Budget talk on wartime finances foreshadows tough peacetime cuts
The president’s 1946 fiscal year budget would trim expenditures by nearly 18 billion dollars from 1945 to just under 84 billion, the lowest in three years but still hard to grasp. The piece argues that overwhelming figures numb the public, urges continued scrutiny as debt grows, and notes plans to taper war spending toward a peacetime budget around 25 billion annually. It also defends congressional oversight of executive agencies, praising the Boren committee for pushing truth and resisting bureaucratic bias in reporting.
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Congress
Europe
Boren Committee
House
Pup
Hodges Tanks Sweep Samree Gap in Belgian Bulge Fight
Lt Gen Courtney Hodges First Army won the largest tank battle of the Belgian bulge, seizing Samree after 30 hours of snowbound combat. Patton’s Third Army advanced toward Houffalize. British forces took five towns, while German withdrawals accelerated as American and Allied forces pushed along a 16 mile front.
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Paris
Courtney H. Hodges
First Army
Samree
Salient
Third Army
George S. Patton, Jr
Patton
101St
Screaming Eagle Airborne
Houffalize
Key Road
Bulge
Laroche
St.Vith
Ernest N
84Th Infantry
Alexander R. Bolling
St. Vith- Laroche Highway
Vielsalm
T. Vith
St. Vith
Ve. Rundstedt
Volksgrenadiers
Lignieres
Laroche-St. Vith
MacArthur hails Luzon landing a complete success
General Douglas MacArthur declared the Luzon landing a complete success as his forces pushed ashore at Lingayen gulf. He praised progress against light opposition, noted surprise by the Japanese, and urged continued advance toward Manila with leadership from Lt. Gen. Sutherland and Lt. Gen. Krueger.
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MacArthur
Luzon
Manila
San Fabian
Lingayen Gulf
Douglas MacArthur
Great Central
Richard K. Sutherland
Walter Krueger
United States
Sixth Army
Thomas C. Kinkaid
Seventh Fleet
Philippines
Southwest Pacific
Ind
Lingayen
Luzon Plains
Bataan
Washington
Agno River
Mac Arthur
Missing in Reich Pvt Allan G Thurman Jr declared MIA
Private Allan G Thurman Jr 20 infantryman with Gen Patch Seventh Army is missing in Germany since December 19. Son of Mr and Mrs Allan Thurman of 1948 First Avenue NE the Franklin High School graduate attended Iowa State College before enlistment. He trained at Camp Howze and Amarillo after nine months with the ASTP and went overseas last August. His brother Ensign Peter Thurman is stationed in Norfolk Virginia assisting crew training for landing ships.
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Allan G. Thurman, Jr
Patch
Seventh Army
Allan Thurman
First Avenue NE
Germany
War Department
Franklin High School
Thurman
Iowa State College
ASTP
Stillwater
Okla
Air Corps
Infantry
Camp Howze
Texas
Amarillo
Peter Thurman
Norfolk
Washburn Missing Cpl Leland A Washburn in Belgium
Cpl Leland A Washburn 32 has been missing in action since December 17 in Belgium. Infantryman from Cedar Rapids, he entered service two years ago and left the country last September. He married and his wife lives in Orside California. he has brothers in service and sisters in Cedar Rapids and Oklahoma.
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Cpl
Leland A. Washburn
Belgium
W. M. Washburn
Thirteenth Street
Orside
Calif
Washburn
Washington High School
Cedar Rapids
Riverside
Cpl. Washburn
Dean W. Washburn
Philippines
Donald Washburn
Georgia
Arnold Washburn
Peoria
Ill
Donald H. Cover
Bernice Matson
Oklahoma
Yank Bombing Error Hits Malmedy Tragic Mistake
London AP reports US strategic air forces admitted Liberators and Marauders bombed Malmedy by mistake while held by American troops. Eight bombs fell Dec 23, killing civilians and soldiers as a larger Allied force followed. German bombs nearby provided a grim comparison.
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London
United States
Strategic Air Forces
Malmedy
Belgium
von Rundstedt Bulge
Associated Press
Hal Boyle
Boyle
London News Chronicle
Malmedya
150 000 Per Month to Be Drafted in 1945
Undersecretary of War Patterson told Congress that six month inductions would total 900000 men, about 150000 monthly, double earlier forecasts. He urged national service legislation to meet war needs including 900000 armed forces and 700000 war production personnel, proposing work or fight for 18 to 45 year olds while Congress reviews a broad national war service bill.
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Robert P. Patterson
Congress
Patterson
House Military Committee
National War Service
War Department
Iowa Draft Plans Rely on Age 18 to 26 Agri Deferments
Brig. Gen. Charles H. Grahl said future Iowa draft calls will draw mainly from men aged 18 to 26 who are now deferred for agricultural work. A state war board meeting approved a questionnaire to record farming activity of 2-C registrants to guide local boards in selecting men for induction.
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Des Moines
Charles H. Grahl
Selective Service
Iowa
Grahl
State War Board
Patterson Proposed Broad Induction Plan For Men 18 To 45
Patterson said it would be necessary within six months to induct many men aged 26 to 30 from industry while the army and navy needed men under 30. He endorsed legislation as a substitute for a general national service law to draft any man 18 to 45 who leaves a job without draft board approval. Physically fit men would serve in regular duty. others would join special service units.
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Patterson
Army
Navy
Congress
Draft Board
Seven Inches Of Snow Falls In N E Iowa
McGregor in northeast Iowa received seven inches of snow, among the season’s heaviest. The temperature plunged to 18 below zero there on Wednesday, with Cedar Rapids at seven below and Decorah at 13 below. Other towns reported lighter falls and varied lows as highways remained clear outside problem areas.
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N. E
Iowa
Cedar Rapids News
McGregor
The
Mercury
Cedar Rapids
Decorah
Dubuque
Charles City
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids Area Weather Forecast
Forecast for Cedar Rapids and vicinity calls for fair and cold conditions tonight with a low near zero. Increasing cloudiness Thursday with no important change in temperature.
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Cedar Rapids
Snowy Weather Report Clarity in Section Clears Roads
Heavy new snow was reported, with section crews working to clear and temperatures below freezing noted elsewhere.
Vandenberg Urges Immediate Presidential War Power Postwar Policy
Senator Vandenberg urged Congress to grant the President power to use force immediately to demilitarize Germany and Japan after the war. He called for allies to negotiate a joint treaty and for review by a peace organization to ensure any new world order avoids doubt about American participation in collective security. He argued the President should act without returning to Congress for approval, with the commander in chief empowered to act to keep Germany and Japan demilitarized.
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Washington
Sen. Vandenberg
R-Mich
Congress
Germany
Japan
Russia
Britain
Vandenberg
Bong's 40 Mark Stands Retired Ace Plans Marriage
Major Richard I Bong of Poplar Wisconsin the army ace with 40 Jap planes shot down disclosed on permanent re assignment in the United States His record stands at the 40 mark He will marry Marjorie Vattendahl of Superior on February 10 After marriage he will take his wife with him wherever stationed in the country He plans to return home to Poplar and enjoy biscuits cooked by his bride to be.
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Chicago
INS
Richard I. Bong
Poplar
Wis
Army
United States
Marjorie Vattendahl
Superior
Airliner Crash Fatal to 24 in Fog Near Burbank
An American Airlines flight from New York to Burbank crashed in heavy fog, killing 24 people including 21 service members and 3 crew. Capt J R Mc Cauley reported turning back for an emergency field before the crash, with autopsy notifications pending for next of kin.
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New York
Armed Services
American Airlines
Burbank
Calif
J. R. McCauley
Burbenk
Patricia's Battle Ends Seabee Dad At Side
Patricia Attaway, a three month old battling lymphatic leukemia, died in her sleep at Aurora General Hospital with her mother beside her. Her Seabee father, Chief Petty Officer M. F. Attaway, had flown from the South Pacific to be at her bedside. The death ends a nationwide publicized appeal for the infant's life.
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Aurora, Ill
Patricia Attaway
South Pacific
M. F. Attaway
Wintry Blasts Bog Down Italian Front
Allied reports say British forces repelled a Nazi patrol on the Renowhich river south bank as winter weather froze activity along the Italian front. Severe storms limited actions to a few sorties while Allied warships off the south coast of France shelled targets near the Franco-Italian frontier.
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Rome
France
United States Chamber of Commerce Cancels 1945 Convention
The United States Chamber of Commerce has canceled its 1945 convention. The decision affects plans for the annual gathering and related events. Further details were not provided.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
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