Government payrolls rise as wartime costs burden families
A Western Newspaper Union piece argues federal and local payroll growth burdens average families. It notes 6.763 million civilian workers, 3.589 million federal and 3.183 million local payrolls, with claims of mounting taxes and debt. It urges payroll reductions and critiques bureaucratic government. The column also comments on Japan's surrender and shifts in Japan's governance under General MacArthur, and reflects on postwar mobility and a nostalgic bike era. It closes praising the American private enterprise system as essential to wartime and allied relief.
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Washington
Byrd
General MacArthur
Napoleon
Real Values of Life and War-Era Habits Reflected
In a guest column, Clin ton P. Anderson recalls postwar travel from a Sunday family drive, noting faster traffic and longing for wartime gasoline rationing. He reflects on car pools, neighborly ties, victory gardens, and practical shifts from war to peace, highlighting lasting lessons about simplicity and reliability of old cars and routines.
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Henry Ansley
Amarillo
Texas
Guest columnists carry Walter Winchell's column this month
With Walter Winchell away this month, the column will be written by guest writers. The arrangement maintains the familiar column format while he is absent.
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Walter Winchell
Broadway and Elsewhere By JACK LAST
Whispered in Washington impending changes Lt Gen Kenney to succeed Gen Arnold as chief of Army Air forces. Admiral Nimitz to get Admiral King post when King retires. Undersecretary Sullivan favored to fill in if Secretary Forrestal steps down. Commerce Secretary Wallace uncertain of sticking. Senate labor bloc to push Truman left or third party. Wagner Kilgore Pepper Hill Guffey Murray target Magnuson Thomas Mead. Congress to battle Army policy on discharges and points system. Army resists, seeks large force for reconversion.
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Washington
Kenney
Gen. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Nimitz
King
Navy
Sullivan
Secretary of the Navy
Forrestal
Commerce Wallace
Senate
CIO
Sidney Hillman
Vito Marcantonio
Truman
American Labor Party
Wagner
Kilgore
Pepper
Hill
Guffey
Murray
Magnuson
Thomas and Mead
Hollywood Stars and Newsreel Heroes Across The News
The report highlights Clark Gable’s real name and casting notes for William Rogers and Joel McCrea, Lt. Henry Fonda’s Bronze Star in the Mariannas, and Robert Donat’s brief 1930s film return. It notes Jack Dempsey’s life renting Estelle Taylor’s house, Empire State Building crash coverage, and Wong the Metro photographer’s postflight New York dispatch.
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Clark Gable
William — William Clark Gable
Warners
Wil Rogers
Joel McCrea
Henry Fonda
MGM
Robert Donat
England
Marlene Dietrich
Jack Dempsey
Estelle Taylor
Jack
Estelle
Paul Small
Mauler
Empire State Building
Wong
Metro
Globe
Gen. MacArthur
Luzon
New York
Empire State
Congress investigates Hollywood Red activity in 1930s
Investigators from two congressional committees probe Communist groups in Hollywood and the nearby film community. As Earl Browder’s degraded party wears thin, many in the picture colony rush to demonstrate loyalty. A resolution condemning communism is defeated by the Central Labor Council of California crafts section.
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Hollywood
Earl Browder
Picture Colony
Central Labor Council of California
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Jack Last
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Harold R. Stark
Walter C. Short
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William D. Leahy
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Tokyo
Robert L. Eichelberger
U. S
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