Spectre of another war before peace at Paris
A wartime peace conference in Luxemburg is depicted as the climactic moment for Allied hopes, yet dangers loom. The piece critiques delays compared with Wilson and argues Russia stalls progress for Balkan control and anti‑German aims, while U S diplomats share some blame for unpreparedness for peace.
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Paris
Palace of
Luxemburg
Woodrow Wilson
Japan
Germany
Russia
Pearl Harbor
State Department
Congress
Walter Winchell on vacation guest columnist to fill space
While Walter Winchell takes a vacation Jack Lait, author of Broadway and Elsewhere, writes as guest columnist this issue. Winchell will resume his column on his return in September.
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Walter Winchell
Jack Lait
Winchell
Follies of 1946 Gossip From Hollywood Dots and Dashes
Unreported incidents from Hollywood through my bureau reveal Betty Grable skipping a tour with Harry James and Mary Pickford presenting John Perona a solid gold medal before his Paris flight. Bill Cagney sought a test flight with Howard Hughes and was declined. A film promo pays $2000 to advertise The Egg and I on an ostrich egg at a Pasadena farm with seven words painted, averaging about $275 per word.
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Hollywood
Bureau of Information
Betty Grable
Harry James East
New York
John Perona
Paris
Mary Pickford
Bill Cagney
Howard Hughes
Pasadena
Delivery Window Extended by Manhattan Auto Agency
Acknowledgment sent to customers notes accepted order enclosed and warns of delays beyond control. Delivery is expected to take 18 to 25 months, reflecting the agency's long lead times.
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Manhattan
Government Interest Payments Attract Hollywood Scrutiny
The internal revenue service audits Hollywood high earners over refunds claimed. An old law paid 6 percent interest on sums held until refunded, prompting claims and possible abuse. In 1945 the government paid 17 million dollars in interest, down from 23 million in 1944, with about 4 million expected in 1946 as the rush to collect kickbacks fades. Most is legitimate, but some big money makers used it as a racket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Internal Revenue
Hollywood
United States
Howard Hughes Refuses Sedatives Fasts on Orange Juice
The rugged magnate endures excruciating pain and mental distress while refusing all sedatives and painkillers. He reportedly eats and drinks nothing aside from orange juice, insisting it be freshly squeezed in his presence. Physicians say they have never seen such a case.
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Howard Hughes
One Foot in Heaven: Jesuit Priest’s War Memoir Title
Father Andrew Cervini, a Jesuit missionary and former prisoner in a Japanese camp who lost his left foot, has completed a book about his experiences. Publishers considered several titles before Jim Harkins suggested One Foot in Heaven.
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Andrew Cervini
Jim Harkins
Heaven
Red Haired Jane Churchill Seeks New York Show Job
Jane Churchill, central to a Hollywood flurry around Tommy Dorsey and Jon Hall, heads to New York to land a show role while John Gart, the musical director, recalls a young male bit-player tied to escort a film beauty to a premiere. The next day he mutters the film stinks and he cannot focus. This Is Your BI reports: America’s annual crime bill stands at 17 billion dollars and education spending from kindergarten to college totals under four billion.
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Jane Churchill
Jon Hall
New York
John Gart
Hollywoood
America
Pappy Boyington Writes Life Story for Film Deal
Lt Col Gregory Boyington offers a personal life memoir detailing military and marriage adventures. The arrangement targets publication and a subsequent film. Bill Cagney shows interest with brother Jimmy possibly casting as the carefree hero.
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Gregory
Pappy
Boyington
Bill Cagney
Jimmy
Mihailovich trial seen as propaganda farce
The piece attacks the Belgrade trial of Mihailovitch, accusing it of Russian propaganda staged as justice. It contends torture and coerced confessions served Tito and Soviet aims, while the defender’s credibility and Western support waned amid Cold War tensions.
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Mihailovitch
Belgrade
Russia
Nazis Planned To Bombard N Y
Washington reports Col D L Putt described in the Army Air Forces Review a secret Nazi weapons program at war's end. A bomber designed to reach 154 miles up and a fleet of 100 could threaten any city in days. Also listed were missiles like Enzian Wasserfall X-4 Ruhrstahl Fritz X HS 117 Rheintochter and V-2 among others with wide ranges and radio control.
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Washington
Hitler
New York
Army Air Forces
Col
D. L. Putt
Air Material Command
Technical Intelligence Division
Army Air Forces Review
Putt
Atlantic
Salerno
Rheintochter
Lovesick German Maid Slays Soldier Friend
In Frankfurt a lovesick German housemaid shot and killed Tech Sergeant Steve Chinchar of Tuscarora PA with his service revolver in his billet. Provost Marshal Col Connolly says the pajama-clad killer Frau Leian Ingeborg Fischer was found with the revolver beside the body and will be tried by a military court.
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Col
R. J. Connolly
Tech
Steve Chinchar
Tuscarora
G.I
Ingeborg Fischer
Miss Fischer
Tacoma violator sends $1 with odd excuses
Jane Bradley, Tacoma police court clerk, received a note with a $1 check attached to a parking ticket. The violator offered humorous excuses about a pawned watch, a misprint, a demanding student, and a recent job loss, praising local police fairness in 25 years in Tacoma.
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Tacoma
Wash
Jane Bradley
Vienna Death Rate Tripled Since 1930 Says Report
European headquarters of UNRRA reported Vienna's 1945 mortality rate was three times higher than 1930 and double 1944 figures. The report noted a sharp rise in self harm deaths. Personal crisis reports totaled 1,723 in 1945, up from 670 in 1943 and 408 in 1919.
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London
Vienna
Austria
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Hoover Warns of Vast Army of Criminals and Rising Crime
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover warned of an army of six million criminals amid a rising wave of lawlessness. He cited crime increases, statistics on serious offenses, and posed parental and societal factors as root causes while urging homes to be sanctuaries for good citizenship.
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FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
America
Recreation Cost Put at Four Billion
Washington report estimates 1946 consumer expenditures for recreation will total about 4 billion dollars. Officials say the figure would mark a record high for the nation. Through June, Americans spent about 1.725 billion on recreation, up from 1.455 billion in the same period of 1945.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Escaped thief jailed in absentia for Pearl of Asia theft
Yvon Collette, who escaped a mental hospital a month earlier, received a 10 year sentence and 50 000 franc fine for theft of the Pearl of Asia valued at 200 000 dollars. His wife Georgette and accomplice Joseph Klop also received prison terms and fines. The jewel was recovered from a Marseille hotel tank and returned to R P Robert. Collette remains at large.
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Paris
Yvon Collette
Collette
Georgette
Joseph Klop
Marseille
R. P. Robert
Industry Booms in Russ Reich Area
Berlin reports boom in the Soviet zone of Germany with no unemployment in Saxony and Thuringia, and a labor shortage in parts. American correspondents touring the Saxony Thuringia industrial area heard most finished German factory output goes to Russia for reparations, including Zeiss in Jena, where Russians take about 90 percent of production.
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Germany
Saxony and Thuringia
Saxony - Thuringia
Russia
Zeiss Optical Works
Jena
Japanese Exports Almost Twice Total of Imports
Tokyo reports a favorable postwar trade balance with exports totaling 51.48 million dollars and imports 27.85 million, yielding a surplus over 23 million dollars. The figures were presented to the Allied council for Japan by L P Fleming, head of the SHAEF export import division.
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Tokyo
Japan
Allied Council For Japan
L. P. Fleming
Supreme Headquarters
Fatherly Perception Turns to Fatherhood Comedy
A young couple on a fruit farm bets $200 on a car to reach the hospital and the father-to-be races to aid Marie. He arrives to find Marie kneeling over a carton with five newborn kittens, delaying fatherhood by six weeks.
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Marie
Darling
Kayes
Donalda
Peruvian Railway Construction Claims 11000 Died
The Central Railway of Peru from Callao to Oroya, 138 miles long, was built over 12 years and completed in 1893. It crosses the Andes reaching 15 665 feet, requiring 65 tunnels and 67 bridges. Of 13000 workers, 11000 died from accidents and disease.
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Central Railway of
Peru
Callao
Oroya
Andes
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