Roosevelt’s 1945 Vision: Mobilization and World Peace
President Roosevelt in the State of the Union outlines total war mobilization, universal military training, and a mass nursing need. He calls for the Selective Service amendment, national service for manpower, private industry jobs, and postwar world peace through UN cooperation to end terror in Europe and curb imperialist Japan.
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Congress
Europe
Japan
Organization of World Peace
Roosevelt outlines 1946 budget in tentative plan
President Roosevelt presents a tentative 1946 budget of 83 billion dollars a drop of 17 billion from the current year while war spending in the 1941-46 program rises to 450 billion dollars. He warns actual outlays depend on war front developments and cites possible costs from 60 to 80 billion. Egypt bans tobacco and Turkey supplies most tobacco for Egyptian cigarettes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Germany
Congress
Egypt
Turkey
Cafes Face Meatless Days Across Texas Restaurants
Texas restaurants and hotels may implement meatless days as margarine already appears in use. Patrick Moreland of the Restaurant Association of Texas warns that fish and fowl will be costly and scarce. He cites a War Food Administration order directing slaughterhouses to hold 65 percent of meat for Army buying, hitting steak houses hardest.
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Austin
Texas
Patrick Moreland
Restaurant Association of Texas
WFA
Moreland
Less Gasoline For Civilians Predicted
Deputy Petroleum Administrator Ralph K. Davies said U S gasoline output is at capacity and current civilian rations depend on military needs. If military demands rise, civilians would face less fuel, with more for civilians only if the war in Europe ends soon.
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Washington
Ralph K. Davies
Davies
United Press
Europe
Soup dog rescues purse from thief in Denver incident
Soup the 8 year old German shepherd trotted beside Mrs. Ellen Margheim as a boy ripped her purse from under her arm. The dog clamped onto the purse holding $10, then returned it to Margheim, earning praise for loyalty.
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Denver
Soup
Ellen Margheim
State Wide Vaccination Of Dogs to Be Sought
Austin reports Representative Joe W. Gandy of Winnsboro will propose a bill to require rabies vaccination for all dogs in the state. He notes most cities already mandate vaccination and aims to extend the practice to rural areas and every community when the Legislature convenes next Tuesday.
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Austin
Joe W. Gandy
Winnsboro
Gandy
Over six million public employees in United States
The Census Bureau reports 6,503,000 civilians work for over 155,000 government bodies nationwide. Based on a mid 1944 population of about 138.1 million, this equals roughly one in twenty residents employed by government at federal state or local levels.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Ex-Service Button Sought By Veterans
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt said the War Department has been approached about authorizing a larger and more conspicuous honorable discharge button for ex servicemen. A design was sent to her and forwarded to the War Department, aiming to answer public questions about veterans in or out of uniform while sons fight overseas.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
War Department
Wallet Plowed Under Sparks Field Value Jump
In Oscala Florida H E Cullison saw his field value rise by 380 dollars after a wallet containing cash dropped from his pocket and was accidentally plowed under by a tractor. The owner traced the cash during field checks and confirmed the unusual loss.
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Oscala
Fla
H. E. Cullison
Cullison
Speeding motorist faces ration ticket penalty in New Orleans
OPA agents threatened to penalize a motorist convicted of speeding by confiscating gasoline ration tickets in New Orleans. The man complained he had no A book and admitted burning a mix of coal oil and cleaning fluid in his car.
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New Orleans
OPA
Tax Exemption Proposal Aims at Pensioners in Texas Legislature
Rep. Ennis Favors of Pampa will push a constitutional amendment to exempt old age assistance recipients from city school county and state property taxes. He argues aid to the aged should not be offset by tax collection.
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Austin
Ennis Favors
Pampa
Favors
Divorce Citation Issued In Grayson County Texas
Citation No 53268 commands O H Williams to appear and answer a petition filed January 5 1945 in the Grayson County District Court Sherman Texas. The suit by Viola Williams seeks divorce on three years abandonment with a return date February 26 1945. Clerk V Earnest signs the notice with Deputy Nancy Drake. 4T Feb 1.
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State OF Texas
W. O. Metcalf
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Jean Metcalf
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
State OF
O. H. Williams
Viola Williams
Ss. V. Earnest
Many GIs Expect to Remain in Service
Omar B. Ketchum of the Veterans of Foreign Wars says many service men prefer staying in the armed forces beyond the war. He notes that pay may match or exceed civilian salaries and that enlisted personnel, especially high ranking noncommissioned officers, have urged VFW to oppose their release.
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Washington
Omar B. Ketchum
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Armed Services
Ketchum
VFW
Prudery British retort to Hays ban on sea film
The British film office accused the Hays office of unnecessary prudishness after banning Western Approaches in the United States. It said mild profanity by merchant navy actors is essential to the film’s realism.
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London
British Film Office
Willis Hays
Hays Office
United States
Ministry of Information
Texas Hog Total Down 41 Percent
The Federal division of agricultural statistics reports Texas hog production in 1944 fell about 41 percent from the 1943 record, yet remained 11 percent above the 10-year average. The pig crop was estimated at 2,460,000 head versus 4,183,000 in 1943, with farm plans hinting at further declines toward prewar levels.
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Austin
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Texas
Chinese women bear an average of nine children each
A demographic statistic reports that Chinese women on average have nine children each. It notes national fertility patterns and implications for population planning and social policy.
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United Nations
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Allen T. Short
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Hannah's
Noel Grammers
P. A. Short
H. O. Hannah & Son of
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Bryan Weber
Laura Brown
George Starks
Central Popcorn Company
Schaller
Iowa
Whitewright
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
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Rexall
R. P. Childress
S. Crockett
Denison
Seiberling
W. Main
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