45. Feb. 1, 1946. Problem of atomic energy given to UNO comm_Motion pictures, 1940-1949

Army scientists reach the moon with radar. Gouin becomes French

President; picks his Cabinet. President Truman leads March of Dimes

tribute to F.D.R. Personalities in the news: John L. Lewis, General

Donovan; Gene Tierney. Summer sports in Australia.

46. Feb. 5, 1946. World events: transport plane sets record [giant

T.W.A. Constellation]; Churchill goes visiting; 21 killed in plane

crash; Chinese Army off to Manchuria; British wives of GI's come to

U. S. Meet Smoky, hero dog who saved master from drowning. Fashions

for skiing. Florida stages biggest show of Brahman cattle. Sports:

speed skating, snowshoe racing, Millrose games.

47. Feb. 8, 1946. Foreign affairs: Korea, Brazil, Palestine, Egypt.

General Witsell sworn in as Army Adjutant General. Cute Badgett

quads of Texas cut cake for seventh birthday. News of film stars

[Tyrone Power and Annabella]. Sports: table tennis, gliding thrills,

aquabelles.

48. Feb. 11, 1946. Japanese shipped home from China—minus glory.

Army demonstrates mechanical "snake" to clear land mines. Florida

underwater sponge fishermen reap rich harvest. Paris looks gay

again—night life is in full swing. Film stars honored for

outstanding performances [Peggy Ann Garner and Ingrid Bergman].

Water sports in Australia.

49. Feb. 15, 1946. Cardinals-elect fly to Rome for elevation by

Pope. U. S. justices make plea for American brotherhood drive.

Something new in automobiles—the "Bobbi Kar." Philadelphia pays

hero's tribute to Admiral Nimitz. Flash! Queen of Chicago lens aces

wins by photo flash! Sports: basketball upset [New York

University-Notre Dame]; horse racing on ice; championship dog show.

50. Feb. 19, 1946. Steel strike settled. Chester Bowles asks public

help against inflation. New cardinals visit Eire and France on way

to Rome. Dionne Quintuplets quite grown up at Canadian carnival.

Hollywood stars help inaugurate new air service. Native town gives

African GI big welcome home. Sports: baseball, keeping fit,

sand-sailing, ski meet.

51. Feb. 21, 1946. Canadian expedition "invades" Arctic in Army

maneuver. New cardinals meet in Rome for rites of elevation. News

flashes: banquet for UNO members; U. S. UNO delegates return; woman

of the year [Dr. Lise Meitner]; Greek war heroes in New York; new

passenger giant [Douglas DC–6], Sports: fistic fireworks, bobsled

racing, diving high jinks.

52. Feb. 26, 1946. Pope creates 32 cardinals. Texas holds gala

centennial celebration. Thousands parade in St. Paul Victory

Carnival Festival.

53. Mar. 1, 1946. Personalities in the news: Chiang Kai-Shek hailed

in Shanghai; Mrs. Roosevelt confers with President Truman; Winston

Churchill receives degree in Miami. Looking for a house? Here's a

machine that pours 'em! Fashions. Life can be crazy in balmy

Florida—gin rummy helps. Sports: roller skating, wrestling.

54. Mar. 5, 1946. Hirohito startles his subjects; goes democratic on

tour. News of the nation: Truman food committee; houses for

veterans. President Truman asks your support for the Red Cross.

Brilliant fireworks display provided by surplus ammunition. Sports:

baseball training, ski jumping. Carnival on ice in St. Paul.

Versatile bears perform, starring Rosie, "the Verce."

55. Mar. 8. 1946. Churchill urges U. S.-British ties for world

peace. Truman addresses Council of Churches on trip to Columbus. U.

S. cardinals welcomed back from Rome. Snowbound deer saved from

starving. Sports: boxing, ski jumping. Baseball news [Training of

Washington, Detroit and Chicago].

56. Mar. 12, 1946. Preparations made for A-bomb tests off Bikini

atoll. President Truman says British loan is good business. Empress

of Japan follows Hirohito's democratic ways. Hollywood spotlight

[Oscars for 1945 film bests]. Introducing a seven-year-old prodigy

of boogie-woogie. Texas fete brings out new crop of chin whiskers.

Sports: Santa Anita, Florida, Canada. Baseball news.

57. Mar. 15, 1946. Manchurian city [Mukden] during crisis of Red

occupation. General Motors strike settled after 113 days. A Pacific

island is born, erupting out of the sea. Holiday carnivals recapture

gaiety of peacetime. Ravaging cougars captured alive in mountain

hunt. Spring fashions. Sports from Down Under [Australia]. Baseball

news.

58. Mar. 19, 1946. Peron elected President of Argentina. Churchill

in New York again calls for U. S.-British ties. Cardinal Glennon

goes to his final resting place. UNRRA food for hungry of Europe;

cattle for Greece; Italian children fed. Surplus Army guns stored in

plastic "spider webs." Wearers of green march their best on St.

Patrick's Day. Sport flashes: bowling, billiards, baseball.

59. Mar. 22, 1946. Prime Minister King of Canada accuses Reds in spy

case. Flashes of action: new Navy Mars seaplane goes into Pacific

service; Alpine snow avalanche buries French village; surplus

gunpowder destroyed by U. S. Army; obsolete bombs exploded.

Personalities in world events: Trygve Lie in U. S. for UNO meeting;

General Smith new Ambassador to Russia; Leon Blum on a special

mission for France; Winston Churchill ends visit to U. S. Sports:

steeplechase; basketball.

60. Mar. 26, 1946. UNO meets in New York. Truman outlines program in

talk to Democrats. Operation Frostbite [USS Midway in Arctic waters

to test flying equipment in icy weather]. Most sensational murder

trial in French history [Dr. Marcel Petiot]. Names in the news:

Herbert Hoover, Princess Elizabeth, film stars honored for war

services [Linda Darnell and Charles Boyer]. When spring comes to

Chicago, look what happens.

61. Mar. 29, 1946. Crisis in UNO; Soviet delegate walks out over

Iran question. Oklahoma A. & M. wins basketball title in New York

classic.

62. Apr. 2, 1946. World battle for freedom from want: Stassen urges

aid to Europe; La Guardia heads UNRRA. Russian officer arrested by

FBI on spy charges. News flashes: new British air giant [Tudor II];

spectacular fire in Canada. Navy reveals biggest aircraft rocket

"Tiny Tim." Milwaukee makes plans for 1948 centennial. Will Rogers,

Jr. rides father's horse at rodeo. Meet young Raymond, a strong man

at four months of age. Water sports: yacht race, sea cowboys. New

York State income tax.

63. Apr. 5, 1946. United Nations Council vote ends on Iran question.

Tidal waves caused by undersea quakes wreak vast havoc. Erupting

volcano in Japan threatens to wipe out towns. Goering testifies on

Nazi killings at Nuremberg trial. New rocket soars 43–1/2 miles in

stratosphere. Water sports: Gulf of Mexico; Cypress Gardens.

64. Apr. 9, 1946. Truman explains foreign policy in Army Day speech.

World events: Chinese troops enter Mukden; Rumania celebrates Red

Army Day. News of the nation: UN delegates look for new home;

Arizona graveyard for U. S. war planes. Patton Hall dedicated at

Fort Riley. Spring hat fashions. Four hundred thousand see British

Grand National Steeplechase. Herman Keiser's 282 wins Masters' Golf

[Tournament] in Augusta classic.

65. Apr. 12, 1946. League of Nations in final assembly; UN carries

on. U. S. Navy destroys captured Jap subs in target practice.

Canadian gold rush creates Klondike at Yellowknife. News of the

nation; St. Louis, convention of American Theaters Association;

Annapolis, Middies of U. S. Naval Academy march in review. Fashions

for a rainy day. In the animal world [tame deer and spaniel family].

Daring surf riders and summer sports season in Australia.

66. Apr. 16, 1946. Roosevelt home is dedicated as national shrine.

Germany today: cotton from America; steel mills open; black market

roundup. Names in the news: Canada greets new Governor General,

Viscount Alexander of Tunis; Cardinal Gilroy hailed at Sydney.

Aviation news [Navy puts pontoons on seagoing blimp]. Ladies, how

would you like to have this man in your home? Sports: skiing,

boxing.

67. Apr, 19, 1946, MacArthur urges United Nations to renounce war.

Imperial family of Japan poses for newsreels. Trouble in Trieste

creates another crisis in Europe. Eight-year-old victim emphasizes

need for cancer fund. GI families sail for Europe to join hubbies.

Looking for a car? How about these ritzy models? Baseball season

opens.

68. Apr. 23, 1946. Elections in Japan the democratic way under

MacArthur. Appeal to America to save starving millions abroad. "Big

Mo" visits Greece on good will cruise in Mediterranean. Spectacular

fires in the East cause heavy damage. General Eisenhower visits

birthplace on trip to Texas. Greek runner here seeking U. S. aid

wins Boston marathon. Peacetime Easter brings out throngs and

holiday finery.

69. Apr. 26, 1946. President Truman sees spectacular fleet

maneuvers. Action flashes in the news of aviation: airliner crashes

into house in North Hollywood; airborne lifeboat; balloonists thrill

Paris; personalities out of the past: "General" Coxey of Coxey's

army in 1894; Jim Jeffries, heavyweight title winner in 1899.

Australian cowboys take rodeo spills like U. S. brothers. Hollywood

spotlight [fashions]. Story of the three little bears in big debut

at the zoo.

70. Apr. 30, 1946. Big Four meeting in Paris to map peace treaties.

Worst train wreck in recent history takes many lives. News flashes:

Presidential vacation cruise; giant Flying Wing bomber [Northrop

XB–35]; Navy Operation Mothballs [500 inactive warships sprayed and

painted]. Religion [68 priests ordained in Paris], LaGuardia appeals

to wheat farmers to help feed world. Sports: French auto race; Penn

Relays.

71. May 3, 1946. Captured pictures show how Nazi V–2 rocket was

born. News flashes here and abroad: explosion wrecks warship [USS

Solar unloading ammunition off New Jersey]; sunken Jap silver

salvaged; gifts from Tibet; tribute to India's Army. Names in the

news: Admiral Hewitt decorated in Italy; Somerset Maugham presents

novel to Library of Congress. New York slum area razed for world's

biggest housing project. Blessed events are no novelty in this

family of 17 children. Sports: French bicycle race, soccer in

England.

72. May 7, 1946. Alcatraz convicts foiled in prison break attempt.

American Mother of 1946 is first Negro so honored. Apple-blossom

time festivals. Dignified citizens of Penguin Island settle a

problem. Louis and Conn sign for heavyweight title bout. The

Kentucky Derby [Assault wins].

73. May 10, 1946. World events: Russia, Switzerland, France, Japan.

American wheat for the hungry world. News flashes: Coal mine fire in

Australia; policewomen for Tokyo; new propeller for ships. Spring

brings out animals in pups—they wanna fight.

74. May 14, 1946. V–2 rocket soars 75 miles up in U. S. Army test.

Truman warns: The world cannot survive an atomic war. Tojo and 27

Japs on trial in Tokyo for war crimes. Raids on Shanghai black

market in GI goods. World's largest dam [Grand Coulee, in

Washington] is a highway for grazing sheep. Sports: college rowing

regatta, Assault wins Preakness.

75. May 17, 1946. Hoover reports to President on world famine.

Foreign events: De Gaulle pays homage at Clemenceau's grave;

Churchill receives ovation on visit to Holland. Movie industry

collection fund for Red Cross [in Washington, D. C. and Hollywood,

California]. Action flashes in the news: Nazi poison gas dumped into

ocean; iceberg patrol in the Atlantic; fountains of Versailles.

Sports: tennis, bike race, trotting.

76. May 21, 1946. Army plane crashes into Wall Street skyscraper in

fog. Secretary Byrnes reports failure of Paris parley. Foreign

affairs; Humbert II is the new King of Italy; Allies mark VE-Day in

Berlin; Churchill tours Holland. European refugees of war seek new

life in America. Carnival time in Holland, Michigan. Gold miner hits

one hundred thousand dollar jackpot in small bills. Ship-shape

Florida beauties hold sail regatta over sand.

77. May 24, 1946. Operation Crossroads: U. S. Army and Navy ready

for atomic bomb test at Bikini. Strike paralyzes railroad traffic

throughout nation. Eisenhower visits China and Japan in tour of Far

East. Evangeline Booth is honored for her service to humanity.

78. May 28, 1946. President Truman takes firm action to end rail

strike. Coal strike again imperils nation as truce ends. President

Truman keeps date with wounded vets. San Antonio battles polio peril

with barrage of DDT. Louis and Conn train for heavyweight title

fight.

79. May 31, 1946. Coal strike settled. News of the nation: floods

hit Eastern states; U. S. grants loan to France; 8th fleet ends

maneuvers; homecoming from Guam. Names in the news: Sergeant Martin

Maher leaves West Point after fifty years; Booker T. Washington

honored as educator; Henry Ford, fifty years an auto maker.

Inflation in Paris. Baseball news. Mr. and Mrs. George N. Davis,

with 20 children go in for family life in a big way here.

80. June 4, 1946. General Eisenhower has message for U. S. on D-day

anniversary. Foreign events: Rome demonstrations; justice in Prague.

News of the nation: Margaret Truman graduated; New York police

outing for kids; floods rage in Pennsylvania; hospitality for UN.

Cameragraphs [of Choco Indian tribe]. Sports: horse racing.

81. June 7, 1946. Names in the news: Fred M. Vinson as new Chief

Justice and John W. Snyder as new Secretary of the Treasury.

Fifty-eight dead, hundreds injured in tragic Chicago hotel fire.

News flashes from abroad: new Jap cabinet; Rome gives thanks.

Graduation day at West Point and Annapolis. Personalities: General

H. H. Arnold retires as Army Air Forces commander. Ancient gas

buggies chug again in auto jubilee at Detroit. Crowds see display of

winning form at Devon horse show. Peace, it's wonderful! Lucky

sweepstakes winners are back.

82. June 11, 1946. Britain celebrates Victory Day with mammoth

parade. U. S. Army recovers stolen German crown jewels. General

Chiang Kai-Shek moves government back to Nanking. Forty thousand men

attend Holy Name salute to war veterans. Floating dormitory solves

vet problem at Marietta College. Millions of roses used in

Portland's festival parade. Aviation news: airborne tactics; push

button plane; ejector seat. Crowd of 150,000 sees 50–1 shot win the

English Derby.

83. June 14, 1946. On trial for murder: Nazis face justice for

massacre of U. S. war prisoners in Battle of the Bulge. News flashes

of action: new Navy rocket devices; oil refinery fire in Indiana.

Operation Crossroads. Old Jap industry of pearl culture back in

operation. Silly seals swim with or without water in pool. Animals

and men tangle in wildest of jumpin' rodeos at Livermore,

California.

84. June 18, 1946. World events: atomic bomb control plan; Paris

meeting of Big Four; inauguration of Peron [at Buenos Aires].

Aviation [moving the world's greatest airplane]. Fashions for

summer. Mangrum captures U. S. open golf title in three-way

play-off. Lew Lehr launches some big splashes in diving meet.

85. June 21, 1946. Soviet offers own atom-bomb plan, upholding veto.

News flashes: tornado hits U. S. and Canada; couple faces gem theft

trial; Monarchists riot in Rome; Republicans hail new regime. Movie

news: Hollywood stars attend premiere of "Smoky." Sports: tennis,

boxing. Miss Atlantic City [Betty Jones] chosen in beauty pageant

preview.

86. June 26, 1946. Vinson sworn in as nation's thirteenth Chief

Justice. Foreign affairs: France, Austria, India, Mexico. "Flying

stovepipe" reaches speed of 1,500 miles an hour. Cambridge church

services recall colonial days. Fashions for the beach. Sports:

rowing regatta, sheep dog trials, college track meet, St. Louis zoo

chimps stage a real Wild West riding show.

67. June 28, 1946. Gromyko's three vetoes mark UN session on Spanish

issue. News of the nation: fire razes [New York] ferry terminal;

John W. Snyder sworn in as Secretary of the Treasury. Flying Wing's

first flight. Starvation stalks tragic Chinese in civil war. Film

flashes from abroad: France, Belgium, Japan. Entire Gloucester

fishing fleet is blessed in port. Doggy St. Bernards fly to compete

in show of champions. Couple starts life of ups and downs on

merry-go-round.

88. July 2, 1946. Zero hour at Bikini. President Truman explains his

veto of the OPA bill. Des Moines thrilled by colorful Iowa

centennial parade. Sports: yacht race, women's golf.

89. July 3, 1946. News reports here and abroad: V–2 rocket test on

New Mexican desert; [500 Japanese American troops] return from war;

reunion in Japan. UNRRA brings food to the starving people of China.

Plucky girl swims 15 miles to safety in yachting tragedy. Sports:

turf thriller, royal horse show. Here's how they beat the heat in

Chicago—how're you doing?

90. July 9, 1946. Operation Crossroads: fourth atomic bomb exploded

at Bikini in awesome test; bomb away; effects of the blast.

91. July 12, 1946. Mother Cabrini is canonized as first U. S. saint.

News reports from abroad: India, China. Fashions in hats. Huge

throngs hail gala premiere of "Centennial Summer." Sports: tennis,

golf, horseracing, baseball.

92. July 16, 1946. A nation is born: Philippines receive

independence from U. S.—a pledge kept. Foreign affairs: Secretary

Byrnes home; loan to Britain signed; turmoil in Trieste. Paris is

back to normal in many ways. Thrills and spills in the world of

sports.

93. July 19, 1946. Secretary Byrnes reports on Paris peace parleys.

Siam stunned by the mysterious death of its young King. Film flashes

from Europe. Postmaster General's daughter christens destroyer in

Maine. French cycle fans get around in the "cwaziest" ways. Sports.

94. July 23, 1946. News flashes: war heroes honored; gas explosion

at Onset, Massachusetts; the Phantom, Navy's jet fighter plane. U.

S. helps fight food famine. Movie news—"Centennial Summer." Fashions

in hats. Lew Lehr goes a-visiting in his world of pets. Sports:

bathing beauties, boxing in Bangkok, Diaper Derby.

95. July 26, 1946. Mme. Sun Yat-Sen stirs storm in China politics.

News flashes: housing shortage; Hollywood honors stars of "Anna and

the King of Siam"; air routes of the post-war world. Children's

fashions. Shriners parade 15,000 strong in San Francisco. Sports:

Atlantic City race track; gliding; Wacs go fishing in Gulf of

Mexico. Lew Lehr and other chimps pose for Paris sculptor.

96. July 30, 1946. Terrorists bomb Jerusalem hotel in Palestine

crisis. News of the nation: Paris Peace Conference; revival of OPA.

Bernard Shaw, now ninety, grants typical Shavian interview. Lew Lehr

referees the battle of the bathing beauties. Sports: national open

water ski championships; All-American golf tournament.

97. Aug. 2, 1946. Paris Conference meets for signing of peace

treaties. News events from abroad: pageant in Moscow; curfew in

Jerusalem; evacuation of Germans. Film flashes: Cesar Romero and

Tyrone Power attend aviation show; Tom Cummisky crowns Potato Queen.

Ferry-boat disaster in Missouri. Children of Vienna find "real"

drama in Punch and Judy. Hare and hounds chase is thrilling sport in

Australia.

98. Aug. 6, 1946. The amazing spectacle at Bikini: remarkable films

of man's fifth atomic bomb exploding in underwater test.

99. Aug. 9, 1946. First look inside the home of the atomic bomb.

Political sidelights: Truman's vote; Slaughter is defeated; GI's win

in Athens, Tennessee. News flashes: earthquake in West Indies;

gambling ship off California coast; weed killer (2, 4–D) in Canadian

wheat field. Parents see double in this family of four sets of

twins. Sports: sailboat regatta, bullfighting.

100. Aug. 13, 1946. Film reports from abroad: Palestine—[riots in]

Tel Aviv; Brazil [visited by] General Eisenhower; Germany—U-boat

pens; Manila—clearing Philippine Harbor; Antwerp, Belgium—300th

anniversary of Peter Paul Rubens. News of the nation:

Washington—Truman signs terminal leave bill; Moses Lake—[tons of]

mashed potatoes crushed by steam roller; Hollywood premiere of "Anna

and the King of Siam"; Wildwood—baby parade. The Hambletonian

trotting classic won by favorite. Folks, you must meet Herman the

monkey, an all-around star.

101. Aug. 16, 1946. U. S. British ship dispute 4–1/2 million dollar

prize of the sea. World affairs: Paris; Palestine. Aviation [U. S.

Army tests XB–36]. President Truman goes for a walk—and he is brisk.

Sports: 20–mile aquaplane race; form shows in this contest;

motorboat regatta.

102. Aug. 20, 1946. Jewish extremists sentenced; Haifa scene of

tension. Italians, Yugoslavs in conflict over treaty for Italy:

Paris, Moscow, Italy. News flashes: President on vacation; Churchill

as Lord Warden; Miss Texas of 1946 chosen. Lew Lehr discovers pigs

can swim—he's going in for a dip. Sports: speedboat championship;

helicopter to judge racing; Soap-box Derby bicycle championships.

103. Aug. 23, 1946. Admiral Blandy reports on Bikini atom tests.

News flashes: Admiral Halsey in Chile; sports model sea plane;

glacier mountain climbing. Ocean-flying models display fashions over

Atlantic. Mama lion in Paris zoo shows off her new babies. Sports:

baseball, billiards, swim meet.

104. Aug. 27, 1946. Yugoslav crisis eased by release of American

fliers. Prosecutors sum up against Nazi gang at Nuremberg.

Personalities in the news: President Truman takes a swim; Aga Khan

weighed in diamonds; Pope Pius goes for a rest. Alpine thrills:

school for mountain guides; air exploit in the Alps. Sports:

football, diving.

Volume 29, 1946/47.

1. Aug. 30, 1946. Refugees barred from Palestine land at Cyprus. UN

Security Council opens new session; U. S.—Soviet clash.

Personalities in world news: King George of Greece awaits call to

return; Monty of "Alamein" on visit to Canada; President Truman

fishes, has no luck. Cameragraphs [thrills of whaling filmed off the

Chilean coast]. Sports: tennis, football. Youngest set has its day:

cutest threesomes; 1946 baby champion.

2. Sept. 3, 1946. Halsey speaks out on the freedom of the seas. Army

demonstrates "ejection seat" for saving pilot's lives. News flashes:

Nisei heroes home; ocean wanders. Hollywood fashions. Sports: rodeo,

golf, hunt. Canadian girls go streamline.

3. Sept. 6, 1946. Trouble spots of the world. Yugoslavia, Greece,

the Mediterranean, Palestine. Eisenhower speaks to the Veterans of

Foreign Wars. Thrilled thousands watch national air races at

Cleveland. Sports: auto racing, ice skating. Jitterbug frolic at

Harvest Moon Ball in New York.

4. Sept. 10, 1946. Secretary Byrnes makes declaration of U. S.

policy on Germany. Constant conflict marks deportation of Jews to

Cyprus. Seaports of entire nation tied up by shipping strike.

Two-year-old baby is sole survivor of airliner tragedy. Sports:

tennis, polo. California girl wins crown of Miss America.

5. Sept. 13, 1946. London Conference seeks solution for Palestine

problem. Monty of Alamein welcomed here on first visit to U. S.

Religion: Lourdes pilgrimage. Aviation [safety harness tested].

Fashions for Brazil. Hint for hot-heads: man takes air trip in cake

of ice. Sports: model plane meet, boomerang throwers.

45. Feb. 1, 1946. Problem of atomic energy given to UNO commission.