69. Apr. 24, 1948. Citation wins pre-Derby turf classic! [Th_Motion pictures, 1940-1949

Chesapeake Stakes at Havre De Grace, Md.]. Bogota, Colombia: Savage

revolt leaves its mark [after revolt following assassination of

Jorge Gaitan]. Play ball! [President Truman throws first ball to

start major-league season, at New York-Washington game]. First

pictures: Italy goes to the polls [scenes at April 14 elections,

ending campaign between Communists and Christian Democrats].

70. Apr. 28, 1948. Air Forces stockpile in Texas [planes being taken

from storage at Kelly Field, in Air Force expansion program].

Cross-wind landing gear introduced. Variety Clubs honor Marshall

[present Humanitarian Award to Secretary of State George Marshall].

America sends subs to Turkey [scenes of transfer of vessels, New

London, Conn.]. Reuther shooting stirs nation [United Automobile

Workers' head is victim of murder attempt]. 100,000 hear De Gaulle

attack Soviet Union [at Marseilles].

71. May 1, 1948. Famed warship ["Texas"] becomes state shrine. Mrs.

Roosevelt warmly greeted in Holland. Marshall home from Bogota. Zero

hour in the Holy Land. Wrestling gets a new-looker [Gorgeous George

in Los Angeles].

72. May 5, 1948. Reds riot in Milan. Circus thrills amid ruins

[Frankfurt, Germany]. Royalty's hour in England: [installation of

Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh into the Most Noble

Order of the Garter; Silver Wedding Anniversary of the King and

Queen].

73. May 8, 1948. Apple blossom time [at Winchester, Va.]. General

[Eisenhower] takes leave of his troops at Fort Meyer, Va. May Day

around the globe—Paris, Berlin, Tokyo, New York. 1948 Kentucky Derby

[won by Citation].

74. May 12, 1948. Taft vs. Stassen in Ohio. Alabama rejects Truman.

Dewey stumps Oregon. "Lillipup" [Chihuahua] wows Texas. Truman on

housing; family life meeting hears President. Uncle Sam's women

divers show form [Las Vegas, Nev.].

75. May 15, 1948. Road to friendship; Canada, U.S. hail newest

highway link. News in art: fresh air sculpture in Washington Square,

New York. Record exhibit: 23 countries show products at Paris fair.

[In Birmingham, England, the British Industries Fair reaches record

proportions]. Rail strike averted [by President].

76. May 19, 1948. Churchill sees hope in unified Europe. Wilhelmina

announces abdication. Soviet-U.S. notes discussed by Marshall.

French greet first ship in [Marshall] aid plan. "Right-to-work" law

is urged by Cecil B. DeMille. Palestine: last films before end of

mandate. Skyful of silk: Army's largest peacetime 'chute maneuver.

77. May 22, 1948. People in the eyes of the world. Paris "falls" to

visitors from London [Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh].

Big names tee off in benefit drive [in Washington, Bing Crosby,

General Bradley, and Attorney-General Clark lead the parade in

National Celebrities Golf Tournament]. Young Democrats hear Truman

in Washington. Meat strike: Minnesota calls out National Guard. Mr.

America muscles in [George Zifferman of California wins

weight-lifting and beauty contest]. Rally hails new state in

Palestine.

78. May 26, 1948. Report from Palestine [Sir Alan Cunningham,

British High Commissioner, leaves Jerusalem; new state of Israel

proclaimed in Tel Aviv; Haganah troops prepare for attack; refugees

set sail from Europe for Palestine; American Jewish volunteers

interned at Lebanon]. Bob Hope dad to 4,000 kids [in Helldorado

celebration at Las Vegas, Nev.]. Sports flash: the Paris walk

[postmen's walking race]. Election in South Korea [in U.S. zone].

79. May 29, 1948. Dogdom's high society [18th Annual Morris and

Essex Dog show at Madison, N.J.] U.S. meets first President of

Israel [Dr. Chaim Weizmann confers with President Truman]. "Queen

Mary" brings many celebrities [Ambassador Stanton Griffis, Russian

Ambassador Jacob A. Malik, Mae West]. GOP hopefuls set for battle of

delegates [Stassen, Dewey, Taft, and Vandenberg].

80. June 2, 1948. Palestine: days of trial [Dr. Chaim Weizmann guest

of President Truman at the White House; Jewish refugees arrive at

Tel Aviv]. Father Flanagan: Boys Town says farewell [mourns priest's

death]. 2,460 sheep cross Coulee [Dam]. Jesse James reported alive

[Colonel Frank Dalton claims to be former outlaw]. Golf classic:

Hogan wins second PGA championship [St. Louis].

81. June 5, 1948. Taps for "Salt Lake City"; Navy sinks cruiser used

in atom test. Drew Pearson receives "Father of the Year" award from

[General] Eisenhower. World premiere [of "The Emperor Waltz"] in

Hollywood. News on the novel side: the human fish [Margaret Hutton

demonstrates swimming technique in a Los Angeles Pool; three bears

in the Vienna woods].

82. June 9, 1948. Floods take toll. Pacific Northwest hit by raging

waters [Vanport and Portland, Or.; Fraser River Valley, B.C.] News

around the globe: Smuts loses in South African elections; Italy

greets aid cargo from U.S.; new stamps honor heroic clergymen [the

four chaplains who died on a torpedoed transport in 1943]; U.S.

statesmen [James F. Byrnes and Senator Arthur Vandenberg] honored at

Columbia [University]; at Brest, France, President Auriol reviews

fleet. Heavyweight boxing: German champ [Hein Ten Hoff] retains

title.

83. June 12, 1948. Heel 'n' toe classic: Harry Laskau walks into

America's Olympic line-up. Canada: show window of the world.

[Viscount Alexander, Canada's Governor General, opens Canadian

International Trade Fair in Toronto]. Inside Czechoslovakia:

[Communists take over Czechoslovakia's Parliament]. President Benes:

last films before resigning. President Truman makes 10,000 mile

speaking tour. English Derby run before million fans.

84. June 16, 1948. Water sports: tuna fish on the hook [in the

Bahamas]. Three Americans [Barney Balaban, John W. McCormick,

William F. Halsey] honored by inter-faith group. It's here again:

the great vacation season. "Queen Mary" brings popular English actor

[Sir Ralph Richardson to begin work on film adaptation of "The

Heiress"]. Vandenberg assails cut in foreign aid. Palestine:

cease-fire showdown [Bernadotte's truce].

85. June 19, 1948. Freedom train begins 10th month of tour. Zoo

circus: chimps no chumps at clowning. New look gets into the swim

[Paris beach wear]. Politics: presidential fireworks [Republicans in

Philadelphia; Truman continues western tour]. Babe Ruth: his number

becomes immortal.

86. June 23, 1948. U.S. sailors fight for Olympic berths. American

girls rout British at Wimbledon. Nippon goes to the races. France

remembers: memorial to fallen Yanks dedicated. Truman family [on

West Coast]. New ocean phenomena uncovered [Swedish oceanographers

film undersea life].

87. June 26, 1948. GOP meets to name '48 ticket. Republican National

Convention opens in Philadelphia. 1094 delegates weigh the chances

of favored and dark-horse candidates. Taft, Stassen, and Dewey hold

featured spotlight. Governor Dwight H. Green delivers keynote

address.

88. June 30, 1948. Dewey wins! Republican candidate for president

chosen by unanimous vote. Comprehensive newsreel round-up of last

days of convention. Dewey appears before convention to deliver

victory address.

89. July 3, 1948. Berlin: new days of crisis [U.S. airplanes

fly food into city; Germans exchange marks for new currency].

[Lord Louis] Mountbatten's farewell to India [retires as

Governor-General]. Palestine: Haganah, Irgun clash over arms

ship [at Tel Aviv]. Dewey and Warren: GOP set for big campaign

[first press conference of Republican nominees; Dewey attends

church at Pawling, N.Y.]. Joe Louis: champ says he'll retire

[after victory over Joe Walcott]. Patty Berg wins Western

[Open] Golf title [at Chicago].

90. July 7, 1948. Rhodes: world watches [Count Folke] Bernadotte's

peace moves [for solution of Palestine problem]. Eric Johnston

protests British film quota [in Washington]. Pawling, New York: the

Deweys hosts to the Warrens. "Adopted" town [Maille, France] meets

U.S. benefactors [Mr. and Mrs. Girard Hale of Santa Barbara,

Calif.]. Eyes of the sports world on Olympics [National Track and

Field Meet at University of Minnesota]. San Diego: women aquatic

hopefuls.

91. July 10, 1948. France's turf classic: "My Love" wins the Grand

Prix [de Paris]. Hero of Israel [Colonel David Marcus] brought home

for burial [at U.S. Military Academy]. Czechoslovakia: first Red

president [Clement Gottwald] takes over. Fashion news: furs look

ahead. Good government, junior style [Youth Month in Kansas City,

Mo.]. Mt. Rainier: summer skiers beat the heat.

92. July 14, 1948. Jap 'quake destroys an entire city [Fukui].

Bavarian Alps: tight-rope sensation two miles up [acrobatic act by

Siegward Bach]. Personalities in the news: [General Eisenhower

greets classes at Columbia University; leaves home for a game of

golf with George Allen; California Democrats seek to draft

Eisenhower for nomination; Truman is host to President Gallegos of

Venezuela.] Heat-beaters: ice-cold ski-jumping [at Lake Placid,

N.Y.].

93. July 17, 1948. Democrats take over in Philadelphia. [Eisenhower

headquarters close. Pepper announces candidacy.] U.S. ready for

Olympics. Final track tryouts [in Evanston, Ill.] marked by upsets.

Olympic teams picked for swimming, diving [in Detroit].

94. July 21, 1948. Crucial test confronts Democrats. Truman and

Barkley nominated at heated session. [Delegates from Alabama and

Mississippi bolt convention. Truman delivers acceptance speech.

Barkley is awarded vice-presidential nomination by acclamation.]

95. July 24, 1948. New truce for Palestine. Jews, Arabs heed order

by UN. Nominees of South: states' rights convention names ticket

[Thurmond of South Carolina and Wright of Mississippi].

Dodgers-to-Giants: Durocher astounds baseball [becomes new boss of

the Giants]. Pershing goes to rest; U.S. in last tribute to AEF

chief.

96. July 28, 1948. Gymnastic eyeful: 20,000 women in biggest Sokol

drill [in Prague]. Vanport: flood city lifts head above waters [of

Columbia River]. Master's voice saves dog [flying 3,000 miles,

Queenie rejoins her master in Los Angeles]. The international scene:

Berlin crisis holds number one spot [Berliners protest Russian

blockade]; Clay recalled from Berlin; FBI arrests top Reds [Foster

and others]; draft plans announced. [Major General Lewis B. Hershey

assumes charge of draft]. B–29's arrive in England.

97. July 31, 1948. 1948 Olympiad: London host to topflight athletes.

Week end at Pawling: Dewey keeps pace with world issues.

Aquatennial: Minneapolis stages great water spectacle. Wallace party

states policy; pro-Soviet line upheld by convention.

98. Aug. 4, 1948. Canadian ship crashes on reef [off of British

Columbia]. Chicago hails 100 years of railroading. West Point goes

Hollywood [and awards "Oscars"]. President calls 80th Congress in

special session. Summer sports flashes: underwater aquaplanes

[Silver Springs, Fla.]; Stymie retires [as world's biggest

moneymaking race horse]; Cheyenne rodeo; Calgary Stampede.

99. Aug. 7, 1948. Aerial crossroads of the world [Truman and Dewey

are present at dedication of New York's International Airport].

Israel salutes heroes on "Nation Day" [at Tel Aviv]. Blast wrecks

[I. G. Farben] chemical plant in [Ludwigshafen] Germany. Spectacle

and thrills mark Olympic Games [at Wembley Stadium, London. The

Royal Family attends opening ceremonies.]

100. Aug. 11, 1948. [American Legion] Boys Forum sees government at

work [in Washington]. America dominates Olympics: [record of winning

performances by Uncle Sam's team in London Olympiad].

101. Aug. 14, 1948. Greek army advances [toward the Albanian

border]; regulars close in on rebels. Canada: St. Laurent to succeed

Mackenzie King. New Olympic films; sports report from London.

102. Aug. 18, 1948. The strange case of the Soviet teachers [Oksana

Stepanova Kosenkina and Mikhail Ivanovitch Samarin]. New films from

London climax action in Olympic track events.

103. Aug. 21, 1948. Accent on Young America; new program rallies

nation to its youth; [President Truman receives new stamps

commemorating Youth Month]. Babe Ruth, 1895–1948 [dies in New York].

Hiroshima, three years after [destruction by atomic attack].

Palestine: incident in no-man's land [bodies exchanged under UN

observation]. Largest airborne lifeboat 'chuted from B–29 [at

Mitchell Field, N.Y.]. Greatest woman Olympic star comes home [Fanny

Blankers-Koen returns to Amsterdam, Holland].

104. Aug. 25, 1948. Greatest oil discovery in Canada [new field

opened at Edmonton, Alberta; gusher out of control]. Babe Ruth goes

to rest [body lies in state; requiem mass at St. Patrick's, New

York]. Korea republic proclaimed. [New President Rhee greets General

MacArthur]. Olympic fade-out: final events and closing ceremonies

[at London].

1948/49.

1. Aug. 28, 1948. Middies, cadets join forces in amphibious test [on

Virginia coast]. Cologne Cathedral reopened for seven hundredth

anniversary. [Secretary of Defense] Forrestal talks defense plans

with Canada [at Ottawa, attends policy meeting at Newport, R.I.].

Axis Sally [Mildred Elizabeth Gillars] faces trial for treason [in

Washington]. [Tokyo Rose (Iva Toguri) also under charges]. Grid

preview: [Chicago] Cardinals beat [College] All-Stars [in Chicago].

Seattle, Washington sail classic [North American Star Boat Sailing

Championships].

2. Sept. 1, 1948. Soviet rejects U.S. note on teachers [severs

consular relations after Kosenkina protest]. Back to school

fashions. [Alger] Hiss vs. [Whittaker] Chambers: key witnesses face

to face at spy hearing [before House Un-American Activities

Committee]. Heat wave [temperatures near record levels in New York].

3. Sept. 4, 1948. Best on the ice; skate stars preview gayest

carnival [Ice Capades of 1949]. World churchmen meet in Amsterdam.

Headlines, news, and people: draft call inductions set for November;

Soviet Consul [Jacob Lomakin] sails from New York; U.S. Olympic

stars home after London sweep. Red hot football; temperature 99

degrees [Dodgers vs. Yankees].

4. Sept. 8, 1948. Ship news; celebrities sail aboard Queen Mary.

Wilhelmina of Holland ends 50 year reign. Football, collegians get

ready: Irish eye third straight national crown; Army rated tops in

East; Navy faces tough schedule.

5. Sept. 11, 1948. UN moves to France; Paris ready for delegates of

58 nations. School daze; twirlers learn tricks with the sticks

[Huntsville, Texas]. Aid for Greece; U.S. builds bridges to speed

recovery. The novel in fashions. China fights inflation with money

reforms.

6. Sept. 15, 1948. Spirit of the dance; amateur hoofers wow crowds

at Harvest Ball [Madison Square Garden, New York]. Campaign

fireworks; Truman, Stassen deliver opening verbal blasts. Juliana

takes oath as Dutch ruler.

7. Sept. 18, 1948. Boston baseball fever; Beantown eyes first subway

series [as Braves and Red Sox lead major leagues]. Russia drives for

rule of Berlin. U.S. united on foreign policy, says Vandenberg. Pope

spurs anti-Red campaign. Stars aid charity; Hollywood under the big

top.

8. Sept. 22, 1948. Newest on the rails [20th Century Limited].

Elections: "As Maine goes, so goes ...?" [Maine goes Republican].

Campaign for packages aids European needy. Ground broken for UN

capitol [in New York City]. Youth of the Year [Bob Mathias and

Arthur Cook greeted by Truman]. Brandenburg Gate incident in Berlin.

Czechoslovakia mourns Benes. Football: Giants trim Bears for

charity.

9. Sept. 25, 1948. Presidential race quickens; Truman, Dewey swing

West on big tours. Babes in the news [quadruplets in Great Britain].

Marshall's busy days: [receives Humanitarian Award of 1947 by

Variety Clubs International; flys to Paris for meeting of United

Nations General Assembly]. Bernadotte assassination rocks UN. Jet

plane sets world speed mark, 671 m.p.h.

10. Sept. 29, 1948. Winds on rampage; $25,000,000 loss as hurricane

rips Florida. Vive Cerdan; French battler wins middleweight boxing

crown. Bernadotte: body of slain UN mediator flown home. Dewey vs.

Truman; highlights of Western campaign trips. Amazing new aircraft

"Parasite Jet" [XF–85] flown for first time.

11. Oct. 2, 1948. Top performers keep 'em laughing at AAF reunion

[boxing bout between Bob Hope and Jack Dempsey]. Last rites for

Bernadotte in Sweden. Nation hails return of King Football

[California vs. Navy; Notre Dame vs. Purdue; Army vs. Villanova].

12. Oct. 6, 1948. Truman or Dewey? Presidential race enters final

weeks. "Lab in sky" speeds television, radar progress [I. T. & T.

electronic engineers probe the secrets of microwaves]. United

Nations, new war of words [debate in Paris]. Italian Reds rally for

Togliatti in Rome. First pictures of Politburo at Zhdanov funeral in

Moscow. Break-neck stunts [Joie Chitwood and his Auto Daredevils].

13. Oct. 9, 1948. World Series fever: Cleveland meets Braves, with

[Bob] Hope. President Truman's Washington homecoming. GI's insurance

sends Jap ex-pilot to U.S. college. Sports: Citation wins Belmont

classic by 8 lengths; Northwestern upsets Purdue; North Carolina

beats Georgia.

14. Oct. 13, 1948. Coast Guard saves 23 from plane on [Florida]

Keys. Report on Palestine [Bartley Crum returns from the Holy Land].

1948 World Series.

15. Oct. 16, 1948. Marshall's flying visit from Paris. Churchill

urges U.S. to keep atom bomb. Cleveland takes the [World] Series.

Football game of the week: Army vs. Illinois.

16. Oct. 20, 1948. "Little Henry," world's first ram-jet helicopter.

Speedboat racing; weirdest water arena [Danbury, Conn.] The Dewey

story [a film presentation of the life of Thomas Dewey].

17. Oct. 23, 1948. Gridiron heat wave: 86,000 see mighty Michigan

crush [Northwestern] Wildcats; Penn beats Columbia in final seconds.

The Truman story [a film presentation of the life of Harry S.

Truman].

18. Oct. 27, 1948. Stephenson paces Army win over Harvard. North

Japan floods take awful toll. General Clay [gives] first hand report

on Berlin. General MacArthur host to President [Syngman Rhee] of

Korea. Eric Johnston gives views after trip to Russia. Governor

Dewey calls for unity in world affairs. Invasion; American Legion

wins Miami "beachhead" [10,000 attend National Convention].

19. Oct. 30, 1948. UN, Paris: Reds veto bid to end Berlin crisis.

France seeks showdown in mine strike. First DPs sail under new U.S.

law. Coast-to-coast battle of ballots. College football parade: Penn

state vs. Michigan State; Minnesota vs. Michigan.

20. Nov. 3, 1948. France's labor crisis; latest films of mine

strike. Troubled China celebrates Independence Day. Fashions: Navy

goes overboard for new look. The story behind the airlift, Berlin.

Roller Derby highlights fall sports.

21. Nov. 6, 1948. Nation hails Marine Corps on anniversary. First

DPs arrive in New York. Morgenthau reports on Palestine trip.

Football's parade of champions: California vs. USC, Georgia Tech vs.

Duke, Notre Dame vs. Navy.

22. Nov, 10, 1948. Israeli victory in Negeb desert fighting.

Truman's smashing victory [with 304 electoral votes].

23. Nov. 13, 1948. Washington's greatest victory show. Capital

welcomes Truman. Football: Army power crushes Stanford. 80,000 see

Penn State topple Penn.

24. Nov. 17, 1948. Snowbirds [on Mt. Rainier] rush season for ski

doings. France: Troops restore order in mine crisis. Tanks come out

of mothballs [Tacoma, Wash.]; Army introduces its newest tank [the

General Patton] at Maryland's Aberdeen Proving Ground. Fashions?

Look what Paris has! Touchdown parade: Missouri is shown by

Oklahoma.

25. Nov. 20, 1948. Riots in Paris; police battle Reds on peace

anniversary. Justice—Tojo and company sentenced. It's a boy for

Princess Elizabeth. Patton tank christened by widow. "Red Dean"

[Hewlett Johnson] visits U.S. Fightin' football: Irish rally to beat

Northwestern; Army vs. Penn, Cadets win in final seconds.

26. Nov. 24, 1948. Bikini vet ends career; Navy sinks cruiser

Pensacola. An American family [the Trumans] vacations in Florida.

Canada welcomes new Prime Minister [Louis St. Laurent]. Nation's

youngest Governor [Herman Eugene Talmadge of Georgia]. Milady looks

to '49; hats on to fashions. Cleveland wins 10th straight to top pro

grid.

27. Nov. 27, 1948. Latest jet: Navy's "flying wing" fighter

[XF7U–1]. Hollywood stars off to London via Canada. Our busy

President [in Key West, Fla., at Blair House, Washington, and at the

Washington airport greeting Secretary of State Marshall]. Football:

Southern Methodist vs. Baylor; Michigan vs. Ohio State; Harvard vs.

Yale.

28. Dec. 1, 1948. Aviation's mighty mite: Wee-Bee plane in debut.

Amazing salt harvest, Puerto Rico. 1948 touchdown review; the

season's All-America plays.

29. Dec. 4, 1948. Army vs. Navy. Underdog Navy ties unbeaten Army

[in football game.] President Truman sees game.

30. Dec. 8, 1948. Flight tests prove worth of air brakes [at

Caldwell, N.J.] "Yankee Doodle" in Tokyo [children play tunes

learned from GI's]. [Baby six months old floats in swimming pool.]

From Hollywood sheer nonsense [stockings]. Reds claim Suchow. Mme.

Chiang Kai-Shek seeks aid for China's government. From Suchow

[combat pictures of crucial battle].

31. Dec. 11, 1948. New spy evidence. Government seizes microfilms of

stolen data [found in pumpkin]. Stars over London [screen

luminaries, Billy de Wolfe and others, meet the Royal Family].

President salutes the "Mighty Mo" at Norfolk, Virginia. Christmas

comes but once a year. Upset! USC ties mighty Notre Dame.

32. Dec. 15, 1948. World's biggest warplane, B–36, gets screen test.

Washington: new sensations at spy inquiry [by House Un-American

Activities Committee]. Bogus $10 and $20 bills flood big cities.

Report from China: evacuation of U.S. civilians from Shanghai; 1200

U.S. marines arrive at Tsingtao.

33. Dec. 18, 1948. [Kaman] helicopter magic. Preview of tomorrow's

flight [in Windsor Locks, Conn.]. Women [Wacs and Waves] in uniform

make news. Quebec welcomes a favorite son [Louis St. Laurent, Prime

Minister of Canada]. Newfoundland signs to join Canada. Pre-holiday

visit with President Truman. Palm Desert, Calif.—wasteland to

wonderland.

34. Dec. 22, 1948. Gloves in bloom; from New York sidewalks to

boxing fame [Madison Square Boys' Clubs]. "Sinbad" [gorilla] makes

debut [in Chicago zoo]. China ship [Kianyga] disaster. UN ends Paris

session. Charity at Yuletide [Cardinal Spellman at New York

foundling hospital].

69. Apr. 24, 1948. Citation wins pre-Derby turf classic! [The