Motion pictures, 1940-1949

Volume 17, 1945/46.

Chapter 254,042 wordsPublic domain

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221. Nov. 21, 1945. Washington drama. Atom bomb agreement. Congress hears Attlee. Pearl Harbor inquiry. Eisenhower's warning. Tojo awaits doom. Blast Jap weapons. British mercy aids children in Berlin. GI song on the Rhine.

© 21Nov45; MP65.

222. Nov. 23, 1945. Pearl Harbor revelations. Fathers and sons in first post-war Legion conclave. First trip of carrier "FDR". Dame Fashion invades the halls of learning [U.C.L.A. school of costume design]. Army's touchdown parade described by Bill Stern. Uclans upset St. Mary's. Texas beats T.C.U. Indiana blanks Pitt.

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223. Nov. 28, 1945. Legion hails Nimitz and Eisenhower. Jap atrocities exposed at war criminal trial. Superfort sets new non-stop flight mark. Bill Stern selects All-American stars.

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224. Nov. 30, 1945. Admiral Halsey bids good-by to Navy. President Truman honors General Marshall. First films of new marvel of the air. Germany's generals now meek as lambs. Santa Claus welcomed from coast to coast. Football roundup: Indiana wins "Big 10" crown; Michigan beats Ohio State 7–3; Weirdest gridiron play of the year [California].

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225. Dec 5, 1945. Nazis on trial in court drama. Jap Emperor gives ancestors bad news. Ancient autos re-run race of 50 years ago. GI rodeo in Japan.

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226. Dec. 7, 1945. Army-Navy grid classic. Trojans win Rose Bowl test. Churchill back in Belgium gets tremendous ovation. New England storm havoc. [Wellesley] College girls help Santa.

© 7Dec45; MP70.

227. Dec. 12, 1945. Latest films of Nuremberg trial. Yanks in Germany blow up I. I. G. Farben munitions plant. School bus plunges into lake bringing death to 15 children. Film industry honored by U. S. for war work. [Famed harpist entertains at Walter Reed]. The nation's healthiest [4–H Club awards]. "Frogs" reveal war secret [underwater demolition].

© 12Dec45; MP71.

228. Dec. 14, 1945. Eisenhower warns nation of crisis. Warships hit at Pearl Harbor home after Pacific victories. Jap-American killed in battle honored by General Stilwell. Three and three-fourths billion-dollar loan to Britain. Farewell serenade to La Guardia. Geisha girls dance for Yanks. Washington Redskins win eastern pro grid crown. Philadelphia high school [football] title tilt.

© 14Dec45; MP72.

229. Dec. 18, 1945. Nazi general [Dostler] executed. U. S. wrecks Jap atom smasher. Nazi U-boats take last dive. British sink submarines. Personalities in the news: Halsey gets fifth star; Morgenthau decorated. Hitler knick-knacks are sold in London. Indian gift for Truman. Castle for Eisenhower. Two millionth Yank starts home. GI's at Alpine ski school.

© 18Dec45; MP157.

230. Dec. 21, 1945. Atrocity films at Nuremberg trial. Homeward-bound GI's rescued. Personalities in the news spotlight: General George C. Marshall, Admiral Chester Nimitz, President Truman. New York pays tribute to Admiral Halsey. Film Chiefs support the March of Dimes. New air weapon for U. S. revealed. Cleveland Rams win pro grid championship.

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231. Dec. 26, 1945. Winter's worst blizzard hits eastern seaboard. P-T boats once expendable ride again for victory loan. Queen Elizabeth urges girls to guard peace. Shanghai bids Japs "good riddance." [Indo-Chinese] War canoes race for King. East Side kids battle it out boxing. New bathing suits and auto tires are related.

© 26Dec45; MP159.

232. Dec. 27, 1945. 1945–46, the year that changed the world: birth of the Atomic Age; Big Three meeting at Yalta; passing of Roosevelt; Allies roll back Nazis; capitulation of Germany; MacArthur keeps vow; Yanks take Jap Island; Hiroshima atom-bombed; final surrender of Japs; the dawn of world peace. [These and other events] show humanity at the crossroads.

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233. Jan. 2, 1946. War crimes drama; death for Yamashita. Nation mourns General Patton. Traffic bottleneck keeps army of GI's from home; San Francisco, Seattle, New York. Sports revival in France.

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234. Jan. 4, 1946. Four Americans named cardinals. Japs petition MacArthur to spare Yamashita's life. French clean up Nazi mines. Back to normalcy in Nice. Canada honors film industry. Tom Thumb wedding. Florida diving season opens.

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235. Jan. 9, 1946. Truman asks public aid. "Bull" Halsey rides again. La Guardia out as mayor. Philadelphia Mummers' parade. First post-war Rose tourney. Bowl game grid thrills: Pasadena, New Orleans, Miami, Dallas.

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236. Jan. 11, 1946. Famed paratroopers home with triplets as mascots. General Marshall in China to bring civil war to end. U. S. warships brave Atlantic gales to bring GI's home. Bathing beauts and suits in 1946 fashion preview. Sport topics of the day: Vienna motorbike marathon; New England ski trains; first winter tourney [Torger Tokle Memorial meet at Bear Mountain].

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237. Jan. 16, 1946. Atom bomb vs. warships. First Lady opens March of Dimes. Japs help Yanks fight fire [in Yokohama]. Personalities in the news: General Arnold decorated; Marshall ends China war. Coast Guard seadog, Sinbad, home from world travels. Yes, John Bull has bananas. Sport topics of the day; Nelson wins Los Angeles open; Alpine Yanks.

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238. Jan. 18, 1946. Millions hail GI victory parade. Churchill in U. S., cheerful as ever. Homesick Yanks protest delays in demobilization. Nazis sail for home without jubilation. Last of U-boat pack gets final K. O. Helicopters set new world records.

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239. Jan. 23, 1946. UNO conference in London. GI's protests overseas answered by Eisenhower. Admiral Kimmel testifies at Pearl Harbor Inquiry. News from the strike front: meat industry tie-up; Truman steps into steel row. France celebrates fiftieth birthday of the cinema.

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240. Jan. 25, 1946. Nation's Draft Board officers honored by President Truman. Seven hundred and fifty thousand workers walk out in nationwide steel strike. Red leaders hail Stalin. March of Dimes begins. Tolerance week to open. Winston Churchill in gay mood gives interview to newsreels. M.G.M. films win popularity polls. Hialeah racing opens.

© 25Jan46; MP238.

241. Jan. 30, 1946. Byrnes pledges all-out aid by U. S. for United Nations. Marshall wins truce in China's civil war. Pearl Harbor Army chief [Short] blames War Department. President honors U. S. Navy chaplain [Father O'Callahan]. Captured Nazi warship here. March of Dimes fashion Parade. Sports topics of the day: "snobirds" in flight; jeep steeplechase in Paris; exercise for Junior.

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242. Feb. 1, 1946. Across U. S. in 4 hours, 13 minutes. Bevin pledges Britain's aid for world peace. Turmoil in Indo-China. U. S. seizure of plants ends the meat strike. GI war brides and babies set sail for new world. Alligator school. Sledding goes to the dogs. Hardware hats.

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243. Feb. 6, 1946. Radar contacts the moon. De Gaulle quits in French crisis. John L. Lewis rejoins A. F. L ending 10–year labor feud. President and movie stars in March of Dimes climax. Glamour school New York style.

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244. Feb. 8, 1946. GI war brides and babies arrive. Air liner [T. W. A. Constellation] with 52 aboard sets new trans-U. S. mark. A new Chinese Army. Winter sport fashions. Churchill at races, wins on a hunch. Millrose track classic. Wild west roundup in Florida. National ice-skating meet.

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245. Feb. 13, 1946. Brazil hails new President. Tense days in the Holy land. American ships take Koreans home from slavery in Japan. U. S. Army piles up vast surpluses in Europe. New U. S. Adjutant General [Witzell]. Radar in new peacetime job guiding ferryboat in fog. New spirit in Europe.

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246. Feb. 15, 1946. New "explosive snakes" used by Army to clear land mines. Yanks speed Jap exodus out of the lost empire. Film stars receive magazine awards. New York tied up by tugboat strike. New York murder focuses attention on U. S. juvenile crime wave. Sponge divers make big haul as season opens in Florida. Spirit of gay Paree revives.

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247. Feb. 20, 1946. New York blackout. New cardinals fly to Rome. Supreme Court justices in plea for brotherhood. Quaker City acclaims Nimitz. Meet Miss Photoflash. New canine champs.

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248. Feb. 22, 1946. Four hundred and eighty-five rescued in shipwreck. Steel chief [Benjamin Fairless] welcomes strike's end. Battleship [Pennsylvania] stripped for atom blast. More GI war brides arrive. New honors for Greer Garson. Ireland hails new cardinals. Bill Stern's sports thrills; skiing in French spotlight; baseball giants start swinging; plastic balloonatics. Dionne quints in winter carnival.

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249. Feb. 27, 1946. UNO winds up first session [scenes in London and New York]. U. S. cardinals in Rome. Topics of the day: Swedish prince weds; the [British] housewife speaks. Sport headlines: ski thrills. World's newest skyliner [Douglas DC–6]. Introducing women of the year [Dr. Lise Meitner and others].

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250. Mar. 1, 1946. Pope Pius elevates new cardinals. Headline news briefs: Eisenhower visits wounded GI's; Uncle Sam cuts Navy. Sport topics of the day: Shanghai Rickshaw Derby; toboggans at Lake Placid. St. Paul hails winter carnival. Texas celebrates statehood centennial.

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251. Mar. 6, 1946. General Homma doomed to die. Churchill reveals success secret [receives honorary degree]. Vandenberg reports on Russia and UNO. China hails General Chiang. Movie news briefs. Science sets hat fashions.

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252. Mar. 8, 1946. Hirohito sheds his "divinity." Hoover backs Truman fight to aid starving overseas. Good news for war veterans as housing project opens. War surplus [ammunition] blown up. Mickey Rooney home. Sports topics of the day: winter carnival; the baseball roundup [at] Daytona Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Miami Beach, Catalina [and] San Bernardino.

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253. Mar. 13, 1946. Churchill warns U. S. of danger. Anti-Soviet demonstration in China. "Religion vital," says Truman. Argentina's ballot battle as Peron faces vote test. Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Sport topics of the day: skiing [and] baseball.

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254. Mar. 15, 1946. Rendezvous with death [preparations for atom bomb tests]. Jap Empress out of hiding. Number 1 G-man [J. Edgar Hoover] honored. Churchill in Richmond. Truman urges British loan. Dionne quints at school. Sport topics of the day [at] Santa Anita, Canada, Sarasota [and] St. Petersburg.

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255. Mar. 20, 1946. World crisis [scenes at Mukden, Washington and Hyde Park]. Volcanic isle rises in Pacific. Europe revives gay carnivals to dispel gloom of world. Auto strike ends. Sports topics of the day: Louis-Conn fight preview; Cleveland Indians limber up.

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256. Mar. 22, 1946. Police guard Churchill in New York. Marshall reports on China. Hoover flies to Europe to survey food situation. Ships in the news: Russian tanker rescued; "Queen Elizabeth" ablaze; mystery fire sweeps [German] liner. St. Patrick's Day in Buffalo. Nylons for free. Sports topics of the day: girl pool champ [Ruth McGinnis]; "keglers" bowl 'em in [American Bowling Congress]; "Athletics" in spring training. Last rites for Cardinal Glennon.

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257. Mar. 27, 1946. Alpine avalanche buries village. UNRRA meeting in U. S. plans to fight world-wide famine. Washington spotlight: [General "Beedle" Smith], new Envoy to Russia; [Julius A. Krug], successor to Ickes; [Trygve Lie], chief of UNO; [Leon Blum], French loan negotiator. New Mars [Flying boat] in sky. Experts pick photogenic beauty. The three little bears. Sports topics of the day: Britain's national hunt; meet Mr. America ["muscle man"].

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258. Mar. 29, 1946. UNO Council in New York. "Bluebeard" [Dr. Petiot] mocks judges. U. S. carrier [Midway] invades Arctic. Truman urges united peace effort. Army reveals new weapon [selfpropelled gun]. Yanks fight typhus in Japan; Army and Navy cite M.G.M. stars; spring comes to Washington.

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259. Apr. 3, 1946. First films: UNO drama [Iran case]. Sport topics of the day described by Bill Stern: an old Spanish custom [Basque bull chase]; ping-pong champions.

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260. Apr. 5, 1946. UNO drama of vacant chair [Russia's empty place]. La Guardia hailed by UNRRA as new world relief chief. Red Navy officer seized by FBI as spy suspect. Bridge melts as Canadian fire sweeps pulp plant. Battle with an avalanche. Report from Paris: "Bluebeard" trial; spring fever [Paris carnival]. Sport topics of the day: motor bike revival; Junior's fighting again [Kips Bay Boys Club]. [New York] State lax trailer.

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261. Apr. 10, 1946. Tidal waves rip Hawaii. Famed seismologist [Rev. Joseph Lynch] shows how it happened. Jap volcano on rampage. Goering defiant at war crimes trial. Exploring unknown worlds [army rocket]. New GOP chief [Representative Reece of Tennessee]. Sport topics: water ski marathon; some fish story.

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262. Apr. 12, 1946. The Grand National. Truman urges strong Army. Mukden tense as Nationalists take over Manchurian capital. Romania hails Red Army. Graveyard of air force. Dog beauty contest.

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263. Apr. 17, 1946. Red Envoy back in UN Council. League of Nations liquidated. Jap submarines blown up. Theatre men unite. First Lady [Mrs. Truman] visits infantile victims. Nursery airliner. Hirohito's horse in rodeo. Logging in the everglades.

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264. Apr. 19, 1946. The Nation honors F. D. R. Reconversion inside Germany. Washington spotlight; new Ambassador to Argentina; Harriman transferred; Soviet sends new envoy. Monkeys from overseas. Easter fashion parade.

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265. Apr. 24, 1946. MacArthur says: "Abolish war." Democratizing Jap royalty. Young cancer sufferer sees dreams come true. Wives sail to Join Yanks overseas. Snooperscope and sniperscope. Sports topics of the day: slalom race in Lapland; Scots win soccer title. White House news of the day: President buys first poppy; reminder of famine overseas.

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266. Apr. 26, 1946. Coast-to-coast films of Easter celebration. Japan's first free elections. President Truman appeals for aid in world famine. Forest fires sweep Cape Cod. Midget cars in sport spotlight. Eisenhower acclaimed at Texas birthplace.

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267. May 1, 1946. Navy air show for President. Russia and Iran reach "agreement." Bernard Baruch makes history on park bench. Balloon era revived. Lighter side of the news: what's bruin; nylons for men only.

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268. May 3, 1946. Big Four in Paris Peace Conference. Farmers answer La Guardia's call to aid starving world. Justice for a war criminal. Forty-five killed in rail disaster. Army's new Flying Wing. Personalities in the news: Truman on vacation; 68 priests ordained. Penn Relay thrills.

© 3May46; MP613.

269. May 8, 1946. U. S. ammunition ship explodes at dock in New York Harbor. Army-released Nazi films revealing rocket secrets. Personalities in the news: reunion in New York; new Filipino President; durbar in New Delhi. Four Detroit sisters wed in unique church ceremony. Lion cubs adopted. Britain's football classic. Paris bike race classic.

© 8May46; MP614.

270. May 10, 1946. Battle of Alcatraz [prison mutiny]. Bill Stern reports the Kentucky Derby. American Mother of 1946 [Mrs. Emma Clement, granddaughter of Negro slave]. Collegiate mermaids. It's apple blossom time. Spring in the Northwest.

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271. May 15, 1946. World spotlight on elections in France and Soviet Russia. Crisis in nation's industry as coal strike reaches peak. New miracle ship propeller. How you can aid famine relief. U. S. fashions shown in Rio. Bill Stern's sport topics: cue champ in action; thrills in the hills.

© 15May46, MP653.

272. May 17, 1946. Spectacular rocket test. Tojo and 27 Jap militarists go on trial for war crimes. Truman sees atomic age as era of world peace. Personalities in the news; spotlight on John L. Lewis; new President of Philippines [General Manuel Roxas]. Kentucky Derby winner [Assault] repeats in Preakness. Wisconsin wins oar classic. China black market raid. Detour over Grand Coulee.

© 17May46; MP654.

273. May 22, 1946. Jap films: Pearl Harbor secrets. German poison gas fleet scuttled in North Sea. Personalities in the news: Holland hails Churchill; spotlight on De Gaulle. Red Cross drive report. Coast Guard iceberg patrol. Sport topics of the day: latest in trotting world; French bike race classic.

© 22May46; MP687.

274. May 24, 1946. Army plane rams New York skyscraper. Europe's capitals mark V-E day. Byrnes reports on Big Four conference. Arctic gold-miner hits jackpot. Nazi victims find haven in United States. Sand sailing provides sport for landlubbers. Cotton Carnival down in Dixie. It's tulip time in Holland, Michigan.

© 24May46; MP688.

275. May 29, 1946. Atom bomb drama [Operation Crossroads at Bikini Atoll]. Rail strike begins. Evangeline Booth honored by America's Variety clubs. Eisenhower in Japan.

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276. May 31, 1946. Truman ends rail strike. Joe Louis-Billy Conn preview of big fight. Cocker is top dog [Morris and Essex show].

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277. June 5, 1946. Soft coal strike ends. Hoover reports on food crisis. United Nations fight famine. U. S. loan to France. "Noah's Ark" sails with animals slated for atom bomb test. The 8th Fleet's in. Lighter side of the news described by Bill Stern. Coeds answer slur on beauty.

© 5Jun46; MP765.

278. June 7, 1946. Vengeance for Lidice and Dachau. Savage Choco Indians filmed for first time. Headline news briefs: Negro [Booker T. Washington] in Hall of Fame; little pals of the cops. President Truman for "little fellows" of America. Sports topics of the day: thrilling auto race classic; Assault wins triple [racing] crown.

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279. June 12, 1946. Fifty-nine die as fire sweeps [Chicago] hotel. Auto jubilee in Detroit. Atom bomb shadows. Personalities in the news: [British Ambassador Lord Inverchapel; former Italian King Umberto]. Romance marks graduation of midshipmen and cadets. Aviation thrills [at] Birmingham air show.

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280. June 14, 1946. Yanks in Britain's victory parade. D-day tribute to Americans overseas. Army recovers royal jewels stolen by Yanks in Germany. Chiang returns to Nanking. Featuring the Jumping Gypsies [airborne invasion maneuvers]. Boston's Holy hour. Fifty to one shot victorious in famous Epsom Derby.

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281. June 18, 1946. U. S. envoys Byrnes, Vandenberg and Connolly, off to Paris for show down on peace. Spectacular action pictures of mighty American rockets. Zero hour for cameramen on great atom bomb test. London in all-night revelry winds up victory celebration. New fashions in furs arrive with heat wave. Rodeo thrills.

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282. June 21, 1946. Baruch asks world rule of atom bomb. Big Four peace delegates meet. Peron [President of Argentina] inaugurated. Sports topics of the day: wounded GI wins golf crown; meet Mr. America [champion weight lifter].

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283. June 26, 1946. Italian Republic born amid turmoil. Tornado rips Detroit suburb. Headline news briefs: January in June; crown jewel mystery. Beauty parades going strong; pin-up girls come to life. Louis and Conn tell about big fight. U. S. tennis queens beat British.

© 26Jun46; MP959.

284. June 28, 1946. President hails new Chief Justice [Fred M. Vinson]. The world spotlight—on Mahatma Gandhi, on General De Gaulle, on Mexican election, [on] Cambridge [Massachusetts] centennial, [on] laurel festival. Starring circus monkeys. Sports topics of the day: national collegiate track; Cornell crew wins; sheep dog champs.

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285. July 3, 1946. Two million dollar fire in New York Harbor. Army's huge "Flying Wing" [Northrup XB–35] passes first test flight. Personalities in the news: moving-up day in Washington. Earl Browder home from Russia. Close-up of Jap Crown Prince. Famine in China. Fishing fleet blessed. St. Bernards take the air. French steeplechase thrills.

© 3Jul46; MP961.

286. July 4, 1946. Operation Crossroads. President asks public for aid in OPA crisis. Youth sings for heroes. Hirohito admits he's human. Sport topics of the day: South Orange, New Jersey [Davis Cup matches] Newport, Rhode Island [Bermuda yacht race]; Atlantic City, New Jersey [Kiddie-car Derby].

© 4Jul46; MP962.

287. July 10, 1946. Japanese-American heroes home from war. Reunion in Japan as wives join GI's. Congress memorial tribute to F. D. R. Noted personalities in the headlines [Pope Pius and Britain's royal family]. Rocket record in new V–2 test. Help for China's starving millions. Strange adventure of three little bears.

© 10Jul46; MP963.

288. July 12, 1946. Atom bomb special [history-making fourth atomic bomb explosion].

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289. July 17, 1946. Pope canonizes Mother Cabrini. Turmoil in China. Helicopter mailman. Personalities in the news: introducing Italy's President; Arab League Conference; Belgium honors Yanks; Howard Hughes crashes. Sports topics of the day: all-star baseball; Wimbledon tennis thrills.

© 17Jul46; MP965.

290. July 19, 1946. Philippine independence. American troops in Trieste face angry rioting mobs. President Truman signs 3–3/4 billion British loan. Midsummer madness: underwater slugfest; Bunion Derby; devil divers; midget auto classic; meet Miss Gay Paree.

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291. July 24, 1946. Byrnes reports on "peace" as Trieste riots. French hail Churchill on Bastille Day. New King takes Siam's throne shrouded in death mystery. Nation honors Nisei. Lighter side of the news: Yanks in Japan relax; cycle mania in France.

© 24Jul46; MP984.

292. July 26, 1946. Carrier [Roosevelt] tests phantom [jet-engine] plane. Wheat periled [by railroad car and storage shortage] as U. S. harvests record crop in world famine. Cattle for Greece. Churchill at Patton's grave. Cabinet wives set example [home canning]. Sport topics of the day described by Bill Stern: yacht race; Diaper Derby; boxing in Siam. Aviation world's fair.

© 26Jul46; MP985.

293. July 31, 1946. Inside Poland. China's Ambassador defends U. S. role in Orient crisis. San Francisco plays host to Shriners of the nation. Lighter side of the news: [chimpanzee poses]. Sport topics of the day: police show and beauty contest; thrilling turf duel.

© 31Jul46; MP1039.

294. Aug. 2, 1946. Jerusalem bombing. Bernard Shaw's ninetieth birthday. Byrnes sees nation united behind Paris parley aims. Peace pilgrims pray. Sports topics of the day described by Bill Stern: water ski champs; Hollywood Gold Cup Race.

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295. Aug. 7, 1946. Paris Peace Conference. Nazi "justice" revealed at Nuremberg war trial. Stalin reviews Red might. Henry Ford's birthday. Spud capital [Aroostook, Maine] picks queen. [Howard Hughes'] sky giant almost ready. Lighter side of the news: Punch and Judy show. Strict curfew in Jerusalem imposed by British Army.

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296. Aug. 9, 1946. Atom blast number 5 [pictures of underwater blast at Bikini Lagoon].

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297. Aug. 14, 1946. Atom secrets revealed [behind the scenes of Manhattan Project at Oak Ridge]. Quake strikes as Dominican Republic hails anniversary. Luxury gambling ship opens 10 miles out. Citizen Truman votes. Sport thrills of the day reported by Bill Stern: yacht race [and] bull fight.

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298. Aug. 16, 1946. V-J day—a year after. Tel Aviv under martial law in crisis in the Holy Land. Brazil acclaims Eisenhower on hemisphere defense tour. Navy clears Manila Bay. Acres of mashed potatoes. Biggest inland launching. Hambletonian Cup classic described by Bill Stern.

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299. Aug. 21, 1946. U. S. crew ousts Britishers from 4–1/2 million dollar prize ship [the American Farmer]. Palestine builds for future in midst of growing crisis. Mr. Truman takes a walk. Eisenhower in Rio. Aquaplane rodeo thriller described by Bill Stern. Modern Venus chosen. World's biggest bomber [XB–36].

© 21Aug46; MP1110.

300. Aug. 23, 1946. Crisis mounts in Palestine. Riots and bombing in Trieste; 30 wounded in street fighting. President on vacation wears last word in yachting caps. Lighter side of the news: meet Miss Texas; Margaret O'Brien honored. Sport news of the day: Soap-box Derby; swine swim; turf judges in air.

© 23Aug46; MP1111.

301. Aug. 28, 1946. Peace in Europe threatened as Marshal Tito defies United States. Admiral Blandy reports to nation on atom bomb test. Uncle Sam's armed forces on alert in troubled world. Mountain climbing thrills. Lighter side of the news [Vincennes Zoo, near Paris]. Sport news of the day: Fireball Feller [army device measures speed of pitcher's fast ball]; roller [skate] rodeo.

© 28Aug46; MP1112.

302. Aug. 29, 1946. Yugoslavia frees Yanks. U. S. delivers ultimatum. Marshal Tito's answer. America parades might [88th Division in Italy]. Prosecution rests at Nuremberg trial. Film snapshots here and there: President Truman; Italy, Pope Pius; the Alps, French planes; Africa, the Aga Khan; Philadelphia, American Legionnaires. Bill Stern's sport news: collegians beat pros; 100 to 1 shot wins Derby.

© 29Aug46; MP1113.

303. Sept. 4, 1946. Latest films from Palestine. United Nations Council meets at new Long Island home. The President goes fishing and the big one gets away. Headline news flashes: Greek King in spotlight. Cloudburst in Maine. Lighter side of the news: Asbury Park [revives Baby Beauty Contest] Bill Stern's sports: disputed tennis play; Ben Hogan wins.

© 4Sep46; MP1154.