From the January 1946 Time magazine’s short article on the "numbers for 1945" on the American homefront. U.S. statisticians tidied up their books for 1945, produced an adding-machine report on the state of the nation. In twelve months, U.S. citizens tossed off 190,000,000 gallons of whiskey, gin, brandy, rum and cordials, tying 1942's national, post-repeal record for drinking. They had trouble at home—in Reno a record 8,590 divorce suits were filed; in Hamilton County, Tenn., there were five times more marital split-ups than marriages; all across the nation the divorce rate boomed to new levels. Read even more surprising stats at: THE NATION: The Totals - TIME
