Congress Fashions 5 Percent Tax Cut for 1946
The Western Newspaper Union notes a proposed 2 percent cut in individual income taxes and near 3 billion in corporate relief, with exemptions for dependents, and phased postwar policies. Social security payroll taxes remain frozen at 1 percent. GIs would avoid wartime service taxes, with officers allowed three-year liability spreading. Hopes rise for a voluntary management labor peace pact.
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Senate
House
John Q
G.i.s
Wage talks and postwar reconversion loom in GI era dispute
Government and industry leaders push toward a postwar pay pattern as UAW and General Motors clash over a 30 percent wage rise while wartime profits are debated. Congress weighs a one year youth military training program as Japan's zaibatsu faces dissolution and political reform unfolds.
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Henry Ford II
United Automobile Workers
UAW
General Motors
CIO
Japan
Nippon
Zaibatsu
Global Pact Creates FAO First Permanent UN Body
The Food and Agriculture Organization formed in Quebec with 30 nations signing its constitution. While lacking enforcement powers, FAO aims to share information and aid to boost agricultural output and nutrition, addressing widespread hunger reported in two thirds of the world. Signatories include Australia Canada China Denmark Dominican Republic Egypt France Greece Guatemala Honduras Iceland India Iraq Liberia Luxembourg Czechoslovakia Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Norway Panama Peru Union of South Africa Philippines England United States and Venezuela.
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United Nations
Food and Agriculture Organization
FAO
Chateau Frontenac
Quebec
Canada
Australia
Belgium
China
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Egypt
France
Greece
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Iceland
India
Iraq
Liberia
Luxembourg
Czechoslovakia
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Norway
Panama
Peru
Union of South Africa
Philippines
England
United States
Venezuela
France Faces New Political Charter Amid Party Alignments
France’s three major parties the Communists Socialists and Popular Republican movement move to draft a new constitution. The PRM led by Bidault backed by General De Gaulle positions as a moderating force between Communists and Socialists. A Western bloc alignment forms around anti Communist views while the PRM pursues a moderate path.
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France
Communists, Socialists
Popular Republican Movement
de Gaulle
Bidault
PRM
Fire raids show U S cities vulnerable to air attacks
After touring war-torn Europe Anthony J. Mullaney Chicago chief fire marshal warned no great city can endure concentrated explosive and incendiary raids. He cited Hamburg's brick walls firebreaks and efficient fire department as contrast to vulnerable frame buildings and dense wooden structures in American cities. The Hamburg blaze produced fire storms with 1400 degree heat and over 40000 deaths.
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Europe
Anthony J. Mullaney
Chicago
Ill
Mullaney
Hamburg
Germany
Navy plans new demobilization scores for 800000 by next year
The Navy aims to release about 800000 more personnel by year end through updated discharge scores. After November 1 lower scores are set, December 1 may bring further cuts. Male officers 44 points, enlisted 39, WAVE officers 30, enlisted WAVEs 24. Existing computation remains: age 0.5 per year, service 0.5 per month, dependents 10, overseas service 0.25 per month since Sept 1 1939.
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Navy
U.S
President Truman Enjoys Junket Thrills Across Missouri and Europe
President Truman revels in two months of travel filled with small-town fun in Caruthersville Missouri and a high seas layover with Congress members aboard the Queen Mary. He spitt ed in the Mississippi river and rang a locomotive bell with War Mobilizer John Snyder while Postmaster Bailey S Brooks and local cronies shared tales. A Senate delegation aboard the Queen Mary faced a midnight bomb scare but found no danger as they hung on to vacation spirits during a rare political respite.
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Washington
Truman
Mark Twain
White House
Caruthersville
Mississippi
The
American Legion
United States
Meuse
John Snyder
Missouri-Arkansas
Harry
Secret Service
Majestic
Mississippi River
Nearl Helm
Europe
Louis Rabaut
Michigan
House Appropriations Committee
Dean Gillespie
Colorado
Robert Jones
Ohio
Butler Hare
South Carolina
Thomas O’brien
Illinois
John Kerr
North Carolina
Kerr
Rabaut
Japan
Judge Kerr
Auto Market Outlook Postwar Demand Surges
Alexander Hamilton Institute estimates domestic demand for autos next year at 9,843,000 units after factoring 331,000 for population growth. U S passenger cars in operation peaked at 27,364,000 in 1942, with only 21,921,000 expected in early 1946, leaving a shortfall of 6,768,000 below normal and potentially 2,744,000 more scrapped in 1946.
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Alexander Hamilton Institute
United States
Turkey supplies secured for Thanksgiving and Christmas
G I s and civilians receive ample turkey supplies despite smaller birds as producers speed up for government demand. Army quartermaster corps had purchased birds as early as August and stocks are already dressed or en route overseas.
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G.i.s
Army Quartermaster Corps
Noted Army Leader Praises WPA Pride in Work
Notes from a New Yorker recount a Pentagon conversation where Gen George Marshall praised job by job pride and accomplishment charts as backbone of discipline and combat spirit. The piece also recalls President Truman at Judge Clark's wedding, commenting on a suit’s value in France and the president’s witty reply about a vest.
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New
George Marshall
U. S. Army
Adolph A. Berle, Jr
Harding quip on U S foreign policy two policies
President Harding joked that Americans were often confused by the United States having two foreign policies. He quipped that the two were the Secretary of State's and that of Nicholas Murray Butler.
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Harding
U. S
Sec
Nicholas Murray Butler
Famous men mirrored in skilled crafts through history
The passage notes Paul Revere as a silversmith, Thomas Jefferson as an architect, Winston Churchill as a bricklayer, and Haig as a leather worker, framing their talents as hobbies reflecting their stature in history.
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Paul Revere
Thomas Jefferson
Winston Churchill
Great Britain
Field Marshal Haig
GI Returns with Luger Swap at Dock
An anxious returning serviceman tries to bring back a Luger pistol as a souvenir. A pal agrees to take responsibility and swap packs before debarkation, avoiding searches. Minutes after landing they meet and the GI learns his friend's pack holds twelve guns.
Kentucky Colonel Overcharged for Bourbon in Paris
A Kentucky colonel was billed $50 for a quart of bourbon in Paris. His companion noted the high price, while the colonel insisted it was the first time he had paid near the fair price he always thought was right.
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Kentucky
Paris
Statue of Liberty Left Hand Holds Declaration Tablet
A description notes the right hand bears a torch while the left holds a Declaration of Independence tablet inscribed July 4 1776. Harlem is described with three sleeper shifts and both slum areas and lavish penthouses. Met Opera balcony seating allows limited stage view from side seats.
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Harlem
Cosmopolitan Shops of Park Avenue and Riverside Drive
The text highlights Uppity Park Ave shops serving a cosmopolitan trade with linguist clerks and a vivid Riverside Drive waterfront, where winter nears as the sunset glows and people on Broadway absorb in lively street chatter and cigars.
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