246. Feb. 13, 1948. Eisenhower quits Army [ceremonies for hi_Motion pictures, 1940-1949

successor, General Omar N. Bradley in presence of President Truman].

India's grieving multitudes bid farewell to Gandhi. Arctic thriller,

Exercise Paradog. A new record in triplets [second set born to Mrs.

Margaret Trait Walker, Syracuse, N. Y.]. Bill Stern's Olympic

round-up [triumphs of Dick Button and Barbara Ann Scott]. Dodds sets

record in Boston games.

247. Feb. 18, 1948. Today in Palestine. Arab terror defies United

Nations. President [Truman] opens 1948 Red Cross Drive. Mardi Gras

[Mrs. Truman and Miss Margaret Truman in New Orleans]. Viareggio

[Italy] fiesta. Miss Truman launches craft named for Dad. Bill

Stern's sport topics: Nations top dogs in New York show; Lipton Cup

race [Miami Beach, Fla.]; championship ski jump [St. Paul's winter

carnival].

248. Feb. 20, 1948. Cinderella romance [Winthrop Rockefeller marries

Barbara Sears in Palm Beach, Fla.] Pope warns of atom bomb. Latest

films of the war in Greece. Appeasement of Stalin scored by Dewey.

Winter Olympics finale [U. S. wins four-man bobsled title; Canada

defeats Switzerland to capture hockey crown]. Hell drivers in

bang-up show [rodeo in California].

249. Feb. 24, 1948. Chiang's army moves against the Reds [General Fu

Tso-Yi in command in North China]. Post-war twin record [three sets

in two years for Mr. and Mrs. John J. Walsh of Quincy, Mass.]

Strange baby case [questionable citizenship of 16–months-old Neils

Rebholz]. American hails spirit of brotherhood [messages from Henry

Noble McCracken and General Eisenhower]. Bill Stern's sport topics:

daredevils on ice [motorcycle race in Czechoslovakia]; Golden

Glovers [Coley Wallace, highlight of the matches].

250. Feb. 27, 1948. Democrats open Presidential battle of 1948

[President Truman and James A. Farley at Jefferson-Jackson Day

Dinner]. In starving China today [Peiping]. Quintuplets for the Leos

[San Francisco Zoo]. Bill Stern's sports topics: baseball's in the

air [New York Giants train in Florida]. One-man helicopter. Carnival

time in Rio.

251. Mar. 3, 1948. The Palestine tragedy: explosion rocks Jerusalem;

United Nations crisis [speech by Warren R. Austin]; Haganah ship

drama [Jewish refugee ship "Unafraid" picked up by British]. "New

look" for General Eisenhower [in civilian clothes]. Czechoslovakia

in chains [camera highlights of the country from pre-Hitler days to

present].

252. Mar. 5, 1948. Japan battles black market [Tokyo]. Schools

closed by teachers' strike [Minneapolis]. Easter prevue down in

Dixie [Gracie Allen at New Orleans' Fete des Chapeaux]. Truman ends

tour [Guantanamo, Cuba]. New jet plane [Navy's FJ–1]. Bill Stern's

sports topics: Paris acclaims Barbara Scott; turf classic [Talon

defeats On Trust in Santa Anita's $100,000 handicap race]; muscle

men on parade [male beauty contest in Florida].

253. Mar. 10, 1948. Quick aid to Europe urged to avert war. Czech

fate stirs world [Senator Arthur Vandenberg speaks for European

Recovery Program; scenes in Czechoslovakia show Premier Klement

Gottwald; Czech Ambassador Juraj Slavik resigns in Washington].

Everglades [Florida] wonderland explored by cameramen. King Michael

reclaims throne [in Paris with Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parma]. Bill

Stern's sports headlines: basketball sensation [Notre Dame defeats

NYU]; Boston Red Sox get ready [at Sarasota]; Cincinnati Reds warm

up for spring [Tampa]; most perilous ski jump [Iron Mountain,

Michigan].

254. Mar. 12, 1948. De Gaulle asks U. S. arms aid to stem Red march.

Canadian Army trains troops in Arctic warfare. De Valera in U. S.

Truman returns to Capital. Canada hails Olympics heroine [Barbara

Ann Scott in Montreal]. Gliders in record soaring contest [San

Diego]. Bill Stern's sports topics: baseball's in the air [Chicago

White Sox at Pasadena; New York Yankees at St. Petersburg; Detroit

Tigers at Lakeland; Boston Braves at Bradenton]; track thriller

[Salmagundi defeats Call Bell in Santa Anita Derby].

255. Mar. 17, 1948. 1949 political pot starts boiling [spotlight on

Dewey, Stassen, Taft, Vandenberg, Warren, and MacArthur]. King

Michael here to learn about America. Chile claims Antarctic islands

[President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla at Greenwich Island]. Spectacular

fires sweep Jap capital [Tokyo]. "Big Jim" makes a hit [Alabama's

Governor James Folsom in New York]. Movie star honored [Esther

Williams made Honorary mayor of Twentynine Palms]. Bill Stern's

sports topics [University of California crews at Oakland; Arne

Ulland wins U. S. National ski title at Snoqualmie, Wash.;

Philadelphia Athletics at West Palm Beach. St. Louis Cardinals at

St. Petersburg].

256. Mar. 19, 1948. World crisis mounts; Marshall asks U. S. to keep

calm. [Major General Bennett E.] Meyers goes to jail. De Valera

hailed [in San Francisco]. Romance of the air [Jane Froman marries

pilot who saved her life]. Britain-U.S. sign film agreement. Bill

Stern's sport topics: Dodgers get ready; bowling championship meet

[Detroit]; wheelchair basketball [war veterans from Halloran and

Cushing Hospitals].

257. Mar. 24, 1948. Red crisis stirs nation: Washington, D. C.

[Truman demands legislation to halt advance of Red tyranny]; New

York City [Truman and Governor Dewey review St. Patrick's Day

parade; Truman addresses Friendly Sons of St. Patrick]; Paris,

France [foreign ministers for 16 European countries prepare to share

in Marshall Plan]; Vienna, Austria [American soldier shot in back by

Soviet guard]; Lake Success, N. Y. [Russia must answer to Chile's

charge of Russian interference in the Czech coup]; Prague,

Czechoslovakia [mourn death of Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk].

258. Mar. 25, 1948. Thrilling films of Britain's 1948 Grand

National. [Grand National] sweeps winners [in New York]. Spring

tornado [in southern Illinois]. [Battleship] Texas sails to be war

memorial. MacArthur boom makes hit with Japanese. Lightning jets

[FJ–1] in first hops from carriers.

259. Mar. 31, 1948. The world spotlight: Turin, Italy [Italy and

France sign three trade agreements]; Lake Success, N. Y. [Dr.

Papanek, Czech U. N. delegate ousted by Communists, makes plea; Dr.

Abba H. Silver reads decision of Jewish Agency for Palestine to

establish provisional Jewish state]. First U. S. buzz bombs

strengthen defenses. Prize pictures [of New York's press

photographers]. DeValera visits Independence Hall. Golden Glovers in

thrilling bouts [New York]. Basketball champs [Kentucky wins over

Baylor].

260. Apr. 2, 1948. Red crisis stirs Italy on eve of election. Rocket

Town U. S. A. [in California's Mojave desert]. John L. Lewis again

makes headlines [refusing to testify before Truman's fact finding

board]. Easter peace prayers echo across nation. Easter egg hunt

[Hyattsville, Md.]. Bill Stern's sports topics: Paris, France

[wrestling between European Champion and Canada's World Title

holder]; Orlando, Florida [Washington Senators in spring workout.]

261. Apr. 7, 1948. John L. Lewis obeys court orders. "Lie down"

strike stirs Wall Street. Pope's plea moves vast Rome audience. The

nation salutes historic Army Day. Schoolhouse on wheels [in northern

Ontario, Canada]. Mudder's day at the races [Paumonok Handicap at

Jamaica]. Basketball thriller [Phillips Oilers win over Kentucky

Wildcats].

262. Apr. 9, 1948. U. S. Army calls Red bluff in Berlin. Foreign aid

bill signed by Truman. Navy honors Hearst, noted publisher. War

veterans rally for free Palestine. Regal trousseau for Princess

Anne. General Eisenhower becomes a grandpa. Championship aquatics,

Olympic preview [Daytona Beach].

263. Apr. 14, 1948. Eisenhower in dramatic plea for strong U. S.

Patriotic spectacle stirs nation's capitol [Army Day Parade].

Stassen victory livens up GOP presidential race. Paul Hoffman named

head of recovery plan. The Americas unite in anti-Red front [in

Bogota]. Water ski champs set new records [at Crystal Gardens,

Fla.].

264. Apr. 16, 1948. Lewis ends coal strike as court action impends.

Army Day Parades: U. S. Army marches in jittery Trieste; New York

City [West Point cadets march]. Musical genius [Jerard Jennings]

aged four [plays Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody]. Something new in

baseball [All-American Girls' League]. Navy kids slug it out [junior

boxing tournament at Annapolis].

265. Apr. 21, 1948. Revolt in Bogota. Britain pays tribute to memory

of FDR [Roosevelt memorial dedicated in London]. Cardinal [Spellman]

asks aid for the needy. Lightning speed tests for new thunderjets

[at Dow Air Base, Me.] Heavyweight title bout set for June [Louis

and Walcott].

266. Apr. 23, 1948. First films of Italy's election [defeat for the

Reds]. Postscript to revolt: Bogota digs out. Ohio River flood.

Flying church [Supai Indians of Grand Canyon get a new house of

worship]. Royall inspects weapons [at Aberdeen, Md.]. Baseball

season starts with a bang [Washington, D. C.].

267. Apr. 28, 1948. Union leader Reuther shot by assassin. Sixteen

Marshall Plan nations tighten bond. De Gaulle invades Red stronghold

[Marseilles]. Variety Clubs pay honor to Marshall [in Miami].

Triplets' convention in New Jersey's Palisades Park. U. S.

submarines sent to Turkey. Navy helicopters in mass flight [near

Lakehurst, New Jersey]. Film colony dedicates hospital [Hollywood].

268. Apr. 30, 1948. Churchill's remarkable tribute to America.

Marshall "mystery" [leaves Bogota conference a week before its

formal conclusion]. Children march to aid hungry overseas [Times

Square]. That new look in men's hats. Olympic hopefuls in college

relays. Rodeo thriller [Phoenix, Ariz.]. Mighty [battleship] "Texas"

becomes a Lone Star shrine.

269. May. 5, 1948. All London acclaims king and queen on silver

jubilee. [Sovereigns drive to St. Paul's on 25th wedding

anniversary]. Reds in post-election riots in Italy. Liner [Queen]

Elizabeth brings notables [former King Peter and Queen Alexandra of

Yugoslavia, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, film star Margaret O'Brien].

Giant [Caonillas] dam brings hope of new era to Puerto Rico. Sports:

Jockey Johnny Longden wins 3000th race in California; out door

circus in Germany.

270. May 7, 1948. Palestine report: [Jews prepare to defend Holy

City in Jerusalem and other points against Arab invasion]. Army bids

goodbye to "Ike" [General Eisenhower gets farewell salute at Fort

Myer, Va., on retirement as Chief of Staff]. May Day around the

world [demonstrations and celebrations in Berlin, Paris, Tokyo, and

New York]. Apple blossom time in Dixie [festival at Winchester,

Va.]. Children's May Day marked in Boston. Film story of 1948

Kentucky Derby [won by Citation].

271. May 12, 1948. President sees peril in housing shortage

[addresses Conference on Family Life in Washington]. Spectacular

flight over China's highest peaks [by Chinese government

expedition]. Flash tornado leaves wide ruin in Texas. Dewey

campaigns in Far West. Fashions in lace for summer wear [shown at

New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art]. Lighter side of the news:

[Simian Art Players of St. Louis Zoo].

272. May 14, 1948. U. S. takes over the railroads [to avert strike].

Chinatown [in San Francisco] holds first baby show. U. S. Canada

hail goodwill road [new International Sunshine Highway dedicated by

Viscount Alexander]. Golf classic won by [Herman] Barron [Goodall

tournament at New Rochelle, N. Y.]. Lamb derby [at Willows, Calif].

Wrestling belles [in Boston].

273. May 19, 1948. Congress of Europe hails plan for union of free

nations [Winston Churchill appeals for unity in addresses at The

Hague and Amsterdam]. Spectacular paratroop maneuvers [of Ground and

Air Forces at Camp Campbell, Ky.]. European fencing championships

[Italian challenger battles French champion D'Oriola]. Girl jockeys

[in Ladies' Special Handicap at Pimlico. Md.].

274. May 21, 1948. The birth of a nation: Jewish state proclaimed in

Palestine [by David Ben-Gurion after Jews capture Haifa from Arabs;

Chaim Weizmann elected president; Truman announces U. S. recognition

of Israel; Zionist leader Abba Hillel Silver pays tribute to new

state]. 25 firemen hurt in San Francisco blaze. President Truman

makes an election prediction [at Young Democratic rally in

Washington]. Derby winner [Citation] scores again [wins Preakness].

Those he-men are here again [Mr. America title for 1948 won by

Adonis in Los Angeles]. Cotton Carnival [in Memphis] a dazzling

show.

275. May 26, 1948. Israel at war [air raids at Tel Aviv, mopping up

operations at Jaffa; Jewish refugees leave Cyprus internment camps,

arrive at Tel Aviv]. Total eclipse gives Japs a thrill.

Stassen-Dewey debate on Reds [at Portland, Or.]. Korea's first free

election. Girl gymnasts from overseas [arrive on Gripsholm from

Sweden].

276. May 28, 1948. Israel's first president thanks U. S. for help

[Chaim Weizmann visits President Truman in Washington]. Navy's

lightning jets in mass hop at sea [off Newport, R. I.]. Boy Scouts

thrill New York in great jamboree. Fire sweeps Dutch palace [at The

Hague]. Father of the year [Clarkson Warden of Ann Arbor, Mich.].

World's fastest human [Mel Patton in Los Angeles Relays]. Blue

bloods of dogdom [Morris Essex show in N. J.]. Tulip festival [at

Holland, Mich]. President Truman at Girard College [Philadelphia].

277. June 2, 1948. War zone report from Palestine [President Chaim

Weizmann confers with President Truman; defenses set up near Tel

Aviv, in Galilee and in Jordan valley; Count Folke Bernadotte, peace

mediator, on way to Holy Land]. Science carries on amid ruins

[research continues at Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Me., burned

in 1947], Boys Town [Neb.] mourns Father Flanagan. Flocks [of sheep]

begin summer trek [cross Grand Coulee Dam]. Golf classic [Ben Hogan

wins PGA title at St. Louis].

278. June 4, 1948. Death at sea for a famous warrior [cruiser Salt

Lake City torpedoed in naval maneuvers]. Eisenhower honors Drew

Pearson [named Father of the Year for "Friendship Train"

sponsorship]. Princess Elizabeth visits heroic Coventry. Vatican's

Swiss Guards swear in new recruits. Snappy ideas for seagoing

vacationists. Lighter side of the news: [new bear arrivals at Berlin

Zoo]. Louis-Walcott get ready for the "big fight" [for heavyweight

championship].

279. June 9, 1948. UN strives for truce to halt Palestine war.

Marines sail for Europe's trouble zone. Columbia University honors

statesmen [James F. Byrnes and Arthur H. Vandenberg]. Florida hails

next governor [Fuller Warren]. Sports topics of the day: Berlin gets

fight fever [heavyweight champion Hein ten Hoff vs. Arno Kolblin];

Indianapolis speed classic. Northwest's greatest flood [in Oregon].

280. June 11, 1948. President Truman's cross-country tour. Benes

resigns as Reds tighten grip on Czechs. Happy day for future

admirals [graduation at Annapolis]. Big fair [International Trade

Fair in Toronto] boosts world trade. Palestine war news [fighting

continues despite truce negotiations]. Long shot [My Love] wins

English derby [at Epsom Downs]. Jackpot for sweep winner [in Bronx].

281. June 16, 1948. GOP convention preview [in Philadelphia]. Truman

relaxes [at Sun Valley, Idaho]. West Point graduation. Normandie—4

years after. Diving stars show pre-Olympic form. Sailboat race for

teen age skippers [Norfolk, Va.].

282. June 18, 1948. Greater New York's golden jubilee. Jerusalem

battle films. Truman says Soviet blocks road to peace. King Michael

weds Anne. Babe Ruth acclaimed. Citation wins triple crown [at New

York's Belmont Park]. Hogan victor in National Open. Chimps put on

all star show at [St. Louis Zoo].

283. June 23, 1948. UN mediators see peace in Palestine. Truman gets

an "8 ball" [ornament for his desk at the Greater Los Angeles Press

Club]. Overseas headlines: Cardinal Spellman in Tokyo; France honors

American dead. The search begins for Miss America [Miss California

of 1948]. Sports topics of the day: aqua-ski thriller [Cypress

Gardens in Florida]; Derby day in Tokyo.

284. June 25, 1948. Convention special. Complete film story of GOP

drama in Philadelphia. [Includes Republican leaders; Harold E.

Stassen, Earl Warren, Joseph W. Martin, Jonathan Wainwright, Robert

A. Taft, Thomas E. Dewey, Walter S. Hallanan, and Dwight H. Green.]

285. June 30, 1948. Dewey wins nomination [at the Republican

National Convention in Philadelphia].

286. July 2, 1948. Berlin under Red siege. Rebel ship set afire in

Israeli clash. The Warrens meet the Deweys. Patty Berg wins open

golf title. India bids farewell to Lord Mountbatten.

287. July 7, 1948. U. S. planes rush to break Reds' Berlin siege.

What's with Tito [as Marshal Tito is read out of the Communist

Party]? Swedish king's 90th birthday. Deweys and Warrens down on the

farm [at Pawling, N. Y.]. Film industry protests British

discrimination. Bathing beauties take the summer spotlight. Kids kid

wrestling [in Richmond, Calif.].

288. July 9, 1948. Pope warns labor against Red plotters. British

royalty goes to the fair. Get ready for the draft [secretary of the

Army Kenneth C. Royall discusses military draft]. Junior City [fresh

air camp of Kansas City] teaches good citizenship. Porpoise hunt

proves deep sea thriller. Grand Prix brings out latest Paris

fashions.

289. July 13, 1948. Great earthquake disaster in Japan. Political

spotlight: Bolivar, Mo. [President Truman and Venezuela's President

Romulo Gallegos unveil a statue of Simon Bolivar]; New York [General

Eisenhower ignores politics and greets freshman class]; Oregon

[Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas vacations]. U. S. fliers

defy Red blockade of Berlin. Chinese glamour girls join the beauty

parade. Mountain [at Lake Placid] iced for midsummer skiing.

Tightrope walk over the Alps. Pre-Olympic track test [at National

AAU meet in Milwaukee].

290. July 16, 1948. Democratic convention [in Philadelphia]. Israel

defies foes as truce ends. Thrills in final Olympic trials.

291. July 21, 1948. Democratic convention's dramatic highlights;

victory for Truman. Death calls General Pershing. America's athletes

sail for Olympics.

292. July 23, 1948. America's tribute to General Pershing. Showdown

near in Berlin [between Russia, England, and U. S.] Togliatti shot,

Rome Reds riot. Record blast [to construct TVA dam in Tennessee].

Milwaukee celebrated firemen's week. Anti-Truman forces name own

ticket. Baseball sensation [Leo Durocher of Brooklyn Dodgers named

manager of New York Giants]. Football season on the way.

293. July 28, 1948. Berlin crisis holds world spotlight: Washington,

D. C., England, The Hague, London, Berlin. FBI round-up of Red

leaders in U. S. College girl fashions favor the "old look." London

all set for 1948 Olympics. Czechs hold Sokol Gymnast carnival.

294. July 30, 1948. Progressives name Wallace for president. The

Berlin crisis; a report by General Clay. Ku Klux Klan out in open

[Stone Mountain, Ga.]. Refugees from Soviet terror flee to U. S.

Greatest airship [92–ton Constitution] in first flight. U. S.

Olympic team hailed in London.

295. Aug. 4, 1948. Berlin report [with starvation in Berlin, U. S.

policy is sent to Moscow]. Grasshopper plague in South America.

Calgary Stampede rodeo thriller. Ship on reef has amazing escape [in

False Bay, British Columbia]. Military magic [shown reserve

officers, Fort Bragg, N. C.]. Horsemanship hurdle test [Germany].

[Aqua skiis] new cure for hot weather. Hearst trophy speedboat

regatta [Long Beach, Calif.]. Big fair [in Chicago] shows rail

progress.

296. Aug. 6, 1948. First films of the 1948 Olympics. U. S. woman spy

for Reds tells startling story. Blast disaster [of I. G. Farben

Chemical Works] wrecks town in Germany. Greatest airport inaugurated

[New York International Airport at Idlewild].

297. Aug. 11, 1948. Communism in U. S. exposed by former Red. The

Olympic story; victories galore for U. S. stars.

298. Aug. 13, 1948. Latest film thrills from the Olympics. Ballet

school for toddlers [Pacific Palisades, Calif.]. U. S. giant bombers

called back to duty. Movie stars' night in Paris.

299. Aug. 18, 1948. Sensations in Red drama; [Elizabeth Bentley

testifies before House Committee; Michael Samarin, Russian teacher,

accepts U. S. Government protection; Mrs. Oksana Kosenkina leaps

from third story window]. The Olympic story; movies prove U. S.

victory in disputed race.

300. Aug. 20, 1948. Baseball's idol Babe Ruth is dead. Operation

Splash [2–ton, 30 foot lifeboat dropped by plane at sea]. Injured

teacher [Oksana Kosenkina] finds safety against Reds. New clashes

menace truce in Palestine. "Salute to Youth Month" opened by

President Truman. Tribute to Michigan's state ferry service. Sports

topics of the day: Holland [welcomes Mrs. Fannie Blankers-Koen];

Akron, Ohio [Soap-box Derby].

301. Aug. 25, 1948. Independent Korea hails MacArthur. Thousands bid

last farewell to Babe Ruth. Well runs wild in fabulous oil strike

[in western Canada]. Olympic finale; the 1948 games come to an end.

Perfect legs win beauty acclaim [in California].

302. Aug. 27, 1948. Defense chiefs meet; amphibious drill tests

battle tactics [Operation CAMID near Norfolk, Va.]. U. S. takes

stern action in case of Red teacher. Treason trials for "Axis Sally"

and "Tokyo Rose." China sets up a Boystown. Fur fashion preview.

Bill Stern's sports thrills: [Chicago Cardinals vs. College All

Stars; Sheriffs' Show, rodeo in Los Angeles]. West Virginia's

North-South grid classic.

303. Sept. 1, 1948. Hiss vs. Chambers, face-to-face at Red probe.

Mrs. Kosenkina's own story: Soviet teacher exposes Red terror. Yanks

block Red raids in Berlin zone. A miracle down on the farm [Soil

Conservation Field Day in Frederick County, Md.]

Volume 20, 1948/49.

200. Sept. 3, 1948. First World Council of Churches. Rioting Reds

seize Berlin City Hall. Soviet consul [Jacob M. Lomakin] sails for

home; he won't talk. 25–year-olds answer first draft call. Bill

Stern's sports topics: Olympic champs come home; home town [Tulare,

Calif.] hails young Olympic hero. Stillwater celebrated Minnesota

centennial. Ice-capades of '49.

201. Sept. 8, 1948, Ex-Commies put finger on "mystery" Red spy

chief. Greek rebels routed in Mt. Gramos battle. Dutch acclaim

Wilhelmina, 50 years their Queen. Navy's Hawaii-Chicago flight sets

record. Bill Stern's sport topics: title tennis [Billy Talbert and

Gardnar Mulloy defeat Ted Schroeder and Frankie Parker]. Football's

here: South Bend, Annapolis, West Point. U. S. pilgrimage to famous

Lourdes shrine. Pennsylvania week. Youth month [proclamation by

Governor Green of Illinois].

202. Sept. 10, 1948. Report from China: this is inflation. Israel

builds as truce quiets Palestine. Good news for car owners. Latest

sport: [sedan soccer]. Something new in [women's] headgear.

246. Feb. 13, 1948. Eisenhower quits Army [ceremonies for his