35. Dec. 25, 1948. Kitty Hawk presented to National Museum. _Motion pictures, 1940-1949

Prince [Charles of Edinburgh] makes debut before cameras [at

christening]. Movie celebrities [Alan Ladd, Sue Carol, and Joan

Caulfield] home for the holidays. Attorney General Clark urges

stronger espionage laws. Pro grid finals: Cleveland routs Buffalo;

"Snow Bowl" Eagles down Cardinals in blizzard [at Philadelphia].

36. Dec. 29, 1948. Intersectional basketball thrills big city [at

Madison Square Garden]. French raze Red radio towers [in Berlin].

From Paris, a hat to fit your profile. Ku Klux Klan initiation

ceremonies [in Georgia; Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt cites child

membership as hate-breeding].

37. Jan. 1, 1949. Headline news stories of 1948: Harry S. Truman,

man of the year; revolt in Bogota; Hiss versus Chambers; Oksana

Kosenkina; Olympic games; Gandhi, India's last tribute; Palestine, a

state is born; the Berlin crisis; the airlift; the UN in 1948.

38. Jan. 5, 1949. Atom ore; pitchblende bonanza in Colorado. U.S.

returns original Magna Carta to England. Pact signed ending ban on

recordings. 1948 in sports.

39. Jan. 8, 1949. Football welcomes New Year. 1949 Bowl games: [The

Longhorns of Texas meet the Bulldogs of Georgia in the Orange Bowl;

Northwestern and California fight in Rose Bowl; Southern Methodists

triumph over Oregon in the Cotton Bowl]. Stars over Berlin:

Operation Good Cheer. [Prominent American entertainers and public

figures bring a touch of home to the men of the Berlin Airlift].

40. Jan. 12, 1949. Nature hits hard across the nation. [Blizzard

strikes in the Rocky Mountain states, sweeping eastward across the

Middle West. 120 homes demolished by tornado in Warren, Ark.] Truman

asks: Tax boost, inflation control, Labor Act repeal. President

outlines "Fair Deal" program as Congress meets with Democrats in

control. Sports highlights: Clemson noses out Missouri [at

Jacksonville's Gator Bowl]; Skiing—at your door [on the slopes of

Mt. Hood, Oregon].

41. Jan. 15, 1949. Rockies area hit anew in worst winter. Cairo:

last rites for [Nokrashy Pasha], Egypt's slain premier. George C.

Marshall—a statesman steps down. Child minister's wedding rite stirs

debate.

42. Jan. 19, 1949. Russia's big show; 31st anniversary of Bolshevik

Revolution. Weather flash; snow in California. Dean Acheson

testifies before Senate Committee. U.S. tightens patrol on Mexico

border [to check illegal immigration of Mexican laborers]. Curtain

time for kiddies [Punch and Judy shows in Austria].

43. Jan. 22, 1949. Pilotless jet [Gorgon IV] in longest flight.

Rocket ship climbs 13,000 feet in a minute. Lookin' to spring, "Miss

Budget" picks cotton. Washington: Truman "joins" a union [American

Federation of Musicians]. Paris: Garry Davis opens drive for "world

citizens." New York: top U.S. Reds go on trial. Ski jump classic

[Fox River Grove, Ill.]; Olympic champ from Norway wins U.S. meet.

44. Jan. 26, 1949. The inauguration of Harry S. Truman.

45. Jan. 29, 1949. China at the crossroads [Chiang Kai-Shek leaves

for a self-imposed exile and General Li Tsung-jen, successor to

Chiang, sues for peace with Communists]. Rhodes: Egypt-Israel

armistice talks. Palestine: Israel air force at rites for RAF pilot.

Near Haifa [young people from Canada, United States, and Mexico

arrive to build "All-American" Israel settlement]. Acheson

officially takes over [as Secretary of State]. Skate festival

[Hollywood Ice Revue].

46. Feb. 2, 1949. Film record of Russia's "peace offensive." "Cold

war" over best seller ["I Chose Freedom" by Victor Kravchenko]. News

on the novel side: [Willa Worthington makes bathing suits of metalic

fabrics. Tiny Koala bears in Australia.] Fastest bomber [XB–47] in

super-jet take-off.

47. Feb. 5, 1949. Israel 8 months after statehood [holds first

election]. Canadian Parliament opens. Report from the western

blizzard front. Distance Stars from Europe in Millrose meet [at

Madison Square Garden].

48. Feb. 9, 1949. French say 'merci' for our bounty [with Gratitude

Train]. UN commission pushed search for Palestine peace. Senate

debates new labor bill. First pictures: Soviet moves all troops from

Korea. Norwegian wings 290 feet in U.S. ski meet.

49. Feb. 12, 1949. Baseball's $100,000 success story; a guy named

Joe [DiMaggio]. Tokyo: Royall begins tour of Pacific defenses.

Pilots who fled Russia start tour. Marshall Plan youth [high school

students from 14 nations] meet President Truman. Capital hails

'thank you' train [from Paris]. Dramatic first films: retreat from

Nanking.

50. Feb. 16, 1949. Protests grow over sentencing of Mindszenty.

Washington: Dewey gives formula for saving G.O.P. India: one year

after death of Gandhi. "Most popular star": fans again pick Crosby.

A salute to Brotherhood Week.

51. Feb. 19, 1949. Bridge collapses on trains near Paris. Boy Scouts

report to the "Boss" [twelve Eagle Scouts visit President Truman].

Cairo students study world's oldest pyramid. Canada's Premier visits

Washington for major talks. Bowling Congress [annual tournament in

Atlantic City]. Varsity skiing: Washington U. wins from Canada's

best [Banff, Alberta]. Yachting special: rough winter skippers in

Miami classic [16th annual Lipton Cup Race].

52. Feb. 23, 1949. Consistory in Rome [denounces the Hungarian trial

of Cardinal Mindszenty]. Baseball's Gardella case. A night at the

dog show [73rd Westminster Kennel Club show in New York]. Sky power:

President sees Air Force's biggest show [at Andrews Field,

Maryland].

53. Feb. 26, 1949. Royall reports on the Far East. For Milady,

scarves set new style note. Romance rumor links Princess Margaret to

a commoner [former Army Captain Tom Egerton]. Bob Hope receives

"Achievement Award" [presented by Look Magazine]. Israel makes

history: First Assembly convenes in Jerusalem.

54. Mar. 2, 1949. 300,000 hear Pope denounce Communism. Israel,

Egypt sign armistice. [First films of the inaugural of Dr. Chaim

Weizmann as President of Israel]. The economic state of the Union

[Leon H. Keyserling surveys America's economic condition].

55. Mar. 5, 1949. War report from Greece. Israel, Arabs begin

exchange of prisoners. News from Germany: Red troops mark Army Day

in Berlin; Fritz Kuhn freed, seeks U.S. citizenship. Fashion

debate—hemlines long or short?

56. Mar. 9, 1949. Spring and baseball, they'll soon be here [New

York Yankees at St. Petersburg, Fla.] Cardinal Spellman leads

students digging graves. B–50 hops around globe non-stop. The champ

hangs up his gloves [Joe Louis officially retires and turns

promoter].

57. Mar. 12, 1949. Baseball's world champions [Cleveland Indians]

look to '49—with [Bob] Hope. Soviet mission forced to quit U.S. zone

[Frankfurt]. News diary of the First Family [President Truman

receives outgoing and incoming Secretaries of Defense; leaves for

Key West, Fla. Margaret Truman christens the "Clipper America."]

Security Council votes Israel's admission to UN. Sports spectacle;

basketball's greatest "freeze" [Minnesota Lakers vs. Harlem Globe

Trotters].

58. Mar. 16, 1949. Odom flies Hawaii-N.J.; gas costs $75. Russia

returns lend-leased U.S. cruiser [the Milwaukee]. Danish minister

[Gustav Rasmussen] in U.S. for pact talks. Axis Sally guilty of

treason. Modern version: Great train robbery! [Two desperadoes rob a

B&O express near Martinsburg, W. Va.] Smallest engine, smallest car

[makes its debut in Munich, Germany].

59. Mar. 19. 1949. Baseball's "elder statesman" [Connie Mack in

Florida with the Philadelphia Athletics]. Restore temple [at Karnak

on the Nile] destroyed by 'quake in 27 B.C. "Canada Day" at West

Point. Science news: world's lightest solid [plastic foam].

Czechoslovakia, one year after the Red seizure. Speed in sports:

200–mile cycle derby [Daytona Beach, Fla.]; amateur Grand National

[Hunt Steeplechase at Cheltenham, Eng.].

60. Mar. 23, 1949. Springtime on skis in Alberta [new ski lift opens

at Banff]. Israel's first trans-Atlantic cargo ship [the S. S. Haifa

is dedicated in New York. Moshe Sharett, Israeli Foreign Minister,

comes to U.S. for conference on the United Jewish Appeal]. For atom

workers: remote control hands [shown at the Argonne National

laboratory in Chicago]. Russians transfer "Milwaukee." [Lend-leased

vessel reverts to the American Navy]. Spectacular waterfront fire in

California [Army dock and warehouse at Oakland become smoking

ruins].

61. Mar. 26, 1949. The Atlantic Pact. An analysis of the significant

aims embodied in the proposed twenty-year treaty.

62. Mar. 30, 1949. West Berlin outlaws Red currency. Graphic report

on China's "Last Bastion" [on the island of Formosa]. Easter

fashions are "ooh la la." Welcome for Winnie [Churchill arrives in

America]. When in Greece, Yankee sees, Yankee does [members of

American armed forces sight-see in Athens].

63. Apr. 2, 1949. Peace parley [of the Cultural and Scientific

Conference for World Peace meeting in New York]. Oscars: Hollywood

makes annual awards. Peron takes oath of new constitution. Grand

National: 66–1 shot wins classic at Aintree [England].

64. Apr. 6, 1949. Water artistry [at Cypress Gardens, Fla., by Willa

Worthington, water-ski champion]. Queen Mary docks in New York with

Andrei Gromyko and foreign ministers of Belgium, Luxembourg and

England aboard. New Defense chief [Louis Johnson] meets the press.

UN seeks peace for the entire Middle East. "Gorilla" flees zoo;

climbs Eiffel Tower.

65. Apr. 9, 1949. Newcomers win titles in National AAU swim meet.

Newfoundland welcomed as 10th province. For the cause of peace,

twelve nations sign [North Atlantic] pact in Washington.

66. Apr. 13, 1949. Nation salutes men in khaki: Army Day, 1949.

Tragic hospital fire in [Effingham] Illinois. Mailman makes "gem" of

a delivery [$1,500,000 worth of precious stones]. Pope Pius XII

marks 50 years of priesthood. General Assembly [of UN] meets in New

York.

67. Apr. 16, 1949. The Kathy drama [body of Kathy Fiscus recovered

from abandoned well at San Marino, Calif.] Greek King re-opens

historic Corinth Canal. China: tension mounts amid bids for peace.

Speed in sports: break-neck cycle race [at the Montreuil motor

course, France]; dressy turf opening at Longchamp [in Paris].

68. Apr. 20, 1949. What price housing? [Analysis of the need for new

homes, as Congressional debate on the Government's housing bill is

opened].

69. Apr. 23, 1949. Acting UN mediator, Ralph Bunche, arrives in New

York from Palestine. Stephen T. Early appointed first Undersecretary

of Defense. Burt Lancaster returns to the circus. A day of devotions

[Easter]. Baseball gets down to business [President Truman throws

the first pitch in the 1949 season; Red Cross distributes booklet

"Care and Protection of Dodger Fans"; Grantland Rice selects Boston

Red Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates].

70. Apr. 27, 1949. DP's stage anti-Communist demonstration [Munich].

Taxes slashed in Canada. News portraits of Farouk and beautiful

sisters. Truman rallies nation to bond drive. Erin hails birth of

Republic of Ireland.

71. Apr. 30, 1949. Olympia wins Wood Memorial by a neck [at Jamaica

race-track]. World's record: [96 painters] paint vet's house in 2

min., 32 seconds. New "cure" reported [Ringling Bros. Barnum &

Bailey circus visits Bellevue Hospital]. China: decisive stage of

civil war.

72. May 4, 1949. California fliers set endurance mark [1008 hours in

the air]. Philip Jessup and Andrei Gromyko arrive to open

negotiations on lifting Berlin blockade. Secretary of State Acheson

speaks before Senate Foreign Relations Committee for ratification of

North Atlantic Pact. World Congress of Partisans of Peace assembles

in Paris. Steve Belloise scores technical knockout over Jean Stock

[Paris].

73. May 7, 1949. Berlin blockade lifted! May Day, U.S. and abroad:

orations delivered by Communists and pro-Allies at Brandenburg Gate,

Berlin; Communists' parade, and DeGaulle's rightists stage rally in

Paris; parades in New York City. Runnin' on water; zany skiers skip

over the waves [Cypress Gardens, Fla.] Shanghai—the great exodus.

Blossom Festival [Winchester, Va.]; [Bob] Hope bobs for the apple.

74. May 18, 1949. Berlin blockade lifted: [preparations being made

in Berlin; New York City is scene of historic agreement.] Freedom's

timetable: European Recovery Program; Western European defensive

unity; North Atlantic Pact; agreement on Berlin. Frankfort, Germany:

report on steps toward Western German Republic. Exclusive interview

with Gen. Lucius D. Clay. Tribute to the men of the Berlin airlift.

75. May 21, 1949. $5,000,000 race track fire [Hollywood Park].

Variety Clubs honor [Herbert] Hoover. Report from Shanghai;

last-ditch defenses. "Little Four" [Collins quadruplets] born in New

York. Ponder, 16–1 wins Kentucky Derby.

76. May 25, 1949. Executions in streets of Shanghai. Hague machine

smashed in Jersey City. Israel wins United Nations membership.

Marines test "invasion" with helicopters [at Quantico war games].

The amazing Acrojets [F–80 Jet planes presented by Air Force].

77. May 28, 1949. Thrill-packed Preakness: Capot beats Palestinian

by a head. Berlin freed from the blockade. I am an American: we

reaffirm faith in our government. [U.S. citizens restate their

allegiance on "I am an American Day."]

78. June 1, 1949. [Hollywood] stars help launch big bond drive [in

Independence, Mo.] Washington greets Brazil's chief executive

[Eurico Gaspar Dutra]. F.D.R., Jr. [of New York] elected to

Congress. U.S. salutes hero of the peace: General Clay honored as he

retires.

79. June 4, 1949. Big Four open talks on Germany. Nation mourns

Forrestal. Border fiesta; eyes of Texas on Laredo. Names and events

on the sports scene: crown new Mr. America; one-woman track team

[Fanny Blankers-Koen winner at Ninth Annual Coliseum Relays at Los

Angeles]; Dempsey referees mat title bout.

80. June 8, 1949. Key issues debated by Big Four Council in Paris.

Lest we forget [program on Memorial Day and the fifth anniversary of

D-Day].

81. June 11, 1949. West Germany constitution comes into force.

Newest [trailer] coaches hit the open road. President Dutra Inspects

TVA installations. Admiral Kirk sworn in as ambassador to Russia.

Lilienthal testifies at atom probe. News on the novel side: unicycle

demonstrated in Bordeaux, France; 55 Hamadryads arrive at the

Munich, Germany, zoo.

82. June 15, 1949. Snead wins PGA title 2nd time. Eisler freed; will

not return to U.S. General Clay bids the army farewell. British

royalty sees "trooping the colors." Rita [Hayworth] and Aly [Khan]

take their vows.

83. June 18, 1949. Crosby, Hope tee off with Capital "brass."

Marshall honored for aid to world. Russia's biggest show of might

[May Day parade in Moscow].

84. June 22, 1949. Soviet aims enforced at Czech Congress. Workers'

protest rally turns into riot [Tokyo]. Franco opens Spanish

Parliament. Congressman Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., in Israel. First

woman U.S. Treasurer takes over [Mrs. Georgia Neese Clark]. Next

heavy champ—Walcott or Charles? Tuna stalkers have field day in

Bahamas.

85. June 25, 1949. Close finish in National Open golf. Truman meets

buddies [in Little Rock, Ark.]; makes major address. Will Rogers

Hospital taken over by Variety Clubs. Britain honors George VI on

53rd birthday.

86. June 29, 1949. Ku Klux Klan in headlines again [initiates new

members at Stone Mountain, Ga.] "Little England" puts on the dog

[annual dog show at Hyde Park, London]. Mr. [Franklin D.] Roosevelt

[Jr.] goes to Washington. Stand up and be counted, a preview of the

1950 census.

87. July 2, 1949. Cyclists from U.S. and Canada ride in New

Hampshire. Financial page: how a crisis in wheat was averted.

Gaullist, Red rallies bring out 20,000 police. Cleveland: baseball

fan a pole-sitter 'til tribe leads. Beach styles in a "glass" by

themselves. Mister, your hat [hats for men by West Coast designer].

88. July 6, 1949. Ezzard Charles beats Walcott in title bout. July

Fourth, a salute to our country—a special documentary-newsreel

production.

89. July 9, 1949. U.S. stars aid French charity drive. Texan weds

granddaughter of late Kaiser [Wilhelm]. Florida Governor [Fuller

Warren] weds girl from California. Greatest show of man-made

lightning [General Electric's high-voltage engineering laboratory at

Pittsfield, Mass.] Premier Tito bids for trade with the West.

Regatta: Golden Bears win on the Hudson.

90. July 13, 1949. Unique rites mark feast of St. Paulinus [at Nola,

Italy]. U.S. mobilization plan urged by Baruch. Canada votes;

Liberal Party wins in landslide. Baseball: Joe DiMaggio returns to

line-up. Square dancing by moonlight [New York Central Park].

91. July 16, 1949. Nocturnal aquatics in Puerto Rico. New president

of World Bank [Eugene R. Black]. Irene Dunne receives award from

Notre Dame. Judith Coplon convicted of espionage. American GI

[welcomes] Chinese orphan [in New York].

92. July 20, 1949. 2900–mile bike race; 120 cyclists begin grueling

"Tour de France." Western Europe unites in mass fleet maneuvers. New

Red menace for Japan [2,000 Japanese soldiers return from Soviet

prison camps]. Lake Placid, N.Y., ice-cold ski jumping. Wimbledon:

America's Ted Schroeder wins tennis final.

93. July 23, 1949. "All star" baseball; movie favorites go to bat

for hospital fund. New drive on for cuts in luxury taxes [Senator

Edwin C. Johnson explains the bill]. Automatic drive in; hamburgers

a la push button. Crippling dock strikes [in Honolulu and London].

94. July 27, 1949. Tragic air crashes in California and India.

Truman reports on economic state of the nation. American League All

Stars whip Nationals.

95. July 30, 1949. Gay Paris celebrates Bastille Day. Fire destroys

big movie stage in Munich. Tokyo receives gift of animals from Salt

Lake City. President signs bill for vast building program. Rare

films of a future king [Prince Charles of England].

96. Aug. 3, 1949. Truman speech follows 5–hour Shriner parade [in

Chicago]. Jackie Robinson testifies on Negro loyalty. Airliner

crashes into homes [Seattle]. France bids for return to sea power

[luxury liner, Ile de France returns to trans-Atlantic passenger

service].

97. Aug. 6, 1949. Latest films from strike waterfronts: London

walkout ends; Hawaii sees violence. President Truman signs North

Atlantic Treaty. Israel honors heroes on first Army Day [in Tel

Aviv]. Minnesota celebrates Aquatennial [in Minneapolis]. Argentina

hails 133rd year of independence [in Buenos Aires]. U.S. Tars make

flat top their training field [the football squad of the Pacific

Fleet on the U.S.S. Boxer].

98. Aug. 10, 1949. Ile de France makes Atlantic postwar debut.

1,000,000 attend funeral of Korean patriot [Kim Koo, in Seoul].

Churchill blasts British Labor Party. Sport news around the globe:

Charles, Lesnevich set for bout for heavyweight crown; new swim

stars thrill Japan [Konishin Furuhashi and Shirou Hashizume, in

Tokyo].

99. Aug. 13, 1949. 1,000,000 hear Pandit Nehru hit Communism. Danes

re-invade Britain after 1,500 years [a mock raid at Broadstairs,

England]. Probe "buzzing" in fatal air collision [above New Jersey].

Sports: U.S. retains international speedboat trophy [the Harmsworth

Trophy]; Ponder wins rich turf classic [at Arlington].

100. Aug. 17, 1949. U.S. declares war on grasshoppers. Local boys

meet their government [100 boys of the American Legion Forum, in

Washington]. Greece: guerilla power wanes; refugees flock back home.

A 75th birthday salute [to] Herbert Hoover, only living ex-president

of the United States.

101. Aug. 20, 1949. Watercade thrills 3,000 at benefit show [for the

Lou Costello Jr. Youth Foundation, in Hollywood]. Sawdust trail to

the silver screen [Cecil B. DeMille studies the Ringling Brothers'

Circus, in Chicago]. China, the story of a nation's defeat: State

Department's "White Paper" on China reveals failure of Nationalist

regime; new course charted for America's anti-Communist policy in

Far East.

102. Aug. 24, 1949. The tops in sports. "Miss Tilly" trots off with

the Hambletonian. Mangrum wins rich golf prize by a 3–foot putt [in

Chicago]. President of Philippines [Elpidio Quirino] in New York.

Monkey vs. parrot [at the Parrot Jungle, in Miami].

On-the-spot-coverage: Ecuador earthquake.

103. Aug. 27, 1949. Hometown boy winner of Soapbox Derby [Freddie

Derks of Akron]. Syria's President [Husni Zayim] and Premier [Muhsen

Berazi] are executed. Dame fashion says, ties right. Barkley

dedicates airport [Paducah, Ky.] West Germany goes to the polls.

104. Aug. 31, 1949. World's biggest rodeo [Los Angeles Coliseum].

The Senate "5 percenter" investigation. Atlanta mourns a first

citizen [Margaret Mitchell]. [Dr. Otis Barton goes] down under the

sea in a steel ball [off Santa Cruz Island, Calif.] New steps toward

a unified Europe [at the Alsatian city of Strasbourg].

1949.

1. Sept. 3, 1949. Greatest swim performance on record [Tokyo team at

the National AAU meet]. Harry Truman's busy day: Washington to Miami

[to attend the national convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars]

and back. First tests for Gar Wood's "no-roll" boat. Honor

baseball's "elder statesman" [Connie Mack].

2. Sept. 14, 1949. Forest fires hit southwest France. Theodor Herzl

reburied in Jerusalem. President Truman [signs proclamation for the

Atlantic Pact]. Tom C. Clark [sworn in as member of Supreme Court].

Philip Mickman [youngest person to swim the English channel].

Ecuador—how a stunned nation is digging out [from an earthquake].

3. Sept. 17, 1949. The great Florida hurricane. Canada opens biggest

"show window" [70th annual National Exhibition in Toronto]. Truman

tells aims of British-U.S. dollar talks. "Little World Series"

[Pensacola, Fla., vs. Hammonton, N.J.]. U.S. retains Davis Cup.

4. Sept. 21, 1949. [American] Legion "invades" Philadelphia [at

their 31st annual convention]. Drama on the Washington scene [Senate

Committee investigating five-percenters questions John Maragon and

Major General Vaughan]. Fancy blades in hot capers on frozen stage

[Ice Capades of 1950 at Atlantic City].

5. Sept. 24, 1949. Football back in headlines [Notre Dame, the New

York Giants, and University of Georgia]. Shoes to conquer dame

fashion. Spotlight on the Balkans [Marshal Tito closes

Yugoslav-Greek frontier; Greek Army fights Communist guerrillas].

6. Sept. 28, 1949. President Truman [makes a policy address in

Pittsburgh]. Shirley May France [fails in attempt to swim English

Channel]. Robeson concert erupts into violence [Peekskill, N.Y.]

[British officials arrive in New York to discuss] the big dollar

question. Gonzales beats Schroeder for U.S. singles title.

7. Oct. 1, 1949. Sports special. Baseball's big push. [Behind the

scenes with the St. Louis Cardinals, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York

Yankees, and Boston Red Sox; last-minute predictions.]

35. Dec. 25, 1948. Kitty Hawk presented to National Museum. Baby