20. Oct. 28, 1948. People in the news: General Clay, Thomas _Motion pictures, 1940-1949

Dewey, Secretary Marshall, General MacArthur and Korean President

Rhee. American Legion captures Miami. French country fashions.

Sports: California whips Oregon State; Gallic grunts and groans

[Pierre and Gaston wrestle in Paris]. Great American: Theodore

Roosevelt, Oct. 27, 1858.

21. Nov. 1, 1948. Troops subdue rioting [French] miners. First D.

P.'s sail for U. S. People in the News: President Truman, S. Perry

Brown, Catherine Rickert. Dude ranch fashions. Aerial acrobat stunts

over Italy. Football: Army-Cornell; Michigan-Minnesota.

22. Nov. 4, 1948. Troops, miners in pitched battle [in France].

Operation Combine. People in the news: Mrs. Roosevelt, Denmark's

King and Queen, England's King and Queen, Paul Hoffman. The Navy's

new look. Assembly line grocery store. Sports: Eagles vs. Bears;

Roller Derby. Great American: Daniel Boone, Nov. 2, 1734.

23. Nov. 8, 1948. Mystery fog kills twenty. First D. P.'s reach

America. Exclusive report from German Ruhr. Football:

California-U.S.C.; Northwestern-Ohio State. Morgenthau in Palestine.

New Harvest by helicopter. Life on rope half mile up. Charm school

turns out PHD's.

24. Nov. 11, 1948. Truman wins! Warner Pathe news records the most

stunning political upset in U. S. history as the Democrats win

Senate, House, and White House.

25. Nov. 15, 1948. Colorado fashions [skiing and swimming styles

shown at Colorado Springs]. Washington hails Truman and Barkley.

First inductees find it's a "new" Army. Air lift delivers new

"secret weapon" [a Shmoo, a toy animal entitling each child to ten

pounds of lard]. Sports: Penn State vs. Penn; Army vs. Stanford;

National Horse Show [at Madison Square Garden].

26. Nov. 18, 1948. West opens new airlift base [in French sector of

Berlin]. People in the news: Danny Kaye in wax at Mme. Tussaudes' in

London; Dr. Paul Muller, Swiss chemist, wins Nobel prize for

medicine; Mrs. Roosevelt receives degree at the University of Lyon.

The [new] General Patton tank [at Aberdeen]. Giant magnet is most

attractive [used in Columbia University's new cyclotron]. Maulers

vs. Terrors [in biggest battle of the small fry season]. Ski season

starts [at Mount Rainier National Park]. Miami goes to the dogs [dog

racing season].

27. Nov. 22, 1948. A prince is born [at Buckingham Palace]. Tojo

sentenced for war crimes. Reds in Berlin mark Soviet anniversary.

President Truman and Vice President-Elect Barkley confer in Key

West. The Red Dean of Canterbury arrives in New York. Field Marshall

Montgomery meets with the West's Military Governors. Football: Notre

Dame vs. Northwestern; SMU vs. Arkansas. Italian smoke-eaters drill

[firemen in Rome]. Florida "peaches" and grapefruit.

28. Nov. 25, 1948. The Truman family [relaxes in Florida]. Louis St.

Laurent becomes Canada's Prime Minister. Defense Secretary [pays a

whirlwind visit to Berlin]. Browns beat Forty-Niners. Disaster rides

miniature rails [train built by amateur movie makers]. Paris

fashions [glove styles]. Variety Club cheers polio victims.

Thanksgiving—underwater [in Florida].

29. Nov. 29, 1948. People in the news: [The Trumans return to

Washington; Truman Welcomes Secretary Marshall home from Europe;

Mrs. Kasenkina leaves hospital; Salvador Dali studies Rome's ruins].

Aviation news [Navy's ZF7U–1 "Flying Wing"; the giant Constitution].

Berlin GI's take lessons in Russian. Small fry fashions from France.

Baby bedlam in Florida [with four-month-old chimp]. Football:

[Michigan-Ohio State; North Carolina-Duke].

30. Dec. 2, 1948. UN news: [East and West clash in Paris over

outlawing of atom bomb]. Red fliers [who fled Russia are interviewed

in Austria]. Levi Jackson [first Negro captain of the Yale football

team]. Santa Claus [stops off in Canada]. The latest in cameras: the

smallest camera; the fastest camera. The "Wee-Bee" [the world's

smallest piloted plane, makes test run in California]. Tropical ice

harvest [salt harvested in Puerto Rico]. Pitt upsets Penn State.

31. Dec. 6, 1948. Army-Navy game of the year. [President Truman

among spectators at Philadelphia as Navy ties score]. Cornell upsets

Penn. Tulane swamps LSU. Nation-wide news: Santa Claus arrives;

Variety Clubs honor Boys' Town Founder [unveil a statue of Father

Flanagan].

32. Dec. 9, 1948. Battle for Suchow [Nationalists abandon city]. Key

elections split Berlin. Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek arrives in U. S. to

seek aid for China. Former Queen Wilhelmina plants trees. President

Truman and Secretary Marshall meet with America's European recovery

experts in Washington. The "Kitty Hawk" comes home [to Smithsonian

Institute]. The two-way [brake] propeller. Browns beat '49ers. Water

skiing at Cypress Gardens, Fla.

33. Dec. 13, 1948. The Collier's All-America [football team selected

by top college coaches. Washington press corps honors capitol's

outstanding fathers and daughters, including Harry Truman and

daughter Margaret. WAC director Colonel Mary Hallaren becomes first

woman officer sworn into the regular Army. Whittaker Chambers

reveals microfilms said to be top-secret State Department documents.

The people of France thank America for the Friendship Train.]

London's worst fog. Livestock championship [49th International

Livestock Exposition at Chicago].

34. Dec. 16, 1948. Reds routed in Berlin elections. Americans flee

Red tide in China. [U. S. marines sail into Tsingtao. President

Truman welcomes Cuba's President Prio. Barkley and Warren meet in

Los Angeles. Doak Walker is named year's outstanding football

player.] Unusual automobiles [the Phibian and two-in-one car from

Italy]. T-men nab passer of "near perfect" bills [in Baltimore].

Wild geese. Great American: Clara Barton.

35. Dec. 20, 1948. Christmas, 1948. The Boys' Choir of New York's

St. Thomas Church sings "Silent Night." In Europe, Japan, Canada,

and Mexico cameramen record Christmas spirit of Peace on Earth, Good

Will Toward Men. Citation still winning in California [Tanforan

Handicap]. Bills vs. Colts [for AAC's eastern championship].

36. Dec. 23, 1948. Florida fashions. 2,900 Chinese die in sea

tragedy. UN ends Paris session. Americas investigate Costa Rica

invasion. [Cardinal Spellman gives party for] kids at Christmas.

Endurance flyers. Great events: Washington crosses the Delaware,

Dec. 25, 1776.

37. Dec. 27, 1948. First pictures of royal baby [Prince Charles of

Edinburgh]. 33 saved in Pacific rescue. People in the news: [Alger

Hiss indicted for perjury; General De Gaulle outlines program;

Barbara Ann Scott makes professional debut in New York]. Year's

biggest snow blankets East coast. America remembers Kitty Hawk

flight. Football: Browns-Bills; Eagles-Cards.

38. Dec. 30, 1948. Airlift Christmas [Christmas gifts for Berlin

children]. People in the news: [President Truman promotes Colonel

Landry; General Bradley honored by chief of Italy's General Staff;

Italy's President Einaudi pays official visit to Vatican; Madame

Schiaparelli shows hat creations]. Teen-age fashions. [Miniature]

clockwork community [displayed in San Francisco]. Marines vs.

soldiers [interservice football].

39. Jan. 3, 1949. Race to rescue airmen on icecap. Berlin keeps warm

[during blockade]. Shanghai gold rush. Truman at home. Paris ski

fashions. [Michelangelo's] "David" comes to U. S. Aussies a-weigh

[weight-lifting championship].

40. Jan. 6, 1949. News of 1948 in review.

41. Jan. 10, 1949. Bowl games: Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Cotton Bowl.

81st Congress opens. Rescued airmen arrive in New York. "Airlift

follies" for Berlin GI's. Puerto Rico installs 1st elected governor.

42. Jan. 13, 1949. President reports to 81st Congress. Tornado

levels Arkansas town. Royalty [Edward VIII of England and Leopold

III of Belgium] on the Riviera. Germans ask for world citizenship.

Ships in the news: [Queen Mary repaired in England; German liner,

New York, raised at Kiel]. Boxing: Golden Gloves. Great American:

Alexander Hamilton.

43. Jan. 17, 1949. Marshall resigns; Acheson named Secretary of

State. Miami air show. Strange news from abroad [hobble skirts in

Paris; London plumber atop a Piccadilly statue]. People in the news:

[Egypt pays tribute to assassinated Premier Nokrashy Pasha;

Yoshihisa Kuzu freed as General MacArthur grants amnesty to 19;

barbecue follows inauguration of Florida's governor, Fuller Warren].

Photographers pick a queen [Jeanne Crow].

44. Jan. 20, 1949. Senate hears Dean Acheson. Caronia ends maiden

voyage. Snow blankets California. France sends U. S. "Gratitude

Train". Moppet melodrama [refugee children in Germany see first

puppet show]. Sports [25th Silver Skates races in New York;

basketball team of St. Louis University vs. Long Island University].

Great American: John Hancock.

45. Jan. 24, 1949. Air news [Air Force's XF–11 climbs at three miles

a minute; Navy's Ram-jet Robot sets record; Bill Odom sets new

mark]. Reds go on trial [Federal Court in New York]. [Planes] rescue

starving cattle. Paris hats for 1949. "Miss March of Dimes". Bitsy

bow-bows [Mexican chihuahua show in Miami]. Norge ski meet.

46. Jan. 27, 1949. The inauguration of President Truman. Includes

pre-inauguration festivities, scenes from the inauguration of

Wilson, Coolidge, Hoover, and Franklin Roosevelt, the inaugural

parade, and the President's address.

47. Jan. 31, 1949. People in the news: Dean Acheson sworn in as

Secretary of State; French Foreign Minister Schumann honored at

London reception; Paris hails Winston Churchill; Mildred Gillars

[Axis Sally] starts trial for treason. The [Italian] car that flies.

New York critics make film awards. Diamond fashions. Ice sports:

[International Championships for iceboats at Fox Lake, Ill; Sonja

Henie in ice revue in New York].

48. Feb. 3, 1949. Overseas news: in Berlin, West installs anti-Red

government and coal is located under the city; in Monte Carlo,

Monacan army has ceremonial review; in Marseilles, construction

begins on skyscraper on stilts. Koala bear sanctuary [Australia].

United States-Canada pulp project opens. Bathing suits of metal.

Sports: baseball [Rip Sewell's Florida baseball school; Lou Boudreau

signs two-year contract]; water ski jumpers [Cypress Gardens, Fla.]

Great American: Thomas Alva Edison.

49. Feb, 7, 1949. Report from Israel. Clipper survives mid-air

crash. Three-mile parade spurs March of Dimes [Los Angeles].

Parliament opens in Canada. Sports: [Millrose Games; Down Hill Ski

Championships in the French Alps; Santa Anita Maturity].

50. Feb. 10, 1949. New York hails "Gratitude Train." Fashions in

color. A U. S. soldier is buried at home [in Japan]. 19 nations map

unity in Asia. Sports: [Marcel Choisnet sets gliding record in

French Alps; trotting races; skiers at Mount Blanc, France, compete

for European ski jumping crown]. Great Americans quiz: Benjamin

Franklin.

51. Feb. 14, 1949. "Gratitude Train" starts historic U. S. journey.

People in the news: Norway's Foreign Minister Lange arrives in

America; two escaped Russian fliers arrive in Washington; General

MacArthur welcomes Secretary Royall in Tokyo; National Conference of

Christians and Jews honors Irene Dunne and Ned Depinet. Last days of

Nanking. Biggest airliner [92–ton Constitution] hops continent.

Sports: rodeo championship [Palm Springs, Calif.]

52. Feb. 17, 1949. Nation protests Mindszenty sentence. People in

the news: General Eisenhower, on leave of absence from Columbia

University, is welcomed in Washington; Mrs. Truman sees new

portraits of husband and daughter; General Marshall returns to

Washington; Chinese nationalist government transfers Japanese

prisoners of war; Governor Dewey gives his version of Republican

defeat. Paris gloves. A special feature [an incident in life of

George Washington, in observance of National Brotherhood Week].

Sports: ski jumping [Leavenworth, Wash., and Duluth, Minn.]

53. Feb. 21, 1949. Washington welcomes Canadian Premier [Louis St.

Laurent]. Hitler's chancellory blown up by Russians. Kids' pet show

[Madison Square Garden]. Flying Wing sets record. School days in the

pyramids [Step Pyramid is classroom for Cairo University students].

Sports: [in New York, Holland's Slykhuis captures Baxter Mile;

American Bowling Congress opens in Atlantic City; St. Paul's Winter

Carnival]. A special feature [in cooperation with the American Heart

Association].

54. Feb. 24, 1949. Greatest air show [at Andrews Field, Md., to show

Congress where Air Force money goes]. New tire: no tube, no blowout.

People in the news: Holland's Prince Bernhard and daughters vacation

in Swiss Alps; Berlin's Mayor Reuter goes to Paris; General De

Gaulle's RPF Party holds convention [in Lille]. Gratitude Train

speeds west. Sports: [slow motion pictures of Fanny Blankers-Koen;

Westminster Kennel Club Show in New York]. Great Americans quiz:

Daniel Webster.

55. Feb. 28, 1949. Israel's new government meets for first time.

Overseas news: [London charwomen request raise; in Berlin, Western

Allies tighten their counter-blockade against Russians; workmen get

the city of Viareggio, Italy, ready for carnival]. Navy blasts giant

hangar [Houma, La.]. Pets in the news: [pet sparrow in Los Angeles;

flea actors in Paris; uncooked rooster, chef's specialty in Tours,

Paris. Sports: surf board riders off Mokopuu Point in Hawaii;

motorcycle on skis at Liberty, N. Y.; winter games in

Czechoslovakia].

56. Mar. 3, 1949. Israeli president inaugurated. Reds deport Anna

Strong as spy. Fritz Kuhn freed by German court. Chicago photogs

pick a queen. West Coast hails Gratitude Train. Pope denounces

Mindszenty trial. Santa Anita derby. World's bobsled titles. Ski

jumping championships.

57. Mar. 7, 1949. Berlin: giant parade marks Red Army Day. Labor

Party wins key British election. Mauna Loa volcano on the rampage.

POW's freed in Holy Land truce. Air news: Caroline Mars sets

passenger mark, 222 mph; the Navy Mauler, a flying arsenal. Nassau:

cliff diving in the Bahamas. Fort Myer, Va.: Army's world boxing

championships. Iron Mountain, Mich.: five record leaps in one ski

meet. Santa Anita handicap. San Francisco: "Merci train" arrives.

58. Mar. 10, 1949. B–50 flies around the world, non-stop. Reds fail

to stop Churchill speech. Army convicts 5 in Germany spy ring. DP's

cross U. S. on long voyage home. Mardi Gras merriment reigns

supreme. French beach styles have a new twist. Bavaria: western zone

ski championships. Do you remember?—Styles of 1927.

59. Mar. 14, 1949. UN Security Council votes on Israel. Blockaded

Reds quit U. S. zone. Netherlands: dramatic pictures of rescue at

sea. New York: FBI arrests Red spy suspects. Washington: Johnson

takes over from Secretary Forrestal. Tokyo: another Red flyer

deserts to U. S. zone. Winnipeg, Man.: Canadian university honors

Mrs. F. D. Roosevelt. New York: press fetes Marshall and Acheson,

Washington: 75–passenger stratocruiser christened. Boston Braves hit

spring training trail. World champion Indians open '49 season.

West's best slug it out in Golden Gloves.

60. Mar. 17, 1949. Views of the airlift to Berlin. Axis Sally found

guilty of treason. Train robbers captured in gun battle. Bill Odom

sets flivver plane record. Rollins College honors President Truman.

Ice breaks, floods threaten midwest. Brazilian bark visits Golden

Gate. Russia returns lend-lease cruiser. U.S.S. Tarawa heads for

moth balls. Joe Louis gets himself a new job. Whitefish, Mont.: the

downhill skiing championships. Great American quiz: Daniel Boone.

61. Mar. 21, 1949. U. S. parades armed might in Germany. Truman and

Vinson relax in the [Florida] sun. Egypt restores fabulous Karnak

temple. New Jap police force marches on review. Brownsville, Tex.:

two nations hail film premiere. Parisian lives as though today were

1800. Paris spring fashions. New York: kids battle for boxing

crowns. Australia: dramatic wild horse roundup. Daytona Beach, Fla.:

national motorcycle championship race. Pittsburgh Pirates start

training.

62. Mar. 24, 1949. $1,000,000 Oakland pier fire. Eight Atlantic Pact

nations meet. S.S. Haifa enters Israel-U. 5. service. Cruiser leased

to Russia rejoins Navy. "Orphan airlift" flies 67 to new homes.

British workers start U. S. study tour. Navy vet builds push-button

paradise. American judo girl rolls her own. "Hobby horses" star in

colorful derby. Great American quiz: Stephen Decatur.

63. Mar. 28, 1949. Acheson praises Atlantic Pact. France mourns

General Giraud. Hirohito opens Japanese Parliament. British fleet in

Mediterranean war games, Truman honors press; press honors Truman.

Foreign press picks best films of 1948. Seattle: motorcycle racing

in the mud. New York: basketball; national invitation finals. Do you

remember?—Treaty of Versailles. Nation hails $20,000,000 [Houston]

Texas hotel.

64. Mar. 31, 1949. Churchill arrives in U. S. Shostakovitch and Reds

in New York for conference. In the news: French Army Chief of Staff;

Lord Mayor of Berlin; Greek King's Honor Guard. Allies ban Soviet

money in Berlin. Canada trains paratroops for Arctic. Lavish evening

gowns from France. Racing: French thoroughbreds in action [at

Chantilly]. New York: eastern college finals in basketball.

65. Apr. 4, 1949. Filmdom gives Oscars for 1948's best. 66–1 shot

wins Grand National. Washington: Churchill visits wartime U. S.

colleagues, Argentina celebrates new constitution. Fleet Admiral

Leahy, retiring, decorated. Teenaged girl heroine gets a dream

house. Johnson sworn in as Defense Secretary. Seattle:

intercollegiate basketball championship. New York: meet the

sweepstakes winners.

66. Apr, 7, 1949. Europe's top diplomats here; Foreign Minister

Ernest Bevin; Premier Paul-Henri Spaak; Gromyko here for UN

Assembly. Annual French tidal wave arrives on time. Spring is sheer

beauty to sheep ranchers. Vacation fashions in the Bahamas. Golden

Gloves: East-West finals. Paris: world's toughest sport—Rugby

football. Cypress Gardens, Fla.: women's champ is a water-ski

wizard. Great Americans quiz: Robert E. Peary. Bing Crosby asks help

for cancer drive.

67. Apr. 11, 1949. Atlantic Pact signed. Churchill [speaks] on

Russia [at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston].

Daytona Beach, Fla.: National AAU swim championships. New York:

All-star basketball; East nips West.

68. Apr. 14, 1949. UN General Assembly opens [Flushing Meadow, N.

Y.]. In color: Hawaiian fashions. Pope celebrates 50th year as a

priest. FBI catches $880,000 runaway banker. Armed Forces parade on

"Army Day." The lights go on again in London. Four-alarm tenement

fire in Harlem. Downhill skiing; Harriman Cup races, Boston;

National AAU boxing championships.

69. Apr. 18, 1949. The tragedy of Kathy Fiscus. Church explodes; 6

dead, 47 hurt. Key West, Fla.: U. S. joint chiefs of staff meet.

Burbank, Calif.: France honors Harry M. Warner. Britain's Bevin

sails for home. Ex-Reds fete Greek King and Queen. Clay reviews U.

S. might in Germany. Sydney, Australia: an Easter feature;

rock-a-bye rabbit. A dog plays the pinball machines. Sam Snead wins

Masters Golf crown. Annapolis: Navy kids set pace in boxing classic.

70. Apr. 21, 1949. Quake rocks Northwest. Truman marks fourth year

as president. Israeli President arrives in U. S. Delaware Bay: ships

burn after collision in fog. Norway launches new liner in Holland.

Paris introduces the "hobo handbag." Rome: blindfolded boxers dance

in the dark. Hemlines are up on Dior's newest look. Europe's kids

say thanks for CARE.

71. Apr. 25, 1949. Flivver fliers smash world endurance mark. Easter

1949: sunrise service in the Hollywood Bowl; GI's and Germans attend

first joint rites [in Berlin]; record crowds jam the Easter parade

[in New York City]. Do you remember?—1890's Easter parade. Liberty

Bend, Mo.: engineers move mighty Missouri River. Ex-Premier Reynaud

arrives in U. S. Syracuse "miracle" draws big crowds. New York:

Palestine mediator home to report. San Juan, P. R.: world's largest

trade school opens. Pitcher Truman opens baseball season.

72. Apr. 28, 1949. The Irish Republic is born. Secretary Hull leaves

the hospital. Yankee Stadium: plaque unveiled to immortal "Babe."

Egypt's royalty opens "world's fair." New bill keeps aid flowing to

Europe. Truman lauds bond drive "forty-niners." Square dance craze

sweeps Japan. Berlin: 1383–flight day sets airlift record. Newhall,

Calif.: flying jalopies in race thriller. Great American quiz: James

Madison.

73. May 2, 1949. Shelled British ships reach Shanghai. The Trumans

are hosts to the Weizmanns. Acheson asks for one and one-half

billion dollars for arms for Europe. King George meets Dominion

premiers. Shirley Temple celebrates 21st birthday. Acrobats defy

death 13 floors over city. New Brunswick, N. J.: 96 men paint a

house in two and one-half minutes. Gruelling Paris-Roubaix bicycle

race. Los Angeles: "hell drivers" star in thrill show. Derby

favorite wins Wood Memorial.

74. May 5, 1949. Atlantic Pact before Senate. Texas housewife named

mother of the year. Kalavrites, Greece: Greek King and Queen visit

martyred town. New York: Diplomats discuss ending Berlin blockade.

Fullerton, Calif.: Endurance fliers end 6 weeks in the air. He

should have stood in bed! National AAU women's swim meet. Australia:

They ax for it; chopper championships.

75. May 9, 1949. Evacuation of Shanghai. Steve Early returns to

public life. Frankfurt: Allied governors of Germany meet. Princess

Margaret Rose goes on vacation. Winchester, Va.: Shenandoah Apple

Blossom Festival. Former DP's build useful lives in U. S. National

AAU gymnastic championships. Daredevils afloat; water ski maniacs.

Do you remember?—New York World's Fair. Loyalty marchers outstrip

Reds on May Day. Chicago to shine in "forty-nine."

76. May 12, 1949. Four powers agree to lift Berlin blockade. India's

ambassador arrives. Dewey off on European tour. Academy winner Jane

Wyman sails. Weizmann starts back to Israel. Kansas City, Mo.:

"Opportunity bond drive" gets big start. Israel's first anniversary

hailed in U. S. Jap firemen put out big Tokyo blaze. 500 yachts in

Pacific "shakedown" race. Durocher, cleared, is back in uniform.

Miami Beach: fancy new twists to fancy diving.

77. May 16, 1949. 16–to–1 shot [Ponder] wins Kentucky Derby

thriller. Shanghai under siege. Amazing pictures of Mt. Vesuvius'

crater. Princess Margaret goes sailing at Capri. The Collins quads.

Variety Clubs honor Herbert Hoover. Fire razes $5,000,000 Hollywood

park. Wenatchee apple blossom festival.

78. May 19, 1949. Berlin blockade lifted. Israel wins United Nations

membership. Parades in Israel mark first anniversary. General Ike

[Eisenhower] back on duty [in Washington] after illness. UN mediator

for Palestine honored. Mahatma Gandhi's son arrives in U. S.

Secretary Snyder's daughter aids bond drive. Miami: model art

students go to work. Quantico, Va.: Marines in air-ground maneuvers.

Great American quiz: Grover Cleveland. Memphis Cotton Carnival.

20. Oct. 28, 1948. People in the news: General Clay, Thomas E.