19. Mar. 5, 1948. Vandenberg urges Marshall Plan to stop ano_Motion pictures, 1940-1949

war. Religion: miracle of Assisi. Bowery derelicts get a chance to

start life anew [with the aid of the Bowery Comeback Association].

Along Broadway: "Naked City" premiere [Sister Kenny, Nick Matsukas,

and Ed Sullivan are present]. Baseball [spring training]. Notre

Dame-NYU basketball. Iron Mountain [Michigan] ski jumping.

20. Mar. 9, 1948. Presidential campaign headlines: Truman announces

his candidacy; MacArthur says he will run if nominated. De Gaulle at

Compiègne. Barbara Ann Scott [in Montreal]. Aviation: gliding meet

[in San Diego, Calif.]. Golden Gloves [tournament at Madison Square

Garden]. New York Yankees training [St. Petersburg, Fla.]; Boston

Braves [at Bradenton, Fla.]; Chicago Cubs [at Los Angeles]. Santa

Anita Derby [won by Salmagundi].

21. Mar. 12, 1948. President [Conzalez Videla] of Chile visits

Antarctic in claimstaking rush. Chicago-Miami plane crashes on

take-off. Michael of Rumania [arrives in New York with former Queen

Helen]. Jan Masaryk [suicide]. J. Arthur Rank [arrives in New York].

De Valera in New York. Alabama's governor, "Kissin' Jim" Folsom,

shows talent. California [University] crew practice. Women's curling

[at Wisconsin's Wauwatosa Club]. U. S. Olympic heroes home [Gretchen

Frazer and Dick Button]. Barbara Ann Scott [welcomed in Ottawa by

Prime Minister Mackenzie King]. Philadelphia Athletics [in Palm

Beach]; Cleveland Indians [in Tucson]; St. Louis Cardinals [in St.

Petersburg].

22. Mar. 16, 1948. Democracies move against the peril of Communism;

Secretary Marshall urges calmness in crisis; ex-Secretary Byrnes

says U. S. must be strong; five European nations sign defense pact

[Great Britain, France, Holland, Belgium, and Luxembourg]; Pope

rallies Catholics against Communism. Miners walk out to back Lewis

in demand for pension. General Myers jailed. U. S. and England sign

film pact [Eric Johnston and Harold Wilson]. Film executives get law

degrees [J. Arthur Rank and Spyros Skouras]. Brooklyn Dodgers [at

Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Republic]. Bowling Congress [Andy

Varipapa and others in Detroit]. Winter water skiing [Seattle,

Wash.].

23. Mar. 19, 1948. Truman asks for armed strength to stop Russia. UN

to investigate Soviet seizure of Czechoslovakia. Communists stage

pompous funeral for Jan Masaryk. Dramatic story of G. I. [Jack

Grunden] shot by Reds in Vienna. Hundreds of U. S. tanks and trucks

shipped to Turkey. "Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!" World premier [at

Sedalia, Mo.]. Irish of New York parade on sunny St. Patrick's Day.

St. Louis beats NYU for invitation basketball title.

24. Mar. 23, 1948. Tornado takes huge toll as it sweeps through

Midwest. Hollywood spotlight: Academy awards [presented to Darryl

Zanuck, Elia Kazan, Loretta Young, Ronald Colman, Celeste Holm,

Edmund Gwenn]. XP–87 jet fighter [Muroc, Calif.]. Jet fighter lands

on carrier ["Boxer" off California coast]. Fashions: evening gowns.

Forty-three star, 14 finish Grand National Steeplechase [Sheila's

Cottage wins at Aintree, England]. Sweepstakes winners.

25. Mar. 26, 1946. UN hears charge of Soviet coup in Czechoslovakia.

Secretary of Defense Forrestal asks 19 to 25 draft. War goods

shipped to Russia arouses controversy in U. S. Jet fighters used in

Air Force tests with buzz bombs [Eglin, Fla.]. Army plane flies

entertainers to Alaskan outpost. College cowboys ride for glory in

[Tucson] Arizona.

26. Mar. 30, 1948. The Nation observes Easter: New York City,

Hollywood Bowl, Death Valley. Congress honors late [General] Billy

Mitchell with special medal. Winds lash Chicago. Navy rocket tests

[California]. Miami Beach hails world premier of the motion picture,

"Sitting Pretty." Deep sea fishing [members of Yale University

expedition at the Bay of Islands, New Zealand]. Speedboat record

[Guy Lombardo at Indian Creek, Miami].

27. Apr. 2, 1948. Italy faces choice of dictatorship or democracy.

Army aims at peace through science and strength. Tornadoes hit air

depot [Tinker Field, Oklahoma City]. Schwab mansion razed [New

York]. Fashions in belts. Phillips-Kentucky basketball [New York].

Jamaica racing.

28. Apr. 6, 1948. U. S., Britain force Reds to back down on Berlin

blockade. Truman signs foreign aid bill. Mountbatten in Burma.

General Spaatz retires. Drew Pearson eats his hat. Speaker of House,

Joe Martin, talks on tax reduction. Governors launch Middle South

Area development plan. Mrs. Roosevelt in England. Princess Ann

selects trousseau. Eisenhower and grandson. Women's National A.A.U.

swim meet at Daytona Beach.

29. Apr. 9, 1948. Stassen sweeps GOP primary in Wisconsin. Bogota

conference. Italian [military] parade. Paul G. Hoffman heads ERP.

Mrs. Roosevelt meets royal family [of Great Britain]. Belgian Prince

Regent visits Truman. Governor Bradford signs $200,000,000 housing

bill. Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts opens springtime show. This baby

elephant [of Dailey Brothers Circus] decides not to be a dumb bunny.

Sydney Cup [Randwick] Australia. Dixie Water Ski Meet [Cypress

Gardens] Florida.

30. Apr. 13, 1948. Army Day in New York. Army Day in Trieste. Red

demonstration in Milan. Four year old musical prodigy [Jerard

Jennings]. Eye filling bathing suits. Novel eye glasses. Masters'

golf tournament [Augusta]. Girls baseball league training. Outboard

motorboat race.

31. Apr. 16, 1948. Dramatic scenes of revolution in Bogota,

Colombia. Crucial election in Italy rouses world interest. London

monument honors memory of Roosevelt [unveiled by Mrs. Roosevelt in

the presence of the royal family and Winston Churchill]. P–84 jet

fighters [Dow Field, Maine]. Cardinal Spellman makes an appeal for

Catholic charities. Sports: Louis-Walcott sign up; Gold Cup regatta

[Miami, Fla.]

32. Apr. 20, 1948. Italian people vote against Communism. Trieste

demonstration [for reunion with Italy]. Bogota after revolution.

Helicopter helps to build church in Grand Canyon. This school

teaches grown-ups the art of baby-sitting. Yanks win baseball opener

[President Truman throws first ball in Washington game].

International Golden Gloves [matches in Chicago]. Citation wins

[Chesapeake Stakes at Havre de Grace].

33. Apr. 23, 1948. Mystery shooting of Walter Reuther, automobile

union leader. Sixteen ERP nations sign [in] Paris. General De Gaulle

[in] Marseilles. Film industry dedicates its new hospital [in Los

Angeles; talks by Jean Hersholt and Mayor Bowron]. U. S. submarines

[sent to reinforce Turkish navy]. U. S. planes reactivated [Kelly

Field, Texas]. Variety Clubs hail Marshall; hear Stassen [make a

speech in Miami Beach]. Dodgers-Giants baseball [New York]. Harness

racing [at] Santa Anita.

34. Apr. 27, 1948. Bogota Conference [finds new quarters after

revolution]. Churchill talks [in London]. Battleship "Texas" [now a

state monument at San Jacinto, honored by Admiral Nimitz and Jesse

Jones]. Testing torpedoes [California]. New York opens national

appeal for needy children of world. Lew Lehr's "new look" for men.

Bankers conference hears L. M. Giannini on U. S. leadership. Sports:

Penn relays [Philadelphia]; British soccer [London].

35. Apr. 30, 1948. Britain's monarchs acclaimed on their Silver

Anniversary, Windsor Castle: Order of the Garter ceremony for

Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip. Red post-election

demonstration in Milan is a fiasco. Public works: Puerto Rico dam.

The feminine world: Mrs. Helen Hines, American mother of 1948; Mrs.

John Cole, 27–year-old mother of 10. Sports: jockey [John Longden]

sets record; auto helldrivers [Jimmy Martin's crew in Riverside,

Calif.]; shooting the rapids [at Eugene, Oregon.]

36. May 4, 1948. Eisenhower holds press conference at Columbia

University. Film flashes: New York loyalty parade; Japan Eucharistic

Procession; Winchester, Virginia Apple Blossom Festival; Burned-out

Laramie helped by Little Marshall Plan. Fashions in [cloth of] gold.

Citation wins Kentucky Derby.

37. May 7, 1948. Republicans battle for presidential nomination.

Taft-Stassen [contest] in Ohio. Dewey in Oregon. President Truman

speaks about housing and family welfare. The news ticker: Long

Island gas blast; tornadoes wreak havoc in St. Clair, W. Va.;

General Wainwright honored by Masons; spring fever hits chimpanzees,

and they clean-up. Sports: U. S. prepares for Olympics [at Penn

State College]. Men gymnasts and women divers [perform].

38. May 11, 1948. Railroads seized by U. S. as strike threatens

nation. News of the nation: Norman Thomas nominated [by Socialists];

Navy obstacle course [Dunking Drill preliminary to summer cruise].

Something new in baby shows: China "dolls" come to life [in

Chinatown Baby Parade at San Francisco]. Mexican sweepstake winners.

Sports: Goodall Golf Tournament in New York; all-Navy boxing [in San

Diego, Calif.]; women wrestlers in Boston.

39. May 14, 1948. Churchill in Holland. Secretary Marshall on U.

S.-Russia talks. Personalities in the news: Mr. Skouras gets $10,000

check [for United Nations Appeal for Children]. Ex-Premier [Jonas

Cernius] of Lithuania [in Newark]. Reds, vets fight at New York

premiere of "Iron Curtain." Airborne troops fill the skies in war

maneuvers [at Camp Campbell, Ky.]. Sports: French fencing; woman

jockeys; British boxing.

40. May 18, 1948. Rebirth of Jewish state of Israel marked by war:

Haganah takes city of Haifa; N. Y. rally hails Jewish state. Italian

president [Luigi Einaudi, congratulated by Premier de Gasperi after

election]; Princess Elizabeth [of England] in Paris; President

Truman makes prediction [of Democratic victory]. Gay parade hails

Cotton Carnival in Memphis. Sports: Citation wins Preakness;

Celebrities golf [Washington]; Olympic skaters.

41. May 21, 1948. Dewey and Stassen debate outlawing of Communism.

Jewish state proclaimed at Tel Aviv. Free election held in the

American zone of Korea. Flower fashions. Sports: Girl gymnasts from

Sweden; Monaco auto race [the Grand Prix]; dynamite girl.

42. May 25, 1948. Dewey beats Stassen in Oregon [primary to select

Republican convention delegates]. President Truman at Girard College

[Philadelphia]. Father of the year [Clarkson F. Warden of Ann Arbor,

Mich.]. Dutch palace burns [at The Hague]. Navy jet fighters [on

carrier Saipan]. 15,000 boys stage great spectacle in Scout-O-Rama.

Dutch celebration hails tulip time in Holland, Michigan. Morris and

Essex Dog Show [Madison, N. J.]. Sports: Roosevelt Raceway trotting;

women's auto race.

43. May 28, 1948. UN faces crisis over war in Palestine. New York

rally hears appeals to help needy children [General Marshall and

Chairman Spyros Skouras speak for UN's American Overseas Aid].

Princess Elizabeth at race-track in Paris. Jesse James [of Lawton,

Oklahoma, claims to be former outlaw]. Canadian oil well on rampage

[Leduc oil field in Alberta]. "Green Grass of Wyoming" has world

premiere in [Lancaster] Ohio. Boys Town is final resting place for

Father Flanagan. Hogan wins PGA Golf Tourney at St. Louis.

44. June 1, 1948. Navy sinks famed A-bomb warship "Salt Lake City."

Chinese elections [at Nanking; Chiang Kai-shek elected President].

Cardinal Spellman [Eamon De Valera, and Monsignor Sheen] in

Australia. New Swiss Guards for Vatican. Drew Pearson, Father of the

Year [decorated by General Eisenhower]. New-born bear cubs learn

about life. Sports: Chinese track meet [in Shanghai]; Louis and

Walcott training [for heavyweight championship].

45. June 4, 1948. 100,000 homeless as Columbia River goes on

rampage. Palestine: Tel Aviv bombed by air. India: Gandhi's assassin

on trial. Marshall [Plan ship arrives at Genoa] Italy. President

Truman observes Memorial Day [at Arlington National Cemetery].

Byrnes and Vandenberg honored at Columbia University. Indianapolis

auto race [won by Mauri Rose]. German boxing [championship retained

by Hein Ten Hoff].

46. June 8, 1948. Tension over truce brings new climax to Palestine

War. President tours the Nation; speaks at Chicago; [parades with

veterans in Omaha]. 410 midshipmen say farewell to Annapolis. Midget

auto race [Polo Grounds, New York]. English Derby [won by My Love].

Sweepstakes ticket brings $25,000 to Bronx family [of Frank

Bisconti].

47. June 11, 1948. Palestine truce opens the way to peace. President

Truman hailed in Far West. Senator Vandenberg on ERP [before Senate

Appropriations Committee]. Atlantic City, Shriners parade. West

Point graduation. President Auriol visits Normandie. U. S. visitors

[shopping in] Canada. U. S. Olympic divers [Marjorie Guestring,

Sammy Lee, and others] display fine form at Los Angeles.

48. June 15, 1948. President, hailed at Los Angeles, flays Congress,

and winds up tour of Nation. Italy: recently-elected President Luigi

Einaudi takes command of the army. Japan: Cardinal Spellman calls on

the Mikado in Tokyo. Paris [U. S. war dead honored at tomb of

Napoleon]. Santa Cruz [Reba Watterson selected as California's entry

in Miss America contest]. New Jersey: Miss Atlantic City title goes

to Wanda Sullivan. Sports: horseracing [Tokyo]; gymnastics [Austrian

Olympic candidates at Salzburg]; water skiing [Cypress Gardens,

Fla.]

49. June 18, 1948. President hailed at Los Angeles; flays Congress.

Truman winds up tour of nation. Foreign flashes: President [Einaudi]

of Italy; Cardinal Spellman in Japan; U. S. memorial in Paris. Santa

Cruz, California, selects entry for Miss America. New Jersey: Miss

Atlantic City chosen. Sports: Nippon Derby [at Tokyo]; Austrian

gymnasts [at Salzberg]; water skiing [at Cypress Gardens, Fla.].

50. June 22, 1948. The Republican 1948 convention in Philadelphia

[arrival of delegates and candidates; General Wainwright, Speaker

Joe Martin, Earl Warren, and others; Stassen and Taft headquarters;

opening ceremonies; keynote address by Governor Green of Illinois].

Sports: Splashketball [at New London, Conn.]; Salinas [Calif.]

rodeo.

51. June 25, 1948. Dewey wins! New York governor nominated by

Republicans. [Speaker Martin takes over as permanent chairman;

address by former president Hoover. Nominations: Senator Martin

places Dewey's name in race; Bricker nominates Taft; Representative

Walter Judd presents Stassen. First two ballots cast. Warren and

Taft withdraw in favor of Dewey; Stassen, Martin, others withdraw to

make Dewey nomination unanimous. Dewey appears and is greeted with

ovation. Accepts nomination.]

52. June 29, 1948. [Earl] Warren nominated for vice president by the

Republicans. German story: [Russian currency issued in Berlin; U. S.

and British planes fly food to city during Red blockade]. Palestine:

[refugee movements to and from Israel, during truce period].

Mountbatten leaves India [Governor General relinquishes post; first

Hindu Governor General installed]. Miss America of 1947 weds

[Barbara Walker of Memphis]. Sports: Joe Louis quits the ring [after

victory over Joe Walcott]; kids' Soap Box Derby [Ellwangen,

Germany].

53. July 2, 1948. Venezuela President [Gallegos visits Truman in

Washington]. Dewey and Warren at Pawling, N. Y. Eric Johnston says

British film quota is unreasonable. King Gustav [of Sweden has]

ninetieth birthday. Genzano [Italy] street paved with flowers. AFL

union show in Milwaukee. Tyrone Power talks to graduating class at

Tampa University. Sports: women's AAU diving and swimming [at San

Diego]; Olympic bike race [at Milwaukee]; kids' rodeo [at Eugene,

Or.].

54. July 6, 1948. Latest films of East-West Berlin crisis [breakup

of four-power Kommandatura; black market and currency confusion;

blockade of land travel from West Germany]. Pope Pius is hailed by

vast throng of workers in Rome. Secretary [of the Army] Royall tells

how new draft law will work. Youngsters learn about government in

own junior city [in Kansas City]. Sports: racing; Grand Prix [auto

race in Monaco]; fishing; porpoise hunt [in Florida]; boxing; U. S.

Olympic finals [in Boston].

55. July 9, 1948. Japanese city [Fukui] wiped out by earthquake. U.

S. planes ease food shortage in Berlin crisis. Eisenhower greets

fellow-freshmen at the Columbia University. Chinese-American bathing

beauties parade for title. England: [Falkenburg aces Australia's

Bromwich in] Wimbledon tennis. Bavaria: German daredevil [walks

tight wire over the Bavarian Alps]. Georgia: stock car race [at

Lakewood Speedway in Atlanta].

56. July 13, 1948. The Democratic 1948 convention in Philadelphia

[delegates and leaders arrive]. Palestine: British evacuation;

parley between Jews and Arabs; Jewish refugees bound for Palestine.

Count Bernadotte arrives in New York. Japan: General MacArthur and

General Eichelberger attend military parade.

57. July 16, 1948. Truman, Barkley nominated by Democrats [at the

Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia]. Southern group

[Mississippi and Alabama] bolts the convention. Truman in violent

attack on GOP.

58. July 20, 1948. Security Council vote forces new Palestine truce.

Nation mourns General Pershing, dead at 87. "Dixiecrats" hold own

convention at Birmingham. World events: Berlin situation [fleets of

planes come to Templehof Airport]. Togliatti shooting [Italian

Communist leader wounded after assassination attempt]. Durocher

[welcomed by Giants] and Shotten [welcomed by Dodgers]. One-hundred

thousand-dollar Gold Cup [Race; turf-goers join Hollywood Park to

watch Shannon II, an Australian horse, win.]

59. July 23, 1948. East-West crisis at a climax over "battle of

Berlin." General Clay arrives [in Washington] with report; American

B–29's fly to England; U. S., British jets cross Atlantic;

anti-Communist rally in Berlin. News flashes: Hershey [director of

Selective Service] and volunteers; Lieutenant Murphy [most decorated

American soldier, receives Legion of Honor in France]. Commies

arrested [top leadership in American Communist Party is arraigned in

New York]. Athletes [Olympic team] arrive in England. Portola trek

[modern horsemen follow the trail of Spanish adventurers in

California]. Sports: Olympic torch is lighted; water skiing [in

Seattle]; sand skiing [in Colorado].

60. July 27, 1948. Third party nominates Wallace. General Clay, U.

S. chief in Berlin, reports on crisis. Dewey holds conferences on

foreign affairs. Giant 180–passenger transport plane [Constitution]

joins U. S. Navy. Ku Klux Klan meets [in Georgia] to initiate 500

new members. Parade and frolic mark aquatennial at Minneapolis.

Killer admits mass slaying [in Van West, Ohio].

61. July 30, 1948. President demands action by Congress in special

session. Taft speaks for the Republicans. News flashes: Canadian

ship on reef [off the coast of British Columbia]; pneumatic weapons;

whaling off British Columbia; grasshopper plague in Argentine;

Chicago celebrates railroad centennial. Sports: Sydney [Australia]

dog show; skiing Australia [in New South Wales]; Del Mar

[California] racing opens.

62. Aug. 3, 1948. World's greatest airport opened at New York.

Congress probes Communist spy ring in U. S. Thousands killed and

injured in German blast [at I. G. Farben chemical plant]. Broadway

show [cast of "The Play's the Thing"] flies to Colorado to aid

Central City fete. Olympic games [at Wembley Stadium in London].

63. Aug. 6, 1948. Dramatic hearings in Washington on Red spies in U.

S. Dayton, Ohio: Univis Lens Company strike. Longview, Wash.: dock

fire. Independence, Mo.: Truman walks and votes. U. S. athletic

stars shine in London's Olympic Games.

64. Aug. 10, 1948. Red spy hearings [in Washington] reveal Russia

got A-bomb material. England releases first pictures of its atomic

plant [at Harwell]. Hollywood stars aid UN charity show in Paris.

High wire walker celebrates his 82nd birthday [Ivy Baldwin of

Eldorado Springs, Colo.]. Americans in clean sweep of Olympic events

in London.

65. Aug. 13, 1948. Ex-U. S. government officials [Victor Perlo and

others] deny Red espionage charges [made by Elizabeth Bentley in

Washington]. Violence marks flight of Soviet teachers in New York

[Samarin and Mrs. Kosenkina flee Russian control]. Olympics:

marathon and relay [in London]. Trotting: Hambletonian [at Goshen,

N. Y.]. Golf: Tam O'Shanter [Tournament in Chicago]. Racing: Del Mar

[Los Angeles].

66. Aug. 17, 1948. Babe Ruth passes [in New York]. U. S. orders

Russian teacher [Mrs. Kosenkina] to testify before [House] Committee

[on Un-American Activities]. Operation Splash: B–29 drops lifeboat

for air-sea rescue [at Mitchell Field, N. Y.]. President Truman

hails Youth Month [in Washington]. Tyrone Power visits Madrid.

Sports: Soap Box Derby at Akron; water skiing in Maryland.

67. Aug. 20, 1948. Throngs gather [at Yankee Stadium in New York] to

pay homage to Babe Ruth. MacArthur visits new republic of Korea.

Canadian oil well [in Alberta] goes on a rampage, floods farmland.

Grandmas display charm and wit in Chicago contest. Daredevil high

diver [Sol Solomon] uses little water, makes big splash [at

Palisades Park, N. J.]. Great action filmed as Olympic Games close

in London.

68. Aug. 24, 1948. Treason trials face Axis Sally and Tokyo Rose. U.

S. demands recall of Russian Consul [Lomakin] in teacher case.

Australia supports UN appeal for war orphans. Invasion tactics shown

in landing on Virginia coast [joint Army, Navy, and Air Force

operation]. Sports: all-star football; [in Chicago, College

All-Stars beaten by Chicago Cardinals]; North-South football [in

Cincinnati]; France-U. S. swimmers [meet in Paris]; star sailboating

[at Seattle].

69. Aug. 27, 1948. U. S.—Soviet crisis as Russia shuts its

consulates. Mrs. Kosenkina exposes Red lie. Charge of perjury faces

Chambers or Hiss at Red inquiry. West guards zones in Berlin against

Russian raiders. A salute to youth in sports: kids baseball [Kansas

City, Kansas]; girl water star [five-year old Frances Roller]; kids

boxing [Williamsburg Settlement playground in Brooklyn].

70. Aug. 31, 1948. World conference of churches held in Amsterdam.

Nation mourns Justice Hughes. News flashes: Communists march on

Berlin City Hall; 25–year-olds register in peacetime draft. Names in

the news: President Truman ends vacation; John A. Costello in New

York; Jacob M. Lomakin leaves Russian consul; Winston Churchill

visits France; Darryl F. Zanuck in Italy. Sports: horse racing,

American Derby [Citation wins]; Ice Capades of 1949.

71. Sept. 2, 1948. Queen Wilhelmina feted at end of 50–year reign.

Chief Communist in U. S. [Alexander Stevens] identified by former

Reds. World events: Greek war [against Communist insurgents]; Berlin

plane crash [of American cargo plane]; [Navy] flying boat Mars [sets

non-stop record]; Lourdes pilgrimage [of Americans]. Governor Green

hails National Youth Month. Sports: Navy-Notre Dame football

training; Eisenhower fishing. Pennsylvania week.

19. Mar. 5, 1948. Vandenberg urges Marshall Plan to stop another