People: Visions

General Douglas MacArthur, expected back in the U.S. within a week or two—for the first time since before the war—was probably the most eagerly awaited visitor since war's end. A possibility: telling a joint session of Congress about the occupation.

Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, back from a tour of bombed Jap cities, pined for more distant latitudes: "The thing I'd like to do most is go back to the South Pole."

Salvador Dali, who will try anything once and usually does, tried designing the well-dressed woman of 2045. She looked a little like a...

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