Decentralized Cabinet Changes Signal Westward Shift
Washington June 4 The Truman cabinet reorganization aims for decentralization with five West of the Mississippi members, bringing ages average to 54 and placing leaders as de facto bosses of their departments. Key picks include Tom C. Clark Lewis Schwellenbach Clinton Anderson Robert E Hannegan and Henry A Wallace.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Truman
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Mississippi River
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Texas
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Washington State
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New Mexico
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Missouri
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Iowa
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Generable Biddle
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Walker
Morgenthau
New York
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Navy
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Virginia
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Senate
Democratic Party
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State Revenue for 1945 Shows Increase in May Totals
Raleigh June 4 With $6 249 420 72 collected in May state revenue rose to 109 630 095 90 for the first 11 months of the 1944 45 fiscal year. The gain over last year is 4.74 percent. General fund May receipts totaled 93 980 767 51 with 78 084 099 42 year to date. Highway funds reached 31 545 996 48 year to date. Sales tax led May gains with 1 674 483 03. income tax total 869 527 03. May highway receipts up 4.85 percent from April. Major items include gasoline road tax 2 035 555 30 and motor vehicles 233 188 91 in May.
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Raleigh
General Fund
Treasuries
Highway Fund
Discharging Of Soldiers Being Alerted
The War Department explained that soldiers with enough points since May 12 may not be discharged immediately. Those already discharged had 85 points or more as of May 12, a temporary interim score until a new critical score is set. A six week reevaluation was planned to determine the final discharge criteria.
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Schwellenbach
Washington
Congress
Labor of Department
War Labor Board
National Labor Relations Board
War Department
Unbroken Spirit Soldier Hopes to Play Football Again
Sgt. John Shroyer of Connellsville writes to Penn State coach Bob Higgins, saying his spirit remains unbroken after losing a leg and hoping to return to football.
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Spirit State College
John Shroyer
Connellsville
Bob Higgins
Pennsylvania State College
Most Cigarettes Purchased By Women
A Fleming Hall company survey of 18,000 retailers across the United States finds women buy 69 percent of civilian cigarettes. It notes 329 million cigarettes are consumed on the home front and that the average smoker gets only half the value of a cigarette, based on 50,000 cigarette butts sampled from war plant cafeterias and restrooms.
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New York
Fleming Hall Comny
War Plant
Armistice Day said in poetry and jokes from campus letters
A collection of poems and humorous anecdotes recounts wartime Armistice Day reflections in Germany and light schoolyard humor. It blends a combat engineer's stance against Nazi rule with student tales of teachers, daisies, derby hats, and Irish jokes from 1897 98 boarders.
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Old Academy
Steele
Simon Simpkins
Simon
Bill Waffle
Bill
Sallie
Hee
Ned Noell
Urban smoking study notes small average cigarette length
A historical survey of public venues reports observers measuring smokers across movie houses theaters and other sites. It states the average person smokes only one inch of a cigarette and wastes half of his day’s supply.
Women Production Workers Rise in North Carolina
North Carolina factories added women in March, rising to 44.0 percent of workers. A total of 235,899 workers across 1,245 firms included 104,490 women, with regional shares showing 26.2 percent in the eastern coastal area, 40.2 percent in the mountains, and 48.2 percent in the Piedmont area.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Forrest Shuford
Mountain Area
New potato harvester debut in St Augustine
A machine claimed to revolutionize Irish potato harvest ing is invented by J Gordes Middleton and John D Parrish farmers from St Johns county The tractor drawn device digs lifts and hauls potatoes to the row indicating a new efficiency in harvest operations.
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ST. Augustine
Fila
J. Gordes Middleton
John D. Parrish
St Johns County
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