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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.]