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Show Marriage Rate Decline In Big Cities Continues WASHINGTON. The downward trend in the marriage rate, which began in 1943, continued in the first half of 1944. The census bureau reported that 260,679 marriage licenses were issued is-sued in cities of 100,000 or more in the first six months of 1944 compared com-pared with 278,494 in the same period pe-riod last year, a decline of 6.4 per cent. The bureau predicted a declining marriage rate until men are discharged dis-charged from the armed forces in considerable numbers. a |