Volume 20, 1948–49.

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16. Oct. 14, 1948. World series; first and second games. 23 rescued in Bahamas air crash. Air lift pilots aid Berlin kids. People in the news: President Truman, John Foster Dulles, Sir Stafford Cripps. United Nations news [highlights of Paris meeting]. Great American: John Adams, Oct. 19, 1735.

17. Oct. 18, 1948. Cleveland wins series; Fifth and sixth games. Football: Southern California-Rice; Northwestern-Minnesota. Churchill, "Don't give up atom bomb." People in the news: Candidate Truman, Candidate Dewey, Secretary Marshall.

18. Oct, 21, 1948. The Dewey story [a special feature on the coming election]. Columbia University installs Eisenhower. '49ers crush Colts in pro thriller.

19. Oct. 25, 1948. The Truman story, 2d of two special features of the coming election. General Clay visits Ruhr. Michigan swamps Northwestern.

20. Oct. 28, 1948. People in the news: General Clay, Thomas E. Dewey, Secretary Marshall, General MacArthur and Korean President Rhee. American Legion captures Miami. French country fashions. Sports: California whips Oregon State; Gallic grunts and groans [Pierre and Gaston wrestle in Paris]. Great American: Theodore Roosevelt, Oct. 27, 1858.

21. Nov. 1, 1948. Troops subdue rioting [French] miners. First D. P.'s sail for U. S. People in the News: President Truman, S. Perry Brown, Catherine Rickert. Dude ranch fashions. Aerial acrobat stunts over Italy. Football: Army-Cornell; Michigan-Minnesota.

22. Nov. 4, 1948. Troops, miners in pitched battle [in France]. Operation Combine. People in the news: Mrs. Roosevelt, Denmark's King and Queen, England's King and Queen, Paul Hoffman. The Navy's new look. Assembly line grocery store. Sports: Eagles vs. Bears; Roller Derby. Great American: Daniel Boone, Nov. 2, 1734.

23. Nov. 8, 1948. Mystery fog kills twenty. First D. P.'s reach America. Exclusive report from German Ruhr. Football: California-U.S.C.; Northwestern-Ohio State. Morgenthau in Palestine. New Harvest by helicopter. Life on rope half mile up. Charm school turns out PHD's.

24. Nov. 11, 1948. Truman wins! Warner Pathe news records the most stunning political upset in U. S. history as the Democrats win Senate, House, and White House.

25. Nov. 15, 1948. Colorado fashions [skiing and swimming styles shown at Colorado Springs]. Washington hails Truman and Barkley. First inductees find it's a "new" Army. Air lift delivers new "secret weapon" [a Shmoo, a toy animal entitling each child to ten pounds of lard]. Sports: Penn State vs. Penn; Army vs. Stanford; National Horse Show [at Madison Square Garden].

26. Nov. 18, 1948. West opens new airlift base [in French sector of Berlin]. People in the news: Danny Kaye in wax at Mme. Tussaudes' in London; Dr. Paul Muller, Swiss chemist, wins Nobel prize for medicine; Mrs. Roosevelt receives degree at the University of Lyon. The [new] General Patton tank [at Aberdeen]. Giant magnet is most attractive [used in Columbia University's new cyclotron]. Maulers vs. Terrors [in biggest battle of the small fry season]. Ski season starts [at Mount Rainier National Park]. Miami goes to the dogs [dog racing season].

27. Nov. 22, 1948. A prince is born [at Buckingham Palace]. Tojo sentenced for war crimes. Reds in Berlin mark Soviet anniversary. President Truman and Vice President-Elect Barkley confer in Key West. The Red Dean of Canterbury arrives in New York. Field Marshall Montgomery meets with the West's Military Governors. Football: Notre Dame vs. Northwestern; SMU vs. Arkansas. Italian smoke-eaters drill [firemen in Rome]. Florida "peaches" and grapefruit.

28. Nov. 25, 1948. The Truman family [relaxes in Florida]. Louis St. Laurent becomes Canada's Prime Minister. Defense Secretary [pays a whirlwind visit to Berlin]. Browns beat Forty-Niners. Disaster rides miniature rails [train built by amateur movie makers]. Paris fashions [glove styles]. Variety Club cheers polio victims. Thanksgiving—underwater [in Florida].

29. Nov. 29, 1948. People in the news: [The Trumans return to Washington; Truman Welcomes Secretary Marshall home from Europe; Mrs. Kasenkina leaves hospital; Salvador Dali studies Rome's ruins]. Aviation news [Navy's ZF7U–1 "Flying Wing"; the giant Constitution]. Berlin GI's take lessons in Russian. Small fry fashions from France. Baby bedlam in Florida [with four-month-old chimp]. Football: [Michigan-Ohio State; North Carolina-Duke].

30. Dec. 2, 1948. UN news: [East and West clash in Paris over outlawing of atom bomb]. Red fliers [who fled Russia are interviewed in Austria]. Levi Jackson [first Negro captain of the Yale football team]. Santa Claus [stops off in Canada]. The latest in cameras: the smallest camera; the fastest camera. The "Wee-Bee" [the world's smallest piloted plane, makes test run in California]. Tropical ice harvest [salt harvested in Puerto Rico]. Pitt upsets Penn State.

31. Dec. 6, 1948. Army-Navy game of the year. [President Truman among spectators at Philadelphia as Navy ties score]. Cornell upsets Penn. Tulane swamps LSU. Nation-wide news: Santa Claus arrives; Variety Clubs honor Boys' Town Founder [unveil a statue of Father Flanagan].

32. Dec. 9, 1948. Battle for Suchow [Nationalists abandon city]. Key elections split Berlin. Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek arrives in U. S. to seek aid for China. Former Queen Wilhelmina plants trees. President Truman and Secretary Marshall meet with America's European recovery experts in Washington. The "Kitty Hawk" comes home [to Smithsonian Institute]. The two-way [brake] propeller. Browns beat '49ers. Water skiing at Cypress Gardens, Fla.

33. Dec. 13, 1948. The Collier's All-America [football team selected by top college coaches. Washington press corps honors capitol's outstanding fathers and daughters, including Harry Truman and daughter Margaret. WAC director Colonel Mary Hallaren becomes first woman officer sworn into the regular Army. Whittaker Chambers reveals microfilms said to be top-secret State Department documents. The people of France thank America for the Friendship Train.] London's worst fog. Livestock championship [49th International Livestock Exposition at Chicago].

34. Dec. 16, 1948. Reds routed in Berlin elections. Americans flee Red tide in China. [U. S. marines sail into Tsingtao. President Truman welcomes Cuba's President Prio. Barkley and Warren meet in Los Angeles. Doak Walker is named year's outstanding football player.] Unusual automobiles [the Phibian and two-in-one car from Italy]. T-men nab passer of "near perfect" bills [in Baltimore]. Wild geese. Great American: Clara Barton.

35. Dec. 20, 1948. Christmas, 1948. The Boys' Choir of New York's St. Thomas Church sings "Silent Night." In Europe, Japan, Canada, and Mexico cameramen record Christmas spirit of Peace on Earth, Good Will Toward Men. Citation still winning in California [Tanforan Handicap]. Bills vs. Colts [for AAC's eastern championship].

36. Dec. 23, 1948. Florida fashions. 2,900 Chinese die in sea tragedy. UN ends Paris session. Americas investigate Costa Rica invasion. [Cardinal Spellman gives party for] kids at Christmas. Endurance flyers. Great events: Washington crosses the Delaware, Dec. 25, 1776.

37. Dec. 27, 1948. First pictures of royal baby [Prince Charles of Edinburgh]. 33 saved in Pacific rescue. People in the news: [Alger Hiss indicted for perjury; General De Gaulle outlines program; Barbara Ann Scott makes professional debut in New York]. Year's biggest snow blankets East coast. America remembers Kitty Hawk flight. Football: Browns-Bills; Eagles-Cards.

38. Dec. 30, 1948. Airlift Christmas [Christmas gifts for Berlin children]. People in the news: [President Truman promotes Colonel Landry; General Bradley honored by chief of Italy's General Staff; Italy's President Einaudi pays official visit to Vatican; Madame Schiaparelli shows hat creations]. Teen-age fashions. [Miniature] clockwork community [displayed in San Francisco]. Marines vs. soldiers [interservice football].

39. Jan. 3, 1949. Race to rescue airmen on icecap. Berlin keeps warm [during blockade]. Shanghai gold rush. Truman at home. Paris ski fashions. [Michelangelo's] "David" comes to U. S. Aussies a-weigh [weight-lifting championship].

40. Jan. 6, 1949. News of 1948 in review.

41. Jan. 10, 1949. Bowl games: Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Cotton Bowl. 81st Congress opens. Rescued airmen arrive in New York. "Airlift follies" for Berlin GI's. Puerto Rico installs 1st elected governor.

42. Jan. 13, 1949. President reports to 81st Congress. Tornado levels Arkansas town. Royalty [Edward VIII of England and Leopold III of Belgium] on the Riviera. Germans ask for world citizenship. Ships in the news: [Queen Mary repaired in England; German liner, New York, raised at Kiel]. Boxing: Golden Gloves. Great American: Alexander Hamilton.

43. Jan. 17, 1949. Marshall resigns; Acheson named Secretary of State. Miami air show. Strange news from abroad [hobble skirts in Paris; London plumber atop a Piccadilly statue]. People in the news: [Egypt pays tribute to assassinated Premier Nokrashy Pasha; Yoshihisa Kuzu freed as General MacArthur grants amnesty to 19; barbecue follows inauguration of Florida's governor, Fuller Warren]. Photographers pick a queen [Jeanne Crow].

44. Jan. 20, 1949. Senate hears Dean Acheson. Caronia ends maiden voyage. Snow blankets California. France sends U. S. "Gratitude Train". Moppet melodrama [refugee children in Germany see first puppet show]. Sports [25th Silver Skates races in New York; basketball team of St. Louis University vs. Long Island University]. Great American: John Hancock.

45. Jan. 24, 1949. Air news [Air Force's XF–11 climbs at three miles a minute; Navy's Ram-jet Robot sets record; Bill Odom sets new mark]. Reds go on trial [Federal Court in New York]. [Planes] rescue starving cattle. Paris hats for 1949. "Miss March of Dimes". Bitsy bow-bows [Mexican chihuahua show in Miami]. Norge ski meet.

46. Jan. 27, 1949. The inauguration of President Truman. Includes pre-inauguration festivities, scenes from the inauguration of Wilson, Coolidge, Hoover, and Franklin Roosevelt, the inaugural parade, and the President's address.

47. Jan. 31, 1949. People in the news: Dean Acheson sworn in as Secretary of State; French Foreign Minister Schumann honored at London reception; Paris hails Winston Churchill; Mildred Gillars [Axis Sally] starts trial for treason. The [Italian] car that flies. New York critics make film awards. Diamond fashions. Ice sports: [International Championships for iceboats at Fox Lake, Ill; Sonja Henie in ice revue in New York].

48. Feb. 3, 1949. Overseas news: in Berlin, West installs anti-Red government and coal is located under the city; in Monte Carlo, Monacan army has ceremonial review; in Marseilles, construction begins on skyscraper on stilts. Koala bear sanctuary [Australia]. United States-Canada pulp project opens. Bathing suits of metal. Sports: baseball [Rip Sewell's Florida baseball school; Lou Boudreau signs two-year contract]; water ski jumpers [Cypress Gardens, Fla.] Great American: Thomas Alva Edison.

49. Feb, 7, 1949. Report from Israel. Clipper survives mid-air crash. Three-mile parade spurs March of Dimes [Los Angeles]. Parliament opens in Canada. Sports: [Millrose Games; Down Hill Ski Championships in the French Alps; Santa Anita Maturity].

50. Feb. 10, 1949. New York hails "Gratitude Train." Fashions in color. A U. S. soldier is buried at home [in Japan]. 19 nations map unity in Asia. Sports: [Marcel Choisnet sets gliding record in French Alps; trotting races; skiers at Mount Blanc, France, compete for European ski jumping crown]. Great Americans quiz: Benjamin Franklin.

51. Feb. 14, 1949. "Gratitude Train" starts historic U. S. journey. People in the news: Norway's Foreign Minister Lange arrives in America; two escaped Russian fliers arrive in Washington; General MacArthur welcomes Secretary Royall in Tokyo; National Conference of Christians and Jews honors Irene Dunne and Ned Depinet. Last days of Nanking. Biggest airliner [92–ton Constitution] hops continent. Sports: rodeo championship [Palm Springs, Calif.]

52. Feb. 17, 1949. Nation protests Mindszenty sentence. People in the news: General Eisenhower, on leave of absence from Columbia University, is welcomed in Washington; Mrs. Truman sees new portraits of husband and daughter; General Marshall returns to Washington; Chinese nationalist government transfers Japanese prisoners of war; Governor Dewey gives his version of Republican defeat. Paris gloves. A special feature [an incident in life of George Washington, in observance of National Brotherhood Week]. Sports: ski jumping [Leavenworth, Wash., and Duluth, Minn.]

53. Feb. 21, 1949. Washington welcomes Canadian Premier [Louis St. Laurent]. Hitler's chancellory blown up by Russians. Kids' pet show [Madison Square Garden]. Flying Wing sets record. School days in the pyramids [Step Pyramid is classroom for Cairo University students]. Sports: [in New York, Holland's Slykhuis captures Baxter Mile; American Bowling Congress opens in Atlantic City; St. Paul's Winter Carnival]. A special feature [in cooperation with the American Heart Association].

54. Feb. 24, 1949. Greatest air show [at Andrews Field, Md., to show Congress where Air Force money goes]. New tire: no tube, no blowout. People in the news: Holland's Prince Bernhard and daughters vacation in Swiss Alps; Berlin's Mayor Reuter goes to Paris; General De Gaulle's RPF Party holds convention [in Lille]. Gratitude Train speeds west. Sports: [slow motion pictures of Fanny Blankers-Koen; Westminster Kennel Club Show in New York]. Great Americans quiz: Daniel Webster.

55. Feb. 28, 1949. Israel's new government meets for first time. Overseas news: [London charwomen request raise; in Berlin, Western Allies tighten their counter-blockade against Russians; workmen get the city of Viareggio, Italy, ready for carnival]. Navy blasts giant hangar [Houma, La.]. Pets in the news: [pet sparrow in Los Angeles; flea actors in Paris; uncooked rooster, chef's specialty in Tours, Paris. Sports: surf board riders off Mokopuu Point in Hawaii; motorcycle on skis at Liberty, N. Y.; winter games in Czechoslovakia].

56. Mar. 3, 1949. Israeli president inaugurated. Reds deport Anna Strong as spy. Fritz Kuhn freed by German court. Chicago photogs pick a queen. West Coast hails Gratitude Train. Pope denounces Mindszenty trial. Santa Anita derby. World's bobsled titles. Ski jumping championships.

57. Mar. 7, 1949. Berlin: giant parade marks Red Army Day. Labor Party wins key British election. Mauna Loa volcano on the rampage. POW's freed in Holy Land truce. Air news: Caroline Mars sets passenger mark, 222 mph; the Navy Mauler, a flying arsenal. Nassau: cliff diving in the Bahamas. Fort Myer, Va.: Army's world boxing championships. Iron Mountain, Mich.: five record leaps in one ski meet. Santa Anita handicap. San Francisco: "Merci train" arrives.

58. Mar. 10, 1949. B–50 flies around the world, non-stop. Reds fail to stop Churchill speech. Army convicts 5 in Germany spy ring. DP's cross U. S. on long voyage home. Mardi Gras merriment reigns supreme. French beach styles have a new twist. Bavaria: western zone ski championships. Do you remember?—Styles of 1927.

59. Mar. 14, 1949. UN Security Council votes on Israel. Blockaded Reds quit U. S. zone. Netherlands: dramatic pictures of rescue at sea. New York: FBI arrests Red spy suspects. Washington: Johnson takes over from Secretary Forrestal. Tokyo: another Red flyer deserts to U. S. zone. Winnipeg, Man.: Canadian university honors Mrs. F. D. Roosevelt. New York: press fetes Marshall and Acheson, Washington: 75–passenger stratocruiser christened. Boston Braves hit spring training trail. World champion Indians open '49 season. West's best slug it out in Golden Gloves.

60. Mar. 17, 1949. Views of the airlift to Berlin. Axis Sally found guilty of treason. Train robbers captured in gun battle. Bill Odom sets flivver plane record. Rollins College honors President Truman. Ice breaks, floods threaten midwest. Brazilian bark visits Golden Gate. Russia returns lend-lease cruiser. U.S.S. Tarawa heads for moth balls. Joe Louis gets himself a new job. Whitefish, Mont.: the downhill skiing championships. Great American quiz: Daniel Boone.

61. Mar. 21, 1949. U. S. parades armed might in Germany. Truman and Vinson relax in the [Florida] sun. Egypt restores fabulous Karnak temple. New Jap police force marches on review. Brownsville, Tex.: two nations hail film premiere. Parisian lives as though today were 1800. Paris spring fashions. New York: kids battle for boxing crowns. Australia: dramatic wild horse roundup. Daytona Beach, Fla.: national motorcycle championship race. Pittsburgh Pirates start training.

62. Mar. 24, 1949. $1,000,000 Oakland pier fire. Eight Atlantic Pact nations meet. S.S. Haifa enters Israel-U. 5. service. Cruiser leased to Russia rejoins Navy. "Orphan airlift" flies 67 to new homes. British workers start U. S. study tour. Navy vet builds push-button paradise. American judo girl rolls her own. "Hobby horses" star in colorful derby. Great American quiz: Stephen Decatur.

63. Mar. 28, 1949. Acheson praises Atlantic Pact. France mourns General Giraud. Hirohito opens Japanese Parliament. British fleet in Mediterranean war games, Truman honors press; press honors Truman. Foreign press picks best films of 1948. Seattle: motorcycle racing in the mud. New York: basketball; national invitation finals. Do you remember?—Treaty of Versailles. Nation hails $20,000,000 [Houston] Texas hotel.

64. Mar. 31, 1949. Churchill arrives in U. S. Shostakovitch and Reds in New York for conference. In the news: French Army Chief of Staff; Lord Mayor of Berlin; Greek King's Honor Guard. Allies ban Soviet money in Berlin. Canada trains paratroops for Arctic. Lavish evening gowns from France. Racing: French thoroughbreds in action [at Chantilly]. New York: eastern college finals in basketball.

65. Apr. 4, 1949. Filmdom gives Oscars for 1948's best. 66–1 shot wins Grand National. Washington: Churchill visits wartime U. S. colleagues, Argentina celebrates new constitution. Fleet Admiral Leahy, retiring, decorated. Teenaged girl heroine gets a dream house. Johnson sworn in as Defense Secretary. Seattle: intercollegiate basketball championship. New York: meet the sweepstakes winners.

66. Apr, 7, 1949. Europe's top diplomats here; Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin; Premier Paul-Henri Spaak; Gromyko here for UN Assembly. Annual French tidal wave arrives on time. Spring is sheer beauty to sheep ranchers. Vacation fashions in the Bahamas. Golden Gloves: East-West finals. Paris: world's toughest sport—Rugby football. Cypress Gardens, Fla.: women's champ is a water-ski wizard. Great Americans quiz: Robert E. Peary. Bing Crosby asks help for cancer drive.

67. Apr. 11, 1949. Atlantic Pact signed. Churchill [speaks] on Russia [at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston]. Daytona Beach, Fla.: National AAU swim championships. New York: All-star basketball; East nips West.

68. Apr. 14, 1949. UN General Assembly opens [Flushing Meadow, N. Y.]. In color: Hawaiian fashions. Pope celebrates 50th year as a priest. FBI catches $880,000 runaway banker. Armed Forces parade on "Army Day." The lights go on again in London. Four-alarm tenement fire in Harlem. Downhill skiing; Harriman Cup races, Boston; National AAU boxing championships.

69. Apr. 18, 1949. The tragedy of Kathy Fiscus. Church explodes; 6 dead, 47 hurt. Key West, Fla.: U. S. joint chiefs of staff meet. Burbank, Calif.: France honors Harry M. Warner. Britain's Bevin sails for home. Ex-Reds fete Greek King and Queen. Clay reviews U. S. might in Germany. Sydney, Australia: an Easter feature; rock-a-bye rabbit. A dog plays the pinball machines. Sam Snead wins Masters Golf crown. Annapolis: Navy kids set pace in boxing classic.

70. Apr. 21, 1949. Quake rocks Northwest. Truman marks fourth year as president. Israeli President arrives in U. S. Delaware Bay: ships burn after collision in fog. Norway launches new liner in Holland. Paris introduces the "hobo handbag." Rome: blindfolded boxers dance in the dark. Hemlines are up on Dior's newest look. Europe's kids say thanks for CARE.

71. Apr. 25, 1949. Flivver fliers smash world endurance mark. Easter 1949: sunrise service in the Hollywood Bowl; GI's and Germans attend first joint rites [in Berlin]; record crowds jam the Easter parade [in New York City]. Do you remember?—1890's Easter parade. Liberty Bend, Mo.: engineers move mighty Missouri River. Ex-Premier Reynaud arrives in U. S. Syracuse "miracle" draws big crowds. New York: Palestine mediator home to report. San Juan, P. R.: world's largest trade school opens. Pitcher Truman opens baseball season.

72. Apr. 28, 1949. The Irish Republic is born. Secretary Hull leaves the hospital. Yankee Stadium: plaque unveiled to immortal "Babe." Egypt's royalty opens "world's fair." New bill keeps aid flowing to Europe. Truman lauds bond drive "forty-niners." Square dance craze sweeps Japan. Berlin: 1383–flight day sets airlift record. Newhall, Calif.: flying jalopies in race thriller. Great American quiz: James Madison.

73. May 2, 1949. Shelled British ships reach Shanghai. The Trumans are hosts to the Weizmanns. Acheson asks for one and one-half billion dollars for arms for Europe. King George meets Dominion premiers. Shirley Temple celebrates 21st birthday. Acrobats defy death 13 floors over city. New Brunswick, N. J.: 96 men paint a house in two and one-half minutes. Gruelling Paris-Roubaix bicycle race. Los Angeles: "hell drivers" star in thrill show. Derby favorite wins Wood Memorial.

74. May 5, 1949. Atlantic Pact before Senate. Texas housewife named mother of the year. Kalavrites, Greece: Greek King and Queen visit martyred town. New York: Diplomats discuss ending Berlin blockade. Fullerton, Calif.: Endurance fliers end 6 weeks in the air. He should have stood in bed! National AAU women's swim meet. Australia: They ax for it; chopper championships.

75. May 9, 1949. Evacuation of Shanghai. Steve Early returns to public life. Frankfurt: Allied governors of Germany meet. Princess Margaret Rose goes on vacation. Winchester, Va.: Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival. Former DP's build useful lives in U. S. National AAU gymnastic championships. Daredevils afloat; water ski maniacs. Do you remember?—New York World's Fair. Loyalty marchers outstrip Reds on May Day. Chicago to shine in "forty-nine."

76. May 12, 1949. Four powers agree to lift Berlin blockade. India's ambassador arrives. Dewey off on European tour. Academy winner Jane Wyman sails. Weizmann starts back to Israel. Kansas City, Mo.: "Opportunity bond drive" gets big start. Israel's first anniversary hailed in U. S. Jap firemen put out big Tokyo blaze. 500 yachts in Pacific "shakedown" race. Durocher, cleared, is back in uniform. Miami Beach: fancy new twists to fancy diving.

77. May 16, 1949. 16–to–1 shot [Ponder] wins Kentucky Derby thriller. Shanghai under siege. Amazing pictures of Mt. Vesuvius' crater. Princess Margaret goes sailing at Capri. The Collins quads. Variety Clubs honor Herbert Hoover. Fire razes $5,000,000 Hollywood park. Wenatchee apple blossom festival.

78. May 19, 1949. Berlin blockade lifted. Israel wins United Nations membership. Parades in Israel mark first anniversary. General Ike [Eisenhower] back on duty [in Washington] after illness. UN mediator for Palestine honored. Mahatma Gandhi's son arrives in U. S. Secretary Snyder's daughter aids bond drive. Miami: model art students go to work. Quantico, Va.: Marines in air-ground maneuvers. Great American quiz: Grover Cleveland. Memphis Cotton Carnival.

79. May 23, 1949. Holland Tunnel blast. Berlin hails the end of the blockade. Dewey in Europe on vacation. Washington: Press Club honors women of the year. Hirohito and Empress hail Jap anniversary. The Vatican's Swiss guard takes its oath. Seals find haven on remote Pacific Isle. Paris: burlap becomes latest cloth for milady. Daring gown makes Paris a "whistle stop". Capot wins Preakness in photo-finish.

80. May 26, 1949. General Clay gets hero's welcome. Washington: President of Brazil in U. S. McCloy named U. S. boss in Germany. F.D.R., Jr., elected to Congress. Clear record snows from Pacific peaks. Thousands of sheep cross Grand Coulee. Washington: Newsboys turn opportunity bond salesmen. Independence, Mo.: 'Forty-niners parade opens bond drive. Geneva: Swiss acrobat becomes steeple-chaser. Cypress Gardens, Fla.: latest in sport thrills—skim boats. International Golden Gloves boxing. Great American quiz: James Lawrence.

81. May 30, 1949. Strikers riot against Reds in Berlin. Paris: Big Four foreign ministers meet. Air Force latest is needle-nosed F–90. 308 passengers fly on one plane. Bermuda: these spring hats are really flowery. Push-button special: good night nurse. P.A.L. boxing championships. Fanny Blankers-Koen in U. S. debut.

82. June 2, 1949. Forestal buried at Arlington. Big Four ministers open Paris talks. Fort Bragg, N. C.: exercise Tarheel—assault by air. Queen Fredericka visits Greek orphans. Queen Juliana helps rebuild Rotterdam. Pretty and practical outdoor fashions. DiMaggio tests heel—it still hurts. All-Navy boxing championships. Great American quiz: Theodore Roosevelt.

83. June 6, 1949. Nation honors U. S. dads: mediator Bunche is father of year; greatgrandad has family of 108; seven times a father in 3–1/2 years. Los Angeles: man survives 240 degrees in "hotbox" test. Wales: helicopter crash. Crystal Lake, Ill.; first look at tomorrow's trailers. Boston, Mass.; canine campus; every dog a gentleman. Michigan State coeds sponsor push-car thriller. Oklahoma A & M, the roughest rodeo of them all.

84. June 9, 1949. 500–mile auto race classic at Indianapolis. Sam Snead wins PGA crown. Nagasaki: Hirohito visits A-bombed city. Alger Hiss Perjury trial opens. Rita [Hayworth] and Aly [Khan] are married. King George honors Welsh guard. General Clay retires from Army. D-day newsmen to retrace invasion. British film awards. Styles go slats-happy.

85. June 13, 1949. 16 nations honor Marshall. English Derby photo finish. Star-studded golf match [National Celebrities Golf Tournament at Washington]. DP's—then and now. Margaret Truman is bridesmaid. Kensington, Eng.: new honor for Winston Churchill. English lords hear Danny Kaye. Atlantic City: Miss National Press Photog. Toronto: Canada opens international trade fair.

86. June 16, 1949. West Point on parade. National Motorcycle Championship [Richmond, Va.] $1,000,000 fire razes Havana waterfront. Normandy: D-day plus five years. Rockford, Ill.: spills mark summer ski meet. Nagasaki: Christian rites held in Japan. Bermuda: latest honeymoon fashions. Big Bear Lake, Calif.: here's how not to fly. Great events quiz: Bunker Hill.

87. June 20, 1949. Truman [makes address at Little Rock, Ark., and says] "We have turned the tide." Capot wins Belmont Stakes. Middlecoff wins National Open. London: King and Princess "troop the color." Baltimore harbor: test of fastest lifeboat rescue rig. New York City: national sewing contest winners. Saranac Lake, N. Y.: Variety Clubs take over hospital. Australia shows champion sheet.

88. June 23, 1949. West wins in Trieste elections. F.D.R., Jr., takes oath in Congress. Frankie Frisch takes over the Chicago Cubs. Jap crown prince takes up tennis. Manus Island, million dollar junk pile. Latest in hat fashion, kid's style. Rye Beach, N.Y.: pick national "Swim for health" queen. Miami: trouble a-bruin; bear wrestling. Bridgehampton, N. Y.: sports car road racing. Great cities of America: San Francisco.

89. June 27, 1949. Tense Paris hears De Gaulle. Gordon Gray sworn in as Army Secretary. Detroit: world's largest American flag unfurled. Australia: happily married for seventy-two years. Kid artists show their stuff in London. Ludlow, Mass.: New England's tallest chimney blasted. Chantilly Castle, France, backdrop for fashion. Los Angeles: machine age catches up with beach combers. Martinsburg, W. Va.: airplane acrobats stunt to defy death. Washington: mammoth mat match mangles many maulers.

90. June 30, 1949. Big Four talks end; Acheson home. Germany: poultry city—5,000 babies born each day. Paris designers run wild on bike fashions. Mrs. Mesta named Minister to Luxembourg. Bao-Dai returns to be Emperor of Viet-Nam, Indo-China. Comedian Milton Berle goes to Hollywood. Charles whips Walcott for Louis' crown. Bellingham, Wash.: Indians race war canoes for world title. Crack-up champions in circus of thrills.

91. July 4, 1949. Poughkeepsie Regatta. Tennis: Riggs vs. Budge. Governor of Florida marries a California girl. Ex-GI weds the Kaiser's granddaughter. China dolls compete in kids' beauty show. Asbury Park, N. J.: National Marbles Championships. Pittsfield, Mass.: man-made lightning—15,000,000 volts. Round-world plane can land anywhere, too. Marlton, N. J.: new paraplane comes almost straight down. Do you remember?—Blizzard of 1947.

92. July 7, 1949. Canadian Liberals sweep key election. T-men seize $100,000 in bogus bills. Shelton, Conn.: home, sweet cave; underground house. Cotton mill town springs up in Sahara. 10,000 at square dance in Central Park. Paris: thrill-packed finish marks the Grand Prix. Japan's no. 1 swimmer breaks world mark. Czechoslovakia: canoes battle big rapids in 100–mile race. Great American quiz: Custer's last stand.

93. July 11, 1949. Judith Coplon is guilty. Katonah, N. Y.: rubber-band catapult makes yard an airport. Australia ravaged by worst floods. Notre Dame University honors Irene Dunne. A Chinese orphan's Cinderella story. Baseball star faces girl who shot him. Behind the newsreel camera. Tie triumph; four-in-hand fashions. Puerto Rico: spectacular water-skiing by torchlight.

94. July 14, 1949. MacArthur reviews biggest parade [in Tokyo]. Schroeder wins at Wimbledon. Jap war prisoners home from Russian camps. European Union stages first fleet maneuvers. Housing problem: Congress moves. General Patton is honored by France. Tokyo Rose goes on trial for treason. Chicago: Paul Bunyan comes back at railroad fair. San Francisco Chinatown's beauties. Detroit: Gold Cup speedboat racing classic. Lake Placid: sun-baked ski jumpers.

95. July 18, 1949. Jury fails to decide on Hiss; Chambers speaks. London: troops called in dock strike. Danny Kaye safe in air accident. Israel: Rebury Jews killed by Nazis. Senator Johnson asks movie tax cut. New York: girl warms up for Channel swim. Lady wrestlers waltz in Vienna. Los Angeles: Machine Age restaurant.

96. July 21, 1949. All-star Baseball [National Leaguers vs. American Leaguers at Brooklyn]. Air crashes kill 79 [near Bombay, India, and Los Angeles], "No depression"—Truman. First combined fleet maneuvers off Europe. Freeport, L. I.: speedboat "soapbox derby." Cowboy fashions for kids.

97. July 25, 1949. Bonnie Prince Charlie poses with his parents. White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.: U. S. chiefs of staff take a "vacation." President signs biggest housing bill. Los Angeles: Italy honors Harry M. Warner. Benthoscope—diving bell on wheels. Navy's newest for submarine rescues. Paris lights up for Bastille Day. Spectacular fire razes Munich studio. Four-year-old is a real water skeezix. Hollywood Gold Cup, world's richest race. Westbury, N. Y.: photo finish in national pacing derby.

98. July 28, 1949. Jackie Robinson answers Paul Robeson. New York: 15,000 Lions parade down Fifth Avenue. Chicago: 15,000 Shriners parade, hear Truman. Ejector seat "shoots" pilot from plane. Ernie Pyle is buried in Hawaii. Seattle: plane hits houses; seven killed. Navy fires new rockets 65 miles up. Hot fashions; summer furs from Paris. Atlantic City: spectacular and gala aquashow.

99. Aug. 1, 1949. Truman signs Atlantic Pact. Newfoundland opens its new parliament. Parade marks Israel's first Army Day. Royal garden party at Buckingham Palace. Vienna zoo: international monkey business. International honeymoon at Niagara Falls. Great cities of America: Chicago. Minneapolis; Aquatennial; aquabatic aquabelles. Navy fliers practice football at sea. Martin Lagood, Md.: national water ski championships.

100. Aug. 4, 1949. Private Rodger Young is buried at home. Churchill opens Tory election campaign. Bernard Baruch comes home from England. Gary Cooper made "governor" of Montana. New "Ile de France" ends maiden voyage. France: month-long, 3,000–mile bike race. San Antonio, Tex.: Mayors race in soap box derby. Vienna: international motorcycle championships.

101. Aug. 8, 1949. Navy plane hits airliner [near Fort Dix, N. J.] Acheson asks arms for Europe. Germany: U. S. chiefs of staff map defense. Truman appoints Clark and McGrath. Dallas: one-year-old high diving star. Helicopter serves flagpole sitter. Dog and duck in summer romance. Beauty contest for tall girls only. Italian hairdressers go wild. Chicago: railroad hat is strangest of year. Ponder takes Arlington Classic. Great Americans: John Paul Jones.

102. Aug. 11, 1949. Marshall speaks on the cold war. Exclusive films of spectacular fire [in San Francisco]. Honor heroes of Berlin airlift. Hill shoots Niagara's rapids. Washington: "Boy State" takes over government. Hoover marks his 74th birthday. Fashions for white collar girls. Pooches on parade in Miami.

103. Aug. 15, 1949. Philippine president on way to see Truman. Eight feet seven, he's world's tallest man. Want-ad romances climaxes in double wedding. Britain's "Comet," world's first jet airliner. Sicily: fisherman in thrilling tuna treasure hunt. Cardston, Alta.: treaty money; Canada pays off the Indians. Hollywood: new coast business opens with a splash. Norwalk, Conn.: outboard races turn into bank-up classic.

104. Aug, 18, 1949. Ecuador earthquake. President signs bill to unify armed forces. U. S. Ambassador to China is called home. Philippines President addresses Congress. Herbert Hoover hailed on 75th birthday. Coast Guard celebrates its 159th birthday. Mangrum edges Snead in All-American golf. Miss Tilly, outsider, wins Hambletonian. Do you remember?—Corbett-Courtenay fight.