72. Sept. 7, 1948. Victor Kravchenko, who chose freedom from_Motion pictures, 1940-1949

Soviets, tells about teacher case. World's smallest republic

[Freeville, N. Y.] run by boys and girls. Automatic garage designed

to solve parking problems. New Chinese money issued to combat wild

inflation. National AAU long distance swim meets.

73. Sept. 10, 1948. Presidential campaign opens: Truman speaks in

Detroit; Stassen's answer to the President. Queen Wilhelmina

abdicates throne; Juliana succeeds. Dancing champions show fine form

at Harvest Moon Ball. Sports: U. S. wins Davis cup; pro football for

charity [Washington Redskins vs. Los Angeles Rams]; shooting rapids

[of Niagara River] in barrel.

74. Sept. 14, 1948. Huge Berlin rally against Russians ends in

violence. News flashes: Canadian oil well fire [at Leduc Field];

Governor and Mrs. Dewey register; girls hail Pope [Square of Saint

Peters]. U. S. Air Force marks first anniversary. Pennsylvania Week

is proclaimed by Governor Duff. Hollywood benefit circus. Miss

America [Beatrice Shopp]. Sports: mountain climbing, Rocky Mountain

National Park; auto hell drivers.

75. Sept. 17, 1948. A marked man [Mikhail Samarin] talks. East-West

clashes turn Berlin into city of turmoil. Film flashes: President

greets "Youth of the Year"; Miss Truman opens "first voter" drive;

woman [Margaret Chase Smith] wins Senate election; ground broken in

New York for UN capitol; oil tanks explode in California fire. Mrs.

America [Maria Strohmeier]. Sports: Giants-Bears football;

Charles-Bivins boxing; motorcycle hill climb.

76. Sept. 21, 1948. Presidential campaign; Truman speaks in Iowa;

Dewey starts tour of West. French communist demonstration ends in

riot. Assassination of Bernadotte shocks world. Marshall given

humanity award by Variety Clubs. Sports: Bears-Redskins football;

Pendleton Round-up; International Tuna Cup matches.

77. Sept. 24, 1948. Truman-Dewey Presidential campaign. UN pays

homage to martyred Bernadotte. Hurricane; Atlantic-born storm lashes

Florida. Coast Guard rescue [of fishing schooner by] Cutter Bibb.

Paris opera ballet helps mark New York's Golden Jubilee fashion

show. Variety Club award given Boston Tent. B–29 and baby jet plane.

Sports: Marcel Cerdan, new middleweight champ; Capt. Walker, flying

daredevil.

78. Sept. 28, 1948. East-West Berlin crisis turned over to United

Nations. Politics: Presidential campaign tour in California,

President Truman addressing Los Angeles throng; Governor Dewey at

Hollywood Bowl. Air Force reunion featured by great show in New

York. Community Chest parade in Kansas City hails Youth Month.

Football highlights: Notre Dame-Purdue; Army-Villanova;

California-Navy. Boston Braves win National League championship.

79. Oct. 1, 1948. East-West showdown before UN. Soviet Chiefs pay

final tribute to Zhdanov. Presidential campaign: Truman sees ex-Vice

President Garner in Texas; Dewey tours California, then Pacific

Northwest; Warren opens GOP office in New York. Thousands witness

Greek Holy Cross celebration. Fort Bragg training turns enlistees

into fighting men. Sports: North Carolina-Texas football; Hell

drivers, Trenton, N. J.; trotting [Delaware, Ohio].

80. Oct. 5, 1948. President Truman returns to Washington. Governor

Dewey addresses huge crowds in Middle West. Canada: RCAF air rescue.

India: Ganges River overflows. Fortunate fish get preview of 1949

swim suits. 80,000 youngsters march in Boston C.Y.O. parade.

Cornerstone rites at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital. National cotton

picking contest in Arkansas. Youth committee aids stricken boy from

Australia [John Reid]. Cleveland-Boston play-off. Army-Lafayette

football. Penn-Dartmouth football. Michigan-Oregon football.

81. Oct. 8, 1948. Russian action in Berlin crisis on trial at UN.

Hurricane hits Cuba. Coast Guard rescue off Bahamas. Truman hailed

in Philadelphia. National Youth Month marked in Philadelphia. Delta

airliner [Douglas DC–6] christened by Linda Darnell. All Golden

Horses display fine form at Springfield, Mo. Sports: World Series

highlights, first and second games; Notre Dame-Pittsburgh football;

Grand Prix auto race. Community Chest Drive, Jersey City premiere

"Apartment for Peggy."

82. Oct. 12, 1948. [Truman greets Marshall upon his return from UN

Assembly in Paris.] Churchill visits RAF. Juliana honors Wilhelmina.

Japanese rulers meet press. President Truman in New Jersey. Governor

Dewey in New York City. Sports: Cleveland wins World Series;

Army-Illinois football.

83. Oct. 15, 1948. The Dewey story [a film presentation of the life

of Thomas Dewey]. President Eisenhower installed at Columbia

University.

84. Oct. 19, 1948. The Truman story [a film presentation of the life

of Harry S. Truman]. The pigskin parade: Pennsylvania 20, Columbia

14; Michigan 28, Northwestern 0.

85. Oct. 22, 1948. President attends American Legion's Miami

convention. Dewey at Herald-Tribune forum. London, [British]

Commonwealth conference. Athens, Secretary Marshall in Greece. Rome,

Secretary Marshall in Italy. Tokyo, MacArthur and Korean president.

Washington, Clay reports on Berlin air life. "Seapower for peace" is

U. S. Navy slogan on its birthday. Governor Bradford urges support

of [Boston] Community Fund. 50th American Royal Exposition hailed in

Kansas City. The Mirror Building is dedicated in Los Angeles.

Army-Harvard football. Columbia University class rush.

86. Oct. 26, 1948. World events. Miners riot, France. Gwalior

festival, India. Historic Wright plane returns to America. Baruch

says Russia forces us to make atomic weapons. In the feminine world:

Royalty at wedding, London. Youth month contest winner, New York.

Football highlights: Michigan-Minnesota; Army-Cornell; Clemson-South

Carolina.

87. Oct. 29, 1948. World Events. London: King and Queen ride to

Parliament. France: French mine strikes. Florida: Operations Combine

[jet bombing]. Industry: Coal mining machine. Free apartment won by

veteran in Miami contest. [Irish] Sweepstakes winners. Sweater

fashions. Sports: Penn-Navy football; North Carolina-L.S.U.

football; roller skating derby.

88. Nov. 2, 1948. DPs land in New York. Pennsylvania smog. UN plan

to lift Berlin blockade vetoed by Russia. Henry Morgenthau returns

from tour of Israel. Tight rope walker in breath-taking act in the

Alps. 80–year-old barber in Lowell, Ohio, disregards inflation.

Sports: Citation wins walkover [Pimlico Special]; Notre Dame-Navy

game; California-Southern California; S.M.U.-Texas football.

89. Nov. 5, 1948. Truman's dramatic triumph. Israeli forces battle

Arabs in the Negev. Chicago: six day bike race. Canada: Gorgeous

George, wrestler.

90. Nov. 9, 1948. Truman returns to Washington in triumph. DeGaulle

victory [following elections for his party in the French Senate and

the Council of the Republic]. Athenagoras heads Greek church. Men

enter Army in nation's first peacetime draft. French arctic

expedition. Theatre of Atoms [a laboratory established by

Westinghouse at Pittsburgh]. Army-Stanford football. Penn State-Penn

Football.

91. Nov. 12, 1948. Thunderbolt hunters; science reveals phenomenon

in lightning. Flood-ruined Vanport, Oregon, is salvaged. Long Island

bumper crop of potatoes buried. Fashions in furs. Michigan-Navy

football. Melbourne Cup [Race, Australia] Stag hunt near Paris. Dog

training: pups herd sheep [in Australia].

92. Nov. 16, 1948. Britain hails birth of son to Elizabeth. Tojo

sentenced to die for Jap war crimes. President Truman on vacation.

Dock strike paralyzes Eastern shipping. Florida citrus crop. Mrs.

Patton christens tank. Mackenzie King resigns as prime minister.

Football highlights: Philadelphia, Army-Penn football; South Bend,

Notre Dame-Northwestern.

93. Nov. 19, 1948. Bikini A-bomb ship, USS Pensacola, sunk by Navy.

President Truman on vacation in Florida. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt is

honored in England. Ft. Bliss, Texas, centennial. Spectacular

display of Australian armor. Embroidery fashions. Radio City ice

skating. Australian kid acrobats. Women wrestlers. Pro basketball:

Minneapolis Lakers-N. Y. Knickerbockers.

94. Nov. 23, 1948. The President goes back to work. Town in Kansas

[Goodland] is buried by a blizzard. Mrs. Kosenkina quits hospital

after 99 days. Navy jet aviation: Lockheed Constitution take-off;

Navy jet fighter [Cutlass] makes test run in Maryland. Harvard-Yale

football; Michigan-Ohio State football; USC-UCLA football.

95. Nov. 26, 1948. UN votes down Red proposal to cut armaments. 802

European DP's land at Boston. A picture a minute with new camera.

The smallest plane in the world [San Diego, Calif.]. Milkman in

Illinois inherits fortune from Denmark. Football highlights of 1948.

96. Nov. 30, 1948. Dock strike ends. Santa Claus parade [New York

City]. Churchill honored [London University]. African wedding [of

the King of Buganda]. Father Flanagan statue unveiled at Boys Town.

Cornell upsets Penn, 23–14, to win Ivy League title. Georgia wins

Orange Bowl berth, beating Georgia Tech. Army-Navy gridiron upset.

97. Dec. 3, 1948. Nationalists fight Chinese Reds in Suchow battle.

Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek [arrives in Washington]. ERP presidential

conference. Movie stars attend royal command show in London. The old

and new in aviation: Wright plane returns [to U. S.]; reversible

propeller. Japanese children give Nippon version of American music.

Salmon fishing. Water skiing.

98. Dec. 8, 1948. President attends gift presentation to USS

Missouri. Fog in England. French gratitude train. Truman and

daughter [at the Washington Press Club]. Chambers and Hiss. WAC

Colonel [Mary Hallaren, sworn into Regular Army]. 4–H Club winners.

Barbara Ann Scott [arrives in New York]. Sports: Notre Dame-USC;

high school championship [Philadelphia]; high school all star

football [Charlotte, N. C.]; 6–man wrestling [Montreal].

99. Dec. 10, 1948. Western Berlin votes against Communism. [City

Council selects the Social Democrat, Reuter, for Mayor.] U. S.

marines land in China as Red peril grows. U. S. evacuees leave

[Shanghai] China. Spy inquiry [by Committee on Un-American

Activities] reveals papers taken from State Department. California

pays tribute to Barkley. Football player of the year [Doak Walker

receives Heisman trophy in New York]. Skating Vanities of 1949 [at

Chicago]. [War wounded Xmas fund. Skouras theatres join Journal

American in launching drive.]

100. Dec. 14, 1948. President Truman presented with turkeys. Mrs.

Eleanor Roosevelt returns [from the United Nations meeting in

Paris]. President Prio of Cuba in New York City. Russian airmen flee

Iron Curtain [to American zone of Austria]. New type helicopter

performs amazing acrobatics in tests [Windsor Locks, Conn.] Water

show [at Palm Desert, Calif.] Citation wins at Tanforan. Spirit of

Christmas [at Bethlehem and Nazareth].

101. Dec. 17, 1948. Thousands of lives lost in sinking of Chinese

vessel. Endurance fliers [over Indio, Calif., in the air 26 days].

Airlift training in Montana. Fog fails to halt Berlin airlift. The

season's greetings: Cardinal Spellman [at New York Foundling

Hospital]; international greetings [from children of foreign

diplomats in Washington]; underwater Santa Claus [at Marineland,

Fla.] Kid's boxing [at Madison Square Boy's Club in New York].

French bike race [for the Ile de France championship].

102. Dec. 21, 1948. Britain's royalty at christening of Prince

Charles. Aviation: Wright brothers' plane [returned to Smithsonian

Institution]. Collier trophy award [Truman honors airplane builder

Bell and research engineer Stack for supersonic speed]. Wrecked C–47

saved [takes off from Illinois wheat fields]. Zanuck honored [for

"Gentlemen's Agreement"]. Pro football champions [Eagles vs.

Cardinals, Browns vs. Bills]. Boat parade opens Fort Lauderdale

fishing festival. Barbara Ann Scott along Broadway [champion on

skates].

103. Dec. 24, 1948. Headliners of 1948: Democracy vs. Communism

[Berlin airlift. Czechoslovakia falls to Reds. Masaryk a suicide].

Marshall Plan signed by President. Italian Christian Democratic

Party defeats Communists. In France, Reds aim to sabotage Marshall

Plan. Mrs. Kosenkina jumps from consulate window to escape Reds.

Reds sweep across China. State of Israel proclaimed. Bernadotte and

Ghandi murdered. India gains independence. Japanese war criminals

hanged. Japan hit by earthquake. Truman elected. Elizabeth Bentley,

Chambers, and Hiss [in spy scandal]. Floods in Pacific Northwest.

Pershing dies at 87. Eisenhower becomes president of Columbia

University. Truman honors Bell and Stack for rocket plane. Air

Forces' B–36 takes off. Wilhelmina abdicates, and Juliana assumes

crown. Winthrop Rockefeller marries coal miner's daughter. King

George and Queen Elizabeth married 25 years. Royal baby, Prince

Charles, with Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip.

104. Dec. 28, 1948. Rescue saga of 13 men marooned on Greenland

icecap. Rome: war veterans riot [demanding increase of pensions].

Long Island: Shinnecock lighthouse [razed]. China gold rush [bank

places gold on sale]. Stage and screen stars entertain wounded vets

[Broadway columnist Ed Sullivan arranges show]. Petrillo signs

contract for musicians. Warm Springs kids flown home for the

holidays. Connie Mack celebrates 86th birthday. Swimming forum in

Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

Volume 32, 1948/49.

1. Dec. 31, 1948. Sports highlights of 1948. Sports highlights of

1948: horse racing, motor mania, golf, boxing, baseball, football,

winter sports, the Olympics.

2. Jan. 4, 1949. Dramatic rescue of 12 fliers from Greenland icecap.

Puerto Rico inaugurates first elected governor. Senator Barkley and

Bob Hope [return from Germany]. Nation ushers in the new year with a

bang. Picturesque parade hails Orange Bowl classic in Miami.

Tournament of Roses [Pasadena]. Football: Rose Bowl; Orange Bowl;

Sugar Bowl; Cotton Bowl.

3. Jan. 7, 1949. President asks Congress for new laws. Colorado

blizzard. Arkansas tornado. Eisenhower launches Boy Scout drive. Two

former kings [Duke of Windsor and King Leopold] play golf. Golden

Gloves bouts thrill fans with slam-bang slugging.

4. Jan. 11, 1949. Marshall resigns; Acheson to head State

Department. Nature on the rampage: gales lash English coast;

record-breaking rain causes flood in Birmingham, Ala.; blizzard

sweeps over Rocky Mountains. Women in politics [at the Women's Press

Club, Washington]. Gay mummers stage picturesque parade in

Philadelphia. Governor Warren inaugurated at Tallahassee. A million

dollars in mink auctioned at Minneapolis. Aerial daredevils thrill

crowds at Miami air show. French boxing fans see leather fly in

bantamweight bout. New York photographers pick Florida girl as their

Queen.

5. Jan. 14, 1949. News of the nation: Senate hears Acheson;

California snowfall; Florida bathing-suit fashions. France expresses

thanks to U. S. by Gratitude Train. German kids laugh, cry, and

thrill to marionette show. Sports: St. Louis U. beats Long Island U.

in basketball; Los Angeles Open Golf Tournament; Silver Skates

finals at Madison Square Garden.

6. Jan. 18, 1949. Top U. S. Reds go on trial in New York. The March

of Dimes Poster Girl visits President Truman; Mrs. Roosevelt

inaugurates 1949 March of Dimes drive. Heavy snows cause great

damage in western states: South Dakota town of Wall buried in

20–foot drifts; starving deer come down from mountains to be fed.

Aviation: Light plane [piloted by Bill Odum] sets distance record;

jet powered missile [demonstrated at Point Mugu, California]. Winter

sports: Speed skating, Saratoga Springs, N. Y.; ski-jumping classic

at Fox River Grove, Ill.

7. Jan. 21, 1949. The inauguration of President Truman: inaugural

speech; inaugural parade; inaugural highlights.

8. Jan. 25, 1949. Rhodes: Israel and Egypt discuss peace. Israel:

new nation prepares for first election. China: civil war nears end

as Chiang retires. Dean Acheson becomes Secretary of State.

[Archbishop] Athenagoras leaves for enthronement [as Patriarch of

Eastern Orthodox Church, Istanboul]. President Truman and Petrillo.

Winston Churchill paints on Riviera. New York film critics honor

Olivia De Havilland. Yachting: Sydney-Hobart racing classic. Skiing

dog.

9. Jan, 28, 1949. "Operation Haylift" feeds snowbound livestock in

Utah. London: 3000–pound Nazi bomb is removed. Mexican floods. Rome:

blessing animals. David Ben-Gurion wins Israel backing. Mao

Tze-Tung, Chinese Red general. Tyrone Power meets De Gasperi.

Aviation: huge Jet bomber XB–47. Sports: Boudreau signs up; ski

jumping at Dubuque, Iowa; water skiing at Cypress Gardens.

10. Feb. 1, 1949. History in Israel: new state holds first election;

refugees arrive from Cyprus. Canadian Parliament [opens]. Chicago:

gas plant explodes. Los Angeles: March of Dimes parade. Tyrone Power

weds Linda Christian in Rome ceremony. Sports: Millrose games; Santa

Anita racing; French skiing.

11. Feb. 4, 1949. French Gratitude Train arrives in New York.

Carbondale, Pa.; mine [cave-in] threatens town. New Hampshire: Wacs

test clothing. Philadelphia: wind blast tunnel [to test effect of

air pressure on pilots], March of Dimes fashion show. Sled dog race.

Ski jumping; Sverre Kongsgaard. Comedy diving.

12. Feb. 8, 1949. Cardinal Spellman protests Communist trial of

Hungarian Cardinal [Mindszenty], Chinese refugees flee Nanking as

Reds advance. Giant 180–passenger Constitution plane flies across U.

S. French Gratitude Train welcomed in Washington. Awards presented

for contributions to brotherhood. Ice skating: Middle Atlantic speed

races. Rodeo in Palm Springs.

13. Feb. 11, 1949. XB–47 jet bomber spans U. S. in less than four

hours. Athenagoras, new Greek patriarch, is enthroned. Washington:

Governor Dewey at Lincoln Day dinner. Italy: Mt. Cassino rebuilt.

New York: $2,500,000 worth of narcotics seized. Duluth: Minnesota

ski club invitational meet. Army boxing at Ft. Myer, Va. Surf

carnival in Australia.

14. Feb. 15, 1949. America speaks on brotherhood [speeches by Dwight

D. Eisenhower, James A. Farley, Henry Ford II, Paul Hoffman, and

William Green]. Hitler's chancellory blown up by Reds. "Flying Wing"

jet bomber crosses U. S. non-stop. William Allen White honored in

Emporia. Bowling congress [meets at Atlantic City]. College ski meet

at Banff, Alberta. St. Paul hails 1949 winter carnival.

15. Feb. 18, 1949. Truman sees great display of power by U. S. Air

Force. Oil tank explosion in New Jersey. U. S. Army supplies shipped

to China. Paris publishing house ransacked. New tubeless tire. Tea

experts meet in New York. Hollywood spotlight: Photoplay magazine

awards. New York dog show top honors go to champion boxer. French

Gratitude Train arrives at Chicago. Wrestling in Paris. Mr. New York

City [selected by Brooklyn YMCA].

16. Feb. 22, 1949. Papal consistory protests trial of Hungary

Cardinal [Mindszenty]. Air Force ditches B–17 [as scientific

experiment]. Navy demolishes old blimp hangar. Secretary Royall

reports on tour of Pacific bases. "Down to the Sea in Ships"

premiere. Helicopter herder chases marauding elk into corrals.

Florida: school for umpires. Mexican sailfishing. Maine: giant

bobsled.

17. Feb. 25, 1949. Dr. Chaim Weizmann becomes Israel's first

president. Huge crowd hears Pope denounce dictatorships. Carnival

time in Europe. Colorado's historic Cripple Creek train makes last

run. French Gratitude Train welcomed at Los Angeles. New York: Anna

Louise Strong [Pro-Communist writer given grand jury subpoena].

Germany: man in ball. Chicago: Miss Photoflash. World ice skating

championships held in Paris.

18. Mar. 1, 1949. Hawaii's famous Mauna Loa goes into action again.

U. S. naval aviation: Caroline Mars; Martin Mauler. Spectacular show

put on by Fort Bragg flame throwers. Spring hat fashions. French

Gratitude Train arrives at San Francisco. Sports: Santa Anita

handicap; ski jumping at Iron Mountain, Mich.; gliding contest;

cliff diving at Nassau.

19. Mar. 4, 1949. B–50, giant U. S. bomber flies around the world

non-stop. Historic armistice is signed between Israel and Egypt.

Brussels meeting of European union heckled by Reds. "Chicken Every

Sunday" premiere in Tucson, Arizona. California [police recover loot

stolen by Gerard Dennis]. New Orleans: Mardi Gras. "Snake Pit"

plaque award. Baseball; New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals

training. Smith College swimmers.

20. Mar. 8, 1949. Vishinsky, Gromyko promoted in Red cabinet change.

President Truman on vacation [Key West, Fla.]. Security Council

admits Israel to UN. U. S. and Canadian spies [Valentin Gubitchev,

Judith Coplon, and Sam Carr and his wife]. Swedish freighter runs

aground off Holland. Get-rich-quick (?) fad sweeps nation in Pyramid

Clubs. Washington Senators, Boston Braves, Cleveland Indians

training. Pro basketball: Lakers and Globe Trotters. Collegiate

basketball: Notre Dame-NYU.

21. Mar. 11, 1949. Odom flies 5,010 miles non-stop in light plane.

Axis Sally [Mildred Gillars] convicted. B & O train robbers.

President Truman receives honorary degree [Doctor of Laws at Rollins

College in Florida]. Special film award is presented for "The Snake

Pit." Don't throw away your old carpets: wear 'em as hats. Joe Louis

turns in his gloves for a desk. Brooklyn Dodgers start baseball

training. Detroit Tigers get in shape. Chariot racing revived in

Rome.

22. Mar. 15, 1949. Coal miners quit as Lewis orders two-week

holiday. Tokyo: new Japanese police force marks 1st anniversary.

Rome: blessing cars. Scientists restore fabulous Egyptian temple of

Karnak. Fashions from Paris. Colleges run "Mother Is a Freshman"

beauty contests. Banished ball players [Fred Martin, Max Lanier] sue

major leagues. Philadelphia Athletics get into form. Pittsburgh

Pirates train in California. Chicago Cubs get in shape at Los

Angeles. Canoe bogganing at Bridgton, Maine. Boys boxing [Boys

Athletic League of New York].

23. Mar. 18, 1949. Sons and daughters of Erin parade on St.

Patrick's Day [New York City]. Truman plays host on his vacation [at

Key West]. North Atlantic Pact. Moshe Sharett arrives at New York.

Russia returns the Milwaukee. Last minute rush to pay income tax.

Young war orphans from Baltic lands find refuge in U. S. Navy

football practice. Mutts dog race. Golden Gloves tournament of

champions [Madison Square Garden].