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Show ! National News Summary I Income Sales and incomes set new records rec-ords in the United States in the final quarter of 1946 according to Commerce Department estimates. estim-ates. Fourth quarter income payments pay-ments are estimated at an annual rate of $173,000,000,000. Estimates Estim-ates indicated consumer spending spend-ing for goods and services at an annual rate of $136,000,000,000, after seasonal adjustments. Paper Shortage Even the government is feeling feel-ing the pinch of the newsprint shortage, which threatens its output out-put of paper work, including the daily Congressional Record, The Federal Register and thousands of miscellaneous forms and sheets. While a sufficient stock is on hand for the first three months of the year, the government govern-ment Printing Office is seriously concerned about obtaining supplies sup-plies for the following three months. t Motor Travel Motor travel in 1946 set a new record with a total of 170,000,-000,000, 170,000,-000,000, according to spokesman for the Public Roads Administration, Administra-tion, who declared that this was some 200,000,000 more miles than the previous record chalked up in 1941 on the country's highways high-ways outside of the cities. Meat Exports Since the production of meat has become normal, the Department Depart-ment of Agriculture has announced announ-ced the resumption of meat sup-( plies exports, discontinued during dur-ing the last quarter of 1946, due to the pre-election shortage. A I total of 115,000,000 pounds of I meat have been allocated for January, February and March I shipment. ' Broadcasts To Russia On February 17, the International Interna-tional Broadcasting Division of the State Department begins j broadcasting daily in Russia in ' an effort to crack the "iron curtain." cur-tain." The emphasis will be on "factual, unbiased news of the world and news of the United States." Casualties Dead and missing in the Navy, the Marine Corps and the Coast Guard from Dec. 7, 1941 to Jan. 1, 1947 totaled 88,939 men and women. Of this total, the Navy lost 62,548, the Marine Corps 24,479 and the Coast Guard 1,912. Surplus Sales Sales of war surplus property, up to the end of 1946, netted the U. S. $1,589,558,000, slightly less than one-fourth of the cost of this material, according to the State Department. |