Volume 29, 1946/47.

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1. Aug. 30, 1946. Refugees barred from Palestine land at Cyprus. UN Security Council opens new session; U. S.—Soviet clash. Personalities in world news: King George of Greece awaits call to return; Monty of "Alamein" on visit to Canada; President Truman fishes, has no luck. Cameragraphs [thrills of whaling filmed off the Chilean coast]. Sports: tennis, football. Youngest set has its day: cutest threesomes; 1946 baby champion.

2. Sept. 3, 1946. Halsey speaks out on the freedom of the seas. Army demonstrates "ejection seat" for saving pilot's lives. News flashes: Nisei heroes home; ocean wanders. Hollywood fashions. Sports: rodeo, golf, hunt. Canadian girls go streamline.

3. Sept. 6, 1946. Trouble spots of the world. Yugoslavia, Greece, the Mediterranean, Palestine. Eisenhower speaks to the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Thrilled thousands watch national air races at Cleveland. Sports: auto racing, ice skating. Jitterbug frolic at Harvest Moon Ball in New York.

4. Sept. 10, 1946. Secretary Byrnes makes declaration of U. S. policy on Germany. Constant conflict marks deportation of Jews to Cyprus. Seaports of entire nation tied up by shipping strike. Two-year-old baby is sole survivor of airliner tragedy. Sports: tennis, polo. California girl wins crown of Miss America.

5. Sept. 13, 1946. London Conference seeks solution for Palestine problem. Monty of Alamein welcomed here on first visit to U. S. Religion: Lourdes pilgrimage. Aviation [safety harness tested]. Fashions for Brazil. Hint for hot-heads: man takes air trip in cake of ice. Sports: model plane meet, boomerang throwers.

6. Sept. 17, 1946, News reports from Europe: Reception at Versailles; Nazi gang in last plea; more trouble in Trieste; destroying Siegfried Line. Film flashes: giant C–54 catches fire, modernistic baptism. Sports: rodeo spills; Salmon Derby; water baby [three year-old David Hughes].

7. Sept. 20, 1946. Secretary Wallace sees President and says "no more speeches." Action flashes of world news: aftermath at Bikini; "squatters" in London; P–84 flies 611 m.p.h.; 1–1/2 million dollar [Australian] wool blaze. Movie stars make goodwill air tour of Latin America. Lehr finds new fishing angle. Spills and thrills at horse jumping meet in Australia.

8. Sept. 24, 1946. Heroic rescue of 18 from plane crash in Newfoundland. President Truman fires Wallace from Cabinet. Personalities in the news: Marshall Montgomery, General Clark, Archbishop of Canterbury. Berlin rebuilds slowly from ruins of war. Celebrations honor American history at Hartford, Connecticut. All-golden horses vie in spectacular show in Missouri. Football is here; West Point, Pittsburgh, Baltimore.

9. Sept. 27, 1946. America buries five fliers shot down over Yugoslavia. Religion: Pope Pius XII blesses Italian Boy Scouts; Catholics attend Holy Hour in Chicago. Foreign events: China teems [with activity]; reclaiming flooded lands. Greece prepares [for return of King]. Canadian fishermen catch record haul of giant salmon. U. S. launches first flying post office to speed the mails. Sports: boat racing, rodeo thriller.

10. Oct. 1, 1946. Allied court finds Nazi gang guilty at Nuremberg. Stalin leads Soviet big-wigs at funeral of President Kalinin. British speed flyer killed in jet plane trying for record. Fred Allen has his say at banquet to honor Variety Club. New bathing suits are made of wood. The pigskin parade: West Point; Washington; Champaign. California voters are urged to go to polls in November.

11. Oct. 4, 1946. Navy plane breaks world's non-stop distance record. Greece gives King George ovation on return from exile. U. S. Navy explodes 500,000 pounds of TNT in Idaho test. Movie executive [Barney Balaban] is honored for charity work. Australian wool auction provides some wild bidding. Sports: women's amateur golf; roller-skating spectacle.

12. Oct. 8, 1946. Nazi leaders hear death sentences as war trial ends. Sports: the World Series. Football: New York; Los Angeles; Austin.

13. Oct. 11, 1946. Secretary Byrnes in Paris speaks on Stalin's "no war" statement. U. S. Army B–29 flies over top of world, Honolulu to Cairo. Names in the news: Paul H. Griffith, Chief Justice Vinson, W. Averell Harriman, Jack L. Warner, General Eisenhower. National cotton-picking contest held in Arkansas. Film flashes: farmers battle ducks; Red Cross aids Chinese. Sports: World Series; football.

14. Oct. 15, 1946. President Truman lifts controls on meat prices. News reports from abroad: SS Queen Elizabeth; demonstration in Trieste. General Stilwell, hero of Burma, dies in California. Vast throng sees colorful "Veiled Prophet" parade. Hollywood stars seek arbitration in movie strike. The pigskin parade: Ann Arbor, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Los Angeles.

15. Oct. 18, 1946. Peace Conference in Paris ended; Byrnes returns. Windsors in England together—first time since abdication. Record salmon run battles Canadian rapids to spawn. Navy reveals new electric catapult ["Electro-pult"] to launch planes. Meat on the table; livestock rolls to market again. Cardinals win world series.

16. Oct. 22, 1946. U. S. Navy reveals wartime secrets on anniversary. "Queen Elizabeth" makes first trip as luxury liner. News flashes from abroad: Greek demonstrations; General Eisenhower tries his golf in Scotland. Football highlights: Army vs. Columbia; Tennessee vs. Alabama; Texas vs. Arkansas; U.C.L.A. vs. California.

17. Oct. 25, 1946. President Truman opens UN General Assembly in New York. Sports: hockey season; riding the rapids; girl acrobats. Trap for baboons in zoo is big flop; they're too smart.

18. Oct. 29, 1946. News flashes: Navy displays [helicopter]; notables sail [on the Elizabeth]; hunting buffalo [at Elk Island, Canada]. Lounging fashions. New Zealand woman has slippery hobby—she tames eels. Football highlights: Philadelphia, Los Angeles, New York, Iowa City.

19. Nov. 1, 1946. U. S., Soviet debate disarmament in UN Assembly. End of maritime strike starts flow of goods. "Winnie" Churchill has laugh with 8th Army veterans. Fighting corvettes of wartime turned into luxury liners. Sports flashes: thirteen year-old Samson [Jimmy Garvin]; fishing paradise [in Australia]; motorcycle speed [in Austria].

20. Nov. 5, 1946. Big Four foreign ministers meet in New York. Names in the news: President Truman; U. S. movie stars [in England]; Darryl Zanuck. Aviation: antiaircraft training; planes crash [in Navy tests]. Union craftsmen display skill in St. Louis show. June Haver hailed as Rock Island's Cinderella girl. Football highlights: Baltimore, Evanston, Athens.

21. Nov. 8, 1946. Election landslide gives Republicans Congress control. Hindu-Moslem feud flares in violence throughout India: Nehru attacked; Ghandi in Calcutta. Palestine crisis increases with new outbreaks: terrorists bomb [Jerusalem depot]; refugees transferred. Cashier [William Arthur Nickel] arrested; faces charges in $750,000 swindle. Movie stars hailed at royal command film performance. Canadian pulp logs sent down river in record drive.

22. Nov. 11, 1946. Remarkable films of new V–2 rocket tests by U. S. Army. News flashes: Molotov at White House; Armistice Day ceremonies; Admiral Byrd honored; Windsors arrive in U. S.; British models visit here. Something new in autos; you can fly it or drive it. Game of the year: Army-Notre Dame football classic.

23. Nov. 15, 1946, President Truman asks cooperation of G.O.P. Congress. Hunt [for] crashed U. S. airman among Lolo tribes in China. King leads Britain in impressive rites on Armistice Day; British honor American pigeon for war feat. U. S. progress at sea and in the air: American queen of the seas; largest transport plane. Giant parade marks Armistice Day in Iola, Kansas. Sports: Melbourne Cup race; one hundred year-old golfer.

24. Nov. 19, 1946. Bombs are hurled in jurisdictional Hollywood strike. News and action film reports: Navy tests new torpedo; Japs get new constitution; Mrs. America 1946. Football Titans keep winning; Notre Dame vs. Northwestern; Army vs. Penn.

25. Nov. 22, 1946. V–2 rocket camera photographs earth from 65 miles up. U. S. in showdown with Lewis over soft coal strike. Along Broadway ["The Razor's Edge" premiere]. International week celebrated in New Orleans. Movietone's All-America [outstanding football players of 1946].

26. Nov. 26, 1946. John L. Lewis stands trial for contempt. Foreign affairs: British leave Egypt; new President of Chile. Arts and sciences: Roosevelt statue; sun eclipse; Canadian dam. Football climax: Notre Dame-Tulane; Yale-Harvard; U.C.L.A.-U.S.C.; Illinois-Northwestern.

27. Nov. 29, 1946. Famed Monte Cassino Abbey to be rebuilt out of ruins of war. Three more countries become members of United Nations. News flashes: drive-in bank; radio-controlled plow; sheep shearing; Santa Claus Lane; hand-painted bathing suits. Sports: Woodcock-Martin bout; fox hunt; skiing in Lapland.

28. Dec. 3, 1946. Rescue epic in air crash in the Alps. Once mighty Normandie's last mile. Army-Navy football. Seventy-eight thousand see Penn defeat Cornell in grid classic. Trippi runs wild as Georgia beats Georgia Tech. Notre Dame ends season unbeaten, downing U.S.C., 26–6.

29. Dec. 6, 1946. Byrd's Antarctic expedition leaves for South Pole. News of the nation: Washington [John L. Lewis fined]; Milwaukee [massed picketing and violence at Allis-Chalmers]; Wright Field [German scientists continue U. S. aviation experiments]; Chicago [4–H Club picks perfect specimens of American youth]; new President of Mexico [Miguel Aleman] sworn in. Spectacular plays of grid season's last big games. Sports: tennis in Australia; mystery game in mud.

30. Dec. 10, 1946. Atlanta hotel fire, worst in U. S. history, takes terrible toll. Soft coal strike called off by John L. Lewis. President Truman awards seven medals to hero soldier. World events: London, New York, Italy, Lebanon. Ready for Merry Christmas? So are Florida fish. Sports: a dog's life in Toledo; wrestling rough house.