Volume 19, 1946/47.

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464. Jan. 3, 1946. Pope names cardinals. [Canadian Ambassador] honor[s] film makers. Fashions for spring. Ski jumpers take off. [Jack Benny] behind the hate ball. Spectacle on ice [Sonja Henie and company].

465. Jan. 8, 1646. The President's message. Floods rage in Northwest. Admiral Halsey is initiated. Tournament of Roses. Merry Mummers; Orange Bowl thriller.

© 8Jan46; MP165. 466. Jan. 10, 1946. General Marshall in China. Housing speed-up. Sociability in Japan. Fast count for [GI] Joe. Thrills in Vienna. Fighting Tigers back. Jap prisoners leave U. S. Ski hero [Torger Tokle] honored. Paratroop triplets.

467. Jan. 15, 1946. Telegraph walkout. Tot's murder shocks U. S. Kaiser makes labor deal. Fire levels post exchange. Sinbad, the dog hero [of the Coast Guard]. Honor war loan head [Ted Gamble]. [Byron] Nelson does it again.

468. Jan. 17, 1946. GI victory parade. Helicopter records broken. "Wild Bill" [Donovan] decorated. Veterans demonstrate. Canada honors Ike [Eisenhower]. Plane skiing.

469. Jan. 22, 1946. UNO opens sessions. Demobilization plans. Admiral Kimmel testifies. Fishing sweepstakes. Flashing blades. British rail crash.

470. Jan. 24, 1946. Churchill in Florida. March of Dimes. Stassen heads [National] Brotherhood [week]. Rebuilding Warsaw. End of the Rainbow Club. Donkey-shines. Amateur sluggers. Tiger triplets.

471. Jan. 29, 1946. Atom bomb tests. End of U. S. isolation. Marshall mediates. Aid for martyred Cassino. Wainwright's new command. Dimes set fashion. Ski jump champs.

472. Jan. 31, 1946. U. S. seizes meat plants. Security Council [UNO] opens. Carrier [Franklin D. Roosevelt] shakes down. Navy graveyard. Plane air brakes. Daffy millinery. Ship salvages. Fun in the sun.

473. Feb. 5, 1946. Radar contacts the moon. March of Dimes hits stride. Byrnes urges A-bomb for peace. Big telescope nears completion. Gouin [is] new French President. Lewis [John L.] rejoins A. F. of L. ranks. Ex-GI strikes it rich.

474. Feb. 7, 1946. British wives join hubbies. U. S. ships move China Army. Florida hails Brahman bull. Famous warship [Brooklyn] is retired. Snowshoe champs in gala event. Vets "take over" big hotel. Track stars shine in meet.

475. Feb. 12, 1946. U. S. carrier [Franklin D. Roosevelt] honors Brazil. U. S. repatriates Koreans. Screen star [Ella Raines] christens big plane. Radar installed on ferryboat. Moslem leader [the Aga Khan] visits Bombay. New York-Paris air route inaugurated. New Adjutant-General [Edward F. Witsell] sworn in. Quads "doll up" on seventh birthday.

476. Feb. 14, 1946. "Snake" clears minefield. Town protests UNO choice. UNRRA relief aids Europe. Sponge fleet back on the job. Jap troops moved from China. Sail-skating is winter thrill.

477. Feb. 19, 1946. Tug strike ties up New York. Cardinals-elect fly to Rome. Auto goes out the window. Dog champs on review. Bobbi-car takes a bow. N. Y. U. cagers top Notre Dame. Supreme Court urges brotherhood.

478. Feb. 21, 1946. Ship wrecked in Alaska storm. Cardinals stop off in Eire. Austrian crown jewels returned. Ready warship [Pennsylvania] for atom test. "Quints" crown carnival queen. "Giants" begin spring training. Plastic playball helps reduce. Pope Pius XII thanks UNRRA.

479. Feb. 26, 1946. UNO delegates back in U. S. New airliner can back up. Operation Musk-ox. Floods devastate Britain. Three trains in crash. Prince weds commoner. [Golden] Gloves finals thrill fans.

480. Feb. 28, 1946. Pope elevates cardinals. Festival hails Winter King. Lone Star [state] has centennial. Chinese hail year 4634. National AAU bobsled race. GI families back in Hawaii. Knockdown wins 100,000 dollar Derby. "Browns" begin spring training.

481. Mar. 5, 1946. [Senator Vandenberg] urges firm foreign policy. China hails war leaders. Novel machine builds house. Who's who in the zoo. Troops go skiing in Japan. Rhythm on roller-skates.

482. Mar. 7, 1946. President backs Red Cross; Hirohito visits his subjects. On the housing front. It's Mardi Gras time. [Hoover] urges U. S. [to] back food drive. Ice-capades fete winter. Army displays war tactics. News from [baseball] training camps.

483. Mar. 12, 1946. Truman calls on churchmen to save world from ruin. [Winston Churchill] urges U. S.-Anglo alliance. Cardinals back from Rome. Soldier lifts a [rubber] tank. Peron leads in Argentina. Golden Glovers dish it out. On the baseball front.

484. Mar. 14, 1946. First pictures: Pacific isle waits atom bomb. Truman backs loan to Britain. Film stars receive awards. The Santa Anita handicap. It's all done on porpoise. [Rio Grande Valley's] Charro Days fiesta held. "Red Sox" hit training stride.

485. Mar. 19, 1946. Reds withdraw from Mukden. Churchill at F. D. R. grave. New isle appears off Japan. Panama whoops it up. Twenty-one dead in Italy ammo [ammunition] blast. Novel car is hobby oddity. Navy ship used as barracks. Man-o-War has birthday. "Indians" hit 1946 trail.

486. Mar. 21, 1946. Churchill hailed in Manhattan. Flames gut ex-Nazi liner. Hoover to study food crisis. "Athletics" gird for season. UNRRA feeds starving kids. Bowling aces open tourney. Nylon rush is free-for-all. Woman pool champ shows how. Irish honor patron saint. Rites for Cardinal Glennon.

487. Mar. 26, 1946. UNRRA Council plans world aid. Personalities on the capital scene. The world's largest plane. Cincinnati "Reds" all set. Five hundred tons of powder blasted. Fiesta time on the Riviera. Women get vote in Italy. Baseball "Crackers" [Southern League] all set.

488. Mar. 28, 1946. UNO Security Council meets. [Carrier] Midway in arctic test. Truman backs two-party government. The Japs take a powder. Billiard aces thrill fans.

489. Apr. 2, 1946. Reds bolt UNO meeting. Airborne television shown. Doughnut dunking etiquette. Jap police get Yank boss. Table tennis tournament.

490. Apr. 4, 1946. Navy reveals giant rocket. Firemen fight three-day blaze. East All-Star cagers win. Truman signs housing bill. Trotters try out new gate. Huge snow-slide blocks pass. Auto racers cheat death. [New York] State cuts income tax.

491. Apr. 9, 1946. Tidal wave rips Hawaii. UN Council weathers crisis. Volcano in Japan erupts. Chic new hat styles shown. First silk cargo from Japan. Britain hails film favorite [Mary Pickford]. Hoover arrives in Italy. GOP chooses new chieftain. Young Princess [Margaret Rose] takes a bow.

492. Apr. 11, 1946. U. S. hails Army Day. Airplane graveyard. V–2 rocket "hits" New York. Army post honors General Patton. The Grand National.

493. Apr. 16, 1946. Jap submarines sunk. Gromyko back at UN Council. Public good is exhibitor goal. League of Nations quits. Florida cypress is logged. First Lady visits polio victims. Hirohito horse in rodeo.

494. Apr. 18, 1946. Roosevelt home is U. S. shrine. On the capital scene: new Ambassador to Britain [W. Averill Harriman]; new Envoy to Argentina [George S. Messersmith]; Reds name new U. S. Envoy [Nikolai Novikov]. French get Soviet wheat. French kayak aces race. Lens lovelies win laurels. "Canadiens" win hockey trophy.

495. Apr. 23, 1946. "Renounce war" [says] MacArthur. GI wives go overseas. Jaloppies aid auto jubilee. Mikado as a family man. Military millinery shown. Dying boy aids cancer drive. Boatsmen shoot the rapids.

496. Apr. 25, 1946. U. S. observes Easter. Japs vote for the first time. Tots have own style show. President [Truman] fights famine. Young Izaak Waltons shine. Five-star [MacArthur] family in Tokyo. Midget racers burn up track. "Ike" visits home town.

497. Apr. 30, 1946. President [Truman] reviews fleet. Shelter in a jiffy. Out of the cubbyhole [bears]. French sports revival. The salmon are striking. It's "once over lightly" [sheep].

498. May 2, 1946. Big Four discuss peace. Flying Wing bomber shown. President [Truman] takes a vacation. Spring planting in Germany. [LaGuardia] spur[s] wheat for famine areas. A Japanese tea party [Mrs. MacArthur entertains General Eichelberger]. Penn Relay thrills.

499. May 7, 1946. Nazi rocket backfires. Filipinos elect Roxas. Pope honors U. S. Admiral [Hewitt]. Explosion blasts destroyer. GI dream comes true. Duce body taken from grave. Dog nurses lion cubs. Princesses [Elizabeth and Margaret Rose] at the circus. Fire laddies on parade.

500. May 9, 1946. Foil Alcatraz jailbreak. Ticking bomb exploded. Co-ed lifeguards show form. It's apple-blossom time. Louis and Conn sign for bout. The Kentucky Derby.

501. May 14, 1946. Allied troops in Trieste. Arctic "Musk-ox" trek ends. Something new under foot. Jap policewomen get nod. Women open bowling congress. Novel propeller tested. Hill-climbing [motorcycle] aces zoom again.

502. May 16, 1946. Army tests V–2 rocket. President [Truman] lauds education. Chinese black market. Tojo goes on trial. Assault wins Preakness.

503. May 21, 1946. North Atlantic ice patrol. Holiday ends in tragedy. Hoover ends famine tour. Truman greets Cardinal [Griffin]. Canada salutes May Day. Italy opens boys' town. Blind bowlers amaze fans. British aces top U. S.

504. May 23, 1946. First refugees reach United States: 500,000 pledge allegiance. King Cotton holds court. Flying Tigers come clean. Sand sailing new thrill. China takes over U. S. ships. It's an old Dutch custom. Miner hits jackpot. Scouts honor war heroes.

505. May 28, 1946. Operation Crossroads. Rail strike grips nation. Eisenhower in Far East. Miss Booth gets award. Rocket car hits 140 m.p.h.

506. May 30, 1946. Truman action ends U. S. tie-up. Negro quadruplets born. Cocker best in dog show. Kiddies masquerade parade. Champs [Louis and Conn] gird for big bout. Governor visits studio. City gets DDT treatment.

507. June 4, 1946. Coal strike ends. Floods sweep East. Animals board atom ark. Cadets hail old timer [Martin Maher, West Point employee for fifty years]. Cardinals laud food relief. Negro educator [Booker T. Washington] honored. Motorist is no dummy. Quads are Texas rangers.

508. June 6, 1946. Indianapolis speedway race. Trumans get degrees. Eisenhower in D-day plea. Kids on police outing. Indians harvest bananas. Assault wins [turfdom's] triple crown. Santa Rosa Roundup.

509. June 11, 1946. Military graduation: "Middies" now ensigns; cadets on parade. Damage foreshadows A-bomb test. Scores die in hotel fire. "Hap" Arnold settles down. Auto's golden jubilee. Italy joins democracies.

510. June 13, 1946. British victory parade. Paratroops in mass drop. Jaloppies in speedrace. Crown jewels recovered. Spanish cycle aces race. Safety seat for pilot. Holy Hour celebrated. Floods in Spain. Festival of Roses [Portland, Oregon].

511. June 18, 1946. Navy rocket tests. Jap pearl culture. Oil fire rages. Personalities in the news. Atom test nears. Bronc busters.

512. June 20, 1946. World plan for atom bomb. Big Four ministers meet. United States [and] Canada hail peace. Peron inaugural [Buenos Aires]. Mangrum wins golf open championship. World's biggest plane. Water nymphs on skis.

513. June 25, 1946. Tornado devastation. Japan today. Ammunition jettisoned. Our favorite pin-ups. Cow adopts orphan faun. Midget auto thrills. Beauty queens on parade. Motorcycle soccer.

514. June 27, 1946. Austrians demand Tyrol. Mexican election nears. It's in the bag. Vinson new Chief Justice. Cornell crew wins. Magicians thrill kids. Track aces vie in [N.C.A.A.] meet.

515. July 2, 1946. Two million dollar ferry blaze. Monster flying wing. People in the news: John W. Snyder, Fred M. Vinson, Benjamin Fairless. Secretary of War Patterson and John R. Steelman. Merry-go-round matrimony. Japan's Crown Prince. Famine stalks China.

516. July 4, 1946. Operation Crossroads underway. Truman asks OPA support. Flower fiesta [Italy]. Cycling ups and downs [England].

517. July 9, 1946. Army wives reach Japan. Helicopter-bus service. British "Oscars." Nisei heroes return home. Stock cars in race. New high in weddings. Yank [George Fazio] wins Canada golf [tourney]. "Old Salts" in season [Cleveland Regatta].

518. July 11, 1946. Operation Crossroads: Superfortress, Dave's Dream, drops bomb on 73–ship flotilla. Details of various phases of atom bomb test at Bikini.

519. July 16, 1946. First American Saint [Mother Cabrini]. Hughes survives crash. Swanee playground. Meet Jumbo. The world of sports: tennis at Wimbledon; just jousting [France]; [Jimmy McLane] sets swim mark in Cuba; cowboy get-together [Stamford, Texas].

520. July 18, 1946. Philippines Republic [is] born. [Sahara] Desert mission. Wheelbarrow globe trip. Cricket invasion [France]. Oo! la! la! [French beauty contest]. Riggs wins tennis finals.

521. July 23, 1946. Siam's King meets death. British bombers arrive [in U. S.]. Festival of Towers [Italy]. Truman reviews Nisei troops. Lumberjack tourney. Dirigible pioneer [Admiral C. E. Rosendahl] retires. [Hollywood] stars shine on Portland.

522. July 25, 1946. Nine dead in gas blast. Wheat harvest underway. The Arlington Handicap. Drought grips Southwest. Siamese boxing-bam. Diaper didoes. Sailboating thrills.

523. July 30, 1946. U. S.-Cuba sugar pact. Spanish festival. [English] royalty in the rain. Seagoing pet shop. Get hep to hoppicopter. Racing goes to the beach. Shriners at convention. [A. A. A.] race thrills [London].

524. Aug. 1, 1946. Byrnes off to Paris. Crusade of peace. Festival of Miracles [St. Clair, France]. UNRRA chief [Fiorello LaGuardia] in Italy. Hollywood Gold Cup Race. Wild pony round-up. [Herman Barron] wins richest golf game [All-American Open].

525. Aug. 6, 1946. Paris Peace Conference. Eleven dead in ferry crash. Huge seaplane assembled. May Day in Russia. Outboard aces race.

526. Aug. 8, 1946. Underwater atom blasts: Baker Day at Operation Crossroads. Jap film of Hiroshima blast.

527. Aug. 13, 1946. Atom bomb birthplace. Reds balk over vote plan. Gold rush-afloat [gambling ship]. Quake hits Santo Domingo. Flight of the "snowbirds" [cat-boats]. Lightning hits tanker. French gymnasts excel.

528. Aug. 15, 1946. The Hambletonian. U-boat pens blasted. Three thousand [Jehovah's Witnesses] in mass baptism. "Ike" [Eisenhower] hailed in Rio. Mashed spuds by the ton. Graduate China air cadets [Austin, Texas]. Catch as catch can [Red Cross camp in France].

529. Aug. 20, 1946. Presidential promenade [Truman]. Atlantic mixup [S.S. American Farmer in salvage argument]. Meet Miss Venus. Archers show ball players [their skill]. New air monarch [bombing plane]. Lesson in democracy. Aquatic rodeo. Brazil honors "Ike" [Eisenhower].

530. Aug. 22, 1946. President [Truman] on vacation. Long distance [telephone] milestone. Soap-box Derby. Honor to Churchill. Speed boat sweepstakes. Orphan's big day. Helicopter referee [for horse racing].

531. Aug. 27, 1946. Floods hit Midwest. Alpine climbers in action. Admiral Halsey in Chile. Throws baseball 98 m.p.h. [Bob Feller]. Navy's biggest airplane. Trout-fishing Derby. Painless dentistry. Roller Derby thrills.

532. Aug. 29, 1946. Nuremberg trials near end. Bermuda welcomes Truman. Novel animal circus. Students unload grain. Football season opens. Fight flood with fire. Legion victory parade.

533. Sept. 3, 1946. UN in new home [Lake Success, New York]. Truman goes fishing. Triple threat convention [triplets]. One-thousand stranded by Maine storm. Modern Jonahs at work [Chilean whalers]. Bulls horn in on [Spanish] fiesta. Bicycle death dive.

534. Sept. 5, 1946. National air races. Halsey backs "F. D. R." [carrier] cruise. Pilot ejector seat. Yugoslav air victims. Double feature parade. Gold Cup [Detroit speedboat] Race.

535. Sept. 10, 1946. Calcutta massacres. French fleet maneuvers. Maria Montez in Paris. Screen comics aid youth. Jumpin' jive. Film star [Phyllis Calvert] arrives [in New York]. New York infirmary to expand. Stars shine on ice. Auto race ends in death [in Atlanta].

536. Sept. 12, 1946. Byrnes sets firm policy for Germany. Strikes tie up U. S. ports. Puerto Rico inaugural. Miss America of 1946. United States-Mexico polo.

537. Sept. 17, 1946. United States greets "Monty" in Washington, D. C. Death of the sea queen [the Normandie]. The flying icicle. Venetian regatta. French swimming meet. Japs man U. S. ships. Northwest rodeo [at Ellensburg, Washington]. New Pike's Peak record.

538. Sept. 19, 1946. Yugo air victims coming home. World's heaviest man. Orphans of the wild. "Tom Thumb" playground. Big little swim champ [David Hughes]. Success—eggs-actly! [Betty MacDonald honored]. Amateur golfers vie. British motorcycle aces.

539. Sept. 24, 1946. Wallace speeches curbed. Koreans hail freedom. Spectacular train wreck. Displaced persons camp [in Upper Austria]. Jet plane tops 600 m.p.h. Hermit's views on life.

540. Sept. 26, 1946. Air tragedy; helicopters rescue 18 survivors. Washington, D. C. [Wallace, Commerce secretary resigns]. Paris, France [Harriman, envoy to Britain, to succeed Wallace]. Italy hails General Clark. Charity football [Chicago Bears vs. Washington Redskins].

541. Oct. 1, 1946. Turmoil in Bombay. [Inflation and black market in Shanghai, China]. Flying post office. Holy Name holy hour [Chicago]. Gotham hails Wild West. Mechanized madcaps.

542. Oct. 3, 1946. Football highlights: Notre Dame-Illinois; Army-Oklahoma; Alabama-Tulane. Funeral rites in Moscow [Mikhail Kalinin]. Truman reviews cadets. British postwar industry. Riviera festival. Movie men aid hospital.

543. Oct. 8, 1946. Navy plane [Truculent Turtle] sets mark. Greek king returns. Twenty-five thousand ton TNT blast [Arco, Idaho]. Strikes cripple Pittsburgh. Legionnaires parade [San Francisco]. Tiny republic [San Marino, Italy] is host. Wallace successor [W. Averell Harriman] home.

544. Oct. 10, 1946. Guilty, 21 Nuremberg Nazis doomed. World Series: Red Sox win opener 3–2. Football highlights: Columbia tops Navy; Ohio State trims U. S. C. U. S. honors Ted Gamble.

545. Oct. 15, 1946. World Series highlights: St. Louis and Boston. Byrnes denies atom threat [in Paris]. Ike in Scotland. Mexico honors Warner.

546. Oct. 17, 1946. Truman lifts meat controls. Film stars urge arbitration. Football thrills: Army tops Michigan; Penn routs Dartmouth; Texas defeats Oklahoma.

547. Oct. 22, 1946. Cards clinch World Series. Volcano menaces island [at Stromboli, Italy]. "Slingshot" for planes. Oh! My aching quarterback. Byrnes home from parley.

548. Oct. 24, 1946. It's Navy Day: New York hails "Queen." Low tide strands whale [at Huntington, Long Island]. Football highlights: Army crushes Columbia; Tennessee wins upset; St. Mary's rips Fordham.

549. Oct. 29, 1946. Truman urges U. S.—stop harping on war. Steaks on parade [at Kansas City]. Girl acrobats amazing [in Texas]. Prison rodeo [Huntsville, Texas].

550. Oct. 31, 1946. Army defeats Duke. Notre Dame routs Iowa. Washington tops California. Celebrities sail on "Queen." Latest Paris hair styles. Driver dont's. "Endless-belt" garage.

551. Nov. 5, 1946. Soviet UN proposal answered. Grid Giants claw Bears, 14–0. Alamein heroes celebrate. Hockey aces in tie game. Army "cans" vehicles. Knights Templar convene [at Houston, Texas].

552. Nov. 7, 1946. Big Four ministers meet [in New York]. Gala royal wedding [in England]. Truman goes home to vote. Convicts donate eyes. Football highlights: Georgia upsets Alabama; Ohio State halts Northwestern.

553. Nov. 12, 1946. Republican landslide. One million dollar swindle in [New York]. Record log drive on [in Canada]. Command performance [of movie stars in London]. Skiing season opens [in Chinook Pass, Washington].

554. Nov. 14, 1946. Grid Giants clash. Army and Notre Dame in scoreless tie. V–2 rocket boomerangs. British embassy bombed [in Rome, Italy]. Airborne automobile. Duke and Duchess arrive [in New York].