Show WAR WAH COST TOPS 38 BILLIONS war spending in the first five months of 1945 the closing days of ger banys struggle amounted to the war production board reported friday night the sum was only 15 per cent less than government outlays in the same period of 1944 when the invasion of europe was being mounted total war expenditures since the start of the defense program on july 1 1940 were reported as on the basis of figures compiled by the treasury may expenditures were an increase of over april outlays may thus became one of the two heaviest spending months of the war being exceeded only by march 1945 when outlays were sa 3 the daily rate of spending last month was a daily average 75 per cent higher than in april |