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294. Aug. 2, 1946. Jerusalem bombing. Bernard Shaw's ninetieth

birthday. Byrnes sees nation united behind Paris parley aims. Peace

pilgrims pray. Sports topics of the day described by Bill Stern:

water ski champs; Hollywood Gold Cup Race.

295. Aug. 7, 1946. Paris Peace Conference. Nazi "justice" revealed

at Nuremberg war trial. Stalin reviews Red might. Henry Ford's

birthday. Spud capital [Aroostook, Maine] picks queen. [Howard

Hughes'] sky giant almost ready. Lighter side of the news: Punch and

Judy show. Strict curfew in Jerusalem imposed by British Army.

296. Aug. 9, 1946. Atom blast number 5 [pictures of underwater blast

at Bikini Lagoon].

297. Aug. 14, 1946. Atom secrets revealed [behind the scenes of

Manhattan Project at Oak Ridge]. Quake strikes as Dominican Republic

hails anniversary. Luxury gambling ship opens 10 miles out. Citizen

Truman votes. Sport thrills of the day reported by Bill Stern: yacht

race [and] bull fight.

298. Aug. 16, 1946. V-J day—a year after. Tel Aviv under martial law

in crisis in the Holy Land. Brazil acclaims Eisenhower on hemisphere

defense tour. Navy clears Manila Bay. Acres of mashed potatoes.

Biggest inland launching. Hambletonian Cup classic described by Bill

Stern.

299. Aug. 21, 1946. U. S. crew ousts Britishers from 4–1/2 million

dollar prize ship [the American Farmer]. Palestine builds for future

in midst of growing crisis. Mr. Truman takes a walk. Eisenhower in

Rio. Aquaplane rodeo thriller described by Bill Stern. Modern Venus

chosen. World's biggest bomber [XB–36].

300. Aug. 23, 1946. Crisis mounts in Palestine. Riots and bombing in

Trieste; 30 wounded in street fighting. President on vacation wears

last word in yachting caps. Lighter side of the news: meet Miss

Texas; Margaret O'Brien honored. Sport news of the day: Soap-box

Derby; swine swim; turf judges in air.

301. Aug. 28, 1946. Peace in Europe threatened as Marshal Tito

defies United States. Admiral Blandy reports to nation on atom bomb

test. Uncle Sam's armed forces on alert in troubled world. Mountain

climbing thrills. Lighter side of the news [Vincennes Zoo, near

Paris]. Sport news of the day: Fireball Feller [army device measures

speed of pitcher's fast ball]; roller [skate] rodeo.

302. Aug. 29, 1946. Yugoslavia frees Yanks. U. S. delivers

ultimatum. Marshal Tito's answer. America parades might [88th

Division in Italy]. Prosecution rests at Nuremberg trial. Film

snapshots here and there: President Truman; Italy, Pope Pius; the

Alps, French planes; Africa, the Aga Khan; Philadelphia, American

Legionnaires. Bill Stern's sport news: collegians beat pros; 100 to

1 shot wins Derby.

303. Sept. 4, 1946. Latest films from Palestine. United Nations

Council meets at new Long Island home. The President goes fishing

and the big one gets away. Headline news flashes: Greek King in

spotlight. Cloudburst in Maine. Lighter side of the news: Asbury

Park [revives Baby Beauty Contest] Bill Stern's sports: disputed

tennis play; Ben Hogan wins.

Volume 18, 1946/47.

200. Sept. 5, 1946. Halsey answers Red criticism. Human projectile

hurled from speeding airplane. German refugees in Denmark. Lighter

side of the news: [Little Sisters' Day at Roxbury, Massachusetts,

Boys' Club]. Bill Stern's sports news: Primo Carnera back in ring;

Tulane pigskin warm-up; 75,000 at horse opera [in Los Angeles

Coliseum].

201. Sept. 11, 1946. Return of King from exile voted in Greek

plebiscite. Drama in Yugoslavia as Tito returns bodies of U. S.

fliers. UNRRA supplies [at Marseilles]. U. S. fleet in

Mediterranean. New British roundup in Palestine crisis. V.F.W.

parade. Harvest Moon dance champs. Death rides in motor classic [in

Atlanta]. National air race thrills. Skate stars in Ice-capades.

202. Sept. 13, 1946. Byrnes warns U. S. won't quit. Tragic plight of

refugees at the door to Palestine. "Monty" over here [on tour of U.

S. and Canada]. Strike paralyzes U. S. ports. Meet Miss America

1946. Bill Stern reports nation's sports thrills: tennis

championships; international polo.

203. Sept. 18, 1946. President welcomes "Monty" on first tour of U.

S. Nazi torture camp victims in pilgrimage to Lourdes. Planes in

head-on crashes but dummy pilot escapes. Adelaide Hawley reports

lighter side of the news. French quadruplets; smallest auto; flying

icicle.

204. Sept. 20, 1946. War criminals' swan song. Our martyred fliers

home as Trieste tension mounts. Siegfried Line goes boom. Presenting

Miss America and newest beach modes. U. S. tennis stars win Davis

Cup title tilt.

205. Sept. 25, 1946. Wallace-Byrnes rift stirs nation. UNRRA carries

on. London squatters abdicate as police nab abdicators. Religious

fete revived. Koreans in liberation celebration hail U. S. Army.

Olympics in Berlin described by Bill Stern. Death dodgers.

206. Sept. 26, 1946. Air rescue drama in trans-Atlantic plane

disaster. Wallace out of Cabinet. Debut of football: Pitt vs.

Illinois; the pros bow in. Something new in the sky [MGM airship].

207. Oct. 2, 1946. The Shanghai story; amazing films of China's

"boom town." Pope blesses Boy Scouts. Holy Hour in Chicago [Holy

Name Mass]. Athens ready for King. First flying post office. Sport

topics of the day: thrills on wheels; President sees

aqua-speedsters.

208. Oct. 4, 1946. Nazi gang found guilty. Fred Allen gives tips on

politics. Overseas headlines: Harriman joins Byrnes in Paris; Cannes

revives famed fiesta. President sees West Point gridders crush

Oklahoma. Irish vs. Illinois; Alabama vs. Tulane.

209. Oct. 9, 1946. Legion convention; FBI Chief warns of foes within

U. S. Navy plane's 11,000–mile hop sets a new world's record. Greeks

welcome monarch recalled to the throne. 500,000 pounds of TNT

exploded. Auto race thriller.

210. Oct. 11, 1946. Judgment Day for Nazi gang. World Series

special. Columbia gridders sink Navy. Buckeyes whitewash Trojans.

211. Oct. 16, 1946. Army "Dreamboat" flies 9,500 miles. Byrnes sees

"no war." Alcan Highway, new frontier. Personalities in the news:

new Chief Justice [Fred M. Vinson]; Mexico honors movie maker [Jack

L. Warner]. U. S. togs for China. King [of England] welcomes

Eisenhower. World Series highlights. Gridiron miracle.

212. Oct. 18, 1946. Truman ends meat control. Queen Elizabeth starts

namesake on new career [as passenger ocean liner]. Film stars ask

arbitration in jurisdiction—at strike. Grid round-up by Bill Stern:

Yale vs. Columbia; Army vs. Michigan; Texas vs. Oklahoma.

213. Oct. 24, 1946. Justice Jackson on lesson of Nazi hangings.

Byrnes home from Paris makes report on peace. Unrest in Europe. De

Gaulle loses at polls. Windsor home with Duchess. Sinatra wins movie

poll. Plane in slingshot take-off. World Series extra.

214. Oct. 25, 1946. Molotov here aboard "Queen," backs peace. Top

secrets revealed as U. S. hails Navy Day. Personalities in the news:

General Ike, the golfer; spotlight on Franco; whale ahoy. Grid

thrills of the day reported by Bill Stern: Army crushes Columbia;

Tennessee upsets Alabama; Uclans beat California.

215. Oct. 30, 1946. United Nations special. Sport topics of the day;

rapids riders; submarine basketball.

216. Nov. 1, 1946. Grid thrillers: Penn vs. Navy; Army vs. Duke;

Rice vs. Texas. Paree's queer hair-do fashions. Headlines in the

news: twin engine helicopter; college ain't what it was; Miss

Liberty's birthday; featuring film notables.

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209. Oct. 6, 1947. Truman urges U. S. to save food for starving

Europe. Walter Winchell vs. Vishinsky [Vishinsky slanders Americans,

and Winchell says Russia fears power of a free press]. Asbestos

mining boom [in Canada]. Canned salmon fishing [divers rescue sunken

cargo near Seattle]. Hirohito views flood disaster [Honshu].

Musicians bolster morale of wounded war veterans.

210. Oct. 8, 1947. Sensational films of World Series as Yankees win.

Football thrillers of the week: UCLA-Northwestern; Notre

Dame-Pittsburgh; Georgia Tech-Tulane.

211. Oct. 15, 1947. Truman warns the nation Europe's plight

desperate. De Gaulle denounces Reds. Hero dead homeward bound [from

Belgium]. Yugos release captive Yanks. Nazi poison gas destroyed.

Jet Flying Wing unveiled. Fastest planes test guns. Message from

Jimmy Stewart [inaugurating Pennsylvania Week]. Holy Name convention

[Boston]. China's "basket babies" find haven [in Shanghai mission].

212. Oct. 17, 1947. U. S. backs Palestine independence plan.

Netherlands Queen [Wilhelmina] retires; infant Princess [Maria

Christina] christened. First war dead [from the Pacific area] home.

Bill Stern's grid thrillers: Yale vs. Columbia; Army vs. Illinois.

213. Oct. 22, 1947. Marshall [at CIO convention in Boston] calls

upon labor to back U. S foreign policy. Reports from overseas: black

gold rush [Germans salvage coal from harbor at Bremen]; U. S.

consulate [in Jerusalem] bombed. Personalities in the news: new

birth record set; [British] royal family portrait; Nimitz joins

Redskins [Ottawa tribe]. Adelaide Hawley describes latest fashions

for fall. Lighter side of the news: [pretzel benders marathon in

Atlantic City and Frosh-Soph melee at Columbia University].

214. Oct. 24, 1947. Epic of "Sky Queen" has happy ending [scenes

relating to the rescue of passengers from the Bermuda flying boat by

U. S. Coast Guard cutter "Bibb"]. Film industry denies Red influence

as hearings open [before House Committee on Un-American Activities].

Bill Stern's grid thrillers: Michigan vs. Northwestern; Southern

Cal-Oregon State; Arkansas vs. Texas; Pennsylvania-Columbia.

215. Oct. 29, 1947. Washington's movie drama, all-star cast [Adolphe

Menjou, Robert Taylor, Robert Montgomery, and Paul V. McNutt speak

at Congressional inquiry into alleged Communist influences in

Hollywood]. De Gaulle wins election. Fires raze U. S. forests [in 10

states on Eastern Seaboard]. Rocket opens new navy era [V–2 rocket

fired from U. S. aircraft carrier "Midway"].

216. Oct. 31, 1947. Thrilling grid films: Columbia's amazing upset

of Army; Trojans vs. Golden Bears; Quakers sink the Navy; Longhorns

down Rice; Michigan-Minnesota. Nation pays tribute to first war dead

home from Europe. Truman calls Congress. Fire ruins Bar Harbor.

217. Nov. 5, 1947. Grim tragedy stalks India: 10,000,000 refugees on

move. Red issue creates furor at House movie inquiry. Brazil breaks

Soviet ties. Armed services keep on alert [airborne maneuvers at

Fort Benning, Georgia, and navy air defense tests in California].

Dock fire in London. [Irish] sweepstakes winner. California invades

Paris with latest U. S. fashions.

218. Nov. 7, 1947. Super-flying boat piloted by Hughes up on first

test. Communists riot in France. Bill Stern's grid thrillers: Notre

Dame vs. Navy; Georgia Tech-Duke; Michigan-Illinois.

219. Nov. 12, 1947. Dramatic report from India [Mohammed Ali Jinnah

reviews troops in Karachi, Pakistan; the Maharaja holds court at

Hindu Jaipur]. Escaped Polish leader's own story. Flivver planes

reach Tokyo [first round-the-world flight of light single-engine

planes]. Tribute paid Will Rogers. Adelaide Hawley describes the

latest co-ed fashions. Olympic ice team previews U. S. ice stars in

first test.

220. Nov. 14, 1947. Game of the year: Irish rout Army. Georgia Tech

vs. Navy. Virginia-Pennsylvania. Marshall asks [a Congressional

committee headed by Senator Vandenberg for] speedy aid to save

freedom in Europe. Friendship Food Train starts journey across the

nation [after send-off from Governor Warren of California].

221. Nov. 19, 1947. Thirty-one rescued as ship sinks in raging sea

[U. S. Army hospital ship "Charles A. Stafford" rescues crew of

Portuguese schooner "Maria Carlota" off Newfoundland]. Hughes

hearing spotlight turned on air general [Bennett Meyers]. Riding the

Friendship Train as it snowballs across U. S. News of the day in

brief: workhorse of the air [Pioneer transport for use on small

back-country airfields]; amputees swim to health.

222. Nov. 21, 1947. Truman sees crisis here and abroad; bids

Congress act. This is hunger [in Europe]. War flames ravage romantic

Kashmir. Friendship Train hailed in Midwest. Bill Stern reports

gridiron thrillers: Michigan-Wisconsin; Penn. vs. Army; Georgia

Tech-Alabama.

223. Nov. 26, 1947. Eric Johnston denounces Reds. Friendship Food

Train ends tour in triumph. Pennsylvania Friendship Special;

Ohio-Indiana-New York State Special. "Silent Guest" plan launched

[for aid to the hungry people of Europe]. Newark calls off battle

[between the battleship "New Mexico" and the fireboat "Navy"].

20–ton telescope lens [moved from California Tech to Palomar

Observatory].

224. Nov. 28, 1947. The royal wedding [of Princess Elizabeth and

Prince Philip]. Bill Stern's grid specials: USC downs UCLA;

Yale-Harvard; Notre Dame-Tulane; Penn State-Pitt.

225. Dec. 3, 1947. [Communist] strikes paralyze France. Vienna

cleans up [after dynamiting the Philipphof]. U. S. film industry

ousts Communists [Eric Johnston announces suspensions]. Largest land

plane test [XC–99]. General [Meyers] stripped of honors [testimony

before Senate committee]. The "new look" in beach modes. Connie Mack

honored.

226. Dec. 5, 1947. United Nations vote independent Jewish state in

Palestine. Big Four meet in London [Bevin, Molotov, and General

Marshall open talks on peace treaties]. News in brief: legal arson

[ferryboat "Tamalpais" burned in San Francisco Bay]; wine tasters

[Beaune, France]. Army-Navy classic [complete films of gridiron

thriller]. Georgia Tech-Georgia. Penn vs. Cornell.

227. Dec. 10, 1947. Police battle Reds in Paris. Camera magic

reveals secrets of flight. Latest Palestine films. Truman on

vacation [in Key West]. Twenty escape plane crash [at Seattle]. Bill

Stern's overseas sports [boxing in Paris].

228. Dec. 12, 1947. Holy war in Palestine. Red sabotage stirs France

to action. New proving ground [Eniwetok] for the atom. Trolley

school [in Berlin]. Friendship cargo starts overseas. Irish beat

Trojans in thrilling finale. High school grid classic [Franklin

Field, Philadelphia]. Tulane vs. LSU.

229. Dec. 17, 1947. Secret Service smashes $1,000,000 counterfeit

ring. Paris mourns military hero [General Leclerc]. Midget planes

circle globe. Santa hits the Netherlands. Holiday for orphans

[arriving at LaGuardia Field]. Babe Ruth—Santa. Lujack wins football

honor. Ski fever's in the air. Skating champ [Barbara Ann Scott]

trains for Olympics.

230. Dec. 19, 1947. Hiroshima today; atom-bombed city hails Emperor.

Greek Navy gets six U. S. gunboats. Six saved in Labrador plane

crash. Friendship food for Italy. Cardinal Spellman assists Santa.

Personalities in the news: Admirals Louis E. Denfeld, Chester W.

Nimitz. "Pro" football title battle [Cleveland Browns vs. New York

Yankees].

231. Dec. 24, 1947. Man-made blizzard tests Army's new arctic

equipment. Embassy children send Yuletide greetings. New plastic

incubator. Admiral Halsey honored. Last American troops quit Italy.

Help for Europe [Interim Aid Bill]. Riots in Italy. Movie stars urge

less waste.

232. Dec. 26, 1947. Aviation's birthday [44th anniversary]. Marshall

reports on Big Four split. World's mightiest crane. France hails

Friendship food cargo. A message from Jimmy Stewart [for the hungry

overseas]. Sport topics of the day: Golden Gloves; Olympic ski

tests; "pro" title football [Philadelphia Eagles win from Pittsburgh

Steelers].

233. Dec. 31, 1947. 1947 newsreel digest of the year: new Congress

sets keynote; Taft-Hartley bill; inflation shocks U. S.; Texas City

disaster; England's royal wedding; floods, blizzards sweep Europe;

Big Four stalemate; Moscow plots chaos; Rio conference; terror in

Korea and China; Red strikes sweep France, Italy; Vishinsky attacks

America; liberation in India; Palestine partition; Freedom and

Friendship trains.

234. Jan. 2, 1948. First films of New York's greatest snow storm.

Wallace bolts [party]. Lighter side of the news [beach modes for

children]. Cardinals win "pro" [football] championship. Margaret

Truman's press conference.

235. Jan. 7, 1948. Philippines report. Bill Stern's sport thrills of

the year: World Series playoff; diving champions; year's sports

heroine; Silver Skates carnival; world's fastest car; ice boating

thrills; Belmont Gold Cup Race; Indianapolis Speedway classic;

bobsledding stars; Babe Didrickson triumphs; horse of the year.

236. Jan. 9, 1948. Gridiron thrills from the nation's Bowl classics:

Rose Bowl; Orange Bowl; Cotton Bowl; Sugar Bowl. First films of

Canada's atom plant. Tojo on trial as Japan's no. 1 war criminal. A

message from John Garfield [save food to save lives]. Gay send-off

for 1948: Tournament of Roses; King Orange Jamboree; Chelsea Arts

Ball.

237. Jan. 14, 1948. Truman reports to Congress. Marines answer call

to duty. Good news for war veterans [New York State pays bonus].

Sport topics of the day: ski classic; Golden Gloves; "zoom" racing.

238. Jan. 16, 1948. Marshall warns: aid to Europe now or else.

Overseas headlines: De Gaulle bids for power; Haile Selassie [camera

studies]; Japan's "honor system" telephones. Fashions for mermaids

[at Miami Beach]. Intercollegiate ski meet [Sun Valley]. Aquatic

carnival [Fort Lauderdale].

239. Jan. 21, 1948. Heroes' ship [Army Transport "Joseph V.

Connolly"] burns at sea. Crew saved [scenes at sea and of survivors'

arrival in New York]. General Chennault finds romance in China.

Stassen charges: capital "insiders" made millions in grain [Stassen

testifies before Senate Appropriations Committee; General Wallace H.

Graham answers questions]. Silver Skates thriller [Al Casale wins in

New York]. Boy victim [Terry Tullos] helps President [and Margaret

Truman] open March of Dimes drive.

240. Jan. 23, 1948. Spotlight on Eisenhower [awarded Poor Richard

Club medal in Philadelphia]. $1,000,000 Boston fire. Bradley honored

[receives Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor from French Ambassador

Bonnet]. Milk ship for Europe [sent by Californians]. Chimps in star

performance [royal circus in Brussels]. The March of Dimes [pageant

in Los Angeles]. Bill Stern's sports headlines: ski daredevils

[Illinois' Norge Ski Club meet]; [Middle Atlantic] title skating;

zoom diving [Miami Beach].

241. Jan. 28, 1948. Petrillo testifies again [before House Labor

Committee]. What an orchestra [German orchestra of 20 men using 400

harmonicas]. That new look in beach modes [Coral Gables, Fla.]. Bill

Stern's sports topics: [rehearsal in Swiss Alps for Winter

Olympics]; jet sled rides rails at 1019 miles an hour [Muroc,

Calif.].

242. Jan. 30, 1948. Stassen vs. Pauley; the battle of Washington

[speculation in high places by "insiders"]. Tense days in Holy Land.

Gandhi breaks fast. Mass weddings [in China]. "Voice" for America

[Smith-Mundt bill]. Ice boat regatta [Hamilton, Ontario]. Golden

Gloves [New York]. Dodds wins again [the mile run at Boston].

243. Feb. 4, 1948. Germans demonstrate as unrest sweeps Bizonia

[mass walkout in Munich]. Food for Italy [Rome]. Hindu festival

[Kumbha-Mela ceremonies at Ganges River]. Tiger tamers begin spring

training [Roman Proske in Florida and Mabel Stark in California].

Something new for the Navy [walking barge]. Clothes for cycling

[Florida]. Babies in the swim [nine-month-old Sherry Whitford].

Championship ring battle [in Paris].

244. Feb. 6, 1948. World mourns Gandhi. Film story of his amazing

career. More Marines embark [Norfolk, Va.]. Fur fashions [Florida].

Bill Stern's sports roundup: Millrose Games [Bill Vessie and Gil

Dodds set new records]; record crowds cheer winter carnival [St.

Paul]; 1948 Winter Olympics [hockey teams and bob sleds racers in

Swiss Alps].

245. Feb. 11, 1948. Washington spotlight on the Commies [Attorney

General Tom Clark and Congressman Karl Mundt testify before House

Committee on Un-American Activities]. Exercise Snowdrop, Arctic test

for Army [paratroopers in upstate New York]. The lighter side of the

news [orangutan at New York's Bronx Zoo]. Magic brain comes to aid

of science [solves complex mathematical problems]. Exiled Belgian

monarch [King Leopold] finds haven in Cuba. [Bill McGowan's] school

for umpires. Championship skating [George Fisher and Loraine Sabbe

at St. Paul's winter carnival].