powers under 20 laws while 33 others are marked for expiration within six months to five years. He signals possible action on emergency measures to Congress and outlines tax cuts and restoration of prewar pricing. Labor losses reach 107 million man-days in 1946 with wage gains and longer weeks in key industries.
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Truman
Ing
Border realignment and postwar disarmament plans
The article outlines U S and British aims to revise Germany eastern borders at the Moscow meeting on March 10 including restoring Pomerania and Brandenburg to Germany while ceding Silesia and East Prussia to Poland. It discusses disarmament debates in the United Nations and veto issues in the Security Council. It notes U S vet enrollment as G I s under the G I bill and scoping of national debt after World War II.
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Stuttgart
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Germany
Moscow
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Poland
Russia
Silesia
East Prussia
Pomerania
Brandenberg
Reich
United Nations
Fi Nation Security Council
United Nations’ Atomic Energy Commission
Security Council
A Review of 1946 Looking Back at a Wild Year
A nostalgic survey of 1946 notes sensational events and public figures from President Truman’s submarine scare to Ingrid Bergman, the St. Louis Cardinals, and Joe Louis. It highlights political shifts, labor strikes, new UN beginnings, and cultural moments with a satirical edge.
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Truman
John L. Lewis
Ingrid Bergman
St. Louis
Increase in Service Customers and Average Electricity Use
The company added nearly 2,000,000 new service customers in the period. A 1946 record increased average residential consumption by 100 kilowatt hours to an all time high of 1,330 kWh per customer.
Potatoes Waste Threat Tied to U S Farm Program
Government holdings of about 100 million bushels from a 1946 bumper crop may spoil as market demand drops. The government used loans and sales to distillers, livestock feeders, and exports, while public institutions received roughly one million bushels for meals.
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U. S
Figure Wints Middle Age Waistline Fixes
The item promotes exercises to reduce waist and hip fat and improve posture and figure. It offers a paid booklet titled Beauty and Health Through Simple Exercises from the Week Newspaper Service, with a 25 cent response call and a mailing address in New York.
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Our Week
17Th St
New York
You GZ Guns Give a Woman an Inch and She Becomes a Ruler
A cryptic line on gender power appears amid garbled text. The phrase suggests how small concessions can elevate a woman to authority, though the source remains distorted.
Fresh lemon wakeup drink promotes regularity
A healthful morning routine uses the juice of one Sunkist lemon in water on an empty stomach to stimulate bowel action. Lemons add vitamin C and other nutrients, supporting energy and immune resistance. try this for ten days with California Sunkist lemons.
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Sunkist
California
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