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200. Sept. 5, 1946. Halsey answers Red criticism. Human projectile
hurled from speeding airplane. German refugees in Denmark. Lighter
side of the news: [Little Sisters' Day at Roxbury, Massachusetts,
Boys' Club]. Bill Stern's sports news: Primo Carnera back in ring;
Tulane pigskin warm-up; 75,000 at horse opera [in Los Angeles
Coliseum].

201. Sept. 11, 1946. Return of King from exile voted in Greek
plebiscite. Drama in Yugoslavia as Tito returns bodies of U. S.
fliers. UNRRA supplies [at Marseilles]. U. S. fleet in
Mediterranean. New British roundup in Palestine crisis. V.F.W.
parade. Harvest Moon dance champs. Death rides in motor classic [in
Atlanta]. National air race thrills. Skate stars in Ice-capades.

202. Sept. 13, 1946. Byrnes warns U. S. won't quit. Tragic plight of
refugees at the door to Palestine. "Monty" over here [on tour of U.
S. and Canada]. Strike paralyzes U. S. ports. Meet Miss America
1946. Bill Stern reports nation's sports thrills: tennis
championships; international polo.

203. Sept. 18, 1946. President welcomes "Monty" on first tour of U.
S. Nazi torture camp victims in pilgrimage to Lourdes. Planes in
head-on crashes but dummy pilot escapes. Adelaide Hawley reports
lighter side of the news. French quadruplets; smallest auto; flying
icicle.

204. Sept. 20, 1946. War criminals' swan song. Our martyred fliers
home as Trieste tension mounts. Siegfried Line goes boom. Presenting
Miss America and newest beach modes. U. S. tennis stars win Davis
Cup title tilt.

205. Sept. 25, 1946. Wallace-Byrnes rift stirs nation. UNRRA carries
on. London squatters abdicate as police nab abdicators. Religious
fete revived. Koreans in liberation celebration hail U. S. Army.
Olympics in Berlin described by Bill Stern. Death dodgers.

206. Sept. 26, 1946. Air rescue drama in trans-Atlantic plane
disaster. Wallace out of Cabinet. Debut of football: Pitt vs.
Illinois; the pros bow in. Something new in the sky [MGM airship].

207. Oct. 2, 1946. The Shanghai story; amazing films of China's
"boom town." Pope blesses Boy Scouts. Holy Hour in Chicago [Holy
Name Mass]. Athens ready for King. First flying post office. Sport
topics of the day: thrills on wheels; President sees
aqua-speedsters.

208. Oct. 4, 1946. Nazi gang found guilty. Fred Allen gives tips on
politics. Overseas headlines: Harriman joins Byrnes in Paris; Cannes
revives famed fiesta. President sees West Point gridders crush
Oklahoma. Irish vs. Illinois; Alabama vs. Tulane.

209. Oct. 9, 1946. Legion convention; FBI Chief warns of foes within
U. S. Navy plane's 11,000–mile hop sets a new world's record. Greeks
welcome monarch recalled to the throne. 500,000 pounds of TNT
exploded. Auto race thriller.

210. Oct. 11, 1946. Judgment Day for Nazi gang. World Series
special. Columbia gridders sink Navy. Buckeyes whitewash Trojans.

211. Oct. 16, 1946. Army "Dreamboat" flies 9,500 miles. Byrnes sees
"no war." Alcan Highway, new frontier. Personalities in the news:
new Chief Justice [Fred M. Vinson]; Mexico honors movie maker [Jack
L. Warner]. U. S. togs for China. King [of England] welcomes
Eisenhower. World Series highlights. Gridiron miracle.

212. Oct. 18, 1946. Truman ends meat control. Queen Elizabeth starts
namesake on new career [as passenger ocean liner]. Film stars ask
arbitration in jurisdiction—at strike. Grid round-up by Bill Stern:
Yale vs. Columbia; Army vs. Michigan; Texas vs. Oklahoma.

213. Oct. 24, 1946. Justice Jackson on lesson of Nazi hangings.
Byrnes home from Paris makes report on peace. Unrest in Europe. De
Gaulle loses at polls. Windsor home with Duchess. Sinatra wins movie
poll. Plane in slingshot take-off. World Series extra.

214. Oct. 25, 1946. Molotov here aboard "Queen," backs peace. Top
secrets revealed as U. S. hails Navy Day. Personalities in the news:
General Ike, the golfer; spotlight on Franco; whale ahoy. Grid
thrills of the day reported by Bill Stern: Army crushes Columbia;
Tennessee upsets Alabama; Uclans beat California.

215. Oct. 30, 1946. United Nations special. Sport topics of the day;
rapids riders; submarine basketball.

216. Nov. 1, 1946. Grid thrillers: Penn vs. Navy; Army vs. Duke;
Rice vs. Texas. Paree's queer hair-do fashions. Headlines in the
news: twin engine helicopter; college ain't what it was; Miss
Liberty's birthday; featuring film notables.

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209. Oct. 6, 1947. Truman urges U. S. to save food for starving
Europe. Walter Winchell vs. Vishinsky [Vishinsky slanders Americans,
and Winchell says Russia fears power of a free press]. Asbestos
mining boom [in Canada]. Canned salmon fishing [divers rescue sunken
cargo near Seattle]. Hirohito views flood disaster [Honshu].
Musicians bolster morale of wounded war veterans.

210. Oct. 8, 1947. Sensational films of World Series as Yankees win.
Football thrillers of the week: UCLA-Northwestern; Notre
Dame-Pittsburgh; Georgia Tech-Tulane.

211. Oct. 15, 1947. Truman warns the nation Europe's plight
desperate. De Gaulle denounces Reds. Hero dead homeward bound [from
Belgium]. Yugos release captive Yanks. Nazi poison gas destroyed.
Jet Flying Wing unveiled. Fastest planes test guns. Message from
Jimmy Stewart [inaugurating Pennsylvania Week]. Holy Name convention
[Boston]. China's "basket babies" find haven [in Shanghai mission].

212. Oct. 17, 1947. U. S. backs Palestine independence plan.
Netherlands Queen [Wilhelmina] retires; infant Princess [Maria
Christina] christened. First war dead [from the Pacific area] home.
Bill Stern's grid thrillers: Yale vs. Columbia; Army vs. Illinois.

213. Oct. 22, 1947. Marshall [at CIO convention in Boston] calls
upon labor to back U. S foreign policy. Reports from overseas: black
gold rush [Germans salvage coal from harbor at Bremen]; U. S.
consulate [in Jerusalem] bombed. Personalities in the news: new
birth record set; [British] royal family portrait; Nimitz joins
Redskins [Ottawa tribe]. Adelaide Hawley describes latest fashions
for fall. Lighter side of the news: [pretzel benders marathon in
Atlantic City and Frosh-Soph melee at Columbia University].

214. Oct. 24, 1947. Epic of "Sky Queen" has happy ending [scenes
relating to the rescue of passengers from the Bermuda flying boat by
U. S. Coast Guard cutter "Bibb"]. Film industry denies Red influence
as hearings open [before House Committee on Un-American Activities].
Bill Stern's grid thrillers: Michigan vs. Northwestern; Southern
Cal-Oregon State; Arkansas vs. Texas; Pennsylvania-Columbia.

215. Oct. 29, 1947. Washington's movie drama, all-star cast [Adolphe
Menjou, Robert Taylor, Robert Montgomery, and Paul V. McNutt speak
at Congressional inquiry into alleged Communist influences in
Hollywood]. De Gaulle wins election. Fires raze U. S. forests [in 10
states on Eastern Seaboard]. Rocket opens new navy era [V–2 rocket
fired from U. S. aircraft carrier "Midway"].

216. Oct. 31, 1947. Thrilling grid films: Columbia's amazing upset
of Army; Trojans vs. Golden Bears; Quakers sink the Navy; Longhorns
down Rice; Michigan-Minnesota. Nation pays tribute to first war dead
home from Europe. Truman calls Congress. Fire ruins Bar Harbor.

217. Nov. 5, 1947. Grim tragedy stalks India: 10,000,000 refugees on
move. Red issue creates furor at House movie inquiry. Brazil breaks
Soviet ties. Armed services keep on alert [airborne maneuvers at
Fort Benning, Georgia, and navy air defense tests in California].
Dock fire in London. [Irish] sweepstakes winner. California invades
Paris with latest U. S. fashions.

218. Nov. 7, 1947. Super-flying boat piloted by Hughes up on first
test. Communists riot in France. Bill Stern's grid thrillers: Notre
Dame vs. Navy; Georgia Tech-Duke; Michigan-Illinois.

219. Nov. 12, 1947. Dramatic report from India [Mohammed Ali Jinnah
reviews troops in Karachi, Pakistan; the Maharaja holds court at
Hindu Jaipur]. Escaped Polish leader's own story. Flivver planes
reach Tokyo [first round-the-world flight of light single-engine
planes]. Tribute paid Will Rogers. Adelaide Hawley describes the
latest co-ed fashions. Olympic ice team previews U. S. ice stars in
first test.

220. Nov. 14, 1947. Game of the year: Irish rout Army. Georgia Tech
vs. Navy. Virginia-Pennsylvania. Marshall asks [a Congressional
committee headed by Senator Vandenberg for] speedy aid to save
freedom in Europe. Friendship Food Train starts journey across the
nation [after send-off from Governor Warren of California].

221. Nov. 19, 1947. Thirty-one rescued as ship sinks in raging sea
[U. S. Army hospital ship "Charles A. Stafford" rescues crew of
Portuguese schooner "Maria Carlota" off Newfoundland]. Hughes
hearing spotlight turned on air general [Bennett Meyers]. Riding the
Friendship Train as it snowballs across U. S. News of the day in
brief: workhorse of the air [Pioneer transport for use on small
back-country airfields]; amputees swim to health.

222. Nov. 21, 1947. Truman sees crisis here and abroad; bids
Congress act. This is hunger [in Europe]. War flames ravage romantic
Kashmir. Friendship Train hailed in Midwest. Bill Stern reports
gridiron thrillers: Michigan-Wisconsin; Penn. vs. Army; Georgia
Tech-Alabama.

223. Nov. 26, 1947. Eric Johnston denounces Reds. Friendship Food
Train ends tour in triumph. Pennsylvania Friendship Special;
Ohio-Indiana-New York State Special. "Silent Guest" plan launched
[for aid to the hungry people of Europe]. Newark calls off battle
[between the battleship "New Mexico" and the fireboat "Navy"].
20–ton telescope lens [moved from California Tech to Palomar
Observatory].

224. Nov. 28, 1947. The royal wedding [of Princess Elizabeth and
Prince Philip]. Bill Stern's grid specials: USC downs UCLA;
Yale-Harvard; Notre Dame-Tulane; Penn State-Pitt.

225. Dec. 3, 1947. [Communist] strikes paralyze France. Vienna
cleans up [after dynamiting the Philipphof]. U. S. film industry
ousts Communists [Eric Johnston announces suspensions]. Largest land
plane test [XC–99]. General [Meyers] stripped of honors [testimony
before Senate committee]. The "new look" in beach modes. Connie Mack
honored.

226. Dec. 5, 1947. United Nations vote independent Jewish state in
Palestine. Big Four meet in London [Bevin, Molotov, and General
Marshall open talks on peace treaties]. News in brief: legal arson
[ferryboat "Tamalpais" burned in San Francisco Bay]; wine tasters
[Beaune, France]. Army-Navy classic [complete films of gridiron
thriller]. Georgia Tech-Georgia. Penn vs. Cornell.

227. Dec. 10, 1947. Police battle Reds in Paris. Camera magic
reveals secrets of flight. Latest Palestine films. Truman on
vacation [in Key West]. Twenty escape plane crash [at Seattle]. Bill
Stern's overseas sports [boxing in Paris].

228. Dec. 12, 1947. Holy war in Palestine. Red sabotage stirs France
to action. New proving ground [Eniwetok] for the atom. Trolley
school [in Berlin]. Friendship cargo starts overseas. Irish beat
Trojans in thrilling finale. High school grid classic [Franklin
Field, Philadelphia]. Tulane vs. LSU.

229. Dec. 17, 1947. Secret Service smashes $1,000,000 counterfeit
ring. Paris mourns military hero [General Leclerc]. Midget planes
circle globe. Santa hits the Netherlands. Holiday for orphans
[arriving at LaGuardia Field]. Babe Ruth—Santa. Lujack wins football
honor. Ski fever's in the air. Skating champ [Barbara Ann Scott]
trains for Olympics.

230. Dec. 19, 1947. Hiroshima today; atom-bombed city hails Emperor.
Greek Navy gets six U. S. gunboats. Six saved in Labrador plane
crash. Friendship food for Italy. Cardinal Spellman assists Santa.
Personalities in the news: Admirals Louis E. Denfeld, Chester W.
Nimitz. "Pro" football title battle [Cleveland Browns vs. New York
Yankees].

231. Dec. 24, 1947. Man-made blizzard tests Army's new arctic
equipment. Embassy children send Yuletide greetings. New plastic
incubator. Admiral Halsey honored. Last American troops quit Italy.
Help for Europe [Interim Aid Bill]. Riots in Italy. Movie stars urge
less waste.

232. Dec. 26, 1947. Aviation's birthday [44th anniversary]. Marshall
reports on Big Four split. World's mightiest crane. France hails
Friendship food cargo. A message from Jimmy Stewart [for the hungry
overseas]. Sport topics of the day: Golden Gloves; Olympic ski
tests; "pro" title football [Philadelphia Eagles win from Pittsburgh
Steelers].

233. Dec. 31, 1947. 1947 newsreel digest of the year: new Congress
sets keynote; Taft-Hartley bill; inflation shocks U. S.; Texas City
disaster; England's royal wedding; floods, blizzards sweep Europe;
Big Four stalemate; Moscow plots chaos; Rio conference; terror in
Korea and China; Red strikes sweep France, Italy; Vishinsky attacks
America; liberation in India; Palestine partition; Freedom and
Friendship trains.

234. Jan. 2, 1948. First films of New York's greatest snow storm.
Wallace bolts [party]. Lighter side of the news [beach modes for
children]. Cardinals win "pro" [football] championship. Margaret
Truman's press conference.

235. Jan. 7, 1948. Philippines report. Bill Stern's sport thrills of
the year: World Series playoff; diving champions; year's sports
heroine; Silver Skates carnival; world's fastest car; ice boating
thrills; Belmont Gold Cup Race; Indianapolis Speedway classic;
bobsledding stars; Babe Didrickson triumphs; horse of the year.

236. Jan. 9, 1948. Gridiron thrills from the nation's Bowl classics:
Rose Bowl; Orange Bowl; Cotton Bowl; Sugar Bowl. First films of
Canada's atom plant. Tojo on trial as Japan's no. 1 war criminal. A
message from John Garfield [save food to save lives]. Gay send-off
for 1948: Tournament of Roses; King Orange Jamboree; Chelsea Arts
Ball.

237. Jan. 14, 1948. Truman reports to Congress. Marines answer call
to duty. Good news for war veterans [New York State pays bonus].
Sport topics of the day: ski classic; Golden Gloves; "zoom" racing.

238. Jan. 16, 1948. Marshall warns: aid to Europe now or else.
Overseas headlines: De Gaulle bids for power; Haile Selassie [camera
studies]; Japan's "honor system" telephones. Fashions for mermaids
[at Miami Beach]. Intercollegiate ski meet [Sun Valley]. Aquatic
carnival [Fort Lauderdale].

239. Jan. 21, 1948. Heroes' ship [Army Transport "Joseph V.
Connolly"] burns at sea. Crew saved [scenes at sea and of survivors'
arrival in New York]. General Chennault finds romance in China.
Stassen charges: capital "insiders" made millions in grain [Stassen
testifies before Senate Appropriations Committee; General Wallace H.
Graham answers questions]. Silver Skates thriller [Al Casale wins in
New York]. Boy victim [Terry Tullos] helps President [and Margaret
Truman] open March of Dimes drive.

240. Jan. 23, 1948. Spotlight on Eisenhower [awarded Poor Richard
Club medal in Philadelphia]. $1,000,000 Boston fire. Bradley honored
[receives Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor from French Ambassador
Bonnet]. Milk ship for Europe [sent by Californians]. Chimps in star
performance [royal circus in Brussels]. The March of Dimes [pageant
in Los Angeles]. Bill Stern's sports headlines: ski daredevils
[Illinois' Norge Ski Club meet]; [Middle Atlantic] title skating;
zoom diving [Miami Beach].

241. Jan. 28, 1948. Petrillo testifies again [before House Labor
Committee]. What an orchestra [German orchestra of 20 men using 400
harmonicas]. That new look in beach modes [Coral Gables, Fla.]. Bill
Stern's sports topics: [rehearsal in Swiss Alps for Winter
Olympics]; jet sled rides rails at 1019 miles an hour [Muroc,
Calif.].

242. Jan. 30, 1948. Stassen vs. Pauley; the battle of Washington
[speculation in high places by "insiders"]. Tense days in Holy Land.
Gandhi breaks fast. Mass weddings [in China]. "Voice" for America
[Smith-Mundt bill]. Ice boat regatta [Hamilton, Ontario]. Golden
Gloves [New York]. Dodds wins again [the mile run at Boston].

243. Feb. 4, 1948. Germans demonstrate as unrest sweeps Bizonia
[mass walkout in Munich]. Food for Italy [Rome]. Hindu festival
[Kumbha-Mela ceremonies at Ganges River]. Tiger tamers begin spring
training [Roman Proske in Florida and Mabel Stark in California].
Something new for the Navy [walking barge]. Clothes for cycling
[Florida]. Babies in the swim [nine-month-old Sherry Whitford].
Championship ring battle [in Paris].

244. Feb. 6, 1948. World mourns Gandhi. Film story of his amazing
career. More Marines embark [Norfolk, Va.]. Fur fashions [Florida].
Bill Stern's sports roundup: Millrose Games [Bill Vessie and Gil
Dodds set new records]; record crowds cheer winter carnival [St.
Paul]; 1948 Winter Olympics [hockey teams and bob sleds racers in
Swiss Alps].

245. Feb. 11, 1948. Washington spotlight on the Commies [Attorney
General Tom Clark and Congressman Karl Mundt testify before House
Committee on Un-American Activities]. Exercise Snowdrop, Arctic test
for Army [paratroopers in upstate New York]. The lighter side of the
news [orangutan at New York's Bronx Zoo]. Magic brain comes to aid
of science [solves complex mathematical problems]. Exiled Belgian
monarch [King Leopold] finds haven in Cuba. [Bill McGowan's] school
for umpires. Championship skating [George Fisher and Loraine Sabbe
at St. Paul's winter carnival].

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

203. Sept. 15, 1948. Presidential battle of '48 under way.
Jitterbugs jump at Harvest Moon Ball. Sky thrills at [Cleveland's
National] Air Races. Indiana Labor [Day] celebration [Booneville].
Davis Cup victory for the U. S. Wilhelmina abdicates. Dutch hail new
Queen Juliana.

204. Sept. 17, 1948. Berlin crisis. Movie stars join circus for
charity. Pope blesses multitude. First pension check [from United
Mine Workers' welfare fund]. Drama in the zoo [San Francisco].
Beauty on parade [Atlantic City contest]. Governor Dewey aids Youth
Month. Pro-football thriller [Dons defeat Dodgers]. Pennsylvania
Week [Governor Duff speaks].

205. Sept. 22, 1948. Ground broken for UN home in New York. First
world citizen [Garry Davis]. Turmoil in Berlin. Progress rides the
rails. Woman [Margaret Chase Smith of Maine] wins Senate seat. Mrs.
America of 1948. Fire disasters [southern California]. Youth of the
year [Bob Mathias is greeted by President Truman]. "Iron Horse"
[motorcycle] jockeys compete.

206. Sept. 24, 1948. Bernadotte's assassination shocks the world.
Riots mark new crisis in France. Humanitarian award [of Variety
Clubs] for Marshall. Bathing beauties give lens fans a dizzy day.
New tennis champs [Forest Hills, New York]. Texas U routs Louisiana
State. Chicago Bears trim Washington Redskins.

207. Sept. 29, 1948. Truman vs. Dewey; the campaign warms up. Swiss
air force keeps on alert. New York Jubilee fashion parade. Hurricane
roars past Miami. Coast Guard in heroic sea rescue. New ring champ
[Marcel Cerdan defeats Tony Zale]. Stunt crash landing [provides]
air circus thriller. Boston Variety Club wins national award.

208. Oct. 1, 1948. Greatest UN crisis as East-West split on Berlin
issue. The political campaign waxes hot in the West. Stars shine at
Air Force show. Army routs Villanova; California sinks Navy; Notre
Dame tops Purdue. [Boston] Braves clinch National [League] pennant.

209. Oct. 6, 1948. Democrats arraign Soviet threat to peace, urge UN
to act. Campaign report: Warren in New York; Dewey in California;
Truman in Texas. New swim suit styles in fashion spotlight. Gridiron
thriller: North Carolina upsets Texas. Daredevils deluxe [New Jersey
State Fair, Trenton].

210. Oct. 8, 1948. West presses case against Soviet in UN. Campaign
snapshots [Truman, Dewey]. The new look in swim suits. Catholic
Youth stage huge parade in Boston. American League champs: Cleveland
wins pennant in tie play-off. Grid thrillers of this week: Harvard
wins in upset; Michigan beats Oregon; Georgia Tech tops Tulane.

211. Oct. 13, 1948. World Series special [highlights of the first
two games in Boston]. Hurricane hits Havana. Sir Stafford Cripps
hails E. R. P. Truman renews campaign [in Philadelphia]. Spectacular
crash marks Grand Prix. Notre Dame routs Pitt.

212. Oct. 15, 1948. Cleveland wins World Series. Winston Churchill
warns of war. Truman interrupts campaign trip [to meet Secretary of
State Marshall]. Dewey visits New York housing project. Paris
fashion preview. Army beats Illinois in a close one. Northwestern
conquers Minnesota.

213. Oct. 20, 1948. Eisenhower installed as Columbia president.
Speedboat thrills on unique "track" [Danbury, Conn.]. California
trims Wisconsin in drive for the Rose Bowl. The Dewey story.

214. Oct. 22, 1948. Bill Stern's gridiron report: Michigan upsets
Northwestern; Penn shades Columbia in thriller. The Truman story.

215. Oct. 27, 1948. Red revolt in Korea. Report from Europe:
[Finance ministers of 16 nations sign agreements for the European
Recovery Plan. Secretary of State Marshall stops in Rome.]
Legionnaires of nation in gala parade [Miami]. Paranurses, airborne
angels of mercy. College spirit [freshman-sophomore rush at Columbia
University]. Dixie grid thriller [Tulane vs. Mississippi]. Navy Day,
1948; sea power for peace. Governor Bradford speaks for a great
cause [Community Chest Fund].

216. Oct. 29, 1948. Presidential campaign round-up. Reds foment
French coal strike riots. Grateful Berlin kids thank U. S. flyers.
Regal splendor in Hindu festival. Bill Stern's gridiron report:
Michigan wallops Minnesota; Army topples Cornell.

217. Nov. 3, 1948. Unified forces in spectacular maneuvers [off
Florida's Gulf coast]. French troops seize mines as riots spread.
Britons cheer King opening Parliament. Strange case of Ilse Koch.
New wave lengths for the Waves. Sky mystery solved [5–motor B–17],
The "Big Mo" visits New York. Lady Luck smiles on Sweep winners.

218. Nov. 5, 1948. U. S. welcomes first shipload of DP's. Morgenthau
reports on trip to Palestine. Champion daredevil performs over Alps.
Grid thrillers of the week: Notre Dame vs. Navy; California tops
USC; Northwestern vs. Ohio State; Georgia Tech defeats Duke.

219. Nov. 10, 1948. Dramatic story of Truman's triumph [re-election
as President of the United States. Dewey concedes Truman victory].

220. Nov. 12, 1948. Truman hailed as conquering hero. Mounties star
in [65th] National Horse Show [in New York]. Berlin kids run the Red
blockade. Bill Stern's gridiron thrillers: Army power smothers
Stanford; Penn toppled by Penn State; Tennessee upsets Georgia Tech.

221. Nov. 17, 1948. Will de Gaulle stop the Reds? [Depicts important
events in de Gaulle's life.] More power for Berlin airlift. New
wonder of science [electromagnet for Columbia University's new
cyclotron]. The St. Hubert stag hunt [in the Rambouillet woods near
Paris].

222. Nov. 18, 1948. U. S. ports paralyzed by dock strikes. Death for
Tojo as war criminal. Beauty and the grapefruit [Florida's bathing
beauties]. With Truman on vacation [Key West, Fla.]. MacKenzie King
steps down [as Prime Minister of Canada]. Army vs. Penn, grid
thriller of the year. Notre Dame rally tops Northwestern. California
swamps Washington State.

223. Nov. 24, 1948. British rejoice over birth of royal prince.
Death at sea for a gallant war veteran [Cruiser Pensacola]. Rootin'
tootin' toddlers' contest [Las Vegas, Nev.]. Fort Bliss marks 100th
anniversary. New premier for Canada [Louis St. Laurent]. With Truman
on vacation [Key West, Fla.]. The gentler sex [women wrestlers in
Boston]. Cornell beats Dartmouth in thriller.

224. Nov. 26, 1948. The Kosenkina drama: happy day for Red terror
victim (Mrs. Oksana Kosenkina leaves the hospital). Truman ends
vacation, confers with Marshall [on the Berlin and China crises].
Lighter side of the news: A baby chimp's day. Bill Stern's report on
climax of grid season: Michigan tops Ohio State; Tarheels wallop
Duke; Northwestern tops Illinois; S. M. U. conquers Baylor.

225. Dec. 1, 1948. Berlin airlift speeded for winter ordeal.
Palestine underground here; [Menachem Beigin] welcomed to U. S.
World's smallest plane in successful flight. Tropical ice mirage
proves to be salt [Puerto Rico]. Bill Stern's All-America football
stars of 1948.

226. Dec. 3, 1948. Army vs. Navy in sensational grid classic.
Georgia beats Georgia Tech. Boystown founder honored. Cornell upsets
Penn, 23–14. Churchill's little jest [receives honorary degree at
London University]. Nation ushers in yuletide season. Philadelphia
hails Santa.

227. Dec. 8, 1948. China's darkest hour [Madame Chiang Kai-shek
arrives in Washington; Communists threaten to engulf all China]. Jap
kids' band goes American in a big way. Film stars meet Britain's
Queen. Squirrel cage jeep. Water skiers cut new capers [Cypress
Gardens, Florida].

228. Dec. 10, 1948. Secret films bare Red spy ring. Truman visits
the "Big Mo." Christmas preview [dolls for New York's
underprivileged children]. Trojans stop Irish in grid sensation.
Philadelphia high [schools] in tie for title. Mat mauling sextet [in
Montreal].

229. Dec. 15, 1948. Berlin voters defy Red terror. Vice
President-Elect Alben Barkley greeted by Governor Earl Warren in Los
Angeles; Dr. Carlos Prio Socarras, new President of Cuba, greeted by
President Truman in Washington. Candy treats for Europe's children.
U. S. Marines in China. Powder Bowl classic [Indiana University
girls play football].

230. Dec. 17, 1948. Aviation's newest marvel [twin-propellered
helicopter]. Israel's President [Chaim Weizmann] visits Jerusalem.
President Truman gets Xmas turkeys. First films of the new Wacs.
[Blue-blooded dogs model togs of New York's poodle specialty shop].
Pro football playoff [Baltimore Colts vs. Buffalo Bills]. Wonder
horse [Citation] wins again. New desert paradise [resort hotel, the
Shadow Mountain Club, in the California desert].

231. Dec. 22, 1948. UN assembly ends stormy Paris session. Hundreds
die in Chinese ship disaster. Baby gorilla enjoys modern zoo life.
Deep sea Santa [visits Florida's Marineland]. Battling bambinos make
leather fly [45–pounders at New York boys' club bouts]. Bike
marathon [in France] muddy affair. Holiday greeting from embassy
kids.

232. Dec. 24, 1948. Hail Prince Charlie; the royal christening.
Nation salutes Wright plane, first to fly. Circus brings thrills to
London youngsters. Pro-football title thrillers in snow; Eagles top
Cardinals; Browns maul Bills.

233. Highlights of 1948. 1948 personalities in the news [Queen
Juliana succeeds Queen Wilhelmina; Britain celebrates birth of
Prince Charles; Gandhi assassinated; Chiang Kai-shek's government
threatened by Communists]. The birth of a nation [Israel]. The
Truman triumph.

234. Dec. 31, 1948. Marooned airmen await rescue from icecap.
Petrillo ends ban on recorded music. President Truman greets
neighbors [in Independence]. Big guns dismantled [at San Francisco's
Golden Gate]. Rioting in Rome. Christian converts baptized in Japan.
Higher education goes to bow wows [school for dogs in Boston].
Aquatic forum in Florida.

235. Jan. 5, 1949. Bill Stern's Sports parade of 1948; the champions
and highlights of an action-packed twelve months. The Olympic story.

236. Jan. 7, 1949. Gridiron thrills from the Bowl classics: the Rose
Bowl; the Sugar Bowl; the Orange Bowl; the Cotton Bowl. Holiday show
for airlift men.

237. Jan. 12, 1949. Truman reports to 81st Congress. Puerto Rico
installs first elected governor [Luis Munoz Marin]. Yale men killed
in plane crash. Tornado rips Arkansas town [Warren]. Golden Gloves
show fistic fury [New York]. Ski fever goin' up [Mount Hood, Ore.].

238. Jan. 14, 1949. Hawaii volcano erupts. Acheson named as
Secretary of State. Bullitt reports on China crisis. London: Chelsea
Arts Ball. Warsaw: baby lion cub boards with litter of puppies.
Winter storm lashes Seaford on the English coast. New York: Jeanne
Crow elected Queen of the 1949 Press Photographers' Ball.
Philadelphia: Mummers' Parade. Cairo: funeral of the assassinated
Prime Minister. Air show thrills [Miami's 17th annual All-America
air maneuvers].

239. Jan. 19, 1949. Hollywood snowbound; it's different down in the
Florida sun. Reds celebrate 1917 revolution. Ghost fleet comes to
life. French send Gratitude Train. New golf champ [Lloyd Mangrum].
Punch and Judy show in Germany.

240. Jan. 21, 1949. Communist chiefs in U. S. on trial. The Navy's
amazing new air weapon [Gorgon IV]. President Truman's cabinet
[presented]. Ski meet thriller opens 1949 season [Fox River Grove,
Ill.]. Smart styles for smart bow wows. Polio poster girl opens
"dimes" drive. Rare birds show fancy feathers.

241. Jan. 26, 1949. The 1949 Presidential inaugural. Includes scenes
of the President and Vice President Barkley taking the oath of
office, the inaugural address, the parade down Pennsylvania Avenue,
and the dinner of the Electoral College with the president telling
his personal reactions on election night.

242. Jan. 28, 1949. Chiang out as China's leader. First election
stirs Israel. Bull in a china shop. Churchill on vacation [on the
French Riviera]. Acheson sworn in [as Secretary of State]. Ski meet
thriller [Salisbury, Conn.] Ice boats in speed regatta [Fox Lake,
Ill.] Muscles flex for "Mr. America" title [Oakland, Calif.]

244. Feb. 4, 1949. Blizzard-bound herds [on the western ranges]
saved by air mission. Election films from Israel. U. S. film star
[Tyrone Power] weds in Rome. Ace Admiral wins $100,000 Maturity.
Indoor track thriller [Millrose Games in New York City]. Ski champs
take the Alps.

245. Feb. 9, 1949. Gratitude Train brings thanks from France. Town
menaced by cave-in [Carbondale, Pa.]. Double-take fashions.
Sensational ski jumping [Olympian Hill, Wash.] Ski bug bites dog.
Diving de luxe [Miami Beach].

246. Feb. 11, 1949. Flight from Nanking. Red "mock trial" of
Cardinal [Mindszenty] denounced. Capital hails "Merci" train touring
U. S. Anti-bias award for Irene Dunne. Those cowboys are off again
[Palm Springs].

247. Feb. 16, 1949. Biggest narcotic haul on record. Life comes back
to Monte Cassino. Greek church installs new Patriarch. "Merci" gifts
from France. The crisp look rules new modes. "Ike" [Eisenhower] goes
back to the Army. Animals at the San Francisco zoo don't like the
cold wave.

248. Feb. 18, 1949. Final "kaput" for Hitler's chancellery. Transit
strike ties up Philadelphia. Canada Premier [St. Laurent] visits
Truman. School days in the land of the Nile [archaeology students at
the University of Cairo]. Keglers roll 'em in national meet [World
Series of bowling at Atlantic City]. Bob-sled trials drama of speed
[Lake Placid]. Winter carnival in St. Paul. Experiment in
brotherhood [New Haven, Conn.]

249. Feb. 23, 1949. President Truman sees spectacular air show
[Andrews Field, Md.]. Operation "Snowball" [82d Fighter Group on
winter maneuvers at Grenier Field, N. H.]. De Gaulle vows fight to
finish against Reds. Tubeless tire ends blowouts. Champ pooches of
1949. Turf pays tribute to a great jockey [George Woolf].

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Motion pictures, 1940-1949Chapter MI: RUMBA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1941. 1 reel, (7)

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