79. May 23, 1949. Holland Tunnel blast. Berlin hails the end_Motion pictures, 1940-1949

blockade. Dewey in Europe on vacation. Washington: Press Club honors

women of the year. Hirohito and Empress hail Jap anniversary. The

Vatican's Swiss guard takes its oath. Seals find haven on remote

Pacific Isle. Paris: burlap becomes latest cloth for milady. Daring

gown makes Paris a "whistle stop". Capot wins Preakness in

photo-finish.

80. May 26, 1949. General Clay gets hero's welcome. Washington:

President of Brazil in U. S. McCloy named U. S. boss in Germany.

F.D.R., Jr., elected to Congress. Clear record snows from Pacific

peaks. Thousands of sheep cross Grand Coulee. Washington: Newsboys

turn opportunity bond salesmen. Independence, Mo.: 'Forty-niners

parade opens bond drive. Geneva: Swiss acrobat becomes

steeple-chaser. Cypress Gardens, Fla.: latest in sport thrills—skim

boats. International Golden Gloves boxing. Great American quiz:

James Lawrence.

81. May 30, 1949. Strikers riot against Reds in Berlin. Paris: Big

Four foreign ministers meet. Air Force latest is needle-nosed F–90.

308 passengers fly on one plane. Bermuda: these spring hats are

really flowery. Push-button special: good night nurse. P.A.L. boxing

championships. Fanny Blankers-Koen in U. S. debut.

82. June 2, 1949. Forestal buried at Arlington. Big Four ministers

open Paris talks. Fort Bragg, N. C.: exercise Tarheel—assault by

air. Queen Fredericka visits Greek orphans. Queen Juliana helps

rebuild Rotterdam. Pretty and practical outdoor fashions. DiMaggio

tests heel—it still hurts. All-Navy boxing championships. Great

American quiz: Theodore Roosevelt.

83. June 6, 1949. Nation honors U. S. dads: mediator Bunche is

father of year; greatgrandad has family of 108; seven times a father

in 3–1/2 years. Los Angeles: man survives 240 degrees in "hotbox"

test. Wales: helicopter crash. Crystal Lake, Ill.; first look at

tomorrow's trailers. Boston, Mass.; canine campus; every dog a

gentleman. Michigan State coeds sponsor push-car thriller. Oklahoma

A & M, the roughest rodeo of them all.

84. June 9, 1949. 500–mile auto race classic at Indianapolis. Sam

Snead wins PGA crown. Nagasaki: Hirohito visits A-bombed city. Alger

Hiss Perjury trial opens. Rita [Hayworth] and Aly [Khan] are

married. King George honors Welsh guard. General Clay retires from

Army. D-day newsmen to retrace invasion. British film awards. Styles

go slats-happy.

85. June 13, 1949. 16 nations honor Marshall. English Derby photo

finish. Star-studded golf match [National Celebrities Golf

Tournament at Washington]. DP's—then and now. Margaret Truman is

bridesmaid. Kensington, Eng.: new honor for Winston Churchill.

English lords hear Danny Kaye. Atlantic City: Miss National Press

Photog. Toronto: Canada opens international trade fair.

86. June 16, 1949. West Point on parade. National Motorcycle

Championship [Richmond, Va.] $1,000,000 fire razes Havana

waterfront. Normandy: D-day plus five years. Rockford, Ill.: spills

mark summer ski meet. Nagasaki: Christian rites held in Japan.

Bermuda: latest honeymoon fashions. Big Bear Lake, Calif.: here's

how not to fly. Great events quiz: Bunker Hill.

87. June 20, 1949. Truman [makes address at Little Rock, Ark., and

says] "We have turned the tide." Capot wins Belmont Stakes.

Middlecoff wins National Open. London: King and Princess "troop the

color." Baltimore harbor: test of fastest lifeboat rescue rig. New

York City: national sewing contest winners. Saranac Lake, N. Y.:

Variety Clubs take over hospital. Australia shows champion sheet.

88. June 23, 1949. West wins in Trieste elections. F.D.R., Jr.,

takes oath in Congress. Frankie Frisch takes over the Chicago Cubs.

Jap crown prince takes up tennis. Manus Island, million dollar junk

pile. Latest in hat fashion, kid's style. Rye Beach, N.Y.: pick

national "Swim for health" queen. Miami: trouble a-bruin; bear

wrestling. Bridgehampton, N. Y.: sports car road racing. Great

cities of America: San Francisco.

89. June 27, 1949. Tense Paris hears De Gaulle. Gordon Gray sworn in

as Army Secretary. Detroit: world's largest American flag unfurled.

Australia: happily married for seventy-two years. Kid artists show

their stuff in London. Ludlow, Mass.: New England's tallest chimney

blasted. Chantilly Castle, France, backdrop for fashion. Los

Angeles: machine age catches up with beach combers. Martinsburg, W.

Va.: airplane acrobats stunt to defy death. Washington: mammoth mat

match mangles many maulers.

90. June 30, 1949. Big Four talks end; Acheson home. Germany:

poultry city—5,000 babies born each day. Paris designers run wild on

bike fashions. Mrs. Mesta named Minister to Luxembourg. Bao-Dai

returns to be Emperor of Viet-Nam, Indo-China. Comedian Milton Berle

goes to Hollywood. Charles whips Walcott for Louis' crown.

Bellingham, Wash.: Indians race war canoes for world title. Crack-up

champions in circus of thrills.

91. July 4, 1949. Poughkeepsie Regatta. Tennis: Riggs vs. Budge.

Governor of Florida marries a California girl. Ex-GI weds the

Kaiser's granddaughter. China dolls compete in kids' beauty show.

Asbury Park, N. J.: National Marbles Championships. Pittsfield,

Mass.: man-made lightning—15,000,000 volts. Round-world plane can

land anywhere, too. Marlton, N. J.: new paraplane comes almost

straight down. Do you remember?—Blizzard of 1947.

92. July 7, 1949. Canadian Liberals sweep key election. T-men seize

$100,000 in bogus bills. Shelton, Conn.: home, sweet cave;

underground house. Cotton mill town springs up in Sahara. 10,000 at

square dance in Central Park. Paris: thrill-packed finish marks the

Grand Prix. Japan's no. 1 swimmer breaks world mark. Czechoslovakia:

canoes battle big rapids in 100–mile race. Great American quiz:

Custer's last stand.

93. July 11, 1949. Judith Coplon is guilty. Katonah, N. Y.:

rubber-band catapult makes yard an airport. Australia ravaged by

worst floods. Notre Dame University honors Irene Dunne. A Chinese

orphan's Cinderella story. Baseball star faces girl who shot him.

Behind the newsreel camera. Tie triumph; four-in-hand fashions.

Puerto Rico: spectacular water-skiing by torchlight.

94. July 14, 1949. MacArthur reviews biggest parade [in Tokyo].

Schroeder wins at Wimbledon. Jap war prisoners home from Russian

camps. European Union stages first fleet maneuvers. Housing problem:

Congress moves. General Patton is honored by France. Tokyo Rose goes

on trial for treason. Chicago: Paul Bunyan comes back at railroad

fair. San Francisco Chinatown's beauties. Detroit: Gold Cup

speedboat racing classic. Lake Placid: sun-baked ski jumpers.

95. July 18, 1949. Jury fails to decide on Hiss; Chambers speaks.

London: troops called in dock strike. Danny Kaye safe in air

accident. Israel: Rebury Jews killed by Nazis. Senator Johnson asks

movie tax cut. New York: girl warms up for Channel swim. Lady

wrestlers waltz in Vienna. Los Angeles: Machine Age restaurant.

96. July 21, 1949. All-star Baseball [National Leaguers vs. American

Leaguers at Brooklyn]. Air crashes kill 79 [near Bombay, India, and

Los Angeles], "No depression"—Truman. First combined fleet maneuvers

off Europe. Freeport, L. I.: speedboat "soapbox derby." Cowboy

fashions for kids.

97. July 25, 1949. Bonnie Prince Charlie poses with his parents.

White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.: U. S. chiefs of staff take a

"vacation." President signs biggest housing bill. Los Angeles: Italy

honors Harry M. Warner. Benthoscope—diving bell on wheels. Navy's

newest for submarine rescues. Paris lights up for Bastille Day.

Spectacular fire razes Munich studio. Four-year-old is a real water

skeezix. Hollywood Gold Cup, world's richest race. Westbury, N. Y.:

photo finish in national pacing derby.

98. July 28, 1949. Jackie Robinson answers Paul Robeson. New York:

15,000 Lions parade down Fifth Avenue. Chicago: 15,000 Shriners

parade, hear Truman. Ejector seat "shoots" pilot from plane. Ernie

Pyle is buried in Hawaii. Seattle: plane hits houses; seven killed.

Navy fires new rockets 65 miles up. Hot fashions; summer furs from

Paris. Atlantic City: spectacular and gala aquashow.

99. Aug. 1, 1949. Truman signs Atlantic Pact. Newfoundland opens its

new parliament. Parade marks Israel's first Army Day. Royal garden

party at Buckingham Palace. Vienna zoo: international monkey

business. International honeymoon at Niagara Falls. Great cities of

America: Chicago. Minneapolis; Aquatennial; aquabatic aquabelles.

Navy fliers practice football at sea. Martin Lagood, Md.: national

water ski championships.

100. Aug. 4, 1949. Private Rodger Young is buried at home. Churchill

opens Tory election campaign. Bernard Baruch comes home from

England. Gary Cooper made "governor" of Montana. New "Ile de France"

ends maiden voyage. France: month-long, 3,000–mile bike race. San

Antonio, Tex.: Mayors race in soap box derby. Vienna: international

motorcycle championships.

101. Aug. 8, 1949. Navy plane hits airliner [near Fort Dix, N. J.]

Acheson asks arms for Europe. Germany: U. S. chiefs of staff map

defense. Truman appoints Clark and McGrath. Dallas: one-year-old

high diving star. Helicopter serves flagpole sitter. Dog and duck in

summer romance. Beauty contest for tall girls only. Italian

hairdressers go wild. Chicago: railroad hat is strangest of year.

Ponder takes Arlington Classic. Great Americans: John Paul Jones.

102. Aug. 11, 1949. Marshall speaks on the cold war. Exclusive films

of spectacular fire [in San Francisco]. Honor heroes of Berlin

airlift. Hill shoots Niagara's rapids. Washington: "Boy State" takes

over government. Hoover marks his 74th birthday. Fashions for white

collar girls. Pooches on parade in Miami.

103. Aug. 15, 1949. Philippine president on way to see Truman. Eight

feet seven, he's world's tallest man. Want-ad romances climaxes in

double wedding. Britain's "Comet," world's first jet airliner.

Sicily: fisherman in thrilling tuna treasure hunt. Cardston, Alta.:

treaty money; Canada pays off the Indians. Hollywood: new coast

business opens with a splash. Norwalk, Conn.: outboard races turn

into bank-up classic.

104. Aug, 18, 1949. Ecuador earthquake. President signs bill to

unify armed forces. U. S. Ambassador to China is called home.

Philippines President addresses Congress. Herbert Hoover hailed on

75th birthday. Coast Guard celebrates its 159th birthday. Mangrum

edges Snead in All-American golf. Miss Tilly, outsider, wins

Hambletonian. Do you remember?—Corbett-Courtenay fight.

Volume 21, 1949.

1. Aug. 22, 1949. First free German elections. Five nations test

Britain's air defenses. Ottawa: Canadian lab; baby, it's cold

inside. Ocean City, N. J.: sleepiest baby parade in modern history.

Ruins provide swimming hole for Berlin kids. Germany: International

auto championship races. Red Bank, N. J.: National Sweepstakes Speed

Boat Regatta. Akron: All-American Soap Box Derby.

2. Aug. 25, 1949. Congress probes five-percenters. Council of Europe

meets in Strasbourg. Bridges pickets in Hawaii dock strike. Barton

sets depth record 4,500 feet down. Bradley becomes head of joint

staff chiefs. Collins sworn in as Army Chief of Staff. Navy, Marines

in mass helicopter maneuver. Washington: airmen fly donkeys in weird

baseball game. Los Angeles sheriff's championship rodeo.

3. Aug. 29, 1949. Bernarr Macfadden marks 81st birthday with

parachute jump. British jet refuels in mid-air. Double-hulled ship

can't rock or roll. Style prediction: fur flurry in California.

Baseball hails Connie Mack. Cuban forced back in English Channel

swim. Horse-jumping record set in Netherlands. Japanese set world

marks in AAU swim.

4. Sept. 1, 1949. Rescue Ecuador 'quake victims. "Father of Zionism"

reburied in Israel. Miami: Navy's "hurricane hunters" in action.

Vast forest fires raging in France. Wedding bells; couple married

under water. National AAU women's swimming meet. Reno, Nev.: ancient

autos in mountain race thriller. Miami: cops on parade; motorcycle

miracles.

5. Sept. 5, 1949. Hurricane lashes Florida. Philadelphia: American

Legion meets; hears Truman. Austrian POW's back from Russia.

Roughest rodeo, the Pendleton round-up. Westwood Village, Calif.:

girls' rifle team practices—underwater. Davis Cup: Aussies win

doubles thriller. Williamsport, Pa.: "Little League" baseball world

series.

6. Sept. 8, 1949. General Vaughan takes the stand in five-percent

hearings. American Legion on parade in Philadelphia.

Multimillion-dollar fire in San Francisco. Aid rushed to polio

victim in mid-ocean. Atlantic City: curtain going up; Ice Capades of

1950. Westbury, N. Y.: outsider wins $50,000 trotting classic.

7. Sept. 12, 1949. Grand Army of the Republic [meets in Indianapolis

for] the last encampment. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., weds in New

York. Gary Cooper honored by the Navy. World War II Vet heads

American Legion. Bevin and Cripps sail for U. S. talks. Kids visit

Santa's workshop. Are fashions going back to the twenties? Football:

Eastern All-Stars vs. Giants.

8. Sept. 15, 1949. Crazed veteran kills 13 [in Camden, N. J.]

Cleveland: national air races; Odom in fatal crash. Washington: U.

S., Britain, Canada open dollar talks. Atlantic City: nation's

prettiest in Miss America parade. Shirley May loses game fight vs.

Channel. Gonzales wins national tennis crown.

9. Sept. 19, 1949. Meet Miss and Mrs. America. Titusville, Pa.;

first U. S. oil well pumps again. A new German republic is born.

Canadian Army shows off its firepower. Tacoma, Wash.: rebuild famous

"Galloping Gertie" bridge. Do you remember—Tacomas bridge disaster.

Aqua toddlers; tiny tots go high diving. Hybla Valley Airport, Va.:

plane crashes wall in air thrill circus.

10. Sept. 22, 1949. Navy's newest rocket [Viking II]. Washington:

International monetary conference meets. Western Germany elects

first president. Theatre owners of America meet in Hollywood.

Vienna: news for kids—world's smallest horse. Hamburg: news for the

jaded—"The witch's kettle!" Rug-cutters jitter at Harvest Moon Ball.

Out on a limb: world's prettiest legs. First Paris fall fashions.

Historic America: Williamsburg, Va.

11. Sept. 26, 1949. Toronto ship fire. Vishinsky arrives for UN

General Assembly. Atlantic Pact Council meets in Washington. Theatre

owners hear Secretary Johnson. Glittering jewel fashions from

France. Westbury, N. Y.: International championships in polo. Whole

family tackles long New York Harbor swim. Spills galore mark

championship roller derby.

12. Sept. 29, 1949. College football kickoff: [Santa Clara vs.

California Golden Bears]. UN Assembly meets; Romulo named president.

Air Force dedicates the McGuire Air Force Base. Barbara Hutton back

in U. S. after illness. "Task Force" twin premiere in two oceans.

Meet Miss National Sweater Girl of 1949. Golden Gate swimming

classic. Germany: daredevil acrobats, 6,000 feet up.

13. Oct. 3, 1949. Russia's atomic explosion rocks the western world.

Homecoming clambake greets Shirley May France. Polesitting fan gives

up; sets record. It's already 1950 in California bathing fashions.

Behind the newsreel camera: the Empire State. Football: Michigan vs.

Michigan State; Stanford vs. Harvard.

14. Oct. 6, 1949. Defense chiefs go to sea [to observe Navy's

carrier-based air power]. San Francisco: world leaders of the

Episcopal church meet. "World citizen" Davis jailed in Paris. Miami

University, Fla.: new angles on the campus. Ultra modern garage ends

parking problems. Princeton, N. J.: scientists build "house of

illusions." The creed of the U. S. motion picture industry. Italy:

Kids' band, Hot-Tot Quintetto. Germany: Yogis show new twists.

Rodeo: New York goes to the broncs.

15. Oct. 10, 1949. Baseball's excitingest finish [Brooklyn Dodgers

vs. Phillies; Yankees honor Joe DiMaggio]. Reds [in Germany] release

2 vacationing U. S. students. Truman spends 2 hectic days in

Missouri. Steel strike begins as 200,000 walk out. London: royal

wedding; King's nephew weds commoner. Footwear fashions. Football:

Pittsburgh upsets powerful Northwestern; Penn whips Dartmouth.

16. Oct. 13, 1949. World series: first and second games. UN flag

raised over new skyscraper home. Fort Bragg, N. C.: airborne army

goes on parade. President opens Community Chest drive. Bathing

beauty contest under water. Confederate veterans hold 59th reunion.

17. Oct. 17, 1949. Yanks win World series. Washington: North

Atlantic Council chiefs meet. Cardinal Spellman visits the Pope.

Daring Arab horsemen in desert festival. French styles for dinner,

by Dior. Football: Army upsets mighty Michigan; Southern California

and Ohio State tie.

18. Oct. 20, 1949. Germany: Reds create East-Zone state; Allies

parade might. Nehru of India visits the United States. Greta Garbo

comes home, flees photographers. Blissful bus-full; family of 18

goes west. AFL meets; leaders cite U. S. films. Marineland, Fla.:

porpoises with purposes—fish high jump. Seal sets English Channel

swim record. Colorado river outboard marathon.

19. Oct. 24, 1949. U. S. Red leaders convicted. Chinese Reds in

Shanghai victory parade. Britain girds for Reds siege in Hong Kong.

"Americans in Paris" fashions. Great American quiz: Clara Barton.

Football: Cornell overpowers Yale; Notre Dame pulverizes Tulane;

California nips Southern California.

20. Oct. 27, 1949. Top U. S. brass speaks out in service wrangle.

Another royal Briton to wed a Mrs. Simpson. U. S. wedding bells ring

for Sarah Churchill. Winston Churchill can still dish it out.

Vishinsky storms as UN picks Yugoslavia. San Francisco ball teams on

tour in Japan. Pro football: Bears whip Eagles.

21. Oct. 31, 1949. Truman and world leaders hail new UN home.

Children's party for UN's 4th birthday. Puppy auction. Greek kids

make own shoes from UN leather. Diamond fashion show. Great cities

of America: Philadelphia. Football: Army outflanks Columbia;

Michigan upsets Minnesota; Pennsylvania scuttles Navy.

22. Nov. 3, 1949. Pro tennis: Kramer vs. Gonzales. Danes welcome

first U. S. woman ambassador. America's top envoys in Paris for

talks. New French honors for Jack L. Warner. Girl quads born to

Canadian family. Aviation sensation: channel wing airplane.

Aaronsburg, Pa., marks 150 years of brotherhood. Modern glass house

brings outdoors indoors. Stars model chinchilla furs. Pro football:

Yankees whip Forty-Niners.

23. Nov. 7, 1949. Football highlights: Notre Dame vs. Navy; SMU vs.

Texas; California vs. UCLA. 100,000th displaced person arrives in U.

S. Hawaii's $100,000,000 dock strike ends. Bidault forms cabinet to

end French crisis. Eric Johnston reports on Marshall Plan trip. West

Coast grandma makes news with dolls. East Coast grandma makes news

with a piano. Capot whips Coaltown in the Pimlico Special.

24. Nov. 10, 1949, 55 die in mid-air crash [at Washington National

Airport]. Sherman in, Denfeld out as Navy Chief. Spectacular fire

sweeps California hills. Brooklyn boy [Danny Kaye] makes good.

National horseshow highlights. Pro football: Rams nip Bears in

thriller.

25. Nov. 14, 1949. Football highlights: Army vs. Fordham; Notre Dame

vs. Michigan State; Stanford vs. USC. Big freighter goes on rocks

near Seattle. ECA chief asks Europe to end trade barriers. Weizmann

Institute dedicated in Israel. Admiral Sherman on deck as brass sees

Army show. Meet "Droopert" the screw driver.

26. Nov. 17, 1949. Democrats win New York elections; Truman's happy.

Vishinsky plays host at embassy party. "Veep" Barkley named

"Grandfather of year." Churchill attends grandchild's christening.

John L. Lewis calls the mine strike off. HMS Amethyst comes home to

hero's welcome. Hawaii celebrates Aloha Week festival. Pro football:

Eagles overwhelm Rams. Kids football: Maulers whip Avengers.

27. Nov. 21, 1949. Football highlights: Notre Dame vs. North

Carolina; Army vs. Penn; Ohio State vs. Illinois; Dartmouth vs.

Cornell. President helps plan Brotherhood Week, 1950. Boxer Marcel

Cerdan is buried in Casablanca. Cow "milks" Canadians to aid UN

children. Duel settles an affair of honor in Paris.

28. Nov. 24, 1949. Navy rocket launched from sub. Acheson home from

Big Three meeting. Iran's Shah arrives for state visit. Negro women

honor Bunche and Mme. Pandit. Air Force unveils a XB–51, a 3–jet

bomber. Airlines unveil a surprise: an air-born baby. Kids' winter

fashions go to the zoo. New York: celebrities' art show. Silver

Springs, Fla.: new sport that they do on porpoise boards. Pro

football: Browns battle Bills to tie.

29. Nov. 28, 1949. B–29's in land and sea crashes [Stockton, Calif.

and the Atlantic] Vice President Barkley takes a wife. Viscount

Montgomery arrives for a visit. Jimmy Roosevelt enters California

Governor race. Film stars at royal command performance. Football:

Ohio State vs. Michigan; California vs. Stanford; North Carolina vs.

Duke; Tulane vs. Virginia.

30. Dec. 1, 1949. [Football Yankees meet the Cleveland Browns].

Huntington, Ind.; razzle dazzle basketball queens. Jackie Robinson

named most valuable player. General Ike [Eisenhower] at freedom

rites at Valley Forge. General MacArthur greets Secretary Snyder in

Japan. Military parade marks Turkish independence. Yakima, Wash.:

world championship apple packing contest. England pets go to church

on "Animal Sunday." Dog acrobat makes a wow of a bow. Even the cows

wear stylish hats in Paris.

31. Dec. 5, 1949. Football: Army vs. Navy; Cornell vs. Penn; Notre

Dame vs. Southern California. Peron welcomes new U. S. envoy

Griffis. Rep. J. Parnell Thomas goes on trial. Princess Elizabeth

visits Philip at Malta. Lilienthal resigns as Atomic Energy head.

Santa Claus on parade [in New York, Philadelphia and Hollywood].

32. Dec. 8, 1949. 28 dead in Dallas air crash. Truman on vacation in

Key West. Tiny Monaco hails its new monarch. Lewis orders miners

back 3 days a week. Montgomery urges Western unity against Reds.

Camp Lee, Va.: Wacs and packs on bivouac. Memo from Hollywood: mail

early for Xmas. Army team wins the Lambert trophy. Pro football:

Eagles vs. Steelers. Kids football classic: Half Pint Bowl [in

Washington].

33. Dec. 12, 1949. Navy jet [Douglas Skyrocket] flies faster than

sound. Winston Churchill hale and hearty at 75. Montgomery leaves

the U. S. Vice President and Mrs. Barkley at $100 Democrat dinner.

Wife awaits flier held by China Reds. Airmen start new gold rush of

forty-nine. France: wheel of progress—the umbrella bicycle. Italy:

cycle of inventions—the lie-down bike. SMU gives Notre Dame its

closest call.

79. May 23, 1949. Holland Tunnel blast. Berlin hails the end of the