Wartime costs loom in 1946 budget plan
The 1946 budget forecasts nine billion eight hundred forty eight million dollars in postwar costs mainly for veterans pensions and benefits, interest on public debt, and tax refunds. Veterans programs alone would reach about eighty two billion dollars over time, with hospital construction plans potentially adding 300,000 beds. The president notes the wartime aftermath dwarfs earlier budgets and highlights long term implications.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Gypsy Rose Lee
Star and Garter
Chi
Jim Timony
Mae West
Jim
Jack Kofoed, Jr
Marines
Pacific
Marion Wilt
Fhilly
Luther Davises
Dolly DeMilhau
Stork Club
Elsa Maxwell
Robert Marks
Peggy Wallace
Miami
U. S
Pearl Harbor
Public debt and wartime tax refunds forecast
Veteran population projections show rising numbers as the present war ends, while interest on the public debt for 1946 climbs to 4.5 billion dollars, up 755 million from the prior year. Tax refunds are expected to total about two billion dollars, with individuals and corporations receiving overwithheld or excess wartime taxes returned after the war.
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Sen. Wheeler
White House
Errol Flynn
Lili Damita
Louise Stanley
Chas. Munn, Jr
Palm Beach
Sen
Happy Chandler
Mildred
Gen. Smuts
Will Rogers
Washington
Lincoln
R. R. McCormick
J. Patterson
Eddie Cantor
Nat'l Barbers’ Ass'n
Private citizens must speak up for US allied unity
The piece argues against silencing public criticism of Allied relations. It defends free speech for private citizens and urges respectful, forceful dialogue with Washington London and Moscow to preserve democracy and national interests. It warns that harsh internal vitriol harms diplomacy and demands mutual respect among the Allies.
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America
Washington
London
Moscow
MacKenzie
United, States
Great Britain
Soviet Russia
Russia
England
Mr. Mackenzie
Senate report warns of government by directives expanding power
A Senate judiciary subcommittee report details about 3600 executive directives lacking constitutional authority. It argues the trend toward directive governance risks totalitarianism, urging Americans to recognize a shift away from law to executive fiat and urging vigilance against wartime overreach.
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Senate
Judiciary Committee
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate Committee
Governors Debate State Police Power Across Carolinas
An article notes South Carolina Governor Williams orders the State Constabulary to curb gambling, vice dens, and illicit liquor, drawing sheriff opposition in North Carolina where local forces resist a broader state police role. It also covers the March of Dimes campaign underway in North Carolina with Governor Cherry’s radio address marking its official start.
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Columbia
Ransome Williams
South Carolina
Gregg Cherry
North Carolina
Palmetto
Cherry
O'Connor
University of North Carolina
Hickory Hospital
Union
Sailor Makes Express Ride To Catch Bus At Raleigh Hotel
A junior naval officer rushed through a Raleigh hotel lobby and boarded an elevator to reach the tenth floor after realizing he left three months pay in his room. With three minutes to spare, fellow passengers helped usher him and his taxi to the bus station, and he made the bus back to port.
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Raleigh
Port
P.S
Lee Jackson
University of North Carolina
State School For the Blind and Deaf
General Assembly
Robert F. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Lee
Jackson
Joshua
Jericho
Canaan
We Are Short of War Materials in Our Nation
The author declares the United States is severely short of essential war materiel at a critical moment. He argues the shortage endangers soldiers, cites a frank discussion he attended, and urges accountability across leaders and the public. The piece stresses unity and urgency to speed production for victory.
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Roosevelt
Marshall
OWI
Four Freedoms
Senator Wheeler
United States of America
WPB
Eisenhower
MacArthur
Robert Lewis Taylor
USNR
New Yorker
Satevepost
Judy Martin
Amanda
Honeymoon Hill
Soap-Opry
Pelham Manor
Taylor
Admiral King
Walter Reuthers
Mr. Big
Switzerland
J. Bricker
Real Estate Board
Commodore
Bricker
Juliet Lowell
B. Goldstein
Technicolor
Margaret Stern
Stephen Wise
Scotty
R.C.A
Florida
Roney
Reality of War Production and the Road to Homecoming
The article argues production is the key to winning the war and bringing soldiers home. It blames shifting needs, manpower, and logistics for delays and urges continuous, uncompromised output. It contrasts free American labor with Nazi slave labor and calls for relentless effort until victory and reunion with the troops.
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Philippines
The Revolution in Values and the Duty of Soundness
Excerpts argue capitalism rests on financial and political soundness amid a global debt of up to 300 billion dollars. The talk decries a revolution in values eroding morality in money, politics, diplomacy, and education, urging steadfast adherence to true values for a return to reason and common sense.
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Washington
Russia
Restore Morality in Values for Money and Peace
Paul Mallon urges steady light in darkness to guide future generations. He argues money must reflect circumstance, warns against obsolescence of safety and weaponry, and calls for alertness and a new moral order in economics and international treaties to prevent a doomed world.
WINCHELL On Broadway and High Society Gossipy Roundup
Cartoonish wall of names and rumors from Broadway and New York society. Notes on Van Johnson in a sweepstakes, June Allyson, Dick Powell insomnia, plus romances, divorces, weddings, and sightings at clubs, with mentions of Philp Coolidge Ruth Mitchell and many others.
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van Johnson
Allyson
Dick Powell
Philip Coolidge
Ruth Mitchell
James Cromwell
Christine
Ed Williams
Leo Reisman
Billboard
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