Puerto Rico backs veterans drive for industrial economy
Pinero in Washington outlines plan to use 60 000 veterans to lead Puerto Rico’s shift from agriculture to industry with aid from the veterans administration and education department. He cites unemployment and hunger on the island and details modest industrial start ups including a cement plant glass factory paper board shoe and clay products plants. He envisions Puerto Rico as a trans shipping hub and notes potential sugar strikes tax revenue losses and a plebiscite on statehood or self government.
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Pinero
Washington
Veterans Administration
Department of Education
Puerto Rico
Caribbean
Central America
UCLA Student Acts for Research on Movie Publicity
Petite Jane Newton, UCLA psychology major, tested publicity effects by acting as her own press agent for a Riskin project. She turned down cheesecake poses, favors portrait shots, and aims for authentic pictures while pursuing a master’s thesis on publicity effectiveness.
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Los Angeles
NEA
Petite Jane Newton
University of California At
Riskin
Janie
Miss Newton
Marriages Hit All-Time High in 1946 Across U S
New York report shows 1946 marriages set an all-time U S record, surpassing 1942 and 1945 figures. Delayed wartime marriages and postwar remarriages boosted totals, with New England and Middle Atlantic leading gains while the Mountain, Pacific, and South Atlantic regions lagged due to military base withdrawals and wartime industry cuts.
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New York
United States
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
America
New England
Middle Atlantic
East North Central States
South Atlantic
Mountain and Pacific States
A Grain Of Truth About Moonshining
Dublin reports shortages of grain have hit Irish moonshiners with only 35 prosecutions in 1945 for bootleg liquor versus 164 in 1941. The police review cites scarce raw materials and harder access as the likely cause.
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Dublin
Eire Commissioner of Police
How to Pick a Wife Says Dear Sir
A humorous, dated column advises a young man to test prospective brides through difficult dating trials. It mocks superficial judgments, suggests avoiding beauty or brains as sole criteria, and warns that marrying may be harder than choosing. The narrator recommends practical tests and cautions about asserting marriage too soon.
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New York
Rainly
Horace
Einstein
Echo
Moy
Poland to receive nine German factories as reparations
Warsaw reports Poland will gain nine machine factories from the Russian zone in Germany as part of war reparations. The equipment includes 2,500 lathes with five factories for aircraft parts, two for metals and another for chemicals. A lab test notes a grasshopper body about 20 degrees above air temperature on a summer day.
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Warsaw
Poland
Germany
Rzeczpospolita
B 29 Gun Turrets At New York Penny Arcade Draw Veterans
In New York City a penny arcade on Broadway features six discarded B 29 gun turrets with sighting stations and remote control. Veterans and GIs pay ten cents for 100 shots as they reenact wartime battles on a distant screen.
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N.Y. City
New York
Nea
Herber Hoff
Broadway
Hoff
Palau
Times Square
Girls how they won the War in a humorous note
Hoff observes a playful remark about girls and war era antics describing a humorous moment amid conflict. The fragment hints at a lighthearted take on wartime roles and a parent or elder figure named Hoff. The source is incomplete but suggests comedic framing of gender in wartime.
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Hoff
Dadela
World War II Boosts U S Honey Output to 233 Million Lbs
U S honey production rose steadily through the war and peaked at 233 million pounds in 1945 reflecting increased demand for bee products and agricultural support during the conflict.
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U. S& Honey
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Lodi
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Hines Radio Service
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